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Why Michael Bross is Boss: COUNTER STRIKE, RATCHET & CLANK, ODDWORLD Musician on This Week's GT Audio

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Do you want to work in games? Does the very idea of working on awesome franchises like Ratchet & Clank, Counter Strike, and Oddworld sound way better than digging ditches or spinning signs? We think so! Michael Bross talks about...read more on Gametyrant


X-MEN: APOCALYPSE's Post-Credits Scene Revealed

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SPOILERS! Obviously.

Just in case you were wondering, yes, there is a post-credits scene at the end of X-Men: Apocalypse. Apparently this scene was not shown with the press screening that took place a couple of weeks ago. The post-credits scene has been confirmed, and thanks to Bleeding Cool we now have a description of what that scene will entail and the new sinister threat it sets up.

"We see a besuited man walking through the remains of the Weapon X clean-up programme, removing the blood, bodies and bullets. And a suited man retrieving vials of Wolverine’s blood labelled Weapon X. And placing them into his briefcase which contains other vials of differing colours. Slamming shut, it is labelled ESSEX CORP."

For those of you not familiar with Essex Corp. the man walking through the remains of Weapon X is Nathaniel Essex a.k.a. Mr Sinister. He is the world's greatest geneticist, who is capable of cloning, creating, enhancing, and controlling mutant abilities. In the comics, he was genetically mutated by Apocalypse.

I believe his involvement could lead to the creation of X-23 in the X-Men cinematic universe. Bryan Singer has pitched her to Fox as a possible replacement for Hugh Jackman's Logan after Wolverine 3. I'm curious to see how this all comes together.

You can read our review for X-Men: Apocalypse here. This movie is set to be released on May 27th.

Watch: 11 More Ways All Movie Trailers Are The Same

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If you watch movies at a multiplex like an AMC Theaters, you're subjected to around 15-20 minutes of commercials and trailers before your movie actually begins. Seeing all of those trailers play back to back, you're probably very familiar with the similarities they share. Not long ago, I sat in a theater and watched four or five trailers in a row that started with a helicopter shot of a major city.

Cracked is here with a quick video essay breaking down a lot of the ways movie trailers are the same, including musical choices, structural elements, and more.

For even more ways movie trailers are all the same, click here and here.

Via: /Film

TETRIS is Now Getting Its Own Movie Trilogy

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Who signed off on such a stupid idea?! I get it, everyone is making video game movies. We have The Angry Birds Movie, Assassin's Creed, Ratchet & Clank, and so many more have come before it! So when I read at Collider that a TETRIS movie is being made, confirming plans we heard a couple of years ago...I'm sorry, I can't. Better yet, the film is budgeted for $80 million, which sounds like $79,800,000 too much in my honest opinion. Just when I thought the madness is at its peak, I learned there are plans for a TRILOGY. God help us.

The film is set to feature a Chinese ensemble cast and be filmed at various locations around the world in what is billed as a "sci-fi thriller." If the plot is literally "Tetris blocks are aliens that attack the world," they can go ahead and cease production as I've already imagined the entire film in my head. How many monuments and world wonders will we see deleted? Just tell me now — will one of them be Stonehenge?

Hey look, I found some leaked footage.

In the comments below, write something you could do with $80 million dollars that's better than this!

We've Launched a Podcast Network! Introducing PodTyrant.com

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It's been years since I've listened to music in any sort of meaningful way. Sure, I'll catch the occasional song on the radio here and there, or put on a playlist while I clean my apartment, but podcasts have largely replaced music for me as my go-to source of aural entertainment when I have any down time. I fell in love with the medium in 2008, and two years later, my friend Tyler and I started our own podcast with The Not Just New Movies Podcast, a review show where we reviewed a seemingly random movie that wasn't playing in theaters at the time. That ran for two years and 100 episodes (plus an occasional bonus episode) before we put it to bed in August of 2012, but it wasn't long until we started a different show called The 5Cast, one that's lasted even longer and is still going strong. You've probably seen episodes of both pop up here at GeekTyrant over the years.

Working on those shows is a lot of fun, but we've never come anywhere close to the level of mega-hits like This American Life or Serial when it comes to number of listeners and downloads. That's not really the goal, per se — sure, it'd be nice — so all we're really trying to do is give the show a larger audience. We knew there were a lot of other podcasts out there that were experiencing something similar — hosts and producers were putting in the time and creating consistently enjoyable shows, but they weren't getting the audience we thought they deserved.

So earlier this year, we hatched the idea to launch a podcast network that would serve as a hub for listeners to be able to discover those kinds of like-minded and entertaining shows that we knew were floating around online. We called it PodTyrant (fitting, right?), tracked down a handful of shows that we liked, and asked them to come aboard. We've been slowly adding high-quality podcasts ever since, and now it's time to officially introduce you all to the new network.

As of right now, eleven podcasts are part of the network (you can find them all here). We're on a trial basis with most of them for a little while longer, just feeling each other out as we continue to cement our relationships with the hosts, but we've had an absolutely fantastic experience with all of them so far and we're confident they're going to stick around for the long haul. I'm very proud of what we've been able to do in such a short time; from inception to execution, it's been a fun ride so far, and we're just getting started. Thanks to Free Reyes for building the website, to Tyler for heading up PodTyrant's Twitter account (give us a follow, won't you?), and to all of the hosts and producers we've worked with who have been producing cool content. The podcasting medium isn't slowing down any time soon, and we're excited to take the site to the next level.

So add PodTyrant.com to your bookmarks and check out the podcasts we have over there. There's a new episode of at least one show being posted every weekday. We're also looking for more shows to join the team, so if you host or produce a show you think would be a good fit for the network, send us a submission. Maybe you'll become the newest member of the family.

Check Out THE BIRTH OF A NATION's Living Poster

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Ever since The Birth of a Nation took the Sundance Film Festival by storm earlier this year, I've been dying to see it. Nate Parker's passion project looks like a powerful true story well-told, and Fox Searchlight has just released two new posters for the movie before its debut later this year. One is a "living poster" with quotes from the film and some footage that eventually freezes into the same image as the more traditional poster. Watch that below, along with the first teaser trailer in case you missed that when it dropped a little while ago.

The Birth of a Nation hits theaters on October 7th, and in the meantime, you can read Joey's review from Sundance here.

Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slave. As he witnesses countless atrocities — against himself and his fellow slaves — Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow, Simon Kinberg, and More Team For Adventure Film POWERHOUSE

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I've never heard of indie filmmaker Emily Carmichael until today, but I have a feeling I'm going to be hearing about her a lot more in the years to come. THR reports that Hollywood heavy hitters Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) are teaming with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment to produce a new family adventure movie called Powerhouse, which Carmichael will write and direct. The plot is being kept under wraps from the press, but the original idea for the film came from Trevorrow, and after he saw a short film Carmichael made called The Hunter and The Swan Discuss Their Meeting, he called her to the set of his current movie and they worked out the characters that will appear in this new movie.

“Emily Carmichael is the next great writer-director of the kind of movies I love,” said Trevorrow. "Her ability to find warmth and humanity in genre storytelling is a superpower in itself.”

Here are some of the young director's bona fides, according to THR:

Carmichael demonstrated her artistic versatility by having short stories and essays be part of the best-selling book Ophelia Speaks and created the comic strip Whiz Kids for the Harvard Crimson. But it’s her video game and geek-tinged works such as the animated web series The Adventures of Ledo and Ix and the animated short RPG OKC that got Hollywood’s attention. Her name has even surfaced as a possible contender to direct Marvel’s Captain Marvel.

I hope you didn't skim that last sentence, but just in case you did, it said Carmichael could be the one to direct Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel movie. If you weren't hooked before, maybe that piqued your interest. While we wait to find out more details about Powerhouse, check out some of the director's short films below and visit her production company's website for more:

Wolverine Gets "Adamantium Dysfunction" in Hilarious Parody

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He's had his struggles, but to my knowledge, even Old Man Logan has never struggled in "getting it up." We're talking, of course, about Adamantium Dysfunction, a possible problem some Weapon X mutants can experience. For these people, there's a cure. Xialis will keep your claws retracted when the time is right, and keep you going when the moment hits. Check out the first commercial via Nerd City below.


Frank Grillo Will Become The WHEELMAN in Action Thriller For Netflix

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Frank Grillo can currently be seen kicking Cap's ass on the big screen as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War, but soon he'll be taking his talents to the small screen. Netflix has acquired the rights to an action film called The Wheelman, in which Grillo will star. He's also making his producing debut here alongside Joe Carnahan (The Grey).

Writer/director Jeremy Rush is making his feature directorial debut (and his feature-length screenwriting debut) with this film, which has the following synopsis:

The wheelman is Grillo – a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him, and the only person he can trust…his fourteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast, and drive faster.

I first read about this project a few days ago, and the description made it sound so much like the stunningly godawful Ethan Hawke/Selena Gomez movie Getaway that I didn't even bother to write about it. But Netflix has become synonymous with quality, and the streaming service picking this up and putting its stamp on the movie might mean it's a little better than that generic description would indicate. I suppose for movies like these it's all about the execution and seeing if the director can show us something we've never seen before, so here's hoping Rush can pull it off. Grillo has definitely proven he can be a badass on screen in movies ranging from Warrior to The Purge: Anarchy and beyond, so I don't doubt he'll be able to bring his A game...it's just a matter of whether or not the story and action can justify this movie's existence. Production starts this fall.

Via: Variety

See How RICK AND MORTY Went From BACK TO THE FUTURE Parody To Hit TV Show

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Rick and Morty is one of the most amazing animated shows on television. We all know the show is a parody of sorts of Back To The Future, but things go even deeper than that! There's some really interesting facts in here! Among them, the fact that Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland announced, developed, and wrote the script for the pilot all in the same day! That's pretty amazing, and it paid off in spades as it's become Adult Swim's most celebrated show. Learn more below courtesy of The Court Of Science!

DC Comics Has a New and Improved Logo

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This article is going to contain discussion about a comic book company's logo, so if you were thinking about leaving a comment about how there are more important things to talk about in the world right now, A) you're obviously right about that, but we're going to talk about this anyway, and B) now I've just saved you the trouble of leaving that comment, so don't bother.

DC Comics changed its logo in 2012 to something that was supposed to resemble a comic book page being turned, but I never liked that design. Thankfully, the company has changed its logo again after only four short years, and the new logo is a huge improvement. It's trades in the cutesy design for one that's more straightforward, a throwback to its older logos with the two letters encased in a circle.

VP of Marketing Amit Desai spoke about the new logo:

While comics continue to be the heart and soul of DC, the brand has evolved to now stand for powerful storytelling across so many different forms of media. DC is home to the greatest Super Heroes and Super-Villains, and the new logo has the character and strength to stand proudly alongside DC’s iconic symbols. The launch of the new logo is the perfect tribute to DC’s legacy, exciting future and most importantly, our fans.

While I normally roll my eyes at PR language like that, I can't help but actually agree that this logo does somehow feel stronger than the previous incarnation. I'm sure those of you who know all about design can get into the technical and subconscious reasons this is the case, but all I know is that this is a big improvement, and I'm looking forward to seeing it implemented on the big screen. The logo will debut on the cover of the DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH SPECIAL #1, and hopefully they can have it ready by the time Suicide Squad comes out in August.

Via: io9

WRECK-IT RALPH Honest Trailer Examines The Film's Existential Nightmares

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I loved Wreck-It Ralph when it came out a few years ago, but I feel like it's been almost forgotten in the wave of great Disney animated movies that have come after it. Still, it's a great piece of pop entertainment, and now ScreenJunkies has created an Honest Trailer for the movie that explores some of the most nightmarish existential quandaries lurking in the film. If you stop and think about it, the premise of living video game characters being trapped in an endless cycle of violence is pretty horrifying.

Josh Duhamel Returning to The TRANSFORMERS Franchise in THE LAST KNIGHT

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Here's good news for anyone who cares about the continuity of Michael Bay's Transformers movies: after sitting out the fourth movie, Josh Duhamel is returning to reprise his role as Lieutenant Colonel Lennox in the newly-titled Transformers: The Last Knight. (What a stupid title.)

I admittedly haven't seen much of Duhamel's work outside of this franchise, but in these movies, I've always found him to be a bland, forgettable presence similar to your Jai Courtneys or your Sam Worthingtons. But I'm sure hardcore fans will be pleased that he's back.

After I walked out of the flaming turd-pile that was Transformers: Age of Extinction, I promised myself that I would never watch another Michael Bay-directed Transformers movie again. If a different director comes on board the franchise and puts a new spin on it, maybe I'll give it a chance. But at this point, there's no reason for me to punish myself by watching two and a half hour pieces of garbage. The first one was OK. The second one was abysmal. The third one was passable. The fourth was unwatchable. That's not a good enough batting average for me, so I'm out.

This Week in 4K Gaming: DOOM, Blitzball, and Revolution!

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When I first saw that DOOM was being rebooted, re-imagined, etc etc, I was more than hesitant. Let's face it, it was the first real shooter experience I had along...read more on Gametyrant

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Watch: Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe Get Screamed At in Funny Video Promoting THE NICE GUYS

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I'm seeing a press screening of Shane Black's '70s noir buddy comedy The Nice Guys tomorrow night, so I'll have a review for you here on the site later this week. I'm very excited about this film, and I think my excitement is warranted because I've enjoyed all of the trailers I've seen so far; I'm hooked by the premise, setting, and stars; and I love Black's movies (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3).

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe have been doing a lot of promotion for the movies in the form of little viral videos. You may have seen some where they were in fake therapy sessions together. I thought those were fine, but not funny or interesting enough to write about here. But today, Gosling tweeted a video of the two of them getting yelled at by producer Joel Silver that made me laugh, so I figured I'd pass it along in case you're looking for a minute of amusement during your Tuesday. (NSFW language)

In case the tweet looks weird on your device for some reason, watch the video below. The Nice Guys arrives in theaters this Friday.


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Watch The Insane First Four Minutes of AMC's PREACHER — "Be Quiet!"

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AMC has released the first four and a half minutes of their upcoming new series Preacher, which is based on the comic book by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon. This clip gives you an idea of how insane this series is going to be and shows you that they are not going hold back on this thing.

The show comes to us from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who seem to have done an awesome job bringing this story to life for television. I've already seen the full first episode and it was wicked fun. 

This is a series that you will not want to miss because it’s so much damn fun. I loved the first episode, and I can’t wait to see the story continue as the series plays out. You can read our review of the first episode of the series here

Preacher follows Reverend Jesse Custer, a tough Texas preacher who has lost his faith, and has learned that God has left Heaven and abandoned his responsibilities. He finds himself the only person capable of tracking God down, demanding answers, and making him answer for his dereliction of duty. Accompanying Jesse on his journey is his former girlfriend and a friendly vampire who seems to prefer a pint in the pub to the blood of the innocent. On his tail is one of the most iconic bad guys in print – an immortal, unstoppable killing machine named the Saint of Killers —a western lone gunman archetype whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill Jesse.

The series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip, Lucy Griffiths as Emily, W. Earl Brown as Sherriff Root, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore, Derek Wilson as Donnie Schenck, and Ian Colletti as Eugene/Arseface.

Preacher is set to premiere this Sunday, May 22nd at 10:00pm on AMC.

BLACK PANTHER Director Ryan Coogler Says The Film Will Be His "Most Personal Movie To Date"

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It's true that Kevin Feige has a huge amount of control over the movies that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe, even to the point where it's fair to call Marvel Studios' method of filmmaking a "producer-driven" model. But while the movies may share a visual vocabulary and cross over with each other, I think there's a large misconception among some fans that these films are almost connect-the-dots movies that don't allow individual filmmakers to put their stamp on them. There are three perfect examples that prove my point: The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Iron Man 3 all fit into the confines of the producer-driven Marvel movie, but they're also very much showcases of the personalities and types of films made by directors Joss Whedon, James Gunn, and Shane Black. Those movies couldn't have been directed by just anyone — you can watch it and tell that they come from those specific filmmakers.

Thankfully, it sounds like the upcoming Black Panther solo film will be the same way. In a new interview with Fast Company (via /Film), writer/director Ryan Coogler said the movie is going to be his "most personal movie to date."

It’s a specific challenge. What Marvel’s doing, and what you see a lot of studios doing now that Marvel has done it so successfully, is making content that exists in a particular universe, where the characters tie in and crossover, and I think that’s a great creative challenge to me—to make this movie as personal as possible. It’s going to be my most personal movie to date, which is crazy to say, but it’s completely the case. I’m obsessed with this character and this story right now, and I think it’s going to be very unique and still fit into the overall narrative that they’re establishing. I grew up as a comic book fan, and the same things used to happen in the comic books. You’d have Wolverine’s books, and they’d be so much darker and more brutal than the X-Men books, but they’d still fit in when you open the pages of the X-Men book. It’s new to movies, but it’s not new to storytelling.

That's great to hear, and it's exciting that Coogler is approaching this movie with the desire to make it as personal as possible. For him to look at this as his most personal movie — even more than Creed or Fruitvale Station — says a lot about how he's looking to bring this story to life.

Black Panther will star Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, and Michael B. Jordan, and it arrives in theaters on February 2, 2018.

Elton John Confirms He’s Been Cast in KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

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About a month ago it was reported that Elton John was in talks to join Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The legendary musician has just confirmed that he has officially joined the project, and he released the a teaser poster with the caption:

“Wednesday night’s alright for fighting.”

For those of you who don’t know, this is a parody John’s song “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.” Then of course, it features a pair of his trademark sunglasses. John writes in the post:

“It’s been a long time since Tommy…” 

Tommy was the last feature film that John actually acted in, and that was released back in 1975. So it certainly has been a long time. 

John will join the previously-cast Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Pedro Pascal, and, judging by the first teaser poster we saw for the film, Colin Firth will be coming back to join the party as well.

There’s still no word on who John will be playing in the movie, but there’s a good chance he could be playing himself or a movie version of himself. The sequel will continue the adventures of Eggsy, and it takes the action from the Kingsman group to the Statesmen, which is the U.K. organization's U.S. equivalent. 

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is set to start shooting in London soon from a script Vaughn co-wrote with frequent collaborator Jane Goldman. The movie hits theaters on June 16, 2017. To check out some previously released set photos of Tatum all decked out in his Kingsman gear, click here.

It's been a long time since Tommy..... #Kingsman

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Funny Animated Short Shows All the Random Ways You Can Die in Space

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I’ve got an amusing and silly animated short that you have to watch that features a collection of two-second clips that show the many random and crazy ways that people can die in space. The video was created by animator Thomas Lucas, and one of the things that I find funniest about it is that it’s mostly the careless curiosity of people that gets them killed.

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