A reliable Nintendo leaker has revealed even more information about the Nintendo Switch ahead of their big reveal stream January 12th. Nintendo Life reports Laura Kate Dale...read more on Gametyrant

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Warner Bros. has released a new photo from The LEGO Batman Movie of The Dark Knight dressed up in a way we've never seen before! He's sporting a very sparkly gold tuxedo, which is part of a dress-up montage that will be in the movie. Director Chris McKay explains what this whole thing is all about in an interview with EW:

“In all the Batman movies, there’s always a big gala, but one of the things Batman doesn’t like doing is going out and seeing people and carousing as Bruce Wayne. He thinks Bruce Wayne is a bummer. He’d much rather be doing Batmanny things. But fortunately Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) entices him to come out of the Batcave by telling him, ‘Look, if you go out tonight to this gala, you can have a tuxedo dress-up party.’ So in this shot, this is one of the many tuxedos that Batman tries in a sort of dress-up party montage like Sex and the City.”

He went on to say:

“How do you get Batman to come out? What does Batman like? What do they do in Batman movies like this, where there’s always a gala, everyone’s always dressed up, and there’s always some kind of confrontation? We wanted to have fun and have things that were silly and ridiculous and also very LEGO-y: The fact that you can just pop different costumes on people really fast, which is something we did in the first movie.”

The movie certainly does look silly and ridiculous, but in the best possible ways! McKay also reveals that the dress-up montage is backed by the Al Jarreau song “Girls Know How,” which is a reference to the 1982 Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler movie Night Shift. The director loves that movie and says, “It’s fun to ‘70s up the production design and have something wild and expressive and colorful, but I also like filling out movie references in the movies that we do.”

The LEGO Batman Movie will be released in theaters on February 10th, 2017. There's no doubt in my mind that it's going to offer some hilariously funny entertainment. 

As many of have already heard, Debbie Reynolds passed away last night one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died. It's certainly been a tragic and sad week. But mother and daughter are now reunited. Both of these talented woman left behind a legacy of work that their fans will always have to enjoy.

Last year Fisher presented her mother with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year, and she offered a wonderful tribute to her mom and then we got to see Reynolds give her acceptance speech as she reflected on her life and career as an actress. 

Both these women had such charming personalities, and they shine in this moment in their lives together which you can watch below. 

We've written a lot about Westworld here at GeekTyrant during the show's popular first season, and considering more people watched that show's first season than any other in the history of HBO programming, it's safe to say it's a full-fledged hit. So it's not too surprising, then, that the team at The Warp Zone would suit up in cowboy gear to sing an acapella cover of Ramin Djawadi's haunting opening theme song. The only surprising thing is that it took them this long to get around to doing it!

(To be fair, they released this video a few days ago, and I'm just seeing it now. But still.)

At one point in his career, Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter was working with Marvel on developing a sequel to Thomas Jane's 2004 Punisher film. I actually really liked that movie and thought Jane made a great Frank Castle. It would have been cool to see a sequel to that movie, but obviously, it was never meant to be.

During an interview with Looper, Sutter talked about his experience working on the script that he was brought in to rewrite. This was the first time he was ever hired to rewrite a script, and he got overly ambitious on the project. He explained what he was trying to do with the character saying:

"So I turn in this draft, and I'm, like, 'Aw, yeah, I'm shakin' up Marvel, man!' And literally, there were people—including Gale Ann Hurd—who were, like, 'Uh…' They didn't know what the f— happened! And it's not like I didn't do the things I said I was going to do, but…I also did a lot of other things! And I'm a Marvel fan, but I was not a comic book kid. I didn't really get into that whole world until about 15 years ago, which is when I started getting into graphic novels. And that happened in Paris, because their graphic novel industry is decades beyond ours! But I didn't realize that you can't take liberties with some of the characters and some of the traits, because they are what they are. They're very derivative, they're stereotyped, but this is the guy that does this, and this is the guy who does this… So they're two-dimensional for a reason: that's the purpose they serve. So I was trying to expand the Marvel Universe in a direction it should not have been expanded in [Laughs]."

He then went into some detail on what he was looking to do with Frank Castle by bringing some emotional weight to him, which he believed that Jane could pull off. He even threw a love interest into the story, but it wasn't the direction that Marvel wanted to go.

"Doing the research on it, he's such an iconic character and really pretty much every vigilante since has some piece of that, but what I think I was trying to do… I'd known Thomas Jane a little bit, and I thought he was a great actor and had a lot of emotional depth that maybe some other action stars may not have. So I think I was trying to write to the emotionality of this dude and motivate the absurd violence with some kind of meaning. I don't mean that I was, like, f—ing Gandhi [Laughs]. But I was just trying to root it a little bit more in the mental anguish that he went through to justify it, and to take a little bit of that journey. And that's why I had the connection with the female character: because I was able to explore that pain through that relationship. So I think that's what I was trying to do: humanize him a little bit more. But it's the kind of thing where there's only X amount of time the movies, so you have moments of that, but you can't really have a subplot that explores that kind of thing. Not in a summer blockbuster or Marvel picture."

Sutter did get another pass at the script, but ultimately Marvel didn't move forward with it. When asked if there was any response from anyone along the lines of, "I wish we could do this, but we can't"? Sutter replied: 

"You know, if there was, I don't think that's something that would ever have been vocalized to me. Look, it's not like I turned in the script and it was written in a different language. I mean, there were parts of it they liked. I think they realized what I was trying to do…and how wrong that was [Laughs]. So they tried to guide me back, and like I said, I did another pass, but poor Gale Anne Hurd—I think she's the one who sort of championed me in that process. And Kevin…We were sitting at a big table, and I think she started glancing over at Kevin, going [whispering under breath] 'I don't know what happened!' Anyway, I'm sure there was good feedback, but as a writer, all I ever hear is bad feedback! And I think at that point, Marvel was already…not quite the machine it is now, but it was finding its legs. And I think there was just a process that was going down, and there were a lot of people who were sort of being let go and given producing gigs. They started cleaning house a little bit at that time and managing the IPs in a different way, and Kevin pretty much led that charge."

I would love to read Sutter's Punisher script! He's an extremely talented writer with such an extreme, hardcore vision. Maybe at the time Marvel just wasn't ready for the kind of intensity that Sutter brought to the character. 

It's very likely that an animated series based on Castlevania is heading to television thanks to the efforts of one of animation's biggest names. Fred Seibert (Fairly OddParents and producer for Adventure Time) tells IndieWire he's working on a series based on "one of the most popular games of the past 30 years". 

That's a pretty broad list until you realize that Frederator has the animation rights to Castlevania, and then you can stop racking your brain. The question is, though, can Seibert and his team pull off a series similar in tone to the game. There are a couple of things to consider...

Sure Fairly OddParents was a goofy series, but Adventure Time took some dark turns in its later stages and actually had a pretty good lore without making it too scary for kids. 

On the flip side, I would say most of Adventure Time's direction and tone was thanks to original creator Pendleton Ward, and Nickelodeon has this awful tendency to ruin every property it touches outside of its creation sphere (Series of Unfortunate Events movie, TMNT movie...).

I'm curious to see if the project comes to light, only because I've been desperate for a cartoon that isn't some goofy ass random stuff! Don't get me wrong I love that stuff...but where's the action?! Castlevania needs to reboot that '80s action cartoon vibe! 

Anyone else have some suggestions for this potential new series? 

Fan Art by Dave Paget

Earlier this week it was rumored that Deadpool would make an appearance in director James Mangold's Logan. That was later debunked by the director and by actor Ryan Reynolds.

According to THR's Borys Kit, just because Deadpool isn't appearing in Logan doesn't mean that we won't eventually see them together on film. He recently sent out the following Tweet:

Re: Deadpool in LOGAN - my sources say def no way he's in the movie. BUT...don't rule out something ELSE involving Deadpool & Wolvie.

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) December 29, 2016

Well, he obviously thinks he knows something! What we know is that Reynolds wants to bring Hugh Jackman's Wolverine into his Deadpool sequel. However, Jackman has made it very clear that he's retiring from Wolverine after Logan. Maybe, just maybe, Jackman is considering some kind of cameo. It would be pretty badass if it happened, but we'll just have to wait and see. 

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Everyone reading this has seen The Godfather (or at least I hope they have), but I've never seen a section of it broken down in quite this way before. Vimeo user Glass Distortion has a really great script to screen analysis video that plays out the scene in which Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) kills Sollozzo and McCluskey in the restaurant, and it not only includes the descriptions from the screenplay, but also some commentary from director Francis Ford Coppola that I'd never heard before. Heck, even if you're a Godfather connoisseur, this is still probably worth watching just to appreciate the staging and the way the tension in this famous sequence plays out.

20th Century Fox has just launched a new website for Logan where fans can sign up to get a custom, limited-edition postcard featuring a single frame from the upcoming final trailer for the Logan movie. There are 1,974 film frames in this last trailer, and that's how many will be sent out to fans. 

There is a significant meaning behind the 1974 frame count as it refers to the year that Wolverine made his first Marvel Comics appearance in The Incredible Hulk #180 and #181.

They are only giving away 1,974 unique frames, so if you want one, you better sign up for is now! You can do that right here. Once you receive your frame, you're supposed to share it online using #OneLastTime. I already signed up for mine! 

This obviously means the final trailer will be released soon, so stay tuned for that! I'm excited to see what it entails! That first trailer was so powerful, and I hope this last trailer will offer fans something even better. Logan hits theaters on March 3, 2017.

In light of their untimely deaths, HBO has decided to move up the release date of their documentary on Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Deadline reports the documentary will now air January 7th. Bright Lights features the lives of both Fisher and Reynolds and centers on Reynolds' Vegas show and the two living together as performing begins to take its toll on Reynolds.

The film received high acclaim at Cannes prior to the actresses' passing, so at least this will feel more like an homage than a quick "strike while the iron is hot" deal that so many studios seem to jump on when stuff like this happens. Will you be watching the documentary when it airs? 

Here's a fun little animated video from Great Big Story, who spoke with Howard Scott Warshaw and asked him to tell the story of how he created E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari, which is a game that's been referred to as the worst video game in the history of the medium. That's a bold claim, but if you've played it, you'll know where the griping comes from. XBox produced a documentary about the game, but if you've never seen that, this is a nice primer, and you're getting the info straight from the horse's mouth.

Via: LaughingSquid

Best Buy is hosting some great markdowns on Xbox One games currently! FOR TODAY ONLY you can get the following games at a huge discount...read more on Gametyrant

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In case you don't frequent the animation side of Marvel, I'm here to tell you that the Ultimate Spider-Man series is pretty fantastic! Unfortunately, the series is ending after its fourth season, but that means it'll soon be coming to streaming! 

I don't know if any of this has to do with why Marvel uploaded two full episodes of Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man vs The Sinister Six on YouTube, but I figured it was a good opportunity to introduce the bulk of you to the series! 

Season one of the series is a bit goofy, but they definitely pack it with more than enough action to will make up for the obvious moments you're watching a show geared for children.

By season three you have Spider-Man taking on The Sinister Six and things are a tad darker, but nothing too spooky. It seems like at this point in the series most of the kiddie aside moments are gone, and it's mostly action and story along with some great callbacks to the franchise.

You can catch the final season of the series on Disney XD. 

Star Wars and steampunk. I don't know if we'd go as far as to say that they're two great tastes that go great together, but they're definitely two massively popular pieces of pop culture that have transcended their origins and become a way of life for obsessive fans. So in a way, blending them seems only natural.

This video from AWEme (via LaughingSquid) takes you step by step through the process of building an R2-D2 steampunk teapot. If you're still clueless about what this means, you'll understand everything you need to once you realize that one of the listed elements of creating this thing is "old stuff from an electronics junkyard."

While we wait to see how director Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Han Solo standalone film turns out, we have a fun and charming Star Wars fan film that centers on the character for you to watch! It's called "Han Solo: A Smuggler's Trade," and it focuses on one of Han's early adventures as he embarks on an adventure to rescue his friend Chewbacca. It feels like a perfect mix of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. 

The Universe's favorite intergalactic smuggler sets out on an epic quest to rescue an old friend. He uses his mechanical skills, cunning wit, and his creative interpretation of the rules to fight, flirt, bribe, and barter his way to victory. But will it be enough? Before there was A New Hope, there was Han Solo -- just an outlaw trying to survive in a galaxy more corrupt than he is... and far less forgiving. 

The movie was directed by Keith Allen and stars Jamie Costa as Han Solo, Cory Leeper as Chewbacca, and Doug Jones as Gyorsho. 

There is a mighty fine replica of Jyn Erso's Stormtrooper doll from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story floating around Etsy right now! For just $45 you can order one that's made from the following...

This is an 11" tall polymer clay figurine strung together with thick waxed cotton cord.
It is a replica of the Stormtrooper doll seen in Star Wars Rogue One.

As this item is hand sculpted and painted; they may slightly differ from the pictures you see here.

Yours will be unique and one of a kind.

Based on the material it's definitely more of a display thing than it is a play thing. I'm surprised we have to go the unofficial route to purchase this! I figured Disney would've been all over this! Check out some pictures below, and purchase the doll on Etsy here. 

When you're from a certain area and an actor in a movie tries to adopt your native accent, it's normally pretty easy to tell whether they've gotten it right or very, very wrong. But not many of us are qualified to make the same judgment about accents from different areas of the world. That's where Erik Singer comes in. He's a dialect coach, and in this video for Wired, he breaks down 32 actors' performances and talks about whether they've nailed their accents or what could use a little work. See if your favorite ridiculous accent made the cut here:

Via: Neatorama

One of the reasons why I love the sci-fi film Arrival so much is because it told an intellectual sci-fi story involving aliens using an approach that made an attempt to use real science. We all know Hollywood likes to embellish things a bit, especially with sci-fi movies, but according to this new Science Vs. Cinema video, the filmmaking team that created the film actually came very close to real scientific theories and practices.

The science of the Denis Villeneuve-directed film is discussed and evaluated by Mathematica creator Stephen Wolfram, SETI astronomer Seth Shostak, and linguist Jessica Coon. The video is almost 30 minutes long, but it's absolutely fascinating, especially if you're into real science and aliens. 

2017 brings a fresh start for many things, including a beloved video game series! Sega is letting some independent developers attempt to recreate the 2D magic fans of Sonic The Hedgehog...read more on Gametyrant

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It's been hilarious watching all the videos of people attempting to use their Alexa and failing! My favorite so far is this sweet little boy who wants to hear the Winnie The Pooh song "Tigger Tigger," and Alexa starts reading a porn title! Things get NSFW pretty quickly, but it's only language and it's so funny and innocent I doubt your boss would mind that much. Check it out below. 

Also, check out this guy screaming at Alexa because he thinks it's named Trevor...