With 18.4 million average viewers per episode, HBO's Game of Thrones is the cable network's most watched series ever! Before Game of Thrones came along and started kicking ass, the most watched show on the network was The Sopranos. In 2002 the drama pulled in 18.2 million viewers per episode.

Each week that Game of Thrones airs it breaks its previous viewing record, and why wouldn't it?! The show is freakin' incredible. If you haven't started watching it, you are missing out on some of the best television ever created. 

There are only two more episodes left in the current season, and I seriously can't wait to to see how it ends. HBO has already renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season, and as long as people keep watching it, HBO will keep the story moving forward.

Earlier this week the city of Detroit celebrated RoboCop Day, and as a part of the celebration the cyborg crime fighter tossed out the first pitch at the Tigers-Blue Jays game. I don't watch baseball, but I know enough to tell that the pitch RoboCop threw out was terrible, and he should just stick to crime fighting. I think people were expecting something a little more impressive. I know RoboCop isn't real, and that the suit the guy was wearing played a part in the awful pitch, but regardless… it was an embarrassing moment. Check it out for yourself! 

There's been a lot of chatter on the Internet about Nightwing possibly making an appearance on Arrow. Steven R. McQueen, of The CW series The Vampire Diaries, has been hinting that he could be playing the character. He's been using his Twitter account to throw out little easter eggs like retweeting comic book writer Scott Snyder's Batman quotes and pictures, and he's also been posting images of several DC Comic book titles.

It's the latest image that has got fans going though. He uploaded an image of himself on Instagram with Arrow's lead actor Stephen Amell, at an LA Kings game with the the hashtags, "#arrow #nightwing #golakings". 

Is he telling fans that he will be playing Nightwing in the the incredible superhero series? Or is it just wishful thinking on his part? Maybe he wants the role to exist for him, so he is just putting it out in the universe. 

There's no definitive confirmation at this point, but it would be awesome if they did introduce Nightwing into the series. I really hope it happens. 

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On one of our more recent episodes of GeekTyrant VS we had an argument over who would win in a superhero battle… The X-Men or The Avengers. The team supporting the Avengers relied very heavily on the Hulk to take down the X-Men. Now we have an awesome illustration created by Bentti Bisson that features the Hulk being attacked by the X-Men team. He looks insanely pissed off, and I personally think he would be able to take them down.

We're going to get to see Ghostbusters on the big screen again! How awesome is that?! This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I haven't seen it on a big screen since it was first released. I'm so excited right now I can hardly contain myself, especially since I'll get to take my kids to see it with me. They love this movie just as much as I do.

The news comes from Entertainment Weekly, who says it will be shown on more than 700 theaters on August 29th in celebration of the film's 30th Anniversary. They also reveal it will be released on Blu-ray on September 16th featuring some brand new content, including deleted scenes and conversations with director Ivan Reitman and star Dan Aykroyd. Sony’s president of worldwide distribution had this to say in a statement:

"Ghostbusters is still one of our studio’s most beloved franchises. I was lucky enough to work on the release of the film on its first run, so it’s a real thrill for me to see that it’s still connecting with audiences everywhere. On the big screen or in home entertainment, this is a great movie to experience again and again."

You can check out the packaging for the Ghostbusters Blu-ray set below. As soon as more details become available we'll let you know.
 

You've got to check out this perfectly cut trailer mashup that combines the visuals of Disney's animated Hercules, with the trailer audio from Dwayne Johnson's upcoming fantasy action thriller of the same name. It was created by YouTube user The Jovenshire, and I think you'll be surprised by how well it turned out. It's pretty damn awesome.

The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is currently in the process of developing his big screen adaptation of Stephen King's epic novel The Stand. This is such a huge story that it's hard to believe that they'd be able to turn into a single movie. There was talk of turning it into a pair of films at one point, but it doesn't look like that's the case any longer. In a recent interview with Vulture, the director revealed that the plan is to make one 3-hour, R-rated movie with a full A-list cast. He also excitedly talked about how much he's looking forward to making this film.

"We’re gonna do one three-hour, R-rated version with an amazing A-list cast across the board. Every single one of those characters will be somebody you recognize and somebody you relate to. And it’s gonna be awesome. I’m really excited. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever got to do in my entire life. If 12-year-old me had ever known that one day I’d be doing this, to even just go back and look at that kid, I’d be like, 'Keep doing what you’re doing!' It’s just crazy. I’ve met so many actors over the years, and like, when I met Stephen King, I hugged him with tears in my eyes. He meant that much to me when I was young. I still say everything I learned about writing I learned from Stephen King. I don’t read screenplays. I don’t read screenplay how-to books. It’s always just, establish the character. Establish the character."

That's so freakin' cool. I feel the same way about King's work. I also grew up reading his books, and he's hands down my favorite author ever. I love the enthusiasm that Boone has when talking about King and this story, and to me it seems like if anyone could give us the best adaptation of The Stand it would be this guy. It seems like there's no way he would take a story he loves so much and turn it into a dud. It's also not going to hurt that they are going to bring together a full A-list cast. It's going to be interesting to see who they bring on board. 

Boone actually managed to get me more excited for this movie with this little statement that he made. He's going to give this project everything he's got.

It’s summertime, school’s out, and the days are long. That means you’re going to need books. Books to read while lying in the sun on the beach. Books to read at that boring family reunion your parents dragged you to. Books to read while you’re in line for the latest midnight screening, which, oh by the way, is probably based on a book. Here is your summer reading list of books that are currently making their way to the big screen.

All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Edge of Tomorrow hits theaters today, and it is absolutely fantastic. But All You Need Is Kill is still a better title, and the movie made us want to check out the source material, a manga by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. [Amazon]

The MaddAddam Trilogy By Margaret Atwood

We just learned yesterday that Darren Aronofsky is producing an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian trilogy, and we could not be any more excited. You can pre-order this boxed set, or pick up all the books individually if you don’t want to wait until August. Ours are already shipping. [Amazon]

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon 2 hits theaters this month, and writer-director Dean DeBlois recently told us how he wants to end the trilogy. (You can read it here.) If you don’t want to wait for it to play out on the screen, pick up this set of all eight books and get there ahead of us. [Amazon]

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Jeff Bridges’ adaptation of The Giver will be in theaters later this summer, and if you haven’t read the book yet (or recently), get on it. It is brilliant, and it isn’t long. Then, if you want, you can read the three companion novels, set contemporaneously in neighboring “communities.” [Amazon]

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The first book of a trilogy, this 2011 release made all the year-end best book lists, and now it’s headed to the screen. An art student who hangs out with half-human, half-animal creatures finds herself at the center of a supernatural war. Hopefully, the movie will be better than other, similarly supernatural YA adaptations, but either way, the book looks like a winner. [Amazon]

There are many tricks that go into making a great movie. One of them that I have never thought about is the aspect ratio of the film. I know that it is a key component of the movie making process, but I didn’t realize that it could be considered a background character in a film.

In the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film, it sounds like director James Gunn is using a shifting aspect ratio in that way. Gunn recently released a statement on Facebook talking about it:

"Just got out of working on the Guardians cut for IMAX 3D and I’m unbelievably excited about it. Guardians of the Galaxy has been planned as a 3D film from its very inception. Yes, if you see the film in 2D, you’ll get a full experience. But the 3D experience promises a little something extra. Unlike many directors, I’ve been actively involved with converting every shot to 3D, making sure it works perfectly for the story and the film, making sure it’s spectacular and immersive without being silly, distracting, or overly showy. 3D conversion was once far inferior to shooting in 3D, but over the past couple years new technology has allowed us incredible control over the 3D effects, making it equal to or in some cases greater than shooting in 3D.

"As an EXTRA benefit for those who see the film in IMAX 3D, we will be changing aspect ratios throughout the film in a way that makes the experience even fuller and more encompassing. I’ve personally chosen all the places where the changes occur and, again, I love how it’s coming along. The changing aspect ratios in this case are actually a part of the storytelling.

"Just wanted to share some of this stuff with you guys since I haven’t had a chance to talk about the 3D much. Hope you’re all having a great day. Hi!"

This isn’t the first film to play around with aspect ratio. Other films such as The Dark Knight Rises, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Grand Budapest Hotel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and many others have used this technique. It worked well for some and not so well for others. Guardians isn’t being filmed in natural IMAX, but I am sure that this decision was made so that Gunn could have more control of the end product.

I dig Gunn’s enthusiasm and willingness to do whatever it takes to make a great movie for us to enjoy. He is using every instrument in his orchestra to his advantage, nothing is lost. I am quite certain that the movie will speak for itself and I bet the shifting aspect ratio will be the furthest thing from our minds while enjoying this film. 

All I know is that I am thankful for the care and eye for detail that Gunn is putting into this production. 

Channing Tatum is not officially set to play Gambit yet, but it looks like that's what things are leading too. In an interview with MTV the actor talks about the development of Gambit, and says that he wants to try and change the superhero movie. 

"Creatively, we're starting to chug forward. Obviously there's nothing [official]. There are only conversations and dreams right now, really."

Tatum goes on to explain that we'll probably see a stand alone Gambit film before he joins the rest of the X-Men team. He also talks about trying to "change the superhero movie" saying:

"We've talked about it being a standalone, first, and actually trying to change the 'hero, superhero movie.' Because Gambit is not your typical hero. He's a thief. He walks on the gray. I'm hoping we can change it a little bit, and then ultimately feather into the other ones."

As of right now, there's no writer or director that have been attached to the project, but there's always the possibility that Gambit could be the "Untitled FOX Marvel Movie" which is currently set for release on July 18, 2018. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough,
 

When it comes to the Internet, you can't go wrong with cats, Star Wars or cosplay. Mix the three together and you get all kinds of ridiculous adorableness. I'm not really a cat person, but I have to admit that these photos of this cat dressed up as Princess Leia are cute as hell. This is the type of thing that will help bring about world peace.

Thanks to Uggly via: juliefuckingpowers

I've been watching a hell of a lot of anime recently, but Sailor Moon is one that I've never jumped on board. I know there are a ton of Sailor Moon fans out there though so I thought I'd I post the trailer for the new series coming out, Sailor Moon Crystal. It shows off the new designs of the Sailor Scouts. I found the trailer on io9, and they say the character design is "more reminiscent of Naoko Takeuchi's manga artwork than it was in the original TV series." For those of you who are fans of the franchise, would you agree with that statement? Are you excited for the new series? 

It looks like Marvel is really ramping up the marketing for James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. Yesterday they released a newTV spot for the sci-fi adventure film, and today we've got a minute-long extended version for you to check out. I'm so excited about everything this movie has to offer, and it's going to be so cool to see how it will connect with the rest of the Marvel cinematic universe. I'm really hoping to see the Avengers team up with them when they eventually take on the big bad villain Thanos, who is being played be Josh Brolin.

Guardians of the Galaxy launches into theaters August 1st! 

The SyFy Channel has released the first promo spot for their insanely absurd looking movie, Sharknado 2: The Second One. This time the Sharknado hits New York City. Of course the original survivors from Sharknado, Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid), are back to save the day! I still can't believe the first one did so well that they made a sequel and are also making a third. You know what's crazy to me? This second film will probably be even more successful than the first. Here's the synopsis:

The highly anticipated follow up to Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, a freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished iconic sites. Only Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid) can save the Big Apple. And, by the way, the Sharknado that hits NYC makes the one that hit Los Angeles seem positively tame.

Sharkado 2: The Second One co-stars Vivica A. Fox and Mark McGrath. Among the guest stars are Kelly Osbourne, Judd Hirsch, Judah Friedlander, Andy Dick and Perez Hilton. The movie, which was filmed in New York City, is directed by Anthony C. Ferrante from a screenplay by Thunder Levin (both of whom worked on the first).

 The movie is set to premiere on Wednesday, July 30th at 9/8c on Syfy. Will you be watching? 

This amazing set of Star Wars toy car concept art comes from a car designer that goes by the name of phenotyp. He says he was going through his archives and working on some portfolio stuff when he rediscovered these sketches he did for Hasbro back in 2008. As you will see in the images, each car design is based on a character from the the Star Wars universe. Here's what the artist had to say about them:

"I'd worked for them for a while (both at their HQ and freelance) a few years prior, and one day one of the dudes I'd worked with called me out of the blue and asked me if I'd like to work on one of their Lucasfilm license projects. The wanted to make a line of cars based on Star Wars characters, and wondered if I'd like to throw in.

"Um, does the Pope shit in the woods?

"They'd give me a character to design around, I'd spend one night sketching, send them for review, then render the chosen design the next night, and sketch on the next one, and send them for review. This was all in the evenings, after my 'real' job. Anyway, enough talk. Here are some of the sketches."

These things would have made for some pretty badass Star Wars toys. Too bad Hasbro decided not to move forward with them and bring them to life. Thanks to Oppositelock for the heads up!

On a recent Smithsonian Channel documentary, Australian researchers tagged a 3 meter great white shark as part of a program to track the animals. The shark appeared to be in perfect health. Four months later the tag was discovered on a beach two-and-a-half miles away. Information from the tag shows that on Christmas Eve, when she was headed to trim the reef with her family or maybe go caroling or something, she suddenly plunged 580 meters down the edge of the continental shelf, then the device recorded a huge rise in temperature, going from 46 degrees fahrenheit to 78 degrees fahrenheit in a matter of seconds. Which means the device was now in the stomach of another animal, but what animal could eat an apex predator?

The possibilities seem to be a bigger great white, orca, Godzilla, or Aquaman. The body temperature doesn’t match that of another great white or an orca, so those are out. Given that it all went down on Christmas Eve, my money would be on Aquaman, who is known to enjoy a hearty Christmas feast, except that the device remained in the hunter’s stomach for eight days, so unless there was also a substantial cheese plate or Aquaman had intestinal blockage, it has to be Godzilla. So there you go, folks. Proof that Godzilla is alive and well and eating sharks.

Watch the video from the Smithsonian Channel below and come to your own conclusions.

Via: Sploid

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Yesterday we posted an awesome piece of Guardians of the Galaxy art that was inspired by the original Star Wars poster. That was part of a much larger collection of posters done for the film that was released by Blurppy's Poster Posse. There's a lot of great art here that was created by some very talented artists. You can go through them below.

Kaz Oomori

 Candykiller

Doaly

Chad Woodward

Juan Martinez

Juan Martinez

Robert Bruno

Mr Flurry

Sharm Murugiah

Berkay Daglar

Daniel Nash

Matt Needle

Orlando Arocena

Paramount Pictures has unleashed a couple new TV spots for Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction. They give us a bit of new footage, one of the scenes includes Optimus Prime riding on the back of Grimlock yelling, "Chaaaaarge!" as he rides into battle. It's pretty awesome actually. There are also some quick glimpses of some new Autobot and Decepticon characters. The movie comes out on June 27th.

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This is an official poster that was created for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie as part of a cross promotion with the X Games. The design was done by Mike Johnston, who is a street artist from Austin known for doing wall murals and woking in stencils. His street name is ‘Truth,’ and you can see more of his work here.

It makes sense that the Ninja Turtles would be a part of the X-Games, after all, they do dabble in extreme sports. The movie is set to be released on August 8th, and I'm hoping that it delivers some awesome entertainment for the fans. I'm sure it will, I just don't want it to be stupid in the process. 

I'm going to jump right into SPOILERS so if you haven't watched X-Men: Days of Future Past yet don't read beyond this point.

One of the happiest moments for me in X-Men: Days of Future Past, other than Quicksilver's prison break scene, was when we saw the return of James Marsden as Scott Summers and Famke Janssen as Jean Grey. They weren't in it that long, but it was so cool to see those characters resurrected from the dead. I really hope they come back for more X-Men movie greatness.

In a recent interview with Comingsoon, Janssen briefly discussed her character being brought back, and how it all came about. It's not surprising that she was sworn to secrecy not to say anything before the movie came out. I'm really glad that bit of information didn't leak out. She had this to say about coming back:

"They were deep into filming when they approached me. I had run into James Marsden at various film festivals with films, and we've bumped into one another, but I don't get to see Patrick (Stewart) or any of them as often or frequently as I want to, so whenever we're on set together, it's sort of like a family reunion."

She goes on to talk about the strong female characters in these film saying:

"That's generally what I find wonderful about these X-Men characters, that there are as many female characters are there male [sic], which doesn't seem to be the case most of the time, I find. A lot of these comic book adaptations aren't necessarily like that a lot of the time—the women's parts are essentially the girlfriends or whatever—so it's really nice to play the scientist, doctor or a strong interesting character. And then we have to really focus on the love story part of it on Wolverine and Jean Grey, and it keeps giving something, especially because it supposedly can't go anywhere, so it becomes even more fun to play around with it. That's thanks to Bryan Singer. He set it up as a universe full of interesting strong women."

I've always enjoyed the female characters in X-Men, and Singer and Matthew Vaughn have both done a great job bringing them to life on the big screen. I'm really excited to see what Singer does with X-Men: Apocalypse and what new and old characters he plans on bringing into the story.