Aug 19, 2015
The entertainment news for the week ending Thursday, August 13th 2015 as seen by Beef, Neil and Wing. As usual, we discuss news from the world of entertainment from movies to TV, the web and more. Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! These discussions will be spoiler filled and will contain explicit language, so consider yourself warned.
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Comics
Marvel:Secret
Wars #5, A-Force #3, Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde #2, Attilan Rising #4,
Squirrel Girl #8, Lando #2
DC:Green
Arrow #43, Batman #43, Starfire #2
Image:The
Walking Dead #145 (trade waiting)
Indy:
Star Trek & Green Lantern #2 (IDW), Orphan Black #5 - Rachel
(IDW)
Online Media
Cord
Cutting:
Over half a million US viewers “cut the cord” between April-June.
Winter is coming.
http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/cord-cutting-gets-ugly-u-s-pay-tv-sector-drops-566000-customers-in-q2-1201559878/
Ultra-HD Blu-ray:
...Which begs the question, who will actually buy new 4K Ultra-HD
Blu-ray disks & new players? (licences for the new format launch on
Aug 24)
http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/ultra-hd-blu-ray/248259/ultra-hd-blu-ray-launching-later-this-year
TV News
Fear the Walking Dead:
Behind the camera featurette released by AMC
Article:http://www.superherohype.com/news/349407-go-inside-fear-the-walking-dead-in-new-video#/slide/1
Video:https://youtu.be/YAJ1elwOH98
True Detective:
Season 2 ends. The Internet is generally not impressed. 22%
Decrease in viewership over last year’s S.1
finale.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenkilloran/2015/08/10/true-detective-season-2-finale-does-not-justify-a-season-3-but-hbo-will-likely-renew-anyway/
Daredevil:
First look at the Punisher on the set of Daredevil Season
2
http://www.justjared.com/2015/08/08/jon-bernthal-films-a-brutal-fight-scene-for-daredevil/
Sense 8:
Sense 8 Gets a second season from Netflix… but has anyone seen
it?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflixs-sense8-renewed-season-2-814098
Westworld:
HBO Previews first teaser for Westworld. Anyone else getting an
Inception vibe?
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8HNuRLIBI
Article:http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/westworld-teaser-watch-hbo-1201566394/
The Bastard Executioner:
“There’s Nothing Wrong with Brutality” Says SoA
Creator.
Trailer:https://youtu.be/YRg81aX_tlM
Article:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bastard-executioner-creator-kurt-sutter-813988
The Daily Show:
3.5M People Watched Jon Stewart say
Goodbye
“I’m gonna go get a drink”
http://deadline.com/2015/08/daily-show-ratings-jon-stewart-final-show-comedy-central-gop-debate-1201495090/
The Strain:
FX renews the Strain for Season 3
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-renews-strain-third-season-813848
Torentz:
Yarrr!! “Pirates” leak two Fox pilots and two NBC pilots ahead of
fall premieres.
http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/piracy-minority-report-blindspot-lucifer-carmichael-show-1201566568/
Arrow:
Matt Ryan to reprise his role of Constantine on Arrow!
#SavedConstantine
http://www.tvinsider.com/article/33819/constantines-matt-ryan-conjures-up-magical-return-on-arrow/
Killjoys:
… firefly , defiance, event horizon, all the good sci ish , class
separation, bounty hunters, all goodness wrapped into
in
Trailer:https://youtu.be/T8rLnjMqi78
Movies
Weekend Box-office:Link to box office Mojo for the week is in the FF news (Part 3)
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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation: 28.5 Mil
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Fantastic Four: 25.6 Mil
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The Gift: 11.8 Mil
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Vacation: 8.9 Mil
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Ant-Man:7.9 Mil
FF Part 1:
Josh Trank Blames Fox in a tweet... Fox turns around and blames
Trank
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/07/fantastic-four-josh-trank-tweet
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=123745
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantastic-four-blame-game-fox-814764
Update -- The Blame-game continues! Trank lawyers up as new ugly details emerge. http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=123917
FF Part 2:
Fox knew it was coming… confirms no X-men crossover days before
opening
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/fantastic-x-men-not-film-universe-article-1.2314517
FF Part 3:
Weekend Box office was only $26.2M, behind MI:5. BUT FF sequel
still planned
http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/fantastic-four/248295/fantastic-four-2-still-planned
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
Batfleck!
Ben Affleck pushes back his next two movies. + Rumors of early
screeners of B v. S looking great coincide with rumor he’ll write &
direct more Batman.
Delay:http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ben-affleck-live-by-night-the-accountant-release-1201559113/
New:http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/batman/248269/report-affleck-to-star-in-3-stand-alone-batman-movies
Ghostbusters:
Bill Murray will be in Ghostbusters
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghostbusters-bill-murray-appear-814125
Star Wars:
New international tv spot for The Force Awakens w/ 2 sec of new
footage
Article:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/10/star-wars-the-force-awakens-debuts-first-international-tv-spot-have-you-felt-it/
Video:
https://youtu.be/YpPWWeWvI6Q
Dissecting
the 2sec:
http://io9.com/lets-dissect-the-crap-out-of-this-new-star-wars-the-fo-1723109598
Star Wars Part 2:
No new trailer or footage at D23...
Article:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/11/j-j-abrams-says-no-new-star-wars-the-force-awakens-footage-at-d23/
Star Wars Part 3:
...but they have pretty pictures...
Article:http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-force-awakens-first-look-gallery/2274288_clone-all-crops-gallery-star-wars-force-awakens-2015-daisy-ridley-and-john-boyega-0
Star Wars Part 4:
...and branded stuff! (No Happy Meals tho.)
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-takes-on-seven-promo-partners-1201569309/
Beetlejuice:
WTF… Winona Ryder says Beetlejuice 2 is a go on Late Nite w/ Seth
Meyer
Article:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/11/yes-beetlejuice-2-is-really-happening-winona-ryder-confirms/
Video:https://youtu.be/y5l2IK_ywa4
Lego Batman seems to have found its Joker
Article:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/zach-galifianakis-joker-lego-batman-1201568733/
The Hateful 8:
The first trailer to Quentin Tarantino’s 8th film, the Hateful 8,
debuts online
Article:http://deadline.com/2015/08/the-hateful-eight-trailer-quentin-tarantino-kurt-russell-1201497958/
Video:https://youtu.be/gnRbXn4-Yis
Trumbo:
Bryan Cranston gets blacklisted in the first trailer for
Trumbo
Article:http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/trumbo/248397/trumbo-trailer-with-bryan-cranston-arrives
Video:https://youtu.be/n0dZ_2ICpJE
Deadwood Movie:
HBO Confirms talks of a Deadwood Movie
Article:
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hbo-confirms-early-talks-of-deadwood-movie-1201569178/
Non News
Benedict Cumberbatch asks fans to “Hashtag the Shit” out of this:
Don’t record me on stage.
http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-begs-fans-to-stop-recording-hamlet-its-morifying-1201566996/
Guillermo del Toro on why he develops 5 properties at the same
time
http://collider.com/pacific-rim-2-hellboy-3-updates-guillermo-del-toro/
Giant Robots, Aliens, Dragons? Best. Election. Ad. Ever! (BTW,
Canada is having an election)
Article:http://io9.com/this-could-seriously-be-the-greatest-political-campaign-1723555465
Video:https://youtu.be/DG6fhub9HDQ