Episode 83 - Star Wars & Plenty of Tangents

Julian and Daniel sit down, sans Jeremy, to discuss the latest in geek news. Starting with, of course, Star Wars.  They break down the Rogue One trailer, Ewan McGregor's idea for Obi-Wan movies and whats happening with the Ghost crew and Star Wars: Rebels. They move onto talking about the reveal of Amber Heard's Mera as well as the nonstop news train coming from the set of Logan. As far as TV news, there wasn't much but the guys talk about the popularity of Netflix and The Simpsons 600th episode. Moving to games, they delve deep into Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement and the reception of PSVR after its release last week. To wrap up Dan and Julian both discuss some of what they've been watching including Fincher's Zodiac and more! 

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Show Notes

Movies

• New Star Wars: Rogue One trailer and poster!
• While promoting his directorial debut Ewan McGregor spoke about the possibility of playing Obi-wan between the events of Episodes 3 and 4 on the big screen.
  • "It would be fun to film that story now [that] I'm older," he said. "I’d be the right age. I’m forty-five, Alec Guinness was what, sixty? I could do two of them!"
    • "I hope that they’re going to explore different genres under the Star Wars banner, and one of those could be an Obi-Wan Kenobi feature film. Or two! The Obi-Wan Kenobi Story Part 1 and Part 2!"
• Zack Snyder is at it again. This time he released an image of Amber Heard's Mera from the set of Justice League
• Joe Manganiello, the actor playing Deathstroke in the upcoming Batman solo film tentatively called “The Batman” let slip that filming with start next spring.
• In an interview with Variety, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins discussed why she is looking to Christopher Reeve's Man of Steel when crafting her upcoming standalone film starring Gal Gadot, noting that the Richard Donner Superman film was all about the viewer. 
  • "It was about you watching and realizing what it would feel like to have great powers and do great things. It was full of love and emotion,".
• More “Logan” news as James Mangold keeps releasing more info
  • The Mutant “Caliban” has now been confirmed with a character photo of the Stephen Merchant in full makeup.
  • He also released a photo of some storyboards showing Wolverine crashing his arm through the front of a car.
  • Hugh Jackman also tweeted a photo that looked like an image from the set of a bathroom stall with “Where are all the mutants” scrawled on it.
  • Also... Reavers?
• The writer of Austin Powers, Michael McCullers is writing a Shrek 5 script. Due to release in 2019
• The Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter spin-off trilogy, just got longer. According to HP creator JK Rowling the series will now be 5 films.

TV

• Investment bank and management assessment firm Piper Jaffray has released its semi-annual report surveying teenagers, pulling the viewing habits from a sample pool of 10,000 teens. Netflix snagged the top spot among video consumption options, with 37 percent of teens saying they watch it daily. Netflix ranks above YouTube and cable TV, with YouTube surpassing cable TV by just one percent (the two options came in at 26 and 25 percent, respectively). -  IGN
• The Simpsons reached a new milestone this past Sunday when they premiered their 600th episode. 

Games

• Red Dead Redemption 2! Trailer is coming later this week. Out fall 2017
  • “An epic tale of life in America’s unforgiving heartland, the game's vast and atmospheric world will also provide the foundation for a brand new online multiplayer experience.”
• Batman: Return to Arkham collection is out and getting middling reviews
• PSVR reviews are in now that it is out. IGN scored it an 8.5
  • Sony: “PSVR is step 1 in a very long journey”
  • They’ve said in the past they don't look at PSVR like a peripheral for PS4 but as the PS1 of a whole new category for them
  • Market Research company SuperData Research thinks that PSVR will sell over 2 mill units by the end of the year. Via GameInformer.
• According to a Ubisoft VP we might not see Assassins Creed or Far Cry until 2018.
  • "I'll tell you what, we believe Alpha for these games needs to be one year before release. We're trying to achieve that. That's super f****** blunt, I don't even know if I'm allowed to say this. This is the goal we're going for: Alpha one year before, more quality, more polish. So if this means biting the [bullet] and not having an Assassin's game, or a Far Cry  [in 2017], f*** it." - Tommy François
• More from Ubi, the long dormant series Beyond Good and Evil is now officially back. Kind of. Ubisoft officially confirmed that they are working on a sequel.
• Amazon and Twitch have announced Twitch Prime which links your Amazon Prime account with your Twitch account and gives you extra game related perks

Comics

• DC will be launching a new Justice League of America comic in February 2017. The series will spin out of the upcoming Justice League vs. Suicide Squad crossover and feature a new team that will co-exist with the current Justice League. - IGN
  • The new series will be written by Steve Orlando (Supergirl) and drawn by Ivan Reis (Blackest Night). The book will feature a diverse lineup of heroes, with DC promising that, "This is a Justice League that looks like America, that proves Heroism can look like ANYTHING and ANYONE."