Author: Tony Smejek

Tony is a child of the 80s so has been pretty on par with pop-culture, sci-fi/fantasy, and anything that hits the nostalgia bone. Even before it was popular to be nerdy. Not only that, he still follows trends and what is going on in the world of TV, video games, and movie entertainment as he has his finger on the pulse of such things. He covers conventions and likes to bump elbows with others that share his interests at these geek-related events.

POTENTIAL LOGAN SPOILERS FOLLOW! Go away now if you don’t want to see! Deadpool 2 is in the works and with the recent teaser scene teasing the Merc with the Mouth, Reddit user Jkennie93 had a pretty spot-on theory regarding who could be playing Cable. The tease showed Deadpool spotting a victim at gun point and from there he makes a bee-line to a phone booth to change from his hoodie/street clothes to his Deadpool costume. If you take a closer look, there is graffiti on the phone booth that says, “Nathan Summers is coming.” That’s Cable’s given name. As Deadpool…

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Turns out, the Logan “post-credit” scene will be showing at the beginning of the movie and it stars… SPOILER ALERT! DEADPOOL and for likely the Deadpool 2 sequel. It’s pretty interesting that they are teasing completely different heroes/anti-heroes in these areas of the flicks which really casts the net with how they market the product. The comedic Merc with the Mouth sees someone at gun point in an alley. The victim is holding a bag of groceries and then que the old-school Superman music (courtesy of DC?). Anyway, Wade Wilson is seen rushing to a phone booth to dress in…

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This just in! The 2nd Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer is now available to watch. https://youtu.be/duGqrYw4usE With a special surprise ending introducing Kurt Russell as Ego and various pieces of the GoTG family at odds and fighting alongside each other. Nebula still looks like she needs to acclimate to the group and of course Mantis is a newcomer, too. Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Fans from the 80s knew him as the wisecracking Chet from Weird Science as well as Hudson from the hit movie Aliens. His resume extends to even this day from the ever famous Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to the new show Training Day. Variety reported he had “died after complications from surgery. He was 61.” The family’s representative stated he following: “It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery.  A loving husband and father, Bill began his career in Hollywood working on films in the art department and…

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A surprise appeared a short time ago on Karl Urban’s Facebook page. One could have mistaken it as a fan in cosplay showing up randomly on their feed…which is true! https://www.facebook.com/KarlUrbanOfficial/photos/a.1254346611265840.1073741828.1251825331517968/1484287821605050/?type=3&theater Looks like ol’ Stoney Face likes a cup o’ Joe Dredd in the morning, so that must be some potent brew he’ll be needing before he hits the streets of Mega City One. https://twitter.com/KarlUrban/status/834845131836649472 Karl Urban is indeed a fan of the comic himself and the 2000AD publication is celebrating 40 years of its existence in print. He had even expressed on Twitter on moving forward with a sequel by including…

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Director James Gunn took to Facebook to announce two pieces of news. He will include a character by the name of Fitzgibbon in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and he said Rob Zombie stopped by to do some voice work as seen pictured in Gunn’s post. https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/photos/a.216126946156.142629.48103536156/10154035881071157/?type=3&theater When director Gunn was asked if he had always had a character by the name of Fitzgibbon in his movies. It was an affirmative. In the first Guardians of the Galaxy, there was an attending physician named Dr. Fitzgibbon that had to attempt to revive Peter Quill/Star Lord’s mother when she flat…

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When it comes to the Warner Bros. Studios’ decision making process regarding the DCEU, there has been quite a good amount of flip-flopping or uncertainty when attempting to seal the deal and come to a conclusion. https://twitter.com/AlfredMurphy5/status/834857342189572097 It was a couple of weeks ago that Planet of the Apes’ Matt Reeves was the top contender to helm The Batman, then last Friday it was cited by The Hollywood Reporter that talks have “broken down.” However, there was still a lingering possibility that these talks could be revisited. Low and behold, Reeves has OFFICIALLY signed on the dotted line to direct The…

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Thunderbolts #10 had released in comic shops today and paid an ode to the 20th Anniversary. It is in this issue the Winter Solider character leads the Thunderbolts roster of Fixer, Mach-X, Moonstone, and Atlas. This is a version of the comic that took place after the events of Avengers: Standoff. They take on missions where the Winter Solider has emblazoned upon him duties having to do with the “man on the wall.” This is a station which was given unto the Winter Solider by Nick Fury, Sr. after his “apparent death.” Kobik, a character that is the Cosmic Cube incarnate, is…

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A surprising new update has been revealed. It has been confirmed that there is no post-credits scene to Logan. In the past it was previously reported an extended 3-minutes, which spawned the speculated footage. Mike Sampson, the Sr. Marketing and Promotions Director of the Alamo Drafthouse, had tweeted an extended runtime on the film last Friday. Let the secret post-credits scene speculation begin: Fox just updated LOGAN runtime to 3 minutes longer than version screened this week. — Mike Sampson (@mjsamps) February 17, 2017 It was Collider that reported that there would be a post-credits scene, but now they’ve just updated their website…

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After a long silence from Fox, it’s official, Drew Goddard is working on a script for Deadpool 2. Rumors have been bandied about regarding the casting and fans have speculated “what if” situations on who should play Cable and Domino. https://twitter.com/moviepilotnews/status/834492715563941894 Also, Movie Pilot spotted a production title for the sequel called “Love Machine”, which sounds rather apropos. Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had been working on the sequel script, but now things have changed and the ever recognizable executive producer of Netflix’s Daredevil and The Defenders is scribing. The previous writers were a good ways into it, but gears have shifted as…

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