Am I excited about the new Daredevil series from Netflix?
Yes.
Oh. Mother. @^*#. YES.
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This One Time, On The Internet- February 26, 2014
Here are some quick hits from the world of movies, TV, games, sewage treatment plants, Amazon wish lists, whatever catches our fancy.
Movies
Ghostbusters 3
Harold Ramis passed on Monday and it has been announced that the script for Ghostbusters 3 will be “tweaked”. Fuck this movie. It has been two days since Ramis passed. Like we need a statement on the Ghostbusters 3 script? Dick holes.
Entourage
A release date has been set for the movie. The gang will be back to hug it out on June 12, 2015.
The Stand
Josh Boone is close to signing on to write and direct the adaptation of the Stephen King classic. It will be a “single R-rated movie that will be faithful to the book”. If this is true, the movie will run 4 hours 47 minutes.
Godzilla
Empire has the first full-on frontal shot of the giant lizard on their new cover. It looks like Godzilla. This movie looks to mind wipe the terror of 1998 and Come With Me.
TV
Fargo
Here is a trailer for the FX show that stars Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks and Oliver Platt. It is a retelling of the Coen Bros. 1996 movie which is one of the best films ever made. Be excited.
http://youtu.be/uj5LRr2Zzy4
Daredevil
Marvel is receiving a tax incentive to film all four of their Netflix shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist) in New York City. Hell’s Kitchen, here we come.
Being Human
SyFy has cancelled the show with Jimmy Olsen and Starkiller. People are upset. I never watched it but we should know by now SyFy loves cancelling shows that people like.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Required viewing for today is Paul Rudd taking on Jimmy Fallon in a lip-synching contest. Is there anything Ant-Man can not do?
http://youtu.be/4LvMeYEwWGQ
Books
Game of Thrones
A new paragraph has been made available from George R.R. Martin’s next book in his Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. It involves Tyrion Lannister. No, there is still no hint of a release date. It has only been three years since A Dance with Dragons so don’t expect it too soon.
Somewhere off in the far distance, a dying man was screaming for his mother. “To horse!” a man was yelling in Ghiscari, in the next camp to the north of the Second Sons. “To horse! To horse!” High and shrill, his voice carried a long way in the morning air, far beyond his own encampment. Tyrion knew just enough Ghiscari to understand the words, but the fear in his voice would have been plain in any tongue. I know how he feels.
Games
Wii U
The Wii U has passed the 360 in lifetime sales in Japan. Is this something to be proud of? The 360 has only sold 1.6 million units…in eight years.
LEGO The Hobbit
The game will be released on April 8th. It covers the first two movies because…because. Hell if I know.
Fable III
Peter Molyneux says that Fable III was a “trainwreck”. That probably is why I completed Fable II four times and barely finished III once.
Mario Kart
They are making actual Mario Karts that kids can drive, further proving that your childhood sucked while your kids get all the good stuff.
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Netflix Goes All In With Marvel On Four TV Series Including Daredevil
Marvel and Netflix have agreed to a huge deal that will see the creation of four new TV series which will all lead into a team-up miniseries. Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage will all get their own series with at least 13 episodes and once those are done all four characters will star in a miniseries called The Defenders which will see them teaming up.
Daredevil will get his series first in 2015 with the other characters to follow. For Daredevil fans this has to be exciting news especially for our own Daredevil expert, Trey Sterling. I think that Daredevil’s fight to keep Hell’s Kitchen safe works better as a gritty series instead of a movie. Also, how fucking cool is it that we live in a world where we can actually have an Iron Fist TV series?!
Alan Fine, president of Marvel Entertainment had this to say:
“This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel’s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling. Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel’s specialty. This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what’s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.”
Netflix has done some great things lately with their original programming including House of Cards and bringing back Arrested Development. This deal with Marvel is on a whole different level. It shows both Marvel and Netflix’s desire to branch out into unknown territory. Let’s hope they do the characters justice.
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Marvel Regains Daredevil Movie Rights. And There Was Much Rejoicing.
Photo courtesy hdwallpapers Twentieth Century Fox’s inability to get another Daredevil feature film off the ground has cost them the rights to the character. Full rights now revert back to Marvel giving them the ability to move forward with a new movie.
Marvel has not gone on record saying that a Daredevil film is in their future plans, but with a character as well-known as The Man Without Fear there is no way he will sit dormant for long. This is also exctiting because now there is another character that can be involved with other Marvel characters at Disney including The Avengers.
Now let the dream casting begin! Leave your favorites below in the comments.
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The Devil’s Due: Welcome to Hell’s Kitchen
I love Daredevil. As of last year, I own and have read everything from the beginning of “Vol. 2” – when Marvel reset the numbering to #1, put it under the “Marvel Knights” brand, and let Kevin Smith take the reigns – up to Andy Diggle’s #507 – which is actually #127 under the new numbering, but Marvel saw it fit to override that with the old system in order to commemorate reaching 500 total issues. Doing this was no easy feat, as many of these issues are only collected in now out-of-print trades, or not collected in trades at all. I also own the three trades that follow the point I’m at, trades that revolve around Matt Murdock’s final fall from grace and subsequent “rebirth.” But I’m getting way ahead of myself there, storyline-wise. My point is: I love Daredevil. (more…)
