Hoppy Holidays everybody, Joe Smith here for your Week In Geek for the week of December 16th to the 22nd. Let's talk about the week in geek that's fit to speak:
In Movies:0
It's no surprise that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker topped the box office this weekend with $176 million dollars in domestic box office, and around $374 million globally.
https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/box-office-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-cats-bombs-1203450541/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-notifies-theaters-cats-is-being-updated-improved-visual-effects-1264689
So let's talk about 2019. Movie ticket sales in the United States and Canada were $11 billion for the year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/movies/star-wars-box-office.html
December 18, 2019, was the 10th anniversary of the release of Avatar which is still the second highest grossing film of all time.
https://variety.com/2019/film/features/avatar-oral-history-james-cameron-zoe-saldana-sigourney-weaver-10-anniversary-1203439501/
In an interview with Consequence of Sound, director Quentin Tarantino stated that he’s beginning to “steer away” from the Star Trek franchise.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/filmmaker-of-the-year-quentin-tarantino/2/
Lego is now in talks with Universal to have them produce all future Lego films, since Warner Bros.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/universal-lego-talks-film-partnership-1264165
Francis Tseng posted on Twitter this week a screen capture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, which listed Wakanda as a trading partner on its Agricultural Tariff Tracker. The USDA responded that the listing was left over from their testing the wesbite, and has since been removed.
https://twitter.com/frnsys/status/1207316477373829120
Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan has announced that a 180 minute Director's Cut of the film will be released as part of its home market release on January 21st.
https://twitter.com/flanaganfilm/status/1207786515138433026
In Television:
Netflix announced a new deal with Mattel Television to officially reboot He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
https://deadline.com/2019/12/he-man-masters-of-the-universe-netflix-mattel-cg-greyskull-skeletor-1202812653/
Another week, another Stephen King adaptation. Deadline is reporting Adrien Brody will lead Jerusalem’s Lot, a 10-episode series based on the King short story that’s coming to Epix in fall of 2020.
Quick bites:
Desmond Chaim and Miki Ishikawa have joined the cast of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in undisclosed roles.
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-series-galadriel-morfydd-clark-1203446284/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/van-helsing-renewed-fifth-final-season-at-syfy-1263204
https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-trek-picard-renewed-season-two-patrick-stewart-cbs-all-access-1202809964/
https://twitter.com/AronColeite/status/1206789314299875328
In Video Games:
Sony is releasing an official Back Button Attachment for the Dualshock 4 controllers.
https://youtu.be/3FNOKSwkg5U
Indie developer Lance McDonald released a video showcasing his exploration of P.T.
https://youtu.be/DHLPRrPXaPo
Fans of The Witcher franchise are building a total conversion mod of the strategy game Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms that will turn it into a Witcher game.
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-total-war-swaps-hunting-monsters-for-building-empires/
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/henry-cavill-interview-2019
In Other News:
Gary Larson, the creator of The Far Side comic strip that ran in newspapers from 1980 to 1995, has created a website for the series, at TheFarSide.com.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/arts/far-side-gary-larson.html
And that, folks, is your Week In Geek. As always, a full listing of this week's articles is available with source links down in the podcast description. And I'll see you geeks next week!
