Hi everybody, this is Joe Smith, serving up your Week In Geek for the week of Sept 23rd to Sept 29th. Let's talk about the week in geek that's fit to speak:
In Film:
Sony and Marvel Studios' game of will-they, won't-they over the last month ended Friday. The two studios have announced a new deal to produce a third MCU Spider-Man film.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-shocker-disney-sony-striking-deal-new-movie-1243777
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-developing-spider-man-spinoff-madame-web-1243674
Multiple sources are reporting that Jonah Hill is being considered for a role in the new The Batman movie, rumored to be The Penguin.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/jonah-hill-in-talks-for-matt-reeves-the-batman-at-warner-bros-1202742916/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-jeffrey-wright-talks-play-commissioner-gordon-1237376
As part of their feature article on Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker, Empire Magazine has released an image of the Knights of Ren. No details were available in the article about the knights, except that they will be included in the movie.
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-episode-ix-rise-skywalker-knights-ren-image/
Travis Knight has been tapped as the sixth director publicly attached to the new Uncharted movie franchise, reportedly starring Tom Holland as treasure hunter Nathan Drake. Filming would begin sometime next year, and is currently marked for a December 2020 release date.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/uncharted-travis-knight-direct-tom-holland-sony-playstation-movie-nathan-drake-bumblebee-1202744152/
Collin Trevorrow, director of the Jurrasic World movie franchise, announced this week that Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill will be reprising their roles in the next Jurassic World film.
http://collider.com/jurassic-world-3-laura-dern-sam-neill-jeff-goldblum/
Sylvester Stallone is now attached to star in Samaritan, in which a young boy “is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.” Samartian will be directed by Julis Avery, the same director from Overlord.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/sylvester-stallone-samaritan-julius-avery-next-film-rambo-last-blood-mgm-1202742438/
And now for some movie Quick Bites: David Harbour has wrapped filming on the new Black Widow movie from Marvel Studios; Production has officially wrapped on A Quiet Place 2, with a planned release date of March 20th, 2020.
In TV:
News on the new Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series - Deborah Chow has joined the crew as director for all episodes of the new show starring Ewan McGregor in the titular role.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/obi-wan-kenobi-tv-series-finds-director-deborah-chow-1243984
A number of crossover characters were announced or displayed throughout the week for The CW's upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover series event.
https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/27/brandon-routh-superman-photo-crisis-arrowverse-crossover/
https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/26/birds-of-prey-ashley-scott-arrowverse-crisis-on-infinite-earths/
Quick bites for television: Blythe Danner is joining the cast of American Gods in its third season as Demeter, the Greek goddess of harvest;
In Video Games:
Sony announced during their State of Play livestream that The Last of Us II will be released on 2/21/2020, along with new footage of the game.
https://kotaku.com/everything-playstation-announced-in-todays-state-of-pla-1838415976
a Video game trailer was released for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, an upcoming action-adventure game developed by EA and Respawn. The game is scheduled for release on PC, Xbox, and Playstation on November 15th.
https://youtu.be/_va1_a-Z5DE
And that, folks, is your Week In Geek. As always, a full listing of this Week In Geek's articles is available with source links down in the podcast description.
