*SPOILERS* “From the Desert Comes a Stranger” opens with Cobb Vanth dealing with a group of Pyke spice traders who have wandered into his town. We then find Mando arriving at Luke’s future Jedi training academy. He runs into R2-D2, who leads him farther into the grounds and deactivates. Din wa...
Read MoreLucasfilm has announced they have hired YouTuber Shamook as their Senior Facial Capture Artist for Industrial Light and Magic. Shamook confirmed this in a comment on one of his more recent videos: “As some of you may already know, I joined ILM/Lucasfilms[sic] a few months ago and haven’t had the...
Read MoreInvincible is an animated series from Amazon Prime and executive producers Seth Rogen and Robert Kirkman (who also created The Walking Dead comics). The show is based on Kirkman’s comics of the same name and follows teenager Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) as he explores his new superpowers. Natura...
Read MoreAfter the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s next film came two years later in the form of Castle in the Sky. I forgot to mention last week that Nausicaä was technically produced before Studio Ghibli was formed, making Castle in the Sky their official first film....
Read MoreWhen I watched and reviewed Earwig and the Witch last week, it got me thinking about Studio Ghibli as a whole. This was their first film in six years (seven for us here in the United States), and it was disappointing to most fans, to say the least. However, it’s worthy of note that a …
Warner Bros. may be preparing to send up the Bat-Signal. In a recent episode of the Fatman Beyond podcast, hosts Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin said that sources have told them that a revival of Batman: The Animated Series is being discussed. The sequel series, or continuation, or whatever they deci...
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