Category: Geek News
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New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shares Clues to Movie
Fans were given a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel yesterday after the Disney Live Action Movie panel at the D23 Expo. In it, a few clues are revealed about this highly anticipated movie. See if you can see them. They might be potential spoilers so I won’t point them out. What do you think…
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Colin Trevorrow to Direct Star Wars Episode IX
Today at the D23 Expo it was announced that Colin Trevorrow will be direction Star Wars: Episode IX. The announcement was made by Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. While this movie isn’t set to be released until 2019, Trevorrow will be joining the Star Wars family to being getting ready for the third of…
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Principle Photography Begins for Rogue One – A Star Wars Story
Principle photography has begun for Rogue One it has been announced at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. The movie, being directed by Gareth Edwards, tells the story of resistance fighters who are daring to steal the Empire’s plans to the Death Star. The film will take place in the Star Wars timeline before Star…
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Marvel Comics News August 9 – August 15 2015
It’s Marvel Comics news time! The DAPs team is currently at the D23 Expo, so stay tuned to the site, Twitter, and Instagram for news including Marvel stuff. In the meantime, here’s the weekly news for Marvel Comics! I’m curious about Secret Wars Too, a follow up to this game changing series of the Marvel…
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Photos Show First Look of Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War
There is a lot to look forward to with Captain America: Civil War. One of the most highly anticipated things that geeks have been looking forward to is the appearance of Black Panther. Beyond that the question being asked (as is every time a character is introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe), what will his…
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The First Order & D23 Expo – Geeks Corner – Episode 445
Welcome to this week’s episode of Geeks Corner! What started out as seeming like a slow week has definitely ended up picking up speed as we got closer to taping time. If you didn’t know, we film Geeks Corner live on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pst. All that being said, feel free to join us…
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New Korean Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows more of The First Order
While we haven’t been treated with any new trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens here in the United States, trailers have continued to roll out globally. A new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer has hit the internet courtesy of the Star Wars Korea YouTube channel. This trailer offers a bigger glimpse at The First…
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Marvel Comics News August 2 – August 8 2015
I am excited to bring a couple of Marvel news that I have been waiting to hear about! The first is a sequel to the highly successful Figment comic. Continuing the adventures of Dreamfinder and Figment, this will certainly be another hit! Next is a small comic series of Journey to Star Wars: The Force…
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The D23 Expo Muppet Disneyland App Episode – Geeks Corner – Episode 444
This week Geeks Corner there is a lot going on. From new Muppet news, to the 45th Anniversary of the All-American College Band, to D23 Expo, to a new Disneyland App… oh and did we mention that dinosaurs might be open sourced in the future? Well, if not… tune in as we cover all these things…
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Get Down with Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem as They Perform Jungle Boogie
The Muppets are at it again. Their newest video posted to YouTube and Facebook this morning features Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem performing Jungle Boogie. Sam Eagle joins the band for this song in a fairly typical way as the Electric Mayhem attempt to teach him how to Jungle Boogie. What do you think of…
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Marvel Comics News July 27 – August 1 2015
Marvel has some big announcements this week as they move from Secret Wars. A couple of surprises have popped up. One of which is Black Knight, an old favorite of the Avengers. The series looks to be a good expansion on the character and more establishment in the Marvel Universe. The other is the announcement…
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The Muppets Begin First Day of Shooting on New TV Show
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights… literally. The Muppets began taping today for their new show on ABC with the same name. The announcement was made via The Muppets facebook page. This continues the slow and steady stream of information that has continued to come out about this show.…
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It’s Time to Meet The Muppets… Again – Geeks Corner – Episode 443
Welcome to this week’s episode of Geeks Corner! This week it’s time to look more at The Muppets as they return to ABC. We also chat about what is coming to Cars Land at the Disneyland Resort, courtesy of Luigi. James Bond SPECTRE has a new trailer out and it’s time to geek out about that…
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Netflix and Marvel’s Defenders Reveals More on Release Times
According to several sources, Netflix president Ted Sarandos has said that seasons of Netflix produced Marvel series like Daredevil will be premiering fairly regularly over the next few years. A new season will premier every six months. It was even said that the next series, AKA Jessica Jones, will be out by the end of the…
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Disney Film Spot: Make Mine Music
Continuing our trip through Disney’s era of “packaged films”, the next feature leaves the continent of South America and returns to the United States for a lesson in music. Make Mine Music was a semi-continuation of Fantasia‘s musical exploration, only instead of animating to classical music, Disney decided to give us a brief history in contemporary…
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Marvel Comics News July 19 – July 25 2015
There is surprisingly not a lot of news concerning Marvel this week. If you look at last week there were a lot of big announcements. Not that this week has a lack of big announcements, but it seems to have slowed down for the moment. First, catch the Marvel Unlimited sale. It’s a great subscription…
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Marvel’s Version Of….
Marvel Studios have swept the box office with each of their films. It’s been astounding how popular they are and even, at times, how great. I’ve thought about it, and I wonder if it’s because they remind us of other types of films we all love. I submit to you what I think is a…
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Guide to Ant Man
Ant Man has been a hit with audiences, especially for being an odd bookend to Marvel movies phase 2. We have learned a lot about the character and his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But, what is his place in Marvel Comics? Here’s some references to the comics, and even differences. Hank Vs. Scott…
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6th Annual Arizona Taco Festival to Serve 100,000 Tacos
The 6th Annual Arizona Taco Festival is set to bring another year of fiesta fun with more than 50 teams competing for $10,000 in cash, while an expected 25,000 attendees nosh their way through more than 100 types of tacos throughout the weekend. Arizona Taco Festival, Sat. and Sun., Oct. 17 & 18, will run…
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New James Bond SPECTRE Trailer
A new trailer was released this morning for James Bond’s newest movie: SPECTRE. In it, James Bond has to dig into the dark corners of an evil organization that appears to everywhere… and always connected to the world’s most famous super spy. See has he infiltrates a secret meeting to discover the truth behind SPECTRE.…
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Disneyland, Dino, Remakes, and Ants! – Geeks Corner – Episode 442
This week on Geeks Corner the show starts off with a recap the Disneyland 60th Anniversary Celebration (https://www.dapsmagic.com/2015/07/18/the-july-17-celebration-of-disneylands-60th/). Following this it is time to chat about Ant-Man. Have you seen it yet? If so, what did you think? Next, there are a couple more live-action Disney remakes in the works. Aladdin is getting a prequel…
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Marvel Comics News July 12 – July 18 2015
There’s quite a bit from Marvel this week following San Diego Comic Con. The Star Wars announcements are here, including Chewbacca, which we did announce before. Vader Down is the first Star Wars comic crossover and looks to be a pretty epic one, showing all that Vader is capable of. Ant-Man and Ms. Marvel have…
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The Force is Strong with Disney… – Geeks Corner – Episode 441
There is a LOT going on in the world of The Walt Disney Company this week to cover on Geeks Corner. Things get started with Shanghai Disney (https://www.dapsmagic.com/2015/07/14/shanghai-disneyland-details-unveiled/). Disney CEO Bob Iger announced many features of this new Disney Theme Park and it’s time to geek out about it. The new Disney Legends Inductees were…
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Disney Interactive to Present Details on Upcoming Video Games at 2015 D23 Expo
In news about technology and Disney video games, the D23 Expo in August will surely provide tons of details. Announced on Monday, Disney Interactive is set to have its own pavilion on the showcase floor. Topics such as Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition, Star Wars™ Battlefront™, KINGDOM HEARTS III and more will be discussed. Be sure to stop on by and…