Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange

According to deadline.com, negotiations have begun at Marvel for Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch to play Doctor Strange. After a deal with first choice Joaquin Phoenix fell through, Marvel went back to the drawing board to get the world's greatest detective into the role of the Sorcerer Supreme. What do you think? Cumberbatch certainly has the acting chops to pull off a role that requires a lot of magic and mysticism. He is the voice of Smaug after all. But I can't help thinking this would usurp a lot of his time, and deny me new episodes of Sherlock which I so desperately crave.

In related news, watch Cumberbatch do his Jar Jar impression, the voice of Smaug, and completely fail at pronouncing the word, "penguins."

Halo: Nightfall Trailer

Halo: Nightfall is an upcoming five episode digital series produced by Ridley Scott. It's the second foray into live-action for the Halo series, the first being Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, which was only okay even with an appearance by the Master Chief. But this one is produced by Ridley Scott, so it's got to be good right?

Nightfall follows Agent Jameson Locke and his team as they investigate terrorist activity on the planet Sedra. The series takes place between Halo 4 and 5, and Agent Locke is set to play a major role in Halo 5. The trailer definitely looks pretty good and also features some Covenant enemies so I'm looking forward to that. But it always begs the question, can a Halo series survive without the Master Chief?

Look for Nightfall to premiere November 11th on the Halo Channel on Xbox. Here's the trailer!

Air New Zealand Airline Safety Video

Do you ever get the feeling New Zealand's economy is based totally on the Lord of the Rings movies and tourism? Well this airline safety video from Air New Zealand combines the two in a clever and kinda cheesy way. They even go so far as to say it's the "most epic safety video ever made." Considering it contains the likes of Elijah Wood & Sylvester McCoy, I'd say the bar has been risen! Though the bar was only really at hobbit height to begin with.

Avengers Age of Ultron Trailer Breakdown!

It's been a pretty hectic night. There were screenshot leaks of The Age of Ultron trailer of Hulkbuster and Ultron which I posted here. Then the whole trailer leaked online before it was supposed to premiere next week. I was scrambling to get a trailer breakdown of the low res video up, and when I was this close to being ready, Marvel themselves stepped up and didn't demand any of the videos be taken down. They went and uploaded the trailer themselves in glorious high definition. They even proved they have a sense of humor about the whole thing.

Dammit, Hydra.
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 22, 2014

The trailer really is beautiful and ominous at the same time. You'll never see Pinocchio's "I've Got No Strings" the same way again.



And now the breakdown!

Avengers Age of Ultron Trailer!

So the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was supposed to debut during next week's episode of Agents of SHIELD. So of course it's been leaked online and here it is, so watch it before it gets taken down!

UPDATE: Marvel has noticed the leaked trailer and decided to upload an HD version themselves. Good on ya Marvel!

Hulkbuster and Ultron?

A couple of images have possibly leaked from the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer that will premiere during next week's episode of Agents of SHIELD.

Here we have what looks like Tony Stark's Hulkbuster armor.

Which looks like a nice updated version from the comics.

And the main bad guy himself, Ultron.

Which looks a little different from the Ultron that was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly a few months ago. This one's got Terminator eyes and looks just a bit more menacing.

So what do you think? With no new Marvel movies in the next 6 months, Avengers: Age of Ultron is probably going to break box office records when it hits theaters on May 1, 2015.

Gotham: Viper

When the title of your episode is "Viper," you can make certain assumptions. Viper implies snakes. Snakes have venom. And venom is the drug that makes Bane super strong.

Left to Right: Dark Knight Rises Bane, Comics Bane, Arkham City Bane

But let's slow down for a moment. We didn't see Bane in this episode. And just because viper was revealed to be an earlier version of venom, it doesn't mean we will see any iteration of him as we know him. Anything we see will be an origin story, and if we're lucky, it'll be as good as how the Penguin's story has been so far. And if we're not lucky, he'll end up sounding like the Count from Sesame Street again.