Karl Urban Almost Skipped Star Trek Beyond Because of Star Trek Into Darkness
Karl Urban’s Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy has been a member of the onscreen Star Trek family ever since 2009 when director J.J. Abrams took the helm of the beloved franchise. But his status as a true Trek fan stretches back much further than that. Now, Star Trek Beyond -- the third film in the rebooted series -- has hit theaters, and while Abrams is gone from the director’s chair (replaced by Fast and the Furious vet Justin Lin), Urban is back once again. And this time it’s in his best turn yet as the cranky, lovable Bones.
Interestingly, however, Urban almost didn’t come back for the third film after his experience on the prior picture, the love-it or hate-it Star Trek Into Darkness. I spoke with the actor recently about how Bones was almost a no-show for Star Trek Beyond, as well as his thoughts on the character’s evolution in the film, Idris Elba’s villain Krall, and Urban’s least favorite Star Trek film. Read on for our entire chat below!
Mystery Science Theater Reboot Coming Soon to Netflix
The new Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot series is coming soon to Netflix, the popular streaming service has announced.
According to Netflix's press release, Joel Hodgson's MST3K revival will available exclusively on the service in the "not-too-distant future" across several territories, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland.
Yesterday, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that more alums from the original series will be back for the reboot, including Bill Corbett, Mary Jo Pehl and Kevin Murphy. Dan Harmon is also on board as a guest writer and Felicia Day stars as Kinga, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester.
Sonic, E.T. and More LEGO Dimensions Expansions Detailed
This weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. shared new details on the six new expansion packs coming to LEGO Dimensions this November.
The new packs available in Wave 7 include Sonic the Hedgehog, J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Gremlins, E.T. and Adventure Time.
The Fantastic Beasts Story Pack features six levels and new LEGO Gateway bricks to construct the Magical Congress of the United States of America, as well as a figure of the film's lead character Newt Scamander. Meanwhile, fans of Adventure Time can get a minifigure of Marceline the Vampire Queen in a new Fun Pack based on Cartoon Network's popular show.
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Marvel, Game of Thrones Cosplay Featured on Day 3 of SDCC
It's that time of year, when fans from virtually every aspect of geekdom meet together in San Diego, CA for Comic-Con, one of the largest conventions in the world. Intersecting fandoms means we see a pretty diverse array of cosplay, and we're going to highlight our favorites for each day of the show.
Day 3 of SDCC brought with it a number of new announcements from the Big Two, including a new trailer for DC's Wonder Woman and confirmation of Brie Larson playing Captain Marvel in the upcoming Marvel film.
South Park Creators Tease Season 20
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con to celebrate the show’s upcoming 20th season, which debuts in September on Comedy Central. They also were on hand with a sneak peek of their next video game, Ubisoft’s South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
I was able to talk to Parker and Stone right before they took the stage in Hall H, and here’s what they had to say about Season 20, South Park’s long history, and much more…
IGN: Did you ever think South Park could last this long?
Trey Parker: For the first many years, just every season, it was like, dude, we have to make six of these. It'll be hilarious. And who knows what we're going to do next. And then we're like, wow, I think we're going to do more than six. Maybe we'll do this another year… We might do this another two years. That's crazy. And we were always kind of looking for the other thing, but we also -- every time we came back to South Park -- we really liked it. We didn't like doing it, but we liked having done it. We always kind of felt like we were going to move to L.A., do our thing, and move back to Colorado. That was always the plan. I think we still somewhat mentally have this attitude of like, any minute now we're going to stop and move back to Colorado.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Takes the MCU Into Puberty
The new Peter Parker -- and Spidey -- Tom Holland took the stage at Comic-Con today to show off a first look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel Studios and Sony’s solo webhead movie.
Director Jon Watts was also on hand, and he described the film as “a high school movie. A straight-up high school movie
a 15-year-old kid. This is the ground level of the Marvel Universe.” The helmer said we know what it’s like to be a billionaire inventor or a god from another realm in the MCU, and now we’re going to know what it’s like to be 15 and just coming out of puberty. Add to that having spider powers and… “Wouldn’t you really want to tell everyone that you’re Spider-Man?” he said “If you had to keep that secret, it would drive you crazy.”
More Original MST3K Alums to Appear in New Series
Joel Hodgson's Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot will mark the return of several veterans from the original show, including Bill Corbett and Mary Jo Pehl.
Today at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Corbett will be back for Season 11 to both write and reprise his role as Brain Guy in a guest appearance. In addition, Kevin Murphy will reprise his role to guest as Professor Bob, while Jo Pehl is returning to write and guest appear as her character Pearl Forrester.
The aforementioned additions join Dan Harmon, who officially joined the project as a guest writer back in December, as well as Felicia Day, who will star as Kinga, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester.
2 More Thor: Ragnarok Villains Reveal
Marvel Studios screened some concept art and proof of concept footage as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Thor: Ragnarok, which just recently began filming in Australia. In addition to quick glimpses of Hulk in his battle armor and the god of thunder with close-cropped hair and war paint, the conceptual footage also revealed two more adversaries that Thor and Hulk will face-off against in the third entry.
We got a look at the Fenris Wolf, a being inspired by Fenrisulfr of Norse mythology. In mythology, the Fenris Wolf is prophesied to devour Odin. It is also said to be the offspring of Loki. Oh, Loki, you dog!
The footage ended with Hulk launching himself at Surtur, the gigantic fire demon who helps bring about Ragnarok, the destruction of Asgard and all things. Inspired by the being from Norse mythology, Surtur made his Marvel Comics debut in Journey Into Mystery #97.
What We Saw from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at SDCC
James Gunn and his Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 cast took the stage for Marvel’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con in a very different position then they were in when the first movie made a splash at the annual geek-fest a couple of years back. Now the sequel to a huge pop culture hit, Guardians Vol. 2 is a far cry from the untried, unfamiliar bunch of a’holes they were not that long ago.
Aside from revealing Kurt Russell’s character (Ego!) and the fact that Sylvester Stallone does in fact have some kind of role in the film (as had been rumored), two clips were played for the Hall H crowd. The first was a full scene from the movie, which saw Michael Rooker’s Yondu and Rocket imprisoned by Yondu’s former allies, the misshapen space pirates the Ravagers. Those nasty characters also have Baby Groot, now free of his pot and wearing a tiny little Ravager uniform, and while one of the Ravagers asks his boss if he can kill Groot, the boss says no: “He’s too adorable,” he snarls.