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Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 155 Kevin Smith's Big Mystery Gig

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 155 Kevin Smith's Big Mystery Gig

The post that inspired this episode:
https://www.facebook.com/YesThatKevinSmith/photos/a.77596326929/10155364129486930/?type=1&theater

Featured Whiskey:
Pendleton whisky
https://pendletonwhisky.com

Recorded at:
Dogger's In Yelm
404 1st St S, Yelm, WA 98597
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Nerds Drink Whiskey
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Mark Carras:
Host, producer, and editor

Gabe Glandon:
Co-Host

Jeff Morris:
Co-Host

Ed Halbert:
Co-Host

All Camera work:
Mark's wife

Alan Smithee:
Director

Michael Arms:
Intro and outro music

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"If you say one more word, I'll feed you to my children!" ~ M'Baku from
Black Panther (2018)

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 154: Jeremy's Story time

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 154: Jeremy's Story time

Featured Whiskey:
Pendleton whisky
https://pendletonwhisky.com

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Nerds Drink Whiskey
Always Sip, Never Slam

Mark Carras:
Host, producer, and editor

Gabe Glandon:
Co-Host

Jeff Morris:
Co-Host

Ed Halbert:
Co-Host

All Camera work:
Mark's wife

Alan Smithee:
Director

Michael Arms:
Intro and outro music

Please join us at:
http://www.NerdsDrinkWhiskey.com

http://facebook.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey

https://www.patreon.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey  

http://www.cafepress.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey  

https://www.snapchat.com/add/NerdsDrinkWhisk

https://twitter.com/nerdsdrinkwhisk

"That thing your brother has in there, I’m going to have to call someone." ~ Milly
Kin (2018)

Nerds Drink Whiskey: My Lips Are Burning

Nerds Drink Whiskey: My Lips Are Burning

Location: 
Dogger's in Yelm
https://www.facebook.com/doggersyelm/

Featured Whiskey:
Black Velvet Belended Canadian Whisky
https://www.blackvelvetwhisky.com/

Nerds Drink Whiskey Event
Saturday August 4th at Doggers in Yelm, Wa
https://www.facebook.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey

For Nerd News show notes and links go to
http://nerdsdrinkwhiskey.com

Recorded at:
Dogger's In Yelm
404 1st St S, Yelm, WA 98597


_______________________________

Nerds Drink Whiskey
Always Sip, Never Slam

Mark Carras:
Host, producer, and editor

Gabe Glandon:
Co-Host

Jeff Morris:
Co-Host

Ed Halbert:
Co-Host

All Camera work:
Kara Hillius

Bartender:
Clinton Dogger Mullins

Alan Smithee:
Director

Michael Arms:
Intro and outro music

Please join us at:
http://www.NerdsDrinkWhiskey.com

http://facebook.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey 

https://www.patreon.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey  

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https://www.snapchat.com/add/NerdsDrinkWhisk

https://twitter.com/nerdsdrinkwhisk

"Anyone seen a Southern gentleman carrying a building?" ~ Scott Lang
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

NERD NEWS SHOW NOTES

MONDAY:

 

Toys That Made Us Season 3 Will Feature Power Rangers, Wrestling, TMNT, and My Little Pony.

Anyone older than 30 that watched the first season of The Toys That Made Us, was left craving for more.

Season two was released in May,and we all turned into Claudia from Interview with a Vampire.

"I want some more!"

Netflix has not only responded with what will make up season three, but let us know that this is no longer the original 8 part special.

The Toys That Made Us is now an ongoing documentary series.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497

 

Writer-Director Jon Schnepp has died.

Known for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Metalocalypse, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and many more, Jon's death is a huge loss.

He died from complications of a stroke.

He was 51.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jon-schnepp-dead-dies-metalocalypse-1202880082/

 

Star Trek Discovery, now with Spock!

Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman confirmed the news at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.

Star Trek Discovery returns in January.

https://www.cnet.com/news/star-trek-discovery-confirms-spock-for-second-season-comic-con-2018/

 

I Mark Carras, the host of Nerds Drink Whiskey, have watched the new Kevin Smith show Hollyweed!

Although I have never indulged in the green and sticky, I found the show to be hilarious!

The soundtrack might have been slightly annoying, but the show is so funny that I didn't care.

This is the best new comedy in a very long time.

I can't recommend it enough.

Follow the link in the show notes to give it a view, but don't watch it at work.

https://rvt.tv/2L8dKVI?u=00025s


 

TUESDAY:

 

Pressure is being aimed at Disney for James Gunn being fired.

You might have heard that James Gunn was fired from the Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 movie for something said about a decade ago.

Many in Hollywood have come out to not just support him, but point out that being fired after trying to be a better person is a bad direction to go.

Actress Selma Blair urged Disney to "RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN" and encouraged her followers to sign a Change.org petition in support of him.

As of Monday, nearly 200,000 people had signed the petition.

Others voicing support are Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt,  and Rick And Morty co-creator Justin Roiland.

Comedian/actor Patton Oswalt took aim at far-right social media personality Mike Cernovich, who is credited with digging up Gunn's old comments.

"This is one of the LESS disgusting tweets from Mike Cernovich, the dude who, after running a Gamergate-style smear campaign, just got James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.," Oswalt said in a retweet of what looked to be a tweet from Cernovich about date rape.

Please check the link in the show notes for the full story, because it's a good one!

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/07/23/entertainment/james-gunn-celebs-support/index.html


 

Game Of Thrones' House Stark gets ink to say goodbye.

Lauren Winzer of Hunter and Fox Tattoo did the art for Sophie Turner.

Maisie Williams just wanted to remind everyone that she is "No One."

Game Of Thrones sadly doesn't return until 2019 sometime.

https://mashable.com/2018/07/23/maisie-williams-new-game-of-thrones-tattoo/

 

Robert De Niro might join Joaquin Phoenix in movie.

Joker would be the iconic actors first comic book movie.

The Hollywood Reporter stated Monday that De Niro would play a talk show host for the film set in Gotham City in the 1980s.

Joker is set to start shooting later in the year and is due out Oct. 4, 2019.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/07/23/robert-de-niro-joining-joaquin-phoenix-joker/820292002/

 

Mark Hamill was not dressed as ‘Orange Vader.’

Mark Hamill used a Jedi mind trick on us all.

During the hype of Comic-Con, Hamill retweeted someone using the handle 'Brendan Bajillioz' who thought Hamill was the one dressed as what he called 'Orange Vader.'

Hamill followed up about 19 hours later with "Breaking News: FANS SLAM SHAM-HAM SCAM- Actor Mark Hamill says it was all in good fun & simply a joke meant to playfully mind-trick his fans. He claims (without proof) most people enjoyed his massive San Diego Comic Con-Job!"

Follow the link in the show notes for the full and funny story.

Follow Mark Hamill on Twitter to for endless hi-jinks from the Jedi Master.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-mark-hamill-star-wars-comic-con-20180723-htmlstory.html


 

The Mary Sue has an interesting take on the latest Buffy news.

In case you didn't hear, Buffy The Vampire Slayer is being re-booted.

This time with an African-American actress in the iconic role, a female African-American showrunner in charge, and some asking some very important questions.

The writer points out that "Unless original work from creators of color gets made, it’ll never belong to that community."

She follows that with "It’d be better if it were spinoff series with a black Slayer—which could still turn out to be the case, with the show still in early development—because then, at least, she could be her own person, but even that doesn’t have the same benefits as something wholly original."

Although we don't entirely agree with everything said in the article, it is very much worth reading.

https://www.themarysue.com/i-dont-want-a-black-buffy/

 

WEDNESDAY:

 

Zachary Quinto Confirms R-Rating For Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek Movie.

Zachary Quinto recently talked to USA Today and had this to say:

We’re waiting on specifics. I’m thrilled that we might have the opportunity to work with [Tarantino] and see what he would do with us in this universe. It’s going to be an R-rated version of Star Trek, which would be the first (in) the movies, and that’s exciting. I’ve been a fan of his for years, and I’m really inspired by his originality. Take that originality and mix it with this world full of incredible ideology and colorful characters, and the result could be pretty thrilling.

Between the blood and F-bombs that Quentin Tarantino is known for, none of this should be too shocking, but what are your thoughts on the Quentin Tarantino Star Trek?

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/zachary-quinto-reaffirms-r-rating-quentin-tarantinos-star-trek-movie/


 

Stan Lee is getting animated with the Teen Titans.

In Teen Titans Go to the Movies, Stan Lee is a character.

It's a superhero movie cameo where he makes fun of himself, for doing so many superhero movie cameos.

Is this the most meta thing you've heard about today?

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/stan-lee-makes-a-very-unexpected-new-movie-cameo-a/1100-6460581/



 

Bobcat Goldthwait lashes out at Disney!

In response to James Gunn being fired, Bobcat Goldthwait asked Disney To Remove His Voice From an upcoming Park Attraction.

“I would hate for you to come off as hypocritical so I’m suggesting you remove my voice from the attraction that’s coming to your park. It’s called WORLD OF COLOR – VILLAINOUS, and I reprise the role of Pain, a role I played in HERCULES,” Goldthwait writes. “You see here’s the deal, years ago I made a lot of sarcastically shocking and offensive jokes. Many that I’m embarrassed about now, and I’d hate to make you guys look bad seeing that I’m openly critical of the president and his administration, and you seem to be taking your lead from some of his radical fringe supporters.”

I think this is the most classy thing Bobcat Goldthwait has ever done!

https://deadline.com/2018/07/james-gunn-bobcat-goldthwait-support-disneyland-attraction-voice-1202432151/

 

So they have decided to do a re-boot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer eh?

Most fans are already preparing to hate this.

Since they have also announced that they want an African American lead, we know what the result will be.

Just like with the Ghostbusters re-boot, The Last Jedi, and a few other incidents, they will call you racist and sexist if you say that it sucks.

But I think I have a way to make everyone happy.

What about a deep dive on the two black Slayers already in the Buffyverse?

Let's do a deep dive on the backstory of Kendra Young and her Watcher Sam Zabuto?

Then maybe mix in some flashbacks of Nikki Wood as well.

Any fellow Buffy fans out there?

They are going to do it no matter what we think, but how would you guide them to make it not suck?

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Kendra_Young

 

Nathan Fillion Gets Honest About Booster Gold Rumors.

The actor recently opened up about Booster Gold at San Diego Comic-Con, and while he isn't actively campaigning for the role, he thinks he'd be great at it.

I heard that. He's a great character. Am I vying for the role? And do I want an internet thing to go crazy? No, I don't want that to happen. Do I think it's a great role? Yes. Would I do an amazing job... I like to think that I would... I like to think that I would. I like to think I would. He's a great character. He's such a dufus. I could do that.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2453840/nathan-fillion-gets-honest-about-booster-gold-rumors



 

Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon apologizes for Distasteful Video.

The resurfaced video involved the assault of children as part of a scheme to stop serial killers by traveling back in time.

“In 2009, I made a ‘pilot’ which strove to parody the series ‘Dexter’ and only succeeded in offending,” Harmon said in a statement obtained by Variety. “I quickly realized the content was way too distasteful and took the video down immediately. Nobody should ever have to see what you saw and for that, I sincerely apologize.”

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/dan-harmon-video-apology-1202882215/


 

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Release dates announced!

The digital edition lands on July 31, while the physical versions release two weeks later, on August 14.

Which version of Infinity War are you waiting for?

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/marvels-avengers-infinity-war-pre-order-release-da/1100-6460307/

 

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Aiming for November Start Date.

At San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin Smith gave an update to the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot movie.

The movie starts shooting in November.

In the film Jay and Silent Bob learn that the superhero movie Bluntman and Chronic is about to be re-booted.

So they go on an adventure to stop the movie from being made.

Tons more details if you follow the link in the show notes.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/959873-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-aiming-for-november-start-date

 

THURSDAY:

Cosplayers Rally For Rose at Comic Con!

I don't care how much you hate the Disney era of Star Wars, harassing the cast is wrong.

The actress Kelly Marie Tran left social media because internet trolls kept attacking her.

But true Star Wars fans made sure she felt some love, by cosplaying her character Rose Tico from The Last Jedi.

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/rose-tico-cosplayers-comic-con-kelly-marie-train-harassment-1201987057/

 

Following James Gunn, Rian Johnson Deletes Tweets.

When Disney fired James Gunn from directing Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Rian Johnson went to work covering his tracks.

The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson responded by deleting over 20,000 tweets.

What did he have to hide?

Screenshots are links in the show notes!

https://web.archive.org/web/20130815000000*/https://twitter.com/rianjohnson

 

Marvel’s new Infinity Wars series is building towards a major villain reveal.

Infinity Wars Prime #1 was released this week.

Writer Gerry Duggan has been redefining the role and purpose of the Infinity Gems within the Marvel Universe.

The comic is drawn by Mike Deodato Jr, Frank Martin and Cory Petit.

A detailed article on the comic can be found in the show notes.

https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/7/25/17612224/marvel-infinity-wars-comics-event-miniseries

 

FRIDAY:

 

Will Mara Jade be in Star Wars 9?

Timothy Zahn created the character Mara Jade, but has not heard anything about Mara Jade being in Star Wars: Episode IX.

When Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, the Expanded Universe was re-branded as Legends.

Many Legends characters have made it back to canon however.

Fans have been passionately begging Lucasfilm to bring Mara Jade to canon again.

In an interview with the Talking Bay 94 podcast, the author said he's unaware if Mara Jade is in the Episode IX screenplay. However, he would be interested in seeing the character make the leap from Legends to canon, as long as it was the right fit.

Check out the link to a great article on the potential for a Mara Jade appearance in the show notes.

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-9-mara-jade-timothy-zahn/

 

Will International Drinkers Will Save bourbon from a Bust?

According to the Distilled Spirits Council, more than 23 million cases of American whiskey were sold in 2017, much of it bourbon, bringing over $3 billion in revenue for distillers.

Times have not always been so good.

In the late 1970s and through the early 2000s, when limited-edition bottles and cult favorite Pappy van Winkle burst onto the scene, bourbon was overshadowed by vodka’s immense popularity.

The industry’s ace in the hole could be exports.

“Despite the renaissance the category has enjoyed, bourbon is still underdeveloped globally versus other whiskey categories like Scotch,” Rob Mason, vice president of whiskies marketing at Beam Suntory, says.

“Globally, the total market for Scotch and American whiskey is $6.7 billion,” Heaven Hill’s master distiller Denny Potter says.

“In today’s market, Scotch accounts for an 82 percent share of those sales. If American whiskey moved the needle just 10 percent, exports would exceed $2 billion. Compare that to domestic American whiskey sales of $4 billion.”

For political and logistical reasons, 2018 could be a challenging time to bring a distinctly American spirit to international markets.

https://vinepair.com/articles/bourbon-business-international/

 

Only one out of five Game Of Thrones Prequels have survived!

For obvious reasons HBO has been pulling out all the stops to keep the Game Of Thrones brand alive after the final season.

They even had five entire spin offs being developed at one time.

One has been approved, but the others were sent to a Red Wedding.

For more details, check the link in the show notes.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/those-4-other-game-of-thrones-spinoffs-in-the-works-at-1827865935

 

Johnnie Walker's New Blend Includes ghost whiskies.

Johnnie Walker's new scotch is Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost.

It's the second in a series of special releases from the distiller.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost includes whisky from the distillery of Port Ellen that closed its doors in 1983.

For more on the ghost whiskies in this special Scotch, click the link in the show notes!

http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/07/24/johnnie-walker-ghost-and-rare-port-ellen


 

New Buffy showrunner walks back the term reboot?

showrunner Monica Owusu-Breen made an interesting post to Twitter yesterday.

For some genre writers it’s Star Wars.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is my Star Wars.

Before I became a writer, I was a fan. For seven seasons, I watched Buffy Summers grow up, find love, kill that love. I watched her fight, and struggle and slay.

There is only one Buffy. One Xander, one Willow, Giles, Cordelia, Oz, Tara, Kendra, Faith, Spike, Angel... They can’t be replaced. Joss Whedon’s brilliant and beautiful series can’t be replicated. I wouldn’t try to.

But here we are, twenty years later.

And the world seems a lot scarier.

So maybe, it could be time to meet a new Slayer.

And that’s all I can say.

Could we still get a origin story of Kendra Young?

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-new-buffy-showrunner-addresses-reboot-concerns-its-1827894455

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 142 Mark's Often Wrong At Dogger's

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 142 Mark's Often Wrong At Dogger's

Location: 
Dogger's in Yelm
https://www.facebook.com/doggersyelm/

Featured Whiskey:
MacNaughton Canadian Whisky
No official website could be found

Nerd News:
Nerds Drink Whiskey Event
Saturday June 23rd at Doggers in Yelm, Wa
https://www.facebook.com/nerdsdrinkwhiskey

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Atari VCS gains over $2 million In Pre-Orders.

As of Sunday night, the Atari VCS raised $2,456,371 USD from 9458 backers on its crowdfunding campaign.

Atari VCS transforms how you will engage with your TV, with a nod to Atari’s rich history of pioneering interactive entertainment and hardware innovation.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/atari-vcs-game-stream-connect-like-never-before-computers-pc#/


 

Chris Hemsworth says Avengers 4 is 'even more shocking' than Infinity War.

The fourth (and technically still untitled) Avengers movie is due out May 3, 2019.

“If you were shocked by [Infinity War], I think the second one is even more shocking, for other reasons entirely,” Hemsworth told Esquire in a new interview.

http://ew.com/movies/2018/06/04/chris-hemsworth-avengers-4-infinity-war/



 

American Gods Announces Three New Cast Members.

Dean Winters (Divorce, John Wick) has been tapped to play Mr. Town.

Devery Jacobs (Cardinal, The Order) is set as Sam Black Crow.

Kahyun Kim (Shameless, Cassandra French’s Finishing School) has been cast as New Media.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/american-gods-season-2-dean-winters-mr-town-devery-jacobs-sam-black-crow-kahyun-kim-new-media-starz-neil-gaiman-1202402680/


 

‘Bumblebee’: First Trailer For ‘Transformers’ Spinoff Released.

Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Bumblebee, a spinoff of the Transformers franchise.

The spinoff is an origin story for the Bumblebee character, set a couple of decades before the events of the first Transformers movie.

It stars Hailee Steinfeld, will be directed by Travis Knight, with a screenplay written by Christina Hodson.

Nope. No Michael Bay.

For trailer and full story go to...

https://www.geeksofdoom.com/2018/06/05/bumblebee-trailer-transformers-spinoff/amp

 

Knob Creek to Release One of the Most Anticipated Whiskeys of the Year.

Knob Creek’s to-be-released rye took home one of the biggest awards in spirits – Best Rye Whiskey at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

The limited-run rye is set for a summer release.

It’s cask strength, it’s aged 9 years and it’s not that expensive ($70 SRP).

Knob Creek has not yet released an official availability date or a number of bottles available.

Full details at:

https://gearpatrol.com/2018/06/04/knob-creek-cask-strength-rye-note/

 

Patrick Stewart may be hinting at a role in CBS All Access' Star Trek: Discovery TV series, possibly as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

The fan favorite captain of the USS Enterprise-D on Star Trek: The Next Generation hasn't been a part of the franchise since the final TNG film, Star Trek Nemesis, released in 2002.

After Nemesis flamed out at the box office, and Star Trek: Enterprise was unceremoniously canceled in 2005, the Star Trek franchise went into hibernation until J.J. Abrams launched his blockbuster reboot in 2009, starring Chris Pine as a younger Captain James T. Kirk.

However, Star Trek was completely absent from television until Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017.

https://screenrant.com/patrick-stewart-star-trek-discovery-picard/


 

Shadowhunters won’t return for a fourth season.

Based on the Mortal Instruments novels by Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters starred Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray, an aspiring artist who learns she’s a human-angel hybrid destined to help protect the New York City streets from all manner of creatures that go bump in the night.

Season to date, Shadowhunters is averaging barely 400,000 total weekly viewers, down sharply from Season 2 and ranking fifth ranking all current Freeform programs.

The supernatural drama will wrap things up in the spring of 2019 with a 12-episode run — aka Season 3B, titled Shadowhunters: The Final Hunt — that will include a two-hour series finale event.

http://tvline.com/2018/06/04/shadowhunters-cancelled-season-4-freeform-final-hunt/

 

Does anyone want a Jared Leto Joker standalone movie?

Jared Leto will reprise his “Suicide Squad” role as DC Comics supervillain the Joker in a standalone movie.

Variety said that Leto, 46, will both star in and serve as an executive producer of the untitled spinoff film for Warner Bros.

The trade magazine noted this will be separate from Todd Phillips’ upcoming Joker origin movie, part of a Warner Bros. division specializing in origin-story films and for which Joaquin Phoenix has been assigned to play the role.

Are you confused yet?

https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/jared-leto-joker-movie-1.19009302

 

Jack Daniel's and the impact of trade war!

The maker of Jack Daniel's says tariffs are making it difficult to plan for the future.

The company, Brown-Forman (BFA), reported strong revenue and profit growth for the fiscal year that ended in April, and expects to report more gains ahead.

But it said competition in the developed world, coupled with "potential retaliatory tariffs on American spirits" means that it's "difficult to accurately predict future results."

US bourbon is one of the products targeted by foreign governments in retaliation for the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Mexico and much of the rest of the world.

For the full story go to...

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/06/news/companies/jack-daniels-maker-tariff-impact/index.html

 

Kelly Marie Tran, who starred in Star Wars The Last Jedi recently deleted her Instagram.

She did so due to harassment that included racist remarks.

We at Nerds Drink Whiskey find this behavior inexcusable.

If you have to resort to racism, you are in the wrong, weak minded, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.

The problems with The Last Jedi are not even her fault.

We are calling all nerds to call out this toxic behavior.

Share this video if you won't tolerate hate in our scene!

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/racist-star-wars-fans-reportedly-drive-last-jedi-kelly-marie-ncna880491

 

Greg Berlanti Inks Mega $300+ Million New Overall Deal.

Greg Berlanti has been the producer of Titans, Doom Patrol, Supergirl, Deception, The Flash, Arrow, Riverdale, Black Lightning, and that's just this year!

Not too shocking that Warner Bros. Television Group would want to keep him at the studio through 2024.

No financial terms are being disclosed but sources peg the pact at more than $300 million over the next six years.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/greg-berlanti-mega-300-million-overall-deal-warner-bros-tv-through-2024-1202405581/

 

Curiosity Rover Finds Ancient 'Building Blocks for Life' on Mars.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has identified a variety of organic molecules, the carbon-based building blocks of life as we know it, in 3.5-billion-year-old Red Planet rocks, one of the papers reports.

"These results do not give us any evidence of life," stressed study lead author Jennifer Eigenbrode, a scientist at the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

"But there is a possibility that [the organics] are from an ancient life source; we just don't know," Eigenbrode told Space.com. "And even if life was never around, they [the molecules] tell us there was at least something around for organisms to eat."

https://amp.space.com/40819-mars-methane-organics-curiosity-rover.html

 

HBO has officially greenlit a follow-up pilot to its acclaimed international hit Game of Thrones and it sounds just as massively ambitious as the original series.

The network has ordered a prequel drama from writer Jane Goldman and author George R.R. Martin.

The network has released an official description of the show’s story line.

Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.

Since the eighth and final season of GoT is coming next year, the soonest we can see a successor series is 2020.

For full story go to:

https://ew.com/tv/2018/06/08/game-thrones-prequel-jane-goldman/amp/

 

J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Launches Video Game Division.

Company president and COO Brian Weinstein announced Thursday that the entertainment production company has entered a strategic relationship with Tencent, the Chinese media giant, to form Bad Robot Games.

The partnership will exclusively develop games by Abrams and Bad Robot, with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment joining the gaming arm as a minority investor.

Bad Robot Games will partner with established developers to create large-scale and indie titles for the mobile, PC and console markets.

In-house visual artists, designers and writers from Bad Robot will work on the projects.

For full story go to:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jj-abrams-launches-bad-robot-games-1118151

 

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy stepping down this Fall?

The repercussions from The Last Jedi debacle continue it seems.

Rian Johnson created the most divisive Star Wars productions since Disney took over.

Solo did horrible at the box office.

And let's face it, The Force Awakens doesn't look as great as we first thought.

It seems the pressure is just too much and she will step down in September.

Do you think she's to blame?

For The Full Story Go To:

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Mark's Whiskey: Episode 11 - Ensign Red Canadian Whisky

Mark's Whiskey: Episode 11 This week's whiskey: Ensign Red Canadian Whisky

K.D. Distilling Co Louisville, KY

Made exclusively for Total Wine And More 80 proof

http://www.totalwine.com/ Mark's Whiskey Classy Enough To Drink It Right, But Causal Enough To Enjoy It

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Episode 2 Trader Joe's Canadian Whisky

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This week's whiskey: Trader Joe's Premium Blended Canadian Whisky blended and distilled in Ontario, Canada 90 proof http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/2209 Mark's Whiskey Classy Enough To Drink It Right, But Causal Enough To Enjoy It Intro music by Cradleman https://www.facebook.com/CradlemanBand https://www.reverbnation.com/cradleman Please join us at: MarksWhiskey.com Mark Carras, Michael Arms, Jeff Morris See you next Sunday!

This week's whiskey: Trader Joe's Premium Blended Canadian Whisky

blended and distilled in Ontario, Canada

90 proof

http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/2209

Mark's Whiskey Classy Enough To Drink It Right, But Causal Enough To Enjoy It

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