Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking have announced a $100 million investment in SETI, a private US based group of researchers who search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Watch the full trailer for The Good Dinosaur
This is an adorable trailer from Pixar. An orphaned dinosaur named Arlo becomes friends with a little human boy named Spot and must survive the wilds together. The trailer reminds us of a cross between The Land Before Time and Old Yeller, in a good way.
THE GOOD DINOSAUR opens in theatres November 25, 2015!
Group Hacks Ashley Madison, Ransoms User Data
Security expert Brian Krebs first reported that the hacker group Impact Team have claimed to have gained full access to the user and employee data of the world’s number one extramarital affair site, Ashley Madison. The breach potentially effects up to 37 million of the companies registered users.
Uber Ban in Spain Sent To The European Court of Justice for review
Uber has faced violent protests in France and total bans in Germany and Spain.Today the company’s head of public policy in EMEA, Mark MacGann, announced that an ongoing case against it in Spain has been referred to the European Courts of Justice.
Scientists Create Solar Cells that Produce Electricity and Hydrogen Fuel
Researchers in the Netherlands have created a new type of solar cell that not only produces electrify but also breaks down water into it’s component parts (Hydrogen and Oxygen) while it does so. Oh, and it does it more efficiently and uses 10,000 times less precious materials than traditional methods.
Trailer for The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio
There’s a lot of stuff going on in the trailer. However, it has Leonardo DiCaprio so it’s bound to make a lot of money. Watch this survival period piece December 25th, 2015.
Watch the first English Sub’d trailer for the live action Attack on Titan
Funimation has released the first subtitled trailer for the Western release of Attack on Titan: Part I, the first of two live action films based on Hajime Isayama’s hit manga and anime series. The first movie arrives on U.S. shores on August 1st.
Latest Ant-Man spot uses fictional interview to fill in backstory
What an interesting way to promote the upcoming Ant-Man movie. Marvel has created a YouTube channel that posts videos from the fictional news channel WHIH featuring interviews with the characters form the movie. Look forward to watching the movie this weekend.
The video features an interview between Everhart (from the first Iron Man movie) and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), and it fills in a little bit of Lang's criminal backstory that's alluded to in Ant-Man. Be sure to pay attention to the ticker tape along the bottom of the news broadcast for more MCU-related Easter eggs.
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Welcome to episode 167 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgardo Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about video game news, Batman’s penis, PG-13 Deadpool, tons of superhero casting news, movie trailer showdown and more...
That’s it for the show
If you like the podcast and want to help support us you can find out all the ways to do so at geekbytespodcast.com/support
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(Music 9)
Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Recommended
A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.
Now that Mac (Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Byrne) have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than Teddy (Efron) and his brothers ever dreamed of being.
Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele star in this comedy where Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
The untold true story behind the meeting between the King of Rock 'n Roll and President Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
The sequel no one asked for. In the original movie Independence Day (1996) aliens invaded an unprepared earth. Now they’re back.
While the movie doesn't have Harry Potter in it, it is still an amazing story set in the same world. Think 1920's American Wizards meet some folks from Hogwarts. Release date: November 18, 2016 (USA)
Professor X and Raven lead a team of young X-Men to stop the immortal mutant Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) from destroying mankind.
We don’t know much about the story of this TMNT sequel. In the trailer we do see Beebop, Rocksteady, KC Jones, Shredder, some alien invasion ships, and of course Megan Fox returns as April O’Neill. The CGI Ninja Turtles come back to theaters June 3, 2016
Warcraft is an animated feature based on the world created by Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. You’ll likely recognize characters from their video game series Warcraft and their MMO World of Warcraft. Watch the amazing new teaser for Warcraft out June 2016.
In the movie Sally Field plays this quirky, adorable, sixty-something looking to get the attention of a younger co-worker. You might think the premise is weird, and it is a little, but it works. Watch the trailer and be enchanted by the characters.
A mild-mannered radio executive (Will Ferrell) competes for the affection of his stepchildren when their freewheeling and freeloading father (Mark Wahlberg) shows up. In theaters Dec. 25th.
Premiered during Monday Night Football, this is the latest official Star Wars The Force Awakens trailer. Enjoy all the Star Wars goodness.
What happens when you put Zac Efron and Robert De Niro on a sex comedy road trip? Possibly the best De Niro movie in the last decade. In theaters Jan. 22nd 2016.
Race tells the story of track-and-field superstar Jesse Owens (Stephan James) prepares to compete in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn tells the heartbreaking tale of a young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. The film is described as a horror romantic comedy and is in theaters February 5th 2016.
Based on the bestselling series of novels by Adriana Trigiani, Big Stone Gap is a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and is the story of its self-proclaimed spinster, Ave Maria Mulligan (Ashely Judd). Described by critics as Americana Chicken for the Soul. Starring: Ashely Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, and more. The film is out now.
Based on a real life social science experiment, this movie asks why people obey authority and tests the limits of social training. Watch the trailer to see what we mean. In theaters October 16th, 2015.
The Good Dinosaur seems to a mash up of Lassie and The Land Before Time, in a good way. Watch the trailer to get a feel for this adorable animated film. In theaters November 25th, 2015.
Every wonder how Peter Pan got to Neverland? Well, wonder no more. The movie Pan fills in the back story of the world’s most beloved flying child. In theaters now.
Who doesn’t love a good dysfunctional family Christmas movie? Love the Coopers looks to get the holiday season off in this funny comedy. In theaters November 13th, 2015.
Watch Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) fight the Capital one last time in the last movie in the Hunger Games series. The movie is out November 20, 2015
Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, The Choice looks to be a great date movie. In Theaters February 5, 2016. Starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson, Alexandra Daddario, and Maggie Grace.
You might recognize Natalie Dormer from her role on The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, or Elementary. Now you can see her as the lead character in what can best be described as a psychological folktale horror film. The movie references the Aokigahara Forest, a real place in Japan associated with demons in Japanese folk lore. It’s also a place where about 100 people go to commit suicide every year. The trailer plays heavily on this history and creeps us the heck out.
Sarah Silverman is following the tradition of very funny people taking on dramatic roles. There seems to be a common connection between tragedy and comedy that lets great comedians do both. Watch Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back. In theaters October 23, 2015.
Uber May Face Suspension In California
Uber has faced opposition in many countries around the world recently, most notably France. In the U.S. state of California Uber may now face a $7.3 million fine and possible suspension of its operating license
President Obama sets plans for Free or Cheap broadband
While many people in the U.S. have had access to the internet all their lives a sad fact is that one out of every four people living in the U.S. don’t have Internet at home. This is the reason that President Obama has begun an inititive that looks to change that through ConnectHome.
Kuwait has become the first country to make DNA testing mandatory for all residents
After a horrendous Islamic State-led suicide bombing in Kuwait City in June that killed 26 people and injured 227 people, Kuwait has made it mandatory for all of it’s residents to have their DNA sequenced and entered into a national database.
Scientists Develop Dissolving Needle for Painless injections
Gizmodo reported on a new piece of medical technology that may take all the pain out of injections. Researchers in Japan have developed and tested a “dissolving needle” called MicroHyala.
Watch the new trailer for Pan
Pan is the story of how Peter came first came to Neverland and his adventures there. Hugh Jackman plays the role of Blackbeard, the pirate villain.
Watch the trailer for Sisters w/Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
Two of the funniest women in comedy team up in the movie Sisters. Watch the trailer, laugh till you pee a little. Then watch it again.
Fly on a Griffin by watching WARCRAFT: SKIES OF AZEROTH
While you still can’t see the trailer for the animated movie Warcraft, based on the insanely popular game franchise, you can get a griffin’s eye view of the world. This recently released video lets look around the world of Azeroth while riding on the back of a griffin.
Watch the new Fantastic 4 trailer
Watch a young Reed Richards build a teleportation machine in the latest trailer for The Fantastic Four. The movie comes out August 7th, 2015.
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Listen to our Podcast
Welcome to episode 167 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgardo Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about video game news, Batman’s penis, PG-13 Deadpool, tons of superhero casting news, movie trailer showdown and more...
That’s it for the show
If you like the podcast and want to help support us you can find out all the ways to do so at geekbytespodcast.com/support
Thanks for watching and listening.
For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
(Music 9)
Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Recommended
A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.
Now that Mac (Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Byrne) have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than Teddy (Efron) and his brothers ever dreamed of being.
Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele star in this comedy where Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
The untold true story behind the meeting between the King of Rock 'n Roll and President Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
The sequel no one asked for. In the original movie Independence Day (1996) aliens invaded an unprepared earth. Now they’re back.
While the movie doesn't have Harry Potter in it, it is still an amazing story set in the same world. Think 1920's American Wizards meet some folks from Hogwarts. Release date: November 18, 2016 (USA)
Professor X and Raven lead a team of young X-Men to stop the immortal mutant Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) from destroying mankind.
We don’t know much about the story of this TMNT sequel. In the trailer we do see Beebop, Rocksteady, KC Jones, Shredder, some alien invasion ships, and of course Megan Fox returns as April O’Neill. The CGI Ninja Turtles come back to theaters June 3, 2016
Warcraft is an animated feature based on the world created by Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. You’ll likely recognize characters from their video game series Warcraft and their MMO World of Warcraft. Watch the amazing new teaser for Warcraft out June 2016.
In the movie Sally Field plays this quirky, adorable, sixty-something looking to get the attention of a younger co-worker. You might think the premise is weird, and it is a little, but it works. Watch the trailer and be enchanted by the characters.
A mild-mannered radio executive (Will Ferrell) competes for the affection of his stepchildren when their freewheeling and freeloading father (Mark Wahlberg) shows up. In theaters Dec. 25th.
Premiered during Monday Night Football, this is the latest official Star Wars The Force Awakens trailer. Enjoy all the Star Wars goodness.
What happens when you put Zac Efron and Robert De Niro on a sex comedy road trip? Possibly the best De Niro movie in the last decade. In theaters Jan. 22nd 2016.
Race tells the story of track-and-field superstar Jesse Owens (Stephan James) prepares to compete in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn tells the heartbreaking tale of a young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. The film is described as a horror romantic comedy and is in theaters February 5th 2016.
Based on the bestselling series of novels by Adriana Trigiani, Big Stone Gap is a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and is the story of its self-proclaimed spinster, Ave Maria Mulligan (Ashely Judd). Described by critics as Americana Chicken for the Soul. Starring: Ashely Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, and more. The film is out now.
Based on a real life social science experiment, this movie asks why people obey authority and tests the limits of social training. Watch the trailer to see what we mean. In theaters October 16th, 2015.
The Good Dinosaur seems to a mash up of Lassie and The Land Before Time, in a good way. Watch the trailer to get a feel for this adorable animated film. In theaters November 25th, 2015.
Every wonder how Peter Pan got to Neverland? Well, wonder no more. The movie Pan fills in the back story of the world’s most beloved flying child. In theaters now.
Who doesn’t love a good dysfunctional family Christmas movie? Love the Coopers looks to get the holiday season off in this funny comedy. In theaters November 13th, 2015.
Watch Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) fight the Capital one last time in the last movie in the Hunger Games series. The movie is out November 20, 2015
Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, The Choice looks to be a great date movie. In Theaters February 5, 2016. Starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson, Alexandra Daddario, and Maggie Grace.
You might recognize Natalie Dormer from her role on The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, or Elementary. Now you can see her as the lead character in what can best be described as a psychological folktale horror film. The movie references the Aokigahara Forest, a real place in Japan associated with demons in Japanese folk lore. It’s also a place where about 100 people go to commit suicide every year. The trailer plays heavily on this history and creeps us the heck out.
Sarah Silverman is following the tradition of very funny people taking on dramatic roles. There seems to be a common connection between tragedy and comedy that lets great comedians do both. Watch Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back. In theaters October 23, 2015.
Watch the funniest panel of Comic Con- The Muppets
To be honest, I was a bit skeptical about watching the Muppet Show panel at Comic Con. I mean they’re for kids, right? Wrong. Well, I mean kids can still watch but one thing the panel showed was that the new Muppet Show that begins in September will not be a Sesame Street show. Rather it will follow along the same lines of the original Muppet show that dealt with grown up themes like love, loss, working problems, and the desire to find something to be passionate about. The panel is very funny and I encourage you all to watch.
Comic Con Panels: Gotham, Arrow, Flash, Super Girl, Legends of Tomorrow
This last batch of panels from San Diego Comic Con includes all the TV Super Hero shows. They’re each about 15-20 minutes. Enjoy.
Fantastic Four Comic Con Panel
Chris Hardwick moderates the Fantastic Four panel at San Diego Comic Con.
Watch Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell.
Fantastic Four hits theaters August 7, 2015.
X-Men: Apocalypse Comic Con Panel
Chris Hardwick moderates the X-Men: Apocalypse panel at San Diego Comic Con.
Watch Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Munn, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Lana Condor, and Alexandra Shipp