Pedro Pascal in Talks to Join Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ Sequel

Reviving old franchises from 20+ years ago is all the rage lately. Pedro Pascal is reportedly in final negotiations to join Ridley Scott‘s Gladiator sequel. The yet-to-be-titled sequel to the 2000 Academy Award winner stars Paul Mescal as Lucius (Maximus’ son), Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, Djimon Hounsou, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington. No word on what character […]

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Geek Dad Links: May 1, 2023

To celebrate May the 4th, Disney unveiled a menu of Star Wars-themed eats coming to the Disney Parks. [The Direct] Check out Toy Kennections’ great new video, The Renaissance Era of Toys | Fan Made Action Figures & Rising Toy Company Standards. [Toy Kennections] The Tom and Jerry WB 100th Anniversary figures from Banpresto with Tom […]

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McFarlane Toys’ DC Super Powers Batmobile Revealed

McFarlane Toys shared a first look at their new DC Super Powers Batmobile, which will be out with the next wave of Super Power pre-orders coming on Friday, May 5 at select retailers. A few weeks ago, we got first look at Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet. We’ll have the links to pre-orders when they go up on […]

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HasLab G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra H.I.S.S. Tank Packaging Artwork Revealed

HasLab sent out an email to G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra H.I.S.S. HasLab backers today announcing that Oliver Barrett created a “breathtaking panorama” for the packaging of the H.I.S.S. Tank. Greetings HasLab Backers, As primary architect of the G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra H.I.S.S., I, Destro, wanted to share with you all yet another astounding achievement […]

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Star Wars Mandalorian Fang Fighter vs. TIE Interceptor Building LEGO Set Available Now!

The new Star Wars Mandalorian Fang Fighter vs. TIE Interceptor Building Toy Set is now available! Priced at $99.99, you can pick it up through our affiliates LEGO.com or Amazon. Some quick details on this LEGO set: This set has 957-pieces. It comes with 3 LEGO® mini-figures – The Mandalorian with a Darksaber, The Mandalorian […]

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Even More Images of Mattel’s Snake Mountain Playset Unveiled

Mattel Packaging Designer Roy Juarez shared more images of the Snake Mountain Playset on his Instagram page. The images appear in a video set to Metallica’s “One,” so crank that sound up (does saying that make me sound like an old Millennial?) and enjoy! If you can’t watch or listen to the video, scroll down for screen […]

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Paramount Announces First Animated Transformers Movie & It’s Cast

Paramount Animation announced at last week’s CinemaCon that it is teaming up with Hasbroand eOne for the upcoming Transformers animated movie. The movie, titled Transformers One, tells the story of how young Optimum Prime and young Megatron went from being “brothers-in-arms” to sworn enemies. The cast of Transformers One includes Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as […]

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Mattel Creations’ Darkness Descends Series Maleficent On Sale Now

Mattel Creations’ Darkness Descends Series Maleficent Doll went up for sale on Friday, April 28 for $150. There is a limit of 2 per customer and will be released in mid-September 2023. Here’s the link to the purchase page. Mattel Creations did a live stream with the designers behind the design on Friday to celebrate the […]

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The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse Coming in December

Super Hero Hype has exclusively revealed the cover for the next Dark Horse Books/Mattel MOTU art book, The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse. Written by Alex Irvine, this art book further explores the creation of the MOTU action figure line, featuring production art, background info about the characters, and new insights from the original […]

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Review: Ted Lasso S3 Ep 7, “The Strings That Bind Us”

By Colleen Glatfelter aka Geek. Dad. Wife. I was worried that last week’s episode of Ted Lasso was a happy fluke but when this week’s episode opened with bright tones, flowers, macaroons, and Jamie pulling a bicycling Roy on a leash, I knew things were looking up. “The Strings That Bind Us” was written by […]

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