(Generic Live Show!) Generic Live Show #8 - Freely Entering the Generic Market

Tonight on the Generic Live Show, I discus the major challenges that Netfix are facing while attempting to enter the Australian market and the geeky headlines of the week! 

Discussion Point: Netflix Struggles for Entering the Market in Oz: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/08/the-netflix-challenge-the-two-major-hurdles-in-the-australian-market-for-the-service-transforming-the-tv-industry/

(Gamer Geeks) Amazon Acquires Twitch

          Google has been beaten to the punch in buying the video game streaming service Twitch by Amazon.  Amazon has announced today that, " Amazon will Acquire all of the outstanding shares of Twitch for approximately $970 million in cash."

          In a letter from the CEO of Twitch Emmett Shear he stated that, "Today, Im pleased to announce weve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster."

       Shear went on to assure that they will be keeping mostly everything the same with their office, employees, the brand as well as their independence.  

Source:  Twitch  Amazon

Image: Twitch

(Reel NSight) Reel Digest - August 2014

Headlines

Action

  • Hitman Agent 47 to release February 27, 2015 and star Zachary Quinto

  • Mad Max Furiosa to release May 15, 2015 and star Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in the leading roles (Mad Max and Furiosa respectively)

  • Pierce Brosnan to star in sequel to The November Man

Children

  • Clifford the Big Red Dog coming April 8, 2016 from Universal Pictures

  • Bill Murray joins the cast of The Jungle Book, releasing October 9, 2015 from Walt Disney Pictures

  • The Spongebob Movie Sponge Out Of Water set to release February 13, 2015

  • Making of Frozen to air on ABC on September 2nd

  • The Croods 2 to release December 22, 2017

  • Puss in Boots 2 to release December 21, 2018

Comedy

  • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb to release December 19, 2014

  • The Gaffigan Show picked up by TV Land and set to release in 2015

  • Girl Meets World set for season 2 on Disney Channel

  • Entire cast of The Big Bang Theory signed up to return to the show

  • Jamie Travis to direct MTV series for Scream

  • Will Arnett confirms season 6 of Arrested Development to release on Netflix

  • Pixels starring Adam Sandler now set to release July 24, 2015

  • Johnny Depp to play starring role in Mortdecai (to release February 6, 2015)

  • @Midnight with Chris Hardwick renewed for 2nd season - to air in 2015

  • Switched At Birth signed up for 4th season

Drama

  • Rosewater by Jon Stewart set to release November 7, 2014

  • Teaser poster for the final seaon of Boardwalk Empire released - http://goo.gl/fT3JeR - season 5 premiers on September 7, 2014 on HBO

  • Many of the Veronica Mars TV cast to return to web incarnation of the show

  • Suits renewed for 5th season

  • Keanu Reeves to star in Rain - show about an assassin who cant find work outside of his current life

  • Lifetime working on biopic of Brittany Murphy

  • Texas Rising to air on History channel on Memorial Day 2015 - to cover the Texas revolution and the rise of the Texas rangers

  • Christopher Lloyd to star in The Boat Builder - about a man who wants to build a seaworthy boat in his front yard

Fantasy

  • The Huntsman to release April 22, 2016 as prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman (Kristen Stewart reportedly cut while Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth to remain)

  • Season 4 of Once Upon a Time to follow the characters of Frozen - the season premieres September 28

  • Elijah Wood joins cast of The Last Witch Hunter

  • Disney to work on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea only if commitment with Australia is reached to film there

Sci-Fi / Horror

  • Sharknado 2 The Second One releases to SyFy July 30, 2014 - stars Tara Reid, Wil Wheaton, Daymond John (and Jared, the Subway guy)

  • Batman v. Superman release date moved up to March 25, 2016

  • Terminator Genisys to release July 1, 2015 - will star Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • Jurassic World finishes production - shows off T-Rex

  • Deleted scene from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 shows Peter Parkers dad resurfacing

  • Ghost Brigade to release on SyFy - based on Old Mans War book series

  • Paramount confirms Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for June 3, 2016 release

  • Kyle MacLachlan (of Dune fame) cast as Skyes father in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Sophie Turner (of Game of Thrones fame) set to take lead role in Mary Shelleys Monster

  • Hysteria is new pilot to air on Amazon about the spread of an illness spread by social media

  • Hand of God is western thriller to pilot on Amazon

  • Godzilla 2 to release June 8, 2018

  • Halt & Catch Fire signed up for season 2

  • Adrianne Palicki signed up for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Barbara Mockingbird Morse

  • Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellio to air on Disney xD on October 3 (early release on WatchDisney.com on September 29) - TV series premieres on October 13

  • Disney plans to release Blu-Ray versions of original unaltered Star Wars Trilogy but old negatives making it difficult

  • Principal photography began on August 18 for Marvels Ant-Man

  • Sarah Wayne Callies to star in Pay The Ghost with Nicolas Cage

  • HBO & Paramount to create series around Shutter Island called Ashecliffe

Rumors

  • Worlds Got Talent hosted by Simon Cowell to come soon in association with Colours TV in India

  • The Mummy reboot set to still happen as director Alex Kurtzman is hired - the current release date is May 22, 2016 and to be released by Universal

  • The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino may release by late 2015 - may be filmed in 70mm CinemaScope and about a bounty hunter trying to collect a reward

  • Samuel Jackson in negotiations to replace Jamie Foxx in The Black Phantom

  • Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice may release through Universal

  • Marvel may be working on film adaptation for The Inhumans

  • VIng Rhames may be signed on for the next Mission Impossible movie

  • Martin Lawrence may have announced Bad Boys 3 via Conan OBrian show

  • Minority Report TV series supposedly in production with Steven Spielberg

  • Full House may return to TV with most of the same cast

(Terrible Tuesday Movie Night) Terrible Tuesday Movie Night : Episode 29: George of the Jungle 2

On this episode of Terrible Tuesday Movie Night, The terrible Disney sequel month begins right now! It starts with dale analysing the 2003 goofy look-a-like wannabe jungle movie George of the Jungle 2 from 2003

George, now a father, goes to Las Vegas, where he has to help out his brother

Christopher Showerman ... George

Julie Benz ... Ursula

Angus T. Jones ... George Jr

Thomas Haden Church ... Lyle Van de Groot

Christina Pickles ... Beatrice Stanhope

TITO SCORE: 6

Wrap Up:

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