CONFIRMED: Channing Tatum Cast As Young Han Solo

tatumGabbing Geek sources have just confirmed that Channing Tatum will be cast as young Han Solo in the upcoming standalone Star Wars film.

“Apparently that Jimmy Impossible isn’t the only hacker,” president of Disney’s Lucasfilms division Kathleen Kennedy announced in a press release.  “Because now I’ve got some Jenny character controlling my password until I cast Channing.  CAN I JUST GET BACK TO CANDY CRUSH?!?!”

Stay tuned to GabbingGeek.com as additional details are revealed.

Trailer Time: Hail, Caesar!

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Look, there’s nothing particularly Geeky about the Coen Brothers.

But they make darn good movies.  See the trailer for their next one after the cut.  Considering how George Clooney, Channing Tatum, and Scarlett Johannsson are dressed for this one, that could count for a daily cosplay…but probably not.

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Gabbing Geek Review: Box Office Year to Date

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We here at Gabbing Geek LOVE box office reports.  Ok….JUST me and Ryan.  Everyone else seems to hate them.  We’ve talked a lot about it the last few weeks, so let’s look at the winners and losers of this year’s box office as we wait for the Martian to officially kick off the Fall movie season.

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Gabbing Geek Box Office Report: Sponge is Worthy!

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An amazing January box office, fueled by American Sniper and Taken 3, has given way to February and it looks like the hits keep a’coming.  This time, success comes in the form of a sponge.

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Spoiler Free Review of Jupiter Ascending. More Like “Descending Uranus”…

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…because that’s what happens to crap.  Jupiter Ascending was crap, you see?  That’s mostly all you need to know.  It was crap and the frustration thing was, it didn’t NEED to be crap.

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Geek Tweet of the Day

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Stars Who Only Play Themselves

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Some actors have great range.  They disappear into their roles like chameleons with such success, you forget they are acting.  Then there are the people who don’t know how to play anyone other than themselves.  These folks can be charming, even occasionally win awards, but they eventually get called out in a Gabbing Geek filler article!

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Gabbing Geek Analysis: 2015 Oscar Nominations

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Oh…my…God!  The Oscars are my Superbowl so the day the nominations are announced is like the Conference Championship Games.  I also enjoy the Superbowl because, living in Texas, it is a state law that you must love football.  It’s anyone’s year but more and more it is looking like the Patriots are going to…wait a minute.  I was talking about the Oscar nominations.  Sorry.  I get distracted sometimes!  Ooohhhh… SQUIRREL!

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Watson’s Top Ten Movies of 2014!

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Ah.  Now we get to the cream of the crop!  The ten best films of 2014!  Hope you enjoyed your year of films as much as I did mine.  This was a strong year for movies; both blockbuster and arthouse.  While there wasn’t an all-time Hall of Fame entry (like Dark Knight or Godfather), we did have many 5 star worthy films.   Any of these ten films would have been a worthy choice for #1, in fact many of them even flirted with the top spot during the year, but when the dust settled here was the final list.

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Gambit Announced for Oct. 7th, 2016!

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Breaking news!

Fox has just announced that a Gambit movie will be released on October 7, 2016. Channing Tatum’s recent Tweet certainly gives us hope that this is solid!

Previous reports have indicated that Robocop screenwriter Josh Zetumer will be writing the script for Gambit. The script will reportedly have help from legendary X-Men comic book writer Chris Claremont, who created Gambit along with artist Jim Lee.