So what are those four series?

Well, they are “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Iron Fist” and “Luke Cage”.

According to Deadline.com, during a call with analysts about the company’s 3Q earnings, Disney CEO Bob Iger called the four properties in the Netflix deal – Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist – “not among the most popular,” adding they “were never going to become feature films.”

This will all culminate in Marvel’s mini-series event The Defenders, an Avengers-style team-up, which re-imagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters around New York’s Hell’s Kitchen.

Marvel Television and ABC Television Studios will produce. Marvel Entertainment president Alan Fine says:

“This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel’s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling. Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel’s specialty. This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what’s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.”

 

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos added, “We’re thrilled to be working with Disney and Marvel to take our brand of television to new levels with a creative project of this magnitude.”

 

They are pretty smart, these Marvel dudes… Making TV shows on their less popular characters and upgrade them into movies if they are successful.

Let’s see how this grand project will turn out.

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Most items on the list are already announced projects, but three are unannounced titles and one of those is named “Darth Vader Themed TV Specials” which is set for Summer 2014.

Although there are no details, we think it may be an animated tie-in with the new “Star Wars Rebels” show.

What do you, guys think?

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First, we have a cool, retro-Soviet style propaganda art that will appear on the show. The art depicts three stormtroopers.

And here is a new villain from the show… The Inquisitor. A black-clad, intimidating figure who is “tasked by Darth Vader to hunt down the remaining Jedi Knights” and will play a prominent role in the upcoming animated series.

He was unveiled officially by Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni at Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Rebels panel at NYCC.

The panel, hosted by Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo, focused on the Empire and how it is central to the story of Star Wars Rebels. Hidalgo revealed that the series takes place about 14 years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, a time in which the Emperor’s rule is secure and the Empire is seeking to expand its power to Outer Rim territories. That leads Imperial forces to Lothal, a poor planet that initially welcomes the Empire on the promise of security and prosperity. Soon the Imperials start exploiting its people and begin recruiting young citizens to join TIE fighter and Stormtrooper academies, or to work in the Sienar Fleet Systems factory – which builds TIE fighters.

A video was screened at the end of the panel, you can watch it here:

Star Wars Rebels is set to debut on Disney XD in 2014. Stay tuned for more.

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Here, the creators of the video re-imagined the show as an American romantic comedy flick, where there is a sensitive and spoiled broad and a rogue-like, skirt-chasing dude, whole lotta pop songs and New York streets.

Of course here, the broad is Sansa Stark, the cutest of all Starks, the dude is Tyrion, the shortest womanizer ever and the city – probably – King’s Landing, the Westeros equivalent of NYC.

Watch it here;

And tell us what you think.

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It’s a miniature console that plays Vita games, offers access to Sony’s Music Unlimited, Video Unlimited service and connects to PlayStation controllers for 9,954 yen (around $100).

Some of the services ready for the PS Vita TV include Twitter, Hulu and NicoNico Douga, with more media providers signing up on the new device. PS Vita TV will also allow you to connect to PlayStation 4 for remote play, acting as a secondary terminal when you’re not in the same room as your console.

Here, you can see it includes HDMI output, space for a (proprietary Vita) memory card, a slot for Vita games (on the side), plus USB, power and ethernet ports.

And below, you can watch the PlayStation Vita TV Global Concept Movie…

You will also be able to buy a set with a controller and storage card for 14,995 yen ($150) and it’s set to go on sale in Japan on the 14th of November.

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Executive producer Dave Filoni showed the drawings by artist Ralph McQuarrie for the show.

Rebels span the two decade gap between Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

Star Wars Rebels will premiere fall 2014 as a one-hour special on Disney Channel and after that, the show will continue on Disney XD.

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We’ll find our friends changed. Settled down in the prison with a system that works. They not only survive but also thrive.

But the Governor, the walkers… The enemies are still out there and they are evolving as well.

Actor Andrew Lincoln says: “When we meet them all in season four, there is a whole new community in the prison and friction between certain characters. It makes for incredible character-driven scenes.”

“The relationship with Carl is integral to the beginning of the season from Rick. [Carl] turning into a sociopath at the end of the season woke him up to his parenting duties. You find Rick in a completely different place this season.”

From Comic-Con, comes the first footage of season four. It’s intense and intriguing… Check it out:

Good to see Tyreese and Rick becoming buddies just like it is in the comics.

“The world is getting worse, the people are getting more ragged, and it’s gonna keep progressing, if you can believe it.” says Executive producer Robert Kirkman.

 

 

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“It’s going to be more focused on who these characters are and what they’re going through. To a certain extent, we got away from that a little bit in season three. Coming into season four, we’re definitely going to know a lot more about these people so it will be that much more gut-wrenching and worse when we lose these characters,” says Kirkman.

 

The fourth season will take place a few months after the events in the third season finale and a lot of the events and deaths in the third season will have a direct impact on the fourth.

Last but not least, artist Alex Ross has released a limited-edition poster for the show that’ll be at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

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Production has begun on Star Wars Rebels, an all-new animated television series scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 as a one-hour special telecast on Disney Channel.

Screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class,Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels and will write the premiere episode. Dave Filoni is executive producer, who served as supervising director of the Emmy nominated Star Wars: The Clone Wars since 2008. There’s also executive producer Greg Weisman who has experience with credits such as Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles.

Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide, said, “The entire team at Lucasfilm has provided extraordinary creativity and innovation for over three decades, and we’re thrilled to be bringing the expansive and imaginative world of Star Wars to Disney XD’s viewers.”

“I couldn’t be more excited to explore new corners of the Star Wars universe,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president, Lucasfilm. “I think Star Wars Rebels will capture the look, feel and fun that both kids and their parents love about Star Wars.”

I hope that’s more parents and less kids.

The series is set between Episode III and IV – an era spanning almost two decades never-before explored on-screen. In Star Wars Rebels, the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights but beyond the horizon, a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is being born.

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I know… Me too.

I have good news, a Korean press release indicates that those curved OLED HDTV prototypes LG showed at CES are closer to our homes are closer than we think. The 55EA9800 will be launching next month and shipments will start in June.

The price? 15 million Korean won approximately $13,500… Hefty…

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