Geek News You Should Know: 5/28/14

1) We have a Daredevil.  British born actor Charlie Cox will be playing the blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen in the upcoming Netflix series that takes place in the official Marvel cinematic universe.  Charlie Cox is probably most commonly associated with playing Owen Slater on Boardwalk Empire, but has also been in Downton Abbey as well as the movie Stardust.  It was announced over the weekend that executive producer Drew Goddard was stepping down from the show and being replaced by Steven S. DeKnight.

2) Team Unicorn is Adult Swim's newest show and is a hybrid cartoon/live action show being produced by Robot Chicken's Matthew Senreich and Seth Green, with Green directing the pilot.  Team Unicorn is like Sailor Moon meets The Powerpuff Girls and will star Clare Grant (Seth Green's wife), Rileah Vanderbilt, Milynn Sarley, and former Attack of the Show host Alison Haislip.  Meanwhile, Jane Lynch will voice the villain on the show, Alan Tudyk voices her sidekick, and Tara Strong will voice Billy, who has the power to summon Team Unicorn.  This should be an interesting show and sounds like it would be right up Anthony's alley.  Here's a picture of the cast.



3) Earth to Echo is a really cool looking family movie coming out this summer about an ET-like robot creature that lands on Earth and meets some kids. A new trailer was released today and just sells this movie even more.  Can't wait to check this out when it is released July 2.



4) After weeks of rumors, Apple officially announced that it will be buying the Beats brand for $3 billion and co-founders Jimmy Iovine and hip-hop legend Dr. Dre will be joining Apple in some capacity.  Apple claims that it will be keeping the Beats brand alive and keep releasing their headphones and speakers, but will also integrate the Beats brand into their own products down the road. 

5) Take a look, it's on Kickstarter, it's Reading Rainbow!  Lavar Burton plans to revisit Reading Rainbow and distribute it to classrooms all across the country and is looking for you to help him.  He has set a somewhat lofty goal of $1 million dollars and is amazingly only about $30,000 away from reaching it at the time this is being written.  It's a really cool idea to spark interest in reading for children.  The plan is to make an online reading experience that will extend to apps and reach children in home and in the classroom.  You can check out the Kickstarter here and view the video below.