London Film & Comic-con

Jonny & Simon will be at the London Film and Comic-Con today, Friday 28th July, walking the floor, talking to cosplayers and exhibitors and even meeting a couple of stars.

Check out our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for all the latest cool stuff from the con.

S01E04 - Twin WIld

Sorry it's been a bit quiet from Die Cast HQ this past month. Simon & Jonny have both been on their holidays which has slowed down production.

Recorded at the start of June, in this episode Simon & Jonny discuss a wide range of topics from book recommendations to their favourite podcasts.

This months band of choice is the absolutely fantastic Twin Wild and their stonkingly good new tune Control. Twin WIld Website can be found here www.twinwild.com, go check 'em out!

Twin Wild - Control - Single download link:
smarturl.it/controlsingle

Discussed trailers:

Spider-man Homecoming Final Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEvV3OsE2WM

American Assassin Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxRlsAbEpw

Logan Lucky Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y97cLX8-XN0

S01E03 - Claudia Stark & GOTG Vol.2 SPOILERCAST

SPOILERCAST - In this episode Jonny & Simon will be talking about the fantastic Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2. If you have not seen the movie yet then feel free to listen up to the 19 minute mark, but be warned, spoilers abound from that point onward.

Also up for discussion this month:

The People Vs O.J. Simpson

Vice Principals

& Jonny's favourite YouTube channels

Our featured artist month is the fantastic Claudia Stark, you can see more of her at www.claudiastark.com which also includes as online store where you can purchase her new EP Short Fuse.

Links to the YouTube Channels discussed:

Fail Army:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDis9pjXuqyI7RYLJ-TTSA

Colin Furz:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp68_FLety0O-n9QU6phsgw

The Hacksmith:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgpFI5dU-D1-kh9H1muoxQ

Dr Sandra Lee (aka Dr. Pimple Popper):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgrsF4TYwmrV0QsXb8AoeHQ

S01E02 - Spotlight Cannibal

In this episode Jonny & Simon discuss topics such as Ed Sheeran, the new Netflix Originals TV show "Marvel's The Iron Fist", the latest movie trailers and more.

This months featured band is the marvellous Spotlight Cannibal and the track we review is called "Little Miss Jesus" from their album "Devil In My Hand".

"Devil In My Hand" is available from iTunes

Spotlight Cannibal's website:
https://spotlightcannibal.bandcamp.com

As always, you can tweet us on Twitter, get in touch and let us know what you think!

UPDATE: New Pics of Jurassic World 2 set

Well hello fans,

Jonny here with an update on all things Jurassic World 2 related.

Now, a couple of things have really gotten my goat this past week. Mainly the following:

"See first shots of the woodland set for huge blockbuster being filmed on Hawley Common"

Excuse me? The above article was published on 18th April and claims to be the "first shots" of the JW2 set. 

I think not.

Cast-a-holics will recall my blog post on 31st March with pictures of the set build. So "Get Surrey", put that in your pipe and smoke it! (Also, their pictures show you nothing. Mainly just the back of the main mansion set.)

Well fear not, we went back to the set last weekend to see how the build was progressing and managed to snap some much better quality shots which we will share with you here.

Since my initial speculation it has been confirmed that this is indeed Jurassic World 2, and by the looks of the sets they are building it would seem that this site is going to cover a couple of very different locations.

First things first:

Lets take a look at that mansion, we only got to see it from behind and some pretty low quality shots from the front in our previous post. So....

As you can see from the pictures it's really come along since our last visit. Due to where he perimeter fence is you can really get up close to the side of the set and even right up close it still looks great. I'm sure by the time they have finished up it will look like a proper mansion that's been there for years. I wonder if this is going to be the Masrani mansion, or perhaps the old Hammond family mansion? Either way, I'm more than confident that it's the external for the production teaser picture released earlier on this year:

The dimensions look right to me!

The second set being build around the corner from the mansion front is in stark contrast to the mansion. It appears to be more of a modern building with clean straight lines and white brick tiles. Perhaps the exterior or a lab maybe, or a command centre?

Security is contracted to be at the site until mid-late May so I can only assume that filming will start in the next couple of weeks. If you live in the local area around Hawley Lake and Hawley Common in Farnborough then keep your eyes peeled for Chris Pratt, you might just see the Star Lord himself wandering around!

If you liked this article and want more chat about entertainment and new music then don't forget to check out our podcast. You can download episodes here on the blog or on your iDevice via the iTunes Store. Simply click here or search for The Die Cast in the iTunes Store under "Podcasts".

-Jonny-

EXCLUSIVE: Set Pictures For Jurassic World 2?

Hello Die Hards!

Big movie news today! In what might actually be a Die Cast movie exclusive I can bring you pictures from the set of a big Hollywood blockbuster, currently in production in the woods that serve as my back yard - Hawley Woods in Farnborough. 

While out for a jog round my local woodlands I came across a massive fenced off area with security and a lot of work going on. Big signs up everywhere saying that access was forbidden and no photography allowed within the compound. 

Fortunately for you guys I was outside the compound ;-)

So what movie could this be? Well, speculation is high and everyone on and around the site is being very tight lipped. I spoke to a number of people from set workers to security and every time I got one of two answers "I dunno mate" and "Sorry mate, can't say". But that is not the end of the story. You'll notice one of the signs that is up all over the place says "Only Ancient Futures crew allowed beyond this point".

You don't have to have mega Google-fu skills to find out that the working title for "Jurassic World 2" is "Ancient Futures". Furthermore we know from the interwebs that shooting for Jurassic World 2 has been confirmed to be taking place in the UK. Also, if you follow Chris Pratt on twitter you'll know that he was in Paris just yesterday with his wife, so not a million miles away.

What I was able to get out of the people on site is that shooting starts in a few weeks time. So, what are they building? Well, it looks like some kind of mansion. Lets start outside and work our way in:

This grand archway in construction is the only piece of set outside of the fencing that you can freely get close to and walk around. When it's finished I assume that the plywood will be made to look like stone and this would seem to be a great shot for a big driveway up to a very big house.

Closer still and things are in the early stages, there's a lot of steel framed structures going up:

There's also a ton of new gravel and fresh turf that has been laid down all over the place:

But lets take a better look at that big structure we saw the back of. Now you can't get too close to it for the fencing and the terrain, plus I only had my mobile phone out as I was trying to blend in as a jogger rather than looking like a photo journalist. So lets see what we can see:

Now that looks to be a very big mansion with manicured lawns and topiary hedgerows.

I must admit, with all the signs pointing towards Jurassic World this doesn't look very...jurassic. However, the first official photo from the set of JW2 (posted by Frank Marshall on twitter) shows a small girl in a large hall full of dinosaur bones:

Is the set currently being built supposed to be the exterior house associated with this grand hall? Maybe...

Going in a different direction Tom Hardy has been spotted in Farnborough recently (something that one of the security guards not-so-subtly dropped into our conversation along with a knowing wink). Tom currently has three movies in the production phase:

1. Triple Frontier - An action-adventure story set in the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. - Doesn't sound likely to be our set.

2. Fonzo - The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia, and comes to be haunted by his violent past. - Meh, could be?

3. War Party - Plot currently unknown. Described as being an adventure film about Navy Seals. - Yeah, probably not.

So what can we conclude from all of this. Well, in my opinion the security guard was trying to throw me off the scent. Everything points very strongly to this being one of the sets for "Jurassic World 2". How and where that features in the movie we're just going to have to wait and see. 

If shooting starts in a couple of weeks I'm definitely going to be going back up there to see if I can spot any further clues and maybe bring you some pictures of the set once it's closer to completion.

Stay tuned for more entertainment news and watch out for a new episode of The Die Cast podcast, coming very soon!

-Jonny-

S01E01 - Jonas & Jane

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In this, our first podcast, Jonny and Simon discuss the recent release of the latest trailers for "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2" and "Alien: Covenant" before listening to "Down For Dead" by Local tallen "Jonas & Jane".

"Whispered EP" is available from itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whispered-ep/id1061150928

Jonas & Jane's website:
http://www.jonasandjane.com/

As always, you can tweet us on Twitter:
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