Thought I’d try a new idea here - giving you a maximum amount of awesome geeky stories in one bite-sized article. Let me know what you think in the comments!

In today’s Daily Blast - The Star Wars franchise gets even bigger! Batman fans are going to be bummed! And get ready for the most adorable version of Breaking Bad ever conceived!

Movies

- Director JJ Abrams took to Twitter to scold those sites posting photos from the set of Star Wars: Episode VII (pictured at the top of the post), while making a tongue-in-cheek reveal of his own.

• The Episode VII cast got even bigger and better, with the additions of Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave) and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)

-Another stand alone Star Wars film was given a director - Josh Trank, of Chronicle and the soon-to-film Fantastic Four reboot!

While Marvel Studios still hasn’t settled on an Ant Man director yet, that hasn’t stopped them from making moves on other films.

-It’s all been confirmed that Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men) will be playing Thanos both in Guardians of the Galaxy and a forthcoming Avengers sequel.

-The long awaited Doctor Strange movie got closer to reality, with the appointment of director Scott Derrickson (Sinister) and a strong rumor that Jared Leto is being asked to play the Sorcerer Supreme.

And in other news…

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- Hercules continues to look like the guilty pleasure of the Summer, with its new trailer, above. The movie hits on July 25th.

- If you were looking forward to Jupiter Ascending, the next sci-fi film from the Wachowski’s, bad news - it just got pushed until February 2015.

• Gaming fans, get excited - Sony’s apparently ready to move forward with a Metal Gear Solid movie, with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) in discussions to take on the movie. What’s with all these indie directors jumping right up to big budget blockbusters?

Gaming

WB Games and NetherRealm Studios officially announced Mortal Kombat X in 2015, for PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The first trailer (above) looks pretty rad.

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Well, this is a bummer. WB Games also announced that Batman: Arkham Knight was being pushed from its Fall 2014 release date into 2015. But hey, we have a cool new look at the Batmobile, so that should hold us for a bit…right? But wait, what’s with all the guns?

Music

In addition to working on a new album, the Foo Fighters have been working on a documentary series about the making of it. It will premiere on HBO this Fall, and the first look at the show - called Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways - is above.

Toys

LEGO has announced a really rad looking MINI Cooper set for this August. Designed for the adult collectors, it’s a bit pricey, but it turned out great!

Yeah bitch! Funko has announced Breaking Bad as the next television series to get the POP! Vinyl Treatment. Is this the first POP! Vinyl in its underwear?

That ends this first edition of your Daily Blast - again, let us know what you think! We’ll be back tomorrow with another edition, and drop any major breaking news as it happens!