The Geek-out Podcast (The Zone @ 91-3)

A bushel of trailers, too much information about many topics, and Kirsten James reviews the Gen V timeline by yelling, ”People, stop doing making separate things of things! I just wanna watch the one thing!”

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:07 – NASA+

Coming Soon

14:38 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (in theatres March 29) (Zoner Ewan, Zoner Mary)

21:18 – What If…? (Disney+ series, S2, DAILY releases from December 22)

24:32 – Madame Web (in theatres February 14, 2024)

33:04 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix live-action series, February 22)

36:14 – Masters of the Universe: Revolution (Netflix animated series, January 25)

37:50 – Mean Girls (in theatres January 12)

39:48 – Inside Out 2 (Pixar CG film, in theatres June 14) (Zoner Mary)

43:41 – Reacher (season 2, Prime series, December 15) (Zoner Mary)

44:49 – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+ series, November 17, continues to look meh)

48:00 – Pokémon Concierge (Netflix stop-motion animated series, December 28)

49:29 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (final trailer, Netflix animated series, drops FRIDAY, final trailer)

50:24 – Exploding Kittens (Netflix animated series, coming soon, based off the card game, creator of The Oatmeal)

54:24 – The Garfield Movie (CG film, in theatres May 24, oh fuck it’s Chris Pratt, also Samuel L. Jackson’s in it) (Zoner Mary)

57:40 – Candy Cane Lane (Prime Video Christmas movie, December 1) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

58:32 – SAG-AFTRA approves deal to end actors’ strike (still needs ratification)

59:50 – Legend of Zelda live-action film in development from Nintendo and Maze Runner director Wes Ball

1:05:57 – Taika Waititi says he won’t be involved in Thor 5 anytime soon

1:06:55 – Marvel Studios’ woes are overstated

1:07:16 – Jeremy Allen White recalls failed meeting for a Marvel-y movie (”They were like, ‘F**k you.’ And I was like, ‘Right on.”’)

1:09:17 – Coyote Vs. Acme shelved

related: Congressman slams Warner Bros., calls for federal investigation

1:12:59 – Anonymous Chatroulette-like website Omegle shuts down after 14 years

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:14:37 – Pedro Pascal REPORTEDLY no longer returning to The Mandalorian for season 4 (physically; he’ll still V/O) (source: the Bespin Bulletin)

1:16:27 – Destin Daniel Cretton departs as director on Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (but he’ll stay for his other MCU projects)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:17:50 – Gen V, season 1 (Bud & Bryan)

1:20:51 – Behind the Attraction season 2 (Kirsten)

1:22:38 – Jurassic Park in Concert (Pol)

1:24:57 – Pluto (Bud)

1:28:52 – A Haunting In Venice (Kirsten)

1:32:11 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Marvels (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/) *SPOILERS*

1:54:45 – Loki S02E06 – Glorious Purpose
1:57:24 – Loki *SPOILERS* start

2:15:14 – Loki *SPOILERS* end

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A terrible week for celebrity deaths, an exciting new Loki trailer, and some interesting Disney/+ updates. Plus, more Barbie chat, console speculation, and an SNL rumour.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:26 – Right to RepAirpods

related geek news: You Can Finally Download Apple Maps Offline in iOS 17 (Android 2015)

Coming Soon

11:59 – Loki (Marvel series, S2, Disney+, October 6)

15:56 – Gen V (The Boys spinoff Prime Video series, September 29)

17:15 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 coming to Disney+ TODAY

Geek News Proper

18:03 – Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman, dies age 70

30:42 – Sinéad O’Connor dies age 56

31:39 – Euphoria’s Angus Cloud dies age 25

32:57 – The 75th Emmy Awards show has been postponed

36:08 – Disney’s Murphy Maleficent robot dragon not returning (but beer)

44:01 – Donald Glover joining the D+ Lando series (co-writing with his brother Stephen)

46:21 – TikTok tries text-based posts

52:02 – Ultra-rare Apple sneakers on sale for $50,000 USD

55:56 – Henry Cavill’s final scene in ‘The Witcher’ leaves fans in tears

1:00:01 – Barbie cut a ”fart opera” from the middle of the movie

1:02:02 – Mattel: movies coming for Hot Wheels, Barney, Thomas and Friends, and Polly Pocket, along with Barbie sequel(s) (Greta Gerwig is not thinking about that right now, bless)

1:05:07 – Lizzo performs Lord of the Rings theme dressed as Legolas during Hobbiton visit

1:06:39 – Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is getting a 4K remaster (but nobody will watch it because it’s a cartoon movie 🤪)

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:08:38 – Tina Fey REPORTEDLY in talks to take over Saturday Night Live from Lorne Michaels (source: Consequence)

1:12:45 – Nintendo’s next-gen console COULD launch in 2024 (source: Mashable)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:17:19 – 91-Second Movie Review: They Cloned Tyrone (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:23:37 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

1:24:35 – Crimes of the Future

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Much Quantumania trailer talk, Nicolas Cage x 2, and Drax’s love for James Gunn.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:06 – CES 2023

Coming Soon

12:52 – Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (in theatres February 17)

29:53 – Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Paramount+ series, April 6)

31:31 – Renfield (in theatres April 14)

32:47 – Gran Turismo (in theatres this summer)

34:40 – Deep Fake Neighbour Wars (British network ITV) (Zoner Ewan e-mail)

36:40 – *RED BAND TRAILER* Evil Dead Rise (in theatres April 21) (EP: Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell)

Geek News Proper

40:40 – Dave Bautista: ”I just don’t know if I want Drax to be my legacy”

45:19 – Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) comes out as gay (TikTok)

46:10 – Android takes out billboard to help Apple #GetTheMessage (RCS vs APNs)

51:02 – WB REPORTEDLY Willing to Move Forward With Ezra Miller

54:46 – Earl Boen has died at 81

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

58:08 – Zoner Ewan: Nicolas ”Trekkie” Cage

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:00:05 – 91-Second Movie Review: Strange World (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:03:49 – M3GAN: She’s here, she’s queer horror. Get used to it. / M3GAN is mor3 s3rious than 3xp3ct3d, but still v3ry fun

1:07:32 – Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

1:10:34 – The Rehearsal

1:13:59 – Bryan potpourri: National Treasure: Edge of History, Ghost, Dance Monsters, Old Enough

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Bud’s away so Boitano steps up to host, edit and post this week’s podcast…he apologizes for this week’s subpar quality. I’m sure next week, Art will have some apologizing of his own to do!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out (sort of)

09:06 – Bud Talks about the Made By Google 2023 Event

Coming Soon

17:28 – Argylle Trailer (in theatres on February 2

21:15 – SNL Season 49

24:55 – Night Swim Trailer (in theatres on January 5)

29:25 – Behind The Attraction S2 (on Disney Plus on November 1)

32:15 – Fair Play Trailer (Drops on Netflix)

Geek News Proper

34:34 – Patrick Stewart says Ian McKellen tried talking him out of Star Trek: TNG

38:17 – A24 to adapt Paris Hilton’s memoir into a TV series

41:21 – R.I.P. Shawna Trpcic (costume designer for The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, etc)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

44:33 – Zoner Ewan: Pre-trailer teasers

Reviews and Recommendayshes

48:07 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Creator (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

53:58 – Ahsoka Season 1 Finale

1:10:25 – Loki Season 2 Premiere

1:20:46 – Haunted Mansion (Kirsten & Bryan)

1:26:54 – Only Murders in the Building

1:27:26 – General Reviews on The Exorcist: Believer

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On this, this most auspicious of pods, we get together for a rare IRL recording, look back at three centuries of content (that’s not entirely accurate), and…do our usual stuff, too.

We’re taking a summer break! Keep an eye on https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGeekOutPod for updates. See ya soon!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:52 – Logitech’s forever mouse

Coming Soon

22:46 – Squid Game (S2 teaser, December 26, final season next year)

26:51 – Terminator Zero (Netflix animated series, Judgement Day)

28:18 – Creature Commandos (animated Max DC series, December, Frankenstein? Universal? Warner? DC?)

29:56 – Greedy People (in theatres August 23)

30:29 – Next (2024/2025) on Max (Sep 19: The Penguin, Nov: Dune: Prophecy, soon: Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos, 2025: The White Lotus S3, And Just Like That, It: Welcome to Derry, The Last of Us)

33:57 – Next (August) on Disney+ (Aug 1: Raising Arizona, Marley & Me, Knocked Up, The Full Monty, Robots / Aug 2: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes/ Aug 5: Futurama S12/ Aug 12: Solar Opposites S5/ Aug 27: Only Murders in the Building S4)

40:34 – Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis announce new concept album based on 1979 film The Warriors (musical adaptation confirmation)

45:39 – Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (first look photos, Disney+ series, December 3)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

46:53 – 30 for 30 | I’m Just Here for the Riot (Art)

52:59 – Devs (Bud)

56:18 – House of the Dragon (Pol & Art)

One thing that Bud totally missed ’cause he was too busy hitting cuepoints on two devices in between every story. Some geek.

– The Killer (John Woo remake, Peacock film, August 23)

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This week, we spend too much time on a one-week-old social media platform, Kirsten gives her pre-Ahsoka watchlist for the cartoon shows, and boy oh Bob, do we ever R&R Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:45 – Threads

Coming Soon

20:52 – Ahsoka (Star Wars series, Disney+, two-episode premiere August 23) (Zoner Mary)

related: Kirsten James’ pre-Ahsoka watchlist: Clone Wars S05E20, S07E09–12, Rebels S01E15, S02E18/21/22, S04E13

28:23 – Godzilla: Minus One (in theatres December 1)

32:10 – Dune: Part Two (in theatres November 3)

33:30 – Wonka (in theatres December 15) (Zoner Mary)

37:00 – Blue Beetle (final trailer, in theatres August 18) (Zoner Mary)

41:27 – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple film, in theatres October 6)

43:24 – Napoleon (Apple film, in theatres November 22)

44:37 – Corner Office (in theatres August 4)

46:09 – Strange Planet (Apple TV+ miniseries, three episodes, August 9)

46:22 – New EA studio Cliffhanger Games announces upcoming title based on Black Panther (in development)

46:33 – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass wave 5 (Nintendo Switch DLC, TODAY)

Geek News Proper

48:33 – SAG strike (Fran Drescher trip) (Hollywood studios’ WGA strike endgame is to let writers go broke before resuming talks in fall)

54:05 – Alan Arkin dies aged 89

54:45 – Google blocks news in Canada

57:28 – Jonah Hill’s ex Sarah Brady accuses him of emotional abuse

1:02:53 – Art CW: SET PHOTOS – Deadpool 3 costumes

1:06:40 – Superman Legacy Casts Nathan Fillion as a Green Lantern Alongside Hawkgirl and Mister Terrific

1:09:58 – Daedalic Entertainment (Lord of the Rings: Gollum) dev team shut down

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:11:20 – Zoner Bryce: Batman/Soundwave remix

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:06 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

1:29:59 – Secret Invasion S01E02/03 – Promises/Betrayed

1:41:59 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

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We talk Olympic medals & mascots, coming soon for SDCC & the rest of us, trailers for Penguins, robots, and many starships, and we (FINALLY) review Deadpool & Wolverine.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

15:15 – Paris 2024 Olympic medals

Coming Soon: Marvel/Comic-Con

21:55 – RDJ: ”New mask. Same task.” (fuller recap (Zoner Spenny, Zoner Mary), then every other announce (Zoner Mary)

Coming Soon

40:56 – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (S2 SDCC trailer)

45:01 – KAOS (Netflix series, August 29, also Judgement Day)

45:41 – The Penguin (HBO miniseries, September 19)

49:28 – Transformers One (in theatres September 20)

50:27 – Star Trek: Lower Decks (teaser, Paramount+ series, S5, final season, October 24)

50:55 – Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+ series, 2025) (Zoner Mary)

51:30 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (5 minute S3 first look) (Zoner Mary)

54:24 – Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Prime Video series, October 24)

55:59 – Speak No Evil (in theatres September 13) (trailer 1)

57:04 – A Complete Unknown (Bob Dylan biopic, dir: James Mangold, in theatres sometime in December)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:22 – Deadpool and Wolverine (classic meme, pervasive sponsorships, BTS/Ray Chan tribute, *SPOILER*)

1:29:02 – The Boys (Bud/Art/more?)

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So much Star Wars, so many Marvels, so much Mario discussion, and why Kirsten wants a spicy chicken sandwich.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:39 – EchoSpeech lip-reading glasses

Coming Soon

13:08 – The Marvels (in theatres November 10)

19:02 – Ahsoka (Disney+ series, August) (Zoner Mary)

related: Lars Mikkelsen returns as Thrawn

26:56 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (in theatres June 30) (Zoner Mary)

31:51 – Clone High (HBO Max series, this spring)

33:38 – Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 (9-part Disney+ animated series, May the Fourth) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

34:51 – Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 recap

featuring: Three new Star Wars movies coming, including Rey’s return (Zoner Mary)

42:12 – Donald Glover IN TALKS to return as Lando Calrissian in new Star Wars series

42:40 – The Bad Batch is getting a third, and final, season

42:43 – more Tales of the Jedi on the way

42:46 – Andor S2 footage screened

42:51 – The Acolyte

43:54 – Stranger Things animated series ordered at Netflix (Zoner Mary)

45:39 – Rogers: The Musical to premiere june 30 for a limited time at Disney California Adventure (Zoner Mary)

46:06 – The Pirate Bay (Swedish six-part series, preproduction, B-Reel Films)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

47:13 – Zoner Bryce: Heartstopper (Netflix series)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

48:40 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: $204M USD opening weekend

related: premiere outfits

related: rumoured June 6 home release

1:13:23 – The Mandalorian S03E06 – Chapter 22: Guns for Hire

1:19:37 – Air: Courting a Legend (Art)

related: $20M USD opening weekend

1:24:25 – 65 (Kirsten)

1:29:59 – why Kirsten wants a spicy chicken sandwich

1:30:35 – Succession S04E03 – Connor’s Wedding (Pol & Art)

1:34:22 – Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview

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In our last pod of 2023, Pol, Bryan, and Bud chat about cheating, mull over Majors, analyze Echo, bandy about Bialik, and discuss the Doctor. Alliteration, eh?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:38 – A ban for Christmas!

Geek News Proper

10:52 – Jonathan Majors found guilty of assault, harassment . . . and is dropped by Marvel (Zoner Mary)

22:33 – Netflix dropped its most extensive viewing data yet (the spreadsheet)

Coming Soon

28:11 – Echo (Marvel series, all five episodes, a day early, 6:00p Pacific TUESDAY, January 9)

32:22 – Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix film, not a series, summer 2024)

33:41 – Civil War (A24, in theatres April 26) (the map)

36:07 – The Kitchen (Netflix film, January 19)

37:20 – Mouse (early gameplay trailer, rubber hose FPS, PC, 2025)

39:07 – Miller’s Girl (in theatres January 26)

42:53 – Love Lies Bleeding (in theatres March 8)

44:25 – The American Society of Magical Negroes (in theatres March 22)

47:38 – IF (in theatres May 17)

49:5 – Time Bomb Y2K (Max special, December 30)

51:33 – Netflix Is a Joke Fest unveils 2024 lineup featuring David Letterman, John Mulaney, and a Tom Brady roast

55:59 – Death Stranding live-action movie in the works from A24 and Hideo Kojima

NOT Coming Soon

57:22 – Mayim Bialik out (fired) as Jeopardy! host (MB statement, Jeopardy! statement)

1:01:52 – The Last of Us multiplayer game canceled, will focus on single-player games going forward

1:04:21 – Quentin Tarantino didn’t make his Star Trek movie because he didn’t want it to be his last film

1:08:54 – Curb Your Enthusiasm to end following season 12 (statement)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:00 – Doctor Who: The Star Beast (Bud)

Extro!

1:17:12 – A holiday treat! Movies you (can/should/do) watch (or allow to permeate your house) every Christmas

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This week, we talk about the .AI domain, football (but make it Toy Story), the PENULTIMATE Ahsoka, and we definitely come prepared to talk about the WGA contract with the AMPTP. Definitely, yes.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:22 – Anguilla

Coming Soon

18:17 – Wish (in theatres November 22) (Zoner Mary)

19:56 – Toy Story Funday Football (happened this past Sunday, article, CLIPPET!)

24:12 – The Curse (Paramount+ series ” . . . with the Showtime plan . . . ?,” November 10)

26:05 – True Detective: Night Country (Max series, January 14)

29:27 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix animated series, November 17)

32:07 – Hallowstream 2023 (Disney+ programming, now) (full list) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

37:21 – Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in Harry Potter franchise, dies at 82

41:56 – The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works

related: Hollywood studios, actors on strike to resume talks next week

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

53:04 – Zoner Mary: Doctor Who

Reviews and Recommendayshes

57:33 – Kirsten’s baby

1:06:05 – 91-Second Movie Review: Reptile (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:11:20 – Shoresy (Pol)

1:15:20 – The Creator (Art)

1:22:19 – Gen V (Bud ‘n Bryan)

1:28:58 – Ahsoka – Part Seven: Dreams and Madness

1:32:33 – Ahsoka ***SPOILERS***

1:45:03 – The Bear (Art & Pol)

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It’s halfway through the year, it’s been a slow news week, and it’s funny summer schedules, so . . . IT’S A CLIP SHOW! =)

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Pol, Bryan, & Bud chat about chatbots, ponder Dune 2, dive into the Game Awards, and R&R Godzilla: Minus One (GO SEE IT).

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:52 – AI Turing test

Coming Soon

10:03 – Dune: Part Two (in theatres March 1)

14:58 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (S1 teaser trailer, Prime Video, February 2)

16:20 – Kung Fu Panda 4 (in theatres March 8)

19:20 – Super Nintendo World’s Donkey Kong Country expansion at Universal Studios Japan

20:28 – Barbie coming to Max December 15, ASL version available

22:21 – Zelda movie director wants it to be more Miyazaki than The Lord of The Rings

sidetrack: GTA VI vs real Florida

Coming soon: The Game Awards

25:56 – OD (Kojima Productions w/ Jordan Peele)

related: Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (documentary, 2024, D+ in Japan)

31:42 – Blade (in development at Bethesda w/ Marvel Games)

32:09 – LEGO Fortnite, Fortnite: Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival (all built into Fortnite)

36:46 – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla (PS4/PS5, out now)

37:44 – Sega remakes (Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Crazy Taxi, all being developed as remakes over the next five years)

38:06 – World of Goo 2 (2024, 15 YEARS AFTER the OG)

39:51 – Rise of the Rōnin (PS5, March 22)

39:56 – Jurassic Park: Survival (initially cancelled in the early aughts, resurrecting soon (?) for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, 7 seconds of pre-alpha in-game footage)

40:19 – Big Walk (2025, from House House + Panic)

Geek News Proper

41:18 – Andre Brauger dies at 61

43:19 – SAG-AFTRA members have ratified the 2023 TV/theatrical contracts (by a vote of 78% to 22% with a turnout of 38%)

43:57 – HBO & Max sign exclusive multiyear ”Pay-One” agreement with A24

46:46 – Tubi to stream DC Universe movies and TV shows (The Batman, Suicide Squad, Black Adam, Wonder Woman, Gotham, Lois & Clark) (NOT SO FAST)

49:14 – Hugh Grant loathed playing an Oompa Loompa in Wonka: ”I couldn’t have hated it more”

Reviews and Recommendayshes

51:04 – Godzilla: Minus One (Bud & Pol)

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Two Asians and an Italian walk into a podcast and talk about dress tech, blowing up scammers, comedic hyperbole, and WHY IS THIS DANG MOVIE SO LONNNGGG-UH?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

16:15 – Project Primrose

Coming Soon

20:37 – The Beekeeper (in theatres January 12)

24:07 – Leave The World Behind (Netflix film, December 8)

25:22 – LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red (Disney+, Friday) (Zoner Mary)

27:05 – Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition (out now, review)

30:56 – Jurassic Park in Concert (November 9, Royal Theatre)

Geek News Proper

31:54 – SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have resumed negotiations

33:15: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two delayed a year (June 28, 2024 to May 23, 2025)

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

36:43 – Hasan Minhaj REPORTLY out as new host of The Daily Show (source: Consequence)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

41:42 – Zoner Ewan: SAG-AFTRA Hallowe’en

Reviews and Recommendayshes

43:35 – 91-Second Movie Review: Killers of the Flower Moon (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/) ***INCLUDES SOME SPOILERS***

1:10:58 – The Fall of the House of Usher (Bryan)

1:13:30 – The Simpsons, S35 (Pol)

1:19:09 – Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Bryan)

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ONE item in coming soon. And we don’t even know when in 2023 it’s happening! But we also talk about bladders, Jeremy Renner, and Glass Onion.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:48 – RunPee

Coming Soon

24:56 – Stan Lee

Geek News Proper

25:59 – Barbara Walters dead at 93

28:40 – Jeremy Renner in “critical but stable condition” after snow plow accident

related: Out Of Surgery For Blunt Chest Trauma, Still Critical But Stable In Intensive Care

related: IG from his hospital bed

33:55 – Movie studios can be sued for deceptive trailers

39:41 – Hugh Jackman will only be Wolverine in Deadpool 3 if they don’t mess with the Logan timeline

41:17 – George R. R. Martin says Game of Thrones spinoffs have been shelved

45:07 – James Corden auditioned for Sam in The Lord of The Rings

46:46 – Geek pod Mario Kart (just the clips)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

45:58 – Zoner Ewan: Captain and the Carters

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:42 – 91-Second Movie Review: Matilda The Musical (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:03:49 – 91-Second Movie Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:10:13 – 91-Second Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

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Two original Rangers does not a reunion make, 30 broken bones, Super Nintendo World, and much love for The Last of Us.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:52 – Canadian LEGO Masters

Coming Soon

12:55 – Invincible (Prime Video series, S2, late 2023, more or less)

15:59 – Hello Tomorrow! (Apple TV+ series, February 17)

17:47 – Shrinking (Apple TV+ series, Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, January 27)

19:13 – The Reluctant Traveler (8-part Apple TV+ documentary miniseries, February 24)

22:24 – Cobra Kai season 6 announcement trailer (“the final season,” Netflix series, coming soon)

23:32 – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (two original Rangers, Netflix special, April 19)

Geek News Proper

28:36 – Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in Rust film shooting

34:27 – Jeremy Renner says he broke 30-plus bones in snowplow mishap (IG update)

36:50 – Ubisoft employees asked to strike over CEO’s comments, pay demands (followup: Yves says sorry)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

40:44 – Zoner Spenny: IG message re: Tom Brady, Peachtree TV, and messing up our e-mail address

42:11 – Zoner Ewan: From Peter B. Parker to Papa B. Parker, What if Ant-Man is accidentally in an Avengers movie by himself?, and Mark Hamill retiring as The Joker

44:29 – Zoner Bryce: Super Nintendo World preview (February 17)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

51:42 – Before the Coffee Gets Cold

55:08 – That ‘90s Show viewers praise Netflix reboot: ”A sequel series done right”

1:05:44 – The Last of Us S01E02 – Infected

1:05:44 – *SPOILERS!* for The Last of Us

related: game/show comparison)

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Pol, Bryan, and Bud chat Star Wars, Star Trek, Barbie breaking records, and deep turtle lore.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:31 – https://www.TheZone.fm/2023/08/09/geekout-google-grammar-check/

Coming Soon

13:31 – I Am Groot (Marvel series, S2, Disney+, September 6)

15:17 – Only Murders In The Building (S3, Disney+, Tuesday) (Zoner Mary)

17:30 – Ahsoka (Star Wars series, Disney+, two-episode premiere August 23, posters) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

21:29 – Mark Margolis, actor on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, dies at 83

23:40 – William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of The Exorcist, dies at 87

29:54 – Barbie surpasses $1B USD globally after 17 days

34:15 – Marvel Studios’ VFX Staff Is Aiming to Unionize

37:06 – the Saanich Police have your lightsabres

39:32 – Post Malone has acquired the One Ring

42:50 – The Witcher producer blames simplified plot on Americans’ inability to follow complex storylines

47:15 – Fallout TV series leak reveals new images from set

49:08 – Leslie Baker (from The Office) to return over $100,000 in fan donations for Stanley spin-off

53:08 – The perfect cosplay doesn’t exis—

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

54:48 – Scream 7 (Scream Vi-I) REPORTEDLY in development with director Christopher Landon (source: Bloody Disgusting/Consequence)

56:02 – Gal Gadot HAS HEARD that ”we’re (James Gunn and Peter Safran) gonna develop a Wonder Woman 3 together.” (source: Comicbook.com/Consequence)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

56:43 – Zoner Mary: Disneyland! TRON Lightcycle // Run and Guardians — Mission: BREAKOUT!

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:02:23 – 91-Second Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:15:59 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Kirsten’s review without Kirsten)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud chat Super Mario, Wednesday Addams, and Hellraiser, then Kirsten paints a STUNNING picture of the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride at Disneyland.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:44 – crash detection vs rollercoasters

Coming Soon

10:48 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (in theatres April 7, 2023)

related: OG Mario revox from AI and voice actor Carlos Morillo

also related: Mario memes: celebrity auditions / no vocal range / Chris Pratt’s audition / Chris Pratt’s other audition

17:41 – The White Lotus Season 2 (HBO Max series, October 30)

19:30 – Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix sequel film, November 4)

20:22 – Wednesday (Netflix series, November 23)

related: Fred Armisen and Christina Ricci!

22:16 – Star Trek: Picard (final season 3 NYCC teaser trailer, Paramount+ series, February 16, 2023)

related: New cast for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 (Zoner Mary)

27:03 – Violent Night (in theatres December 2) (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

31:08 – Angela Lansbury dies at age 96

35:15 – Glass Onion to screen in theaters November 23–29 before Netflix premiere December 23

38:24 – Margot Robbie re: Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in Joker sequel: “I think she’ll do something incredible with it”

40:19 – First look at Adam Driver as 59-year-old Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s ”Ferrari”

41:37 – Sydney Sweeney to star and exec produce new Barbarella movie

45:14 – Chevy Chase not likely to return for the Community movie

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

50:52 – McKenna Grace REPORTEDLY confirms return for Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel (in development, December 20, 2023) (Zoner John) (source: ComicBook.com)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

52:08 – 91-Second Movie Review: Werewolf by Night (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:00:16 – Hocus Pocus 2 (Kirsten)

1:02:39 – Hulu Hellraiser (Bud)

1:06:25 – Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (Kirsten)

1:28:25 – She-Hulk

1:39:25 – House of the Dragon & Rings Rings Rings

1:41:49 – Andor

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Appropriately enough for spoopy season, this week’s pod was CURRRSED! for scheduling, and people drop in and out like ZOMBIES! 💀 Okay, not really.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:35 – Bayonetta 3 voice acting kerfuffle

Coming Soon

12:17 – Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023) (Zoner Mary)

15:00 – The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+ special, November 25) (Zoner Mary)

16:40 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (in theatres November 11)

18:19 – The Peripheral 1 2 (Prime Video series, out now) (Chloë Grace Moretz, William Grace, Jonthan Nolan EP, Lisa Joy EP)

21:16 – Resident Evil 4 (March 24, 2023)

22:24 – On the Line (November 4)

Geek News Proper

25:07 – Netflix will start charging you for extra users next year

related: Netflix introduces Profile Transfer (and, by “Times of Change,” they mean “when we kick you off of your ex’s account.”)

27:13 – Henry Cavill confirms he is back as Superman for future DC movies

27:43 – James Gunn and Peter Safran are the new co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios’ Film, TV and Animation division (replaces DC Films) (Zoner Shep)

32:31 – A look inside Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars movie

34:13 – Doctor Who moves to Disney+ outside UK and Ireland

35:36 – Andy Dick arrested for felony burglary

36:37 – Robbie Coltrane’s cause of death revealed (multiple organ failure)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

37:54 – 91-Second Movie Review: Black Adam (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

53:46 – House of the Dragon

1:26:18 – Reggie Fils-Aimé – Disrupting the Game (Bud)

1:26:18 – The Rings of Power

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Kirsten, Pol, and Bud talk microchipping cheese, not Dune 2 this year, the great Bob Barker, and more discussion of trailers we haven’t seen.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:38 – microchipping cheese

Coming Soon

14:40 – Good Burger 2 (Paramount+, November ??)

15:46 – The Killer (in theatres and on Netflix, November 10, dir: David Fincher, starring Michael Fasbender & Tilda Swinton)

20:33 – Army Of The Dead 2 & beyond teased by Zack Snyder

NOT Coming Soon

23:32 – Dune 2 (was November 3, now March 15, 2024)

related: Denis Villeneuve has started writing Dune 3

31:03 – The Idol canceled by HBO after one season

Geek News Proper

33:32 – Bob Barker dies at 99

43:49 – Blue Beetle unseats Barbie atop box office, ending 4-week reign

47:42 – Barbie will be rereleased in IMAX w/ new post-credits footage (September 22, FOR ONE WEEK)

50:48 – New Haunted Mansion grounds expansion, retail shop coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024 (Zoner Mary)

56:02 – PlayStation Portal (PS5 remote play handheld, $200 USD, later this year, also earphones/buds)

58:59 – The Atari 2600 Plus will play your old cartridges (November 17, $130 USD)

1:01:25 – Adam Sandler breaks Rotten Tomatoes record with new Netflix movie, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

Listener mailbag . . . for us! (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:06:48 – Thanks for bringing back stuff for us, Zoner Mary! 💛

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:09:30 – Ahsoka S01E01/02

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AI, shapeshifters, spiders, asteroids, beetles, dolls, and elements, OH MY!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:32 – the call for AI slowdown

Coming Soon

08:45 – Secret Invasion (Disney+ series, June 21) (Zoner Mary)

related: Secret Invasion Vanity Fair article/photos

14:47 – Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (in theatres June 2)

related: Zoner Ewan: The Spider Within short/mentorship program

17:38 – Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (in theatres June 16) (article)

21:58 – Blue Beetle (in theatres August 18) (Zoner Mary)

24:52 – Barbie (in theatres July 21) (Zoner Mary)

30:29 – Elemental (June 16) (Zoner Mary)

related: Carl’s Date is the Pixar short before Elemental (Zoner Mary)

31:49 – Extraction 2 (Netflix Russo Bros/Chris Hemsworth sequel, June 16)

34:49 – Guardians – tickets on sale spot (in theatres May 5) (Zoner Mary)

35:14 – Variety interviews Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri re: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (APRIL 5!)

Geek News Proper

38:16 – Forgotten last week: Netflix is trying to lure back former subscribers, but people aren’t impressed

41:28 – E3 cancelled

43:11 – The Last of Us S2 will shoot in Vancouver

49:42 – Disney boots Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter

53:53 – Jonathan Majors update

58:17 – Scott Pilgrim anime will reunite entire movie cast (Netflix anime series, coming soon)

1:01:40 – Ryan Coogler will ‘remount’ The X-Files with a diverse cast

1:06:21 – House Of The Dragon season two will have fewer episodes (8 instead of 10)

1:06:35 – Disney and Dwayne Johnson announce Moana live-action movie (Zoner Mary)

1:19:02 – live-action Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series ordered at Paramount+

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:19:48 – Zoner Mary: John Wick 4, Mando, Picard

1:21:55 – Zoner Bryce: Disney World trip, Guardians 3 soundtrack

1:26:23 – Zoner Ewan: Guardians 3 soundtrack

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:29:29 – 91-Second Movie Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:36:16 – 91-Second Movie Review: Tetris (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:43:25 – Daisy Jones & the Six (Bryan)

1:50:22 – Knock at the Cabin (Bud/Kirsten)

1:52:53 – The Mandalorian S03E05 – The Pirate

related: Zeb!

1:57:19 – Succession S04E02 – Rehearsal

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Bud, Bryan, and Art (who hosted ep 1 of this podcast) talk schoolboard lawsuits, the endless trash that is Star Wars (or so Pol would say were he here), the fresh Joker: Folie à Deux trailer, and the miracle of a movie which is Monkey Man.

Previously, on The Geek-out Podcast . . .

07:45 – Amazon ditches ”Just Walk Out” checkouts at its grocery stores

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:33 – schoolboard social suits

Coming Soon

14:45 – Tales of the Empire (six-episode Star Wars animated series, Disney+, May the 4th be with you)

18:25 – Joker: Folie à Deux: teaser of the first full trailer (in theatres October 4)

19:56 – 1999’s The Mummy returns to theaters on April 26

20:45 – The Phantom Menace?

23:21 – wrestling?

28:59 – Joker: Folie à Deux FOR REAL NOW

35:05 – New Matrix movie in the works with Drew Goddard writing, directing (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

41:01 – Fantastic Four casts Julia Garner as Silver Surfer

related: Free comics! Tweet o̶n̶ T̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶s̶, 404, Marvel Unlimited

related: Zoner Ewan question re: free Moon Knight comics

49:18 – Disney to crack down on password-sharing after CEO Bob Iger wins board fight

50:27 – Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender changes showrunners again

51:46 – ”Ten hours of being waterboarded”: Hannah Waddingham says Game of Thrones left her with chronic claustrophobia (Zoner Ewan)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

55:35 – Monkey Man (Bryan)

1:10:50 – A Death in Cryptoland (Bud, via Zoner Tim)

1:12:18 – The Three-Body Problem (Bud)

related: Murder. Death.

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Kirsten, Pol, & Bud chat floating solar, the return of Hulurama— er, Futurama, and we get to see what a Bryan/Bud hybrid would look like, thanks (?) to Zoner Shep.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:16 – floating solar

Coming Soon

10:48 – Conan O’Brien Must Go (four-episode Max travel series, coming soon)

13:31 – The Creator (JDW, Dream On, in theatres September 29)

15:22 – Full Circle (six-episode Steven Soderbergh miniseries, Max, July 13)

16:21 – Killers of the Flower Moon (in theatres October 6)

20:05 – Nimona (Netflix film, June 30, K.Flay tie-in, Wikipedia)

22:07 – (now a Hulu series, season 8, July 24article)

27:35 – Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5, Xbox X/S, PC, Switch, September 19)

Geek News Proper

29:47 – Ray Stevenson dies at 58

31:52 – Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to close in late September (Zoner Jes)

41:02 – Disney removes dozens of series from Disney+ & Hulu

45:45 – LEGO Pac-Man (10323, June 4, $350 USD, article)

47:12 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sells 10m units in three days

54:00 – Tenacious D – Video Games

54:41 – Harrison Ford receives a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes

57:00 – Ming-Na Wen will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame May 30

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

58:01 – Zoner Shep: Bud/Bryan hybrid

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:01:56 – 91-Second Movie Review: Fast X (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:09:20 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

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Before we Barb the Heimer, we bid farewell to Twitter, recap SDCC, and spend a fascinating amount of time talking about the first movie in an upcoming Exorcist TRILOGY. #DoWeNeedThis

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:19 – Twitter X (amazing CNN eulogy)

Coming Soon

14:26 – The Marvels (in theatres November 10)

17:55 – SDCC: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC series, 2024) + The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC series, September 10)

19:10 – SDCC: Strange New Worlds: Subspace Rhapsody (Paramount+ S02E09, August 3) (Zoner Mary)

21:26 – SDCC: Lower Decks Season 4 trailer (Paramount+ series, September 7) (Zoner Mary)

22:04 – One Piece (Netflix series, August 31) (dub)

23:35 – The Creator (in theatres September 29) (Zoner Mary)

24:34 – Strange Planet (Apple TV+ 10 episode miniseries, August 9)

30:13 – The Exorcist: Believer (in theatres Friday the 13th of October)

Geek News Proper

41:53 – SAG-AFTRA gives go-ahead to Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega film amid strike

43:27 – Dwayne Johnson Contributes ‘historic’ donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund

45:12 – Meanwhile, at Castle Grayskull, Netflix kills the He-Man movie

46:14 – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom REPORTEDLY in hot water

49:00 – DC will bring Crisis on Infinite Earths and Watchmen to (animated) life in 2024

53:51 – Doctor Who’s new Sonic Screwdriver Is a blinding throwback (video)

56:18 – Mike White is behind Migration, and The Emoji Movie??!? (but also, School of Rock! 🤘🏽) (IMDB)

1:01:00 – ”I warned you guys in 1984,” James Cameron says of AI’s risks to humanity

1:04:19 – Lady Gaga wanted to be addressed as Lee on Joker 2 set

1:05:02 – Transforming Grimlock. $1,700 USD

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:08:12 – Zoner Mary re: Olivia Colman, Skrulls, Strange New Worlds, and Spock

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:12 – 91-Second Movie Review : Barbie . . .

1:25:00 – 91-Second Movie Review : Oppenheimer (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: sex scenes

1:41:48 – Secret Invasion S01E06 – Home

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Pol, Bud, Kirsten, and her precious child Indy talk (or babble) about ChatGPT, Across the Spider-Verse, and how Indy was almost named D’artagnan.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:37 – ChatGPT

Coming Soon

08:27 – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (in theatres June 2023)

11:08 – The Three Musketeers (French, part I D’Artagnan Easter 2023, part II Milady Christmas 2023)

13:28 – White House Plumbers (HBO miniseries, March 2023)

Coming Soon: Game Awards SPEED ROUND

15:14 – Hades II (Steam/Epic, early access 2023, Melinoë)

15:58 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Mushroom Kingdom clip, in theatres April 7 )

18:24 – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (March 17, 2023, PS5)

18:54 – Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (PS5, April 19 2023, Los Angeles)

19:07 – Horizon Call of the Mountain ($550 USD PSVR2 for PS5 launch title, February 22, 2023)

19:30 – Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (PSVR2 & Meta Quest, 2023)

19:40 – Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (May 26, 2023, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC, starring Kevin Conroy)

20:04 – Diablo IV (June 6, 2023, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)

20:38 – Death Stranding 2 (Working Title, in development, PS5)

20:59 – Dune: Awakening (open-world MMO, pre-Alpha, in development, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)

21:06 – Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (roguelike, Switch, PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC, in development)

21:18 – Tekken 8 (PS5, Xbox X/S, PC, in development)

21:28 – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a next-gen update (original 2015, update December 14, raytracing, faster loading, free update, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, high-end PC)

21:47 – Crime Boss: Rockay City (March 28, 2023, ’90s Florida, starring Michael Madsen, Kim Basinger, Damion Poitier, Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Michael Rooker, Vanilla Ice, and Chuck Norris)

Geek News Proper

23:30 – 2023 Golden Globes nominations

27:43 – Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3 will not be moving forward as DC Movies hits a turning point under James Gunn and Peter Safran (ZASLAV!)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

33:10 – Avatar: The Way Of Water (Gizmodo)

38:34 – Violent Night (Zoner Bryce)

40:09 – The Menu (Pol)

44:05 – The White Lotus S2 *spoiler-free*

44:05 – The White Lotus S2 *SPOILERS*

Extro!

51:39 – Indy calls Pol ‘Dada’

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You know! That famous line from Brian Cox as Agamemnon in the 2004 Brad Pitt movie Troy!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:55 – ASL Ant-Man

related: please watch these incredible hip hop (1 / 2 / 4 / 4 (NSFW) / 5) and metal ASL interpreters

Coming Soon

07:39 – The Flash trailer 2 (in theatres June 16)

16:47 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2 teaser trailer (Paramount+ series, June 5) (Zoner Mary)

18:28 – The Witcher S3 teaser (Netflix series, volume 1: June 29, volume 2: July 27, Henry Cavill’s final season) (Zoner Mary)

21:15 – American Born Chinese (Disney+ series, May 24) (yay!) (all episodes) (boo!)

25:58 – White Men Can’t Jump (Disney+ film, May 19)

28:55 – FUBAR (Arnold’s Schwarzenegger’s first SERIES, Netflix, May 25, trailer gives too much away IMHO)

31:44 – Guardians 3: it IS Nathan Fillion! (in theatres May 5)

Geek News Proper

34:46 – BuzzFeed News is shutting down

40:35 – Brian Cox to be ”The Controller” of James Bond REALITY TV show, 007’s Road to a Million

42:15 – The White Lotus S3 brings back Natasha Rothwell as spa manager Belinda Lindsey (her IG post)

46:14 – Twilight TV series in the works

46:37 – Rachel McAdams turned down roles in Iron Man, Casino Royale, Mission: Impossible III, and The Devil Wears Prada in two-year period: ”I felt guilty”

50:34 – Peaches debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 (#83 . . . #56 this week)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

53:49 – Zoner Ewan: Deadpool 3’s Wolverine to be divergence from X-Men movies

59:52 – Zoner Spenny: Unrecord early gameplay (PC Gamer article)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:02:24 – 91-Second Movie Review: Ghosted (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:16:08 – Mrs. Davis (Bud)

1:24:18 – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (Pol)

1:27:14 – THE MANDONALÉ S03E08 – Chapter 24: The Return (33 minutes!)

related: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee visit the 501st Canadian Garrison

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Please don’t switch on unsolicited tech mailed to your house, please enjoy Severance S1 ’cause that’s probably all we’ll have, and please stop letting Ryan Seacrest take every job in the world.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:10 – trojan smartwatch

Coming Soon

14:25 – Challengers (in theatres September 15)

16:40 – FYC – I’m The Homelander

18:55 – Warrior Nun will return for S2

NOT coming soon

20:42 – Netflix phases out ‘basic’ streaming plan from its subscription options in Canada

28:42 – Meta will end news (reading and sharing) on Facebook and Instagram for all Canadians

33:44 – Severance Season 2 has been halted indefinitely

36:38 – The Idol now ending this Sunday after 5 episodes, not 6

Geek News Proper

39:28 – June 21 Nintendo Direct (Bud recaps)

48:13 – Ryan Seacrest will host Wheel of Fortune after Pat Sajak retires next year

56:08 – 299 Queen Street West premieres in Toronto (September 22, then tours Canada)

57:00 – Arnold Schwarzenegger makes ST5 casting announcement

58:43 – David Corenswet Is Superman, Rachel Brosnahan Is Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy

1:07:56 – Microsoft is raising Xbox Series X and Game Pass prices in most countries

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:08:49 – thanks to Zoner NinjaFlyer for the new five-star review!

”Started listening during the Snap and haven’t stopped. 2-hour pod, 2-hour pod!!”

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:10:58 – 91-Second Movie Review: Extraction 2 (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: amazing chase scene BTS, helicopter BTS 1, 2, 3

1:20:04 – Asteroid City (Pol)

– Secret Invasion E01 – Resurrection

related: SLJ says Marvel has shot down drones that fly over sets article

1:42:27 – The Flash (Pol)

1:51:12 – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Kirsten)

1:53:37 – submersible followup

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For our first pod back of 2024, we share some news about Bryan, talk about handy apps, scary public domain mice, Wes Anderson, What If…?, and Rebel Moon. That sure was a movie.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

28:18 – apps to start your year off right

Coming Soon

35:16 – What If…? (season THREE??!? first look trailer, sometime later, Disney+)

37:26 – Infestation: Origins (FKA Infestation 88, public domain Steamboat Willie, details)

42:22 – New official photos from Avatar: The Last Airbender series

43:09 – 299 Queen Street West (Crave, January 26)

45:44 – Prime Video to start showing ads on February 5 in Canada

Geek News Proper

50:17 – Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount in discussions for a max merger (Bad news bears?)

51:51 – Sir Anthony Hopkins plays piano at the Shangri-La Vancouver

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

53:46 – Zoner Ewan . . . SORRY I MISSED 87 E-MAILS

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:53 – Asteroid City (Bud)

1:05:45 – What If…? (Bryan), and the greater MCU

1:22:49 – Reacher S2 (Art)

1:28:06 – Looper (Bud)

1:31:35 – Rebel Moon

1:40:56 – Letterkenney S12 (Pol)

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Pol, Bud, and Art chat game dev gouging, weird movies, and quiet revolts.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:50 – Unity’s game install fee

Coming Soon

14:02 – Monsters Of California (in theatres December 5)

17:37 – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (in theatres December 20) (Zoner Mary)

23:07 – Percy Jackson and The Olympians (eight-episode Disney+ series, December 20, two-episode premiere)

24:58 – The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix eight-episode series, October 12)

28:57 – Frasier (Paramount+ series, October 12)

32:18 – Dream Scenario

35:30 – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix film, September 27)

38:05 – Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose (in theatres September 1, digital September 19)

39:53 – Our Flag Means Death (Max series, S2, October 5)

40:59 – Stop Making Sense (A24 remaster, IMAX September 22, theatres September 29)

43:34 – The Marvels in IMAX (November 10)

NOT Coming Soon

44:45 – Winning Time canceled at HBO after two seasons

49:18 – Lando on Disney+ is going from a series to a movie

Geek News Proper

52:59 – Marvel visual effects workers unanimously vote to unionize

55:43 – Which streaming service cancels TV series at the highest

58:50 – Tim Burton says he’s in “quiet revolt” over Michael Keaton reprising Batman

1:03:10 – Stephen King says his wife threatened divorce if he didn’t stop playing Mambo No. 5

1:04:13 – September 14 Nintendo Direct

• Super Mario RPG (November 17)
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Dark Moon, previously only on DS, 4-player co-op, summer 2024)
• Princess Peach: Showtime! (March 22) (Swordfighter Peach, Detective Peach, Kung-Fu Peach, and what looks like Chef Peach?)
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2024, played it and four other games, but not the OG)
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (January 18, or January 15 w/ deluxe edition)
• Trace Memory (now called Another Code: Recollection, with the OG + sequel, January 19)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass FINAL Wave 6
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong (puzzle platformer w/ stolen Mini Mario toys, February 16)
• Trombone Champ (out now, gyro or IR controls, nearly 50 songs, up to 4-player co-op)

• Nintendo Museum (opening March 2024 in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture)
• Zelda & Ganondorf amiibo (November 3)
• Noah & Mio amiibo (Xenoblade Chronicles, January 19)
• Sora amiibo (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, 2024)

• Tomb Raider I–III Remastered (February 14, old/new graphics, all expansions, secret rooms)
• Detective Pikachu Returns (October 6)
• Contra: Operation Galuga (2024)
• WarioWare: Move It! (November 3)
• Splatoon 3 DLC: Side Order (spring 2024)
• new Among Us map (“the Fungle”)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:56 – last week’s Ahsoka

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Sans vacationing Kirsten, the gents talk Linux infections, R&R jogging monsters, and pay (proper?) tribute to three lost souls this week.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:57 – xz Utils’ near-disaster

Coming Soon

19:06 – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (dropped March 27, Kevin Love Fund fundraiser)

22:48 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Netflix movie, May 3)

25:24 – The Sandman, season 2 (Netflix series, August 5, titles revealed) (Zoner Mary)

27:51 – Joker: Folie à Deux first poster shows a dancing Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

29:00 – Dev Patel says ‘Monkey Man’ shoot faced ”absolute catastrophe” ( . . . uh, IN THEATRES FRIDAY! 😅)

30:06 – Constantine 2 story being hashed out, script has to be written

Geek News Proper

32:27 – Louis Gossett Jr. dies at 87

33:15 – Chance Perdomo, Gen V star, dies at 27

33:59 – Joe Flaherty, original SCTV castmember, dies at 82

Reviews and Recommendayshes

41:05 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Bryan)

51:07 – Tokyo Vice (Art)

1:00:05 – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Bryan) (baby-whooshing clip)

1:07:08 – Just Walk Out tech at Modo Centre in Portland (Art) (controversy)

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Pol, Bud, & Bryan talk terrifying robots, Deadpool & Wolverine and what it could mean to the greater MCU, and breaking your own rules, QUENTIN.

Preamble

01:15 – Pol’s on a podcast! I’ll Keep You Wild, episode 101

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:50 – Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas

Coming Soon

19:23 – Deadpool & Wolverine (in theatres July 26)

40:55 – Trap (in theatres August 1)

46:59 – Transformers One drops eye-popping 3D footage at CinemaCon with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry introducing origin story

related: trailer!

51:28 – Pamela Anderson to star opposite Liam Neeson in ‘Naked Gun’ Remake

52:03 – As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game (Zoner Ewan)

52:55 – Wednesday season 2 casts Steve Buscemi (Zoner Mary)

53:28 – The Office’ sets first castmembers for potential follow-up series

1:02:07 – The Movie Critic WON’T be Quentin Tarantino’s final film

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:14:33 – Zoner Ewan: BrickCan (Vancouver, April 20 & 21)

Reviews and Recommendayshes by Pol

1:15:36 – The Trades

1:18:38 – Baby Reindeer

1:22:15 – Conan O’Brien Must Go

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Why did anyone else bother to show up for the Emmys? 🤪 Pol, Bud, and Art chat CES, the (Adam) Sandman, and resurrecting the dead with AI. Icky.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:36 – CES 2024

Coming Soon

19:33 – in trailers: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC Rick & Michonne series, February 25)

22:14 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video series, February 2)

23:57 – 3 Body Problem (Debbie Offenweiss Netflix series, March 21)

26:01 – Badland Hunters (Korean Netflix sequel to Concrete Utopia, January 26)

28:26 – Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Netflix animated film, January 25) (Zoner Mary)

30:05 – Spaceman (Netflix film, March 1)

34:41 – in gaming: Mario vs. Donkey Kong — Pieces of the Puzzle (Nintendo Switch game, February 16, preorders open now)

36:24 – Nicole de Boer returning as Captain Ezri Dax for Star Trek Online: Both Worlds game

37:59 – in music: Stop Making Sense tribute album (featuring Paramore Burning Down the House, A24, coming soon)

40:23 – in movies: Sony Pictures launches new visualization facility Torchlight in California

41:40 – 28 Years Later in development (Danny Boyle & Alex Garland)

43:23 – in TV: The Last of Us S2: Kaitlyn Dever is Abby, Isabela Merced is Dina

NOT Coming Soon

44:32 – David Gordon Green departing 2025 Exorcist sequel, search underway for new director

Geek News Proper

46:01 – The 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards

58:03 – George Carlin’s daughter slams ai-generated comedy special

1:01:08 – Gina Carano invited to Fan Expo Vancouver, comments riot

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:04:05 – Top Gun 3 IN THE WORKS at Paramount (source: puck dot news)

1:04:48 – Simply made up: RUMORED Disney maternity ward at Magic Kingdom has expectant parents buzzing (source: satire IG account Mouse Trap News)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:09:18 – Zoner Ewan: What person in real life would be worthy to hold Mjolnir? (The 87™: February 2, 2023)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:09:18 – True Detective: Night Country (Pol)

1:17:36 – Night Swim

1:20:04 – Echo

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The cuesheet was short, but the discussion was long. The voice of Mario steps back, Scott Pilgrim takes off, Rebel (“That’s no”) Moon looks epic, and Disney gets a clock.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:51 – Charles Martinet

related: Nintendo confirms that Charles Martinet is not involved in Super Mario Bros. Wonder (reverse caboose for Bud)

Coming Soon

27:24 – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+ series, December 20) (Zoner Mary)

29:41 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix animated series, November 17) (article)

33:02 – Rebel Moon (two-part Zach Snyder space opera, Netflix, Part 1: A Child of Fire, December 22, Part 2: The Scargiver, April 19, 2024) (article)

36:53 – Oppenheimer at the RBCM IMAX

related: Barbie coming to digital SEPTEMBER 5! 🤯

Geek News Proper

45:26 – PRAISE DISNEY. Ahsoka episodes will debut at 6:00p Pacific / 9:00p Eastern

47:18 – Suicide Squad director David Ayer regrets giving Jared Leto’s Joker a forehead tattoo

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

51:06 – Zoner Bryce: Denmark photos!

55:31 – Zoner Ewan: Captain Marvel VFX trivia / QUIZ: find the CGI cat!

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:02:47 – Insidious: The Red Door (Kirsten)

1:04:54 – No Hard Feelings (Kirsten)

1:12:05 – UPDATE: Kirsten’s video game saga

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Bagpipes. Before we lose Kirsten for a coupla weeks, our full house of geeks talk chatbots, LeVar Burton’s career, James Gunn Tweeting on Threads, and whose AC/DC was better.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:19 – fun with AI chatbots

Coming Soon

16:03 – Fallout (Prime Video, April 11)

18:28 – 3 Body Problem (final trailer, Netflix series, March 21)

21:21 – Butterfly in the Sky (AMC limited US theatre release March 17 & 20, VOD April 30, article)

24:55 – New Super Mario Bros. world animated movie in development (article)

related: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – May 23 / Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, June 27 / Game Boy games Dr. Mario, Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis, NSO today

28:56 – Parasyte: The Grey (Netflix series, April 5)

30:33 – Nicholas Braun to play Jim Henson in SNL 1975 origin movie

35:17 – Biopic on late AC/DC Singer Bon Scott in the works

39:29 – James Gunn: Superman & Peacemaker updates

48:46 – S1 Disney+ shows coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray (source & source)

51:33 – Avatar: The Last Airbender renewed at Netflix for final two seasons

51:43 – The Great Salish Heist (Cinecenta, March 15, 5:00p, 7:30p, Q&A following)

Geek News Proper

52:05 – The Oscars 2024

1:06:44 – Akira Toriyama, creator of the Dragon Ball manga, dead at 68

1:06:58 – X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo fired weeks before premiere (Zoner Mary)

1:07:29 – Anthony Daniels auctioning off his Star Wars stuff (March 13)

1:08:12 – Rust armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

1:09:30 – US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:10:35 – Spaceman (Bryan)

1:12:42 – Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (Bud)

1:14:15 – Freelance (Art)

1:16:43 – The Greatest Night in Pop (Bryan)

1:21:38 – The Murderbot Diaries (Bud)

1:23:35 – Reign of Fire (Kirsten)

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Pol, Kirsten, Bryan, Bud, and maaaayyybe a special ghost talk TMNT kid voices, Chris Rock, The Mandalorian, and the penultimate episode of that OTHER show with Pedro Pascal in it.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:19 – FBI recommends ad blockers

Coming Soon

09:34 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (in theatres August 4) (article w/ voice cast)

17:18 – Haunted Mansion (in theatres July 28) (Zoner Bryce/Zoner Mary)

24:49 – Peter Pan & Wendy (Disney+ movie, April 28)

29:23 – Ghosted (Apple TV+ movie, April 21)

30:49 – The Machine (in theatres May 26)

32:41 – Chris Rock – Selective Outrage (Netflix LIVE special, March 4, 7pm PT)

40:18 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie is releasing two days early (in theatres April 5 instead of April 7!)

Geek News Proper

42:19 – Avengers’ S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (now open at Burnaby shopping centre The Amazing Brentwood)

46:03 – The Mandalorian viewers sceptical about timeline retcon

52:04 – Woody Harrelson says COVID protocols on sets are absurd: ”As an anarchist, i don’t do well with mandates”

53:20 – Nothing about Children of the Corn works

Reviews and Recommendayshes

57:09 – 91-Second Movie Review: Creed III (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:07:58 – The Mandalorian S03E01 – The Apostate

related: Zoner Bryce’s impressions

1:21:32 – The Last of Us S01E08 – When We Are In Need **IMMEDIATE SPOILERS**

Other stuff that didn’t make the pod

– filming shut down after rifle spotted

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Stupid crying movies. Pol, Bryan, and Bud chat Guardians (twice), The Dial of Destiny (?), Transformers, The Last of Us, and we say goodbye to Bob McGrath and Lt. Saavik.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:06 – AI art theft

Coming Soon

11:00 – Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (May 5, 2023) (Zoner Ewan)

17:48 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June 30) (Zoner Mary)

20:11 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (in theatres June 9, 2023)(Zoner Ewan)

23:59 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Dutch TV spot & Spanish TV spot w/ new footage) (in theatres, April 7)

related: posters of Mario & Luigi, Peach & Toad, Donkey Kong, and Bowser.

25:00 – The Last of Us (HBO Max series, January 15)

related: posters: Joel (Pedro Pascal), Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Bill (Nick Offerman), Tess (Anna Torv), Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Frank (Murray Bartlett), Marlene (Merle Dandridge), Henry (Lamar Johnson), Riley (Storm Reid), and Sarah (Nico Parker).

27:13 – Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (dropped October 18, PlayStation, Xbox, and…Epic Games?)

related: Adam Savage’s Tested makes an RTV (Remote Trap Vehicle)

28:38 – Gen V (The Boys spinoff series, Prime Video, 2023)

30:40 – Cocaine Bear??!? (in theatres, February 24)

32:42 – Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure (Netflix series, December 13) (Zoner Ryker)

34:13 – White Noise (theatres November 25, Netflix December 30)

40:02 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (in theatres March 2023)

40:15 – The Witcher clip

40:28 – The Mandalorian (Disney+ Star Wars series, March 1) (Zoner Mary) and The Acolyte (Disney+ Star Wars series, 2023) (Zoner Spencer)

41:00 – Blue Beetle (DC movie, in theatres August 18)

41:16 – You People (Netflix movie, January 27)

Geek News Proper

42:23 – Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath died at age 90

43:57 – Kirstie Alley dead at 71

45:30 – Jason Reitman hands Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel directing reins to Gil Kenan

46:42 – Tenoch Huerta just confirmed that his bulge wasn’t edited out of Wakanda Forever

48:42 – Joe Pesci reflects on making Home Alone 2 as movie turns 30: ‘I did sustain serious burns’

49:29 – Disney Face Re-Aging Network (FRAN) de/re-aging tech

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

50:17 – Zoner Ewan: Wednesday

Reviews and Recommendayshes

52:45 – *SPOILERS* The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

59:42 – *SPOILERS* The White Lotus quick finalé speculation; we’ll do a full R&R next week!

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Pol, Bryan, and Bud talk about a LOT of trailers, three-year-old news about a hundred-year-old movie, and the fallout of the SAG-AFTRA strike on talk shows.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:18 – consensual doxxing

Coming Soon

08:29 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC series, February 2024)

related: Carol will officially return in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2

18:10 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix series, November 17)

21:38 – Wonka (in theatres December 15)

26:56 – The Iron Claw (A24 movie, December 22)

32:11 – American Fiction (limited theatrical release, December 15, expanded release December 22)

34:06 – Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Netflix series, in development/coming soon)

35:15 – The Santa Clauses (Disney+ series, S2, two-episode premiere November 8) (Zoner Mary)

37:01 – Slayers: A Buffyverse Story (Audible series, coming soon) (Zoner Mary)

41:33 – Werewolf by Night . . . IN COLO(U)R!!! (Disney+ content padding, October 20)

43:32 – Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (Prime Video, October 24)

Geek News Proper

46:14 – AMPTP suspends talks with SAG-AFTRA

49:40 – Kevin Afghani is the new voice of Mario and Luigi

52:32 – Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series’ first looks at Iroh, Azula, and Fire Lord Ozai (OG Gaang reveal)

54:26 – How Disney brought back Robin Williams’ genie for the animated short Once Upon a Studio without using AI (released Sunday on Disney+)

54:26 – Atomic Monster (Gary Dauberman and James Wan) is tackling live-action Gargoyles for Disney+ (1995 Sega Genesis remaster of Gargoyles dropped today on Switch, PS4/5, Xbox X/S, and PC)

58:45 – Robert Rodriguez is releasing a film on November 18, 2115 (OG 2015 article, teasers: Retro/Nature/Future)

1:02:21 – Kid Cudi / new song / Heaven’s Galaxy / Star Trek / Fortnite

1:07:04 – Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David are working on a ”secret” to do with the Seinfeld finalé

1:09:32 – Because it’s 2003, Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:12:15 – Zoner Mary’s visits to Disney shops for us, parts 1 & 2

1:13:28 – Zoner Shep comes to visit!

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:15:56 – 91-Second Movie Review: Fair Play (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:19:31 – The Continental (Zoner Mary)

1:20:17 – Keys to the Kingdom (Bud + Zoner Maxine)

1:25:13 – Gen V S01E04/05 (Bud)

1:26:20 – Once Upon a Studio (Bud & maybe others?)

1:29:06 – the city of Seattle (Bud)

1:34:35 – The Creator (Pol, this time)

1:40:44 – Loki S02E02 – Breaking Brad

1:46:10 – Loki S02E02 ***SPOILERS***

Pol, Bryan, and Bud geek out about the MuchMusic documentary 299 Queen Street West (I hope we get to see it on streaming!), rejig what constitutes as coming soon, and review some truly great stuff.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:52 – 299 Queen Street West

Coming Soon

27:26 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is coming to Disney+ December 1

29:34 – Portal: Revolution (fan-made Portal 2 mod, January 5, free-to-play)

32:47 – Ultimate Spider-Man (Jonathan Hickman/Marco Checchetto comic arc)

35:51 – Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio to star in new Karate Kid movie (announcement video, casting ”website”)

44:01 – Spin̈al Tap sequel to begin filming in February with guests Paul McCartney and Elton John

49:49 – Fallout First Look (Prime Video series, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, April 12)

Geek News Proper

52:30 – Daryl Hall gets restraining order against John Oates in secretive legal battle

53:57 – Mrs. Doubtfire used 2 million feet of film because Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue

56:15 – Mark Hamill voices air raid warnings in Ukraine as Luke Skywalker (sample)

57:56 – Tim Burton says that The Nightmare Before Christmas is too important and personal for a sequel or reboot

1:01:28 – Loki creator Michael Waldron to write Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

1:02:47 – Howard Stern almost played Sam Elliott’s Role in A Star Is Born

1:05:16 – Zaslav: Max confirms that Looney Tunes is *not* leaving the platform, but some Adult Swim shows still are

1:11:57 – Ranker: The most hated TV characters of all time (single graphic of top 12)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:57 – Spider-Man 2 on the PS5 (Bryan)

1:17:30 – Pluto (Bud)

1:23:23 – The Curse (Pol)

1:28:46 – Fargo S5 (Pol)

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The FULL CREW OF GEEKS talks Deadpool & Wolverine + the rest of the Super Bowl trailers. We also argue about The Phantom Menace, The Oscars, and those damn dirty apes.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

15:36 – Xbox sets the record straight . . . Thursday

Coming soon: Superb Owl

19:36 – Deadpool & Wolverine (in theatres July 26)

36:58 – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (in theatres May 10)

43:00 – A Quiet Place: Day One – SB spot / trailer (in theatres June 28)

46:16 – Wicked (in theatres November 27, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum) (Zoner Mary)

49:49 – The Fall Guy (in theaters May 3)

50:05 – Twisters (in theaters July 19)

52:51 – Monkey Man (in theaters April 5)

53:04 – IF (in theatres May 17)

54:09 – Inside Out 2 (in theaters June 14)

54:14 – Despicable Me 4 (in theatres July 3)

Coming Soon

54:45 – Oscars 2024 (Jimmy Kimmel, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling)

1:02:03 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (BTS, Netflix live-action series, February 22, Bud’s still giving it a chance)

1:02:31 – Damsel (Netflix film, March 8)

0:03:01 – Iwájú (Disney+ limited series, all eps drop February 28)

1:03:28 – Masters of the Air (9-episode Apple TV+ series, out now)

1:044:08 – Moana 2 gets surprise 2024 release date

1:07:40 – Oppenheimer hits Prime Video February 16

1:08:14: Prime Video drops Dolby Vision and Atmos unless you pay extra

1:12:23 – Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace (returning to theatres May 4 weekend, so probably 2 or 3)

1:20:39 – The Bear season 3 will premiere in June

1:22:32 – The Last of Us: Greenplace Market (Kamloops)

Geek News Proper

1:25:05 – Bell to cut 4.8K jobs, sell 45 radio stations in major shake-up

1:35:21 – Disney invests $1.5B in Fortnite maker Epic Games

1:36:12 – Tim Robinson announces I Think You Should Leave tour

1:38:18 – ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery Forming Joint Venture to Launch Streaming Sports Service in the U.S.

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:42:34 – Ayo Edebiri REPOoOoOoOoOoORTEDLY being eyed to lead new Pirates of the Caribbean movie (source: ComicBookMovie.com)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:45:57 – Zoner Ewan: dragon movies for LNY

1:50:56 – Zoner Bryce: Hazbin Hotel

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:52:55 – American Fiction (Bryan)

1:59:10 – Masters of the Air (Art)

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Pol, Bryan, and Art chat the new Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer, pay tribute to Coolio, and marvel at the Deadpool update we weren’t expecting.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:10 – Wrigley Field drone flythrough

Coming Soon

11:43 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (in theatres November 11)

related: Ryan Coogler says Namor is a dream antagonist

19:53 – Deadpool update / Part Hugh (lipread)

22:28 – The Last of Us (“official teaser,” HBO Max series, 2023)

23:30 – Hulu Hellraiser (Hulu muvu, October 7) (maybe hopefully D+ in Canada?)

24:41 – Smile (now playing in theatres) (Zoner Jason)

25:05 – a Nintendo Direct about The Super Mario Bros. Movie is coming (Thursday 1:05 pm)

25:36 – Meet Cute (Peacock movie, out now)

28:35 – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (10-episode Netflix miniseries, out now) (review)

28:35 – Billy Eichner weighs in on ‘Bros’ disappointing box office debut

Geek News Proper

36:12 – Coolio dies at 59

related: Coolio returning to Futurama as Kwanzaa-bot

38:43 – Google sunsetting Stadia in January (refunding software AND hardware costs 🤯)

40:41 – Don Cheadle’s Armor Wars series now being developed as a movie

41:24 – Trevor Noah leaving ‘Daily Show’ after seven years

45:42 – American Pie reboot in development

48:50 – Colin Trevorrow says that “there probably should have only been one Jurassic Park”

49:14 – Eight SNL regulars have left before season 48. Lorne Michaels says pandemic

49:50 – Bloom County animated series coming, The Simpsons’ Tim Long joins as co-showrunner (Zoner Mary)

50:14 – Ted Lasso (and more) will be a playable character in FIFA 23 (EA game, September 30)

50:24 – Vince Gilligan’s next series will star Rhea Seehorn from Better Call Saul (in development, Apple TV+)

50:39 – True Detective season 4 adds John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, and Canadian Anna Lambe (HBO series, preproduction, season 3 was in 2019)Studios

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

53:43 – Zoner Ewan: Kevin Bacon interview / Tim Burton’s Batman as a silent film / MCU logo questions (see e-mail) / Mortal Kombat artwork / Kevin Bacon interview

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:00:11 – 91-Second Movie Review: Blonde (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:10:29 – Don’t Worry Darling (CNN, Tomatometer)

1:13:58 – House of the Dragon vs Rings Rings Rings Rings Rings

1:22:30 – Rings Rings Rings Rings Rings

1:33:19 – Andor

1:36:46 – She-Hulk S01E05

1:45:18 – Walking Dead

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This week, we cover the Writers Guild of America strike, a bunch of new trailers, and we R&R Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:01 – Bill C-11

Coming Soon

13:48 – Dune: Part Two (trailer, in theatres November 2)

17:28 – Oppenheimer (in theatres July 21, cast)

22:11 – Polite Society (in theatres April 28, Nimra Bucha)

24:53 – Gran Turismo (in theatres August 11)

26:32 – Fatal Attraction (Paramount+ series, April 30)

Writers Guild of America strike

27:50 – overview · WGA proposals and AMPTP offers · AI · WGCanada support · Zaslav quote · Michael Jamin (B&BH, KotHill, LoisClark) TikTok

productions paused: Blade, Stranger Things, Daredevil, Severance, GoT spinoff, Cobra Kai, Yellowjackets, Billions, talk/awards shows

productions continuing: Rings Rings Rings S2 (no writing EPs), House of the Dragon S2 (no rewrites), Andor S2 (Tony Gilroy showrunning but not writing)

related: Disney orders for showrunners · effects of the 2007–08 writers strike, like Transformers 2

Geek News Proper

49:24 – First look at Avatar: The Last Airbender characters from (the first) upcoming animated movie (October 24, 2025)

49:37 – The Dial of Destiny is Harrison Ford’s last time as Indiana Jones

50:17 – Jonathan Groff joins Doctor Who ”in a mysterious and exciting guest role” (Zoner Mary)

51:08 – Tracy Morgan added to The Santa Clauses as the Easter Bunny (Disney+ series, S2 in production) (Zoner Mary)

52:01 – If you have a Google phone, the Pixies are sorry for shutting off your alarm clock!

Reviews and Recommendayshes

53:52 – 91-Second Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: Zoner Bryce review, peta

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We’re back! Disney recap, a zillion trailers, and reviews & recommendayshes of Terminator Zero and more.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

44:15 – AI-powered traffic cams

Coming Soon

45:14 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in theatres Friday)

47:50 – Moana 2 (in theatres November 27)

48:49 – A Minecraft Movie (in theatres April 4, 2025) (Zoner Bryce)

49:45 – Saturday Night (in theatres October 11) (Zoner Mary)

52:18 – Agatha All Along: trailer / ”revealed” (Marvel series, Disney+, September 18) (Zoner Mary)

54:05 – The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video series, S2, August 29)

related: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (animated film, in theatres December 13)

59:42 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (in theatres December 20)

1:02:04 – D23: Avengers Campus (Infinity Defense / Stark Flight Lab) and Mando and Grogu coming to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (Zoner Mary)

1:03:01 – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (documentary film, in theaters September 21 and September 25) (Zoner Ewan)

and The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal (Prime Video documentary series, coming soon)

and Wise Guy David Chase and The Sopranos (two-part HDO documentary, September 7 on Max)

Coming Soon: Show Notes Edition

– Snow White (in theatres March 21, 2025) (Zoner Mary)

– Win or Lose (Pixar’s first series, Disney+, December 6)

– Secret Level (Prime Video anthology series, created/EP by Tim Miller, December 10, media release)

– Ranma ½ (Netflix anime series, October 5)

– The Silent Hour (in theatres October 11)

– Kaos (Netflix series, August 29)

– Wildwood (Laika film, 2025)

– Omni Loop (in theatres and VOD September 20)

– Amber Alert (in theatres and VOD September 27)

– Nightbitch (in theatres December 6)

Geek News Proper

1:05:37 – Celebrating 85 Years of Marvel

1:06:58 – Rotten Tomatoes is introducing a new ranking that recognizes audiences too – and Deadpool and Wolverine is one of the first recipients

1:12:13 – Ted Lasso eyes season 4 greenlight with main cast members returning

– Remembering Robin Williams

particularly: Sally Field reveals Robin Williams changed Mrs. Doubtfire filming order so she could leave set after her father died

– The Acolyte won’t return for season 2

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:14:36 – Terminator Zero (Bud)

1:18:28 – Alien: Romulus (Pol & Art)

1:29:39 – Cuckoo

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The Geek-out Podcast suuure was a podcast, and it suuure had some moments in 2022!

Look back on the past year with us as Pol chose script reading violence, Kirsten interrupted everyone, Art got his caboose, and Bryan let us know that his name has two N's and one Y, but it's not where you thiiiiiiiiink!

Let's start listening to these clips and hopefully they're good, right? 🤪

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Pol, Bryan, and Bud talk The Super Mario Bros. Movie, review Weird again (now that Pol’s back), and relive memories of the Capital City Comic Con as it takes a break in 2023.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:48 – romance crypto scam

Coming Soon

17:28 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (in theatres April 7, 2023) (Zoner Ewan: “Mario seems like an idiot”)

related: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct (“it’s almost finished,” ATJoy as Peach, Seth Rogen as DK, Donkey Kong face)

31:57 – Night At The Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (Disney+ animated movie, December 9) (Zoner Mary)

33:20 – A Man Called Otto (in theatres January 6) (Zoner Spenny)

33:59 – Meet Me in the Bathroom (trailer / article)

36:45 – Night At The Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (Netflix series, January 19)

Geek News Proper

40:07 – *SPOILERS* The Marvels merch reveals first look at new costumes (Zoner Ewan)

42:16 – Capital City Comic Con taking a break in 2023 article / post

44:08 – David Hyde Pierce won’t reprise Niles in Frasier reboot (Paramount+, in development)

45:39 – The Tetrimino have NAMES??!? (Zoner Shilo) (whoa)

47:18 – Hugh Jackman shook by Patrick Stewart’s unusual story!

Not Harrison Ford News Proper

48:17 – Antonio Banderas says he would love to “pass the torch” to Tom Holland in a ‘Zorro’ reboot

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

49:15 – Zoner Ewan: Grogu’s theme and shades of Thomas Newman in Zen — Grogu and the Dust Bunnies

Reviews and Recommendayshes

50:21 – The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Zoner Shep: “dumb but fun” / Zoner Mary: “All the feels. All the fun. Just fab.”)

52:23 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

related: Weird Al says Warner Bros. denied Harry Potter parody

related: unused I Lost on Jeopardy rerecord

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In the midst of so. much. D23 Expo. coverage, though Bryan and Art weren’t here for pod recording this week, you still get to hear them! And also Zoner Bryce!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:52 – D23 Expo, but in five minutes! 😅

Coming Soon

10:21 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix film, coming soon) (poster)

10:45 – Black Adam (Warner/DC movie, in theatres October 21)

10:52 – Nintendo Direct games: Pikmin 4 (Switch game, 2023) / Resident Evil Cloud (Switch games, Village/8 October 28, Winters’ Expansion DLC December 2, 2/3/7 Biohazard 2022) / GoldenEye 007 (Switch game w/ NSO+Exp, coming soon, online play) / Factorio (Switch game, October 28, Zoner Spencer) / The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch game, May 12, 2023)

D23 Coming Soon

23:26 – Secret Invasion (Marvel SERIES, Disney+, 2023)

25:54 – The Little Mermaid (in theatres, May 26, 2023)

30:59 – Special Presentation: Werewolf By Night (one-hour Marvel special, Disney+, October 7)

32:08 – The Mandalorian (Disney+ series, S3 2023)

related: The Mandalorian & Grogu walkarounds at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge mid-November

34:59 – Tales Of The Jedi (Disney+ 6-episode animated miniseries, October 26)

37:27 – Andor (Disney+ series, three-episode premiere September 21)

38:26 – Hocus Pocus 2 (sequel film, Disney+, September 30)

41:03 – Willow (Disney+ series, November 30)

42:51 – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+ series, coming soon)

43:02 – Disenchanted (sequel film, Disney+, November 24)

44:21 – National Treasure: Edge Of History (Disney+ series, two-episode Premiere December 14)

44:36 – The Santa Clauses (Disney+ miniseries, two-episode Premiere November 14) (Zoner Mary)

45:16 – Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (Disney+ documentary, November 18) (Zoner Mary)

48:14 – Disney & Marvel Games Showcase

48:20 – Tron Identity (2023, PC & consoles, apparently more of a detective mystery, visual novel, possibly taking place far after TRON: Legacy, where past characters aren’t in the game, but are more like gods or legends)

related: TRON Lightcycle / Run delayed to spring 2023 at WDW

49:41 – Disney Illusion Island (cute cartoony four-player co-op 2D platformer, Switch, 2023)

49:58 – Disney Speedstorm (Mario Kart but Disney, w/ Sully, Capt. Jack, Mulan, Mickey, and later, the rest of the Monsters Inc. crew, coming soon, PC & consoles, free to start)

50:12 – Disney Dreamlight Valley (available now, PC & consoles, Toy Story expansion coming soon)

50:19 – Marvel World of Heroes (looks AR, like Pokémon Go, 2023)

50:33 – Marvel Strike Force (ensemble cast — except Red Hulk, who arrives next week — mobile game, available now)

50:41 – Some sort of untitled Marvel game with the tagline “King Captain Soldier Spy,” w/ Black Panther and Captain America, set during WWII, made by the creator of Uncharted

51:13 – LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: Galactic Edition comes out Christmas, with 13 character packs, 6 of those new)

51:48 – Aliens: Dark Descent (2023, PC & Consoles, tactical squad-based action game)

51:56 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PC & consoles, not Switch, 2023) and Avatar ReckoningAvatar Reckoning (MMORPG shooter, mobile devices, 2023)

Geek News Proper

52:20 – Star Trek Day / remembering Nichelle Nichols

53:09 – Carol Kane is Chief Engineer Pelia on Strange New Worlds S2

53:26 – Scripted podcast: Star Trek: Khan: Ceti Alpha V

54:22 – Star Trek: Prodigy (sneak peek, first season’s second half, October 27, this is the CG one w/ Kathryn Janeway)

54:42 – Strange New Worlds (clip from the next season)

55:14 – Bill Nye was there

55:42 – Erin Moriarty calls out “misogynistic trolling” by viewers (not fans) of The Boys / Eric Kripke calls out viewers trolling Erin Moriarty: “We don’t want you”

57:13 – Ana de Armas cried when Blonde got a 14-minute standing ovation in Venice

1:00:45 – The Joker’s real name was revealed as Jack White, so the other Jack White responds (Insta…gram)

D23 Geek News Proper

1:02:13 – Avengers Campus (DCA) expanding with a third attraction

– Other D23 show/movie news

1:03:16 – The Thunderbolts cast is confirmed! Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more!

1:03:25 – Echo will see Vincent D’Onofrio will return as The Kingpin.

1:03:29 – Matt Shakman (WandaVision) is confirmed to direct Fantastic Four.

1:04:02 – Inside Out 2 is announced, but while Amy Poehler is confirmed, castmates Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling are not.

1:04:26 – Captain America 4 will bring back The Leader from Incredible Hulk as its villain

1:04:52 – Iman Vellani fangirling over EVERYONE at D23 💛

1:05:52 – Indiana Jones and Short Round reunite after 38 years; Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan hug it out at D23 (KHQ will be an employee of the Time Variance Authority in Loki S2)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:06:49 – 91-Second Movie Review: Pinocchio (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:11:55 – Zoner Bryce’s 91-Second Movie Review: Bullet Train

1:14:46 – Cobra Kai: Season 5 (Bryan & Art)

1:31:16 – She-Hulk S01E03 – Is This Not Real Magic?

1:39:16 – House of the Dragon S01E04 – King of the Narrow Sea

1:43:15 – The Rings of Power S01E03 – Adar

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May the Fourth be with you! This week, we talk bumpy touchscreens, sports movies, Mario milestones, and dead people. #DontScrewThisUp

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:40 – bumpy touchscreens

related: Tactus Phorm

Coming Soon

15:09 – Black Mirror: Season 6 teaser (Netflix series, season 6, June) (Zoner Jason)

20:00 – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (in theatres November 17)

21:36 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer (in theatres June 9)

_____ – Wish (Disney animated film, November 22) (Zoner Mary)

27:11 – Next Goal Wins (coming soon, #SPORTS!)

31:24 – Love & Death (Max series, April 27)

31:45 – fake Wes Anderson film: The Galactic Menagerie (A Star Wars Story)

33:20 – The Little Mermaid posters (finsh?) (in theatres May 26)

Geek News Proper

38:46 – Jerry Springer dead at 79 (at his home, pancreatic cancer)

41:04 – Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 (Toronto hospital, no cause released)

47:34 – Carrie Fisher to be honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in celebration of Star Wars Day

48:50 – Mark Hamill coaches Cameron Monaghan for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

49:17 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie hits $1B USD globally

related: Nine million people have watched the full Super Mario Bros. Movie illegally posted on Twitter

51:06 – Transformers One animated prequel movie casts Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Hamm, Laurence Fishburne, and Brian Tyree Henry (dir: Josh Cooley of Toy Story 4, co-ex prod: Steven Spielberg, July 19, 2024)

52:08 – Paramount’s Gladiator sequel’s cast grows as Connie Nielsen closes deal to return as Lucilla while Stranger Things breakout Joseph Quinn lands Emperor Caracalla role

related RUMOURS AND HEARSEY: Pedro Pascal

53:06 – James Gunn isn’t thrilled with Star-Lord’s role in the Avengers movies

53:36 – Kevin Smith opens up about trauma after spending a month in a mental health facility

55:18 – Rob Zombie Presents: Rob Zombie teams with Waxwork Records to release classic horror movie soundtracks, starting with 1932’s White Zombie

55:37 – The Klingon Pop Warrior

Reviews and Recommendayshes

56:03 – 91-Second Movie Review: Peter Pan & Wendy (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:01:39 – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Kirsten) (maybe) (review: ”the best Star Wars game in 20 years”)

1:06:37 – Scream VI (Kirsten & Pol & Art)

1:13:36 – Love & Death (Art)

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As we send him off to the Stormtrooper lyfe, Bryan’s last podcast for a while sees us talking about data breaches, Smokey and The Bea— erm, The Mandalorian & Grogu, and the disastrous Golden Globes (and also the Emmyyyyyyyyys!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:57 – 23andMe customer blame and lawsuit discouragement

Coming Soon

15:40 – In The Know (Peacock claymation/live action series, January 25)

22:38 – The Mandalorian & Grogu journey to the big screen

28:54 – White Lotus season 3 cast additions (Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Michelle Monaghan, Dom Hetrakul, and Maethi/Tayme Thapthimthong, joining Natasha Rothwell as Belinda from S1)

32:21 – Ready Player One to be turned into massive metaverse experience

37:23 – Warner Bros & Tom Cruise to develop & produce new Cruiser franchise

42:29 – Patrick Stewart reveals Star Trek: Picard movie is being written

45:43 – Martin Scorsese says HIS NEW JESUS FILM will remove “negative” association with organized religion

49:40 – Apple Vision Pro is coming on February 2 ($3,500 USD)

NOT Coming Soon

51:51 – Steven Yeun says sorry for quitting Thunderbolts, still wants to do a Marvel movie

53:00 – Benny Safdie admits split from co-directing brother, not sure they’ll reunite

54:20 – Jonathan Majors says he hopes to work in Hollywood again

Geek News Proper

58:15 – The 2024 Golden Globes were a near-total disaster

1:15:21 – Jimmy Kimmel issues challenge to Aaron Rodgers in scathing monologue

1:21:00 – Alan ”Reacher” Ritchson stopped a carjacking in Montreal

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:22:34 – Satan Wants You (Bud)

1:25:12 – Saltburn (Pol)

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After MUCH preamble, the full compliment of geeks talk deepfake voice scams, Zelda, Super Mario Money, John Wick 4, and . . . MAX.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

14:48 – voice fraud scams

Coming Soon

20:46 – HBO Max ▶️ Max

24:32 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch sequel, May 12)

30:47 – The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+ series, May 10) (Kevin Smith post) (Zoner Mary)

33:05 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (”Greatest Hits” trailer, in theatres May 5) (also the Barbie posters)

33:46 – The Penguin (in-production teaser, series, coming to ***Max*** in 2024)

36:14 – True Detective: Night Country (S4, coming to **Max** this year)

39:36 – Pokémon Concierge (Netflix stop-motion animated series, coming soon)

Geek News Proper

40:37 – Super Mario Bros. Movie passes $500M USD, becomes biggest video game adaptation ever

related: The Super Mario Bros. theme becomes the first video game music to enter the Library of Congress (Gizmodo)

46:33 – Jonathan Frakes previews “absurd” Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover episode

related: Star Trek: Section 31 will star Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou (preproduction) (Zoner Mary)

53:19 – The Harry Potter books will be adapted into a decade-long TV series (on *Max*) (Art-like reaction video via Zoner Spenny)

1:03:29 – Game of Thrones’ Dunk and Egg prequel officially ordered

1:04:43 – Avengers: Infinity War had a 45-minute deleted scene focused on Thanos getting the Power Stone

1:10:14 – Canadian Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been freed from prison

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:13:35 – Jonathan Majors & manager Entertainment 360 part ways (source: ”several sources” tell Deadline) (Zoner Lloyd)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:21:34 – Beef (Bryan)

1:28:18 – John Wick: Chapter 4 (Kirsten/Pol)

1:40:51 – *SPOILERS* John Wick: Chapter 4

1:44:54 – The Mandalorian S3E07 – Chapter 23: The Spies (PENULTIMATE!!)

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Silly (okay, stupid) social media stuff, moving Marvels, and dissecting ants— erm, Ant-Man.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:51 – silly social media stuff

Coming Soon

15:26 – Tetris (Apple TV+ movie, March 31, GET IT IN ME) (Zoner Jason)

16:42 – The Little Mermaid (in theatres May 26) (Zoner Mary)

23:23 – Strays (red band trailer) (Will Ferrell/Jamie Foxx movie, in theatres June 9)

24:39 – first look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn with Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux

NOT Coming Soon

26:13 – The Marvels is being pushed back from July 28 to November 10 (but we get a nice new poster)

Geek News Proper

30:01 – Richard Belzer dies at 78

33:02 – Bruce Willis diagnosed with dementia after retiring due to aphasia

35:39 – Emmys category change: The White Lotus is now a drama (was a limited series) (Zoner Spenny)

37:12 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie runtime is 92 minutes

40:09 – Disney will slow and spread the releases of its Marvel series

42:03 – Star Wars joins TikTok, slays with first post

42:36 – Karen Gillan’s TikTok re: The Nebula Pose

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

45:15 – Zoner Ewan’s character predictions

Reviews and Recommendayshes

49:14 – 91-Second Movie Review: Ant-Man and The Wasp: quANTuMANia (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: $120M USD opening weekend / a more gooder M.O.D.O.K. from the Avengers video game

1:15:25 – *SPOILERS* Ant-Man and The Wasp: quANTuMANia

1:44:30 – The Last of Us S01E06 – Kin

1:46:23 – *SPOILERS* The Last of Us

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An almost full house of geeks talk fake books, unneccesary sequels, bad seat price decisions, and— wait…what’s that ghostly sound I hear at podcast’s end? 👻

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:13 – Transformers kids smartwatch

Coming Soon

18:09 – Scott Lang: Look Out for the Little Guy (actual book, September 5, 2023)

22:01 – Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel (not a trailer, in theatres November 22, 2024)

27:18 – Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 (not a trailer, Star Wars 9-episode miniseries, May the 4th)

Geek News Proper

28:18 – Netflix accidentally posts guidelines for cracking down on password sharing

31:14 – AMC Theaters is changing its ticket pricing

35:35 – Disney explores the sale of more films and TV series to rivals

38:43 – That ’90s show renewed for supersized season 2 at Netflix (16 episodes instead of S1’s 10)

46:36 – Hit-Monkey renewed at Hulu, loses ”Marvel” from title

Reviews and Recommendayshes

49:27 – 91-Second Movie Review: True Spirit (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

54:31 – Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway (Pol)

1:01:40 – You People redux (Pol)

1:04:00 – The Last of Us S01E04 – Please Hold to My Hand

1:15:52 – *SPOILERS* The Last of Us (the magazine: shot-for-shot)

Extro!

1:30:40 – A Visit From a Very Special Ghost

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Pol, Bud, Kirsten (and Aurelia) geek out about phones, rice, mutants, mountains, Culkins, aphantasia, and bad Sony business.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:12 – no more phone-in-rice?

Coming Soon

14:12 – Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase (Q1/Q2 2024, including Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, and one of the four Xbox games, Pentiment)

15:15 – X-Men ’97 (Marvel Animation series, March 20 on Disney+) (Zoner Mary)

23:31 – The Sympathizer (Max miniseries, April 14)

24:45 – Civil War (A24 film, in theatres April 12)

28:56 – The Fantastic 4 poster (in theatres July 25, 2025) (Zoner Mary)

32:55 – Inaugural Langford convention to feature Game of Thrones’ The Mountain, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

36:40 – Sam Mendes to direct four separate Beatles movies

38:18 – More Pokémon Concierge episodes are coming to Netflix

38:58 – Venom 3 adds The Changeling & Letterkenny star Clark Backo

41:18 – All five Culkin Brothers to star in animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (article, Prime Video animated series, Friday)

43:46 – Updates on the Xbox Business

46:17 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (final trailer thank the gods, Netflix series, Thursday)

NOT Coming Soon

46:35 – Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible ”forever”

47:54 – Madame Web Box Office Hits Record Low For Sony Spider-Man movies (yes, even worse than Morbius) with SPECIAL GUEST, Darren-who-watches-everything!

53:28 – HBO delays posting Last Week Tonight With John Oliver clips to YouTube in hopes of signing up more Max subscribers

57:11 – Disney Movie Club subscription service to shutter this summer

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

58:59 – Zoner Ewan: Ewencyclopedia Brytannica + aphantasia + Reign of Fire

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:05:31 – True Detective: Night Country (mini R&R from Pol, full Art & Pol review next week)

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Bud's Podcast falls apart without Bud. Trying to feel firm, but mostly soft we talk about Apple's new AR, a death tribute to someone known of us knew, early flash reviews and we R&R Across the Spider-Verse!

Bud's Weekly Geek-out

3:28 - Bud's NON Weekly Non geek-out

Coming Soon

13:45 Black Mirror: Season 6(June 15  Netflix)

17:36 Jack Ryan –The Final Season(June 30th on Prime)

18:47 TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Trailer(Aug 2nd in Theatres)

21:38 And Just Like That Season 2 Trailer(June 22 on Max)

Related:Kim Cattral reportedly filmed a secret cameofor the S2 finale(her and Sarah Jessica Parker have been feuding for years).

25:27 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Featurette(June 9 in Theatres)

38:33 Star Wars: Ahsoka Trailer (August 23)

Geek News Proper

32:13 Sergio Calderón Dies at 77(from Pirates of the Caribbean & Men In Black)

35:07 Danny Masterson convicted on two counts of forcible rape, faces 30 years in prison

37:11 Dwayne Johnson returning as Hobbs in new Fast & Furious spinoff(will bridge the gap between Fast X and Fast X: Part IIbut will NOT be a Hobbs & Shaw II)

42:53 “Oppenheimer”Earns R Rating, IMAX Film Prints are 11 Miles Long and Weigh 600 Lbs

47:01 Mark Hamill skywalks away from Star Wars: “They don’t need Luke anymore.”

50:25 Review: HBO’s “The Idol”Premiere Provides No Reason

 50:41 Early Reviews of “The Flash”

• “The Flash”is the Best DCEU Superhero Movie Yet, But Can’t Outrun Ezra Miller

• The Flash Movie Review: Batman, Supergirl Enrich Personal Story

51:18 Apple bought the AR company behind the techin Nintendo’s “Mario Kart”ride

51:54 Captain America 4 title change: “Brave New World”

52:36 Tom Holland Reveals He’s Taking a Year Off from Acting after ‘Tough Time’Making New Series

53:21 Chris Hemsworth things Thor 4 was “too silly”, wants to “do some other stuff for a while.

55:47 Jenna Ortega says Wednesday (S2) will lean into horror

Reviews and Recommendayshes

 57:28 91-SecReview: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”(R&R discussion w/ Bryan & Art)

1:06:57 R&R:“The Little Mermaid”(Pol)

1:18:17 R&R:“The Idol”(Pol & Art)

1:23:26 R&R:“Love & Death”(Art)

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The geeks talk MuchMusic, mindreading AI (just kidding) (maybe), the late Lance Reddick, and the Mytholorian.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:41 – fMRI scans read by Stable Diffusion

Coming Soon

09:09 – 299 Queen Street West (SXSW premiere, coming soon for us plebs)

23:42 – Chupa (Netflix movie, April 7)

25:13 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Prime/Primal SXSW installation timelapse (in theatres June 9)

25:30 – Knock At The Cabin coming to P+ March 24

Geek News Proper

27:29 – Lance Reddick dies at 60 (Zoner Spenny) (Destiny 2)

related: Kirsten’s John Wick 1 & 2 R&R

35:13 – Quentin Tarantino’s final film is coming as filmmaker readies ‘The Movie Critic

38:23 – new merch at Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan

39:42 – Tom Cruise loved The Flash so much he cold-called its director

42:56 – Ben Affleck Says he’d never direct a film in James Gunn’s DCU

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

44:10 – Zoner Ewan: Chris Pratt does game mario voice, explains why it doesn’t work for the movie

Reviews and Recommendayshes

50:03 – 91-Second Movie Review: Cocaine Bear (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

55:07 – 91-Second Movie Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:03:28 – *SPOILERS* The Mandalorian

1:10:38 – Ted Lasso S03E01 – Smells Like Mean Spirit (Pol)

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A full geek compliment talks China (Ernie and Apple stock), Japan (Godzilla & Ghibli), Canada (Mr. Dressup), and America (pretty much everything else).

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:44 – China’s Ernie AI and iPhone share dropping

Coming Soon

16:08 – Godzilla Minus One (in theatres December 1)

related: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (another Godzilla because why?)

18:42 – Carl’s Date (dropping on Disney+ Wednesday) (Zoner Mary)

19:07 – Haunted Mansion (dropping on Disney+ October 4) (Zoner Mary)

20:45 – The Boy and The Heron (in theatres December 8, retirement fail)

23:26 – Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (Prime Video documentary, October 10) (Zoner Kendra)

26:16 – The Bikeriders (in theatres December 1)

26:57 – Stray, that cute cat game from last year, is getting an animated movie (trailer for the game)

Geek News Proper

28:09 – iPhone 15 event in 17 minutes

39:13 – Jimmy Fallon apologizes to Tonight Show staff after Rolling Stone report

50:28 – D23 (next: August 9-11, 2024, Anaheim Convention Center) (Zoner Mary)

57:08 – Nintendo’s Martinet + Miyamoto Mario Ambassador announce

1:00:00 – Chris Evans marries Alba Baptista in intimate, at-home wedding

1:04:24 – Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after rape conviction

related: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis say they’re aware their letters on behalf of Danny Masterson caused pain

SPEED ROUND!

1:11:51 – The Mandalorian, Loki, and WandaVision are headed to Blu-ray

1:14:15 – Disney is releasing a $1,500 USD 100-movie Blu-ray collection

1:14:39 – Ken Jennings to host Jeopardy! solo as game show returns for strike-altered season

1:16:21 – Beetle2Juice was 99% done before the WGO strike??!?

1:17:54 – DC announces Batman 35th anniversary concert tour

1:18:39 – Mario Kart Tour crosses the finish line

1:19:56 – Liev Schreiber’s Sabretooth is RUMORED to be part of Deadpool 3

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:21:09 – Zoner Ewan: a Deadpool answer from Bryan

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:23:53 – Star Trek: Lower Decks S04E01/02 (Pol)

related: Star Trek shows exit streaming in Canada, will continue broadcasting on CTV Sci-Fi

1:27:08 – I Am Groot S2 (Kirsten)

1:29:21 – The Bear S1 (Pol)

1:31:25 – The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (Bryan)

1:36:14 – Jurassic World: Dominion (Pol)

1:38:46 – Ahsoka

1:45:17 – invoking The James Child 2.0

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Geek News Proper

52:12 – 96th Academy Award nominations (Sunday, March 10) (graph)

related: Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie snubbed

sidebar: How Greta Gerwig got Ryan Gosling to sing

related: Godzilla Minus One nomination reaction

1:04:09 – American Federation of Musicians (AFM) ”prepared to do whatever it needs to get what we have to have”

1:05:01 – Palworld sells 1M copies in 8 hours, 3M copies in 40 hours, 5M in its first three days, 7M in its five days (OG trailer, copyrights, Pokémod, ”Nintendo has come for me”)

1:08:47 – WWE Monday Night Raw is ditching cable for Netflix

1:12:37 – Pitchfork to be absorbed into GQ

1:14:51 – Crave’s ”premium ad-free” package jumping $2/mo

1:18:57 – Ted is surprisingly great, with better VFX than the MCU

1:19:33 – Larry Smoot, Disney Imagineer (extendable lightsaber, non-hostage omnidirectional treadmill)

1:21:02 – Solo Stove and Snoop Dogg: a once lauded partnership now up in smoke (OG post, more)

1:24:37 – Oblivia Coalmine

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1:25:27 – Zoner Ewan: DC public domain = Marvel character steal?

1:30:21 – Zoner Scott (FB group): Mjölnir lifting update

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:32:48 – Bud is 1.5 episodes away from finishing Echo, Pol finished The Bear and The Curse, Kirsten has “Plastino’d” Echo (hasn’t started it)

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Conflicting thoughts on the usefulness of AI, a full trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, Oscar tawk, Mandalore member berries, and the very last of us…for now.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:55 – CityROVER AI pothole detection

Coming Soon

12:02 – The Little Mermaid (in theatres May 26)

19:12 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (final trailer, now April 5)

20:37 – LEGO Super Mario: The Mighty Bowser

21:25 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass Wave 4

related: Super Mario Bros. theme song a la Fallon et al

22:40 – Rennervations (Disney+ 4-episode docuseries, April 12)

23:35 – No Hard Feelings (and related billboard) (in theatres this summer)

27:00 – American Born Chinese (Disney+ series, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

28:20 – 95th Academy Awards 2023

related: ”identifies as Asian”

37:18 – Bob Odenkirk will play Tommy Wiseau’s role in The Room greenscreen remake

39:47 – Bob Iger is ‘bullish’ on Disney+ but ‘we were off’ on pricing strategy and needed to rationalize costs

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

41:07 – Beetlejuice 2 REPORTEDLY in the works with original cast and Jenna Ortega (source: Consequence)

42:44 – Jon Bernthal REPORTEDLY returning as The Punisher (CONFIRMED!)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

46:38 – 91-Second Movie Review: Missing (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

49:36 – *SPOILERS* The Mandalorian S03E02 – The Mines of Mandalore

56:45 – *SPOILERS* The Last of Us S01E09 – Look for the Light

related: Part II will span multiple seasons

1:23:19 – Cunk on Britain / Cunk on Earth

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Pol, Bryan, and Bud geek out about Indigenous heroes, Matthew Perry, Garth Brooks’ brilliant marketing, and how much the aura of Loki S2 permeates into Pol’s house.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:28 – Chee’ilth

Coming Soon

17:08 – Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials (Disney+ . . . November 25: The Star Beast / December 2: Wild Blue Yonder / December 9: The Giggle)

18:12 – Fargo (S5, ”Installment 5,” FX/Hulu series, November 21)

21:20 – Finestkind (Paramount+ movie, December 15) (Zoner Ewan) (”As a Canadian, I think I may end up cheering AGAINST the protagonists in this movie”)

23:07 – Pluto (from the Astro Boy universe, Netflix anime series, dropped October 26)

25:51 – Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC series, 2024, filmed in Canada again, no longer Tatiana Maslany, but now Krysten Ritter, also stars my favourite Brit, Keeley Hawes)

28:32 – South Park ”New Exclusive Event” (Paramount+,October 17)

32:00 – Daniel Radcliffe making film about paralyzed Harry Potter stunt double David Holmes (HBO documentary, November 15)

Geek News Proper

33:49 – Matthew Perry dies at 54

40:20 – Disney delays Snow White and Elio a year, removes Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams from calendar

41:05 -Hasan Minhaj responds to accusations from “needlessly misleading” New Yorker story (the video)

44:14 – The White Lotus’ third season got a $4.4 million rebate by shooting in Thailand, Not Japan

47:47 – Garth Brooks releasing new album ‘Time Traveler’ exclusively through Bass Pro Shops (product page)

49:53 – Fantastic Beasts is probably dead, as it should be

51:31 – Killers of the Flower Moon intermission ViOlAtIoNs

52:39 – Once Upon a Story BTS

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

52:58 – Zoner Ewan: The Downloaded by Robert J. Sawyer

54:02 – Zoner Rob: Ocie Elliott on Upload

Reviews and Recommendayshes

57:07 – 91-Second Movie Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:05:20 – Loki S02E04 – Heart of the TVA (”midseason” trailer)

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Bud’s in and out, House of the Dragon spoilers are afoot, Kirsten somehow knows what a glass onion is, and the worst new Gen Z phrase for the ’90s and before.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:49 – Mr. Sakurai on YouTube

Coming Soon

13:30 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

NOT Coming Soon

17:39 – Resident Evil canceled at Netflix after single season

19:24 – Potential Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman has dropped out of his Star Trek movie

Geek News Proper

22:50 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan joins The Boys (Zoner Mary)

23:41 – Michael Jackson wanted to play Morpheus in ‘The Sandman’, says Neil Gaiman

25:48 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (two Empire magazine covers)

29:14 – BioShock feature film in development (dir: France Lawrence, script: Michael Green)

30:15 – Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee among voice cast for Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ (studio behind Caroline, based on novels by Colin Meloy and illustrations from his wife, Carson Ellis) (Zoner Kait)

34:41 – Courts rule, again, that Duke Caboom is not Evel Knievel

35:41 – Dwight’s Canada song

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

38:13 – The Flash REPORTEDLY sets record test scores for a DCEU film (source: WorldOfReel.com)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

40:43 – The Black Phone (Kirsten)

43:59 – The Left Right Game (Bud)

48:10 – I Am Groot (Kirsten)

51:51 – She-Hulk S01E02

1:09:11 – House of the Dragon S01E02

related: Renewed for season 2 after record-setting premiere

1:27:39 – Late Listener Mailbag!

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Thank you, Jordan Peele, for coming up with original ideas. 

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

14:48 – eBike (Ghost)busters

Coming Soon

17:55 – Wicked (in theatres November 27, PART ONE OF TWO)

19:19 – Dune: P̶r̶e̶q̶u̶e̶l̶ Prophecy (Max series, fall)

25:44 – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace “Remastered” (in THEATRES now)

29:04 – 3 Body Problem renewed for additional episodes to conclude the Netflix series (Zoner Mary)

30:03 – Heroes reboot in the works from original creator Tim Kring

33:54 – Natasha Lyonne joins The Fantastic Four (undisclosed role, 2025)

36:00 – Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell to play Jonathan & Martha Kent

37:31 – Jordan Peele’s next movie is a psychological horror set in the world of football

Reviews and Recommendayshes

43:11 – The Fall Guy (Zoner Mary)

50:43 – IF (Zoner Kirsten)

52:47 – Sugar (Art)

55:52 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Pol)

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Missing Art (OR ARE WE?), the geeks talk Star Trek, Deadpool improvisation, wholesome Pedro Pascal, and a buncha great reviews & recommendayshes.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:11 – Discover Tectoria

Coming Soon

07:04 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 2, Paramount+ series, June 15)

10:19 – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (season 3 trailer, dropped Tuesday)

Geek News Proper

12:22 – Tina Turner dies at 83 (Tina Turner/David Bowie Pepsi commercial)

16:07 – WGA strike: Deadpool 3 has started filming, and Ryan Reynolds isn’t allowed to improvise

19:46 – Sony announces new PlayStation streaming handheld, and their first wireless earbuds

25:10 – Pedro Pascal got an infection after years of letting Game of Thrones fans put their thumbs in his eyes

related: Pedro Pascal confirms that his work on The Mandalorian is now mostly voiceover work

34:02 – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composing terrifying score for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie

35:44 – The Lord of The Rings: Gollum reviews

39:31 – update: Tears of the Kingdom sells faster than any Nintendo game in history

RUMOURS and HEARSEY and CLICKBAIT

42:41 – Marvel’s Echo is so bad that it was deemed ”Unreleasable” by Kevin Feige (source: ”Cosmic Book News”)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

46:19 – American Born Chinese (Bryan)

49:27 – Mrs. Davis (Bud)

52:05 – Succession (Pol and…Art?)

1:07:27 – Ted Lasso (Kirsten, and Art’s ghost)

1:19:39 – Platonic (Pol)

1:22:27 – Fubar (Bryan)

1:25:45 – Marvel S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (Bryan)

1:29:41 – Jurassic World Live (Bryan)

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We’re back, baby! After the COVID Break™, we returned to the CCCC for another live pod recording with some great Zoners — costumed and not costumed — in attendance!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:37 – Nothing, I’m sick!

Coming Soon

05:29 – Strange World (in theatres November 23) (Zoner Mary)

09:00 – Wakanda Forever Empire Magazine covers (screenshare)

Geek News Proper

11:19 – James Earl Jones signed his voice rights over to Lucasfilm and Respeecher, based in Ukraine

19:16 – Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are searching for the next Bond villain before finding the next Bond

21:35 – Constantine 2 (Zoner Mary)

22:50 – Tom Hardy makes surprise appearance at Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament

24:30 – The Original Karate Kid Movie Franchise Is Coming Back, Somehow (June 2024) (that’s it) (Zoner Mary)

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

25:54 – Jon Bernthal RUMORED to reprise his role as The Punisher in Daredevil: Born Again (source: 9Gag)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

29:07 – Zoner Ewan: Trombone Champ (screenshare)

31:19 – Zoner Ewan: proposing a new MCU director?

CCCC audience participation

36:16 – Trivia time

Extro!

41:00 – Thanks for coming/listening! =)

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Review bombs, feral storybook bears, crude musicianship, expensive CPMs, and oh! the CONTROVERSY! Also hulks and dragons and elves.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:36 – Can you combat review bombing by delaying reviews?

Coming Soon

10:49 – Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey (digital, coming soon) (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

12:29 – South Park the 25th Anniversary Concert

15:51 – Chadwick Boseman wins posthumous Emmy Award for voiceover role in What If…?

18:00 – Cyberpunk 2077 getting first expansion next year, Keanu Reeves to return

18:56 – Netflix ad tier launch moved up to November to get ahead of Disney+ ($65 CPM, TV $15, YT $25)

22:51 – Ana de Armas disagrees with Blonde’s NC-17 rating for sexual content + Chris Pine / Harry Styles / Shia LaBeouf / Florence Pugh / Olivia Wilde CONTROVERSY

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

36:49 – Zoner Ewan: House of the Dragon review and, uh, that Blood and Honey trailer

37:40 – Zoner Bryce: Spider-Man: No Way Home more fun stuff edition

Reviews and Recommendayshes

39:32 – 91-Second Movie Review: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

43:41 – 91-Second Movie Review: Fall (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

49:50 – Simu Liu – We Were Dreamers: A Superhero Origin Story (Bud)

56:40 – She-Hulk S01E03 – The People vs. Emil Blonsky

1:10:22 – House of the Dragon S01E03 – Second of His Name

1:19:52 – The Rings of Power S01E01 – A Shadow of the Past

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This week, we cover stuff that sounds scary, but isn’t, like murder mysteries, clickers from The Last of Us, and the cancellation of Westworld. Then, for some actual possible scares, horror fans Kirsten and Bud review Smile. The movie is scary. The review is not.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:58 – ZEM carbon capture car

Coming Soon

04:28 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

05:41 – Spirited (limited run in theatres November 11, Apple TV+ November 18)

related: Bringin’ Back Christmas lyric video

07:01 – Zootopia+ (6-episode Disney+ series, out now) (Zoner Mary)

09:00 – Slumberland (Jason Momoa movie, Netflix, November 18) (Zoner Mary)

09:22 – Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (out now, Switch/Steam/PS4/5/Xbox One/X/S)

10:27 – Stranger Things VR

14:52 – A Christmas Story Christmas (HBO Max, November 17)

related: UK Christmas commercials

Geek News Proper: HBO

17:11 – HBO cancels ‘Westworld’ in shock decision

20:01 – The Last of Us TV show listed with January 15 premiere date (HBO Max series)

25:20 – Clone High returns in 2023 (HBO Max) (Phil Lord’s Tweet) (Chris Miller’s Tweet)>

Geek News Proper: Marvel/Disney/Star Wars

30:19 – Agatha: Coven of Chaos casts Aubrey Plaza

31:57 – The Acolyte adds Lee Jung-jae, Carrie-Anne Moss, and more to cast

Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (Canadian, The Good Place), Dafne Keen (Lyra Belacqua, His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Netflix series Nightflyers), Rebecca Henderson (Canadian, Netflix series Russian Doll), Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire), Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen Baratheon)

33:29 – Chris Evans named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine

Geek News Proper: everything else

33:53 – The Sandman’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix

34:03 – Netflix Basic launch hiccups (no Apple TV/older PS/older Chromecasts, Roku/Xbox not mentioned)

34:20 – Walmart ad with the Office Space crew

35:00 – Disney’s live-action Hercules will be more experimental and inspired by TikTok, says producer Joe Russo (full cover story)

37:02 – Harry Potter fans asked to stop leaving socks at Dobby’s grave on Wales Beach: “It Could Put Wildlife at Risk”

38:06 – Twitter’s new era of misinformation perfectly summed up by a Tobey Maguire imposter’s Spider-Man 4 tweet

related: Daniel Radcliffe suspended for ”impersonating” Weird Al

41:15 – Weird Al Yankovic medley w/ Jimmy Fallon & The Roots

41:39 – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse adds Daniel Kaluuya as Spider-Punk

RUMOURS and HEARSEY (sources: The Direct)

41:57 – Tom Holland’s Spider-Man RUMORED to appear in Spider-Verse 2

43:33 – Marvel REPORTEDLY wants Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk for key MCU role

45:01 – Owen Wilson’s major role in Deadpool 3 revealed by new RUMOR

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

45:47 – Zoner Ewan: Netflix releasing UK streaming numbers??!? (related: Netflix/Egyptian Theater

Reviews and Recommendayshes

47:28 – 91-Second Movie Review: Enola Holmes 2 (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

50:33 – Smile (Kirsten)

58:04 – The White Lotus S02E02 – Italian Dream

Everybody but Kirsten (hope you’re having all the Parisian fun!) geek out about robots, the moon, turtles, superhero movies, superhero commercials, Ford Broncos, and war. What is it good for?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:57 – the browser wars continue

Coming Soon

12:57 – Transformers 40th Anniversary Event (SilverCity May 15 at 7p, May 18 at 12:30p, May 19 at 3:00p, trailer) (Zoner Bryce)

20:53 – Fly Me To the Moon (in theatres July 12)

23:59 – The Beach Boys (Disney+ documentary, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

27:13 – Kinds of Kindness teaser / trailer (in theatres June 21)

28:33 – Keanu Reeves joins Sonic 3 as Shadow

30:49 – First look at next Captain America: Brave New World (Zoner Ewan)

37:39 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds renewed for season 4; Lower Decks to conclude with season 5 (Zoner Mary)

40:23 – Chris Farley biopic in the works with Josh Gad and Paul Walter Hauser

42:38 – Live-Action, R-Rated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie in the Works From Producer Walter Hamada (Zoner Mary)

46:45 – Jim Henson: Idea Man (dir: Ron Howard, Disney+ documentary, May 31) (Zoner Mary)

47:24 – Kendrick Lamar making comedy film with Matt Stone and Trey Parker

48:28 – Aang: The Last Airbender, the first animated movie in Avatar trilogy, will follow Aang as an adult

NOT Coming Soon

49:12 – Jon Snow spin-off canned by HBO, says Kit Harington

Geek News Proper

50:58 – O.J. Simpson dies at 76

59:51 – Coca-Cola x Marvel: The Heroes

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:02:32 – one fan’s hopes for live action Hercules casting (source: Disney fan Markell Bailey on IG) (only announced in 2022, nothing else confirmed)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:04:51 – Civil War (Bryan & Pol)

related: Civil War sets A24 record with $25 million debut

1:29:36 – Fallout E01/02 (Bud)

1:30:58 – Curb Your Enthusiasm S12 (Pol & Art)

1:37:19 – X-Men ’97 (Bryan)

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A surprisingly good trailer for The Flash, some great Mario content that doesn’t come from Nintendo, and more Infected than you can shake a sniper rifle at.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:02 – Endlesss Arcade

Coming Soon

07:24 – The Flash (in theatres June 16) (Zoner Mary)

18:04 – Super Mario Bros. Plumbing Commercial Super Bowl spot (website, in theatres April 7)

related: new posters for The Super Maro Bros movie: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7

19:02 – HBO’s Mario Kart

related: har har funny joke

20:39 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (official trailer #2, Nintendo Switch game, May 12, also it’s $90 CAD, but voucher-eligible)

24:04 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Super Bowl spot (in theatres June 30) (Zoner Mary)

related: Indiana Jones 5 de-aged Harrison Ford with A.I. and old film footage of him that Lucasfilm never printed

related: Indiana Jones has no time for old jokes in Dial of Destiny

30:01 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ”new trailer” and poster (in theatres May 5) (Zoner Mary)

41:50 – Family— er, um . . . Fast X (in theatres May 19)

44:56 – Air: Courting a Legend (in theatres April 5)

47:13 – Children of the Corn (in theatres, March 3, article, vintage trailer)

50:24 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8 ad, formerly a Formula 1 car, in theatres June 9)

56:02 – Ted Lasso, S3 (article, teaser, Apple TV+ series, March 15)

56:56 – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu series, S3 cast teaser, now featuring Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep)

Geek News Proper

58:36 – Netflix password sharing will cost $7.99 in Canada, rolling out now

1:04:40 – A documentary about MuchMusic will premiere at SXSW

1:07:07 – Nintendo Direct

1:08:48 – Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania early reviews from Rolling Stone and Mashable

1:12:10 – Disney+ drops 2.4 million subscribers in first loss, Bob Iger heralds ‘significant transformation’ underway

related: Disney celebrates 100 years and 7000 layoffs with a Super Bowl victory lap

1:13:08 – Toy Story 5, Frozen 3, And Zootropolis 2 Confirmed By Disney

1:14:19 – Disney+ made a cute Star Wars show about Jedi younglings, but not the murdered ones

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:14:46 – @midnight reboot to replace The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS (source: Deadline, who says ”WE HEAR” . . . 🙄)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:16:47 – Zoner Mary: Pod 226 thots and The Eternal Mercenary

1:17:31 – Zoner Spenny: Thrifty Land

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:18:03 – *IMMEDIATE SPOILERS* The Last of Us S01E05 – Endure and Survive

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Pol, Bud & Kirsten chat about the copious amount of AI in our lives, exploding kittens, and where The Lord of The Rings goes from here.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

17:10 – game company decisions

Coming Soon

19:16 – Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis | A Fable (in theatres 2024)

21:22 – House of the Dragon (S2 official trailer, HBO/Max series, June 16)

22:57 – The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (S2 teaser, Prime Video series, August 29, BTS) (Zoner Ewan)

related: The Lord of The Rings returns with two films, Peter Jackson will not direct

related: more on the above, but also, original trilogy returning to theatres this summer

related: The Hunt for Gollum fan film temporarily shut down, then restored, after official The Hunt For Gollum film announced

33:26 – The Bear (S3, FX series, Hulu/Disney+, June 27)

34:52 – A Quiet Place: Day One (trailer 2, in theatres June 28)

37:02 – Exploding Kittens (Netflix series, July) (Sneak Peek/Peak)

40:29 – Tires (Netflix series, May 23)

45:56 – Fallout 76: Skyline Valley (developer preview, June) (electric ghoul type, storm goliaths/armoured brains, Dangerous Pastimes public event)

49:46 – Squirrel with a Gun (PC/Xbox/PS5, fall)

51:56 – Disney Upfront Highlights

– Agatha All Along (The Darkhold Diaries / House of Harkness / Coven of Chaos / The Lying Witch with Great Wardrobe), September 18 (Zoner Mary)

– Daredevil: Born Again, March 2025

– Ironheart, sometime in 2025

54:46 – The Last of Us (S2 location photos, Babis)

58:38 – Saturday Night live to celebrate 50th anniversary with three-hour special

Geek News Proper

1:00:56 – Nicolas Cage is back as Spider-Man in live-action Amazon series, Noir

1:02:33 – Amazon to bring three new ads formats to Prime Video

1:04:33 – Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha claims she will sue Netflix over ”obscene work of fiction”

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:09:31 – Deadline UNDERSTAAAAAANDS that John Malkovich has joined The Fantastic Four

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:10:09 – Zoner Bryce explains LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

1:11:07 – Zoner Ewan updates us on The Line

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:31 – Mary Poppins (Kirsten & Pol)

1:17:01 – The Fall Guy (Pol & Kirsten)

1:31:23 – The Transformers 40th Anniversary Cinemaaaaaah Event (Bud)

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WELCOME BACK, KIRSTEN! The almost-complete crew compliment geek out about cyberattacks, MORE Lion King, Muppet colons, and let you know when Bud is laughing.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

27:06 – London Drugs

Coming Soon

41:10 – Mufasa: The Lion King (teaser trailer, in theatres December 20)

45:33 – Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+ documentary, May 31)

Geek News Proper

56:18 – The Falcon and The Winter Soldier deleted scene

48:58 – Chris Hemsworth takes blame for Thor: Love and Thunder failure

1:01:39 – The Fall Guy sets a new Guinness World Record In car stunt featurette (aforementioned featurette)

related Beavis and Butt-Head

1:07:26 – Jerry Seinfeld says TV comedy is being killed by the ”extreme left and P.C. crap and people worrying so much about offending other people”

related: Unfrosted’s bit about trademark infringement (Netflix, May 3)

1:10:28 – Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney taunted at Wrexham game as Stockport fly plane over stadium

RUMOURS and HEARSEY, but hopefully REAL

1:12:16 – The Last of Us S2 filming in Nanaimo (source: @TheLastofUsNews)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:14:15 – 3 Body Problem (Bryan)

1:18:06 – X-Men ’97 (and we phone Jubilee’s cell!)

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Pol, Bud, & Art talk about THAT clip, geeky accessibility, The Penguin, Liman & Damon back together again, and the great Donald Sutherland.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

18:57 – geeky accessibility

Coming Soon

24:10 – Last week: Piece by Piece (Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, and Snoop Dogg, in theatres October 11, article)

25:30 – Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (teaser, Netflix, winter)

26:14 – Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line (in cinemas July 4)

26:43 – The Killer’s Game (in theatres September 13)

27:55 – Dragon Age: The Veilguard – trailer, gameplay (fall, PS4/5, Xbox X/S, PC)

28:13 – Every big announcement and trailer from Summer Game Fest 2024 (money) & Wholesome Games 2024

28:30 – This week: The Penguin

32:07 – Nosferatu (in theatres December 25)

35:29 – Paddington in Peru (in cinemas November 8) (Zoner Ewan)

36:47 – Pol & Art talk baseball while they relaunch the Zoom

37:58 – The Instigators (Doug Liman Apple TV+ film, August 9)

43:39 – Smile 2 (in theatres October 18)

46:03 – The Beast Within (in theatres July 26)

47:11 – Watchmen Chapters 1 & 2 (coming soon)

50:03 – Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition (Switch, PS4/5, Xbox X/S/One, PC, out TODAY, still waiting on 2, seven years later . . . still happening?)

52:24 – Production on a Freaky Friday sequel has started, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan (Zoner Mary)

53:10 – Megalopolis lands distribution from Lionsgate

58:36 – Spaceballs sequel in development at Amazon MGM with Josh Gad starring, Mel Brooks producing

1:01:17 – Scarlett Johansson begged to be in the Jurassic Park franchise: ‘I can get eaten by whatever!’

Geek News Proper

1:04:40 – Donald Sutherland dies at 88

1:07:43 – SET PHOTOS: Superman and his long cape

1:12:37 – Workers sue Disney after moving for cancelled Florida project

1:14:34 – Zhang Yimou to Direct ‘Three-Body Problem’ Movie

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:17:15 – Civil War redux

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Art R&Rs Thailand and, along with Pol and Bud, we talk about the CG-lookin’ epic Furiosa, the faithful-lookin’ Fallout, and the modern throwback-lookin’ GTA VI.

preamble/Art’s travel review

01:01 – Art begins talking

24:53 – Art ends talking

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

26:08 – Game Pass on every screen?

Coming Soon

31:37 – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (in theatres May 24)

37:06 – House of the Dragon (”Max” series, S2, summer 2024) (Zoner Mary)

39:08 – GTA VI (2025, pre-leak/drop article about the hype

46:15 – The Boys (Prime Video series, S4, sometime next year)

related: The Boys creators forget it’s supposed to be a satire of modern superhero media, announce second spinoff

49:54 – Fallout (Prime Video series, April 12)

52:51 – Godzilla x Kong (in theatres, also April 12)

56:47 – ted (Peacock series, January 11, ”Let’s take a look!”)

1:00:29 – Beetlejuice 2 is done filming, looks to be on track for fall release

1:02:42 – Timothy Olyphant joins Noah Hawley’s Alien prequel series on FX

1:07:17 – Turning Red, Luca, and Soul Will release in theaters in 2024 (Soul: January 12 / Turning Red: February 9 / Luca: March 22 / Tickets on sale January 2)

Geek News Proper

1:08:38 – actual headline: Disney CEO Thinks The Marvels Is Underperforming Because There Weren’t Enough Executives

1:13:22 – Zack Snyder’s next cut: no capes allowed (reminder trailer)

1:17:57 – Marvel just made a seismic change to the origin of the X-Men’s Nightcrawler and Mystique

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:21:28 – Zoner Ewan: Art’s friend, Kevin 🤪

1:25:08 – Zoner Spenny: Pixar advance Easter eggs

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Bonus quote: ”Only the derivatives!” — Kirsten James

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:17 – Eye for AI (take the quiz!)

Coming Soon

19:17 – Megalopolis

related: Vanity Fair first look

26:16 – Cobra Kai (Netflix series, S6 in three parts, Part I: July 18, Part II: November 28, The finalé event: 2025

27:53 – Wednesday (Netflix series, S2 cast announcement, in production, Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Luis Guzmɑ́n, Thandiwe Newton, Haley Joel Osment, Fred Armisen, Christopher Lloydְ)

29:48 – The Boys (Prime Video series, S4, June 13) (Zoner Mary)

34:49 – The Acolyte (Star Wars series, Disney+, June the 4th) (Zoner Mary) / LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Star Wars animated special, Disney+, September 13)

related: Colbert’s lost footage of Luke Skywalker at the Mos Eisley cantina (Zoner Mary)

39:25 – Eric (Netflix film, May 30, Benedict Cumberbatch)

40:23 – Super Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe

– Donkey Kong Country: Mine-Cart Madness (coaster!)

– Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge (dark ride)

– Yoshi’s Adventure (omnimover, previously only in Japan)

42:34 – Paul Walter Hauser joins casts of Fantastic Four and Naked Gun

43:42 – Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone re-team for movie about infamous “anal bead” chess scandal

45:48 – Michelle Yeoh to Star in Amazon’s Blade Runner 2049 sequel series Blade Runner 2099

47:08 – Live-action ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie gets theatrical release date (June 5, 2026, dir: Travis ”Chilly Tee” Knight of Bumblebee, son of Nike’s Phil Knight, Laika lead animator/CEO)

Coming soon: SPEED ROUND!

49:10 – X-Men ’97’s X-Mansion on Airbnb

49:22 – Knuckles (Paramount+ 6-ep miniseries, out now)

43:51 – The Watchers (dir: Ishana Shyamalan, prod: M. Night Shyamalan, in theatres June 14)

51:03 – Robot Dreams (in theatres May 31)

51:27 – 28 Years Later casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Ralph Fiennes (dir: Danny Boyle)

51:55 – Next On Disney+ (Zoner Mary)

– Jim Henson: Idea Man (May 31)

– The Beach Boys (May 24)

– Darjeeling Limited, Daredevil 2003, That Thing You Do!, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (May 1)

– Doctor Who (S1 premiere May 10, 17, 24, 31)

– Tales of the Empire (S1, May the 4th)

– The Bad Batch (S3, May the 1th)

– Welcome to Wrexham (S3, Fridays in May)

– Black Twitter: A People’s History (S1, May 9)

– Monsters at Work (S2, May 5)

– X-Men ’97 Assembled (May 22)

– Queen Rock Montreal (May 15)

– The Beatles’ Let it Be (May 8)

NOT Coming Soon

52:10 – Nintendo to announce Switch successor before the end of this fiscal year

58:27 – Kraven the Hunter moves to December as Sony pushes Karate Kid to May 2025

Geek News Proper

59:16 – Bernard Hill: Lord of The Rings and Titanic actor dies aged 79

1:03:13 – James Gunn’s Superman suit: photo / article

1:11:04 – Sony backlash re: PSN account linking for Helldivers 2 and all other PlayStation exclusives on PC (Zoner Spenny)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:29 – The Roast of Tom Brady (Art)

1:23:49 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Pol)

1:30:14 – Anyone But You (Art)

1:32:47 – Fallout (Pol & Bud)

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The crew talks Creed III, Christmas classics, Smile, MCU rumours, and Robbie Coltrane. 💛

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:23 – hacking via drone

Coming Soon

07:23 – Creed III (in theatres March 3, 2023)

12:38 – Smile first trailerfinal trailer (in theatres now)

related: good and creepy marketing

19:45 – M☰GAN (in theatres January 13)

21:21 – The Dragon Prince: Mystery of Aaravos (Netflix series, S3, November 3)

22:33 – A Christmas Story Christmas (teaser, HBO Max, November 17)

Geek News Proper

29:14 – Robbie Coltrane dies at age 72 (Robbie Coltrane’s life in pictures)

33:34 – Harrison Ford set as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross for Captain America: New World Order

41:11 – Ryan Reynolds confirms he’s making a John Candy movie. His kids respond with glee.

44:05 – Cartoon Network Studios, as you know it, is gone thanks to David Zaslav

46:06 – New ‘Naked Gun’ movie a go at Paramount with Liam Neeson in talks to star and ‘Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer directing (in talks, not greenlit)

50:55 – Ezra Miller pleads not guilty to stealing liquor from a neighbor’s home

52:26 – Pan Solo

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

53:13 – Is Sacha Baron Cohen Joining MCU? (source: Deadline, but part of The Dish, an op/ed column for unconfirmed developments, also known as RUMOURS and HEARSEY)

54:50 – James Gunn Pitches Secret Movie, Dwayne Johnson Flexes His Superman Power (source: THR)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

59:01 – Zoner Ewan: renting the Ghostbusters firehouse

1:02:47 – Zoner Ewan: Christmas light drones

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:06:18 – 91-Second Movie Review: Halloween Ends (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:15:12 – Moonage Daydream (Pol)

1:19:22 – She-Hulk finalé

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Kirsten, Bryan, and Bud talk tech bros, new trailers, actors’ strike updates, video game updates, and more!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:04 – California Forever

Coming Soon

06:22 – Loki, season 2 (Marvel series, Disney+, October 6)

11:51 – Gen V (Prime Video spinoff, September 29)

14:51 – Reptile (Netflix, October 6)

Geek News Proper

16:24 – Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth founding singer, dead at 56

23:27 – SAG-AFTRA national board votes unanimously to send Interactive Media (video game) strike authorization vote to members

26:30 – AMC reaches a deal with SAG-AFTRA to resume production

28:46 – Nintendo won’t release any Tears of the Kingdom DLC

34:05 – Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct (October 20)

• no reports on Mario’s voice actor
• Mario/Peach/Daisy/Toads/Toadette (no play difference)
• or Yoshi/Nabbit for no-damage
• Yoshi can eat/spit & flutter jump
• BowserCastle (Wonder Flower)
• set in the Flower Kingdom (7 areas)
• li’l caterpillar hiding behind player’s head (Prince Florian)
• baddies: Hoppycats/Melon Piranha Plants/Condarts/Konks/Mumsies/Maw-Maws/MORE
• power-ups: Elephant/Bubble/Drill/Fire
• store/swap spare power-ups
• Wonder Flower effects = drugs
• badges: Parachute Cap/Wall-Climb Jump/Dolphin Kick/Crouching High Jump/Grappling Vine/Safety Bounce/Sensor/Coin Magnet/Invisibility/Jet Run/MORE
• local co-up 1–4 (can revive friends post-death
• online ghosts (can revive ghosts post-death)
• standee to revive post-death
• heart points for helping (revive, items)
• can also create rooms to race courses against friends online
• Nintendo Switch OLED Mario Red Edition (October 6)

  Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

  37:25 – Zoner Lara recommended us in her stories among FUN podcasts

  38:42 – Zoner Mary: 254 pod review

  42:18 – Zoner Ewan: Kirsten baby predictions

  Reviews and Recommendayshes

  43:36 – 91-Second Movie Review: You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

  50:56 – Ahsoka

  59:25 – Ahsoka *SPOILERS*

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Pol ‘n Bud host a two-part weekly geek-out about AI drama, marvel 😉 at the Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom trailer, commiserate on rhythm game-based levels, and speculate wildly about FantMarvelStic.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:39 – OpenAI

Coming Soon

20:52 – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (onsale trailer, in theatres December 22) (Zoner Mary: ‘I’m still gonna see this’)

23:22 – A Disturbance in the Force (Star Wars Holiday Special Documentary, in theatres now, VOD December 5, website)

27:04 – Role Play (Prime Video movie, January 12)

28:44 – The Abyss (remastered 4K, in theatres for ONE DAY ONLY: December 6)

32:01 – Leo (Netflix CG film, November 21)

Geek News Proper

33:44 – Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime, to receive life time achievement award

37:49 – Jeremy Renner runs uphill on video celebrating 10 months of recovery since snow plow accident

39:18 – The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024 (no punctuation) (W.L.F. edition, upgrade price)

40:58 – Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Fluff-Puff Peaks Special – Climb to the Beat)

44:17 – back to The Last of Us

45:13 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off guest cast

48:50 – Dune 2 now dropping two weeks early (March 1 instead of March 15. Initially November 3 this year) (Zoner Spenny)

49:41 – coupla Culture Crave Tweets: Antony Starr (NSFW) & Ke Huy Quan

51:35 – Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape and abuse by singer Cassie in lawsuit

update: settled?

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

54:45 – Deadline HEARS from SEVERAL SOURCES that Nicholas Hoult will be Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy

59:30 – Fantastic Four EYES Pedro Pascal to Play Mr. Fantastic (and full casting rumours)

Review . . . but not Recommendaysh

1:04:05 – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

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In a pod that, spoiler, goes quite off the rails when we get to the Emmy nominations, Pol, Kirsten, & Bud (when he’s not cut off by Zoom) discuss the dearth of movies and shows coming soon, along with workers’ rights, rich studios, and the cultural phenomenon which is Barbenheimer.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:32 – CIRA Canadian stock photography

Coming Soon

13:37 – Migration (not the Duck Hunt movie, December 22) (Zoner Ewan)

18:21 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem clip: Welcome to Eastman High (in theatres August 2)

20:13 – Sharksploitation (Shudder movie, July 21)

24:47 – Meg 2: The Trench (in theatres August 4)

Geek News Proper

27:46 – Screen Actors Guild strike

related: Striking SAG actors in disbelief over studios’ dystopian AI proposal

related: David Duchovny is out there… with a perfect X-Files-themed picket sign (more quotes) (Zoner Ewan)

related: free groceries for SAG-AFTRA/WGA folks

related: House of the Dragon can continue filming in U.K.

related: SAG-AFTRA demands “not realistic,” says billionaire Bob Iger

41:59 – Disney pulling back on making Marvel, Star Wars content, says billionaire Bob Iger

48:04 – Emmy nominations are out

53:51 – Barbenheimer or Oppie: What’s the best double-feature viewing order?

related: Matt Damon told his wife he would take a break — unless Christopher Nolan called

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:02:23 – Strange New Worlds (first half of S2) (Pol)

1:06:01 – Sex With Sue (Pol)

1:14:25 – Secret Invasion S01E04 – Beloved

related: How long has *SPOILER* *SPOILER* *SPOILER*? (warning: *SPOILER*)

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With special ghost Art Aronson, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud take nudes seriously (Cocaine Bear not so much), yell about rings, and R&R so many things!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:31 – Take It Down

related: more LastPass breach news

Coming Soon

16:20 – We Have a Ghost (Netflix film, Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, out now)

17:29 – The Oscars (March 12, hosted by James Christian Kimmel)

Geek News Proper

18:50 – Ant-Man 3 gets mauled by ‘Cocaine Bear,’ suffers record 69.7% drop

29:27 – Why does Ant-Man look like that? VFX techs blame Marvel’s ”shortcuts”

31:27 – Steven Yeun joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thunderbolts

33:45 – Rogers: The Musical is coming to Disneyland (date/run/runtime TBA)

36:09 – Canada’s Teletoon is being rebranded to Cartoon Network (March 27)

37:10 – The White Lotus S3 updates (MAYBE Asia, Evan Peters)

42:30 – Star Trek will release a scripted podcast following Khan on Ceti Alpha V

45:50 – Succession will end after Season 4, says creator Jesse Armstrong

49:06 – Bill Watterson returning with The Mysteries, ”a fable for grown-ups” (October 10, w/ caricaturist John Kascht)

57:03 – Most young people now watch TV with the subtitles on

59:05 – Somehow, more Lord of the Rings movies are on the way

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:13:50 – Loki S2 delayed? (source: many and varied)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:15:08 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Whale (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:20:37 – 91-Second Movie Review: We Have a Ghost (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:22:23 – High School S1 (Bryan)

1:24:18 – Picard S3 E1/2

1:27:44 – The Last of Us S01E07 – Left Behind

related: homophobes suck

1:28:18 – *SPOILERS* The Last of Us S01E07

1:44:28 – Euphoria S2 (Art)

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Robot dogs, Battle of the Bobs, the end of the OG Walking Dead, and R&Rs aplenty!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:46 – good news and bad news about robot dogs

Coming Soon

12:55 – Elemental (in theatres, June 16, 2023)

16:22 – Reno 911!: It’s a Wonderful Heist (Comedy Central/Paramount+, December 3)

19:10 – The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special featurette (Marvel special, Disney+, November 25)

21:47 – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass wave 3 (Nintendo Switch DLC, December 7, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack or on its own for $33 CAD for all six waves)

26:05 – first look photo from fifth Indiana Jones movie

related: Harrison Ford is getting de-aged for Indiana Jones 5, but he swears it won’t suck

related: Harrison Ford doesn’t want anyone else to play Indiana Jones

Geek News Proper

35:26 – Power Rangers’ Jason David Frank
dead at age 49 (White Ranger vs Scorpion / Zordon is a Racist)

40:04 – Battle of the Bobs: Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO, Bob Chapek ”steps down” (Zoner Mary)

49:22 – Chris Hemsworth changed his life after an ominous health warning (Limitless, five-episode Disney+ documentary, out now)

51:25 – Amazon orders multiple Marvel/Sony shows, beginning with Silk: Spider Society (Zoner Ewan)

53:57 – John Leguizamo calls out non-diverse Super Mario Bros. casting: ”It’s going backwards’’

related: Gears of War designer: ”keep Chris Pratt away from the Gears franchise, please, FFS”

1:04:52 – Quentin Tarantino reveals plans to shoot an eight-episode tv series next year

1:08:13 – Your chance to get smashed with The Hulk’s Lou Ferrigno at West Kelowna winery (tickets)

1:10:07 – How many cans of SpaghettiOs would it take to write The Lord of The Rings trilogy?

1:13:12 – Negan defends his wife, Dr. Lauren Boswell, after she calls out D.J. Tanner for keeping “traditional marriage at the core” of something called the Great American Family network

1:17:40 – NFL Linebacker Retires After Selling Rare Pokémon Card For Over $650,000

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:19:13 – 91-Second Movie Review: Amsterdam (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:25:45 – Spirited (Kirsten)

1:29:35 – The Cabin in The Woods (2011) (Bud)

1:35:12 – Clerks III (Kirsten)

1:38:46 – Horizon Zero Dawn (Bud)

1:43:15 – The Walking Dead (Bryan)

related: The Walking Dead-themed ads (DoorDash, Autodesk, Ring, Deloitte, MNTN)

1:57:22 – The White Lotus S02E04 – In the Sandbox

related: renewed for season 3!

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With apologies for the lateness, lack of production, Bud’s loud mic, and Kirsten’s quiet mic, here’s a pod with a buncha trailers (including a Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and new Venom), a couple of not-bad tributes, and three wee R&Rs!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:17 – Monkey C Interactive Artcade

Coming Soon

6:15 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (full trailer, in theatres September 6)

9:50 – The Bear and MORE The Bear (Hulu/D+ series, S3, June 27)

14:15 – Alien: Romulus (in theatres August 16)

18:01 – Moana 2 (in theatres November 27) (Zoner Mary)

22:47 – Wolfs (in theatres September 20) (Zoner Mary)

26:20 – The Acolyte (”Awake” spot, lightsabre WHIP?, Disney+ series, two-ep premiere TONIGHT)

27:55 – What If…? – An Immersive Story (Apple Vision Pro app, out now)

31:52 – Deadpool & Wolverine (tickets on sale now trailer, July 26)

related: QR code??!?

related: POPCORN BUCKET??!? (Zoner Mary)

35:14 – Venom: The Last Dance (in theatres October 25) (Zoner Ewan & Zoner Mary)

38:42 – Netflix × Minecraft (Netflix series, coming soon, details)

43:25 – Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix sequel film, July 3)

44:30 – Trigger Warning (Netflix film, June 21)

46:47 – 30 for 30 | I’m Just Here for the Riot (ESPN, premieres TONIGHT)

51:54 – The Lord of the Rings extended editions coming to Cineplex theatres in Canada

– The Fellowship of the Ring (June 7th, 12th, 13th, and 22nd)

– The Two Towers (June 9th, 15th, and 23rd)

– The Return of the King (June 11th, 16th, and 24th)

59:36 – Godzilla Minus One (now on Netflix!)

1:04:02 – Amazon Prime announces Yakuza TV series

1:06:21 – The next Knives Out, called Wake Up Dead Man, premieres in 2025

related: Jeremy Renner joins Daniel Craig (Zoner Mary)

1:08:39 – Tom Bombadil Finally Steps Forth in The Rings of Power

1:16:13 – Last of Us season 2 casts Jeffrey Wright as Isaac, reprising his video game role

1:16:47 – Chris Hemsworth IN TALKS to lead G.I. Joe/Transformers crossover movie for Paramount and Hasbro

related: Liam Hemsworth’s Witcher Sure Looks a Lot Like Henry Cavill’s Witcher

Geek News Proper

1:17:49 – Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me director, dies at 53

1:22:22 – Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman dies at 95

1:23:44 – US government sues Ticketmaster/LiveNation and asks court to break up company’s monopoly on live events

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:27:32 – Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (Art)

1:35:01 – Argylle (Kirsten)

1:41:27 – Furiosa (Pol)

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In a pod that seemed more off the rails than usual (strange, seeing as Bud returned from his absence last week to crack the formatics whip), we kind of cover geek news, but also get in to preparing our own death tributes, discussing when our documentaries can be made, and channeling our pets’ voices.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:13 – Vision Pro

Coming Soon

17:50 – Secret Invasion encrypted file (first five minutes, Marvel series, Disney+, June 21) (Password: RSD3PX5N7S) (Zoner Mary)

related: pub clip

25:32 – The Expendables (in theatres September 22)

28:17 – Good Omens (Prime Video series, S2, July 28) (Zoner Mary)

30:34 – Stan Lee (Disney+ documentary, June 16) (Zoner Mary)

34:06 – Elio (Pixar film, March 21, 2024)

39:28 – Carl’s Date (Pixar short, June 16, ahead of Elemental)

45:04 – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage LEGO set (July 4)

45:49 – Pikmin 4 (Nintendo Switch game, July 21)

Geek News Proper

48:13 – Treat Williams dead at 71 (motorcycle crash)

50:29 – Disney Delays all its upcoming Star Wars and Avatar movies

53:06 – Steven Yeun releases full cover of Incubus’ Drive from Beef

57:14 – Summer Game Fest

related: The Witcher: Season 3 (Netflix series trailer premiered at Summer Game Fest, June 29)

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:04:40 – The Legend of Zelda REPORTEDLY being adapted for the big screen (source: Consequence)

1:09:19 – Fans baffled by rumours that Kelis (43) and Bill Murray (72) are dating (source: Daily Mail)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:13 – 91-Second Movie Review: Flamin’ Hot (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:21:27 – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

related: Spider-Sound

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Artificial eye contact, “the drugs,” Dave Bautypecast, The Last of Us, and why you shouldn’t kidnap people (kidding just DON’T KIDNAP PEOPLE).

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:24 – NVIDIA Eye Contact Mode

Coming Soon

07:22 – The Mandalorian (Disney+ series, season 3, March 1)

12:57 – Velma (HBO Max series, last week, January 12)

23:04 – Knock at the Cabin (in theatres February 3) (original trailer, so much knocking)

31:59 – Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (Disney+ documentary, March 17, along with U2’s new album, Songs of Surrender)

Geek News Proper

40:15 – Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland faces felony domestic violence charges

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

44:51 – The Passion of the Christ sequel Resurrection REPORTEDLY begins filming this spring (source: World of Reel ”I’m hearing”)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

49:16 – M3GAN (Kirsten)

56:08 – Forza Horizon 5 (Bud)

57:15 – God of War Ragnarök (Kirsten)

1:02:09 – (spoiler-free) The Last of Us S01E01 – When You’re Lost in the Darkness

1:09:51 – The Last of Us S01E01 ***SPOILERS!***

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Missing Kirsten, the boys geek out about age verification, awards show speeches, and Pol takes a huge steaming dump on the boring lazy train wreck waste of time known as Madame Web.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:42 – porn age verification in Canada

Coming Soon

13:55 – The Gentlemen (Netflix 8-episode series, March 7)

16:00 – The Boys S4 date announce (Prime Video series, June 13, episode titles)

Geek News Proper

16:47 – ‘Drunk’ Pedro Pascal Swoops Succession Stars in Surprise SAG Award Win for The Last of Us

18:53 – Independent Spirit Awards, where Nick Offerman speaks the truth

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

21:06 – Zoner Ewan: dot butt / Jurassic League rUmOuR/hEaRsEy / Game of Thrones’ final two seasons were originally going to be three movies?

Reviews and Recommendayshes

29:17 – Nimona (Bud)

34:15 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (ep 1, Bryan)

43:13 – Concrete Utopia / Badland Hunters (Bud)

49:29 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (Bud)

1:02:47 – True Detective: Night Country

1:12:28 – Madame Web (Pol) (boom mic cameo, which is apparently the cap brim of her fellow paramedic)

1:30:52 – The Marvels (Art)

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After an epic preamble, Pol, Bud, and Art geek out about Princess Peach, cover two weeks’ worth of stuff coming soon, and R&R 3 Body Problem, X-Men ’97, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

16:05 – Princess Peach: Showtime!

related: Bud’s kidlet finds the Weekly Geek-out archives

Coming Soon

20:39 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in theatres September 6) (Zoner Mary)

related: Michael Keaton says he wanted Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to ”feel handmade”

26:04 – The Penguin (eight episode Max series, late 2024)

26:29 – Bad Boys: Ride or Die (very NSFW trailer, in theatres June 7)

28:20 – Doctor Who: Season 1??!? (BBC iPlayer May 11, Disney+ May 10, series 14) (Zoner Mary)

28:53 – Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra (WWII-era action-adventure game, 2025)

29:26 – X-Men ’97: Previously On / creators interview (Disney+ series, out today)

29:53 – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (short, 👈🏽 click that to watch March 27) (Zoner Ewan)

30:31 – Back to Black (in theatres May 17)

32:03 – Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver (Netflix movie, April 19)

33:18 – Atlas (Netflix film, May 24, JLo/Simu Liu/Mark Strong, sweet title treatment)

34:17 – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (Wes Anderson Netflix film, out now)

35:46 – Scoop (Netflix inspired-by-real-events film, April 5, w/ Gillian Anderson, Keely Hawes, and Billie Piper)

39:08 – Franklin (8 ep Apple TV+ miniseries, April 12)

39:37 – Sweet Dreams (select theatres April 12, VOD April 16)

41:35 – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+ series, S2, March 29)

42:13 – The Crow (Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, in theatres June 7) (Zoner Mary)

44:49 – Our Living World (Netflix documentary series, hosted by Cate Blanchett, April 17)

45:18 – The Beach Boys (Disney+ documentary film, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

46:19 – Island Fancon guests (April 13 & 14, City Centre Park in Langford)

49:37 – All 8 live-action Spider-Man films return to movie theaters this summer for Spider-Mondays

50:51 – Teen Titans live-action movie a . . . Go . . . at DC Studios

51:19 – next season of Star Trek: Discovery will be the last (Zoner Mary)

51:30 – Hans Zimmer maps out North American tour (ends in Vancouver, October 6)

54:07 – Among Us animated series at CBS Studios sets voice cast (Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Elijah Wood)

54:28 – Black Mirror season 7 to hit Netflix in 2025, including USS Callister sequel

55:18 – Winnie the Pooh horror film will get a crossover sequel featuring Bambi, Tinker Bell, and Pinocchio

Geek News Proper

55:57 – Michael Imperioli agreed with protestors who interrupted Enemy of the People — but his character did not

57:27 – The Visual Effects of Godzilla Minus One

Reviews and Recommendayshes

57:45 – Class of 88 (Bud)

59:19 – Ricky Stanicky (Pol)

1:04:45 – 3 Body Problem (Bud)

1:09:46 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Pol & Bryan)

1:16:04 – X-Men ’97

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With Pol & Art on assignment, Kirsten, Bryan, and Bud chat Terminators, how conTROversy spreads, crouching tiger hidden accents, and we kinda sorta don’t mess up three death tributes!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:28 – liquid metal robot

Coming Soon

07:05 – Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (clips/BTS/theatre plea) (in theatres February 17)

10:07 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (in theatres April 7)

11:35 – Succession (HBO series, S4, March 26)

12:08 – Hi-Fi RUSH (rhythm combat game, Xbox X|S, PC, out now)

13:44 – Shazam! Fury of the Gods (in theatres March 16)

related: controversy? rumours? hearsey?

Geek News Proper

17:28 – Annie Wersching, Renee Walker in 24 and Tess in The Last of Us (game), dies at 45 (fuck cancer) / Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies at age 64 (stroke) / Cindy Williams, Shirley of Laverne & Shirley, dies at 75 (brief illness)

21:06 – Oscar nominations 2023 (Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan in a movie together 31 years ago!)

29:39 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever deleted scenes (article/Upstairs Toilet / Daughter of the Border / Outside The Scope)

30:23 – Zoe Saldaña is first actor to star in four films that broke $2 billion at box office

31:19 – Benedict Cumberbatch brings Empress apology letter to London stage: article / video)

35:43 – Nintendo, Xbox, and Sony Won’t Be Part of E3 2023

39:33 – Will Smith and Martin Lawrence announce B4D BOYS (B4D BOYS © Kirsten James Creative)

41:08 – Adult Swim cuts ties with Justin Roiland, Rick and Morty will continue (Zoner Spenny: ”Listening to you guys talk about this currently and this popped up”)

44:19 – James Gunn’s DC slate revealed: first 10 projects (also The Batman 2)

53:25 – Fox renews The Simpsons (and Family Guy) (and Bob’s Burgers) for two more seasons

54:36 – Japanese pet fish playing Nintendo Switch run up bill on owner’s credit card (story / video)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

56:50 – 91-Second Movie Review: You People (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

59:18 – Zoner Ewan: Wongers’ American accent (Will Sharpe, Ethan on The White Lotus real voice WHOA) / Extraordinary review

And now, back to . . . Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:03:18 – GoldenEye 007 (Bryan) Switch control issues / fix! / no online multiplayer on Xbox)

1:05:30 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Kirsten)

1:07:41 – The Last of Us S01E03 – Long, Long Time (clicker VAs / renewed!)

1:07:41 – *SPOILERS* for The Last of Us (honest and for true reactions)

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Adam Driver shoots dinosaurs, The Cruzer COMMITS, and the ”uproarious” DC outcry of Henry Cavil’s ousting. This is The Way of Water.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:46 – DuckDuckGo’s Android browser

Coming Soon

04:45 – 65 (Adam Driver DINOSAUR MOVIE, in theatres, writers: A Quiet Place, prod: Sam Raimi, in theatres March 10, 2023)

07:11 – Barbie (Zoner Mary, in theatres July 21, 2023)

09:51 – Scream VI (Scream VI, in theatres March 10, 2023)

11:43 – Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, and Josh Hartnett, in theatres July 21, 2023)

related: Christopher Nolan recreated nuclear explosion without CGI for Oppenheimer because of course he did

16:41 – Extraordinary (Hulu series, January 25, 2023) (Zoner Ewan e-mail: “although I’m still not going to get Hulu”)

23:01 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (megastunt BTS) (Zoner Ewan e-mail) (July 14, 2023, Part Two June 28, 2024)

32:09 – Disney+: streaming in 2023 (w/ glimpses of The Mandalorian, Loki, Ahsoka, Secret Invasion, Peter Pan & Wendy, Dug Days: Carl’s Date, Win or Lose, American Born Chinese, Crater, The Bad Batch, and Wakanda Forever)

NOT Coming Soon

32:51 – Blockbuster canceled by Netflix after one season

Geek News Proper

33:50 – Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 17, 2023

37:03 – Avatar: The Way Of Water opens to $134M

related: Kate Winslet says she has video of her 7-minute breath hold for Avatar: The Way of Water: ”Have I died?”

related-ish: James Cameron plans to prove that Jack couldn’t have lived in Titanic

49:02 – Henry Cavill’s Superman Is, Once Again, Out of the DCU

related: James Gunn’s ”Our choices” Tweet

also related: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson also out as Black Adam

58:45 – God of War live-action series ordered at Amazon (early development, showrunner: Wheel of Time’s Rafe Judkins, no dates, no cast)

1:02:50 – Warner Bros. Discovery to take additional $800m-$1b in write-offs, says ‘Westworld,’ ‘The Nevers’ being licensed to third-party streamers

1:03:30 – Pokémon will say goodbye to Ash after 25 years as the anime’s star

1:04:56 – Donald Glover to star in and produce a Spider-Man movie based on the villain Hypno-Hustler

1:06:47 – Sony is making a multiplayer Horizon game with a unique stylized look

1:07:16 – Star Wars by the Fire: The Mandalorian and Grogu (S3 March 1, 2023)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:09:00 – And? Or? (Kirsten)

1:14:29 – The White Lotus (with Bryan)

related: Chloe Fineman as Jennifer Coolidge impressed by Christmas stuff

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Pol, Bud, Kirsten, and Aurelia talk about Ghostbusters, monkeys, Catholicism, Minions, Emmys, Oscars, toy naming, public domain, and ****ing a popcorn bucket. Typical geek stuff. =)

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:51 – The Week in Geek, edition #15

Coming Soon

16:18 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (in theatres March 22) (Zoner Ewan)

21:25 – Monkey Man (Dev Patel dir/star/prod, Jordan Peele prod, in theatres April 5)

23:36 – Immaculate (in theatres March 22)

29:02 – Tuesday (A24 film, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 2024)

31:31 – Despicable Me 4 (in theatres July 3, there are FOUR of them now?)

33:39 – The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert (February 9 on YouTube)

35:13 – Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Orlando Resort in 2025

36:35 – Ayo Edebiri to host Saturday Night Live February 3 (w/ JLo!) (EYE-oh ih-DEB-ir-ee)

related NOT coming soon: Geraldine Viswanathan replaces Ayo Edebiri in Thunderbolts (vis-uh-NAHTH-un)

41:49 – Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) is Supergirl

45:32 – David Duchovny, Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise, Good Omens), and Carice Van Houten (Melisandre) to star in a new Prime thriller, Malice

46:05 – William Shatner as Keldor (Netflix series, out now, trailer reminder / Revelation, Revolution) (Zoner Mary)

48:51 – Star Trek: Section 31 in production (original movie event) (Zoner Mary)

50:22 – TENET (February 23, one week only, 70mm and IMAX, tickets on sale now)

51:41 – The Return of Steamboat Willie (no date because vapourware? Unreal Engine 5)

54:14 – Severance S2 filming

NOT Coming Soon

57:26 – 299 Queen Street West DIDN’T win its war with Universal; pulled from Crave (Zoner Laura)

Geek News Proper

1:03:22 – Dune: Part Two pOpCoRn cUp

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:06:19 – Wonka (Kirsten)

1:07:51 – The Holdovers (Kirsten)

1:12:54 – Past Lives (Kirsten)

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A full house of geeks passiontately discusses trailers we haven’t seen, dog costumes, MORE price hikes, and some gaming sadness.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:31 – PixMob

Coming Soon

15:03 – The Continental: From the World of John Wick (Peacock series, September 22) (Zoner Mary)

17:55 – The Pod Generation (Emilia Clarke & Chiwetel Ejiofor, in theatres now)

23:23 – Ahsoka (”in 10 days” mini-trailer, Star Wars series, Disney+, August 23) (Canadian connections) (Zoner Mary)

23:58 – Good Boy (limited release in theatres September 8)

weirdly related: article / video

30:44 – Rift of the NecroDancer coming in 2024 (NME)

Geek News Proper

33:38 – Prices of Disney+, Hulu premium plans going up in the US October 12

related: Canada updates: ad-supported tier November

37:05 – Disney+ follows Netflix’s lead and will crack down on password sharing

39:20 – The Little Mermaid coming to Disney+ Canada September 6

43:21 – NASA on-demand streaming coming soon

45:56 – Replacing Justin Roiland on Solar Opposites Didn’t Just Save the Show — It Made It Better

Reviews and Recommendayshes

50:40 – 91-Second Movie Review: Heart of Stone (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:00:26 – The Bear (Art)

1:05:33 – Winning Time (Art)

1:08:33 – Bud ALSO saw Rise of the Beasts, but he’ll probably just echo Kirsten and Bryan on how blah it was

1:10:19 – Oppenheimer (Art)

1:17:44 – Kirsten’s gaming saga

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Lighthearted stories, gun-filled trailers, Holy Bat-tributes, and many reviews, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:12 – Wordle editor, the Important Blue Internet Checkmark Pin, & Grogu and Dust Bunnies

Coming Soon

13:24 – John Wick Chapter 4 (in theatres March 24) (Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

16:32 – Kevin Conroy, The Voice of Batman, died at age 66 (Zoner Jason) (a great Kevin Conroy story)

21:45 – Jay Leno burned in car fire

22:22 – Nintendo and DeNA have formed Nintendo Systems

26:22 – James Cameron says Avatar 2 Is a ‘family story… like The Sopranos”

31:56 – David Zaslav Open to a Deal With J.K. Rowling on More ‘Harry Potter’ Content

36:43 – Indiana Jones TV series eyed for Disney+ (Zoner Mary)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

40:20 – 91-Second Movie Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: Ryan Coogler learned how to swim for Wakanda Forever

48:38 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story *SPOILERS*

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever *SPOILERS*

1:40:01 – Blockbuster (season 1, Netflix series out now w/ Randall Park & Melissa Fumero) (Bryan)

1:40:13 – Zen — Grogu and The Dust Bunnies

1:42:43 – The White Lotus S02E03 – Bull Elephants *SPOILERS*

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Tho’ we ALL went to see Dune Part Two, Pol, Bud, & Kirsten discuss the movie, tabling a bunch of other R&Rs, and we try yet again not to screw up some death tributes.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:54 – Lockbit liars

Coming Soon

05:09 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (FINAL trailer, in theatres March 22)

10:13 – Next On Disney+

related: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)

19:54 – STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (Apple TV+ series — in 2 pieces — March 29)

20:38 – Pokémon Legends: Z-A (simultaneous worldwide release sometime in 2025) (Apple TV+ series — in 2 pieces — March 29)

21:01 – The Wild Robot (in theatres September 20)

24:23 – I Saw The TV Glow (A24, Justice Smith, 16 artists, in theatres May 3)

29:31 – The Great Salish Heist (Chemainus Theatre Festival Saturday)

33:27 – The Garfield Movie (in theatres May 24)

39:04 – Bad Boys 4 (not life) filming wrapped

39:45 – House of the Dragon season 2 to premiere in June

41:28 – Wendell Pierce Cast as Perry White in James Gunn’s Superman

related: James Gunn’s retort to AI-generated Superman set photo

48:40 – The Naked Gun rebooting with Liam Nieson (in theatres July 18 2025)

51:06 – David Dastmalchian (Gurathin) joins Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot (Apple TV+ series, in production)

54:46 – Rebel Moon sequel and SIX-HOUR director’s cut likely dropping day and date (summer 2024)

58:02 – Action-packed Baywatch reboot coming to Fox

Geek News Proper

49:07 – Richard Lewis has died at 76

1:02:37 – Mark Dodson has died at 64

1:03:05 – More UMG music is getting removed from TikTok

1:03:45 – Dakota Johnson not looking to reenter superhero space any time soon

1:05:09 Sydney Sweeny Madame Web jab

1:06:50 – Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees and EA is laying off over 650 employees

1:08:28 – Star Tours adding Ahsoka, Mandalorian, and Andor content (Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris)

related: avian flu and fricking MEASLES found at WDW

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:16 – Dune Part Two

1:32:36 – Dune Part Two ***SPOILERS***

related: Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice (it’ll make sense when you listen)

Extro!

1:38:15 – Dune spoilers OVER and goodbye now please

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Rhianna (or is it Riri?) returns to music for Black Panther, new Marvel series are coming for Wonder Man and Vision Man, and there’s TOO MUCH CONTENT!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:51 – solar bike highway

Coming Soon

05:49 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Remember)

related: Rihanna – Lift Me Up

related related: Wakanda Forever trailer convinced Rihanna to return to music for the first time in six years

13:35 – Spirited teaser / trailer (Will Farrell and Ryan Reynolds musical) (Zoner Mary)

Geek News Proper

18:40 – Takeoff of Migos fatally shot outside private party in Houston (28)

20:24 – Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill for The Witcher season 4 (Zoner Mary)

24:56 – Vision Quest series starring Paul Bettany in the works at Marvel Studios for Disney+

26:41 – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II tapped to lead Wonder Man Marvel series for Disney+

30:44 – The Penguin limited series sets Cristin Milioti as female lead Sofia Falcone (in development)

31:14 – Streaming subscription cancellations on the rise in Canada

44:52 – Sausage Party: Foodtopia series in development with original cast (eight episodes, Prime Video)

51:22 – ABC Announces The Prank Panel with Johnny Knoxville, Eric André, and Gabourey Sidibe

Reviews and Recommendayshes

55:42 – 91-Second Movie Review: All Quiet on the Western Front (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:03:38 – HotD / Rings

1:17:37 – The White Lotus S02E01 – Ciao

1:35:10 – Andor

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Pol, Bud, & Kirsten geek out about CrowdStrike, the unstoppable hype train that is Deadpool & Wolverine, Andy Samberg in a serious role, LEGO, and the ego of the director’s cut.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:49 – CrowdStrike

Coming Soon

18:08 – Deadpool & Wolverine (final trailer, in theatres FRIDAY) (Thursday night)

related: Spotify partnership

related: Marvel planted fake leaks to protect Deadpool & Wolverine cameos

related: Deadpool is coming to Disneyland

20:46 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (trailer 2, September 6)

24:38 – Joker: Folie À Deux (in theatres October 4)

27:32 – Alien: Romulus (in theatres August 16)

32:10 – Lee (in theatres September 27)

43:19 – A Different Man (in theatres September 20)

46:44 – Dune: Prophecy (teaser 2, Max series, November)

48:17 – Rebel Moon — The Director’s Cut (Netflix megamovie, August 2)

51:50 – LEGO Barad-dûr ($600 CAD)

57:24 – Lilo & Stitch set video

NOT Coming Soon

58:54 – Halo canceled after two seasons at Paramount+

Geek News Proper

59:30 – Bob Newhart, dies at 94

1:02:38 – Emmy Awards nominations

1:05:08 – The Avengers assemble to dub The Avengers in the Lakota language

1:08:20 – Hackers claim to have leaked 1.1 tb of Disney Slack messages

1:10:16 – UBC lecturer goes viral after ranking every single Disney animated film song (interview, full list in text or YouTube videos)

1:18:38 – Amazon is making it easier for members to find their Prime TV shows and movies

1:19:59 – Chromecast is now the Google TV Streamer

1:23:12 – ”Weird Al” Yankovic – Polkamania!

related: Weird Al BREAKS IT DOWN!

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:23:32 – Russo Bros. iN TaLkS to direct next two ‘Avengers’ movies (source: Variety)

1:23:50 – 24 film in early development at 20th Century, produced by Brian Grazer (source: Variety)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:24:18 – Twisters (Pol)

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We talk very old tech, recently old tech, Zelda tech, Marvel’s BAD week, and R&R some good stuff!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:14 – Gordon Moore

Coming Soon

09:31 – BlackBerry (in theatres May 12)

16:11 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (gameplay, Switch, May 12)

22:21 – Big Shark (Tommy Wiseau thing, coming soon, also underwear for some reason, article)

25:25 – Guardians 3 runtime will be 2h 29m

Geek News Proper

25:16 – Jonathan Majors arrested in NYC for assaulting girlfriend

related: U.S. Army pulls recruiting ads after Jonathan Majors’ arrest

30:20 – Victoria Alonso fired from Marvel

34:34 – Marvel S.T.A.T.I.O.N. experience temporarily closed in Burnaby (update: reopened!)

37:12 – Vincent D’Onofrio reveals Daredevil: Born Again season 2 already planned

38:03 – Questlove to direct The Aristocats remake for Disney

41:42 – Liv Tyler to returns as Betty Ross for Captain America 4

44:49 – The White Lotus Season 3 destination of Thailand REPORTEDLY revealed. AGAIN.

45:43 – Renfield director confirms that it’s a direct sequel to 1931’s Dracula

47:42 – Trey Parker to direct live-action comedy collaboration with Kendrick Lamar

49:23 – Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt join Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel

51:27 – Jeff Goldblum faced his phobia of witches while filming Wicked

51:52 – NY Times film critic A.O. Scott quits

52:26 – Twitter will take your blue checkmark on April 1 if you don’t pay

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

52:56 – Zoner Mary: John Wick 4, Mando, Picard thots, Disneyworld TRON

Reviews and Recommendayshes

54:19 – John Wick: Chapter 4 getting great reviews

55:56 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 90% and 94% on the Tomatometer??!?

1:00:48 – The Mandalorian S03E04, Chapter 20 – The Foundling

related: Jar Jar Beq

1:14:42 – Resident Evil 4 (2023 remake) (Bud)

1:18:11 – Succession S04E01 (Pol)

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Due to bonkers schedules, emotional exhaustion, and geek availability, we make the best use we can of a 40 minute lunch break to record a pod with one trailer (BUT IT’S A GOODER), two R&Rs, and three listener mailbags.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out (but not really)

13:08 – BMW i5 Flow Nostokana

Coming Soon

13:48 – The Acolyte (Star Wars series, Disney+, June the 4th be with you) (Zoner Mary)

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

24:03 – Zoner Tim: wants Moon Knight S2

24:27 – Zoner Scott: Zack Snyder’s killing Batman

24:46 – Zoner Ewan: AT-J R&H, for Kirsten re: watching your parents have sex, and of COURSE he found our original Neilson/Neeson chat

Reviews and Recommendayshes

31:07 – Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) (Bud)

32:08 – Damsel (Bud)

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The gents discuss recycling LEGO, Doctor Who, strike updates, the Superb Owl, and Old Man Scorsese again.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:38 – LEGO drops recycled blocks

Coming Soon

15:15 – Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (three hour-long BBC specials, sometime in November, Fourteenth Doctor, previously Tenth, preview of Fifteenth) (Zoner Mary) (Zoner Mary)

19:24 – Rick and Morty (Adult Swim series, season 7, October 15)

related: new (mystery) voice actors (yes, plural)

related: charges dropped

21:11 – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (in theatres November 17)

22:06 – Once Upon a Studio (Disney short film, ABC, The Wonderful World of Disney: Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration!, October 15) (Zoner Mary)

24:49 – The Marvels (”Journey to” trailer, in theatres November 10) (Zoner Mary)

25:59 – Loki (Disney+ series, season 2, ”through the years” trailer, October 5) (Zoner Mary)

27:51 – Onimusha (Netflix anime series, based on the Capcom video game, November 2)

32:40 – Old Dads (Netflix film, October 20)

Geek News Proper

36:41 – WGA, AMPTP reach historic contract agreement to end 146-day writers strike (still needs ratification)

40:29 – SAG-AFTRA authorizes a strike against the video game industry (not a strike yet)

42:57 – T̶h̶e̶ ̶F̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶H̶o̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ Usher to headline Super Bowl 2024 halftime show

51:55 – Amazon adding ads to Prime Video in 2024 unless you pay $2.99 extra

56:31 – Disney+ uPdAtInG its subscriber agreement w/ new tiers, end password sharing out-of-household

1:01:59 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get their handprints on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (September 7)

1:07:26 – Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone’s bizarre, home improvement series The Curse gets fall release date

1:08:58 – Martin Scorsese: Christopher Nolan and the Safdie brothers can ‘save cinema’ from comic book movies

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:17:27 – The Office reboot REPORTEDLY in the works with Greg Daniels (source: Consequence)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:22:24 – 91-Second Movie Review: EXPEND4BLES (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:25:33 – 91-Second Movie Review: No One Will Save You (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:29:50 – Ahsoka: Part Six: Far, Far Away

1:30:59 – Ahsoka ***SPOILERS***

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All geeks present and accounted for in Pol’s makeshift home podcast studio to remember Dylan Willows, recap the Coke-si Challenge, and end our yelling (please) about Tom Bombadil.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

33:26- VEGA anti-phishing site flooder

NOT Coming Soon

35:53 – After 41 years, Pat Sajak makes his final spin as host of Wheel of Fortune

39:50 – ”I might return to Hollywood one day.” — Evangeline Lilly

Geek News Proper

42:32 – WWDC 2024

54:59 – Spider-Man 2 but in Thomas and Friends style!

56:31 – Is The Acolyte the gayest Star Wars ever? Creator Leslye Headland says she’s “into it”

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:32 – The Lord of The Rings Extended Editions in theatres and The Bombadiloff

1:13:48 – Coke-Off

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Pol & Bud talk Ticketmaster, Captain America, popcorn buckets, abandoning ”official” podcasts, and a hell of a week in celebrity deaths.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:46 – frickin’ Ticketmaster

Coming Soon

07:22 – Captain America: Brave New World (in theatres Valentine’s Day 2025)

14:39 – Watchmen Chapter 1 (redband trailer, digital August 13)

20:10 – Deadpool & Wolverine (”Everyone,” in theatres next Thursday)

related: 3D printed ”Polverine” helmet (Zoner Spenny)

22:35 – Terminator Zero (Netflix series, August 29, which is PRETTY CLEVER)

23:45 – posters: Snow White (March 20, 2025) and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Two (just 2025) coming soon (Zoner Mary)

24:51 – Transformers S01E01 table read

27:36 – Shrek 5 will be released in theaters on July 1, 2026

31:39 – Neil Druckmann leaves Vancouver (The Last of Us S2 shooting)

35:20 – Alien: Romulus popcorn bucket

Geek News Proper

38:04 – Richard Simmons dies at 76, Shelley Duvall dies at 75, Shannen Doherty dies at 53, and Dr. Ruth dies at 96

46:16 – Alec Baldwin weeps in court as judge announces involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed midtrial

47:50 – Bud’s off of The Official Marvel Podcast (”We’ll hear from Hugh Jackman” . . . for 1m3s)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

54:40 – House of the Dragon (Pol)

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Yeah? The Flash’s CGI was intended to look like that? Mmkay, Andy. We R&R The Flash, talk bad behaviour, and salute a local teenager with connections to the Spider-Verse!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

07:14 – Bill C-18

Coming Soon

14:03 – Fable (Xbox Series X game, coming soon)

16:08 – Nimona (Netflix series, June 30)

16:35 – Kraven The Hunter (Marvel-adjacent Sony movie, October)

21:40 – One Piece (Netflix series, August 31)

22:32 – Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series first look (the Tweet / the title treatment)

Geek News Proper

26:05 – Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence charge will go to trial

28:50 – Quentin Tarantino draws the line at animal cruelty in his movies

34:24 – Why did the missing titanic sub use a $40 video game controller?

40:24 – Saanich teen’s software (plugin) featured in blockbuster Spider-Verse movie (Zoner Jes)

42:10 – Mike Judge announces new Adult Swim series Common Side Effects

44:03 – Fate of The Idol up in the air amid criticism of The Weeknd’s egomaniacal behavior

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

47:39 – Zoner Mary: Doctor Who and more

Reviews and Recommendayshes

51:41 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Flash And Batman And Supergirl And Batman Also And The Flash (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

related: performing below expectations

1:10:15 – Van Gogh Victoria

1:20:13 – Black Mirror (Joan is Awful & Beyond The Sea) (Pol)

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In a little shortyboi pod (and, after some technical difficulties), Pol, Bud, & Kirsten chat Gladiator II (No Dumb Colons), the Longlegs mystery, and what we’re NOT watching because it’s summer.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:48 – Nike killing Adapt BB app

Coming Soon

11:44 – Agatha All Along (Disney+ series, September 18)

14:25 – Gladiator II (No Stupid Subtitle) (in theatres November 22) (Zoner Mary)

18:20 – Severance (Apple TV+ series, S2 date announcement, January 17)

20:41 – Deadpool & Wolverine & The Bachlorette? (in theatres July 26)

21:16 – Time Bandits (Apple TV+ series, July 24)

24:34 – Longlegs (in theatres July 12, IMDB/possible spoilers)

27:02 – Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount+ series, August 9)

28:40 – AfrAId (in theatres August 30)

29:55 – Anthony Mackie in the new Cap suit

Geek News Proper

31:25 – Jon Landau, Titanic & Avatar producer, dies at 63

32:22 – Neil Gaiman bad?

33:00 – Inside Out 2 good?

Reviews and Recommendayshes

35:27 – The Boys

Extro!

37:00 – What we’re NOT watching because it’s summer

40:12 – Baseball, tho’

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A mini-pod pre-Capital City Comic Con! Pol suggests a time to record, but shockingly only Bryan and Kirsten are in this podcast! Catch us Saturday, September 24 LIVE at 5:15pm Capital City Comic Con. 

Geek News Proper

03:19 – Bryan's Marvel Follow Up From Last Ep

14:53 – She Hulk

24:14 – Johnny Storm and other Fantastic 4 Stuff

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The geeks (sans Art) talk Tears of the Kingdom, Beetlejuice 2 realness, Wes Anderson trailer fakeness, more WGA updates, and a coupla business stories (Microsoft/Vice Media) as a treat.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:15 – Tears of the Kingdom

related: Hillside Gamestop lineup

related: Goddess statues pop up in Brazil

related: ”Rediscover your sense of adventure” TotK commercial

related and stupid: A speedrunner has beaten TotK in 94 minutes

Coming Soon

19:09 – Haunted Mansion (trailer, in theatres July 28) (Zoner Mary)

21:11 – Dead City (six-episode The Walking Dead spinoff, AMC, June 18)

26:04 – Arnold (Netflix three-part documentary, June 7)

26:52 – Secret Invasion (featurette, Marvel series, Disney+, June 21)

27:26 – The Whimsical Fellowship: A Lord of The Rings Story (Curious Refuge)

related: The Matrix by Wes Anderson (not Curious Refuge)

related: Wes Anderson by American Express

29:16 – Marvel series news: Loki S2 starts October 6. All Echo episodes drop November 29.

Geek News Proper

30:51 – 2 Beetle 2 Juice: cast addition and release date (September 6, 2024)

36:13 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie is on digital now (odd Google Play pricing)

37:53 – Guardians Vol. 3 box office

related: FAKE CHRIS PRATT

related: Guardians Vol. 3 breaks world record for most prosthetics in a film with 22,500-plus pieces

49:41 – Michael J. Fox decided to retire after watching Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (and only recently realized that he’s ”really good” in Back to the Future) (STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, streaming now on Apple TV+)

56:44 – WGA update: The Tony Awards will go on without writers or pickets (original update)

related: Jimmy Fallon puts his non-writing staff on ‘unpaid leave of absence’ during strike

1:05:21 – Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard approved by EU (UK CMA response, US FTC next)

1:08:51 – Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:11:20 – Zoner Ewan: Cap suit, strong wills

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:15:09 – 91-Second Movie Review: The Mother (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:20:59 – Come From Away (Pol)

1:24:13 – Renfield (Kirsten & Bryan)

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Pol, Kirsten, & Bud chat deepfakes, Death Stranding, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and the Grammy Awards. We definitely didn't discuss password sharing. Definitely not.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:08 – deepfake executives

Coming Soon

09:08 – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (PS5, 2025, Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Elle Fanning, Troy Baker)

related: Kojima Productions announces a new action/espionage game (beginning after DS2 releases, working with Sony, working title Physint, no further details)

12:31 – Road House (Prime Video film, Doug Liman, March 21)

14:17 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch game, February 16, demo available now) (Zoner Ewan)

14:56 – Cobra Kai (Netflix series, S6 production trailer)

15:58 – Mainstream (in theatres and VOD May 7, Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff, Johnny Knoxville, Jason Schwartzman)

19:19 – Cat Person (Hulu movie, February 9) (stars Geraldine Viswanathan, who takes over from Ayo Edebiri in Thunderbolts, and Emilia Jones, who auditioned to be Rhaenyra Targaryen in HotD)

22:50 – Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (December, dropped Groundhog Day)

24:18 – IF (in theatres, May 17)

related: Stopping Bad Actors with Tommy Wiseau (1Password, Maximum Effort)

28:26 – True Detective: Night Country episode 5 to debut early this week due to the Super Bowl (February 9, 6:00 pm PT)

30:49 – Universal Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort (Florida, 2025, Celestial Park, HTTYDragon: Isle of Berk, Dark Universe, The Wizarding World of HP: Ministry of Magic, Super Nintendo World)

32:55 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (September 6)

35:00 – Quentin Tarantino will reunite with Brad Pitt for The Movie Critic

36:18 – Donald Glover confirms the Community movie script is ”done”

37:58 – Catherine O’Hara joins The Last of Us S2 in secret role

39:23 – Jack Black joins Jason Momoa in Minecraft movie (Zoner Spenny)

Geek News Proper

40:35 – Carl Weathers dies at 76

46:09 – The 66th annual Grammy Awards

related: Boygenius hiatus: ”We’re going away for the foreseeable future”

58:02 – Hulu/Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:20 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Bud)

1:04:27 – Curb Your Enthusiasm (the final season)

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Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and Art get sidetracked a lot, review ten thousand trailers even though we DIDN’T miss a week, and muscle right past silly Zoom room time limits.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:06 – EU Digital Identity Wallet

Coming Soon

13:04 – Bando Stone & The New World (coming soon, also serves as one of his two final albums as Childish Gambino)

17:50 – Cobra Kai (season 6 PART 1, Netflix series, July 18) (Zoner Mary & Zoner Darren)

18:57 – Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video animated series, S1 trailer, scheduled for August 1, originally a CN/Max series)

20:45 – Here (dir: Robert Zemeckis, in theatres November 15)

23:57 – Hawk-tu-update

27:29 – Trap (trailer 2, in theatres August 2)

31:26 – Flight Risk (in theatres October 18)

34:44 – Clear Cut (in theatres and VOD July 19)

36:44 – My Old Ass (in theatres September 13)

40:10 – Jackpot! (Prime Video movie, August 15)

42:23 – Red One (Prime Video movie, November 15)

52:51 – Kevin Feige announces Fantastic Four’s filming start date and confirms its period setting (source: The Official Marvel Podcast) (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

55:56 – Martin Mull dies at 80 and Bill Cobbs dies at 90

Reviews and Recommendayshes

58:50 – Rusty’s Retirement (Bud)

1:02:14 – House of the Dragon

1:05:46 – Gen V

1:06:46 – The Acolyte

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Before Art jets off to Thailand, we chat about flying cars, Echo and Kingpin, damn dirty apes, radioactive kaiju, the troubles of modern Marvel, and the penultimate episode of Loki S2.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:06 – Jetson ONE (literally from the future)

Coming Soon

16:44 – Echo (Disney+ series, January 10, all episodes, Disney+ AND Hulu, poster) (Zoner Mary)