NerdFu Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to season 3 of the Nerd Fu podcast – Episode 20. If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geeky news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Every week (for the most part), we bring you the latest in Nerd News, including SCREENSHOT (movies & tv), STOCKPILE (collectibles), HIGH SCORE (gaming), COMICS n CONS (that one explains itself) and FU-BITS (our catch-all, random stuff category).
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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Ocean’s 8 (d. Gary Ross) w/ Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Elliott Gould, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham-Carter, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, Dakota Fanning
- Hotel Artemis (d. Drew Pearce) w/ Dave Bautista, Jodie Foster, Jeff Goldblum, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella
- Hereditary (d. Ari Aster) w/ Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne
- (limited) Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (d. Morgan Neville) w/ Joanne Rogers
- (limited) Hearts Beat Loud (d. Brett Haley) w/ Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Blythe Danner
Movies / TV to Buy
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Death Wish
- The Last Ship (S4)
- South Park (S21)
- Game of Thrones 4K (S1)
- The first trailer for Bumblebee drops – [thenerdfu]
- Ralph Breaks the Internet trailer is here – [thenerdfu]
- The new trailer for the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse looks amazing – [youtube]
- Sony’s Silver & Black film gets delayed indefinitely – [superherohype]
- The official voice cast list is revealed for the upcoming animated film The Addams Family – [ew]
- Val Kilmer has reportedly signed on for the Top Gun sequel – [nerdist]
- Donald Glover and Ezra Miller make the short list of actors for Willy Wonka reboot – [bleedingcool]
- Jared Leto’s Joker set for standalone film – [collider]
TV / Streaming News
- The final run of Gotham may have just 10 episodes – [collider]
- Patrick Steward hints at a Star Trek Discovery appearance – [screenrant]
- Joss Whedon’s new comedy series is Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective – [screenrant]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate (Jun) COLOSSAL – deadline 6/19
- Firefly Cargo Crate (Jul) GOING MAD – deadline 7/15
Funko Reveals
- Specialty Series: Wolfman Pop! – The Nightmare Before Christmas (Summer)
- Dig ‘Em Frog Pop! – Ad Icons (Now)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Vynl 2-Pack (August)
- Altered Beast 8-Bit Pop! + Gamestop Exclusive (August)
Funko Retailer Exclusives
- Hot Topic:
- FYE:
- BAM:
- Costco:
- Walgreens:
- Box Lunch:
- TRU:
- Walmart:
- GameStop:
- Entertainment Earth:
The Stash-N-Cache
- Breaking Bad RV Incense Burner – [thenerdfu]
- Guardians of the Galaxy from Grey Matter Art – [thenerdfu]
- State of Decay 2 big 1.2 patch – [ign]
- The new Atari VCS console hits $2.7M of it’s $100K goal on Indiegogo – [indiegogo]
- Fortnite coming to the Nintendo Switch is possible – [theverge]
- Tetris Effect is a new game from the creator of Rez and Lumines – [ign]
Comic Book News ( Hot Picks of the Week #529, Top 5 #167 ) which includes Immortal Hulk #1, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up! — news brought to you by Trending Pop Culture ( formerly ‘Invest Comics’)
- Spawn #286
- Brother Nash #1
- Vagrant Queen #1
- Infinity Countdown #4
