Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
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Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 22. If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geekie news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Every week (mostly), 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 WILD CARD (our catch-all, random stuff category).
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Here are links to SOME of the awesome nerdy stuff we covered on the podcast. Not all of the things, but most of the stuff that you might wanna throw your money at.
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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Lazer Team (d. Matt Hellum) w/ Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn and more of the RT Crew
- The Finest Hours (d. Craig Gillespie) w/ Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, Ben Foster, Eric Bana
- Jane Got a Gun (d. Gavin O’Connor) w/ Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Joel Edgerton, Bradley Cooper
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (d. Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh) w/ voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J.K. Simmons
New to Buy – Blue-ray/Digital
- Die Hard – ‘Shedding Light on the new film’ – [Nerd Fu]
- Blade Runner 2 – Officially starts filming in July – [Collider]
- Disney chairman Bob Iger says Star Wars / Marvel films will go on forever – [Superherohype]
- New teaser for Finding Dory – [Collider]
TV
- Luke Cage – Tweet with image of folders teases Luke Cage in November – premiere date? Makes sense [Collider]
- Doctor Who – Showrunner Steven Moffat to Step Down after Season 10 – Chibnall (Boradchurch) steps in [Collider]
- Agents of SHIELD spinoff Marvel’s Most Wanted casts Delroy Lindo as Dominic Fortune – [THR]
- Woody Allen Amazon series – Miley Cyrus returns to TV & will star alongside Woody in the 6 part series [Collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Smuggler’s Bounty (JAN) “The Resistance” – Reveal/Unbox live on site + Teaser for theme of next box “Cantina”
- Loot Crate (JAN) “Invasion” – Reveal/Unbox live on site + Teaser for theme of FEB box “DEAD”
- Legion of Collectors (MAR) “Batman v Superman” – Debut box contains an exclusive Armored Batman Pop!
Funko Information
- Pac-Man Pop! [MAR] – Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Blinky, Inky, Pinky, Clyde, Blue Ghost [Ent Earth]
- Mystery Minis – Best of Anime 2 [APRIL] – One Piece, Bleach, Dragonball Z, Naruto, Death Note [Ent Earth]
- New Pens and Pins – Deadpool Pens (FEB – Classic Red, X-Force Gray, Black Suit), The Force Awakens Pens (MARCH – BB-8, KyloRen, Phasma, 1st Order Stormtrooper), Star Wars Pins (NOW – C-3PO, Stormtrooper, Yoda) [Ent Earth]
- Floating Millennium Falcon – [Ent Earth]
- Star Wars Bouquets – [ThinkGeek]
- Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile Bookends – [Ent Earth]
- Kylo Ren – Egg Attack –[Ent Earth]
- Halo 5 – Infinity’s Armory is here (Arena map – Riptide, Warzone Assault Map – Urban, Halo 2 Battle Rifle, NEW Reqs, New armor, NEW Assassinations) + Josh Holmes (343) confirmed on Twitter that Infection & Ball mode (Assault, Grifball, Oddball) coming soon. – [HaloWayPoint]
- Payday creator working on new co-op FPS – [IGN]
- Star Wars Battlefront Update – FREE content includes new maps for multiplayer and Missions modes, introduction of Private Matches, new Hero outfits & more. Season Pass will introduce a wealth of fresh content set across exciting new locations including Bespin, the Death Star & more. [StarWars.EA.com]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #408, which includes a couple of Star Wars titles, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Faith #1
- Bloodshot Returns #10 – new story arc
- Deadpool and Cable Split Second #2 – first appearance of Loop
- Henchgirl #4 – sold out
- Harbinger #1 (1992) – First appearance of Zephyr (Faith)
- …. and many, many more
- Boxes in Action – Kickstarter for Artist Signature Series – Johnny Segura UPDATE: 18 backers, $673/$3,500, 22 days to go
Conventions
- PAX South [Jan 29 – 31] – Schedule is live! 3-Day tickets sold out! Saturday sold out! Friday and Sunday still available….for now.
- Dallas Fan Days [Feb 13 – 14] – added: Austin St. John (the original Red Power Ranger)
- NY Toy Fair [Feb 13 – 16]
- C2E2 [Mar 18 – 20]
- Emerald City Comic Con [April 7 – 10]
- Ottawa Comic Con [May 13-15]
- MegaCon [May 26 – 29]
- Space City Comic Con [May 27 – 29]
- Fan Expo Dallas [Jun 3 – 5]
- Comicpalooza [Jun 17 – 19]
- RTX [July 1 – 3]
- SDCC [July 21 – 24]
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9]
