Podcast: Futingling (S02E65)

Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 65.  If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geeky 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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Movies in Theaters This Week

• Silence (d. Martin Scorsese) w/ Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson
• Patriot’s Day (d. Peter Berg) w/ Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michelle Monaghan
• Live By Night (d. Ben Affleck) w/ Ben, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper, Titus Welliver
• Sleepless (d. Baran bo Odar) w/ Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, T.I., Dermot Mulroney, David Harbour, Gabrielle Union
• The Bye Bye Man (d. Stacy Title) w/ Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Doug Jones
• 100 Streets (d. Jim O’Hanlon) w/ Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Ryan Gage
• The Book of Love (d. Bill Purple) w/ Jason Sudeikis, Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen, Maisie Williams, Paul Reiser, Orlando Jones

 

Movies / TV to Buy

• The Accountant
• Deepwater Horizon
• Kevin Hart: What Now?
• The Birth of a Nation
• Homeland (S5)
• Mr. Robot (S2)

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• J.J. Abrams says he’s done making reboots – [people]
• Tom Hardy wants back in the Mad Max sequels – [superherohype]
• Will Smith has eyes on Disney’s live-adaptation of Dumbo, could derail Bad Boys 3 – [collider]
• A mystery trailer from A24 has folks guessing at it’s meaning – [collider]

 

TV  / Streaming News

• Voltron Legendary Defender season 2 trailer – [thenerdfu]
• Fox Entertainment President David Madden is hopeful for more X-Files episodes in 2018, ideally more than just six – [cbr]
• Charmed reboot in the works at The CW – [thr]
• Santa Clarita Diet starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant coming to Netflix in February – [collider]
• Constantine resurrected as an animated series on the CW Seed – [thr]

 

 

• PAX SOUTH [Jan 27 – 29] @ Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX
  • Tickets: 3-Day Sold Out | Fri – Sun $35
  • No guest / panel info yet
• EMERALD CITY COMICON [Mar 2 – 5] @ Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA
  • Tickets: 4-Day Sold Out | Thur $20 | Fri & Sun $40 | Sat Sold Out
  • Guests include: Anna Silk, Jon Bernthal, Millie Bobby Brown, Peter Mayhew, MIchael Rooker, Stan Lee, Robert Englund, Shannon Purser aka BARB from Stranger Things,
• PAX EAST [Mar 10 – 12] @ Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
  • Tickets: ALL TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT
  • No guest / panel info yet
• SXSW [Mar 10 – 19] in Austin, TX pretty much in the whole city
  • Tickets: As of now until Jan 13 – Music, Film, or Interactive badges each $1125 | Platinum badge $1450 ***Prices increase after Jan 13 to Feb 10 then even more onsite
  • Guests include: WAY too many to list but here’s the link for all the info you can handle
• WONDERCON [Mar 31 – Apr 2] moved back to the Anaheim Convention Center in California
  • Tickets: 3-Day $65 | Fri & Sat $30 | Sun $18 ***Must be register or use your Comic-Con registration info***
  • No guest / panel info yet
• C2E2 [Apr 21 – 23] @ South Building at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL
  • Tickets: 3-Day $70 | Fri $30 | Sat $40 | Sun $35
  • Guests include: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Stan Lee,  Evanna Lynch, Jon Bernthal, Millie Bobby Brown, David Yost, Walter Brown