Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
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Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 33. 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
- Keanu (d. Peter Atencio) w/ Key & Peele, Method Man, Luis Guzman, Will Forte
- Mother’s Day (d. Garry Marshall) w/ Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Olyphant
- Green Room (d. Jeremy Saulnier) w/ Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart
- Term Life ( d. Peter Billingsley) w/ Jon Favreau, Hailee Steinfeld, Taraji P. Henson, Vince Vaughn, Bill Paxton, Terrence Howard, Mike Epps
- The Family Fang (d. Jason Bateman) w/ Christopher Walken, Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn,
- Stephen King’s It gets final release date, Will Poulter rumored to be Pennywise, maybe 2 films – [dailydead]
- Final X-Men: Apocalypse trailer gives a glimpse of the long-awaited character reveal – [collider]
- Nathan Fillion in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – [collider]
- Neill Blomkamp released a 27 year old Newt concept drawing for his (if it’s gets made) Alien movie – [collider]
TV
- Amazon Prime splits up Prime and Prime Video subscriptions – [thenerdfu]
- New Preacher cast photos make sinning look good – [superherohype]
- New companion revealed for Doctor Who – [cnet]
- Twin Peaks full cast list – [collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate April Unboxing of “Quest” – [thenerdfu]
- Aliens 30th Anniversary Crate by Loot Crate and 20th Century Fox – [thenerdfu]
Funko Information
- Aliens ReAction and POP!s – [thenerdfu]
- Harry Potter Mystery Minis – [thenerdfu]
- DOOM GameStop Exclusives – [thenerdfu]
- Warcraft 2 Pack – [thenerdfu]
- Hot Topic April Exclusives now available online (we hope!) – thenerdfu
- Aliens Warrior Drone ArtFX+ Statue – [entertainmentearth]
- Marvel Heroes Assemble Play-Doh with Can Heads – [entertainmentearth]
- Spaceballs LEGO set – [ideas.lego.com]
- New Star Wars Bags & Wallets by Loungefly – [amazon]
- Rocket League Hoops out now
- Gears of Wars 4 DLC Pass is $50, includes A LOT – [gamespot]
- Nintendo announces NX console to launch March 2017 worldwide – [gamespot]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #421, (Top 5 : #59) which includes a Daredevil title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Kill Box #1
- Harley Quinn #27
- Avengers Standoff Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega #1 – possible intro of new character
- Micronauts #1
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- Ottawa Comic Con [May 13 – 15] – added: Tom Payne
- MegaCon [May 26 – 29] – canceled: Norman Reedus
- Space City Comic Con [May 27 – 29] – added: Laura Vandervoot, C. Thomas Howell, Drea De Matteo, Julian Glover
- Fan Expo Dallas [Jun 3 – 5] – no updates
- Comicpalooza [Jun 17 – 19] – added: Peter Mayhew, William Hope, Ricco Ross, Daniel Kash – cancelled: Lance Henricksen
- RTX [July 1 – 3] – no updates
- SDCC [July 21 – 24] – no updates
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9] – no updates
