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Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 13. If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geekie news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
“As always”, 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
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II (D: Francis Lawrence) – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchinson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson …
- The Night Before (D: Jonathan Levine) – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan …
- Home Alone turns 25 – The cast then and now [Huffington Post]
- Star Wars / Neverending Story mashup trailer [Nerd Fu]
- The Dark Tower – Matthew McConaughey eyed for a lead role [Collider]
- Fast & Furious getting the ‘Marvel Treatment’ [Collider]
- Zoolander 2 trailer [YouTube]
TV
- Daredevil Season 2 teaser trailer [slashfilm.com]
- Better Call Saul Season 2 premiere date set [AMC]
- Kurt Sutter has cancelled The Bastard Executioner … himself [Collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Anime BRAWL – Subscriptions available now.
- Loot Crate (November 2015) COMBAT – Final day to sign up 11/19. – SIGN UP NOW
- Smuggler’s Bounty (JAN) – Theme revealed – “The Resistance”
Funko/Vinyl Sugar Information
- Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz DORBZ (FEB)
- Oscar the Grouch Exclusive Pop! (JAN)
- Kung Fu Panda – Flocked Po Funko Pop! Exclusive (JAN)
- Materializing Tardis Revealed (???)
- Swamp Thing Pop!’s up for Pre-Order (MAY)
- Daredevil Netflix Series Pop!’s Coming Soon (???) – Daredevil Masked Vigilante, Daredevil in Red, Matt Murdock, Wilson Fisk
** Stay tuned for details and pre-order information - New Spider-Man Walgreens Exclusive Pop!’s (???) – GITD Black Suit Spider-Man, Iron Spider, Taskmaster, Green Goblin
- GameStop + Funko Black Friday Mystery Boxes – Your chance at exclusives, including the super-rare Golden Pop!’s
- Fallout 4 – Does Crafting Make Fallout 4 Too Overwhelming? [IGN]
- COD Black Ops 3 – Mannequin Easter Egg
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #398 is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Huck #1
- Batman Europa #1
- Ms Marvel #1
- Star Wars Vader Down #1
- Hero Hourly #1
- Six #1
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- New Orleans Wizard World [Jan 8 – 10] – added: Chris Evans, Hayley Attwell, Frank Grillo & Jeremy Renner!
- nothing too wild this week
Glad I’ve finally found something I agree with!
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