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If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerd/geek news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Every week 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
- San Andreas (D: Brad Peyton) – The Rock, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes …
- Aloha (D: Cameron Crowe) – Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin …
- Results (D: Andrew Bujalski) – Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi …
Movies to Buy This Week
- Seventh Son (D: Sergei & Sergey Bodrov) – Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore
- The Loft (D: Erik Van Looy) – Karl Urban, James Marsden
- Cut Bank (D: Matt Shakman) – Billiy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, Oliver Platt
- The Legend of Conan still has no release date, but script is in [Collider]
- Channing Tatum talks Gambit‘s origin shift [IGN]
- George Miller’s abandoned Justice League Mortal movie to get documentary [Collider]
- A black/white version of Mad Max: Fury Road will be on the Blu-ray [Collider]
- Robert Rodriguez to direct Jonny Quest Movie [Collider]
- Is Jaden Smith starring in Static Shock? [Collider]
- New international trailer for Fantastic Four – Josh Trank takes to Twitter to debunk reshoot rumors [Collider]
- More images of The Martian featuring Matt Damon Surviving Ridley Scott’s Red Planet [Collider]
- New Captain America: Civil War set photos reveal Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr. [Collider]
- Paramount’s World War Z sequel gets a Summer 2017 release date [Collider]
- Point Break [YouTube]
TV
- David Duchovny says new X-Files script made him cry [EW]
- Arrow‘s plans to include Harley story axed by the CW due to Suicide Squad film [IGN]
- Twin Peaks Season 3 gets an expanded 18-episode order [Collider]
- Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen won’t return as Michelle Turner in Full House [Collider]
- FX orders Kurt Sutter’s The Bastard Executioner to series [Collider]
Funko Information
- GITD YellowJacket Exclusive Pop! from Amazon.com [Nerd Fu]
- PX Flocked Ravager Rocket Racoon Pop! SDCC Exclusive revealed [EntertainmentEarth]
- God of War Fear Kratos Pop! Exclusive [GameStop]
- Tangled Pop!’s coming soon [PopVinyls]
- Gremlins ReAction Figures [Nerd Fu]
- Mopeez coming in August [EntertainmentEarth]
- Hasbro SDCC 2015 Exclusive Devastator [SDCC Unofficial Blog]
- Hot Toys Mark XLV Iron Man Figure [IGN]
- The Walking Dead – Michonne Sling Bag [EntertainmentEarth]
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer TITANS [EntertainmentEarth]
- Loot Crate – May Unboxing/Reveal [Nerd Fu]
- Get your own Star Wars Battle Pod [IGN]
- Halo 3: ODST MCC Release Date Placeholder Debacle [IGN]
- This weeks Witcher 3 FREE DLC Revealed by CD Project Red [Gamespot]
- Rise of the Tomb Raider will be a Xbox “timed” exclusive [Gamespot]
- Until Dawn adds Peter Stormare [Gamespot]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #373 is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Captain Canuck #1
- Infinity Gauntlet #1
- Inferno #1
- Providence #1
- Secret Wars 2099 #1
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- Fan Expo Dallas [May 29 to May 31] – Matt Smith was added and then removed again 🙁
- ATX Television Festival [June 4 to 7] – added: Dinosaurs, Dream On
- SDCC [July 9 to 12] – Nerd HQ news – move to New Children’s Museum.
Check out the latest via the SDCC Unofficial Blog - Space City Comic Con [July 24-26] – added: Deborah Estell Philips & Zach McGowan
- RTX [Aug 7 to 9] – no updates
- MondoCon [Oct 3 to 4] – no updates
- WalkerStalker Con – Atlanta [Oct 30 to Nov 1] – no updates
- “Robot Baby Costume” – R2-D2 Onesie and Hat from The Wishing Elephant
- Virus Vodka
