Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 44. 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
- Suicide Squad (d. David Ayer) w/ Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Adam Beach, with Ben Affleck, Scott Eastwood, Common, and Ezra Miller
Movies / TV to Buy
- Keanu
- The Lobster
- Mother’s Day
- High-Rise
- Lazer Team
- Blacklist – S3
- Blindspot – S1
- Mark Ruffalo completes his part for THOR: RAGNAROK – [superherohype]
- Disney preps to reboot THE ROCKETEER – [superherohype]
- James Gunn explains why the reveal of Star -Lord’s father isn’t a spoiler – [superherohype]
- SPLASH remake with Channing Tatum and Jillian Bell – [collider]
- Jeff Bridges wants to see two sequels to THE BIG LEBOWSKI – [collider]
TV
- POWERS canceled by Playstation Network – [ign]
- STRANGER THINGS creators on how season 1 ended and where season 2 will go (maybe) – [ign]
- DEADWOOD movie not dead – [collider]
- GAME OF THRONES to end after season 8 – [hollywoodtake]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate NEW (July) FUTURISTIC
- Next Box (Aug) ANTI-HERO
- Loot Gaming NEW (June) ARENA
- Next Box (July) STRANDED
- Marvel Collector Corps – Next Box themed SPIDER-MAN (Aug)
- DC Legion of Collectors – Next Box themed WOMEN OF DC (Sept)
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty NEW (July) JABBA’S PALACE
- Next Box (Sept) DEATH STAR
Funko Information
- Doctor Strange
- Star Wars Wobblers – Princess Leia & Boba Fett
- Pop! Rocks – Amy Winehouse & Lemmy Kilmister
- Pop! Pets
- Fallout Vault Boy – Toughness Dorbz
- Gears of War
- Escape from New York poster by Matt Ferguson x Grey Matter Art – [thenerdfu]
- Suicide Squad x Metals Die Cast – [thenerdfu]
- Spider-Man backpacks x MadPax – [thinkgeek]
- 11 fans who love OVERWATCH so much, they got inked – [kotaku]
- OVERWATCH gets ROCKET LEAGUE-like Summer Games mode – [kotaku]
- DOOM’S first DLC – Unto the Evil – now available – [ign]
- Cortana now working via headset on Xbox One / Xbox One S – [gottabemobile]
- XBox One S deconstructed – [gamespot]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #435, (Top 5: #73) which includes a Suicide Squad Rebirth title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Hillbilly #2
- 4001 AD War Mother #1
- Dishonored #1
- Harley Quinn #1
- Kill or Be Killed #1
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- WIZARD WORLD AUSTIN [Sept 23 – 25] – Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Sebastian Stan, Danny Trejo
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9] – Applications are now live for the Eastern Championships of Cosplay, Impractical Jokers are back Thursday at NYCC
- MONDOCON [ Oct 22 – 23 ] – Tickets on sale now, exhibitor layout is live
- WALKER STALKER CON [Oct 28 – 30 ] – TWD guests: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus & more, other guests include Robert Englund, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst & more
