Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 52. 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
- Masterminds (d. Jared Hess) w/ Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Jones
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (d. Tim Burton) w/ Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Rupert Everett
- Deepwater Horizon (d. Peter Berg) w/ Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, James DuMont, Douglas M. Griffin, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich, Ethan Suplee
Movies / TV to Buy
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
- The Shallows
- The Neon Demon
- Central Intelligence
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople
- Warcraft
- Highlander (30th Anniversary)
- Grimm (Season 5)
- Stan Lee has already filmed his next four Marvel cameos – [collider]
- Doctor Strange confirmed to appear in Avengers: Infinity War – [collider]
- Sam Neill says Alan Grant not returning for Jurassic World 2 – [superherohype]
- New Jumanji film will focus on a video game that their characters are sucked into – [collider]
TV News
- Producer Shawn Levy says Stranger Things season 2 is “next-level, crazy stuff” – [collider]
- Hulu/Marvel’s Runaways TV series recruits Marvel/Netflix Iron Fist screenwriter Tamara Becher – [comicbook]
- Daredevil season 3 might not hit the small screen until 2018 – [comicbook]
- New to Amazon Prime for October – [ign]
- The Strain renewed for fourth and final season on FX – [collider]
- Magnum P.I. spin-off headed to ABC – [collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate – NEW (Sep) SPEED
- Next Box (Oct) HORROR
- Firefly Cargo Crate – (Sep) LEAF ON THE WIND
- Next Box (Nov) Unknown
- Marvel Collector Corps
- Next Box (Oct) DOCTOR STRANGE
- DC Legion of Collectors
- Next Box (Nov) BATMAN VILLAINS
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty
- Next Box (Nov) ROGUE ONE
Funko Information
- NYCC 2016 Reveals
- Toy Tokyo Exclusives
- Star Wars Rebels Pop!s
- The Dark Crystal ReAction
- Deadpool 3D Deco Light x 3D Light FX – [thenerdfu]
- Marvel Spider-Man Sling Backpack (ThinkGeek Exclusive) – [thenerdfu]
- Full Beta details revealed for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – [ign]
- Bioshock fan gets real life “bottle service” – [ign]
- Assassin’s Creed film director teases Fassbender’s co-star and sequel possibilities – [gamespot]
- Naughty Dog to have a sale celebration for The Last of Us game and it’s DLC content – [gamespot]
- Buy an Xbox One S, get an extra free game – [gamespot]
- Halo 5 to get more content – [gamespot]
- Rocket League’s “AquaDome” coming in October – [thenerdfu]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #443, (Top 5: #81) which includes a Deathstroke #3 title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Hillbilly #3
- Vikings Uprising #1
- Surgeon X #1
- X-O Manowar #50
- Generation Zero #2
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9] – Added: Stan Lee Creators Round Table w/ Chris Claremont, Walt Simonsson (moderated by Kevin Smith), Westworld Panel, world premiere of Trollhunters by Gullermo del Toro, Voltron season 2 sneak peek, Teen Wolf
- MONDOCON [Oct 22 – 23] – No updates
- WALKER STALKER CON [Oct 28 – 30] – No changes
