Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to season 3 of the Nerd Fu podcast – Episode 19. If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geeky news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Every week (for the most part), 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 FU-BITS (our catch-all, random stuff category).
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Here are links to SOME of the awesome nerdy stuff we covered on the podcast. Not all of the things, but most of the stuff that you might wanna throw your money at. Support your “Nerd Needs” by supporting Nerd Fu and use the links we’ve provided below. For most of them, we get a little referral when/if you purchase.
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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Action Point (d. Tim Kirby) w/ Johnny Knoxville, Susan Yeagley, Johnny Pemberton, Brigette Lundy-Paine
Movies / TV to Buy
- Annihilation
- Jennifer Garner returns to kicking some butt in the new trailer for Peppermint – [collider]
- The top 10 scores from John Williams – [collider]
- Jamie Foxx is set to star in the Spawn reboot – [ign]
- Universal wins distribution rights for Bond 25 – [ign]
- Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes start filming Jay & Silent Bob Reboot this summer – [huffingtonpost]
TV / Streaming News
- Rosario Dawson’s time in the Marvel Universe may be coming to an end – [cbr]
- Andrew Lincoln to exit The Walking Dead after the upcoming season – [deadline]
- The Crow reboot loses Jason Momoa and director Corin Hardy – [ign]
- Making Fun: The Story of Funko is now available on Netflix – [funko]
- Matt Groening gives fans a first look at his new series called Disenchantment – [ign]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate (Jun) COLOSSAL – deadline 6/19
- Firefly Cargo Crate (Jul) GOING MAD – deadline 7/15
Funko Reveals
- Pan’s Labyrinth – Pop! & Dorbz (August)
- I Love Lucy – Pop! – with exclusives at Target and Barnes & Noble (August)
- Gargoyles – Pop! & Pop! Keychains – with a bunch of exclusives (July)
- Sulley & Dumbo – Pocket Pop! Keychains (June)
- Tony Hawk – Pop! (September)
Funko Retailer Exclusives
- Hot Topic:
- FYE:
- BAM:
- Costco:
- Walgreens:
- Box Lunch:
- TRU:
- Walmart:
- GameStop:
- Entertainment Earth:
The Stash-N-Cache
- Far Cry 5 limited edition The Father glasses x Gunnar Optiks – [gamestop]
- Nintendo 2DS XL Hylian Shield edition – [gamestop]
- Iron Spider Cosbaby – [shopdisney]
- Mega Man retro game cartridges – [iam9bit]
- Bethesda drops the teaser trailer for its new Fallout game titled Fallout 76 – [gamespot]
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be the next game in the Ubisoft franchise – [ign]
- James Marsden gets cast for Sonic the Hedgehog movie – [ign]
Comic Book News ( Hot Picks of the Week #528, Top 5 #165 ) which includes Batgirl #23, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up! — news brought to you by Trending Pop Culture ( formerly ‘Invest Comics’)
- Invincible Iron Man #600
- Ricanstruction Reminiscing Rebuilding Puerto Rico
- Champions #20
- Infinity Countdown Darkhawk #1
Conventions
- E3 in LA – June 12 – 14
- Tickets – “Gamer Pass” now on sale | 3 Day $249
- SDCC News – Mondo Print – 2018 Souvenir Book cover, featuring the 10th anniversary of the MCU, illustrated by Matt Taylor.
The cover will also be available as an exclusive print
The 8-color, silkscreen print is 24” wide by 36” tall, presented on 100 lb. paper, and is of the highest quality.
Each print is numbered by the printer, and signed by the artist!
Only those with a Comic-Con 2018 attendee badge associated with their Comic-Con Member ID account are
eligible to participate. You must also be age 13 or older to participate. Eligible attendees may submit interest
beginning June 1, 2018. The deadline to submit interest in purchasing a Mondo print is June 7, 2018 at 12:00 PM
(noon) PDT. Log in to your Member ID account then select the “Exclusives” tab to load the Exclusives Portal to
submit interest!
– Factory Entertainment is slowly revealing their exclusives – GOT House Sigil Wine Stoppers, Stark Family
Direwolf Cubs Plush, Back to the Future III Time Circuit keychain, Wonder Woman God Killer Sword Prop Replica,
Batman Heavy Metals Miniature
– Rocket League Birthday Party – Rocket League turns three in July and we’re having a HUGE party at
@PetcoPark to celebrate! Join us @GameOverGreggy and the @KindaFunnyVids gang on July 19 in San Diego
for live music, meet & greets, Rocket League action and more! More info coming soon! #RL3B #SaveTheDate
• MondoCon – there will be NO 2018 show. Mondocon 5 (Austin) will be Sept 14th and 15th, 2019 at the Palmer
Events Center in Downtown Austin. More info coming at the end of the year.
