Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 55. 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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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.
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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (d. Edward Zwick) w/ Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (d. Greg Mottola) w/ Gal Gadot, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Dunn
- Ouija: Origin of Evil (d. Mike Flanagan) w/ Henry Thomas, Doug Jones
- 31 (d. Rob Zombie) w/ Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Malcolm McDowell
- American Pastoral (directed by and starring Ewan McGregor) w/ Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Rupert Evans
- King Cobra (d. Justin Kelly) w/ Alicia Silverstone, James Franco, Molly Ringwald, Christian Slater
Movies / TV to Buy
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Our Kind of Traitor
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- First glimpse at Jason Statham’s new movie ‘Meg’ – [ew]
- Scarlett Johansson talks ‘Black Widow’ solo movie possibility – [superherohype]
- Tom Holland talks Spider-Man sequel and future avengers appearance – [superherohype]
- TV may be the bridge between X-Men and the MCU – [nerdist]
- ‘Game of Thrones’ director to helm Sony’s live-action ‘Mulan’ – [comicbook]
- 3 main characters to return for potential ‘Willow’ sequel according to Ron Howard – [comicbooksgalaxy]
TV News
- AMC releases new ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ miniseries – [comicbook]
- ‘The Walking Dead’ renewed for 8th season – [collider]
- ‘Stranger Things’ season 2 casts new character duo, upgrades returning cast to regulars – [collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate
- Next Box (Oct) HORROR
- Firefly Cargo Crate – (Sep) LEAF ON THE WIND
- Next Box (Nov) Unknown
- Marvel Collector Corps
- Next Box (Oct) DOCTOR STRANGE
- Next Box (Dec) X-MEN
- DC Legion of Collectors
- Next Box (Nov) BATMAN VILLAINS
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty
- Next Box (Nov) ROGUE ONE
Funko Information
- Survivor Mini Bug-Out Box – [thinkgeek]
- Aliens Levitating Dropship by Kids Logic – [entertainmentearth]
- Gears of War 4 Customized Lancer Replica by PDP – [thenerdfu]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #446, (Top 5: #84) which includes a Lady Death Extinction Express #1 title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Batman #9
- Deadpool Too Soon #1
- Archie #13
- Mighty Thor #12
- Green Lantern #12
- …. and many, many more
Comic Book News
Conventions
- MONDOCON [Oct 22 – 23] – No updates
- WALKER STALKER CON [Oct 28 – 30] – No changes
