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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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
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