Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 42. 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
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (d. Jake Szymanski) w/ Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Stephen Root, with Kumail Nanjiani, Jake Johnson, Marc Maron, Alice Wetterlund
- The Secret Life of Pets (d. Yarrow Cheney & Chris Renaud) w/ voices of Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan
Movies / TV to Buy
- Saw the Light
- Cabin Fever
- Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II steelbooks
- House of Cards (S4)
- Ryan Reynolds-approved fanmade Deadpool 2 poster, could hint at a release date – [collider]
- New Rogue One trailer due to hit on Friday, July 15th – [collider]
- Santiago Cabrera (Heroes, Merlin) joins Transformers: The Last Knight, Autobot Drift returns with a body upgrade – [superherohype]
- Wreck-It Ralph 2 confirmed – [comicbook]
- Star Trek Beyond’s Sulu is the franchise’s first gay character – [collider]
- Sigourney Weaver says Neill Blomkamp’s Aliens sequel will diverge from canon – [collider]
TV
- Uncle Buck canceled at ABC – [ew]
- The CW and Netflix reach a deal that really cuts the time down to catch up on programming/bingeing – [collider]
- Adam Devine says Workaholics may end after season 7 – [ew]
- Samuel L. Jackson’s new series would take stars back to their hometowns – [ew]
- The Russo brothers to bring a TV series based on The Warriors – [collider]
- Streaming season one of Constantine now possible thanks to CW Seed – [nerdist]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate Dystopia (JUNE) – [thenerdfu]
- Next Box (JUL) Futuristic
- Marvel Collector Corps – Next box themed Spider-Man (AUG)
- DC Legion of Collectors – Suicide Squad (JULY)
- Next Box (SEP) Women of DC
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty [Next Box] – Jabba’a Palace (JULY)
Funko Information
- SDCC 2016 Exclusives
- Booth procedures – [funko]
- Pop! Up Shop – [thenerdfu]
- A Few More – [funko]
- Year One Super Box – [collectorcorps]
- League of Legends Pop! – [gamespot]
- NEW Pocket Pop! Keychain – [entertainmetnearth]
- Dr. Seuss cookies x SweetiePiConfections – [etsy]
- Onnit x Marvel weight plates – [onnit]
- The Amazing Spider-Man x Matt Ferguson via GMA – [thenerdfu]
- Vikings screen print x FAMP Art – [thenerdfu]
- Pokeman Go rolled out to Android devices yesterday – [gamespot]
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Boardgame x Steve Jackson Games – [sjgames]
- Red Dead Redemption sales jump 6000% after Xbox One backwards compatibility announcement – [gamespot]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #432, (Top 5: #69) which includes a The Walking Dead title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Amazing Spider-Man #15
- Justice League Rebirth #1
- Batman #2
- The Walking Dead #156
- Kim & Kim #1
- …. and many, many more
Comic News
- Marvel introduces a black, female Iron Man named Riri Williams – [entertainmentweekly]
Conventions
- RTX [July 1 – 3] –
- Pre-game for RTX 2016 – [thenerdfu]
- STAR WARS CELEBRATION – [July 15 – 17]
- Englishman will be there
- Rogue One panel will be streamed online – [collider]
- SDCC [July 21 – 24]
- Aliens 30th Anniversary in Hall H on 7/23 w/ James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Gale Anne Hurd, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn – [entertainmentweekly]
- 13′ bronze Captain America statue will visit SDCC before moving onto Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on 8/10 – [superherohype]
- Double Dare / Marc Summers will come out of retirement to host event at SDCC – [collider]
- Skottie Young pins available at Marvel booth – [comicbook]
- MONDOCON [ Oct 22-23 ] Mondo sent out a tweet announcing dates, says ticket info coming soon
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9] – Fan verification closed