Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 87. 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
- Despicable Me 3 (d. Guillon, Balda, Coffin) w/ Steve Carrell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Julie Andrews
- Baby Driver (d. Edgar Wright) w/ Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx
- The House (d. Andrew Jay Cohen) w/ Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Nick Kroll, Jason Mantzoukas
- The Little Hours (d. Jeff Baena) w/ Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Nick Offerman, Paul Reiser
Movies / TV to Buy
- Power Rangers
- Trainspotting 2
- CHIPS
- Prison Break
- A Bad Moms Christmas RED BAND Trailer – [collider]
- Kevin Feige says it would be cool to bring Blade back into the MCU at some point, same for Captain Britain – [cbr]
- Jumanji drops teaser trailer – [collider]
- Jackie Chan gets serious in new trailer for The Foreigner – [thenerdfu]
TV / Streaming News
- HBO deal in early stages to make a Watchmen TV series with Lost/The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof – [nerdist]
- Netflix releases official trailer To the Bone, starring Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves – [thenerdfu]
- Bill Burr’s F is for Family series renewed for a third season on Netflix – [thr]
- Tremors TV series reboot pilot starring Kevin Bacon ordered at Syfy – [collider]
- The Punisher series may hit Netflix sooner than expected – [comicbook]
- Better Call Saul renewed for season 4 – [ign]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate (July) ANIMATION – deadline 7/19
- Firefly Cargo Crate (July) GOING MAD – deadline 7/15
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty (July) DROIDS – deadline 7/15
- Disney Treasures (Aug) TINY TOWN – deadline 8/1
- Marvel Collector Corps (Aug) FIRST APPEARANCE AVENGERS – deadline 8/15
- DC Legion of Collectors (July) BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES – deadline 7/1
Funko Reveals
- SDCC Reveals (9 waves revealed so far) – Star Wars, Scott Pilgrim, Marvel, Cartoons, DC, TV, Warner Brothers + Rick and Morty
- South Park Wave 2 – [thenerdfu]
- Stranger Things action figures – [thenerdfu]
- Buffy Rock Candy – Buffy and Willow
- Retailer Exclusives
- Hot Topic: Oram (Facehugger), Venom (Blue), Marie (Flocked), Clark Kent (Dorbz)
- ThinkGeek / GameStop: Cartman with Clyde Frog, Dr. Seuss Fox in Socks (Flocked)
- Walgreens: Superior Spider-Man
- Target: Darth Vader Pop! Deluxe
- Toys R Us: Lightning McQueen
The Stash-N-Cache :: 6/25 – 7/1
- Batman and Superman DC Comics Artist Alley Statues by Chris Uminga
- Full Metal Jacket enamel pin by Mondo
- Wonder Woman Q-Fig Max
- Super NES Classic Edition heading our way – [thenerdfu]
- Mixtape Massacre’s expansion pack reaches goal of $10,000 and beyond – [kickstarter]
- Fan transforms old Game Boy Advance SP into a Nintendo Switch dock – [kotaku]
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Collector’s Edition (GameStop Exclusive) – [ign]
- 7 new games headed to Xbox Game Pass on July 1 – [ign]
- SEGA Forever will provide mobile gamers every SEGA game for free – [sega]
- Rocket League cross-play from Sony is still a no – [gamerant]
InvestComics ( Hot Picks of the Week #481, Top 5 #119 ) which includes Wonder Woman #25, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Edge of Venomverse #1
- Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1
- Spawn #1 Encore Edition
- Secret Weapon #1
- …. and many, many more
Comic Book News
- Marvel will introduce rock-themed variant comic book covers this fall to follow its hip hop variants – [cbr]
- All Transformers are marked for destruction in First Strike: the IDW 6-issue bi-weekly event comic book – [ign]
- Includes the Hasbro-verse: G.I. Joe, Transformers, MASK, ROM, and Micronauts
Boxes in Action
- New Hillbilly comic box coming soon
- Sound Box collectible short storage box, available for pre-order – [boxesinaction]
- BIA has teased a new box which will act as a follow-up to their “Slash” box
Conventions
- RTX [July 7 – 9] @ the Austin Convention Center
- Tickets: 3-Day VIP Sold Out | Weekend Pass $95 | Fri $45 | Sat $50 | Sun $35
- More information to come
Almost 2 hours of listening and somehow missed the secret word! Great 2 hours but I guess I blanked out somewhere. So…back to the drswing board. Podcast-take two!!
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Hey! I did listen :p I was looking online for what you were speaking about prior to giving the word! Got it now, though!!!