Welcome to the Nerd Fu podcast – Season 2: Episode 47. 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
- Don’t Breathe (d. Fede Alvarez) w/ Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
- Mechanic: Resurrection (d. Dennis Gansel) w/ Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh
- Hands of Stone (d. Jonathan Jakubowicz) w/ Robert De Niro, Ana de Armas, John Turturro, Ellen Barkin, Edgar Ramirez, Usher Raymond, Ruben Blades
Movies / TV to Buy
- The Huntsman: Winter’s War
- The Nice Guys
- The Walking Dead (s6)
- Legends of Tomorrow (s1)
- Lucifer (s1)
- The Strain (s2)
- Al Pacino and Robert De Niro will reunite for an Academy event that will celebrate a new, 4K DCP version of Heat – [ew]
- Natalie Portman confirms that she’s done making Marvel movies – [superherohype]
- New Thor: Ragnarok set photos include first look at Anthony Hopkins – [superherohype]
- Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 6 halted due to Tom Cruise salary; he’s looking to make or exceed what Universal is paying him for The Mummy – [superherohype]
- Michael Pena will return for Ant-Man and the Wasp; production starts next year for a July 2018 release – [superherohype]
- Tommy Lee Jones was originally intended to play Hobbes in Fast & Furious instead of The Rock – [collider]
TV News
- The Duffer Brothers promise to “do right by Barb” in the season 2 of Stranger Things – [collider]
- SNL confirms remainder of cast to return for season 42, includes Bobby Moynihan, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones – [ew]
- William Shatner…..may….be….up…….for a cameo in the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery series – [ew]
- The Lost Boys TV series based on the movie in the works at The CW – [deadline]
- New Crackle TV series Snatch will be based on the movie and star Harry Potter’s Rupert Gint (Ron Weasley) – [collider]
- The Departed TV series moves further along in development and gets backed by Amazon – [collider]
- Schwarzenegger takes over for Trump in the new Celebrity Apprentice – [collider]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate
- Next Box (Aug) ANTI-HERO
- Loot Gaming
- Next Box (Aug) MECHA
- Marvel Collector Corps – NEW (Aug) SPIDER-MAN
- Next Box (Oct) DOCTOR STRANGE
- DC Legion of Collectors
- Next Box (Sept) WOMEN OF DC
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty
- Next Box (Sept) DEATH STAR
Funko Information
- Marvel Little Golden Book Library – [thinkgeek]
- Ultimate Voltron EX x Toynami – [entertainmentearth]
- Rick Grimes Backpack – [thenerdfu]
- Titanfall 2’s first weekend of tech test and our workaround for Invite Friends – [thenerdfu]
- Sony announces PS4 controller adapter for PC and Mac; on sale this September for $25 – [kotaku]
- Xbox Australia unveils the Xbox Onesie – [gamespot]
- Pokemon Go loses more than 15 million daily users in a month – [gamespot]
- Win a custom Xbox One S modeled after your favorite NFL team from Microsoft – [gamespot]
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #438, (Top 5: #76) which includes a Suicide Squad Rebirth title, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Northguard #1
- Once Our Land #2
- Deathstroke #1
- Detective Comics #939
- Kingsway West #1
- …. and many, many more
Comic Book News
- Stephen King’s 2012 short story Batman and Robin Have an Altercation gets read aloud by Stephen Lang – [cbr]
Conventions
- WIZARD WORLD AUSTIN [Sept 23 – 25] – no updates
- General Admission $39.95 – $49.95/single day
- Weekend General Admission $79.95
- NYCC [Oct 6 – 9] – added: Tom Mison, Ivy Doomkitty, Evangeline Lilly, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Jon Bernthal
- Convention to expand to Madison Square Gardens for some panels like Doctor Who and The Walking Dead
- MONDOCON [ Oct 22 – 23 ] – more exhibitors and music line-up revealed
- WALKER STALKER CON [Oct 28 – 30 ] – added: Melissa McBride
- The Walking Dead Experience returns to Atlanta – 30 minute full-throttle immersive attraction