Hacked By Ahmed 01 Nerd News & Needs
Welcome to season 3 of the Nerd Fu podcast – Episode 4. If you’re looking for the latest & greatest in nerdy/geeky news, then this IS the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Every week (for the most part), 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 FU-BITS (our catch-all, random stuff category).
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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Molly’s Game (d. Aaron Sorkin) w/ Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera
- Insidious: The Last Key (d. Adam Robitel) w/ lots of people
Movies / TV to Buy
- American Made
- Battle of the Sexes
- Brad’s Status
- The Breakfast Club
Movie News
- Untitled Cloverfield sequel pushed from February to April of this year – [slashfilm]
- Colin Trevorrow talks about the life of the Jurassic World franchise – [collider]
- Christian Bale confirms he was in talks for a role in Solo: A Star Wars Story – [screenrant]
- 8 important things you may have missed in The Last Jedi – [screenrant]
- John Williams signs on for the Solo Star Wars film – [variety]
TV / Streaming News
- Chris Carter discusses The X-Files’ new direction – [ew]
- Gillian Anderson will leave after this season of The X-Files – [tvline]
- Clark Gregg finally directs an Agents of SHIELD which will air this Friday called Fun and Games – [ign]
- Bright 2 confirmed by Netflix – [ign]
Subscription Boxes
- Loot Crate (Jan) DISCOVER – deadline 1/19
- Firefly Cargo Crate (Jan) AIM TO MISBEHAVE – deadline 1/15
- Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty (Jan) SITH – deadline 1/15
- Disney Treasures (Feb) HAPPILY EVER AFTER – deadline 2/1
- Marvel Collector Corps (Feb) theme ? – deadline 2/15
- DC Legion of Collectors (Mar) GREEN LANTERN – deadline 3/1
Funko Reveals
- Gizmoduck Target Exclusive Pop! (JAN)
- Previews Exclusive Hellboy Pop! (JAN) – with sword
- FYE Exclusive Groot with Cyber Eye Pop! (NOW)
- DC Bombshells Pop! Pens (FEB) – Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy
- Ghost Rider Pocket Pop! Keychain (JAN)
- Rick and Morty
- Plush – 12″ Snowball (JAN) + 16″ characters at FYE & TRU (now)
- Pop! Rides – Mad Max Rick Rides (FEB) + Rick’s Ship (Soon)
- Pop! Season 3 (FEB) – Prison Break Rick, Sentient Arm Morty (+CHASE), Warrior Summer, Hemmorage + Rick Facehugger (Gamestop)
- Chewbacca With AT-ST Pop! Deluxe (MARCH)
Funko Retailer Exclusives
- Hot Topic: Groot with Candy Pop!, Dapper Sally, Diana Prince with Ice Cream, Crash Bandicoot (Biker Outfit), Rick and Morty Mystery Box
- FYE: Squanchy with Rope – pre-order
- BAM: Bob Ross and Raccoon (possible CHASE)
- Costco:
- Walgreens: Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon), Moon Knight
- Box Lunch: Zero (With Bone)
- TRU: Sora (Brave Form), Crash (JetPack), Predator Dorbz Bloody Glow
- Walmart:
- GameStop:
- Entertainment Earth: Wonder Woman Sepia Pop! (pre-order)
The Stash-N-Cache
- Peter Pan TINKER BELL Convertible Backpack – [thenerdfu]
- Thundercats Lion-O Statue – [sideshow]
- Wonder Woman with Horse Q-Fig – [thinkgeek]
- Rick and Morty Mystery Box – [thinkgeek]
- GameRant runs down their top 5 multiplayer games of 2017 – [gamerant]
- Seinfeld point-and-click adventure game being developed by an Australian indie developer – [ign]
- Rocket League milestone and future updates – [ign]
- Nintendo snags Amazon’s top 3 best-selling games for 2017 – [gamerant]
- A Reddit user has made claims of leaked Nintendo Switch ported games like GTA 5 – [gamerant]
Comic Book News ( Hot Picks of the Week #508, Top 5 #145 ) which includes Spawn #281, is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Batman and the Signal #1
- Batman White Knight #4
- Cosmo #1
- The Walking Dead #175
Boxes in Action
- Nothing new to report at this time
Conventions
- WW NEW ORLEANS in New Orleans – Jan 5 – 7
- Tickets – 3 Day $79.95 + fee | Fri $39.95 | Sat $49.95 | Sun $44.95 (fees not included for each day)
- Guests – Stan Lee, Jason Momoa, David Tennant, Charisma Carpenter, Jon Heder, Holly Marie Combs, Ruth Connell, Kim Rhodes, Ian Somerhalder and more
- Cancelled Guests: Jenna Coleman (who is laughing at fans hysterically), Ernie Hudson, Ray Park, Joey Lauren Adams, Kevin Conroy, Lennie James, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Kevin Conroy, Austin Amelio, Grant O’Rourke, Howard Hesseman, Loni Anderson
- PAX SOUTH in San Antonio – Jan 12 – 14 (website redesign looks good)
- Tickets – 3 Day sold out | Fri/Sat/Sun $40
- Schedule now available
- Panels of interest – Penny Arcade Q&A, Streaming 101: Launching Your Broadcast, Kingdom Hearts 101: Potentia Ad eXtremis, Gaming Done Different: Playing Games with Weird Controllers
- ACE COMIC CON in Arizona – Jan 13 – 15
- Tickets – 3 Day $95 | Sat $55 | Sun $55 | Mon $45 (all pre-show prices, $5 more day of show)
- Guests – Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Hulk Hogan, Laura Harrier, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Karl Urban
- TOY FAIR in New York – Feb 17 – 20
- Event is open to trade/industry only
- EMERALD CITY COMIC CON in Seattle – March 1 – 4
- Tickets – 4 Day sold out | Thurs $30 | Fri $40 | Sat sold out | Sun $40
- Guests – Christopher Lloyd, Felicia Day, Khary Payton, Jeremy Shada, Mark Sheppard, Sean Maher, Shannon Purser, Tom Wilson, Summer Glau
- SILICON VALLEY COMIC CON in San Jose – April 6 – 8
- Tickets – 3 Day $99 | Fri $25 | Sat $50 | Sun $50
- Guests – Stan Lee, Sean Astin, Jewel Staite, Matthew Lewis
- C2E2 in Chicago – April 6 -8
- Tickets – 3 Day $75.75 (pre-show) | Fri $30.75 | Sat $40.75 | Sun $35.75 (all pre-show prices)
- Guests – Brandon Routh, Charlet Chung, Dominic Purcell, Dave Bautista, Lennie James, Caity Lotz, Mark Sheppard, Pom Klementieff
- Cancelled Guests: Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty)
