The Nerd Fu Podcast – EPISODE 83 – Kaboom!

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Movies in Theaters This Week

TV

AMC’s Preacher adds Ruth Negga (Agents of SHIELD) as female lead Tulip – [Deadline]

CW’s iZombie premiered Tuesday, off to a decent start with 2.34 million viewers – [Deadline]

Sleepy Hollow renewed for 3rd season, Clifton Campbell (White Collar’s EP) running it – [Collider] Community Season 6 is here – [Yahoo!] Powers on Playstation – [Playstation.com]

Amazon Renews BOSCH for Season 2 – [HitFix.com]

American Horror Story: Hotel – Matt Bomer to Star, Jessica Lange Bows Out – [Collider]

Funko Information

• Upcoming Hot Topic Exclusives revealed – Flocked Wampa, Clear Predator w/Green Splatter, Glitter Glass Slipper Gus, Gold Hand Jamie Lannister & Mystery Minis for Frozen, Game of Thrones & Avengers [PopVinyls.com]
• Vision – Faded variant available via Australian company now, possibly a Target exclusive in the U.S. soon [MarvelToyNews.com]
• Boondock Saints Pop!’s up for Pre-Order now – figures coming in June [EntertainmentEarth.com]

Vinyl Sugar Collectibles

• First Vinyl Idolz up for pre-order ($19.99 each) – Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Napoleon Dynamite, Say Anything
• First Dorbz figures up for pre-order ($8.99 each) – Guardians of the Galaxy

Other Great Collectibles

• infoThink BIG HERO 6 Baymax LED Lamp – [USB.Brando]
• X-Men: The Adamantium Collection – [Amazon]

Jason Voorhees gets added to Mortal Kombat X roster – [TheNerdFu]

Speculation for gameplay footage to appear next month for new Star Wars: Battlefront – [IGN]

Rumors of remastered 108p/6fps Gears of War collection coming to the XBone – [Dualshockers]

Titanfall 2 Confirmed – Coming to Xbox One, PS4 & PC – [IGN] Sling TV Launched Exclusively on Xbox One – [XBOX.com] NX is Nintendo’s New Next-Generation Hardware Concept – [IGN]

 

InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #363 is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!

• Chrononauts #1
• Invisible Republic #1
• Red One #1
• Manhattan Projects Sun Beyond the Stars #1
• Silk #2
• Princess Leia #2
• Hulk #12 (featuring an appearance by Deadpool)
• …. and many, many more

Conventions

SXSW [March 13 – 22] – going on now

Emerald City Comic Con [March 27 & 29] – added: Jewel Staite,  backed out: Morena Baccarin

Star Wars Celebration [April 16 – 19] – J.J. Abrams, Kenny Baker, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Ray Park, Anthony Daniels, Jeremy Bulloch, Billy Dee Williams and more

C2E2 [April 24 to 26] – added: The cast of Orphan Black (Dylan Bruce, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ari Mille, Jordan Gavaris, John Fawcett)

Comicpalooza [May 22 to May 25] – added: The cast of Gotham (Camren Bicondova, Donal Logue, Cameron Monaghan, Sean Pertwee, Cory Michael Smith) and Larry Thomas (Seinfeld)

Fan Expo Dallas [May 29 to May 31] – added: Cary Elwes, Ming-Na Wen, Henry Simmons, Jeri Ryan

Vin Diesel stops by screening of Furious 7, makes heartfelt speech about Paul Walker – [Yahoo]