The NerdFu Podcast – 1-15-14 – EPISODE 26

Hello, and welcome to the 26th recording of the Nerd Fu Podcast (give or take a recording snafu back around EP 20), where your resident NERDS Steve and Sully cover the latest in Nerd news.  This week, we have our first official guest host – Cousin Chris!

Our topics on the podcast include SCREENSHOT (movies & tv), STOCKPILE (collectibles), HIGH SCORE (gaming), COMICS n CONS (no description needed) and WILD CARD (our catch-all, random stuff category).

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The Links

As always, we’re here to share the coolest things we’ve stumbled on, and we want to make it easy on you – so here are some links to the things we covered during Episode 26..

 

GENERAL

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SCREENSHOT

Movies in Theaters This Week

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (D: Kenneth Branagh) – Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Colm Feore

Ride Along (D: Tim Story) – Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Laurence Fishburne

Back in the Day (D: Michael Rosenbaum) – Morena Baccarin, Nick Swardson, Michael Rosenbaum, Harland Williams, Isaiah Mustafa

Devil’s Due (D: Lindsay Devlin) – Allison Miller, Zach Gilford, Sam Anderson

 

Movie News

There was a ton of awesome casting news/rumors this week, including:

• Johnny Depp as Dr. Strange (rumor)
• Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (confirmed) – via screenrant.com
• Michael Douglas as Hank Pym (confirmed) – via marvel.com
• Jason Momoa as Aquaman (rumor) – via comicbook.com

In other movie news

Star Wars Episode VII to focus on Luke, Leia & Han (via Collider.com)

 

TV

Game of Thrones – Season 4 Trailer

Constantine coming to TV (via Collider.com)

Gotham News Rolling in – Batman from child to cape (via Entertainment Weekly)

Newsroom – Third and final season announced (via Hollywood Reporter)

 

STOCKPILE

Funko Information

Game of Thrones Mystery Minis – more details revealed

New 6″ Freddy Funko figures (via Jafos News)

 

Other Collectibles (aka Steve’s Corner)

Hasbro’s Avengers Infinite Action Figures – Wave 1 (via EntertainmentEarth.com)

 

HIGH SCORE

IGN Awards The Last of Us – Game of the Year 2013 (IGN.com)

Microsoft Shoots Down Halo Movie Rumors (Eurogamer.net)

 

COMICS N’ CONS

Robert Kirkman’s new series Outcast (IGN.com)

TFAW.com – pre-order comic books and variants BEFORE they hit shelves

Dallas Comic Con – Sci Fi Expo – The lineup for the February show in Dallas, TX is coming into focus.
* VIP Tickets now SOLD OUT

Ottawa Comic Con – tickets on sale 1/16 at noon.  Recent guests announced:

• Amanda Tapping
• Bruce Campbell
• Christopher Lloyd
• Giancarlo Esposito
• Robert Englund

 

WILDCARD

JALAPENO – portable beat maker for action sports

 

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