Moon Knight looks like a trip, Assassin’s Creed is here six years late, big Weird Al & Microsoft news, and Pol sounds great. Juuuuuust great.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:30 – Canon’s own DRM bypass

Coming Soon

08:33 – Moon Knight (Disney+ series, March 30)

12:51 – Bel-Air (based on Morgan Cooper’s 2019 fan film, Peacock series, February 13, two-season order)

16:30 – The Bob’s Burgers Movie (in theatres, May 27)

1750 – The Boys’ season 3 gets premiere date, first footage released (15 seconds; single scene, Prime Video series, June 3, 2022)

18:41 – Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red will stream exclusively on Disney+ March 11, 2022

20:24 – Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection (Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, all single-player DLC + two short films, AC Lineage and AC Embers, $40 USD February 17, 2022 on Nintendo Switch, November 15, 2016 on PS4/Xbox One)

Geek News Proper

22:16 – Daniel Radcliffe to portray Weird Al Yankovic in Roku biopic from Funny Or Die & Tango

26:06 – Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion USD

28:22: Apple reportedly wants nothing to do with Zuck’s metaverse

34:26 – Cows cooped up for winter fitted with virtual reality goggles — so they think they’re outside

37:48 – First look at The Riddler and The Penguin from The Batman

41:32 – Aubrey Plaza added to season 2 of The White Lotus (“Harper Spiller,” HBO series, in production)

44:53 – Final Destination revived with Spider-Man director Jon Watts producing (HBO Max, in development)

45:34 – A single page of a 1984 Spider-Man comic has sold for over $3.36M USD

48:04 – Andrew Garfield hid Spider-Man: No Way Home role from Emma Stone

50:25 – Echo series adds Daredevil and The Punisher writers to the team (Disney+ series, in development)

51:36 – Black Panther 2 is back on track, with a few new wrinkles (marvel film, scheduled for November 11, 2022)

53:26 – Netflix raises monthly subscription prices in U.S., Canada (standard $14>$15.50 USD, $15>$16.50 / premium $18>$20 USD, $19<$21 CAD / basic $9>$10 USD, $10 CAD unchanged)

56:35 – Tim Allen will headline The Santa Clause sequel series for Disney+ (production set to start in March in LA)

57:40 – Zendaya shares a necessary reminder to Euphoria viewers: “only watch if you feel comfortable”

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:00:31 – Peacemaker

1:04:22 – Venom: Let There Be Carnage (the actual film, not just the post-credits scene!)

1:07:12 – Eternals (Kirsten finally watched it!)

1:13:32 – Succession

1:16:33 – The Book of Boba Fett, chapter 3

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