SURPRISE GUEST! A little shortyboi pod where we chat the new Naked Gun, Thunderboltsterisk, and the finalé of The White Lotus.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:48 – election texts (and Switch 2 updates)

Coming Soon

08:27 – The Naked Gun (in theatres August 1) (Zoner Tim)

13:12 – TRON: Ares (in theatres October 10)

15:17 – Murderbot (Apple TV+ series, first two eps May 16, season finale July 11, VF first look)

17:45 – Gizmodo just saw the first footage from Masters of the Universe (in theatres June 5, 2026)

19:58 – Superman (and Krypto, in theatres July 11)

21:30 – Thunderbolts* (in theatres May 1)

26:36 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Star Trek series, S3, Paramount+, summer) (Zoner Mary)

26:59 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (in theatres May 23)

29:17 – M3GAN 2.0 (in theatres June 27)

29:42 – The Accountant 2 (in theatres April 25, with TAX DAY SCREENINGS APRIL 15)

30:19 – Not an April Fool’s joke: Rick and Morty really did announce its season premiere date (Adult Swim series, May 25, 7p Pacific)

31:00 – Also not an April Fool’s joke: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up in the works with Brad Pitt starring, David Fincher directing a Quentin Tarantino script

31:36 – LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (Netflix series, S4, May 15)

32:52 – Predator: Killer of Killers (Hulu animated series, Disney+, June 6)

34:36 – The Rehearsal (HBO series, S2, April 20, whoa)

35:35 – The King Of Kings (in theatres April 11)

41:18 – New ‘Matrix’ movie in the works with Drew Goddard writing, directing

aaand: South Park renewed through season 27

aaand: The Simpsons renewed through season 40

NOT Coming Soon

41:52 – Disney pushes pause on live-action Tangled movie

Geek News Proper

42:10 – Val Kilmer dead at 65

44:24 – Disney opens Industrial Light and Magic’s largest studio at The Stack tower in Vancouver

44:37 – 32 years later, a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer addresses racially insensitive casting

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

47:06 – New James Bond will be very young as Amazon REPORTEDLY plans retro reboot (source: We’re Not Getting Any Younger podcast)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

50:54 – Zoner Tim: A Minecraft Movie

related: review: it’s good, actually

related: crushing numbers and records

related: CHAOS TEENS

56:45 – The White Lotus S3

related: Cristóbal Tapia de Veer quits as composer

related: S3 theme with woooooooooooloolooloolooloolooloolooloo

related: S4 location HiNtS

related: The White Lotus finale had a sex scene with Piper and Zion that got cut

related: Proxima doesn’t speak in Endgame because Marvel reportedly didn’t want to pay Carrie Coon more

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