After almost a month away due to holidays and scheduling issues, the geek pod gang’s back for 2026! And we talk Avengers, The Odyssey, The Golden Globes, and more!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:10 – CES

Coming Soon

21:09 – Avengers: Doomsday Cap · Thor · X · Wak-astic · (in Theaters December 18, 2026)

29:53 – Wonder Man (Marvel 8-episode series, Disney+, January 27 at 6:00 pm Pacific) (Zoner Mary)

31:19 – The Odyssey (in theatres July 17)

35:15 – Euphoria (S3, HBO Max, April 12)

36:05 – Digger (dir: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, in theatres October 2)

37:06 – Dracula (dir: Luc Besson, in theatres February 6)

38:14 – Godzilla Minus Zero coming to North America November 6

38:44 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (dir: Gore Verbinski, in theatres February 13)

43:56 – Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (Hulu four-episode miniseries, 30 mins each, Disney+, April 10)

44:24 – New Jackass movie coming to theaters in June (in theatres June 26)

45:31 – Paul King (Paddington and Wonka) to direct Labubu movie (early development)

47:57 – Lars Eidinger will play Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow

50:58 – Live-action Tangled casts its Rapunzel (Teagan Croft) and Flynn (Milo Manheim)

NOT Coming Soon

51:48 – Bowen Yang to exit Saturday Night Live after 7 seasons

53:32 – The Last of Us to recast Danny Ramirez’s Manny for season 3

54:16 – House Of The Dragon ends with season 4 and Black Mirror ends with season 8

55:26 – Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize

Awards Shows!

56:43 – Golden Globes winners

1:08:48 – The Emmys create a new Legacy Award to honor old favorites

1:09:50 – Disney Loses the Oscars to YouTube . . . AND . . . The Grammys will be on Disney+ starting in 2027!

Geek News Proper

1:12:21 – Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, dies at 68

1:14:06 – Rian Johnson confirms Rickroll in Wake Up Dead Man

1:16:39 – Watch the Jim Henson Company bring Magic: The Gathering to life (Lorwyn Eclipsed set, January 23, amazing BTS)

1:18:20 – The Muppet Show returning for one night only (Disney+, February 4, teaser, trailer

1:19:43 – Rhea Seehorn’s career began as the ‘tutorial sorceress’ in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997

1:20:38 – Of course Avatar: Fire and Ash has made a billion dollars already

1:24:08 – Pokémon fans outraged by ‘insane’ ~$900 Canadian dollar Lego set

1:25:27 – Disney+ to start throwing vertical videos at our poor, attention-deficient brains

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:26:41 – Something something The Hunt for Gollum nothing confirmed

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:32:11 – Anaconda (Pol)

related: Mashable review with terribly-written subhead

1:34:02 – CFNY: The Spirit of Radio (Bud)

1:36:31 – Stranger Things (everyone but Bud)

1:44:15 – Heated Rivalry

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