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We wrap up the year by discussing our favorite movies, television shows, and video games that we watched and played in 2022. Plus, we review Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

We share our in-depth reviews of RRR and Avatar: The Way of Water; but even before that, we dive into the bombshell news that Henry Cavill is officially hanging up his Superman cape but suiting up for Warhammer 40k over at Amazon. We also discuss God of War getting a live action series, Pokemon rebooting after 25 years, and Donald Glover staring in...Hypno Hustler???

Topics Discussed

• Henry Cavill has officially hung up his Superman cape
• Even more Warner Bros DC drama
• Amazon Studios has acquired rights to Warhammer 40k…with Henry Cavill!
• God of War is being turned into a live action series
• Iron Man (2008) has been added to the National Film Registry
• The Pokemon tv series is rebooting after 25 years…and Ash and Pikachu are leaving
• Donald Glover will star in and produce Hypno-Hustler
• REVIEW: Avatar: The Way of Water
• REVIEW: RRR

Resources Mentioned

• High on Life clips:
  • Clip 1 (PG)
  • Clip 2 (PG)
  • Clip 3 (Explicit)
  • Clip 4 (Explicit)
• IGN | James Gunn And Peter Safran’s DC Master Plan Is Complete, and It Includes a Young Superman Movie
• Twitter | James Gunn
• Warhammer – Community | Warhammer – starring Henry Cavill
• IGN | God of War Live-Action Series Officially Announced for Prime Video
• EW.com | The next Pokémon anime will end Ash Ketchum’s story, introduce new characters after 25 years
• Twitter | Donald Glover will star in Hypno Hustler

Christian, Jason, Josh, and Corey are back and ready for the biggest episode ever. They discuss more drama in Warner Bros DC land, including The Hollywood Reporter’s bombshell article about Wonder Woman 3 being cancelled plus James Gunn’s response. They also share reactions to trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 and Indiana Jones 5. PLUS: reviews of The Callisto Protocol video game, Violent Night, and Willow episode 1.

Topics Discussed

• Surprise! More Warner Bros DC drama
• Our takeaways from The Game Awards 2022
• Marvel has introduced a new infinity stone
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 trailer reactions
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer reactions
• Nobody 2 is happening!
• REVIEW: Willow episode 1
• REVIEW: The Callisto Protocol
• REVIEW: Violent Night

Resources Mentioned

• Variety | Box Office Bust: ‘Black Adam’ Faces Theatrical Losses
• Twitter | Dwayne Johnson
• The Hollywood Reporter | Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman 3’ Not Moving Forward as DC Movies Hit Turning Point (Exclusive)
• Twitter | Gal Gadot
• Twitter | James Gunn’s response
• The Wrap | Warner Bros Didn’t Cancel ‘Wonder Woman 3,’ Patty Jenkins Walked Off the Project (Exclusive)
• IGN | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Will Include Kevin Conroy, New Release Date Revealed
• IGN | Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Getting TV Adaptation by Haunting of Hill House Creator
• YouTube | Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 | Official Trailer
• YouTube | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer
• Collider | ‘Nobody 2’: Bob Odenkirk Action Sequel Is Aiming to Film Next Year [Exclusive]

Josh, Jason, Christian, and Corey are off this week to recharge their geeky batteries, but be sure to come back on December 13th for episode 35!

The whole gang is back together to review the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and season 1 of Star Wars Andor. They also discuss the newly announced Spider-Man No Way Home Funko Pops, Avatar 2 needing to make $2 billion, Chris Hemsworth ready to end his time as Thor, Gary Oldman potentially retiring, and more!


Topics Discussed

• What we’ve been geeking out on
• Funko has announced new Spider-Man No Way Home Pops
• James Cameron needs his new Avatar movie to make $2 billion
• Chris Hemsworth ready to coles the book on Thor
• Gary freaking Oldman might be ready to retire
• SPOILER REVIEW: Star Wars Andor season 1
• SPOILER REVIEW: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Resources Mentioned

• LEGO | The Guardians' Ship 76193
• Entertainment Earth | Spider-Man No Way Home Funko Pops
• IGN | Avatar: The Way of Water Needs to Be 3rd or 4th Highest Grossing Film of All Time to Make Money
• Variety | Chris Hemsworth Changed His Life After an Ominous Health Warning
• The Times | Gary Oldman breaks his silence: ‘I’d be happy to go out after Slow Horses’
• Fix It Podcast

Christian, Josh, and Corey use this special Thanksgiving episode to take a look back at our favorite nerdy moments of 2022 so far. They share their love for James Gunn, Doctor Who, Keanu Reeves, G4TV, Star Trek, the Halo tv series, Top Gun Maverick, and so much more. Come geek out with us!

Topics Discussed

• Geeking out over Sea of Thieves
• Nerdy things we’ve been thankful for in 2022:
  • James Gunn getting picked to lead DC Studios
  • Appreciating our time with G4TV
  • Appreciating the uniqueness of MCU Phase 4
  • The big, unexpected DC Universe cast returns (Cavill + Affleck)
  • Dwayne The Rock Johnson
  • Halo finally turned into a live action project
  • Top Gun Maverick
  • Keanu Reeves
  • David Tennant back in Doctor Who
  • Star Trek
  • Loving the Truck Driver simulator video game
  • Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio back as Daredevil and Kingpin
  • Hugh Jackman back as Wolverine

Resources Mentioned

• TikTok | DC Universe James Gunn’s First Day
• YouTube | Belvedere Presents Daniel Craig, Directed by Taika Waititi

Player 4 has entered the chat! Special nerd guest Christian James joins Jason, Josh, and Corey to discuss Black Panther Wakanda Forever, The Peripheral, the passing of Kevin Conroy, and AI-generated art drama.

Topics Discussed

• Introducing Christian James
• What we geeked out on this past week
• Josh rants about DeviantArt’s AI-generation art drama
• Remembering Kevin Conroy
• IMPRESSIONS: The Peripheral – Episode 1
• SPOILER REVIEW: Black Panther Wakanda Forever

In this episode: Westworld has been cancelled, EA and Marvel are teaming up to make more video games, #ReleasetheAyerCut, Netflix is officially making a Gears of War movie; plus we check in on Star Wars Andor.

Topics Discussed

• Josh is loving Avenue 5
• Jason is loving Peripheral and Grand Theft Auto Vice City
• Corey is killing newbs in Modern Warfare 2
• Westworld has been cancelled!
• EA and Marvel are teaming up to make more video games
• A DC/Warner Bros update, including a #ReleasetheAyerCut update
• Netflix is officially making a Gears of War movie
• Production and release date updates for The Last of Us HBO series, The Sandman season 2, Wonder Man, and more.
• Plus we check in on Star Wars Andor

Resources

• THR | HBO Cancels ‘Westworld’ in Shock Decision
• Twitter | James Gunn tweet about #ReleasetheAyerCut
• Jason Momoa’s video
• Bloomberg | Electronic Arts Strikes Three-Game Deal With Marvel
• IGN | Gears of War Movie Announced on Netflix Alongside Adult Animated Series
• Eurogamer | HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation debuts in January
• Deadline | ‘The Sandman’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix

We discuss the shocking news that Henry Cavill is exiting The Witcher, James Gunn and Peter Safran being the new DC Studio bosses, Disney buying co-production rights to Doctor Who, and speculation on who William Jackson Harper might be playing in Ant-Man 3. Plus Corey gives us his review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Topics Discussed

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review
• Henry Cavill leaving The Witcher
• James Gunn and Peter Safran will be co-CEOs at DC Studios
• Update on the Green Lantern show
• Superman will be joyful???
• Disney buying co-production rights to Doctor Who
• Speculation on who William Jackson Harper might be playing in Ant-Man 3

Resources

• Collider | ‘The Witcher’ Season 4 Casts Liam Hemsworth to Replace Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia
• The Hollywood Reporter | DC Shocker: James Gunn, Peter Safran to Lead Film, TV and Animation Division (Exclusive)
• Twitter | James Gunn on Kevin Feige
• Twitter | Kevin Feige on James Gunn
• The Hollywood Reporter | Greg Berlanti’s ‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series Being Redeveloped, Loses Writer (Exclusive)
• Twitter | Zack Snyder message to Cavill
• IGN | Disney Plus Will Become the New Home of Doctor Who Outside the UK

In this episode: Henry Cavill is officially back as Superman, Walter Hamada has officially left Warner Bros, Ant-Man 3 trailer reactions, and David Tennant is back in Doctor Who. In the spoilery second half of the episode, we are reviewing: Black Adam, Season 1 of She-Hulk, Season 1 of The Rings of Power, and Season 1 of House of the Dragon

Topics Discussed

• Henry Cavill has officially announced his return as Superman!
• Man of Steel 2 is being worked on
• Matt Reeves is working on an entire Batman rogues gallery film universe
• Walter Hamada has officially stepped down from Warner Bros
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer reactions
• David Tennant is officially back in Doctor Who!
• IN REVIEW: Black Adam (42:25)
• IN REVIEW: She-Hulk season 1 (51:22)
• IN REVIEW: The Rings of Power season 1 (1:05:00)
• IN REVIEW: House of the Dragon season 1 (1:11:08)

Resources

• Instagram: Henry Cavill's Superman announcement
• The Hollywood Reporter | DC at a Turning Point: James Gunn Pitches Secret Movie, Dwayne Johnson Flexes His Superman Power (Exclusive)
• YouTube | Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania | Official Trailer
• Twitter | Spy Kids and Ant-Man 3 comparisons
• Twitter | Doctor Who: SPOILERS - Watch the regeneration of the Thirteenth Doctor