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  • South Park Changes Name to South America Over the Lake Ontario Maps Fight

    South Park won Outstanding Animated Program at the Creative Arts Emmys for "Sermon on the 'Mount," its first win in that category since 2013. Two days later, Trey Parker and Matt Stone renamed the show South America.

    The Emmy went to the season 27 premiere, the episode that put a cartoon Trump in bed with Satan and took shots at Paramount along the way. The show's accounts followed the win with an image of Trump holding the trophy and the line "You finally got your Emmy," a callback to The Apprentice going eight nominations without one. Tuesday brought the rebrand, with Parker and Stone crediting the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google after both map apps swapped Lake Ontario for Lake America. MapQuest did not swap, and its app went to number one.

    • 0:00 South Park Wins the Animation Emmy
    • 0:17 The "You Finally Got Your Emmy" Post
    • 0:27 South Park Becomes South America
    • 0:52 Season 29 Premieres September 16

    Key takeaways:

    • "Sermon on the 'Mount" is South Park's first Outstanding Animated Program win since 2013.
    • The South America rebrand went live across the show's social accounts on Tuesday, September 8.
    • Parker and Stone thanked parent company Paramount by calling it a Skydance Capitulation.
    • MapQuest kept Lake Ontario on its maps and climbed to number one on the App Store.

    "Two days after that, they went for another swing." - Frank

    "By the way, MapQuest still keeps the old name and is now number one on the App Store." - Frank

    "It's totally fitting with the narrative of the show." - Frank

    Sources: the official South Park accounts, Comedy Central, CNBC, and Newsweek. Episode archive at GeekFreaksPodcast.com.

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    Does the South America branding survive past the September 16 premiere, or is it a one week gag? And did the Lake America maps change actually push you to a different navigation app?

    2 min
  • Netflix Is Making a Live-Action Ravenloft Series

    Netflix is developing a live-action Dungeons and Dragons series called Ravenloft, built as an origin story for Strahd von Zarovich. Alfonso Cuarón is producing and John August is writing.

    Strahd is the vampire Darklord at the center of D&D's gothic horror setting, and the show tracks how he became one of the game's most notorious villains rather than starting with him already there. Cuarón's credits include Gravity, Children of Men, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. August wrote Big Fish, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie. The series is being kept separate from the other D&D projects in development, so it will not tie into a shared multiverse.

    • 0:00 Netflix Is Making a Strahd Origin Series
    • 0:16 Alfonso Cuarón and John August
    • 0:35 Standing Apart From the Other D&D Shows

    Key takeaways:

    • Ravenloft is a live-action origin story for Strahd, not an ensemble adventure series.
    • Alfonso Cuarón produces and John August writes, a pairing built for dark and otherworldly material.
    • The show is not tied into the wider D&D multiverse other companies are developing.
    • Casting has not been announced yet.

    "Strahd is the best person for this." - Frank

    "We got a really good team on this one." - Frank

    Sources: Deadline, GeekFreaksPodcast.com

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    Who should play Strahd, and does an origin story work better than dropping us into Barovia with him already in power?

    1 min
  • Dungeons and Dragons 2 Is Written and Homeless

    The Dungeons and Dragons 2 script is finished, and John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein wrote it. Paramount commissioned it under the old leadership, passed on it under the new one, and Hasbro is now shopping it to other studios.

    Honor Among Thieves was the kind of mid-budget adventure movie that barely gets made anymore, which is why the sequel script sitting on a shelf stings. The passing was a financial call, not a creative one, and the rights are still with Hasbro. The pitch working in the sequel's favor is that the setup work is already paid for. The party is established, the cast is known, and the story can start at the next adventure instead of the introductions.

    • 0:00 The Sequel Script Is Written
    • 0:15 Paramount Passes, Hasbro Shops It
    • 0:29 Bringing the Same Party Back
    • 0:42 Scheduling and Leveling Up
    • 0:57 What Happens From Here

    Key takeaways:

    • The script exists and is done. What is missing is a studio willing to fund it.
    • Paramount ordered it under previous leadership and the new ownership passed for financial reasons.
    • Hasbro still holds the rights and is actively looking for a new partner.
    • A finished script is not a greenlight, and nothing about this means a sequel is close.

    "This is a slam dunk. Somebody take it." - Frank

    "I actually think Amazon is the right fit." - Frank

    "It's the same party coming back to the table." - Frank

    Sources: The Playlist, GeekFreaksPodcast.com

    If you have been waiting on this sequel since 2023, send this to the friend who still quotes Holga. Tag us with #GeekFreaksPodcast and tell us which studio should write the check.

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    Which studio do you want picking up Dungeons and Dragons 2, and is Amazon actually the right home for it? And if the sequel happens, do you want the same party back or new players at the table?

    2 min
  • Jim Cummings Is Getting Recast as Darkwing Duck

    Jim Cummings says Disney is recasting him as Darkwing Duck for the upcoming reboot, and that Launchpad McQuack is getting a new voice actor too. This lands two weeks after Cummings was passed over for Disney Legends at D23, and the Seth Rogen produced revival he recorded a pilot for is moving ahead without him.

    I have a hard time squaring this one. Cummings has been Darkwing Duck, Winnie the Pooh, the Cheshire Cat, Shredder, and a few hundred other voices that basically built the 90s for a lot of us, and he recorded the pilot that got this whole revival greenlit in the first place. Now he is out of the lead role, Launchpad is being recast, and he did not sound thrilled about any of it. Pair that with the Disney Legends snub at D23 and the fact that he already got recast on the latest Winnie the Pooh in favor of a kid actor, and it starts to feel less like a scheduling problem and more like a guy being quietly pushed to the side. He is still working. He played Pete again in 2026 and he is running an active podcast. He is willing to do it. I still want the Darkwing series to land because it is a genuinely fun property for kids, but this part of it stinks.

    Chapters

    • 0:00 The Darkwing Duck Recast News
    • 0:12 Launchpad Is Getting Recast Too
    • 0:20 What Cummings Actually Said About It
    • 0:32 The D23 Disney Legends Snub
    • 0:48 Still Working, Still Willing, Still Sidelined
    • 1:01 The Pilot, Seth Rogen, and How This Got Greenlit
    • 1:18 Why This One Stings

    Key Takeaways

    • Cummings says he is being replaced as Darkwing Duck and that Launchpad is being recast as well, with Terry McGovern's role going to someone new
    • He never addressed whether he might still appear as another character in the series, so a Negaduck return is unconfirmed either way
    • His reaction was pointed rather than gracious, which reads differently once you factor in the timing
    • The Disney Legends snub at D23 happened roughly two weeks earlier, making this the second public sting in a month
    • He is not cut off from Disney. He voiced Pete again in 2026, but he was also already recast on the newest Winnie the Pooh project
    • He recorded the pilot that generated the excitement for this revival, which makes the recast harder to explain

    Quotes

    "I hope they get everything they deserve."

    "Jim Cummings is a voice of a generation."

    "There's kind of this like mounting thing where it kind of feels like Jim's being shoved out a little bit."

    "It's wild to me. It's just completely wild."

    "Best of luck, Jim, and I hope that Dark Winged Duck series is successful still, because I think it's a really fun property for kids."

    CTA

    If you grew up with Darkwing Duck, tell me straight up whether you can accept a new voice in the cape. Share this one with the person you used to quote "let's get dangerous" with. #DarkwingDuck

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    Listener Questions

    • Is there any recast you actually came around on after hating the announcement?
    • If Cummings does not voice Darkwing, should he come back as Negaduck instead, or is that worse?

    2 min
  • Xbox Disc to Digital Goes Live This Monday

    Xbox is rolling out disc to digital, letting you drop an Xbox One or Series X disc into your console and unlock the digital version using the license baked into the game. Thousands of titles are supported at launch, older systems are on the roadmap, and I went straight to GameStop and grabbed six used games at two dollars each on a buy two get one free sale.

    I walked through exactly how this works, because the comments on Threads had a lot of people convinced it was a trap. You put the disc in, it reads the license off the game, and the digital copy unlocks on your account. From that point you can play on another console, on PC through Play Anywhere, or on your phone, and you do not need the disc in the tray anymore. The disc is not consumed or damaged in the process, and if you lend it out, the license travels to whoever is playing it. Not every game qualifies for that level of access, so the supported list matters. I am a physical media guy with shelves of Blu rays and DVDs behind me, and none of this changes that. It just means my shelf now doubles as a digital library. All of this is landing while PlayStation takes heat over phasing out physical media by 2028, and the mood I picked up at GameStop was that Xbox is having a moment.

    • 0:00 Two Big Stories in Gaming This Week
    • 0:10 How Disc to Digital Actually Works
    • 0:24 The Rules, the Lending Catch, and Play Anywhere
    • 0:38 Answering the People Who Called It a Scam
    • 1:02 Thousands of Titles Now, Older Systems Later
    • 1:09 PlayStation, Physical Media, and 2028
    • 1:16 My Two Dollar GameStop Haul
    • 1:38 The Vibe Shift Around Xbox Right Now

    Key Takeaways

    • Disc to digital reads a license off the physical Xbox One or Series X game and unlocks the digital copy on your account
    • Once unlocked, the digital version behaves like a purchase, including other consoles, PC Play Anywhere, and mobile
    • Your disc is not destroyed, scratched, or surrendered, so keep it
    • Lending the disc moves the license to the borrower's console
    • Not every title is supported, though thousands are available at launch with more coming
    • Support for older Xbox systems is expected to follow
    • Used game prices make this an easy time to bolster a physical library

    Quotes

    "It registers the game using a license that's on the game itself, and it unlocks the digital version for you."

    "I'm a physical library guy. There's a bunch of Blu rays and DVDs behind me."

    "They said that there's going to be thousands of titles available at launch, and then more."

    "All in all, I think this is a good move by Xbox. I think they're on the upswing right now."

    "There's a vibe in the air that Xbox is doing really well."

    If you have a question about which games qualify or how the license works, drop it in the comments and I will look it up for you. Share this one with the friend who still has a stack of Xbox One discs in a closet. #Xbox

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    Listener questions:
    Are you converting your disc library, or holding out on physical only?
    What is the best used game deal you have found this year?

    3 min
  • Dan Stevens Is the New RoboCop and the Silver Armor Better Stay

    Dan Stevens is playing RoboCop in an eight episode series at Prime Video, moving from Downton Abbey and Legion into Alex Murphy's armor. I break down the supporting cast, the corporate villains, and the one thing the 2014 remake got wrong that this show cannot repeat.

    I have been watching Dan Stevens work since Downton Abbey, and Legion is where he really showed the range this part needs, so hearing his name attached to RoboCop got my attention fast. Prime Video has eight episodes ordered and a solid team assembled, and the pieces we know about so far are the right ones, including Murphy's partner on the force and the corporate suits you are supposed to hate from the first frame. My worry is the same one I had in 2014, when the last movie sanded off the silver armor and treated the design like a costume problem instead of the whole identity. Kids do not run around the house in matte black. They run around in silver, pulling an imaginary gun out of their hip, and that image is the character. If Prime holds onto that and remembers RoboCop protects people and not corporations, this could be the version that finally lands.

    • 0:00 Dan Stevens Cast as RoboCop
    • 0:05 Downton Abbey to Legion
    • 0:10 Eight Episodes at Prime Video
    • 0:17 The Team Behind the Series
    • 0:22 The Partner and the Corporate Villains
    • 0:30 Where the Last Movie Went Wrong
    • 0:38 Silver Armor Is Everything
    • 0:47 Protecting People Over Corporations

    Key Takeaways

    • Dan Stevens is the new RoboCop, with Downton Abbey and Legion as his best known credits going in
    • The series runs eight episodes on Prime Video
    • Confirmed pieces include Murphy's partner on the force and a set of corporate antagonists
    • The 2014 remake's decision to drop the silver armor is still the sorest point for longtime fans
    • The silver suit is what kids imitate, which makes it the character's real signature
    • The test for this show is whether it keeps RoboCop pointed at corporations instead of at people

    Quotes

    "Legion was kind of his next big one, and now he's bringing his talents over to Prime's RoboCop series." - Frank

    "They got a pretty good team around it so far." - Frank

    "They even joked about like, oh, the silver armor's too much. What are you doing? Silver armor is everything." - Frank

    "Hopefully Prime doesn't mess this up and understand the point of RoboCop protecting people over corporations." - Frank

    If you have opinions about the silver armor, send this to the friend who still defends the 2014 movie and let them argue with me. Follow the show so you get every RoboCop casting update as it drops. #RoboCop

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    Listener Questions

    • Is Dan Stevens the right pick for Alex Murphy, or would you have cast someone else?
    • Silver armor or a modern redesign, and does the answer change if the writing is strong?

    2 min
  • Every Game of Thrones Spinoff Ranked From Locked In to Concept Art

    House of the Dragon season four arrives in 2028 and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season two is right behind it, but everything after that gets a lot less certain. I rank Aegon's Conquest, Nine Voyages, the Arya sequel, Ten Thousand Ships, and the Golden Empire from real production to a script sitting on somebody's desk.

    I wanted to sort the entire Westeros slate by one question, which is whether the thing will actually exist. The two shows at the top are easy, and then it gets interesting fast. The Mad King is a stage play about Aerys and the events that kicked off Robert's Rebellion, and I am planning to be there when it hits the States. Aegon's Conquest is my big prediction, because Warner Bros. has a fantasy epic hole on the slate once Dune wraps with part three, and I think Aegon's story gets stretched across a trilogy to fill it. Nine Voyages excites me for a different reason, since Corlys Velaryon is the guy Westeros parents tell their kids about at bedtime and House of the Dragon barely touches those legends. Then the drop starts. The Arya sequel is the strongest of the long shots because HBO wants it, but it needs Maisie Williams and it needs to clear a bar the network keeps saying is extremely high. Ten Thousand Ships has been kicking around since 2021 with three writers in five years, which is Marvel's Blade territory, and it is a very expensive story built on names most viewers will not recognize. The Golden Empire is the one I am rooting for hardest, because a feudal China and Japan influenced corner of Essos with an HBO architecture budget is the only pitch here that would feel completely new.

    Chapters

    • 0:00 The Two Locks, House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
    • 0:14 The Mad King Stage Play
    • 0:29 Aegon's Conquest and the Empty Dune Slot
    • 0:44 Nine Voyages and Why Corlys Deserves His Own Show
    • 1:17 The Arya Sequel and the Maisie Williams Problem
    • 1:33 Ten Thousand Ships Stuck in Development
    • 2:04 The Golden Empire as Westeros Meets Shogun
    • 2:36 What Is Actually Next

    Key Takeaways

    • House of the Dragon season four and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season two are the only projects that are genuinely locked.
    • The Mad King is a real stage production covering Aerys and the fall of the Targaryens, with a US run on the way.
    • Aegon's Conquest looks positioned to take the fantasy epic slot Dune vacates, and a trilogy is on the table.
    • Nine Voyages would finally cover the Corlys Velaryon legends that House of the Dragon skips past.
    • The Arya sequel has network interest but two real hurdles, casting and expectations.
    • Ten Thousand Ships has burned through three writers in five years on a costly story with no recognizable house names attached.
    • The Golden Empire is the only project on the slate that would look and feel unlike anything Westeros has done.

    Quotes

    "I'm gonna rank these from, like, actually going to happen to concept art on someone's desk."

    "The way I like to look at Sea Snake is he's the character in Westeros that parents would tell their kids about at bedtime."

    "It has, like Marvel's Blade stink all over it."

    "I think HBO kind of wants to use Targaryen, Stark, or Lannister at the end of every name in any projects."

    "This could be really different than anything else that they put out for Westeros, and 100% have my backing."

    If you have a ranking of your own, send this to the friend who still argues about the Jon Snow show and tell me where I got it wrong. #GameOfThrones

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    Which Game of Thrones project would you actually cancel to get the Golden Empire made faster?

    Would you watch an Arya sequel if Maisie Williams passed and the role was recast?

    4 min
  • Golden Axe Becomes an Adult Animated Series on Paramount Plus

    Sega's Golden Axe is back as a ten episode adult animated series, and all ten episodes land on Paramount Plus on September 16. Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites) and Joe Chandler (American Dad!) co-created it, with Matthew Rhys, Liam McIntyre, Lisa Gilroy, Danny Pudi and Carl Tart voicing the cast.

    I care about this one because of the pedigree behind it. McMahan and Chandler are two names I trust in adult animation, and the premise sounds like it knows exactly what it is: Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead reuniting to fight Death Adder again, stuck in a loop where the villain never stays dead. What breaks that loop is Hampton Squib, a brand new adventurer who is completely out of his depth, and I have questions about whether he is meant to read as DLC or as the player's stand in. The cast is stacked top to bottom, with Matthew Rhys as the angry dwarf Gilius Thunderhead, Liam McIntyre from Spartacus as Ax Battler, Lisa Gilroy as Tyris Flare, Danny Pudi as Hampton Squib, and Carl Tart as the panther warrior Chronos. Great creative team, great voice cast, a premise that plays with video game logic, and a binge drop instead of a weekly rollout. This one has a real shot.

    • 0:00 Golden Axe Is Officially a Show
    • 0:05 All Ten Episodes Land September 16
    • 0:10 Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler Behind the Series
    • 0:23 The Death Adder Loop and the Meta Premise
    • 0:31 Hampton Squib, DLC or Player Stand In
    • 0:40 The Voice Cast Breakdown
    • 1:07 Why This Could Land
    • 1:16 Paramount Plus, Comedy Central, and Wrap Up

    Key Takeaways

    • Golden Axe premieres on Paramount Plus on September 16 with all ten episodes at once
    • Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler co-created the series, with Chandler serving as showrunner
    • The show moved from its original Comedy Central home to Paramount Plus
    • Voice cast: Matthew Rhys as Gilius Thunderhead, Liam McIntyre as Ax Battler, Lisa Gilroy as Tyris Flare, Danny Pudi as Hampton Squib, Carl Tart as Chronos
    • The premise leans meta, with the heroes seemingly aware they are stuck in a video game style repeat cycle
    • Hampton Squib is a new character built to disrupt that loop

    "The reason I care about this is because the pedigree."

    "So is he a DLC to the game or is he just the player's stand in?"

    "It does feel like they kind of know they're in a video game, or at least in a repeat cycle."

    "The cast is top notch too."

    "Great creative team, great voice acting, interesting premise, and they're all dropping at once."

    If you grew up feeding quarters into a Golden Axe cabinet, send this episode to the friend you played it with and tell me whether you are binging all ten on day one. #GoldenAxe

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    Is Hampton Squib a player stand in, or is he DLC that got shoved into the party?

    Which dormant Sega franchise should get the animated treatment next?

    2 min
  • The Robin Williams Account Is an Anti AI Weapon

    Robin Williams Is Back Online and It Is About AI

    Robin Williams' Instagram posted for the first time in 12 years, and his kids Zak, Zelda and Cody also launched Facebook, TikTok and YouTube accounts in his name. Zelda framed it plainly on her own Instagram: this is the best tool the family has for fighting AI recreations of her father's likeness and voice.

    I get why this feels strange, and I say so in the episode. But I walk through why it actually works. A dormant account does not rank in a Robin Williams search, so what fills that space is fan edits at best and AI slop at worst. An active family owned account gives people one verified place to check whether a photo or video is real, and it gives the family standing to file takedowns, which platforms only honor from accounts in good standing. The Stan Lee Instagram has been running this playbook for a while and it is worth a follow. This is still whack a mole and I am not pretending otherwise, but it is one of the few real levers anyone has right now. What gets me is that the people falling for these videos skew older, not younger, while the millennials who grew up on Robin are the ones watching his kids fight off replicas of their dead father. Have a heart. Let the man rest.

    Chapters

    • 0:00 The account posts after 12 years
    • 0:15 What Zelda Williams said about AI abuse
    • 0:31 Why a dormant account loses the search results
    • 0:44 One verified place to check photos and video
    • 0:59 Takedowns only work from an active account
    • 1:07 The Stan Lee account as the model
    • 1:13 Who is actually falling for AI videos
    • 1:31 Pushing back before AI coexistence gets worse

    Key Takeaways

    • Zak, Zelda and Cody reactivated Robin Williams' Instagram and added Facebook, TikTok and YouTube accounts under a joint statement.
    • Zelda's stated reason is AI abuse of her father's likeness and voice, not nostalgia.
    • Twelve years of dormancy means the account had no search presence, leaving room for fan edits and AI generated material.
    • Verified content in one official place gives fans a reference point for what is real.
    • Takedown requests carry weight only from an active account in good standing with the platform.
    • The Stan Lee Instagram is a working example of the same approach.
    • Nobody expects this to stop all AI generation, but it is the strongest tool available to the family.
    • Older users appear more likely to be fooled by AI video than younger ones.

    Quotes

    "A dormant account for 12 years is not going to rank in a Robin Williams search." (Frank)

    "Everything posted from there is verified and real." (Frank)

    "Now we have to be realistic here. This is whack a mole." (Frank)

    "Have a heart guys. Let the man rest." (Frank)

    "If we don't push back against stuff like this and the many other AI problems, we will not have a coexistence with AI that we actually want." (Frank)

    Go follow the Robin Williams Instagram account, then send this episode to the person in your life who keeps sharing AI videos of dead celebrities without realizing it. #RobinWilliams

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    Do you think reactivating a deceased person's account is the right call, or does it make the whole thing weirder?
    Have you already been fooled by an AI video of someone who has passed away?

    2 min
  • Sebastian Stan Confirms Harvey Dent In The Batman Part Two

    Sebastian Stan confirmed he is playing Harvey Dent in The Batman Part II during a French press interview about Avengers: Doomsday. Set photos showing Christmas decorations and wintry dressing have people asking whether Mr. Freeze is next.

    I have been waiting on a straight answer about Harvey Dent for months and we finally got one from Sebastian Stan himself. He was doing press for a French outlet, mostly answering questions about Avengers: Doomsday, and he said he only receives the script in pieces and films it that way. Then he said the same thing is happening on The Batman Part II, where he plays Harvey Dent. That is the confirmation. No more rumor cycles, no more insider posts contradicting each other. On top of that, set photos are showing Christmas decorations, which points to the sequel taking place over the holidays, and the production has been posting wintry material that has me hoping for Mr. Freeze. He is one of the best villains in the rogues gallery and most casual fans still know him from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Batman: The Animated Series made him tragic and genuinely cold, and I want a whole new audience to see that version.

    • 0:00 Sebastian Stan is confirmed as Harvey Dent
    • 0:05 The French interview and the Avengers: Doomsday question
    • 0:13 Filming scripts in pieces
    • 0:20 The Harvey Dent line that ends the rumors
    • 0:24 Christmas decorations spotted on set
    • 0:28 Wintry set dressing and the Mr. Freeze theory
    • 0:36 Why Mr. Freeze deserves a real adaptation
    • 0:46 Sign off
    • 0:48 New Geek Freaks episode and YouTube

    Key Takeaways

    • Sebastian Stan confirmed his own casting as Harvey Dent in The Batman Part II
    • The confirmation came from a French press interview built around Avengers: Doomsday
    • Stan says he receives scripts in pieces on both productions and films them that way
    • Christmas decorations on set suggest a holiday setting for the sequel
    • Wintry set material has fans speculating about Mr. Freeze
    • The Arnold Schwarzenegger version still defines Mr. Freeze for most casual viewers

    Quotes

    "Finally confirmed, we got Sebastian Stan playing Harvey Dent for The Batman Part two."

    "I really don't know anything. It's mostly in parts."

    "by the way, on set we're seeing Christmas decorations. So it's going to be taking place during Christmas."

    "Is that teasing towards Mr. Freeze? I sure hope so."

    "I think he's one of the best villains in Batman's rogues gallery."

    If you want Mr. Freeze in The Batman Part II, send this to the friend who still quotes the Schwarzenegger ice puns. Follow and leave a rating so more Gotham casting news finds you first. #TheBatman

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    Listener Questions

    • Who is your pick for the definitive live action Mr. Freeze?
    • Does a Christmas setting work for a Batman movie or does it pull you out of Gotham?

    2 min

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