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Ariel and Jonathan take a break from reporting the geek news to talk about how science fiction conventions have evolved as sci-fi and fantasy are more mainstream than ever. And Jonathan asks some Ewoks to get off his lawn.

Dragon Con

San Diego Comic Con

PAX Prime

Anachrocon

TimeGate

Liberty Con

In our last episode before the madness of Dragon Con begins, we give a quick update on some of the news coming out of PAX Prime, cover a ton of movie news, lose the ability to speak over a massive LEGO build and celebrate the magnificent Betty White as she joins the show Bones for an episode.

PAX Prime News:

Final Fantasy 15's release date coming in March

Star Wars Uprising sounds pretty nifty

Battleborn Beta signups are open

Rainbow Mika joining Street Fighter V

Everything Else:

Activision/Blizzard joining the S&P 500

XCom 2 delayed -- and that's good

Mortal Kombat X for last generation consoles canceled

Minecraft: Story Mode details

Ridley Scott's next film will be Prometheus 2

The Captain America: Civl War teams are shaping up

Mads Mikkelson to join Dr. Strange?

A look at Michael Fassbender in the Assassin's Creed movie

Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash to produce slasher film

A Borderlands movie is in development

Vincent D'Onofrio to direct a Billy the Kid movie

Amazon to bring us a Galaxy Quest TV series

Betty White to guest star in Bones

Doctor Who LEGO set is adorable

Fan-built Erebor LEGO sculpture is amazing

Double black holes -- what does it mean???

Ariel and Jonathan chat about upcoming movies, TV series, comic books and the saddest theme park in England.

Will there be a fifth season of Blackadder?

Trailer for Victor Frankenstein starring Daniel Radcliffe

Trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight

Trailer for meta horror film The Final Girls

Trailer for the new Supergirl TV series - Still Looks Great

Banksy's Dismaland, the Saddest Theme Park Ever

Nathan Fillion would love to be Booster Gold

Captain America wraps shooting for Civil War

Will George Miller direct a Man of Steel sequel?

Terminator Genysis gets a boost from China

Alfre Woodward joins Luke Cage cast

Marvel features cosplayers on variant comic book covers

Nintendo to get into the movie making business?

Superhero beauty masks

Windows 95 turns 20

Comcast to deliver 1 gb to everyone within 2 or 3 years?

Jon Stewart turns heel, helps bad guy win at Summerslam

It's a Disney-centric episode as we talk about what came out of the D23 conference. Also, Jonathan and Ariel express some concern about the remake of Pete's Dragon, a Toy Story sequel and another Tim Burton Wonderland movie. 

A sequel to What We Do in the Shadows

Flight of the Conchords movie?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film

Mad Max interactive video game trailer

New live action Jungle Book film

Toy Story 4?

Star Wars theme parks on their way to CA and FL

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 gets a familiar face

Gigantic - but not the Pixies song

Alice Through the Looking Glass by Tim Burton

Pete's Dragon remake to not have songs???

NBC is working on a RED television show

Ronda Rousey wants to be Captain Marvel

Jon Stewart to host Summerslam

Stephen Amell will wrestle at Summerslam

Which two unrelated shows are scheduled to have a dumb crossover? Are Ariel and Jonathan excited about the Deadpool movie? And who wanted a film about PEZ?

Korean Star Wars trailer

Walking Dead spinoff gets second season

Ian McShane joins Game of Thrones

So does Max von Sydow

HBO gives us a first look at the WestWorld series

No Harry Potter TV series, sadly

Bones and Sleepy Hollow crossover???

Bill Murray to cameo in new Ghostbusters film

Maybe we know who Bill Murray will play

Another D&D film is on the way

Nosferatu remake is also on the way

Deadpool Trailer (and trailer trailer)

PEZ gets a movie?

Zoolander 2 teaser revealed

Nightmare on Elm Street is being rebooted . . . again

Groot gets a cartoon origin story

Sense8 getting a second season

Xbox One DVR feature to launch in US, UK and Canada

World of Warcraft subscriptions down more than 40%

Nichelle "Uhura" Nichols to go on NASA mission

After a week off, Ariel and Jonathan are back to talk about geek news, including the usual roundup of movie, comic book and television stories. Also this week, stories about listening for aliens and robots that have become self-aware (and why Ariel thinks both are creepy).

Story links:

Twin Peaks themed restaurant to have damn fine coffee

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl returning

Miramax movie studio for sale

Spider-Man reboot film nets a pair of writers

BBC creates a new production division

Would a female Doctor ruin Doctor Who?

More hints about Martin Freeman's Marvel character

Arkham Knight to receive a patch in August

Shenmue III breaks Kickstarter record

Names for those new female Ghostbusters

Listening for aliens

Adorable self-aware robot will destroy us all

Boy Band Zombie Western from Asylum is on the way and we can't stop it

Live-action version of The Sword in the Stone is on the way

Benicio del Toro courted for Star Wars VIII villain

A lot of geek news exploded all over the Internet this past week, largely due to the massive presence of Comic Con. So this episode is divided into two parts - first, headlines from the geek sphere. The second (and larger) part is a discussion of the news out of San Diego Comic Con.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passes away

Ghostbusters Ecto-1 reveal

And the Ghostbusters costume reveal

South Park renewed through 2019

Star Wars: Rogue One villain revealed?

Doctor Who season 9 trailer

Pancake Man on the way to save the US

Hatoful Boyfriend on the way to the PS4

Miyazaki CG film on display

Two-Legged Robot Terrifies

Pixar employee creates adorable robot

Bloom County set to return

Con Man trailer is hilarious

Wreck-It Ralph sequel in the works

Comic Con News

Could Snipes be Blade again?

DC toy lineup looks great

Sherlock Christmas special trailer

Star Wars behind the scenes video

Batman vs. Superman trailer

Suicide Squad trailer

Ash vs. The Evil Dead trailer

The Muppets take Comic Con

Warcraft's panel at Comic Con

Heroes Reborn trailer

Deadpool trailer is leaked, hilarious and violent

X-Men Apocalypse Trailer leaked (don't watch it yet)

DC TV series news from Comic Con

Batman/Avengers crossover

US and Japan will face off in a giant robot battle!

An Unfortunately Fake Teaser

A Wet Hot American Trailer

Hello Kitty Getting An Expensive Movie

Fantastic Four in Breakfast Form

Black Panther Loses a Director

Terminator Genisys a Flop?

Next Pixar Short Will Be a Superhero Short

Zack Snyder Says You're Wrong About Man of Steel

Spider-Man Reboot to be a John Hughes-style Film?

Piece of Junk at 1/6 Scale

The Death of Superman Lives Documentary 

Donnie Yen Joins Star Wars Episode VIII Cast

Predator Joins Mortal Kombat X This Week

New Graphic Novel from Avatar: The Last Airbender Creator

From movies to comics to a really weird press conference, we cover geeky subjects for your listening pleasure.

Guinness World Records declares Star Wars VII trailer a record breaker

Why Jonathan won't be wearing a super cool watch

Georgia governor promotes the film industry

Jake Lloyd gets arrested

Miles Morales going mainstream

Inside Out sets record for the biggest opening of an original film

Fallout 4 frame rates

Independence Day 2 holds a press conference - - for some reason

Marvel reinvents Dr. Strange

Hawkgirl may get her own show?

Military invests in hover bike

NBC slaughters Hannibal

It's time for some movie news and a whooooole bunch of video game news. 

Amazon swoops in to save The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

DC Gods and Monsters movie looks dark

Jurassic World tramples box office records

Gambit is getting his own movie?

Comet lander wakes up

Bethesda press conference round up

Microsoft's E3 press conference

EA's E3 press event

Ubisoft's E3 press event

Sony's Morpheus headset to cost a bundle

Rock Band 4 also will set you back some sawbucks

Rumor (since confirmed) that Final Fantasy VII is being remade

Warchest brings toys from your childhood into war