In this episode, Ariel and Jonathan talk more comic book news, some interesting video game info and spend time dreaming about chocolate.

Stories:

Disney Channel original movie The Descendants

Joe Dante not involved in Gremlins reboot

Suicide Squad Joker is a Hot Topic

Michael Bay tweets TMNT Truck

Daredevil would like to be in a movie, please

Avengers 2 opens to global acclaim. Except in the US. Where it isn't out yet.

Independent theaters in Germany boycott Avengers

Sesame Street spoofs the Avengers

Star Wars fans send an X-Wing to space. Sort of.

X-Men Apocalypse Nightcrawler revealed and disappears with a BAMF

A peek at the Muppets from Instagram

Diablo III player goes from level 1 to 70 in 65 seconds

Batman: Arkham Knight trailer

Konami cancels Silent Hills

Steam allows paid mods and gamers are mad

New Rubik's cube record

Chocolate LEGOs!

A little boy gets permission for Jedi to get married

In this episode, Ariel and Jonathan discuss a ton of geeky movie trailers, some comic book news and even some science!

Links:

Batman vs. Superman Trailer

Star Wars Episode 7 Teaser Number Two

Jurassic World Trailer

The Little Prince Trailer

The Death of Superman Lives Trailer

Agent Skinner Joins X-Files Reboot

Three LEGO Films Announced

Agents of SHIELD Mockingbird Spinoff

Captain Marvel Film News

X-Men Founding Member Comes Out of the Closet

Groundhog Day Musical Announced

Astronaut Takes Star Trek Selfie in Spaaaaaace

Google Adds Loch Ness to Street View

Kickstarter Kit Turns Smartphone into 3-D Headset

Mattel to Allow Customers to Customizer and Print Toys

League of Legends to Continue Dominating the MOBA Scene

Heroes of the Storm Launch Date Announced

Kermit the Frog's Real-World Doppleganger Found

Crickets Not a Superfood After All

Atlanta is playing host to a ton of upcoming Marvel films. Will Ariel and Jonathan join the Avengers?

Warner Brothers options the Dragonriders of Pern series for a movie

More casting news on Beauty and the Beast

Marvel shooting more films in Atlanta

Marvel not attending Comic Con 2015

Supergirl outfit revealed

Lucy Lawless joins Evil Dead TV series

Another Ghostbusters reboot??

Zoolander 2 Officially Announced at Fashion Show

Tron 3 in the works?

Indiegogo campaign for Con Man, the Alan Tudyk series

VR huge at the Game Developers Conference

Rock Band 4 is backwards compatible

Gawker's guide to fake news sites

In this episode, we talk about gritty reboots, crappy movies and say farewell to an icon.

Story Links

Leonard Nimoy passes away

Canadians and their Spock bank notes

Google changing its ranking system

Mr. Fusion is real?

Alien film back on track

Sharknado 3 is a thing that will happen to us

A Magnificent 7 remake?

Mortal Kombat X for mobile on the way

Space twins!

Town featured in Walking Dead for sale

Ceres has spots

Power Rangers get R-rated

We talk about A-Force, Daredevil coming to Netflix, a rumor about the next Star Trek villain and more! Oh, and two news items broke between recording and publishing -- one is that Spider-Man will become part of the Marvel cinematic universe (though still controlled by Sony) and the other is that Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show before the end of the year. And now, the stories we actually did cover!

Kodak to provide film to the movie industry

The BAFTAS results

Poltergeist Remake gets a Trailer

Netflix's trailer for Daredevil is Gritty

Bryan Cranston to be the next Star Trek villain?

Will there be a Spaceballs 2?

Marvel to debut the all-female A-Force

Mortal Kombat X reactions

Weird Al wins 4th Grammy

Make art with an industrial robot

Samsung's TV listens to you

Soy Sauce bottle creator dies

XYRZ - examine your robotic zipper

Ariel and Jonathan talk about superheroes, female protagonists and a Nerf gun capable of autofire, among other things.

Green Bay Packers play Settlers of Catan

A Super Super Bowl Bet

Suicide Squad loses Tom Hardy

Jordan comic book fights extremism

No Ian McKellen or Patrick Stewart in next X-Men film

Fox wants to launch an X-Men tv show

Supergirl is cast

David Tennant to become Marvel villain

Stan Lee in music video

Beetlejuice 2 on the way?

Emma Watson is Belle in live action Beauty and the Beast

Gremlin reboot on hold for now

World of Warcraft gives a gift to veteran players

Mario gets Artificial Intelligence

Nerf gun capable of continuous fire

Cadbury chocolate will stop being imported to the US

Welcome to 2015! We're back and we're ready to talk about geeky stuff. This week, a couple of news items about Marvel led us down a rabbit hole. Here's a rundown of this week's stories:

Ariel can't record this week, so instead of a full episode I do a quick rundown of the news stories we were going to cover. Stay tuned - Next week we'll have a full episode!

Did you hear the Star Wars VII trailer came out? Did you hear it a lot?

Sony gets hacked, movies are pirated

Sony hack might be linked to the film The Interview

Xbox Live goes down for some users, hacker group claims responsibility

Creepy drone video captures footage of abandoned Chernobyl

French photographer merges supermodels with superheroes

Frozen 2 on the way?

Frustration over Exodus casting decisions reaches Biblical proportions

Netflix CEO predicts the death of broadcast tv in 16 years

Japanese shrimp gun "cooks" shrimp in 3 seconds

Girl Scout Cookies finally available online. The end is nigh.

Star Wars VII Trailer Debuts This Weekend

Lucas making a CGI musical called Strange Magic

Howard the Duck is coming back

Tom Cruise to be in a Highlander Reboot?

Constantine Halts Production

Jurassic World Teaser

Other Jurassic World Teaser

Jurassic World Trailer

Stephen King's "The Stand" to be adapted into four films.

Irrational Games to start hiring again.

Wolverine car!

Video game woes: Assassin's Creed: Unity

Video game woes: Master Chief Collection

Video game woes: Far Cry 4