Pol, Kirsten, and Bud get real excited for the Fantastic Four (The Thing can grow a rock beard?), The Punisher realistic-ing the Spider-Man universe, and our love of cheesy ’90s teen horror movies.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:25 – 16 billion creds leak

Coming Soon

10:46 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (in theatres July 25)

19:10 – Weapons (in theatres August 8)

22:09 – I Know What You Did Last Summer (in theatres July 18)

24:25 – Akira (37th anniversary 4K rerelease, in theatres July 16)

28:03 – Xbox + AMD: Powering the Next Generation of Xbox

28:59 – The Toxic Avenger (in theatres August 29)

33:55 – Stick (Apple TV+ series, June 4)

35:06 – Jon Bernthal joins Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (in theatres July 31, 2026)

39:38 – Death Stranding animated feature in the works (great BoingBoing title)

40:28 – Thunderbolts* comes to digital July 1 and Blu-ray July 29

41:08 – The first two Netflix Houses will finally open in late 2025

Geek News Proper

45:29 – Blumhouse buys rights to ‘Saw’ franchise

49v15 – Tony Gilroy says James Bond hasn’t had ”a good villain that works in a long time”

55:06 – David Zaslav is getting a pay cut

56:44 – 28 Years Later’s alpha zombie was legally required to wear a prosthetic penis

related: ‘You’d never make Slumdog today’: Danny Boyle on risks, regrets and returning to the undead

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:01:27 – David Fincher says ”there is a chaaaAAAaaance” Mindhunter could return as three Netflix movies (source: Variety)

1:01:53 – With Strange New Worlds ending, its showrunner hiiiIIIiiints at a reboot of the original series (source: Nerdist)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:04:51 – Final Destination Bloodlines (Kirsten, bloody featurette)

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Catching up on two weeks of news, the geeks . . . spend way too much time talking about the Smurfs movie, which wasn’t even on the list!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

03:16 – refreezing Arctic sea ice / handheld console advice

Coming Soon

07:22 – The Naked Gun (in theatres August 1) (Zoner Mary)

07:59 – Superman (in theatres July 11)

related: James Gunn is working on a new Wonder Woman movie ‘right now’

14:32 – Wicked: For Good (in theatres November 21)

16:08 – King of the Hill (season 14 revival trailer, Huly/Disney+, August 4)

17:17 – Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (National Geographic documentary, Disney+, July 10 at 6:00 pm)

21:02 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (S3 OF FIVE, Paramount+, two-ep premiere July 17)

22:03 – Ironheart (Marvel 6-episode series, Disney+, 6p Pacific June 24)

24:38 – 007 First Light (Playstation, Xbox, Steam, Epic, Switch 2, 2026)

26:28 – The Sandman (Netflix two-part movie, Vol. 1 – July 3, Vol. 2 – July 24)

27:45 – Freakier Friday (in theatres August 8)

31:02 – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (in theatres October 24)

34:07 – The Phoenician Scheme (Wes Anderson film, came out May 30)

36:41 – The Lost Bus (Apple TV+ film, coming soon, Dir: Paul Greengrass, Producers include: Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum (Blumhouse coproduction w/ Apple Studios), Starring: Matthew McConaughey & America Ferrera)

37:19 – Dave Bautista is making a game and cartoon about a Cat Assassin

semi-related: Nyaight of the Living Cat (animated series, based off a 2020 manga, Crunchyroll, July 6)

NOT Coming Soon

40:56 – Scarlett Johansson asked for her executive producer credit to be removed from Thunderbolts*

41:54 – Nintendo delays The Legend of Zelda movie (by like six weeks: May 7, 2027)

Geek News Proper

42:36 – Nintendo says the Switch 2 is its fastest-selling console of all time

44:15 – SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike Suspended June 11 (Zoner Ewan)

44:29 – Daily Show staffer on triumph at Pedro Pascal look-alike contest: ‘It’s Been Insane’ (PEDRO#5, interview with Jon Stewart!)

45:16 – Naughty Dog owner Sony files opposition to ‘naughty cat’ trademark application, says ‘dog’ and ‘cat’ are ‘highly similar’

related: The Last of Us Season 3 will focus on Abby

related: Nanaimo’s Pride colours, plus The Last of Us

50:01 – How Edible (Arrangements) responded when called ‘hot garbage’ on Sirens

50:35 – Brian Wilson died last week while we were yelling about Star Wars

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

51:33 – Nosferatu’ Director Robert Eggers sets A Christmas Carol remake at Warner Bros., Willem Dafoe eeeEEEyyyEEEd for Scrooge (source: Variety)

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

52:17 – Zoner Shane: giving The Phantom Menace its due

related: Star Wars ”looks terrible” in screening of long lost original 1977 version

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:39 – Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (Pol)

1:13:52 – Materialists (Pol)

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Today, in a very special episode of The Geek-out Podcast: a full complement of geeks YELLING ABOUT STAR WARS. =)

The Trilogy

07:46 – IV: Star Wars (May 1977, George Lucas), V: The Empire Strikes Back (May 1980, Irvin Kershner), VI: Return of the Jedi (May 1983, Richard Marquand)

The Prequels

32:08 – I: The Phantom Meanace (May 1999, George Lucas), II: Attack of the Clones (May 2002, George Lucas), III: Revenge of the Sith (May 2008, George Lucas)

The Sequels

52:10 – VII: The Force Awakens (December 2015, J.J. Abrams), VIII: The Last Jedi (December 2017, Rian Johnson), IX: The Rise of Skywalker (December 2019, J.J. Abrams)

And? Or?

1:20:06 – Andor (September 2022, April 2025, Tony Gilroy)

There has only ever been one…

1:52:26 – Spaceballs (Amazon MGM Studios, in theatres 2027)

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Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and his nonexistent construction sounds talk about knives, steps, monsters, things, deaths, and ghosts.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:27 – vert.sh

Coming Soon

05:30 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix film, December 12)

08:12 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (tickets on sale now, in theatres July 25)

related: Zoner Ewan: Fantastic Four: First Steps actor spoiler of some sort. BEWARE!

10:47 – Frankenstein (Netflix film, November…sometime)

14:53 – Stranger Things 5 (Netflix series, final season, Volume 1, November 26, 5pm PT; Volume 2, Christmas, 5pm PT; The Finale, New Year’s Eve, 5pm PT)

17:54 – Squid Game (Netflix series S3, June 27)

20:31 – King of the Hill (revival, Hulu/Disney+, August 4, article)

26:46 – Gen V (The Boys spinoff series, S2, Prime Video, September 17)

28:03 – M3GAN 2.0 (in theatres June 27)

related: M3GAN 2.0 hits the nail on the head with its unsettling popcorn bucket

35:41 – Caught Stealing (in theatres August 29)

37:15 – Sally (National Geographic documentary, Disney+, June 16)

40:43 – Black Phone 2 (Blumhouse sequel, October 17)

42:53 – The White Lotus creator Mike White sets Survivor return for season 50

45:28 – Ariana Grande to star opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents 4

NOT Coming Soon

46:56 – Mark Hamill says ‘I had my time’ in the Star Wars franchise

Geek News Proper

51:55 – David Cross cracks jokes to spread climate crisis awareness (Zoner Ewan, article)

57:07 – The Last Of Us now has four seasons, and Naughty Dog is making a secret game

59:26 – Sydney Sweeney is selling her used bath water

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:05:11 – Alex Garland eeeYYYeeeing reunion with Warfare actor Kit Connor for A24 Elden Ring adaptation (source: Deadline)

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

1:06:01 – Zoner Ewan: stained glass robot?

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:08:46 – The Last of Us S2

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Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and ghost Art geek out about soundwaves, delays, and zom-bays.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:18 – soundwave fire extinguisher

Coming Soon

11:26 – Good Fortune (Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh, Keke Palmer, in theatres October 17)

16:06 – Smoke (Apple TV+ series, June 27)

18:32 – Elden Ring film adaptation by Alex Garland confirmed by A24 (Zoner Spenny)

NOT Coming Soon

19:27 – Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars delayed to December 2026 and December 2027 (Zoner Mary)

21:20 – Game of Thrones fans furious as George R. R. Martin confirms two more jobs that aren’t Winds Of Winter

24:53 – Rian Johnson would be the happiest person if he could go back to Star Wars

Geek News Proper

28:44 – HBO’s Harry Potter Series Casts Harry, Ron & Hermione (Dominic McLaughlin as Harry, Alastair Stout as Ron, and Arabella Stanton as Hermione)

32:25 – US Memorial Day box office: Mission: Impossible scores series-best $77 million / Lilo & Stitch debuts to massive $183 million

37:28 – AAA24 (paid membership, companion app, US-centric, $10 USD/mo or $100 USD/yr, trailer)

40:05 – Victoria takes centre stage for Canada’s Movie Industry Conference

44:26 – Nintendo fans worry Switch 2 packaging will cause confusion

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

47:03 – Jason Momoa (and WWE wrestler Roman Reigns) iN taaaAAAaaaLkS to star in Street Fighter movie (source: Discussing Film dot net)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

48:25 – Friendship (Pol)

51:36 – The Last of Us S02E07 – Convergence

1:00:15 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

1:20:45 – Andor

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Pol and Kirsten and Bud talk Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth/What, AI voices, Dilbert, Norm!, and . . . or. And, by that, I mean Andor.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:26 – Duolingo AI

Coming Soon

08:30 – Task (H!B!O! Max miniseries, September)

12:13 – IT: Welcome to Derry (H!B!O! Max series, 9 eps, ”summer”)

15:46 – Nobody 2 (in theatres August 15)

18:07 – Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth (in theatres July 2)

24:37 – Zootopia 2 (in theatres November 26) (Zoner Mary)

26:54 – Americana (in theatres August 22)

28:33 – The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (in theatres October 9, 2026)

Geek News Proper

30:46 – SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over AI Darth Vader Fortnite voice (family approved?)

38:23 – Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump pulled funding, but will stay on PBS

40:34 – Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he’s dying of ‘the same cancer that Joe Biden has’

44:04 – George Wendt (”Norm!” from Cheers) has died at 76

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

48:12 – Daniel Day-Lewis is being eeeEEEyyyeeeDDD to play Magneto in X-Men reboot (source: Comic…Book…Movie…dot com?)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

48:50 – Thunderbolts* (POL??!?)

56:04 – And? Or?

1:14:01 – The Last of Us S02E06 – The Price

related: Pearl Jam’s TLoU EP

related YES NERDS, OF COURSE HE KNEW THE TIMELINE

related: The Last of Us’ now has four seasons, and Naughty Dog is making a ‘secret game’

1:26:43 – Murderbot S01E01/E02 – FreeCommerce/Eye Contact

1:30:01 – The Studio

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With special ghost Art joining us, Pol & Bud chat about being unplugged, Superman, asterisks, and the Goggins-sance.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

13:05 – inflight Wifi hack

Coming Soon

18:47 – Superman (in theatres July 11)

related: James Gunn’s dog Ozu, reacting to Krypto (who was 3D modeled after Ozo)

33:26 – Ironheart (Marvel series, Disney+, 3 ep premiere June 24 at 6:00 pm PDT)

39:29 – Peacemaker (DC series, S2, Max, August 21)

43:00 – Nicolas Cage makes photo debut as aging web slinger in Spider-Noir (but not video; the teaser is being pulled left, right, and centre)

45:01 – Fallout (Prime Video series, S2, December, Zoner Quintin)

51:02 – Honey Don’t (in theatres August 22)

56:19 – Krysten Ritter returning as Jessica Jones for Daredevil: Born Again S2

58:01 – Golden Globes will introduce Best Podcast category in 2026

1:00:58 – Plans announced for Disney theme park and resort on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

1:03:01 – Wicked returns to theaters as 3-hour prelude to Wicked 2 trailer

1:04:05 – Murderbot debuts to rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes score

Geek News Proper

1:4:52 – Warner Bros. Discovery announces Max to become HBO Max this summer

1:06:35 – Star Wars showed off the future of AI special effects, and it sucks

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:21 – Thunderbolts* (Art)

1:27:28 – The Last of Us S02E05 – Feel Her Love

1:34:03 – Andor

related: Say it in Ghor

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Pol & Kirsten helm Bud’s Podcast while he’s away this week, geeking about about Bono, The X-Files, Karate Kid, and stuff that didn’t come out in the ’80s and ’90s.

Coming Soon

07:50 – Bono doc

Geek News Proper

10:18 – GTA 6 delayed

13:05 – Gillian Anderson back on The X-Files reboot?

16:50 – AI radio host

20:39 – Karate Kid: Legends runtime

33:14 – Highest 2 Lowest

37:06 – Squid Game 3

38:50 – Wood & Goggins

40:14 – The Studio S2

Reviews and Recommendayshes

42:35 – The Last of Us + Bella Ramsey thoughts

49:37 – Thunderbolts*

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FULL COMPLEMENT OF GEEKS! Pol, Kirsten, Bud, Art, AND BRYAN (at various times) chat about spoops, laughs, vampires, and lawsuits, and review & recommendaysh Sinners, Andor, The Last of Us, and Adolescence.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:19 – AutoZipper

Coming Soon

08:58 – Weapons (in theatres August 8)

12:14 – One Battle After Another (in theatres September 26)

14:59 – Murderbot (an inside look, Apple TV+ series, May 16)

15:58 – The Smashing Machine (A24 biopic, in theatres October 3)

18:38 – Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (Netflix special, May 4)

21:35 – LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (title reveal Netflix anthology series, volume 4, May 15)

titles: 400 Boys, For He Can Creep, Golgotha, How Zeke Got Religion, Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners, Close Encounters of the Mini Kind :heart_eyes_cat:, Spider Rose, The Other Large Thing, The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur, Can’t Stop

starring: Mr. Beast, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Parnell, Kevin Hart, Rhys Darby, Brett Goldstein, Niecy Nash-Betts, John Boyega

23:49 – Heads of State (Prime Video movie, July 2)

26:01 – Sirens (Netflix film, May 22, Meaghann Fahy, Milly Alcock, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon)

27:45 – Fountain of Youth (Apple TV+ film, May 23)

30:03 – Predator: Badlands (in theatres November 7)

33:05 – The Sexiest Man in Winnepeg (Prime Video documentary, May 9)

34:18 – Stardew Valley’s iconic video game soundtrack is getting a real-life orchestral concert in Victoria

36:13 – Bill Hader to Co-Write, Potentially Star in Jonestown Series in Development at HBO

42:36 – Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 spin-off coming to Netflix

51:10 – What the hell, sure: Toys ‘R’ Us Is Getting a Movie

NOT Coming Soon

56:27 – 2033 Blade‘s former costume designer affirms it could have been a period piece

Geek News Proper

58:24 – Patrick Starship Enterprise (Paramount+ ad)

58:54 – Disney & Marvel don’t want to play Nicepool with Justin Baldoni over Deadpool in Blake Lively legal battle

1:00:34 – A petition is up to get the Until Dawn creators credited in the movie

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:01:15 – Sinners

1:09:43 – Andor

1:14:09 – The Last of Us S02E03 – The Path

related: How The Battle of Jackson was filmed

1:28:00 – Adolescence

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With a surprise Art, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud chat Fan! Tas! Tic! Foooooouuuuuur!, why it’s 28 weeks or years later (😅), and The Last of Us, which felt more like a season finalé than an episode 2.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:13 – AI geoguessing

Coming Soon

05:45 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps

10:12 – Thunderbolts* (in theatres May 2, tickets on sale now)

. . . and, a wild Art appears (so the pod derails a bit w/ politics and religion)!

23:19 – 28 Years Later (June 20, not 28)

24:36 – Superman behind-the-scenes look (in theatres July 11)

27:03 – Pee-wee as Himself (Max documentary, May 23)

27:57 – Sinners (Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, out now)

28:22 – HIM (Jordan Peele, September 19)

32:38 – Weapons (in theatres August 8, fake website)

33:22 – I Know What You Did Last Summer (in theatres July 18)

36:21 – Wednesday (Netflix series, S2 teaser, part I August 6)

37:00 – Marvel’s iconic swimsuit special is making a summer comeback

40:47 – Paul Rudd Nintendo console commercials, old and new (article)

related: Switch 2 console/bundle/accessory pricing in Canada (same, same, slightly more expensive)

Coming Soon: Star Wars edition

44:11 – Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (”Official Teaser??!?” Nah, it’s a title reveal, in theatres May 2026) (Zoner Mary)

related: with . . . Sigourney Weaver? (Zoner Mary)

45:27 – Star Wars: Starfighter (Celebration reveal, Shawn Levy, Ryan Gosling, May 28, 2027)

47:14 – ”Maul: Shadow Lord” animated series coming to Disney+

Not coming soon, but still Star Wars-adjacent

49:08 – Diego Luna was almost arrested for taking ‘Star Wars’ blaster to Heathrow airport

Reviews and Recommendayshes

50:02 – Andor S02E01 (Kirsten & Art)

55:57 – Sinners (Pol)

1:01:24 – Daredevil: Born Again S1

related: fans react to ‘brutal’ violence of season one finale

1:07:35 – The Studio (Kirsten, Pol, and Art again)

1:15:13 – The Last of Us S02E02 – Through the Valley *ALL SPOILERS ALL THE TIME*

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