Bonus quote: ”Only the derivatives!” — Kirsten James
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
08:17 – Eye for AI (take the quiz!)
Coming Soon
19:17 – Megalopolis
related: Vanity Fair first look
26:16 – Cobra Kai (Netflix series, S6 in three parts, Part I: July 18, Part II: November 28, The finalé event: 2025
27:53 – Wednesday (Netflix series, S2 cast announcement, in production, Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Luis Guzmɑ́n, Thandiwe Newton, Haley Joel Osment, Fred Armisen, Christopher Lloydְ)
29:48 – The Boys (Prime Video series, S4, June 13) (Zoner Mary)
34:49 – The Acolyte (Star Wars series, Disney+, June the 4th) (Zoner Mary) / LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Star Wars animated special, Disney+, September 13)
related: Colbert’s lost footage of Luke Skywalker at the Mos Eisley cantina (Zoner Mary)
39:25 – Eric (Netflix film, May 30, Benedict Cumberbatch)
40:23 – Super Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe
– Donkey Kong Country: Mine-Cart Madness (coaster!)
– Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge (dark ride)
– Yoshi’s Adventure (omnimover, previously only in Japan)
42:34 – Paul Walter Hauser joins casts of Fantastic Four and Naked Gun
43:42 – Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone re-team for movie about infamous “anal bead” chess scandal
45:48 – Michelle Yeoh to Star in Amazon’s Blade Runner 2049 sequel series Blade Runner 2099
47:08 – Live-action ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie gets theatrical release date (June 5, 2026, dir: Travis ”Chilly Tee” Knight of Bumblebee, son of Nike’s Phil Knight, Laika lead animator/CEO)
Coming soon: SPEED ROUND!
49:10 – X-Men ’97’s X-Mansion on Airbnb
49:22 – Knuckles (Paramount+ 6-ep miniseries, out now)
43:51 – The Watchers (dir: Ishana Shyamalan, prod: M. Night Shyamalan, in theatres June 14)
51:03 – Robot Dreams (in theatres May 31)
51:27 – 28 Years Later casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Ralph Fiennes (dir: Danny Boyle)
51:55 – Next On Disney+ (Zoner Mary)
– Jim Henson: Idea Man (May 31)
– The Beach Boys (May 24)
– Darjeeling Limited, Daredevil 2003, That Thing You Do!, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (May 1)
– Doctor Who (S1 premiere May 10, 17, 24, 31)
– Tales of the Empire (S1, May the 4th)
– The Bad Batch (S3, May the 1th)
– Welcome to Wrexham (S3, Fridays in May)
– Black Twitter: A People’s History (S1, May 9)
– Monsters at Work (S2, May 5)
– X-Men ’97 Assembled (May 22)
– Queen Rock Montreal (May 15)
– The Beatles’ Let it Be (May 8)
NOT Coming Soon
52:10 – Nintendo to announce Switch successor before the end of this fiscal year
58:27 – Kraven the Hunter moves to December as Sony pushes Karate Kid to May 2025
Geek News Proper
59:16 – Bernard Hill: Lord of The Rings and Titanic actor dies aged 79
1:03:13 – James Gunn’s Superman suit: photo / article
1:11:04 – Sony backlash re: PSN account linking for Helldivers 2 and all other PlayStation exclusives on PC (Zoner Spenny)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
1:12:29 – The Roast of Tom Brady (Art)
1:23:49 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Pol)
1:30:14 – Anyone But You (Art)
1:32:47 – Fallout (Pol & Bud)
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