The Geek-out Podcast

Absent a busy Bud, Pol & Kirsten geek out about the death of games, the death of Euphoria, and the not-quite death of moviegoing. Perhaps Baby Yoda is helping.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:36 – Protect Our Games

Coming Soon

11:14 – The End of Oak Street (split diopter-happy J.J. Abrams movie, in theatres August 14)

15:00 – Coyote vs. ACME (in theatres August 28)

NOT Coming Soon

17:33 – More Euphoria: HBO confirms it’s ending with S3

Uh . . . More Coming Soon?

24:21 – Tony (A24 Anthony Bourdain ”comedy-biopic,” in theatres sometime in August)

27:37 – State of Play: God of War: Laufey (Faye) (PS5-exclusive, coming soon)

33:02 – State of Play: Wolverine (BLOODY extended gameplay trailer, PS5-exclusive, September 15)

35:15 – Man of Tomorrow photo reveals first look at Nicolas Hoult with Lex Luthor’s warsuit

Geek News Proper

41:04 – Gen Z goes to the movies! Younger audiences are driving the box office, study shows

Reviews and Recommendayshes

49:41 – The Mandalorian and Grogu

1:00:37 – The Boys

1:06:27 – Widow’s Bay

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Bud (back from a week away) and Pol (back from three and a half weeks away) return to the geek pod to chat vacations, predators, and Stephen Colbert’s amazing return to television.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

15:50 – CRTC Broadcasting Act Modernization

Coming Soon

24:04 – Lanterns (HBO Max series, August 16)

26:55 – Disclosure Day (final trailer, in theatres June 12)

28:39 – X-Men ’97 (Marvel animated series, S2, Disney+, July 1)

29:16 – Vought Rising (Prime Video prequel series set in the 1950s, releasing sometime in 2027)

31:51 – Backrooms (A24 film, in theatres TOMORROW)

32:38 – Primetime (Robert Pattison is Chris Hansen, A24 film, coming soon)

35:56: The Batman Part II cast continues to be revealed by Matt Reeves

39:09 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix series, S2, June 25)

40:03 – Hope (South Korean horror film, but also starring Alicia Vikander of Ex Machina, and her husband Michael Fassbender)

43:21 – Teeny Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nick Jr. YouTube channel, July 24, 30 four-minute episodes)

44:14 – Studio Ghibli Fest 2026 (Ponyo, Totoro, Tales from Earthsea, Only Yesterday, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, don’t know about local showings yet)

45:01 – Westworld movie reboot in development, David Koepp screenwriting

49:03 – The Legend of Zelda movie now releasing April 30, 2027 (was May 7, 2027)

49:25 – Everything to know about Disney’s Huge New Millennium Falcon ride update

Reviews and Recommendayshes

53:27 – The Paper (Pol)

56:11 – The Chair Company (Pol)

58:58 – Only In Monroe (with guest host Stephen Colbert (Bud) (article)

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The OG Geek-out Podcast episode 1 crew — Bud, Bryan, and Art — throw the cuesheet out the window (but everything we were going to point form is in the show notes) and discuss what they will and won’t see in movies and shows this year.

NOTE: The first two sections of the list below are NOT covered on the pod, but still dropped, so please enjoy them!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:34 – Star Fox for the price-hiked Switch 2

Coming Soon

– Wildwood (in theatres October 23) (Zoner Darren)

– Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (Big Bang Theory spinoff series, HBO Max, July 23) (Zoner Darren)

– Cape Fear (Apple TV series, June 5)

– Elle (fish-out-of-water Prime Video series, ”from the world of Legally Blonde,” July 1)

– Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Apple TV movie, based on his 1997 children’s novel, May 29)

– Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars for third consecutive year

– ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic ‘’Dare to Be Stupid’’ Broadway musical is in the works (led by Moulin Rouge director Alex Timbers)

– Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout

– The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video in November

– Project Hail Mary arrives to paid VOD as film tops $655 million at box office

Geek News Proper

– Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group CEO Tom Rothman tells theaters to enforce longer windows, scrap ads

– Actress Q’orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for ‘theft’ of facial features for Avatar character

– Why the hell has it taken so long for Disneyland’s Autopia to go electric?

– Christopher Nolan addresses some major Odyssey controversies (original article)

– Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos (Zoner Ewan)

Will we watch it?

MOVIES:

10:26 – Mandalorian & Grogu (May 22)

15:45 – Disclosure Day (June 12)

17:57 – Supergirl (June 26)

22:02 – The Odyssey (July 17)

23:29 – Spider-man: Brand New Day (July 31)

29:39 – [Endgame rerelease]

31:11 – The Social Reckoning (October 9)

32:37 – Street Fighter (October 16)

33:58 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (November 20)

34:28 – Focker In-Law (November 25)

35:40 – Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (November 26)

37:17 – Dune: Part 3 (December 18)

42:39 – Avengers: Doomsday (December 18)

TV SHOWS SPEEDRUN:

44:25 – Spider-Noir (May 27), The Bear (S5) (June 25), Lanterns (Summer 2026), VisionQuest (October 14)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

45:47 – Daredevil: Born Again S2

51:18 – Project Hail Mary in IMAX (Art)

55:24 – The Roast of Kevin Hart (Art & Bryan)

1:02:55 – The Boys S3

1:04:07 – Punisher: One Last Kill (Bryan)

1:04:46 – The Bear: Gary

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With Pol away, Kirsten working during record time, and Bryan busy at work, the A(sian)-Team — Bud and Art — talk STEM, The Odyssey, school-assigned trauma reading, not-fun Evil Dead, and passionately discuss spoilers.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:24 – Toyota computer chair (with Esquimalt Atom Smashers followup)

Coming Soon

07:13 – The Bear surprise drop: Gary (Hulu/Disney+)

08:43 – The Odyssey (in theatres July 17)

15:15 – The Mandalorian and Grogu (Generations clip show to distract you from the fact that this movie doesn’t come out May the 4th, but May 22)

related: The inaugural exhibit in the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will focus on vehicles: ”Star Wars in Motion” (article, opens September 22 in Los Angeles)

21:12 – Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, in theatres September 18)

27:02 – Wildwood: Where the Sky Remembers (LAIKA film, featurette, in theatres October 23)

29:10 – O Horizon (in theatres June 12)

32:25 – Lord of the Flies (four episode miniseries, BBC February 8, Netflix May 4)

34:41 – Evil Dead Burn (in theatres July 9, still not fun or funny)

35:58 – Meet the New Mutant Heroes of X-Men ’97 S2 (Tribeca June 13, Disney+ release date unknown)

38:12 – not a leak, but SPOILERS: The opening script pages of Spider-Man: Brand New Day are now online (Kirsten: ”Who’s feeling WEAK?”)

Geek News Proper

46:01 – Joe Russo thinks spoiler culture has gotten a little out of control

Reviews and Recommendayshes

52:23 – Marty Supreme (Art)

56:40 – Crime 101 (Art)

59:23 – Daredevil: Born Again S2 (Art)

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That title, and photo, would’ve been a great reference . . . if we had the recording it came from. Unfortunately, the file disappeared. First time that’s ever happened to us. So, for the second time ever, another Bud Solo recap geek pod shortyboi. *sigh* Technology . . .

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:23 – Flock Around

Coming Soon

07:01 – Clayface (DC movie, October 23)

07:43 – Spider-Noir (villains BTS, Prime Video series, May 27) (after premiering on something called ”MGM+” on May 25)

08:14 – Masters of the Universe (in theatres June 3)

08:32 – House of the Dragon Season 3 (HBO series, S3, June 21)

08:49 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+ series S4 teaser, July 23, article) (Zoner Ewan)

09:35 – jackass: best and last (in theatres June 26)

10:22 – Power Ballad (Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, May 29 select, June 5 everywhere)

11:18 – Ted Lasso (Apple TV series, S4, August 5)

11:27 – Hungry (Hungry Hippos?) (in theatres June 23, eyebleach, if you need it) (Zoner Ewan)

12:11 – Caine (John Wick spinoff) now in production (Zoner Ewan)

12:48 – Surprise! Rings of Power S3 is arriving earlier than expected

13:01 – Sony taps Brian Helgeland to script ‘Django/Zorro’ film from Quentin Tarantino/Matt Wagner comic

NOT Coming Soon

13:37 – Gen V cancelled

14:42 – Laura Dern takes over for Helena Bonham Carter in White Lotus S4

Geek News Proper

14:46 – Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. gets green light from shareholders, but they reject David Zaslav’s pay package

15:32 – First impressions of the Mortal Kombat II movie are in

15:46 – Shigeru Miyamoto ”baffled” by negative Super Mario Galaxy Movie reviews

17:04 – Stephen Colbert teams up with Jon Stewart to auction off Late Show memorabilia

17:30 – Binge iPhone app will warn you about horror movie jump scares

18:49 – Cinema in England adapts screenings for people with dementia (Zoner Ewan)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

20:51 – The Long Walk (Pol)

21:50 – This is a Gardening Show (all of us)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk about smartphone shortcomings and brilliant solutions, tax writeoffs and money being the root of all stupid, originals vs memberberries, and have a passionate discussion about Apple.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:27 – DualShot Recorder

Coming Soon

10:29 – Coyote vs. ACME (in theatres August 28)

15:55 – The Mandalorian and Grogu (in theatres May the 4̶t̶h̶ 22nd)

19:35 – Practical Magic 2 (in theatres September 11) (Zoner Mary)

20:59 – Street Fighter (in theatres October 16)

22:18 – Spaceballs: T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶e̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶M̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ The New One (Amazon MGM movie, in theatres April 23, 2027)

related: Rick Moranis (and more) reveal

27:21 – Focker-In-Law (in theatres November 25)

28:15 – Super Troopers 3 (in theatres August 7)

30:42 – Ladies First (Netflix film, May 22)

31:41 – The Transporter, but make it organ donation: Runner (Alan Ritchson, Owen Wilson, in theatres September 11) (Zoner Mary)

33:41 – The Dog Stars (in theatres August 28)

35:30 – Insidious: Out of the Further (in theatres August 21)

38:35 – Evil Dead Burn (in theatres July 10)

42:03 – Hershey (in theatres November 26) (Zoner Mary)

46:01 – The Brink of War (in theatres August 14)

50:31 – Neglected (in theatres May 8) (Zoner Mary)

53:00 – The Magic Faraway Tree (August 21) (Zoner Mary)

54:39 – Star Trek: New movie confirmed at CinemaCon, they cancelled Starfleet Academy last month and are selling off the sets and props, but separately, they’re making THREE copies of a $165,000 USD TOS communicator wristwatch

Geek News Proper

57:56 – Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down

1:05:05 – The Onion says it has a deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars, plans to relaunch right-wing site as parody of itself

1:07:17 – Pedro Pascal in legal battle with Chilean spirit brand Pedro Piscal (Zoner Ewan)

related: The Galaxy’s Edge Han Solo proves you really can’t replace Harrison Ford

related: Oscar Isaac says ‘’Somehow, Palpatine returned’’ came from reshoots

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:15:17 – NINE INCH NOIZE (Bud)

1:17:59 – Anaconda (Kirsten)

1:18:19 – Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Kirsten)

1:19:35 – Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie (Kirsten)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud chat about swinging, octopii, leaks, and the fact that Ian McKellen is old.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:59 – AI councillor

Coming Soon

06:18 – Mortal Kombat II (it’s-out-now-please-buy-tickets trailer)

07:37 – Coyote vs. Acme (teaser for the trailer, next week, in theatres August 28, article) (Zoner Ewan)

11:41 – Godzilla Minus Zero (in theatres November 6)

12:33 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (in theatres November 20)

16:29 – The Invite (Olivia Wilde, who also directed, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, in theatres June 26)

21:25 – Passenger (in theatres May 22)

24:01 – The Punisher: One Last Kill (Marvel special, Disney+, May 12)

26:01 – Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix film, May 8)

28:53 – The Boroughs (Netflix series, May 21)

31:10 – Entire Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender animated film leaked (October 9, only on Paramount Plus??!?)

34:33 – The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum sets cast: Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood officially return, with Jamie Dornan as Aragorn

44:18 – We don’t get to see it yet, but a teaser/trailer for Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie (as well as Practical Magic 2) was shown at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

Reviews and Recommendayshes

45:08 – The Boys (Kirsten & Bud)

48:18 – Euphoria (Pol)

Extro!

54:09 – SNL UK

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Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and a special ghost chat robots, the Hulkster, The Studio, and then review and recommendaysh all the things!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:23 – Esquimalt Atom Smashers

Coming Soon

11:53 – Daredevil: Born Again (it’s-out-now-please-watch-it trailer, still atrocious fork CG)

13:49 – Hulk Hogan: Real American (Netflix documentary, April 22)

17:06 – CBS sets Late Show replacement: Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen (11:35p slot, May 22)

29:55 – Caravan Palace – Good Mouse (Mouse: P.I. for Hire, April 16 on Steam, Xbox, PS5, and Switch 2)

31:39 – Madonna to play herself in The Studio S2 (in production)

33:15 – Zach Shields set to pen Weapons prequel screenplay alongside Zach Cregger

36:01 – Steven Spielberg liked Weapons so much he no longer wants to make a horror movie

37:58 – Project Hail Mary IS coming to Victoria’s IMAX (soon!)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

42:12 – Project Hail Mary (Art)

53:12 – Daredevil: Born Again (Art)

58:08 – Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Pol)

1:05:50 – Maul: Shadow Lord (Kirsten)

1:06:43 – The Sopranos S2 (Kirsten)

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out followup

1:10:02 – Atom Smashers episode feedback

Reviews and Recommendayshes AGAIN

1:11:22 – Your Friends & Neighbo(u)rs S2 (Art)

1:15:04 – some final thoughts on Independence Day (1996)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk about password managers, musicals, rehashing of IP ad infinitum, spoopy liminal spaces, Nintendo, and Project Hail Mary.

Please note: the alternate title of this podcast, volunteered by Pol before we began, was ”Bud is a big butt and his butt smells.”

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:53 – LastPass class action

Coming Soon

09:33 – from last week: The Incredibles 3 (title treatment, June 16, 2028)

16:50 – Supergirl (in theatres June 26)

18:57 – Masters of The Universe (in theatres June 5)

25:03 – Cape Fear (Apple TV 10-ep series, June 5)

26:55 – Backrooms (A24 film, Chiwetel Ejiofor, in theatres May 29, playlist of Kane Parsons’ Backrooms videos)

33:32 – Stop! That! Train! (in theatres June 12)

35:19 – The End of Oak Street (in theatres August 14)

36:34 – Forgotten Island (Dreamworks/Universal animated film, in theatres, September 25)

37:58 – NSFW: They Will Kill You (just released, March 27)

related: Project Hail Mary makes $54.5 million USD in second weekend ($164.3M USD domestically), Hoppers makes $12.2M, They Will Kill You flops with $5 Million

40:47 – NSFW: The Furious (in theatres May 29)

41:52 – Apex (Netflix film, Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, April 24) (Zoner Ewan)

46:05 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (S2, BTS/date announce, Netflix series, June 25)

46:23 – Deep Water (Sir Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, in theatres May 1, ”aaaaaaaaaa”)

48:29 – Himesh Patel (Yesterday) joins Danielle Deadwyler in Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot on Hulu

49:13 – Nintendo confirms Star Fox hero Fox McCloud Is in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Not Coming Soon, but . . . Eventually

55:11 – The Academy Awards will move from the Dolby ‘Theater’ to Peacock ‘Theater’ (joining the Emmy Awards) when they switch to YouTube in 2029 (10-year contract)

Geek News Proper

58:55 – from last week: Lion King Chant composer files $27m lawsuit against comedian over song’s alleged misinterpretation (OG clip, initial reaction, second statement)

1:01:11 – Marvel says the real world parallels in Daredevil: Born Again are coincidental

related: Marvel just put Daredevil: Born Again S2 in a very weird place in the MCU timeline

related: the complete MCU timeline on Disney+

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:04:32 – It looks like we’re finally getting an Ocarina of Time remake (source: NateTheHate)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:08:26 – Paradise S2 (Bud)

1:10:50 – Pol Hail Mary

Extro!

_____ – A radio guy, The Kid Mero, on The Daily Show

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Returning to form, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud geek out about The Lord of The Rings, Project Hail Mary, and The Rock’s wig.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:13 – your ai slop bores me

Coming Soon

13:27 – Moana (live-action remake, in theatres July 10) (Zoner Mary)

18:30 – Maul – Shadow Lord (10-ep Star Wars series, two per week, ending May the 4th, Disney+, April 6)

21:03 – The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (article)

27:24 – What’s after The Hunt for Gollum in 2027? A new movie written by Stephen Colbert and his son (article)

37:01 – Wonder Man renewed for season 2 at Disney+

34:40 – Jon Bernthal’s Punisher TV special titled ‘One Last Kill” and sets May release date, one week after Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale

41:18: Pol & Kirsten talk about the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer from last week

46:08 – Heated Rivalry announces vinyl & CD soundtrack + score (presale March 26, release date July 10)

Geek News Proper

50:45 – Chuck Norris somehow dies at 86 (clip: AIDS, ERB vs Abe Lincoln)

54:28 – Nicholas Brendon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star, dies at 54

57:09 – Are Princess Peach and Rosalina related? The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will tell us

Reviews and Recommendayshes

59:33 – Project Hail Mary

1:06:20 – Project Hail Mary SPOILERS START

1:06:55 – Project Hail Mary SPOILERS END

Other stuff that ALMOST didn’t make the pod

1:11:08 – Late-breaking trailer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (HBO Max series, Christmas)

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