The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Teri Yoshiuchi (@teriprime) as they discuss the new trailer for the Candyman remake, gear up for Syfy's "We Are Her(oes)" campaign, and celebrate the gay wedding being featured in the new Borderlands 3 expansion in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New trailer for Candyman remake
• TERI: Netflix's Carmen Sandiego getting Choose Your Own Adventure special

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Hunters, Supergirl
• TERI: Picard, WoW Classic

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Syfy celebrating female creators in We Are Her(oes) campaign

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Superman: Red Son features queer Wonder Woman

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Borderlands 3 expansion to feature gay marriage

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Onward to feature The Simpsons short film
• Christina Aguilera recorded new music for Mulan remake
• Logan director in talks to take over Indiana Jones 5 from Spielberg
• New trailer for Rumble
• New trailer for A Quiet Place Part II
• Chris Evans in talks to join Little Shop of Horrors remake

TV

• Things are not going smoothly with the Lizzie McGuire revival
• Love Simon sequel series, Love Victor moving to Hulu
• The Proud Family revival is officially happening
• Y: The Last Man finds a new Yorick
• Riverdale is losing two parents
• New trailer for new Amazon series Tales from the Loop
• The Creepshow revival is coming to AMC
• Cast announced for season 10 of AHS
• Syfy orders series based on George A. Romero's Day of the Dead

VIDEO GAMES

• GDC officially postponed until summer due to Coronavirus fears
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons will include gender neutral options

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Steve Gianaca (@sgianaca) as they discuss Lena Waithe voicing Pixar's first out queer character in Onward, wonder what led to Dan DiDio being ousted from DC Comics, and take in the first teaser for the final episodes of Steven Universe Future as our Clip of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Dan DiDio removed from co-publisher role at DC Comics
• STEVE: The long-awaited Pokemon Home App launches on mobile and switch

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Portrait of a Woman on Fire, High Fidelity, Marvel's Voices
• STEVE: Finally diving into Star Trek. Have so far watched TOS, TAS, the first 4 movies and halfway through S1 of NG. Playing DQ 7 and Pokemon Sword/Shield

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for I Am Not Okay With This

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Persona 5 is removing a few homophobic sequences from its new relaunch

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for the final episodes of Steven Universe Future

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Eli Roth signs on to direct Borderlands movie
• New trailer for Run
• New trailer for Beneath Us
• Onward features Disney/Pixar's "first" queer character
• New Star Wars movie in development from director of Sleight & writer of Luke Cage

TV

• First look at the new toys inspired by The Mandalorian
• Hawkeye and Ms. Marvel coming to Disney+ in 2021
• New trailer for season 3 of Westworld
• Watchmen has affected education in Oklahoma
• New trailer for Beforeigners
• Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars is moving to Showtime
• New teaser for We're Here
• Friends reunion special officially happening
• New trailer for Amazing Stories reboot
• New character posters for second season of Umbrella Academy
• New trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege
• Taika Watiti developing The Auteur for Showtime
• Season 2 of Harley Quinn is coming in April
• New trailer for Motherland: Fort Salem

VIDEO GAMES

• Sony is backing out of PAX East & GDC over concerns of the coronavirus
• HQ Trivia shutters

SHILF

• KEVIN: Riker
• STEVE: Deanna Troi

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by John Jennison (@johnneecurtis) as they discuss Rick Moranis returning to movies with a Honey I Shrunk the Kids reboot, geek out over the voice cast for Masters of the Universe, and celebrate the cast of Birds of Prey as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Rick Moranis returning to Honey I Shrunk the Kids franchise
• JOHN: Voice cast announced for Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe revival

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Sonic the Hedgehog, Midsommar, Picard, Mythic Quest, X-Men, Harley & Poison Ivy
• JOHN: Birds of Prey, Locke & Key, From Here to Eternity

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Birds of Prey

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New interview confirms Eternals' gay character and relationship

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Minions: The Rise of Gru

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Quibi "movies" The Stranger, Most Dangerous Game
• First screen test of The Batman
• New trailer for No Time to Die
• New trailer for The Invisible Man
• New teaser for Spiral
• Lilo & Stitch live action remake likely coming to Disney+
• Dr. Strange 2 gets a new director
• Sequel to Knives Out greenlit
• The Hunt officially being released after being removed from the schedule

TV

• New trailer for Vagrant Queen
• New teaser for Resident Alien
• New teaser for season 4 of Stranger Things
• New trailer for season 3 of Castlevania
• New trailer for Hunters
• New trailer for Drag Race season 12
• New trailer for NightGowns With Sasha Velour
• Netflix wants more of Lucifer
• Netflix renews Sex Education
• Avenue 5 renewed for 2nd season
• CBS is bringing back CSI for a limited revival
• We're getting a CBS All Access Plus streaming service
• Y: The Last Man loses it's lead

COMIC BOOKS

• DC's Generation One-Shots answers some timeline questions
• New costumes revealed for the new X-Factor revival

SHILF

• KEVIN: Man-at-Arms
• JOHN: Skeletor

In this special episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) talks with the creators/EP's of Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts, Radford Sechrist (@RadSechrist) & Bill Wolkoff (@flying_lobster), as they discuss the rich world they created, our new favorite queer character Benson, and the inspiration for all the great music from this new animated series from Dreamworks Animation, now streaming on Netflix.

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Tea Berry-Blue (@teaberryblue) as they discuss Doctor Who introducing a new POC Doctor, the new trailer for The Thing About Harry, and celebrate queer horror comic Memetic, from James Tynion IV & Eryk Donovan, being developed into a movie in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Loki reportedly introducing Sera, MCU's first trans hero
• TEA: The Good Place finale

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Stumptown, Bojack Horseman
• TEA: The Witcher, S3 Sabrina

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Doctor Who introduced the first POC Doctor

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Queer horror comic Memetic is being developed into a movie by Lionsgate

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Thing About Harry

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
• New teaser for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
• MoviePass is dead, long live MoviePass
• New trailer for Fantasy Island
• New trailer for F9
• New teaser for A Quiet Place: Part 2

TV

• CW orders pilots for The Lost Boys and Kung Fu reboot
• Riverdale is doing Hedwig
• Casting news, Linda Hamilton joins Resident Alien, Owen Wilson joins Loki
• First promo for Quibi
• New teaser for The Plot Against America
• New teaser for Hunters
• Netflix orders live-action One Piece series
• Disney+ orders reboot of The Quest
• Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks to feature the return of Emilio Estevez
• Finalists revealed for DCYou Unscripted
• New trailer for new War of the Worlds series

COMIC BOOKS

• Dynamite releasing The Death of Nancy Drew, in celebration of her 90th anniversary
• Amethyst solo series introducing a new queer character

SHILF

• KEVIN: Chidi
• TEA: Eleanor

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Sam Johns (@DipsOff) as they discuss the ups and downs with Marvel animated shows, the new trailer for Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, and celebrate the new contestants announced for season 12 of Rupaul's Drag Race in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Cast announced for MODOK, while Howard the Duck and Dazzler & Tigra are canceled
• SAM: New trailer for Horse Girl

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts, October Faction, Star Trek: Picard, Batwoman
• SAM: Perfect Blue, The God of Small Things

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Motherland: Fort Salem

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New teaser for season 12 of Rupaul's Drag Race

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Short Circuit on Disney+

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Oscar Isaac starring/producing an adaptation of the comic Ex Machina
• New trailer for Morbius
• New trailer for Black Widow
• New trailer for Bloodshot
• New trailer for Guns Akimbo
• New trailer for Stargirl
• Disney is doing a "live-action" Bambi and Pinocchio

TV

• Peacock to launch in July
• MacGruber series ordered for Peacock
• Superman & Lois gets a series order
• New trailer for Stargirl
• DMZ pilot ordered for HBO Max starring Rosario Dawson
• New trailer for ThunderCats Roar
• Central Park animated series from Bob's Burgers EP coming to AppleTV+
• Obi-Wan Kenobi series gets episode order reduced
• New trailer for final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Whoopi to join season 2 of Star Trek: Picard

COMIC BOOKS

• X-Factor returns and it's the queerest X-team so far
• Random House announces graphic novel imprint
• Boom announces new YA series Wynd from James Tynion IV

SHILF

• KEVIN: Atlantiades
• SAM: Wonder Woman

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by C. Blaine Horton (@ginger_rodger on Insta) as they discuss the new trailer for Locke & Key, get their hopes up watching the new Birds of Prey trailer, and celebrate all the nominees for the GLAAD Media Awards in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New promo for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• BLAINE: ABC's next musical is Young Frankenstein

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Ready or Not, Suspiria, The Dark Crystal, AJ & the Queen, Infinity Train
• BLAINE: Puella Magi, Greedfall, Godsgrave

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Birds of Prey

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: GLAAD Media Award Nominations announced

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Locke & Key

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Brahms: The Boy II
• New trailer for Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
• New trailer for The New Mutants
• Doctor Strange 2 loses its director
• Joaquin Phoenix wins Golden Globe for Joker
• Rian Johnson working on sequel to Knives Out
• 2019 saw highest percentage of female protagonists in movies

TV

• New trailer for Devs
• New trailer for Mrs. America
• New trailer for October Faction
• New trailer for Sex Education
• Seth MacFarlane signs new deal with NBC
• AHS renewed to season 13
• New trailer for Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
• The CW renews everything
• Roswell, New Mexico teases LGBTQ reveal in new season
• Trans actor Josie Totah joins Saved by the Bell revival
• Syfy orders Chucky series based on the movies
• New trailer for Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

COMIC BOOKS

• New Harley Quinn & The Birds of Prey series doesn't shy away from queerness
• New Warriors returning for a new mini-series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Tilda Swinton
• BLAINE: Cate Blanchet

In this super-sized return of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@JonHerzog on Insta) as they discuss the brief queer moment in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the success of The Mandalorian, new trailers for Gretel & Hansel and The Quiet Place: Part II, and celebrate Indya Moore joining Steven Universe Future as a non-binary character in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel's Kevin Feige teases a trans character is coming soon, or maybe not
• JON: Star Wars: ROS's LGBTQ characters get a backstory, yet their kiss is cut from release in Singapore and Dubai

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Midnight Kiss, John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, Incoming!, X-Men, Doomsday Clock
• JON: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian, The Morning Show, Schitt's Creek, Witcher

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Steven Universe Future introduces non-binary character voiced by Indya Moore

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Gretel & Hansel

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Disney developing Deadpool 3
• Cats is on track to lose $70 million
• New trailer for Tenet
• New trailer for Onward
• New trailer for Dolittle
• Fun Home is being made into a movie

TV

• Disney+ jumps WandaVision premiere to 2020
• FX developing Stephen King's Carrie into limited series
• Epix orders series based on Stephen King's short story Jerusalem's Lot
• Netflix developing another reboot of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Netflix cancels Daybreak after one season
• Netflix renews Raising Dion
• New trailer for Medical Police
• Quibi orders adult reboot of Legend of the Hidden Temple
• Star Trek: Picard already renewed for a second season
• New trailer for Hunters

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel elevates Hulkling in Empyre crossover

SHILF

• KEVIN: Ted & Alexis
• JON: David & Patrick

In this special year end edition of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin and J.W. Crump look back at the highs and lows of pop culture through a queer lens. We list our favorite moments, characters, and creators, and look to the future for our hopes for 2020.

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @JWCrump as they discuss the newly announced Xbox Series X console, new trailers for Stargirl & Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and The Hallmark Channel banning/unbanning a commercial featuring a lesbian wedding in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Orlando Jones announces his firing from American Gods
• J.W.: A queer Singled Out reboot is coming to Quibi

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Crisis on Infinite Earths, New Mutants, Lois Lane
• J.W.: Astronomy Club, Rick & Morty, Florence, The Hollow

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Stargirl

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: The Hallmark Channel removes queer holiday commercial

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Joker nominated for 4 Golden Globes
• New trailer for reboot of The Grudge
• Reboot to Home Alone finds it's cast
• Warner Bros. releasing John Wick 4 & Matrix 4 on same date
• Flash and Shazam 2 coming out in 2022
• New teaser trailer for Birds of Prey
• New trailer for Antlers

TV

• Thomas Lennon joins Supergirl
• Code 8 spinoff coming to Quibi
• New trailer for Miracle Workers: Dark Ages
• New merch being released for The Mandalorian
• Marvel TV is being phased out
• Ethan Hawke returning to The Purge
• New trailer for The Witcher
• New trailer for Dracula

VIDEO GAMES

• New Tinder-like simulator game Table Manners being released on Steam
• Valve removes Nazi steam profiles
• Xbox announces new console

SHILF

• KEVIN: Superman (Brendan Routh)
• J.W.: Harley & Poison Ivy