The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Bobby Hankinson (@bobbyhank) as they discuss the queer start to American Horror Stories, enter the ring in the new trailer for Heelz, and celebrate Michaela Cole joining Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: All of the Hollywood studios/guilds to require vaccination in COVID protocols, but Sean Penn wants more for his new show
• BOBBY: New trailer for Heelz

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Old, Snake Eyes, American Horror Stories, MOTU: Revelations
• BOBBY: Behind the Attraction, Shark Beach, 100 ft. Wave

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Michaela Cole joins Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Netflix's The Mitchells vs. The Machines their most watched animated movie

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Harper House

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Leslie Grace announced as new Batgirl
• A new mini-studio for animation is being added to Marvel's production wing
• New trailer for Dune reboot
• New trailer for Malignant
• New trailer for Demonic

TV

• New trailer for Clickbait
• Amazon releasing lesbian reality series Tampa Baes this fall
• New trailer for Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life
• Disney's The Owl House introducing non-binary character
• The Charmed reboot is losing a sister
• New trailer for Star Trek: Prodigy & Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Hulu's PEN15 releasing animated special
• New trailer for Nine Perfect Strangers

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel announces Marvel's Voices: Comunidades celebrating Latinx characters/creators
• Archie Comics announces the return of Sabrina in two comics

SHILF

• KEVIN: Idris Elba
• BOBBY: John Cena

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Geeks OUT President, Nic Gitau (@cocodvx) as they discuss MJ Rodriguez's historic Emmy nomination, GLAAD's report on representation, and celebrate Meghan Markle's new animated series Pearl for our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Disney made $60mil opening weekend of Black Widow in Premier Access
• NIC: In historic nomination, Mj Rodriguez is recognized for the final season of Pose

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Escape Room 2, Space Jam 2, Barb & Star, Loki, Gossip Girl
• NIC: Gunpowder Milkshake, witches (Motherland: Fort Salem, Fear Street trilogy) and dramatic baby geighs (genera+tion, betty)

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Meghan Markle creating/producing animated series Pearl for Netflix

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New GLAAD report shows lack of trans rep in major movies for last 4 years

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for Y: The Last Man

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Free Guy teases Deadpool's entry into the MCU
• New trailer for Pixar's Turning Red
• WandaVision director signs on to direct new Star Trek movie
• Not satisfied with the current streaming wars, Netflix is getting into gaming
• New trailer for the documentary Pray Away

TV

• Paramount+ renews revival of iCarly for second season
• Paramount+ orders Grease prequel series following the Pink Ladies
• New trailer for season 3 of Titans
• Cartoon Network teams with Matthew Cherry for Battu animated series
• Disney+ officially renews Loki for season 2 but without director/EP Kate Herron
• New trailer for Disney+'s Behind the Attraction
• New teaser for Chucky series

COMIC BOOKS

• DC announces big celebration for 80th anniversary of Wonder Woman
• The 2021 Mad Cave Studios talent search is happening now

SHILF

• KEVIN: Edgar (Barb & Star)
• NIC: Ava (Gunpowder Milkshake)

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Mel Cone (@melmaliacone) from NYCGaymers (@OfficialNYCG), as they wonder What If...? Marvel's latest statement about LGBTQ+ representation in the MCU was enough to tide us over until they actually come through, and get excited for the introduction of Renee Montoya in season 3 of Batwoman in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: In a new "community outreach" effort the NYPD introduced a new Game Truck
• MEL: The exec-VP of production at Marvel Studios promises more LGBTQ rep

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Fear Street: 1978, Sweet Tooth, X-Men
• MEL: Black Widow, Loki, Otome games

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Black Widow subverts with even more female representation

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Renee Montoya is coming to season 3 of Batwoman

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Marvel's What If…?

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• The full schedule is released for SDCC @ Home
• New teaser trailer for Disney's Encanto
• New trailer for The Addams Family 2

TV

• New trailer for new EPIX series Chapelwaite based on Stephen King story
• New teaser for American Horror Stories
• New trailer for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
• New teaser for season 2 of The Witcher
• Netflix is developing a series based on Something is Killing the Children comic

VIDEO GAMES

• Playstation makes a number of announcements in their State of Play showcase
• After much teasing Nintendo unveils a new Switch

SHILF

• KEVIN: Red Guardian
• MEL: Yelena

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by writer Daniel Stalter (@danielstalter) as they discuss the new horror movie with queer leads, Fear Street: 1994, mourn the loss of a second season of Lovecraft Country, and celebrate the new year long queer comic initiative from Vault Comics in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: HBO cancels Lovecraft Country though season 2 would've changed the country
• DAN: New Fear Street: 1994 movie features queer leads

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Tomorrow War, Monster Hunter, Batwoman, Dragging the Classics
• DAN: Fear Street: 1994, Drag Race All-Stars, Mare of Easttown

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Sequel to The Old Guard with original cast begins filming in 2022

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Pride will continue through the year with new Vault Comics initiative

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Foundation

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Amazon Prime's Cinderella musical
• WB is releasing an animated remake of Night of the Living Dead

TV

• New trailer for Masters of the Universe: Revelation
• Disney+ announces a Loki/Simpsons animated short
• Pride continues with Disney+'s This Is Me Pride Celebration on YouTube
• FX's new Alien series to be set on Earth
• New teaser for the Fantasy Island reboot

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel reveals the reason for The Trial of Magneto in the divisive final X-Factor

SHILF

• KEVIN: Doctor Aphra
• DAN: Jason Solo/Darth Caedus

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by J.W. Crump (@jwcrump) as they discuss the new trailers for Halloween Kills & Shang-Ch and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and celebrate Pride with Loki and the queens of Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Image comics ignores #MeToo and give Warren Ellis another shot
• J.W.: New trailer for Halloween Kills

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Battlestar Galactica, Kevin Can Fuck Himself, Marvel Voices: Pride
• J.W.: Sailor Moon: Eternal, Tuca and Bertie

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: HBO Max developing Madame Xanadu series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Paramount+ announces Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First look at the Shazam family in their new costumes
• New trailer for The Suicide Squad
• New trailer for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
• Disney casts Rachel Zegler as title character in live action Snow White
• New trailer for Candyman remake
• New trailer for Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog

TV

• Latest episode of Loki confirms the character's bisexuality
• New teaser for American Horror Stories
• New teaser for Q-Force
• First look at season 3 of Sex Education
• Hulu renews Solar Opposites for 4th season
• New trailer for Only Murders in the Building
• AMC officially orders Interview With the Vampire series
• New trailer for Jellystone

COMIC BOOKS

• First look at queer horror comic Party & Prey from Steve Orlando & Steve Fox

SHILF

• KEVIN: Shang-Chi
• J.W.: The Shazam Family

In this special extended edition of the Geeks OUT taped live during the NYCGaymer's Pride School Festival, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Raffy Regulus (@raffyregulus) as they talk about the significance of hosting a Pride event during Juneteenth, the queer themes of Pixar's Luca, and celebrate gay parents being introduced on Sesame Street in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN & RAFFY: Pride School Festival & Juneteenth

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Luca, Genera+ion, DC Pride, Static Shock, DC Represent!
• RAFFY: Genshin Impact, Pose, Hellfire Gala/Planet size X-Men!!!

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New revelations from Harley Quinn EP blow up DC's stance on Batman's sex life

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: For Family Day, Sesame Street introduces a married gay couple and their kid

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Patrick Star Show

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for The Tomorrow War
• A reboot of Blacula is coming
• New Juneteenth message from Nia DaCosta about Candyman

TV

• New trailer for season 2 of Central Park
• Disney+ officially orders prequel Beauty & The Beast series
• HBO Max renews Legendary for season 3

VIDEO GAMES

• E3 announcements for Nintendo, Xbox, (WarioWare, Super Monkey Ball Anniversary, Smash Character Kazuya from Takken)
• New Breath of the Wild 2 teaser
• Creator of Five Nights at Freddy's tries to explain why he gives money to homophobes/transphobes before retiring from development

SHILF

• KEVIN: Jackson Hyde
• RAFFY: Static

In this week's super-sized return of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Tea Berry-Blue (@teaberryblue) as they discuss Cruella and it's potential sequel, get excited for an Okoye series coming to Disney+, and get ready for queer wrath month with Marvel's upcoming Inferno series in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: The Eisner nominations were announced and disappointing in a number of areas
• TEA: First episode from Disney+ confirms Loki is gender fluid

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Quiet Place part 2, The Conjuring 3, Cruella, Legendary, Pose
• TEA: Cozy Grove, Raya is now free on Disney+

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Disney+ announces Black Panther spinoff series following Okoye

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Marvel announces Krakoa will burn in queer rage in Inferno limited series

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• The voice cast for DC's League of Super-Pets announced
• WB decides Blue Beetle movie & others to premiere exclusively on HBO Max
• New trailer for the Fear Street trilogy coming to Netflix
• New trailer for Free Guy
• New trailer for Reminiscence
• Disney is developing a sequel to Cruella
• Issa Rae cast as Spider-Woman in Spider-Verse sequel

TV

• New teaser for Masters of the Universe: Revelation
• First sneak peak at The Sandman
• New trailer for the Gossip Girl reboot/revival
• First look at Batwing in the Batwoman season finale
• Jameela Jamil cast as Titania in She-Hulk
• New trailer for Monsters at Work
• FX announces that Y: The Last Man will premiere Sept. 13
• First trailer for Cuphead
• Teaser for season 2 of The Witcher

COMIC BOOKS

• DC announces Aquaman: The Beginning limited series starring Jackson Hyde
• In the first time in 48 years, the Pulitzer refuses to issue an award for Editorial Cartoon

SHILF

• KEVIN: Loki
• TEA: Hunter B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku)

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Chris Lam (@OneWingedChris) as they discuss the new Pride set being released by Lego, the new trailer for season 2 of Love, Victor and celebrate the return of Tuca & Bertie as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Breaking a 14 year silence, Billy Porter reveals he's HIV+
• CHRIS: Sara Ramirez has joined the Sex and the City revival

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Army of the Dead, Pride, Home
• CHRIS: Castlevania, Love Death + Robots, Sailor Moon Movie Netflix, Mass Effect Legendary Edition

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for season 2 of Tuca & Bertie

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Lego releases "Everyone is Awesome" Pride set

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for season 2 of Love, Victor

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
• New trailer for Dear Evan Hansen
• New teaser for Fear Street trilogy
• Kevin Feige regrets whitewashing the Ancient One in Dr. Strange
• Disney+ announces Hocus Pocus 2 will premiere next year

TV

• AT&T merges WarnerMedia with Discovery
• HBO Max orders My Adventures with Superman & Batman: Caped Crusader
• HBO Max is reviving Project Greenlight with Issa Rae
• New teaser for The Hot Zone: Anthrax
• Disney Channel renews The Owl House for season 3
• Disney announces launching of Onyx Collective

VIDEO GAMES

• Thot tub streams on Twitch demonitized and then remonitized
• Katy Perry costars with Pikachu in new music video

SHILF

• KEVIN: Alucard
• CHRIS: Trevor Belmont

In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Aaron Porchia (@Porchia) as they discuss reliving our childhoods with Legends of the Hidden Temple revival, new trailer for Venom: Let There be Carnage, and celebrate Zachary Quinto & Billy Porter voicing gay dads in the revival of The Proud Family: Louder & Prouder in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel announces a new queer character Somnus
• AARON: The CW orders a revival of Legends of the Hidden Temple

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Greenland, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Snowpiercer, Pride
• AARON: Legendary, How I Met Your Mother

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for season 2 of Why Women Kill

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Zachary Quinto & Billy Porter to play gay dads in Proud Family revival

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Wish Dragon
• Netflix announces sequel to Enola Holmes
• New trailer for The Green Knight
• Regina King will direct an adaptation of Bitter Root comic
• New trailer for The Forever Purge
• Disney announces Jungle Cruise to premiere in theaters & Disney+

TV

• NBC announces Annie Live!
• NBC cancels The Golden Globes next year
• New trailer for Amazon Prime's Panic
• New trailer for Solos
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show to end next year
• ABC renews Grey's Anatomy for season 18
• The CW will expand programming to 7 days this fall
• New trailer for Lisey's Story
• New trailer for season 2 of Home Before Dark
• First look at Masters of the Universe: Revelation

COMIC BOOKS

• The X-Men Hellfire Gala to lead into the Trial of Magneto
• Sequel to the queer graphic novel Bloom coming 2023

SHILF

• KEVIN: Shatterstar
• AARON: The Immortal

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Will Choy (@thewillchoy) as they discuss Marvel announcing dates and titles for Phase 4, DC's new Progressive Pride logo, and get excited for #LokiWednesdays in our Clip of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel releases announcing Phase 4 movies and dates
• WILL: New trailer for Fast & Furious 9 looks back at the saga

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Tenet, Pose, Legendary
• WILL: Together Together, Infinity Train, Destiny 2

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Adult Swim announces Tuca & Bertie's return June 13

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: DC Comics unveils new Progressive DC Pride logo

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for Loki which will now premiere Wednesdays starting 6/9

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Warner Bros. states that their Black Superman won't be part of DCEU
• New trailer for Awake
• New trailer for A Quiet Place Part II
• The movie Infinite will now stream exclusively on Paramount+ in June
• ViacomCBS announces Paramount+ will debut a new movie a week in 2022

TV

• Two regulars won't be joining The Flash next season
• The CW renews Stargirl & Kung Fu
• New trailer for Halston
• New teaser for season 4 of Stranger Things
• New teaser for Heels
• ABC renews Big Sky for another season
• NBC orders another spinoff of Law & Order: For the Defense
• New trailer for season 5 of Rick & Morty
• New teaser for Pause with Sam Jay
• New teaser for the Rugrats revival
• Ali Wong joins the cast of Paper Girls

VIDEO GAMES

• CEO's at CD Projekt behind Cyberpunk 2077 still got huge bonuses

SHILF

• KEVIN: The Utopian
• WILL: Colossus