The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Geeks OUT President Nic Gitau (@cocodevaux), as they discuss some of the new lewks released for the Hellfire Gala, check out the new trailer for Special, and celebrate our first look of Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel for our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New trailer for Luca though it won't be queer
• NIC: New teaser for West Side Story remake

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Things Heard & Seen, For All Mankind, Invincible
• NIC: Shadow & Bone, Made for Love, Dickinson, The Magic Fish

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: We got our first look at Ms. Marvel in costume

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Marvel releases 64 designs coming to the Hellfire Gala

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for season 2 of Special

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• October sees the return of DC Fandome
• New teaser for Viva
• New Play Something shuffle feature now available on Netflix

TV

• New trailer for Hacks
• First promo look at The CW Pilot for Naomi
• Several CW shows on break won't return until mid-late summer
• Finn Wittrock joins new Green Lantern series as Guy Gardner
• Fox developing adult cartoon Bedrock, a follow up to The Flintstones
• New teaser for Nine Perfect Strangers
• New trailer for Sweet Tooth

VIDEO GAMES

• Game developers will now get a bigger cut of profits from Microsoft
• Nintendo updates Super Mario Party to allow online play

SHILF

• KEVIN: Colossus
• NIC: Falcon… no Winter Soldier… no Falcon...

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Teri Yoshiuchi (@TeriPrime) as they discuss the final episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, get excited for the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and are cautiously optimistic at the news that Pixar is casting a young trans girl for an upcoming project in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Ed Brubaker earns more for his cameo in Winter Soldier than for creating the character
• TERI: Levar Burton to be among final guest hosts on Jeopardy

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Mortal Kombat, Home, Way of X
• TERI: Falcon & Winter Soldier, Invincible, World of Warcraft Classic/The Burning Crusade

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Both Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman in talks to join Secret Invasion

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: There is an open-casting call for Pixar's first trans character

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

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Marvel announces Captain America 4
• Sony signs a new deal with Disney to inherit movies after Netflix
• New trailer for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
• New trailer for Werewolves Within

TV

• Adult Swim announces a Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special
• New trailer for Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
• Hulu orders sequel series to How I Met Your Mother
• New teaser for season 2 of Ted Lasso
• New trailer for Adventure Time: Distant Lands - Together Again
• John Cameron Mitchell to star in NBC's Joe Exotic
• New trailer for season 2 of Love Death + Robots

COMIC BOOKS

• DC Comics launching a horror imprint starting with The Conjuring: The Lover
• Marvel is synergizing with ESPN for a Marvel-themed NBA game

SHILF

• KEVIN: Captain America
• TERI: Lil Nas X

Kevin had the pleasure of sitting down with the writer/director of the movie "Arlo the Alligator Boy" - Ryan Crego (Puss & Boots), and the two stars, Michael J. Woodard (American Idol) and Mary Lambert (singer) to ask them a few questions about this heartwarming animated musical, now out on Netflix.

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Rachel Greeman (@zaritarazi) as they discuss the possibility that we'll actually see a Justice League Queer, the latest casting shakeup for Legends of Tomorrow, and celebrate our first look at the new Peacock series, We Are Lady Parts, for our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Colton Underwood, from The Bachelor, comes out and gets a Netflix deal
• RACHEL: Dominic Purcell is leaving Legends of Tomorrow & First official look at live-action Powerpuff Girls

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Supergirl, Batman
• RACHEL: Falcon & the Winter Soldier, Batwoman, 6 of Crows

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New teaser for We Are Lady Parts

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: DC's Justice League Queer could still happen

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Fast and the Furious 9

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Will Smith moves his film Emancipation out of GA due to new voting law
• Ryan Coogler explains reasoning behind Black Panther 2 staying in GA
• New trailer for Army of the Dead
• New trailer for The Water Man

TV

• New trailer for the final season of Shrill
• New trailer for season 2 of Mythic Quest
• New Steven Universe anti-racism short
• Cartoon Network relaunches Cartoon Cartoon program
• New teaser for Legendary season 2

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel announces the winner of the X-Men vote

SHILF

• KEVIN: Ghostmaker
• RACHEL: Sportsmaster & Tigress

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Sammie James (@SammieSamJames) as they discuss the new trailers for Loki, Cruella, Pose, & Star Trek: Discovery and celebrate all the winners for the GLAAD Media Awards in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Regé-Jean Page responds to racist reasons he wasn't cast on Krypton
• SAMMIE: New trailer for the final season of Pose

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Thunder Force, What Lies Below, Them
• SAMMIE: Creepshow, Wynonna Earp, What Big Teeth

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New Cruella trailer

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Winners announced for the GLAAD Media Awards

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for Star Trek: Discovery

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for animated Batman: The Long Halloween
• Taika Waititi releases new animal rights short film Save Ralph
• New teaser for Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• New Stephen King Rules Dollar Baby Film Festival announced
• New trailer for The Night House
• New trailer for Things Heard & Seen
• New trailer for The Woman in the Window
• Paramount announces a new Star Trek movie coming in 2023

TV

• New trailer for Jupiter's Legacy
• Fox gives Duncanville and early season 3 renewal
• New trailer for Girls5eva
• Peacock orders a reboot of Queer as Folk
• Teaser for Star Trek: Picard teases the return of Q
• New trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks
• New trailer for Loki
• HBO Max orders a Magic Mike competition series

VIDEO GAMES

• Intel introduces the possibility to monitor/censor hate speech at GDC
• Lil Nas X introduces new Twerk Hero game

SHILF

• KEVIN: Brainy
• SAMMIE: Dreamer

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Aaron Porchia (@Porchia) as they discuss the new trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy which is packed full of IP's, Charmed adding another trans actor to the cast, and celebrate FX's new docu-series Pride in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: DC Comics announces new possible comics, including Justice League Queer, if the fans vote for it
• AARON: New trailer for the documentary The Year the Earth Changed

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Godzilla vs. Kong, Resident Alien, The Real World: Homecoming
• AARON: Degrassi, Detransition Baby (Torrey Peters)

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: The new Charmed adds second trans actor as recurring character

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: FX announces new Pride docuseries coming in May

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

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Warner Bros. decides to pull the plug on New Gods and The Trench movies
• New trailer for The Suicide Squad
• Director of Logan boycotting Georgia, ViacomCBS condemns voting law
• The Thundercats movie now has a director
• New trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw
• New trailer for The Mitchells vs. The Machines
• Netflix shells out big bucks for Knives Out 2 & 3
• New trailer for Black Widow

TV

• Fox cancels Bless the Harts
• OG Charmed writer opens up about why she left
• CBS officially orders CSI revival/sequel
• Jordan Fisher joins The Flash as Bart Allen
• New trailer for Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• New trailer for season 5 of Rick & Morty
• New trailer for Shadow & Bone
• Starz cancels American Gods
• More cast members announced for Obi-Wan Kenobi series

COMIC BOOKS

• Vault Comics expands on their new Cover Artists in Residence program
• John Lewis's memoir Run, the sequel to March, is coming out in August

SHILF

• KEVIN: Josh Duhamel/The Utopian
• AARON: Homelander

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss the newly announced Comic-Con coming to San Diego Thanksgiving weekend, the new red band trailer for The Suicide Squad, and celebrate the new writer announced for the Zatanna movie, Emerald Fennell as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: San Diego Comic-Con announces a Thanksgiving Comic-Con Special Edition
• JON: Disney moves Black Widow and will stream it and Cruella on Disney+, Pixar's Luca to skip theaters and stream exclusively on Disney+

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Craft: Legacy, Invincible, The Irregulars, Genera+ion, Alien
• JON: Veronica Mars Rewatch + Books, Falcon + Winter Soldier, Drag Race UK, Steve Orlando Martian Manhunter run

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Writer/Director of Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell to write Zatanna

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: DC releasing a 2-issue Superman & The Authority featuring 3 queer members written by Grant Morrison

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New red band trailer for The Suicide Squad

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• A new different Transformers movie is being developed
• WB exec states there is no future DC Snyderverse
• Pierce Brosnan joins Black Adam as Dr. Fate
• Keanu Reeves comic BRZRKR to become a Netflix movie & anime series
• New trailer for Stowaway

TV

• New special celebrating 50 years of Sesame Street to introduce new black family
• CW orders Wellington Paranormal, spinoff of movie What We Do in the Shadows
• New trailer for the final season of Supergirl
• Wallis Day joins the cast of Batwoman as new Kate Kane
• New trailer for The Nevers
• New trailer for Made for Love
• New trailer for THEM
• Disney developing a Hawkeye spinoff around Echo

COMIC BOOKS

• DC announces Milestone comics coming out in print in June
• Marvel breaks with Diamond for new partnership with Penguin Random House

SHILF

• KEVIN: Omni-Man
• JON: Sebastian Stan

In this extended episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Bobby Hankinson (@bobbyhank) as they discuss all the hawt lewks Russell Dauterman designed for Marvel's Hellfire Gala, check out the new trailer for Cruella, and celebrate the new queer Captain America being introduced by Christopher Cantwell, Josh Trujillo, Jan Bazaldua, and Dale Eaglesham in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel unleashes Hellfire Gala fashions
• BOBBY: New vocal cast announced for Rugrats reboot

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Minari, Servant, Watchmen, Blown Away
• BOBBY: Justice League: Snyder Cut, Falcon & Winter Soldier, The Muppet Show, Fortnite

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Birdgirl

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Marvel introduces a new queer Captain America from queer creative team

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for Cruella

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• The 2021 Oscar nominations announced
• New trailer for Arlo the Alligator Boy
• The Venom sequel has been pushed to September

TV

• Ryan Murphy confirms the name of season 10 of American Horror Story
• New trailer for Cruel Summer
• First look at Eclipso in season 2 of Stargirl
• Syfy renews Resident Alien for season 2
• Peacock orders mystery series Poker Face
• New trailer for Rutherford Falls
• New trailer for The Irregulars
• New teaser for the revival of Behind the Music
• First poster released for Loki
• Sneak peek at season 2 of Tuca & Bertie

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel announces Gamma Flight series featuring trans lead from trans writer

SHILF

• KEVIN: Daddy Falcon
• BOBBY: Daddy Affleck

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Eric Green (@ericopolis) as they discuss the final trailer for the massively built up "Snyder Cut" of Justice League, DC's big campaign announced for Wonder Woman's 80th anniversary, and celebrate all the queer artists and writers announced as part of DC Pride in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Netflix is testing out a new crackdown on password sharing
• ERIC: Bob Iger and Bob Chapek chair Disney's Diversity Councils

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Promising Young Woman, Moxie!, Genera+ion, Resident Alien, Super Mario 3D World
• ERIC: X-Men (as always), All My Relations, Extremity, Raya and the Last Dragon, Lego VIDIYO

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: DC announces "Believe in Wonder" campaign for Wonder Woman's 80th anniversary

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: DC announces new DC Pride anthology and variant covers

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Final trailer for Justice League: The Snyder Cut

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• HBO Max confirms that Batgirl and Zatanna movies still in development
• Pepe Le Pew removed from Space Jam 2
• New trailer for Vanquish
• New trailer for The Unholy
• Movie theaters in Los Angeles can reopen at 25%

TV

• The History Channel is releasing a docu-series celebrating 55 years of Star Trek
• Peacock developing series based on George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards
• Netflix cancels/expands Special season 2 to 30min
• Netflix's The Queen's Gambit being developed into a musical
• Michelle Gomez joins season 3 of Doom Patrol
• HBO Max adapting comic Slam! into animated series
• New trailer for book 4 of Infinity Train
• Cast reveal for The Powerpuff Girl live-action pilot
• New trailer for the Kung Fu reboot
• New teaser for Amazon Prime's Them from Lena Waithe
• First look at Starz's Heels
• Ducktales living on as a podcast, This Duckberg Life
• New trailer for Falcon & The Winter Soldier

COMIC BOOKS

• New The Nice House on the Lake horror comic coming from James Tynion IV
• Marvel announces Marvel Voices: Pride #1 plus

SHILF

• KEVIN: Jason Momoa
• ERIC: Henry Cavill

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Kate Moran (@kickasskmo) as they discuss Disney's newest movie, Raya and the Last Dragon, debate whether more inclusion in Hogwarts Legacy washes away J.K.'s TERF past/present, and celebrate Alan Scott, the Green Lantern, coming out in a new story from James Tynion IV in This Week In Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: San Diego Comic Con is canceled for virtual event and a smaller IRL one in November
• KATE: Upcoming Hogwarts Legacy gives the option to play as transgender character

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Coming 2 America, Debri, For All Mankind, The Real World Homecoming, Wiccan & Hulkling, DC's Infinite Frontier
• KATE: Sims 4 Kits disappoints again, Wandavision Finale, Raya, Super Mario in Animal Crossing

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Watch Raya & the Last Dragon on March 12th for less than premiere access & support a non-profit

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott comes out

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for HBO Max series Made for Love

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for the documentary Operation Varsity Blues
• New study shows Netflix is better at inclusion than traditional studios
• New trailer for Thunder Force
• New trailer for Voyagers
• New look at Space Jam 2

TV

• New trailer for AppleTV+ series Calls
• Fox renews The Simpsons for two more seasons bringing them to 750 episodes
• Fox's Animation Domination extends to Monday
• The CW renews Superman & Lois after airing one episode
• CBS orders a pilot based on Sarah Cooper's book
• New trailer for South Park's vaccination special
• First look & reintroduction to The Proud Family
• Sony secures showrunner for new Silk series
• The Golden Globes address their lack of diversity during broadcast
• Starz is working on a Party Down revival

VIDEO GAMES

• New Switch system coming in time for the holidays
• Act 1 of Hamilton was recreated on Animal Crossing

SHILF

• KEVIN: Vision
• KATE: Agatha