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 Cartoon Network's new anti-racist PSA, swoon over Timothy Olyphant in the new season of The Mandalorian, and with election day looming we celebrate AOC reaching out to voters while playing Among Us as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Cartoon Network releases new Steven Universe Anti-Racist PSA
• BOBBY: HBO Max orders 2 seasons of Tiny Toons Looniversity

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Connors, Superstore, Helstrom, Dept. of Truth
• BOBBY: The Mandalorian, Hocus Pocus - Search for the Sanderson Sisters, NXT Halloween Havoc … Degrassi

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: AOC reaches out to voters playing Among Us

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: CW developing adaptation of Tom Swift as a gay black billionaire inventor

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for the Saved By the Bell revival

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New teaser for Halloween Kills
• New trailer for The Midnight Sky
• New trailer for Songbird
• Amazon announces 2021's Welcome to the Blumhouse movies

TV

• New teaser for the second season of the Are You Afraid of the Dark reboot
• The CW announces 2021 premiere dates
• First look at Javicia Leslie as Batwoman
• First look at Red Hood in the new season of Titans
• HBO brings in Clive Barker for their new Hellraiser series
• Peacock cancels Brave New World
• New teaser for the final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• Oscar Isaac in talks to play Moon Knight

VIDEO GAMES

• Gaming meets anime as Sony is buying Crunchyroll
• Ellen Page to play gamer coach in 1UP

SHILF

• KEVIN: Marc Spector
• BOBBY: Moon Knight

The Geeks OUT Podcast returns this week with Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss the diverse characters and creators coming to DC's Future State event in 2021, the new trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon and celebrate all of the winners of the 2020 Prism Awards in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Quibi to shut down
• JON: New trailer for HBO Max's Flight Attendant

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Roald Dahl's The Witches, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Lovecraft Country
• JON: Hannibal, Oryx & Crake, Star Trek: Discovery

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: The 2020 Prism Awards were announced

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for revival of Animaniacs

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New teaser trailer for The Prom
• New trailer for Once Upon A Snowman
• First look at the Hocus Pocus reunion
• Daniel Kaluuya producing a live-action Barney film

TV

• New trailer for Netflix X-mas series Dash & Lily
• Netflix cancels Away
• Tim Burton developing a sequel series to The Addams Family
• Archer has been renewed for season 12
• Disney+ orders sequel series to Willow
• Peanuts holiday specials are now exclusive to AppleTV+

COMIC BOOKS

• DC announces Future State event with focus on diverse creators and characters

SHILF

• KEVIN: Sterling Archer
• JON: the cast of Archer, but they're taking a full spectrum STI test first

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss the new trailer for the remake of The Witches, get excited for NewFest's all trans table read of Brokeback Mountain, and celebrate the news of Iman Vellani being cast as Ms. Marvel for our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Regal Cinemas to close all theaters
• JON: New trailer for remake of The Witches

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Boys in the Band, Julie & The Phantoms, The Immortal She-Hulk
• JON: Enola Holmes, The Boys, The Great British Baking Show

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Newcomer Iman Vellani cast as Ms. Marvel

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: The NYC LGBTQ Film Fest is doing a virtual reading of Brokeback Mountain with an all trans cast

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Orange Years

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Warner Bros. orders film adaptation of Black
• Disney+ adds a GroupWatch option
• Jamie Foxx to return as Electro in Spider-Man 3
• New trailer for The Craft: Legacy
• New animated Dr. Seuss movies announced
• New trailer for Bad Hair
• New trailer for Spell
• New trailer for Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

TV

• New trailer for Marvel's 616
• Netflix orders Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story from Ryan Murphy
• New promo for The Connors
• ABC announces new diversity & inclusion standards
• New teaser for The Snoopy Show

COMIC BOOKS

• L.A. Comic-Con schedules in-person event for December
• Milestone Comics' library is now available for digital downloads

SHILF

• KEVIN: BooBoo Stewart
• JON: Kamala Khan

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Eric Green (@ericopolis) as they discuss the new trailer for WandaVision, get excited for the first look at Javicia Leslie as Batwoman, and celebrate Jonathan Bennett being cast in Hallmark's first queer Xmas movie in This Week In Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel rearranges movie schedule again in light of COVID
• ERIC: Marvel reintroducing S.W.O.R.D. in December

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Enola Holmes, Fantasy Island, Lovecraft Country
• ERIC: X-Men as always, the Leprechaun movies

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: First look at Javicia Leslie as Batwoman

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Hallmark's first queer X-mas movie casts Jonathan Bennett

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for WandaVision

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for The Croods: A New Age
• Zack Snyder gets $70mil for Justice League reshoots
• Black Adam finds it's Hawkman
• New trailer for Books of Blood
• New trailer for Over the Moon

TV

• Supergirl is ending with season 6
• Disney+ developing a Nick Fury series starring Samuel L. Jackson
• New trailer for Helstrom
• The Simpsons and Family Guy announce new voice actors for POC characters
• A spinoff of The Boys is being developed for Amazon
• HBO Max orders The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker
• New trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor
• Netflix cancels The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance

COMIC BOOKS

• Hellboy and Savage Dragon endorse Biden/Harris
• Archie Comics will release same-day on Comixology Unlimited

SHILF

• KEVIN: Monet
• ERIC: Apocalypse

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss Lifetime casting a real-life couple as the leads in their first queer X-mas movie, the new trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian, and celebrate Disney+ casting Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk for our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New Harry Potter game reportedly doesn't involve J.K. Rowling
• JON: New trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: We Are Who We Are, Ratched, Away
• JON: The Boys, GLOW Season 2, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Invisible Man

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Tatiana Maslany cast as She-Hulk for Disney+ series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Lifetime casts married gay couple as leads in The Christmas Setup

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Love and Monsters

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Ant-Man 3 adds Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror
• New trailer for Synchronic
• New trailer for Evil Eye
• New trailer for The Lie
• New trailer for Nocturne
• New trailer for Black Box

TV

• HBO Max renews Raised by Wolves for a second season & Harley Quinn
• DC Universe becomes DC Universe Infinite and only offers comics
• CBS All Access is rebranding to Paramount+
• SNL adds first out Black LGBTQ cast member Punkie Johnson
• First look at the black-ish animated election special
• Netflix orders animated reboot of Good Times
• New BTS look at the Animaniacs revival

VIDEO GAMES

• Sony announces more details for Playstation 5 but screws up pre-orders

SHILF

• KEVIN: RBG
• JON: RBG

In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by the President of NYCGaymers (@OfficialNYCG), Raffy Regulus (@raffyregulus), as they discuss the new diversity/inclusivity initiatives coming to the Oscars in 2024, get excited for a redesigned and playable Tawna in Crash Bandicoot 4, and celebrate the news of a new season of Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Ubisoft apologizes for misconduct & "inappropriate content" in a game
• RAFFY: The Oscars release new inclusivity requirements for Best Picture nominees

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Mulan, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, For All Mankind, Empyre Aftermath
• RAFFY: X-Men comics (Johnathan Hickman oriented), Spellbreak, Lovecraft Country, Upcoming Hyrule Warriors game, Raised by Wolves

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New look at Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time finally gives Tawna a redesign and makes her playable

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Netflix announces 3rd and final season of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for the animated movie Wolfwalkers

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Hulu's movie anthology series Monsterland
• New trailer for the remake of Dune
• Sony Pictures waiting until the pandemic is over before releasing big movies
• New trailer for Freaky
• Neve Campbell joins Scream 5 as 3rd original cast member returning

TV

• The Walking Dead is coming to an end, but adds two spinoffs
• New trailer for The Walking Dead: World Beyond
• Peacock orders 2 seasons of dramatic reboot of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• New trailer for season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery
• Adult Swim cancels The Venture Bros.
• New trailer for Ratched

VIDEO GAMES

• Microsoft gives more details on Xbox Series X & introduces Series S
• New trailer for the documentary Console Wars

SHILF

• KEVIN: Leah Williams
• RAFFY: Jonathan Hickman

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by John Jennison (@Johnneecurtis) as they discuss Sony developing a Silk series from Marvel, a new trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, and celebrate Star Trek: Discovery introducing a non-binary and a trans character in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Nickelodeon pulls Made by Maddie after Hair Love comparisons & a new trailer for Netflix series Grand Army drops that is already falling into controversy
• JOHN: New teaser for The Haunting of Bly Manor

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: New Mutants, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Empyre, Guardians of the Galaxy
• JOHN: Supernatural, Lucifer, Oracle Decks

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Sony developing Silk series along with other Marvel based shows

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Star Trek: Discovery is introducing a trans and a non-binary character

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for The Boys in the Band
• Production on The Batman shuts down after the star tests positive for COVID
• John Boyega calls out Star Wars/Disney on their treatment of POC characters
• New trailer for Welcome to the Blumhouse
• New trailer for No Time to Die

TV

• CBS All Access announces a virtual Star Trek Day
• New teaser for The Stand remake
• Netflix orders The Three-Body-Problem from Game of Thrones ep's
• New trailer for We Are Who We Are
• AMC cancels NOS4A2

COMIC BOOKS

• DC Comics hires former Activision marketing officer as new GM
• Dark Horse teams with Comixology to print Comixology Originals
• Hasbro follows DC Fandome with their own PulseCon

SHILF

• KEVIN: Dean Winchester
• JOHN: Dean Winchester

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by J.W. Crump (@JWCrump) as they discuss Marvel (finally) canonically acknowledging Hercules' queer identity in the latest issue of Guardians of the Galaxy, the new trailer for The Babysitter: Killer Queen, and celebrate Big Mouth re-casting Missy with comedian Ayo Edebiri, as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: After 4 years of battling colon cancer, Chadwick Boseman passes away
• J.W.: HBO Max announces docuseries Equal about LGBTQ+ activists

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Freak Show, Bloodshot, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Trinkets
• J.W.: Stage Mother, The Goes Wrong Show, Fangs, The Wig, The Bitch, and the Meltdown, The Memo, Happy & You Know It, Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Big Mouth has found their new Missy

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: This coming week's Guardians of the Galaxy confirms Hercules queerness

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Babysitter: Killer Queen

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Enola Holmes
• New trailer for Justice League: Directors Cut
• New trailer for Tremors: Shrieker Island
• New trailer for Come Play
• Disney developing movie based on The Haunted Mansion

TV

• New poster for The Conners promotes mask use
• HBO developing an adaptation of Michael Crichton's Sphere
• New teaser for season 2 of His Dark Materials
• New trailer for Raised by Wolves
• Netflix orders a series adaptation of Resident Evil
• Networks fill their fall lineups with game shows, sports, and DISCO
• The Stand is coming to CBS All Access in December
• NBC orders Kate McKinnon led Joe Exotic limited series
• Fox is developing an animated X-Files series
• Live-action Powerpuff Girls series is in development

VIDEO GAMES

• New teaser for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• New trailer for Gotham Knights
• Marvel and Galactus are invading Fortnite

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Lynaé DePriest (@LynaeDePriest) as they discuss news from DC Fandome, including the first look at The Suicide Squad, The Batman, and celebrate the new trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Massive layoffs happen at DC including Editor in Chief & a third of their editors & name new co-interim-editors in chief - DC Universe shows moving to HBO Max
• LYNAÉ: Stranger Things to go past 4 seasons

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Project Power, Umbrella Academy, Teenage Bounty Hunters
• LYNAÉ: 3%, Lovecraft Country, I May Destroy You, The Chi

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Wonder Woman 1984

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New teaser for Bad Hair

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New look at The Suicide Squad

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Olivia Wilde to direct female led "spider" movie for Sony
• New trailer for The Batman
• Netflix gets the R.L. Stine Fear Street trilogy
• Amazon announces Welcome to the Blumhouse movie series

TV

• Netflix renews Warrior Nun for season 2
• Netflix cancels The Society and I Am Not Okay With This due to COVID
• Showtime cancels Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
• Writers quit All Rise after clashing w/ showrunner on depiction of gender/race
• New trailer for Earth to Ned
• Supernatural announces return date for final "season
• AppleTV+ orders an animated Harriet the Spy series

COMIC BOOKS

• The Other History of the DC Universe finally getting released
• Milestone Comics returning early 2021
• Marvel announces Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices one-shot

In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by new Eisner & Hugo award winning artist, Tana Ford (@tanaford), as they discuss Tana winning a Hugo award over livestream, cheer for Disney's The Owl House confirming a main character's bisexuality, and celebrate Lilly Wachowski affirming that The Matrix is a trans allegory in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Disney's The Owl House confirms a character's bisexuality
• TANA: Hugo Awards announced by an imperfect GRR Martin

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Go Go's, Star Trek: Below Decks, Razorblades, Empyre, Yes, I'm Flagging
• TANA: Palm Springs, Perry Mason

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Reboot of A League of Their Own coming to Amazon

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Lilly Wachowski discusses The Matrix as a trans allegory

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Ratched

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Live-action Mulan skipping theatres and going straight to Disney+
• Nia DaCosta signs on to direct Captain Marvel sequel
• Antebellum moves to PVOD
• New trailer for I'm Thinking of Ending Things

TV

• New trailer for Raised by Wolves
• New trailer for The Third Day
• The CW releases pro-mask hero posters
• New teaser for DC Fandome
• Animaniacs reboot is coming in November
• Comedy Central orders a reboot of Ren & Stimpy
• New trailer for season 2 of Pen15

COMIC BOOKS

• Kelly Sue DeConnick speaks out on comic's gatekeepers
• Cullen Bunn releasing D&D inspired Deepest Catacombs webcomic

SHILF

• KEVIN: Nyles (Palm Springs)
• TANA: Sarah (Palm Springs) (Cristin Milioti)