The Nerdpocalypse | Movie & TV News

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Sympathy for the Devil, Twisted Metal, Barbie crosses $1 billion worldwide, Jeopardy suffers under the writer's strike, Steven Amell is not a union guy at all, VFX workers vote to unionize at Marvel Studios, The Flash trilogy that never was, trailers for Heart of Stone and Saw X, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Sympathy for the Devil
• The Little Mermaid
• Twisted Metal

TOPICS - Section 1

• Barbie movie hits $1 billion worldwide
• Jeopardy to recycle questions because of writer’s strike

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• Steve Amell is a big fat goddamn scab
• VFX workers vote to unionize at Marvel Studios
• The Flash trilogy idea that never was

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/476MKjV
• Terrence: https://bit.ly/3q7EwY9
• Jay: https://bit.ly/3NHDREu

TRAILERS

• Heart of Stone
• Saw X

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Full Circle, Oppenheimer, Barbie, the series finale of Secret Invasion, rumored top choice for Jimmy Olsen in Superman Legacy, Peacock losing tons of money, Lando series gets new writers, streaming services considering shelving upcoming shows, Mattel is about to ruin its goodwill after the Barbie success, trailer for The Boys spinoff "GenV," and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Full Circle
• Oppenheimer
• Barbie
• Secret Invasion - Series Finale

TOPICS - Section 1

• RUMOR: Top choice for Jimmy Olsen in Superman Legacy
• Peacock lost $651 from April to June
• Donald Glover and his brother writing “Lando” for Disney+

TNP STUDIOS PREMIUM $5 a month or $50 for the year Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast TOPICS - Section 2

• De-Aged Julia Roberts was supposed be in Mission Impossible
• Streamers debating shelving shows
• Mattel executives next move after the massive Barbie victory

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/3JCRBzo
• Terrence: https://bit.ly/3YiMlqz
• Jay: https://bit.ly/3JxWCc

TRAILERS

• GenV

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Succession, Secret Invasion Ep5, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1, more unionizing inside WB and Cartoon Network, The Boys spinoff, "Gen V" gets a release date, is Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom a lost cause, Netflix crackdown on account sharing is actually working out for them, Hollywood strike is creating some film release changes as what that looks like for 2024, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Succession
• Secret Invasion - Ep5
• The Flash
• Mission Impossible: Age of Ultron

TOPICS - Section 1

• Warner Bros animation and Cartoon Network staff looking to unionize
• The Boys spinoff, “Gen V” gets an official release date
• WB desperate to make Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom work

TNP STUDIOS PREMIUM $5 a month or $50 for the year Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast TOPICS - Section 2

• AMC Theaters drops variable pricing
• Gladiator 2 and Deadpool 3 strike shutdowns cost big money
• Netflix password sharing crackdown is actually working for them

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/433RQdE
• Terrence: https://bit.ly/3rpoeds
• Jay: https://bit.ly/46lsBpQ

TRAILERS

• The Retirement Plan

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Indiana Jones 5, Secret Invasion Ep4, first look at Hugh Jackman in Deadpool 3, more heroes cast in Superman: Legacy, Emmy 2023 nominations, SAG-AFTRA officially joins writers in striking, trailers for Blue Beetle, Twisted Metal, Ahsoka, and more! CHECKED OUT

• Extraction II
• Indiana Jones 5
• Secret Invasion - Ep4

TOPICS - Section 1

• First look at Wolverine and Deadpool in ‘DEADPOOL 3’
• ‘Superman: Legacy’ Adds Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Plus Isabela Merced and Edi Gathegi
• No-Ho Hank joins the cast of Superman: Legacy as Metamorpho

TOPICS - Section 2

• Emmys 2023: The Complete Nominations List
• SAG-AFTRA Declares Double Strike as Actors Join Writers on Picket Lines
• Bourgeoisie says proletariat are being unrealistic 

TRAILERS

• Napoleon
• The Outlaw Johnny Black
• Twisted Metal
• Wonka
• Blue Beetle - Trailer 2
• Ashoka

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss the new Tom Segura comedy special, Elon Musk limiting tweets, Meta's Threads is the latest social media app going after Twitter, Social Media platforms constant revolving door, Amazon's The Citadel, Gaming as a new IP to mine for Hollywood, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Transformers: Rise of the Beats
• Tom Segura: Sledgehammer

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Elon Musk announces 'temporary limits' for reading Twitter posts
• What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’
• Twitter Threatens Lawsuit Against Meta Over ‘Copycat’ Threads App

TOPICS - Section 1

• Amazon’s Citadel Reportedly A $250 Million Flop
• Gaming Is Hollywood’s Next IP Frontier

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/3qZoY8Q
• Terrence: https://bit.ly/3qXYnZN
• Jay: https://bit.ly/44jyqCm

TRAILERS

• Corner Office

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return from their hiatus to talk about the excellent season 2 of The Bear, Black Mirror season 6, Secret Invasion, car dashboards, Dr Doom voicing potential in the MCU, Mortal Kombat 2 casting, Tenoch Huerta accused of sexual assault, casting for Superman and Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman: Legacy, movies of 2023...a good year so far or not, The Flash is having a helluva run at the box office, trailers for the fourth Expendables movie, Zendaya's Challengers, Dune Part II, Nicolas Cage's upcoming "Sympathy for the Devil," and of course the new trailer for "Kraven" aka Sony's continued attempt at completely ruin every possible live-action Spider-man character they can get their stupid hands on. CHECKED OUT

• The Bear - Season 2
• Black Mirror S6 E1-3
• Secret Invasion

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• How gaming is informing the design of vehicle dashboards

TOPICS - Section 1

• This guy knows what he’s talking about
• Mortal Kombat 2 casts Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, and more
• Tenoch Huerta Accused of Sexual Misconduct

TNP STUDIOS PREMIUM $5 a month or $50 for the year Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast TOPICS - Section 2

• Superman and Lois Lane have been cast
• John Landis Says Hollywood Is in a ‘Pathetic’ State: ‘Streamers Really Are the Bad Guys’
• From ‘Mario’ to ‘The Flash’: The Good, the Bad and the Meh of the 2023 Box Office (So Far)
• The Flash's Total Projected Box Office More Disastrous Than If The Movie Had Been Scrapped

TRAILERS

• Expend4bles
• CHALLENGERS
• Sympathy for the Devil
• Dune Part II
• Craven: The Studio Movie

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Barry Allen / The Flash travels back in time to prevent his mother's death, which traps him in an alternate reality without metahumans. Barry enlists the help of his younger self, an older Batman and the Kryptonian castaway Supergirl in order to save this world from the restored General Zod and return to his universe.  

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss (no spoilers) Across the Spider-Verse, Ted Lasson finale, Marvel postponing Thunderbolts & Spider-Man 4 (talks) because of the Writers' Strike, The Rock getting another Fast & Furious spinoff, Vin Diesel allegedly upset that Jason Momoa understood what movie he was in, Sony teases a live-action Miles Morales movie, The Little Mermaid not woke enough according to some, X-Men '97 being accused of whitewashing a voice actor, trailer for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Across the Spider-Verse
• Ted Lasso

TOPICS - Section 1

• Marvel delays Thunderbolts due to Writers Strike
• Spider-Man 4 has begun talks but stalled in solidarity with the writers 
• The Rock is back as Hobbs in a new Fast & Furious spinoff
• Vin Diesel Upset With Jason Momoa’s ‘Overacting’ in 'Fast X

TNP STUDIOS PREMIUM $5 a month or $50 for the year Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast TOPICS - Section 2

• Please Sony, DO NOT DO THIS!
• The Little Mermaid, not woke enough!
• X-Men ‘97 gets hit with whitewashing controversy 

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/3IqePId
• Terrence: https://bit.ly/45gxujF
• Jay: https://bit.ly/3BXwXpg

TRAILERS

• Hidden Strike
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Class of 09, John Wick Chapter 4, the future of Nintendo IP on the big screen, Mortal Kombat 2 casting news, Little Mermaid's possible opening weekend, Pedro Pascal only doing voiceover work for The Mandalorian, HBO Max is now officially MAX, "You Hurt My Feelings" trailer, and much more. CHECKED OUT

• Class of 09
• Super Mario Bros
• John Wick 4

TOPICS - Section 1

• Mortal Kombat 2 casting
• Shonda Rhimes on Olivia Pope’s future

TNP STUDIOS PREMIUM $5 a month or $50 for the year Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast TOPICS - Section 2

• Little Mermaid tracking a $120 Million opening weekend
• Pedro Pascal says Mandalorian role is only a voiceover role now
• HBO Max is officially MAX now

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Response

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/3Mjpwxd
• Terrence: link
• Jay: https://bit.ly/3OlNpac

TRAILERS

• You Hurt My Feelings

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss a revival of Nurse Jackie and Weeds, Vin Diesel says we are getting a Fast and Furious final trilogy,  more familiar faces return for Deadpool 3, DCU casting is underway, Apple TV ratings are skyrocketing, Loki season 2 and Echo release dates revealed, Disney pulls out of major Florida project thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis' nonsense, trailers for Flamin' Hot, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Bear season 2, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One, The Creator, Extraction 2, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Fast X

TOPICS - Section 1

• Nurse Jackie and Weeds sequels in the works with original cast
• Vin Diesel announces that Fast X was the first in a trilogy finale, not two-part finale
• More familiar faces returning for Deadpool 3

TOPICS - Section 2

• Rachel Brosnahan is at the top of the short list to play Lois Lane in the DCU
• Marvel Sets Premiere Dates for ‘Loki’ Season 2, ‘Echo’ on Disney+
• Apple TV ratings are skyrocketing
• Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida

WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast

• Micah: https://bit.ly/45pGDGG
• Jay: https://bit.ly/42PyJo3

TRAILERS

• Flamin’ Hot
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Bear - Season 2
• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One
• The Creator
• Extraction 2 - Trailer 2

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).