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In 2048, on an Earth overpopulated and ridden by violent conflicts, scientists are looking to Saturn's moon Titan as a new home for humanity, spearheaded by Professor Martin. Rick Janssen, a war pilot who survived for 3 days in the Syrian desert without food or water, is chosen to be a part of an experiment that forces humans to adapt to the surface of Titan, due to his past ability to survive in extreme conditions.

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 are back to discuss Netflix's The Titan, more on Ready Player One, Black Panther's continued success, Y: The Last Man, Luc Besson's film company, Tye Sheridan's misunderstanding of cinematic universes, DC's direction for their movies, Kenya Barris' clash with ABC and the conservative sitcom market, the comic book cinematic universe that never was, and much more! SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT

• The Titan
• Ready Player One

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• Slice of Sauce

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Black Panther is now the 4th highest grossing film in U.S. history
• Fox signs Del Toro up to make more monster movies
• CW renews entire Arrowverse lineup of shows
• Netflix considering purchasing Luc Besson’s film company
• Black Panther first movie to open in Saudi Arabia in 35 years
• Y: The Last Man finally gets pilot order on FX

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Actor Tye Sheridan explains what special about X-Men: Dark Phoenix
• Deathstroke solo movie is apparently still happening
• Kenya Barris looking to leave ABC for possibly Netflix
• John Boyega has met with Marvel about playing a character
• Snyder reveals what the point of the Knightmare scene was in BvS
• Zak Penn advocated for an X-Men Cinematic Universe back in 2000

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2G3eMmx
• Terrence: https://dailym.ai/2q5r9Vb
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2GQ3YJ8

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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, the entire crew is here. As we welcome the return of Jack we also have a special guest in the studio. Was this a huge mistake...probably! The guys discuss Isle of Dogs, Krypton, the return of Fantastic Four to Marvel Comics, the fake Gambit movie that's never happening, ROM the Space Knight gets a writer, the most profitable movie of 2017, new King Arthur movies, Fox's pushback on dates for it's X-Men films, interesting Captain Marvel casting, and much more! SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT

• Isle of Dogs
• All the Money in the World
• The Glass Castle
• Krypton
• Ready Player One 

COMIC NEWS

• Marvel is bringing back the Fantastic Four in August

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• ‘Gambit’ movie set to begin filming this summer
• Apparently there is still an ongoing Sharknado franchise
• Pedro Pascal cast in Wonder Woman sequel
• FXX cancelled Donald Glover’s “Deadpool” animated series
• Ready Player One writer, Zak Penn, will adapt “ROM the Space Knight” for Hasbro

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• The most profitable movie of 2017 is...
• Netflix working on a King Arthur series based on Frank Miller’s “Cursed”
• Fox pushes back ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ and ‘New Mutants’ (AGAIN)
  • More on New Mutants reshoots
• Amazon possibly putting up big money for Chinese book adaptation
• Interesting casting news for “Captain Marvel”

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2Gt0ID5
• Jack: https://abcn.ws/2IQaa1P
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2GkUUZ9
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2DUnqik
• Cam: http://bit.ly/2GE5fTh

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).

The film is set in the year 2045, when much of humanity, escaping the desolation of the real-world, uses the virtual reality software OASIS to engage in work and play. Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) discovers clues to a hidden game within the program that promises the winner full ownership of the OASIS, and joins several allies to try to complete the game before indentured players working for a large company, run by Nolan Sorrento (Mendelsohn), can do so.

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 are back to discuss Blade of the Immortal, Pacific Rim Uprising, Men in Black newly announced spinoff stars, Indiana Jones 5, DC disastrous handling of Batman, Justice League's terrible numbers, more Matrix movies, Deadpool 2, Infinity War, and much more.  SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Blade of the Immortal
• Tomb Raider
• Jessica Jones - Season 2
• The Outsider
• Pacific Rim Uprising

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• Bubbly Blaster

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth reteam for Men in Black spinoff
• Elisabeth Moss joins the cast of “The Kitchen”
• Indiana Jones 5 begins filming in 2019
• Solo Batman film slated to film next year...is Affleck doing it?
• Avengers: Infinity War tops pre-ticket sales record

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Justice League is the lowest performing DC movie
• The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
• More Matrix movies coming?
• Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is going to be SUPER expensive

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2F4GsY2
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2Iqt67k
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2IGl6iG

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• Sicario: Day of the Soldado
• Deadpool: DP2
• Infinity War

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).

Ten years after the Battle of the Breach, the oceans have become restless once again, but the Jaeger program has evolved into the next generation for the PPDC. However, a mysterious organization has reopened the Breach for the Kaiju and a Jaeger has gone rogue. Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, rises up to stand against the evolved Kaiju and the mysterious rogue Jaeger, Obsidian Fury, to prevent humanity's extinction and preserve his father’s legacy. John Boyega leads a team of new pilots alongside Scott Eastwood and Cailee Spaeny to try and stop a new set of kaiju from reaching their final objective of destroying the Earth.

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).

After the Defenders, we get to circle to the individual stories of the 4 titular heroes of the universe. Jessica Jones season 2 picks up back with our angry superpowered private detective and her quest to find out more about what or who gave her superpowers and why. This season focuses on not only Jessica's origins so to speak but also the origins of her friendship with Trish. This season also goes much further into showing Trish, Malcolm, and even Hogarth as a supporting worth truly caring about. 

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).

GET TICKETS FOR APRIL 14TH - The Nerdpocalypse Barcrawl www.thenerdpocalypse.com/barcrawl This week on The Nerdpocalypse, the guys tackle a bland news week with FIRE AND FURY...ok not really. The hosts discuss the death of super genius Stephen Hawkings, violent movies, Marvel movie marathons, the popularity of Dragonball Super, Spike Lee's Nightwatch, DC's Booster Gold, more Die Hard films in the works, Danny Boyle taking over as director for the James Bond, announcement of DC's 'New Gods,' and much more! SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Collateral (Limited Series on Netflix)
• Tomb Raider

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Stephen Hawking dies at age 76
• Elon Musk makes a surprise announcement

 QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• AMC announces upcoming Marvel Movie Marathon
• Alex Garland’s “Devs” gets pilot order at FX
• “Dragonball Super” will continue according Toei Animation
• “Black Panther” set to surpass “The Avengers” domestically at the box office
• “Black Panther” now the highest grossing solo superhero film

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Spike Lee is officially onboard for “Nightwatch” film
• New “Die Hard” film in the works
• Gibson and Glover are confirmed for ‘Lethal Weapon 5’
• DC still working a “Booster Gold” movie
• Zazie Beetz contracted for three films with Fox
• Danny Boyle to direct James Bond 25
• Ava DuVernay to direct DC’s ‘New Gods’

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2IcCtHo
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2FkAH9A
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2GsEwH3

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).

Tomb Raider is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Roar Uthaug and written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet. It is based on the 2013 video game of the same name, with some elements of its sequel by Crystal Dynamics, and is a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, in which she embarks on a perilous journey to her father's last-known destination, hoping to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu and Kristin Scott Thomas appear in supporting roles. When the heir to a family fortune is thrown into a series of events, she must head to an island that holds secrets of her father, her legacy, and possibly her future.

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 are back to discuss odd pillow designs, Green Lantern Corps rumors, Ghost Rider, the Highlander reboot, Fred Durst, Top Gun sequel, The Expendables, Eli Roth's defense of "Death Wish," casting for the new Terminator movie, and much more. CHECKED OUT

• The Push aka this shit is mad fake, yo.
• A Wrinkle in Time
• Gringo

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Gold Nanoparticles Restore The Vision Of Blind Mice

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• The Buttress

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Chris McQuarrie sought after for DC’s “Green Lantern Corps”
• Fred Durst cast John Travolta in his stalker movie
• Brian Taylor has choice words about Ghost Rider on Agents of SHIELD
• “Highlander” reboot is back over at Lionsgate
• “Rampage” shifts date to avoid getting destroyed by Infinity War
• “Top Gun” sequel looks at summer start date
• Expendables 4 is still happening

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Jon Favreau set to produce and write a Star Wars series
• Christopher Nolan on Black Panther Oscar chances
• Professor X is teased to show up in “Legion” - season 2
• Eli Roth has lost his damn mind
• Simon Kinberg writing some upcoming Star Wars film
• Mackenzie Davis is the new heroine of the Terminator “reboot”

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2Fr2z7Y
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2oMKVEi
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2D9hnpK

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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).