The Nerdpocalypse | Movie & TV News

The guys are back on the first episode of The Nerdpocalypse Podcast for 2018! Topics this week on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Black Mirror - season 4, in-depth conversation on Bright, the status of the Alien sequels/prequels, Jodi Foster's movie views, China competing with the US in film, Apple possibly buying Netflix, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• The Marvelous Ms. Maisel
• Black Mirror - Season 4
• Ladybird
• Jumanji
• The Disaster Artist
• Bright
• Manhunt Unabomber

COMIC NEWS

• Marvel announces new Exiles comic series

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Stephen Dorff added to True Detective - Season 3
• Chadwick Boseman named “Most Popular U.S. Actor” in China
• Fox’s “The Gifted” renewed for a second season
• Alien prequels finally put down

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Shondaland crossover is finally happening
• Jodie Foster has some serious thoughts on Superhero films
• Netflix has confirmed sequel to Bright with some changes
• New President of all DC-Based films named at WB
• Die Hard 2 is the best Die Hard movie...girl, I guess
• Speculation on whether Apple will buy Netflix

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2ChLWe7
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2DqGkxt
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2DrYkYa

TRAILERS

• Death Wish
• Mom and Dad

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).

Imagine if the Twilight Zone and Google had a baby, well that would be Black Mirror, and the Netflix exclusive show is back for its fourth twisted season. Covering topics from a Star Trek parody to an episode that everyone is describing as just too much. Black Mirror is a show about blurring the lines of fear, anxiety, and technology into a modern freak out. Micah and Terrence sit down and discuss their thoughts on each of the six presented episodes in this latest season. They stay as far away from spoilers as possible, but we encourage you to watch the show before checking out their review.

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).

Amazon Studios gave a two-season order for their period comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel starring Rachel Brosnahan and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and they shouldn't stop there. The show follows Midge Maisel as a 1950s Jewish Upper Westside in NYC housewife who through some tragic circumstances in her marriage finds herself single and back living with her parents with two young children. Midge is bitten by the stand-up comedy bug when she drunkenly gets on stage at The Gaslight Cafe and performs an impromptu set. An employee at the cafe, Susie (Alex Borstein) sees potential in Midge and helps her hone her newfound passion. Midge's life isn't all roses as she has to navigate 1950 ideals (some she holds and some she fights), her parents in Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle who play Abe and Rose Weissman respectively, and her former life of privilege.

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).

Director David Ayer's latest film, Bright, teams Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as two cops trying to survive in Los Angeles after finding a powerful artifact. The generic survival premise is flipped on its head when we are introduced to a world much like our own that is uniquely filled orcs, fairies, elves, and sometimes even dragons flying overhead in the distance. Joel Edgerton plays Nick Jakoby, the first Orc to serve as a police officer, and Will Smith plays his veteran partner, Daryl Ward, who is fresh off of medical leave after being injured on duty. When the two come across a magic wand they trigger a series of events that have the hunted by elves, the FBI, crooked cops, and gangsters. The film also makes an attempt (poorly) at using the Orcs as an allegory for race relations in this world.

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 story of the so-called "Poker Princess" Molly Bloom has been put into the Aaron Sorkin slick fast dialogue machine and come out the other side looking good. Sorkin, in his directorial debut, turns actress Jessica Chastain into the former skier turned illegal poker gamer runner. Jumping between dishing her information to her reluctant lawyer, Charlie Jaffey, played by Idris Elba and the full backstory of how she rose from cocktail waitress to working with the Russian mob, Molly's Game is a good time. Sorkin brings his dialogue-heavy style to his first film and allows for us to see what a meteoric rise is like from the inside. With its violence, money, and glamour. Opening on Christmas Day, Molly's Game is not a groundbreaking story or film, but you will enjoy your time in the theater. A nice well-rounded film to end the year.

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 for the last show of 2017. The hosts talk new Ghost Rider comic series, an invincible family, remake of 48 hours, Hasbro universe, listeners' top five movies of the year, our thoughts on movies coming in 2018. CHECKED OUT

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Spoiler Talk

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Family that feels no pain

COMIC NEWS

• New Ghost Rider comic series announced
• Jim Starlin breaks from Marvel over Thanos

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• 48 Hours remake is happening
• Paramount announces dates for GI Joe 3, Dungeons and Dragons, and more
• Captain Marvel gains “Doctor Stranger” and GOTG cinematographer

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Gambit movie is still happening
• 2018 upcoming movies: Our rundown

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2BRVXkg
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2BVf9O0
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2BabGaF

TRAILERS

• The Commuter
• Gringo
• Sicaro 2: Soldado
• Ocean’s 8

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).

Guillermo del Toro's (Pan's Labyrinth) latest film that he both wrote and directed, The Shape of Water is a dark fantasy drama about a mute janitor that gets a job at a secret government laboratory. While working there she meets the "asset," an amphibious creature not unlike the classic monster movie "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." The janitor, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), and the asset (Doug Jones) fall in love, and upon learning the possible demise of her new love, Elisa fights to release the asset from the facility so they can be together.

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 with the massive breaking news about the Disney/Fox deal, The hosts of The Nerdpocalypse are back! The crew discusses the renewal of Punisher, Spider-Man: Homecoming's director returns, Lethal Weapon 5, DC's updated movie slate, live action He-Man movie, Netflix's The Witcher series, and much more. CHECKED OUT

• The Shape of Water
• Bushwick
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Voyeur
• Lore

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Some people literally can’t imagine things

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Jon Watts returning to helm “Spider-Man: Homecoming” sequel
• Marvel renews “The Punisher” for a 2nd season
• Woody Harrelson in talks to join “Venom”
• WB lays out their updated slate of films with quite a few changes
• Steven Caple Jr. taking on directing for Creed 2
• Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are set for Lethal Weapon 5
• Obi-Wan Kenobi anthology film to begin production in 2019
• Deep Blue Sea 2 is officially happening

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Dave Goyer in talks to direct He-Man live action film
• Netflix releases 2017 binge statistics
• Simon Kinberg says “X-Men: Apocalypse” was bad
• Netflix announces showrunner for “The Witcher”
• Disney officially acquires 21st Century Fox assets

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2Bf1z8z
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2yl96wq
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2ytTkPQ

TRAILERS

• Alita: Battle Angel
• Jessica Jones - Season 2
• Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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).

Picking up where Episode VII left off, a newcomer to the Star Wars universe, Rian Johnson, takes the helm with Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi as both its writer and director. Produced by Lucasfilm, Episode VIII once again stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, with returning classic characters played by Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. We find Rey (Ridley) working desperately to get Luke Skywalker (Hamill) to rejoin the Rebel Alliance in its last days, while Finn (Boyega) and Poe (Isaac) race against time to save the remaining fleet of the resistance. Looming questions are answered, new questions arise all the while putting Rey against her new sworn enemy in Kylo Ren (Driver).

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 chat during this very heavy news week in the film and TV industry. The hosts discuss The Punisher series in depth, an upcoming Wolverine podcast, newly announced Marvel animated feature, potential Batman in John Hamm, Tarantino Star Trek idea, Taika Watiti having the keys to the castle, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the DCEU restructuring yet again, the Fox/Disney deal comes closer to reality and much more! SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Crisis on Planet X - CW crossover
• She’s Gotta Have It - Season 1 Review
• 3 Billboards
• The Punisher (Spoiler Talk)

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Jack Dylan Grazer joins the cast of “Shazam”
• Ryan Reynolds to star in Detective Pikachu
• CBS All Access official order “Twilight Zone” reboot by Jordan Peele
• Marvel launching first scripted podcast, “Wolverine: The Long Night”
• Alice Eve cast in Iron First season 2
• Animated feature “Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors” announced for 2018
• Disney might not be able to pull their Marvel Netflix shows just yet
• First look at images from X-Men: Dark Phoenix

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• John Hamm wants to be Batman?
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix timeline revealed and some details
• Bryan Singer has been completely removed from the Fox Studios
• Quentin Tarantino might direct a Star Trek movie
• DCEU restructuring yet again
• Lucasfilms openly offers Taika Waititi a Star Wars film
• Fox/Disney deal is now closer than ever, with an announcement possible next week

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2j4GhzE
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2AlGhpJ
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2BduklM

TRAILERS

• Wormwood
• 7 Days in Entebee

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).