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Spike Lee revisits his famous drama/comedy 1986 film, She's Gotta Have It, but this time as a TV series that is updated for a new era and available as a Netflix Original Series. The general story is the same, but with needed tweaks to bring the series on Black polyamory into 2017. The series still follows Nola Darling, a "single" Black woman who has open sexual relationships with three men that are wildly different in personality. They reflect aspects of herself in archetypical ways. Whether the carefree/immature side, the stability of adulthood, or the worldly overachiever, the three men work as a vessel for Nola's best and worst qualities.

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 after the Thanksgiving break to discuss their in-depth thoughts on Justice League, The Problem with Apu, adapting a crime podcast, Bryan Fuller creative ADD, remake of a blaxploitation classics, the MCU's introduction to the multiverse, the future of the MCU after Avengers 4, The Runaways, Disney and Fox are back at the negotiation table, the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, and much more! CHECKED OUT

• Split
• Future Man
• The Problem with Apu
• The Runaways
• Justice League (Spoiler Talk)

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Oumuamua, the first observed interstellar visitor to our solar system

COMIC NEWS

• Marvel Comics changed their editor-in-chief

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Star of live-action Mulan has been cast
• Goldberg to guest star on The Flash
• WB reportedly recasting Iris West in the DCEU
• FX adapting the podcast, Crimetown
• Wilson Bethel joins Daredevil season 3
• Sony is remaking Superfly and I openly hope it bombs

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Michael Greene and Bryan Fuller leave American Gods as showrunners
• James Franco confirms Hard R rating for Multiple Man
• Ant-Man and The Wasp is said to establish the MCU multiverse
• Kevin Feige says Avengers 4 will be the finale
• Marvel reportedly has plans for 20 more films
• Talks resume between 21st Century Fox and Disney

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2hQl9Qq
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2BofjtF

TRAILERS

• Avengers: 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).

Movie Review: Roman J. Israel Esq. The legal drama starring Denzel Washington as Roman J. Israel Esq., a lawyer who has spent his career as the man behind the curtain so to speak. An eccentric legal savant, Israel must confront his hardline views of helping the poor and the disaffected when he is thrust into a world of money and power that he's only seen from a safe distance. When an opportunity for a different life comes into conflict with one's beliefs, this is where the character must decide if his lifelong held convictions are truly worth the sacrifices that he has made. Cast: Denzel Washington Colin Farrell Carmen Ejogo

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).

Jon Bernthal returns to the role of Frank Castle aka The Punisher for his solo series. Marvel's Netflix shows have run the gamut of quality and I am happy to say that 'The Punisher' has now climbed to the top of my list. Taking on the story of a murdering sociopath anti-hero isn't an easy task but showrunner/executive producer Steve Lightfoot seemingly handled it with ease. The Punisher focuses on Frank Castle months after the events of Daredevil Season 2, in which he is believed to be dead. However, he works in the shadows taking down mobsters, violent thugs, etc until he comes across a bit of evidence that reopens some emotional wounds from his time doing spec ops work in Afghanistan. His spec ops work might just be the key to understanding what happened to his wife and kids, and perhaps tells us more about Frank Castle the man in the end. Cast: Jon Bernthal Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ben Barnes Amber Rose Revah Paul Schulze Jason R. Moore Michael Nathanson Daniel Webber Jaime Ray Newman Deborah Ann Woll

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 guys are back with some technical issues as they recorded their 300th episode on Youtube live. Apologies for the echo that exists in the episode. The guys discuss the news of a Multiple Man solo movie, a Morbius the Living Vampire film, the new Kick-Ass, Galaxy Quest the TV show, a new Batman rumor and much more.   CHECKED OUT

• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
• 20th Century Women
• While We’re Young
• Justice League

COMIC NEWS

• Mark Millar announces new Kick-Ass series with big changes

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• “What Women Want” being rebooted and gender swapped
• Lord of the Rings TV show will be a prequel series at Amazon
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake
• 'Dune' reboot is Denis Villeneuve next project
• “Danger Girl” being developed as a film

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• “Get Out” being labeled as a comedy for the Golden Globes
• Sony moving forward with a solo Morbius movie
• Fox moving forward with a Multiple Man solo movie
• Galaxy Quest TV show is happening
• Actor that Matt Reeves is rumored to want for Batman

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2w7jhnK
• Jack: http://n.pr/2w7upAV
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2zDHFmz
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2z51HXc

TRAILERS

• Rampage

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).

TV Review: Welcome back to Hawkins, Indiana for the second season of the Netflix runaway hit, Stranger Things. We find ourselves back with Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas as they are living their normal lives after the events of Will going missing, meeting Eleven, and their battle against the dreaded Demogorgon. Season 2 picks up a few months after the original and we find Will not doing so well and suffering from what he believes are flashbacks to his time in the Upside Down. As time goes on, we realize the threat of the Upside Down and what lies within it can not be ignored and its power is spreading. The team of kids must work alongside Sheriff Hopper and a host of old and new friends to wag a final battle to save themselves and the town. Cast: Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers David Harbour as Jim Hopper Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler Millie Bobby Brown as Jane Ives / Eleven Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler Sean Astin as Bob Newby Paul Reiser as Dr. Sam Owens

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 ultimate culmination of DC comics superhero build up is finally here. Bringing together Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Superman (Henry Cavill), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and, Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to form the heroic Justice League. When an otherworldly rampaging tyrant named Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) comes to Earth to find three "mother boxes" that he wants to use to conquer the planet, a team of unlikely allies must be formed to stop this extraterrestrial threat. Budget: $300 Million

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).

Mindhunter is the latest Netflix original series based on the true crime book, 'Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Crime Unit' written by John E. Douglass and Mark Olshaker. The series depicts the FBI's slow growing serial killer unit in 1977. Surpassing the standard viewpoint on the criminal element of the past, FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) interview imprisoned serial killers to try and broaden their understanding of the psychology of these type of criminals, and to hopefully help stop future killers. The series works very much in the same vein as "Silence of the Lambs." One has to understand how a killer's mind works in order to stop a killer. Mindhunter is the first step in the FBI's now famous "profilers" group of agents.

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 their thoughts on Thor: Ragnarok, the science of organoids, a dangerous stupid tech idea, Netflix's first comic book series from Mark Millar, Metal Gear Solid's film adaptation and it's potential insanity, a Lord of the Rings TV series possibly from Amazon Studios, Universal's Dark Universe status, more CBS All-Access nonsense, Disney's big moves with their streaming service, properties, and even a potential 21st Century Fox asset buyout. SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT

• Mindhunter
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Thor: Ragnarok

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Organoids breakthrough

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• BionicGym

COMIC NEWS

• Brian Michael Bendis signs exclusive deal with DC
• Mark Millar announces the first comic published by Netflix

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Tessa Thompson very interested in play Alana in a SAGA adaptation
• Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation gets its writer and director
• Wentworth Miller is leaving the Flash universe for good
• Asher Angel to play Billy Batson in Shazam!
• New Red Sonja movie in the works
• Another movie in the “Kick-Ass” series?

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Ridley Scott wants to replace xenomorphs in future Alien films
• Lord of the Rings series adaptation possibly happening at Amazon
• Jordan Peele rebooting The Twilight Zone for CBS All-Access
• Black Adam to possibly show up in Suicide Squad 2
• Universal’s Dark Universe loses its architect
• Talk of Disney buying 21st Century Fox entertainment assets
• Disney making its big moves now starting with Netflix
• Disney furthers its ambitions with Star Wars

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2yfHolA
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2gIHsTS
• Jay: http://dailym.ai/2hcxv11

TRAILERS

• The Post

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).

Based on the famous 1934 Agatha Christie novel, Murder on the Orient Express attempts to tell a classic close quarters murder mystery with intriguing characters, setup, slowly revealed backstories and a sense of prolonged inquiry. Kenneth Branagh takes his hand at directing and starring in this remake. A powerhouse cast including Tom Bateman, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley sets the stage for characters who stand out in a large sea of talent. Budget: $55 Million

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).