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American Assassin tells the tale of a young man, Mitch Rapp, who through no fault of his own is wrapped up in the violence of a terrorist cell while on vacation. 18 months later, Mitch is training physically and mentally to enact his revenge on those responsible. PREMISE:  Mitch Rapp (O'Brien), 23, lost his parents in a tragic car accident at the age of 14, as well as his girlfriend to a terrorist attack just as they were engaged. Seeking revenge, he is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Lathan) as a black ops recruit. Kennedy then assigns Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Keaton) to train Mitch. Together they will, later on, investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets. The discovery of a pattern in the violence leads them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent, Annika (Negar), to stop a mysterious operative, nicknamed "Ghost" (Kitsch), intent on starting a world war in the Middle East. Cast: Dylan O'Brien as Mitch Rapp Michael Keaton as Stan Hurley Sanaa Lathan as Deputy Director Irene Kennedy Shiva Negar as Annika Taylor Kitsch as "Ghost" David Suchet as Stansfield Navid Negahban as Behurz Scott Adkins as Victor Charlotte Vega as Katrina Harper Budget: $33 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).

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss Marvel's Inhumans, Jennifer Lawrence's very interesting perspective on her role in the X-Men franchise, unlikely superhero movie director, Suicide Squad 2 getting some good news, the future of the James Bond franchise, Rotten Tomatoes impact, Fox's X-Force movie and much more.   SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Wonder Woman
• Catastrophe (Amazon)
• Inhumans

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• Under-Cover

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• SyFy’s Blood Drive has been cancelled
• Jeph Loeb discusses early cut of “Inhumans”
• Jennifer Lawrence explains why she is coming back for X-Men: Dark Phoenix
• More possible “classic” characters joining Sony’s “Silver and Black”
• Jared Leto is all of us
• Spike Lee working on a superhero movie?

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Disney is moving Star Wars and Marvel to its streaming service
• Gavin O’Connor to write and direct Suicide Squad 2
• Major studios fighting for James Bond franchise rights
• Colin Trevorrow steps down from directing Star Wars Episode IX
• Rotten Tomatoes is ruining the movie industry, so says Hollywood
• Fox’s X-Force gets a writer/director

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2vMJKGz
• Terence: http://bit.ly/2wCTvck
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2eFC56E

TRAILERS

• Gerald’s Game

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).

Stephen King's classic horror story, It, comes back to life exactly 27 years after the original made for TV movie adaptation was done. This time the tale is better weaved in this version made for the silver screen. Based on the 1986 supernatural horror book, "It" takes place in 1988 where a group of friends called "The Losers" have to come face to face with a murderous clown, known only as Pennywise, that's not quite what he seems to be. Budget: $35 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).

Jay and Demetrius sit down to discuss the newly released (in IMAX) 2 episode premiere of Marvel's "Inhumans." Telling the story of a royal family of aliens who reside in a hidden city on the moon, who work to keep themselves hidden from inhabitants of Earth. The show focuses on a breakdown in that royal family that involves a coup d'etat headed up by the king's own jealous brother. The rest of the royal family is forced to escape to the planet Earth, but their troubles are only just beginning. They must figure out their new home while fighting to regain the rightful place back in Attilan on the moon. The premiere episodes lay the ground work for a season that may have some potential, but that's merely speculative at this point. The footage shown in theaters was rather underwhelming but better than early buzz indicated. Cast: Anson Mount as Black Bolt Serinda Swan as Medusa Ken Leung as Karnak Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon Isabelle Cornish as Crystal Iwan Rheon as Maximus

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 episode of Coming Distractions focuses on the newly concluded season 7 of HBO's Game of Thrones. Jay and T'ara sit down to discuss their overall thought on the season, favorite moments, and predictions for the 8th and final season of the HBO series. This review does contain mild spoilers, so be aware before continuing. The 7th season of Game of Thrones focuses largely around the impending war between Daenerys and Cersei for the iron throne. All the while Jon Snow becomes King of the North and is working to convince both sides that there is an impending war that is far more important than a small squabble for power. Wanting all their armies to join forces to fight the ever approach White Walkers led by the mysterious Night King, is Jon's focus. He will do anything to convince these two warring women to come together. Video version of Review: https://youtu.be/sIulMyH1Aak

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, Jay and Terrence are joined by two guests, Carrie and T'ara to talk all about DC's Shazam going into pre-production, Justice League Dark, gender swapped Lord of the Flies, The Million Moms go after AMC's Preacher, X-Men: Dark Phoenix rocking start, DC's secondary movie banner idea, James Cameron's comments on Wonder Woman, and much more.   SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT

• The Sinner
• Death Note
• The Tick
• Game of Thrones - Season 7

  QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• DC’s Shazam moves into pre-production
• Ed Skrein turns down role in Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen because of race bending
• Spider-Man: Homecoming writers are returning for sequel
• Dr. Strange writer joins Justice League Dark
• Dick Grayson cast in Titans

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• WB is making a gender swapped Lord of the Flies movie
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix is off to a great start
• One Million Moms push to get Preacher off the air
• Starz picks up Black Samurai series starring Common and the RZA
• DC working on new secondary movie banner
• James Cameron calls “Wonder Woman” a step back for action star female roles in film

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• T'ara: http://bit.ly/2vMIlzX
• Carrie: http://bit.ly/2x9MZfr
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2vM7qeh
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2x9o8sd

TRAILERS

• Blood of the Immortal

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 episode of Coming Distractions is focused on Amazon's newest show "The Tick," based on the popular spoof comic series, as well as, the popular 1990s cartoon that was on Fox. The Tick tells the tale of a New York based superhero by the same name who's eccentric nature runs head on with Arthur, a mild mannered accountant, who gets caught up in the superhero antics sort of by accident. The Tick and Arthur team up to take down goofball villains such as Ms. Lint and Ramses IV all the while on the hunt for The Terror. The series pokes fun at the superhero genre while also never taking itself particularly serious. If you are a fan of the original comic series, the 90s cartoon, or the superhero genre this series might be a perfect treat when your beloved genre gets a bit too self-important. Video of this review: https://youtu.be/VriMIMiMfzA Cast:

• Peter Serafinowicz as The Tick
• Griffin Newman as Arthur Everest
• Valorie Curry as Dot Everest
• Brendan Hines as Superian
• Jackie Earle Haley as The Terror
• Yara Martinez as Ms. Lint
• Scott Speiser as Overkill
• Michael Cerveris as Ramses IV
• Bryan Greenberg as Derek
• Alan Tudyk as the voice of Dangerboat

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).

Carrie joins Jay to discuss the recent Netflix exclusive film, #DeathNote. The story follows Light Turner (Nat Wolff), a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook that has the power to kill whoever has their name written within. He soon partners with the true owner of the notebook, a shinigami named #Ryuk (Willem Dafoe), and begins to enact justice on the world under the guise of "Kira." Light must contend with the brilliant detective known only as L (Lakeith Stanfield), who seeks to expose Light as Kira. Based on the 2003 manga of the same name, Netflix's Death Note provides a wildly different look at the base story underneath. But is it a good enough film to watch? Budget: $40 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).

In 2015, Marvel and Netflix started us down this path with the first season of Daredevil starring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil. From there we've had series focusing on Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Coulter), and most recently Iron Fist (Finn Jones). These shows have now finally brought together 4 unlikely personalities to team up Avengers style to take on a larger threat. The show is a departure from the four solo series by only being 8 episodes instead of their standard 13. This allows for the telling of a slightly tighter story but also puts some constraints on what the show can do in such a limited time frame. The team takes on a woman named Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) who controls the evil organization, The Hand. She along with Elektra (Elodie Yung) aka The Black Sky work to further goals while trying to destroy New York City in the process. There are things that worked incredibly well in the series, such as Luke and Danny's budding friendship, but the series is also plagued by rushed writing and lack of quality action beats for certain characters. A valiant effort from Marvel Television, but improvements can be and should be made going forward. This review has a SPOILER section that is clearly stated for those who have not watched the season in its entirety. Spoilers begin at 14:55.  

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).

Jay and Micah sit down to discuss season 1 of Netflix's latest original series, Friends from College. Starring Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Fred Savage, Nat Faxon, Annie Parisse, Jae Suh Park, and Billy Eichner. The show follows seven friends who went to Harvard together that are in their late 30s/early 40s reuniting as their paths cross in New York City. Old relationships rekindle, while others have never died. A mixture of "comedies of life" moments well balanced with serious issues of leaving your late breaking adult adolescence for the eventual slide into what should be your calming 40s. The show features characters who are all incredibly terrible and selfish people but have endearing qualities once you dig into the meat of what they represent. There are issues of infidelity, career changes, gaining maturity, relationship prioritizing, trying to have kids (IVF), and balancing all of that on top of the drudges of life. Video version of the review: https://youtu.be/DAwhE3wtL_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).