Former FBI agent and amputee Will Sawyer (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) lives in the tallest and "safest" skyscraper in Hong Kong with his family. The skyscraper itself, known as "The Pearl," houses several floors that function as their own society, and despite the risks highlighted by Sawyer, who is the building's head of security, his bosses insist that it is impenetrable. True to Sawyer's belief, the building comes under attack by terrorists, forcing Sawyer to take action. Matters are complicated further when he finds himself framed for the attack, and his family trapped above the resulting fire line.

This week on The Nerdpocalypse, the guys are back to discuss ways to save coral reefs, overused comic characters, Shazam official images/tone thoughts, Indiana Jones 5, Kimbo Slice biopic, Robocop Returns, Superman and the #MeToo movement, fan backlash outcomes, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Equalizer 2
• Skyscraper

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

• Kill all rats!

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

• CuloClean

COMIC NEWS

• Marvel announces “Black Panther vs Deadpool” series

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Djimon Hounsou joins the cast of “Shazam”
• Indiana Jones 5 moves to 2021 release date
• TBS officially working on “Quantum and Woody” TV show
• Billy Dee Williams officially joining the cast of Star Wars Ep IX
• ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ cast JB Smoove in unknown role
• Winston Duke to star in...Kimbo Slice movie?!!!
• Henry Cavill is a dummy

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Neill Blomkamp to direct “Robocop Returns”
• Margot Robbie confirms production details for “Birds of Prey”
• James Mangold Believes Extreme Fan Backlash Will Lead To Films Made By "Hacks"

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2L9Htxa
• Terrence: https://dailym.ai/2uh3Omo
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2ma20Hu

TRAILERS

• Extinction

We wanted to highlight one of the many shows from our friends over at the Flawedcast Network. So check out this special episode of their retro wrestling podcast:   "Welcome to the Flawedcast Network’s only retro wrestling podcast, Time Limit Draw. Each episode, our hosts “The Golden Voice” James Ryan and “Southern Comfort” Michael Watson review one retro wrestling pay per view. On this episode the guys discuss, dissect, and disassemble WWF’s King of the Ring 1999. The Rock challenges The Undertaker for the WWF title, Stone Cold Steve Austin battles both Vince and Shane McMahon for the control of the WWF, and who will win this year’s King of the Ring? Will it be Ken Shamrock and his internal injuries? X-Pac? Kane? The Big Show? The Road Dogg? How about an Assman?"

This week on The Nerdpocalypse, the guys return to discuss some TV season reviews, "Faith" live action movie, more "Spawn" reboot casting, Idris Elba in the Fast and Furious spinoff, Scarlett Johansson's refusal to get the message, Thanos cut of Avengers: Infinity War, and much more! SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Ant-Man and The Wasp
• The First Purge
• Tag
• Glow - Season 2
• Luke Cage - Season 2

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Valiant Comics’ “Faith” is getting a film from Sony Pictures
• Rumored “Alien” TV show in the future
• Nicholas Cage joins “Into the Spider-Verse”
• Miles Teller to play Goose’s son in Top Gun sequel
• Jeremy Renner cast in “Spawn” reboot
• Idris Elba cast as villain in “Fast and Furious” spinoff

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Director Christopher McQuarrie says he is “cured” of wanting to direct a Star Wars movie
• Scarlett Johansson will play a transgender man in upcoming movie
• Avengers: Infinity War is getting a Thanos cut
• The Snowpiercer TV is having some issues

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: https://wapo.st/2IdfSt7
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2MiRAAl
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2HCEA5W

Two years after the events of Captain America: Civil War, and before the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Scott Lang, now under house arrest after the events of Civil War, tries to balance his home life as a father with his responsibilities as Ant-Man. When Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission to bring to light secrets from their past, Lang teams up with Van Dyne as the new Wasp.

To push the crime rate below 1% for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of the oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation. Because there are more parties being thrown than people being killed, the NFFA take matters into their own hands. The film has all new meaning inside the Trump political era that lends to a level of realism that the previous films did not have.

After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic streetball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize and impress his girlfriend (Tiffany Haddish), Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend Uncle Drew (Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew's old basketball squad comprised of actual NBA stars (Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one.

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return and discuss more TMNT movies on the way, AMC theaters new services to take on MoviePass, the remake of "The Witches," reboot of MTV's Daria, first look at Linda Hamilton in Terminator 6, LucasFilms potential change of heart, Fox/Disney deal, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

• Bao
• The Incredibles 2
• Succession
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

COMIC NEWS

• Brian Michael Bendis is bringing a familiar movie villain to the Superman comics
• New marriage in the X-Men Universe
• ‘Stranger Things’ comic coming to Dark Horse

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

• Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

• Another TMNT movie is on its way
• AMC announces subscription services similar to Movie Pass
• Shortlist of directors for “Black Widow” solo movie
• Robert Zemeckis up for directing “The Witches” remake
• Jessica Jones - Season 3 begins production next week
• Daria reboot is on it’s way
• First Look at Linda Hamilton in Terminator 6

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• DC rumored to be not make Joker spinoff just a one off
• LucasFilms puts a hold on a spinoff movies
• Invincible animated series headed to Amazon, alongside live action movie
• Disney’s deal to buy Fox is now done...we can all shut up for a minute

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2l1zVBM
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2tfqKly
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2IfKrOK

TRAILERS

• Tau
• Creed 2

The latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise has arrived and it has the same issues that all the previous direct sequels to Jurassic Park had. The franchise ultimately only has two stories and the latter is bringing the dinosaurs to the mainland and they get loose thus wreaking havoc. 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' is no exception. Adding in the notion of the dinosaurs possibly experiencing a natural extinction level event on the island doesn't really help the story much as it plays more as a jumping off point than anything else. Where the story lives and breathes is in the fate of the dinos as they make it back to the mainland. Of course, things go predictively left and we are once again thrown into the same chase and kill story we can walk through with our eyes closed at this point. Since 1993, the franchise has had nothing more to say, and somehow the writers and directors behind these movies haven't heard that message as loud and as clear as it is coming through the screen.

This week on The Nerdpocalypse, Jay and Terrence go through perhaps the least exciting week in movie news in quite some time. However, thanks to a fan, this episode has a fun guest...MOONSHINE! While drinking the guys discuss a possible Gargoyles movie from Jordan Peele, MTV rebooting Aeon Flux, Wonder Woman 1984 news, stills from the upcoming Aquaman movie, shake ups at DC Entertainment, and not much else. CHECKED OUT

• Superfly
• The Incredibles 2

  LIGHTNING ROUND

• Jordan Peele brought the idea of a Gargoyles movie to Disney
• MTV rebooting “Aeon Flux” as a live action TV series
• Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker movie confirmed
• Wonder Woman 1984 title confirmed, first images
• New Aquaman Image Reveals Black Manta
  • More images

MOVIE/TV NEWS

• Geoff Johns Exits DC Entertainment for Writing and Producing Deal (Exclusive)
• Green Lantern Corps will be written and produced by Geoff Johns
• 20th Century Fox CEO warns against too many “caped crusader” movies

WTF? by JayTeeDee

• Micah: http://bit.ly/2skPV5Y
• Terrence: http://bit.ly/2JRcuci
• Jay: http://bit.ly/2y82QNW

TRAILERS

• The Predator - Trailer 2
• First Man