The Geek-out Podcast The Zone @ 91-3

Bonus quote: ”Only the derivatives!” — Kirsten James

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

08:17 – Eye for AI (take the quiz!)

Coming Soon

19:17 – Megalopolis

related: Vanity Fair first look

26:16 – Cobra Kai (Netflix series, S6 in three parts, Part I: July 18, Part II: November 28, The finalé event: 2025

27:53 – Wednesday (Netflix series, S2 cast announcement, in production, Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Luis Guzmɑ́n, Thandiwe Newton, Haley Joel Osment, Fred Armisen, Christopher Lloydְ)

29:48 – The Boys (Prime Video series, S4, June 13) (Zoner Mary)

34:49 – The Acolyte (Star Wars series, Disney+, June the 4th) (Zoner Mary) / LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Star Wars animated special, Disney+, September 13)

related: Colbert’s lost footage of Luke Skywalker at the Mos Eisley cantina (Zoner Mary)

39:25 – Eric (Netflix film, May 30, Benedict Cumberbatch)

40:23 – Super Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe

– Donkey Kong Country: Mine-Cart Madness (coaster!)

– Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge (dark ride)

– Yoshi’s Adventure (omnimover, previously only in Japan)

42:34 – Paul Walter Hauser joins casts of Fantastic Four and Naked Gun

43:42 – Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone re-team for movie about infamous “anal bead” chess scandal

45:48 – Michelle Yeoh to Star in Amazon’s Blade Runner 2049 sequel series Blade Runner 2099

47:08 – Live-action ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie gets theatrical release date (June 5, 2026, dir: Travis ”Chilly Tee” Knight of Bumblebee, son of Nike’s Phil Knight, Laika lead animator/CEO)

Coming soon: SPEED ROUND!

49:10 – X-Men ’97’s X-Mansion on Airbnb

49:22 – Knuckles (Paramount+ 6-ep miniseries, out now)

43:51 – The Watchers (dir: Ishana Shyamalan, prod: M. Night Shyamalan, in theatres June 14)

51:03 – Robot Dreams (in theatres May 31)

51:27 – 28 Years Later casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Ralph Fiennes (dir: Danny Boyle)

51:55 – Next On Disney+ (Zoner Mary)

– Jim Henson: Idea Man (May 31)

– The Beach Boys (May 24)

– Darjeeling Limited, Daredevil 2003, That Thing You Do!, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (May 1)

– Doctor Who (S1 premiere May 10, 17, 24, 31)

– Tales of the Empire (S1, May the 4th)

– The Bad Batch (S3, May the 1th)

– Welcome to Wrexham (S3, Fridays in May)

– Black Twitter: A People’s History (S1, May 9)

– Monsters at Work (S2, May 5)

– X-Men ’97 Assembled (May 22)

– Queen Rock Montreal (May 15)

– The Beatles’ Let it Be (May 8)

NOT Coming Soon

52:10 – Nintendo to announce Switch successor before the end of this fiscal year

58:27 – Kraven the Hunter moves to December as Sony pushes Karate Kid to May 2025

Geek News Proper

59:16 – Bernard Hill: Lord of The Rings and Titanic actor dies aged 79

1:03:13 – James Gunn’s Superman suit: photo / article

1:11:04 – Sony backlash re: PSN account linking for Helldivers 2 and all other PlayStation exclusives on PC (Zoner Spenny)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:12:29 – The Roast of Tom Brady (Art)

1:23:49 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Pol)

1:30:14 – Anyone But You (Art)

1:32:47 – Fallout (Pol & Bud)


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WELCOME BACK, KIRSTEN! The almost-complete crew compliment geek out about cyberattacks, MORE Lion King, Muppet colons, and let you know when Bud is laughing.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

27:06 – London Drugs

Coming Soon

41:10 – Mufasa: The Lion King (teaser trailer, in theatres December 20)

45:33 – Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+ documentary, May 31)

Geek News Proper

56:18 – The Falcon and The Winter Soldier deleted scene

48:58 – Chris Hemsworth takes blame for Thor: Love and Thunder failure

1:01:39 – The Fall Guy sets a new Guinness World Record In car stunt featurette (aforementioned featurette)

related Beavis and Butt-Head

1:07:26 – Jerry Seinfeld says TV comedy is being killed by the ”extreme left and P.C. crap and people worrying so much about offending other people”

related: Unfrosted’s bit about trademark infringement (Netflix, May 3)

1:10:28 – Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney taunted at Wrexham game as Stockport fly plane over stadium

RUMOURS and HEARSEY, but hopefully REAL

1:12:16 – The Last of Us S2 filming in Nanaimo (source: @TheLastofUsNews)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:14:15 – 3 Body Problem (Bryan)

1:18:06 – X-Men ’97 (and we phone Jubilee’s cell!)


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Pol, Bud, & Bryan talk terrifying robots, Deadpool & Wolverine and what it could mean to the greater MCU, and breaking your own rules, QUENTIN.

Preamble

01:15 – Pol’s on a podcast! I’ll Keep You Wild, episode 101

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:50 – Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas

Coming Soon

19:23 – Deadpool & Wolverine (in theatres July 26)

40:55 – Trap (in theatres August 1)

46:59 – Transformers One drops eye-popping 3D footage at CinemaCon with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry introducing origin story

related: trailer!

51:28 – Pamela Anderson to star opposite Liam Neeson in ‘Naked Gun’ Remake

52:03 – As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game (Zoner Ewan)

52:55 – Wednesday season 2 casts Steve Buscemi (Zoner Mary)

53:28 – The Office’ sets first castmembers for potential follow-up series

1:02:07 – The Movie Critic WON’T be Quentin Tarantino’s final film

Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

1:14:33 – Zoner Ewan: BrickCan (Vancouver, April 20 & 21)

Reviews and Recommendayshes by Pol

1:15:36 – The Trades

1:18:38 – Baby Reindeer

1:22:15 – Conan O’Brien Must Go


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Everybody but Kirsten (hope you’re having all the Parisian fun!) geek out about robots, the moon, turtles, superhero movies, superhero commercials, Ford Broncos, and war. What is it good for?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:57 – the browser wars continue

Coming Soon

12:57 – Transformers 40th Anniversary Event (SilverCity May 15 at 7p, May 18 at 12:30p, May 19 at 3:00p, trailer) (Zoner Bryce)

20:53 – Fly Me To the Moon (in theatres July 12)

23:59 – The Beach Boys (Disney+ documentary, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

27:13 – Kinds of Kindness teaser / trailer (in theatres June 21)

28:33 – Keanu Reeves joins Sonic 3 as Shadow

30:49 – First look at next Captain America: Brave New World (Zoner Ewan)

37:39 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds renewed for season 4; Lower Decks to conclude with season 5 (Zoner Mary)

40:23 – Chris Farley biopic in the works with Josh Gad and Paul Walter Hauser

42:38 – Live-Action, R-Rated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie in the Works From Producer Walter Hamada (Zoner Mary)

46:45 – Jim Henson: Idea Man (dir: Ron Howard, Disney+ documentary, May 31) (Zoner Mary)

47:24 – Kendrick Lamar making comedy film with Matt Stone and Trey Parker

48:28 – Aang: The Last Airbender, the first animated movie in Avatar trilogy, will follow Aang as an adult

NOT Coming Soon

49:12 – Jon Snow spin-off canned by HBO, says Kit Harington

Geek News Proper

50:58 – O.J. Simpson dies at 76

59:51 – Coca-Cola x Marvel: The Heroes

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:02:32 – one fan’s hopes for live action Hercules casting (source: Disney fan Markell Bailey on IG) (only announced in 2022, nothing else confirmed)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:04:51 – Civil War (Bryan & Pol)

related: Civil War sets A24 record with $25 million debut

1:29:36 – Fallout E01/02 (Bud)

1:30:58 – Curb Your Enthusiasm S12 (Pol & Art)

1:37:19 – X-Men ’97 (Bryan)


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Bud, Bryan, and Art (who hosted ep 1 of this podcast) talk schoolboard lawsuits, the endless trash that is Star Wars (or so Pol would say were he here), the fresh Joker: Folie à Deux trailer, and the miracle of a movie which is Monkey Man.

Previously, on The Geek-out Podcast . . .

07:45 – Amazon ditches ”Just Walk Out” checkouts at its grocery stores

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:33 – schoolboard social suits

Coming Soon

14:45 – Tales of the Empire (six-episode Star Wars animated series, Disney+, May the 4th be with you)

18:25 – Joker: Folie à Deux: teaser of the first full trailer (in theatres October 4)

19:56 – 1999’s The Mummy returns to theaters on April 26

20:45 – The Phantom Menace?

23:21 – wrestling?

28:59 – Joker: Folie à Deux FOR REAL NOW

35:05 – New Matrix movie in the works with Drew Goddard writing, directing (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

41:01 – Fantastic Four casts Julia Garner as Silver Surfer

related: Free comics! Tweet o̶n̶ T̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶s̶, 404, Marvel Unlimited

related: Zoner Ewan question re: free Moon Knight comics

49:18 – Disney to crack down on password-sharing after CEO Bob Iger wins board fight

50:27 – Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender changes showrunners again

51:46 – ”Ten hours of being waterboarded”: Hannah Waddingham says Game of Thrones left her with chronic claustrophobia (Zoner Ewan)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

55:35 – Monkey Man (Bryan)

1:10:50 – A Death in Cryptoland (Bud, via Zoner Tim)

1:12:18 – The Three-Body Problem (Bud)

related: Murder. Death.


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Sans vacationing Kirsten, the gents talk Linux infections, R&R jogging monsters, and pay (proper?) tribute to three lost souls this week.



Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:57 – xz Utils’ near-disaster

Coming Soon

19:06 – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (dropped March 27, Kevin Love Fund fundraiser)

22:48 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Netflix movie, May 3)

25:24 – The Sandman, season 2 (Netflix series, August 5, titles revealed) (Zoner Mary)

27:51 – Joker: Folie à Deux first poster shows a dancing Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

29:00 – Dev Patel says ‘Monkey Man’ shoot faced ”absolute catastrophe” ( . . . uh, IN THEATRES FRIDAY! 😅)

30:06 – Constantine 2 story being hashed out, script has to be written

Geek News Proper

32:27 – Louis Gossett Jr. dies at 87

33:15 – Chance Perdomo, Gen V star, dies at 27

33:59 – Joe Flaherty, original SCTV castmember, dies at 82

Reviews and Recommendayshes

41:05 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Bryan)

51:07 – Tokyo Vice (Art)

1:00:05 – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Bryan) (baby-whooshing clip)

1:07:08 – Just Walk Out tech at Modo Centre in Portland (Art) (controversy)


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