The Geek-out Podcast The Zone @ 91-3
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Zoners Bryan, Art, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud geek out about tech, movies, TV, comics, and more! New episodes every Thursday.
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98% recycled geeking
Thank you, Jordan Peele, for coming up with original ideas.
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
14:48 – eBike (Ghost)busters
Coming Soon
17:55 – Wicked (in theatres November 27, PART ONE OF TWO)
19:19 – Dune: P̶r̶e̶q̶u̶e̶l̶ Prophecy (Max series, fall)
25:44 – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace “Remastered” (in THEATRES now)
29:04 – 3 Body Problem renewed for additional episodes to conclude the Netflix series (Zoner Mary)
30:03 – Heroes reboot in the works from original creator Tim Kring
33:54 – Natasha Lyonne joins The Fantastic Four (undisclosed role, 2025)
36:00 – Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell to play Jonathan & Martha Kent
37:31 – Jordan Peele’s next movie is a psychological horror set in the world of football
Reviews and Recommendayshes
43:11 – The Fall Guy (Zoner Mary)
50:43 – IF (Zoner Kirsten)
52:47 – Sugar (Art)
55:52 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Pol)
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AI search is the new Clippy
Pol, Bud & Kirsten chat about the copious amount of AI in our lives, exploding kittens, and where The Lord of The Rings goes from here.
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
17:10 – game company decisions
Coming Soon
19:16 – Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis | A Fable (in theatres 2024)
21:22 – House of the Dragon (S2 official trailer, HBO/Max series, June 16)
22:57 – The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (S2 teaser, Prime Video series, August 29, BTS) (Zoner Ewan)
related: The Lord of The Rings returns with two films, Peter Jackson will not direct
related: more on the above, but also, original trilogy returning to theatres this summer
related: The Hunt for Gollum fan film temporarily shut down, then restored, after official The Hunt For Gollum film announced
33:26 – The Bear (S3, FX series, Hulu/Disney+, June 27)
34:52 – A Quiet Place: Day One (trailer 2, in theatres June 28)
37:02 – Exploding Kittens (Netflix series, July) (Sneak Peek/Peak)
40:29 – Tires (Netflix series, May 23)
45:56 – Fallout 76: Skyline Valley (developer preview, June) (electric ghoul type, storm goliaths/armoured brains, Dangerous Pastimes public event)
49:46 – Squirrel with a Gun (PC/Xbox/PS5, fall)
51:56 – Disney Upfront Highlights
– Agatha All Along (The Darkhold Diaries / House of Harkness / Coven of Chaos / The Lying Witch with Great Wardrobe), September 18 (Zoner Mary)
– Daredevil: Born Again, March 2025
– Ironheart, sometime in 2025
54:46 – The Last of Us (S2 location photos, Babis)
58:38 – Saturday Night live to celebrate 50th anniversary with three-hour special
Geek News Proper
1:00:56 – Nicolas Cage is back as Spider-Man in live-action Amazon series, Noir
1:02:33 – Amazon to bring three new ads formats to Prime Video
1:04:33 – Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha claims she will sue Netflix over ”obscene work of fiction”
RUMOURS and HEARSEY
1:09:31 – Deadline UNDERSTAAAAAANDS that John Malkovich has joined The Fantastic Four
Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)
1:10:09 – Zoner Bryce explains LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
1:11:07 – Zoner Ewan updates us on The Line
Reviews and Recommendayshes
1:12:31 – Mary Poppins (Kirsten & Pol)
1:17:01 – The Fall Guy (Pol & Kirsten)
1:31:23 – The Transformers 40th Anniversary Cinemaaaaaah Event (Bud)
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''I smell suck.'' – Art Aronson
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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You know who doesn't have a colon? A muppet.
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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LFG
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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When life gives you Plemons . . .
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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Customer Reviews
Overdue Review
Started listening durning the Snap and haven’t stopped. 2-hour pod, 2-hour pod!!
Can’t do 1
It’s like good and stuff.
This podcast is the best thing ever
This podcast is the highlight of my week.I love hearing the many ramblings of Pol and learning all Brian’s marvel knowledge. And I love the fact that a podcast this great is based in Victoria. Keep up the good work