Pol, Kirsten, and Bud get real excited for the Fantastic Four (The Thing can grow a rock beard?), The Punisher realistic-ing the Spider-Man universe, and our love of cheesy ’90s teen horror movies.
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
05:25 – 16 billion creds leak
Coming Soon
10:46 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (in theatres July 25)
19:10 – Weapons (in theatres August 8)
22:09 – I Know What You Did Last Summer (in theatres July 18)
24:25 – Akira (37th anniversary 4K rerelease, in theatres July 16)
28:03 – Xbox + AMD: Powering the Next Generation of Xbox
28:59 – The Toxic Avenger (in theatres August 29)
33:55 – Stick (Apple TV+ series, June 4)
35:06 – Jon Bernthal joins Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (in theatres July 31, 2026)
39:38 – Death Stranding animated feature in the works (great BoingBoing title)
40:28 – Thunderbolts* comes to digital July 1 and Blu-ray July 29
41:08 – The first two Netflix Houses will finally open in late 2025
Geek News Proper
45:29 – Blumhouse buys rights to ‘Saw’ franchise
49v15 – Tony Gilroy says James Bond hasn’t had ”a good villain that works in a long time”
55:06 – David Zaslav is getting a pay cut
56:44 – 28 Years Later’s alpha zombie was legally required to wear a prosthetic penis
related: ‘You’d never make Slumdog today’: Danny Boyle on risks, regrets and returning to the undead
RUMOURS and HEARSEY
1:01:27 – David Fincher says ”there is a chaaaAAAaaance” Mindhunter could return as three Netflix movies (source: Variety)
1:01:53 – With Strange New Worlds ending, its showrunner hiiiIIIiiints at a reboot of the original series (source: Nerdist)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
1:04:51 – Final Destination Bloodlines (Kirsten, bloody featurette)
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