Pol, Kirsten, and Bud (Art’s Zoom fought him tooth and nail) geek out in the same room about the draw of an Avengers movie in 2026 (not huge), the draw of Christopher Nolan’s ingenuity (massive), and the draw of letting a perfectly-cast actor heal from an injury while you complete and release the four episodes he finished (they won’t).
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
03:24 – salt batteries
Coming Soon
08:21 – Avengers: Doomsday (in theatres December 18) (Zoner Ewan)
related: trailer breakdown
32:39 – Spider-Man: Brand New Day (final trailer / Peter’s Journey, in theatres July 31)
38:48 – The Batman Part II (in theatres February 18, 2028)
41:55 – The Incomer (in theatres September 25)
43:10 – LEGO 21369: The X-Files (August 4) (Zoner Ewan)
44:18 – Other Mommy (Blumhouse, based on the 2024 book Incidents Around the House, in theatres October 9)
46:23 – Rick and Morty Spinoff: President Curtis (10-episode first season, July 26, Adult Swim)
47:41 – Ryan Reynolds confirms a new Deadpool movie is in the works at Fanatics Fest
48:06 – The Mandalorian and Grogu (VOD, TODAY, ~$35 CAD, DVD/Blu-ray/4K physical preorders open now for August 25 release)
48:45 – Masters of the Universe (Prime Video, TODAY, free)
49:57 – Terminator 2 returning to theatres for Judgement Day (Zoner Ewan)
related William Wisher Jr., Terminator and Terminator 2 writer with James Cameron, dies at 71
51:04 – Digger AI commercials: World Cup (probably) / Tom Cruise deepfake (not the TikTok one) (in theatres October 2)
NOT Coming Soon
52:26 – Kratos to be recast on God of War TV show after Ryan Hurst suffers serious on-set injury
Bud missed this at the time: Chloe Fineman leaving Saturday Night Live after 7 seasons
Geek News Proper
55:38 – Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker, Home Alone 2’s Pigeon Lady, dies at 81
57:51 – Godzilla vs Kong actor Kaylee Hottle dies aged 18
59:05 – You can now watch the first season of Stranger Things like it’s on VHS (Newsguy Shayne)
1:00:08 – The Odyssey in IMAX is worth a long journey of your own (pullquote: Nolan doesn’t see much of a future for AI)
1:01:00 – Mark Hamill’s Star Wars lightsaber sells at auction COMPLETE WITH DETACHABLE HAND (Zoner Ewan)
1:01:44 – Netflix used generative AI in almost 300 titles
related: Google invests $75 million in A24 to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools (as Nolan intended)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
1:03:06 – Obsession (Kirsten)
1:08:27 – “The Larry David Show With What’s-His-Nuts In It” (Kirsten)
1:11:19 – Exit 8 (Bud & Kirsten)
1:17:35 – Art joins!
1:18:27 – The Odyssey (and its popcorn bucket)
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