In this week’s super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by J.W. Crump, as they discuss the new trailers for Spider-Man: Far From Home and It: Chapter 2, and celebrate The CW ordering Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Katy Keene to series as our Strong Female Characters of This Week in Queer.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: New trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home
J.W.: New trailer for It: Chapter 2, which will feature controversial scene from the book
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Agents of SHIELD, Cloak & Dagger, The Society, Riverdale
J.W.: Shark Tank, Tuca & Bertie
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS of THIS WEEK IN QUEER
CW orders Batwoman to series, along with Nancy Drew & Katy Keene
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New trailer for I Am Mother
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• The Bob’s Burgers movie is coming out July 2020
• The New Mutants now coming out April 2020, Gambit never
• We’re getting Star Wars & Avatar movies every other year starting in 2021
• David S. Goyer is working on a Hellraiser reboot
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TV
• 14 shows were canceled in one day, including The Passage
• Some have been saved (The Orville, What We Do in the Shadows, & more)
• FX orders A Christmas Carol miniseries starring Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis
• New trailer for the final season of Legion
• New teaser for HBO’s Watchmen
• Netflix orders an interactive Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special
• Geena Davis joins season 3 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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COMIC BOOKS
• Oni Press & Lion Forge merge, resulting in many layoffs
• Marvel celebrating 80th anniversary with massive anthology of 80 stories
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SHILF
• KEVIN: Speckle
• J.W.: Tuca & Bertie