In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Teri Yoshiuchi, as they discuss the final episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, get excited for the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and are cautiously optimistic at the news that Pixar is casting a young trans girl for an upcoming project in This Week in Queer.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: Ed Brubaker earns more for his cameo in Winter Soldier than for creating the character
TERI: Levar Burton to be among final guest hosts on Jeopardy
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Mortal Kombat, Home, Way of X
TERI: Falcon & Winter Soldier, Invincible, World of Warcraft Classic/The Burning Crusade
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
Both Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman in talks to join Secret Invasion
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THIS WEEK IN QUEER
There is an open-casting call for Pixar’s first trans character
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New teaser trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• Marvel announces Captain America 4
• Sony signs a new deal with Disney to inherit movies after Netflix
• New trailer for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
• New trailer for Werewolves Within
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TV
• Adult Swim announces a Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special
• New trailer for Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.
• Hulu orders sequel series to How I Met Your Mother
• New teaser for season 2 of Ted Lasso
• New trailer for Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Together Again
• John Cameron Mitchell to star in NBC’s Joe Exotic
• New trailer for season 2 of Love Death + Robots
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COMIC BOOKS
• DC Comics launching a horror imprint starting with The Conjuring: The Lover
• Marvel is synergizing with ESPN for a Marvel-themed NBA game
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SHILF
• KEVIN: Captain America
• TERI: Lil Nas X