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The Geeks OUT Podcast: His Dork Materials – 200th Episode SDCC Review

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In this week’s extra special, super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Jon Herzog, and making his triumphant return is Graham Nolan, as they celebrate 200 episodes, reflect on the last 2 years, look to the future, and discuss all the news from SDCC in The Week in Geek.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Marvel announces Phase 4 & Disney+ series premieres
GRAHAM: Agents of SHIELD to end with season 7
JON: New trailer for season 3 of Westworld

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Crawl, Veronica Mars, Stranger Things
GRAHAM: Batman, Justice League, War of Realms, Cloak and Dagger, Jessica Jones JON: Queer Eye S4, GRRM Dunk + Egg books, JKR Mystery books

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for Harley Quinn animated series

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Emmy nominations announced

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Star Trek: Picard

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• First look at Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling movie
• First look at Jay & Silent Bob Roboot
• New trailer for The King’s Man
• New trailer for IT: Chapter 2
• New trailer for Cats the Musical 
• Behind the scenes look at Terminator: Dark Fate
• New trailer for Don’t Let Go
• New trailer for Ad Astra
• Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends announced

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TV

• Crisis on Infinite Earths to feature Kingdom Come Superman
• Doom Patrol renewed for season 2
• Pennyworth to feature queer villain
• New trailer for His Dark Materials
• The Boys renewed for season 2
• First look at season 4 of Rick & Morty
• New trailer for The Witcher
• New trailer for season 10 of The Walking Dead, Danai Gurira’s last
• New trailer for Creepshow
• New trailer for Snowpiercer series
• First look at new Star Trek: Short Treks
• The Orville moving to Hulu exclusively
• New trailer for HBO’s Watchmen
• New trailer for season 3 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• New trailer for Steven Universe: The Movie
• Sneak peek of season 2 of DuckTales
• New trailer for Carnival Row

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COMIC BOOKS

• DC teases The Flash: Death of the Speed Force
• Spider-Man statue called “satanic”
• Marvel announces new X-titles
• Marvel announces The Amazing Mary Jane

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Annabelle Comes OUT

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In this week’s extended episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by J.W. Crump, as they discuss Annabelle Comes Home, WarnerMedia’s forthcoming HBO Max, and celebrate Angelica Ross joining AHS: 1984 in This Week in Queer.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: WarnerMedia confirms HBO Max
J.W.: New trailer Light as a Feather season 2

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Annabelle Comes Home, Legion, Scream: Resurrection, Ghosted in LA, Lois Lane
J.W.: Child’s Play, Are You the One?, Big Brother

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New female turtle joins Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Angelica Ross joins the cast of AHS: 1984

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Dora and the Lost City of Gold

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson to star in new Saw
• New poster for Steven Universe: The Movie

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TV

• Amazon orders Paper Girls series
• Another “adult” reboot of The Flintstones being developed
• New trailer for Netflix’s Another Life
• Netflix renews The Society for season 2
• Netflix orders The Cuphead Show animated series
• New poster for Star Trek: Picard

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COMIC BOOKS

• Library cancels event featuring Lumberjanes’ Lilah Sturges

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Under the Tea

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Lynaé DePriest, as they discuss Halle Bailey playing Ariel in the new remake of The Little Mermaid, give their hot takes on the trailer for the live-action Mulan, and celebrate Aneesh Sheth playing the MCU’s first trans character in Jessica Jones in This Week in Queer.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Sina Grace spills the Ice(man) Tea
LYNAÉ: Little Mermaid live-action remake casts Ariel

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stranger Things, Jessica Jones, Young Justice: Outsiders
LYNAÉ: grown-ish, Good Trouble, American Ninja Warrior

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New teaser trailer and poster released for live-action remake of Mulan

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Jessica Jones introduces MCU’s first trans character

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for The Terror: Infamy

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
• New trailer for Charlie’s Angels reboot
• New trailer for Jumanji: The Next Level
• New trailer for Knives Out

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TV

• Animated Gremlins prequel coming to WarnerMedia streaming
• Netflix orders Sandman series
• One Day at a Time saved by Pop
• New trailer for season 3 of Scream: Resurrection?

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COMIC BOOKS

• Thor, Squirrel Girl, and Ms. Marvel plays coming to your local high school
• The Walking Dead abruptly ends
• Mad Magazine coming to a sort of end

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Rescue Rangers
• LYNAÉ: The Gummi Bears

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Queerer Things

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Andrew Fafoutakis, as they discuss the newest trailers for Stranger Things and G.L.O.W. and celebrate Jill Soloway signing on to write/direct the Red Sonja remake in This Week in Queer. 

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: New trailer for season 3 of Stranger Things
ANDREW: Pose renewed for season 3

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Toy Story 4, Euphoria, Agents of SHIELD, Bravest Knight
ANDREW: Chambers, Aggretsuko, Los Espookys, Alternatino

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for season 3 of GLOW

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Red Sonja finds new director in Jill Soloway

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for The Terror: Infamy

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Prequel to Hunger Games coming
• Avengers: Endgame extended edition coming to theatres
• Pixar announces new movie Soul
• A new Paranormal Activity movie in the works
• New trailer for Ready or Not

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TV

• Big names circling The Stand remake miniseries
• Queer Eye renewed for two more seasons
• Angel’s 20th reunion happening at NYCC
• New trailer for The Boys
• New trailer for new animated series Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

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COMIC BOOKS

• J.J. Abrams writing Spider-Man miniseries with his son
• DC’s restructuring effectively ends Vertigo and expands YA slate

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Bash
• ANDREW: The Boys

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Meh Dark Phoenix

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Josh Trujillo, “live” from HeroesCon as they discuss their thoughts on Dark Phoenix, the new trailer for Doctor Sleep, and celebrate Tracee Ellis Ross bringing back Daria’s Jodie as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: New trailer for Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep
JOSH: New details released for Steven Universe: The Movie

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Dark Phoenix, Pose, NOS4A2
JOHN: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Chernobyl, Nintendo E3

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

MTV orders Daria spinoff Jodie from Tracee Ellis Ross

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

DC announces new Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy mini

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Frozen 2

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for horror themed The Banana Splits Movie
• An animated Spice Girls movie is coming
• New Black Christmas remake coming this holiday

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TV

• New trailer for Veronica Mars revival
• New trailer for Pennyworth
• Syfy developing Lobo spinoff from Krypton
• New teaser for second half of Young Justice: Outsiders
• DC Universe reassures future after Swamp Thing cancelation
• Russian Doll renewed for season 2
• Love, Death & Robots renewed with new supervising director Jennifer Yuh
• Disney+ orders new Chip ‘n’ Dale animated series
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic introducing lesbian couple

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COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel unveils new Strikeforce
• DC Black Label reimagining Harley Quinn’s origin

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Michael Fassbender
• JOSH: Jennifer Lawrence

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Scary Stories to Tell at Pride

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by John Jennison, as they discuss more Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailers, a dark future for Swamp Thing, and celebrate a special pride edition of The Babadook in This Week in Queer.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: DC Universe cancels Swamp Thing & reportedly reevaluating streaming service
JOHN: New trailer for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Slasher: Solstice, Black Mirror, Dodge City, Misfit City, Doomsday Clock
JOHN: Swamp Thing, Theater of Terror, Good Omens, Dark Crystal

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for Jessica Jones

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Special Pride edition of The Babadook is coming out

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New teaser for Amazon’s Undone

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Ad Astra
• A Magic 8-Ball movie is in development
• New promo for The Lion King remake
• First poster for Wonder Woman 84
• Black Adam finally secures director

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TV

• The Good Place coming to an end with season 4
• Magic: The Gathering coming to Netflix from the Russo Bros.
• Netflix announces animated Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
• Elizabeth Hurley is coming to season 3 of Marvel’s Runaways
• Revival of 90’s X-Men: The Animated Series being pitched to Disney
• Syfy cancels Deadly Class and Happy!
• New trailer for Starz’s The Rook
• New trailer Apple TV Plus series For All Mankind
• New teaser for Carnival Row
• The CW releasing new anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories

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COMIC BOOKS

• The Walking Dead kills off another main character
• Marvel teases new event starring Angela & Wiccan on a team

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Chidi
• JOHN: Jason!

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Twilight Sparkle Batman

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Jon Herzog, as they discuss Robert Pattinson being cast as the new Batman, anxiously await the final season of Jessica Jones, and celebrate Hulu’s new animated queer fairy tale series The Bravest Knight in This Week in Queer.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Disney, WB and other production companies threaten to leave Georgia
JON: Robert Pattinson to play the new Batman

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Rocketman, The Hot Zone, X-Tremists, War Scrolls, Heroes in Crisis
JON: Game of Thrones is over!!, POSE Season 1

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for The Kitchen

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Season 1 of queer animated series The Bravest Knight coming to Hulu

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New teaser & date announcement for final season of Jessica Jones

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Annabelle Comes Home
• New trailer for In Fabric
• Captain Marvel continues to come out on top
• New teaser for Pixar’s Onward
• Tom King is working on New Gods movie

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TV

• First look at season 3 of GLOW
• First trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
• Full trailer for Swamp Thing

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COMIC BOOKS

• Free Comic Book Day was hugely successful for comic shops

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Elton John (as played by Taron Egerton)
• JON: Bald vampire Zachary Quinto

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Terminator – The Future is Female

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by his best friend Keisha Zollar, as they discuss new teasers for season 3 of Westworld and season 2 of Pose, & celebrate Linda Hamilton and Mackenzie Davis in Terminator: Dark Fate as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Verified ratings comes to Rotten Tomatoes
KEISHA: New teaser for season 3 of Westworld

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Booksmart, Cooties, Twilight Zone, Spider-Man: Life Story
KEISHA: Ted Bundy Tapes, Dead to Me

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

New trailers for season 2 of Pose

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Abominable

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Toy Story 4
• Sonic the Hedgehog officially delayed
• The live-action Akira movie from Taika Waititi coming 2021

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TV

• New trailer for Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City
• First teaser and poster for Star Trek: Picard
• New trailer for Swamp Thing
• New look at Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance premiering in August
• Mini trailers for season 5 episodes of Black Mirror
• New thirst trap teaser from season 3 of Stranger Things
• Alabama bans episode of Arthur celebrating Mr. Ratburn’s marriage
• Game of Thrones series finale breaks records

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COMIC BOOKS

• Boom Studios releasing Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones
• An all-female Sinister Syndicate coming to Amazing Spider-Man
• Marvel changing a variant cover showing the wrong gay couple kissing

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Crisis on Infinite Netflix Shows

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In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by fellow board member Teri Yoshiuchi, as they discuss the next Arrowverse crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths and whether it will come to Netflix, get excited about the new Batwoman trailer, and celebrate Mr. Ratburn’s wedding on the PBS cartoon Arthur in This Week in Queer.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths team-up to span 5 episodes
TERI: New trailer for His Dark Materials

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: The Society, iZombie
TERI: Game of Thrones, Diaspora, World of Warcraft: Classic

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

First trailer released for Batwoman

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Mr. Ratburn from PBS’s Arthur “comes out” and gets married

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

First look at Nancy Drew

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New teaser for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• New trailer for Batman: Hush
• The next Star Wars trilogy coming from GOT showrunners
• Chris Rock is rebooting Saw
• New trailer for Midsommar

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TV

• Syfy orders Vagrant Queens based on the comic from Mags Visaggio
• New trailer for Los Espookys
• Rick and Morty is returning in November
• New teaser for Adult Swim’s Primal
• Hulu adapting Stephen King’s Eyes of the Dragon into a series
• First look at Katy Keene
• First look at new series Evil
• First look at new series Emergence
• First look at new series neXt
• Snowpiercer gets renewed for another season, moves to TBS
• New trailer for season 5 of Black Mirror
• New trailer for Motherland: Fort Salem

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COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel releasing an Age of Conan: Valeria mini

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Batman
• TERI: Captain America

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: I Am Mother’s Day

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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