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The Geeks OUT Podcast: The Sickening Adventures of Sabrina

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Andrew Fafoutakis as they gag on the teaser for Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, wonder if Henry Cavill is really done being Superman, and celebrate She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Disney making a big Oscars push for Black Panther
ANDREW: Henry Cavill out as Superman maybe

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Kidding, The Nun, Iron Fist, AHS: Apocalypse, Iceman, X-Men Blue
ANDREW: Revival, Moonbeam City, Marvel Puzzle Quest & Avengers Academy

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New teaser for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Jon Snow calls out Marvel for lack of gay actors/characters

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New teaser for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Avengers: Infinity War 4th highest grossing movie ever behind Black Panther
• The Conjuring 3 to go into production in 2019
• New trailer for Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
• New trailer for Captive State

 

TV

•  Elizabeth Tullock cast as Lois Lane
• Aaron Paul joins Westworld
• Zachary Quinto cast as lead in AMC’s NOS4A2
• American Gods encounters more problems
• New Titans promo
• New trailer for season 4 of Supergirl
• Nancy Drew series in development at The CW
• New teaser for season 3 of Daredevil
• His Dark Materials series greenlight for 2nd season

 

COMICS

• Walmart adding more DC exclusive titles
• Marvel announces new X-Force series
• Marvel cancels Chelsea Cain’s Vision limited series

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Angel
• ANDREW: Colossus

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Marceline the Bubble Queen

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by John Jennison as they discuss the first official look at Captain Marvel, the latest trailer for Halloween, and celebrate a queer ending to Adventure Time in This Week in Queer.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Billy on the Street is returning
JOHN: Titans will have world premiere at NYCC

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Castle Rock, X-23
JOHN: Vampirella Hollywood Horror, The Hollows, The Dreaming

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

First official look at Captain Marvel

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Adventure Time ends on a queer note

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New poster and trailer released for Halloween revival

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Photos tease Pennywise and more as It: Chapter 2 wraps
• Incredibles 2 highest grossing animated movie
• Final trailer released for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
• Warner implements Diversity & Inclusivity policy

 

TV

•  Henry Cavill to star in Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher
• Trailer for season 5 of BoJack Horseman 
• Freeform announces 31 Days of Halloween movie schedule
• Black Lightning casts Looker and releases new promo
• Timothy Dalton joines Doom Patrol
• Teaser poster released for final season of Gotham
• New promo for season 3 of Daredevil
• New teaser and trailer released for AHS: Apocalypse
• New promo for Deadly Class

 

COMICS

• Alterna Comics under fire for new policy regarding Block Chain Ban
• Guardians of the Galaxy to be relaunched in 2019
• Grant Morrison working on The Green Lantern
• DC releases images of Dark Multiverse twisted Silver Age characters

 

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Werewolf Jimmy Olson (Dark Multiverse)
• JOHN: All the Jimmy Olson(s)

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Dream Daddies of Riverdale

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In this week‘s super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Jon Herzog as they discuss the game Dream Daddy: a Dad Dating Simulator coming to Oni Press as a 5-issue comic series, decipher the new Riverdale promo for Season 3, and celebrate Marsha Cooke taking on #Comicsgate trolls as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: 90’s Nick shows are coming to new streaming platform NickSplat
JON: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator comics are coming to Oni Press

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Dollhouse, The New Mutants, Hunt for Wolverine
JON: BlacKkKlansman, catching up on comics, Binge Mode Harry Potter podcast

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Marsha Cooke & comics professionals speak out against #Comicsgate

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Gotham’s Cory Michael Smith stars in indie movie 1985

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New promo for season 3 of Riverdale

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Bad Times at the El Royale
• Final trailer released for The Predator

 

TV

• First peek at the new (last) season of Game of Thrones
• First look at The Haunting of Hill House series on Netflix
• NBC releases the first 10 minutes of Manifest
• Hulu orders animated comedy Solar Opposites from Rick & Morty creators
• New trailer for Hulu’s The First
• New trailer for Season 2 of Big Mouth
• Netflix signs deal with creator of Gravity Falls
• Alan Tudyk cast as Mr. Nobody in Doom Patrol
• Titans to debut October 12
• New clip for Young Justice: Outsiders
• Trailer for Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest

 

COMICS

• Shatterstar gets a new costume design

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Shatterstar
• JON: Shuri

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Flame Con 4 Ever

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In this week‘s super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined comedian and co-host of the Flame Con Performance Stage Anthony Hargraves as they share their favorite moments from the 4th year of Flame Con, discuss last week’s trailer for Iron Fist, and celebrate Kelly Marie Tran as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: New trailer for season 2 of Iron Fist
ANTHONY: Sonic Chaos Reimagined Announcement Trailer and Demo! (SAGE – Sonic Amateur Game Expo)

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: The Happytime Murders, The Life of Captain Marvel, Extermination
ANTHONY: Let’s Play of Earthbound & Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

 

FLAME CON FAVES

KEVIN: Fan response online
ANTHONY: Spotting Queen Sectonia from the stage

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Kelly Marie Tran speaks out about online harassment

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Champions star comes out as transgender

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for horror comedy Slice

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Trailer for The Last Sharknado
• New trailer for Suspiria
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 on indefinite hold

 

TV

•  ABC has ordered an interracial reboot of Bewitched
• Arrowverse crossover to feature Superman and Lois Lane
• Doom Patrol adds Brendan Fraser
• Jessica Jones showrunner leaving to go to Warner Bros.
• Showrunner of Voltron apologizes
• Trailer released for Star Wars Resistance
• Big Bang Theory ending this season
• Hulu looking to revive Veronica Mars
• Castle Rock renewed for another season

 

COMICS

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer ending in September
• Iceman to feature the return of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
• Wolverine is getting a new costume

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Scorpion
• ANTHONY: Goro

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Batwoman Breaks the Internet

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined comedian and Flame Con performer Bobby Hankinson as they discuss the new teaser for American Horror Story: Apocalypse, the possibility of Gal Gadot playing Hedy Lamarr, and weigh in on the excitement and “controversy” over Ruby Rose playing Batwoman in This Week in Queer.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Oscars to add Popular Film category
BOBBY: AHS: Apocalypse releases a teaser and announces returning cast

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Fantastic Four, Castle Rock, Crash Bandicoot
BOBBY: Riverdale, WWE RAW, Fortnight

 

FLAME CON FAVES

KEVIN: Cosplay Corner, Gaymer Lounge, Performances
BOBBY: Jen Bartel

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Gal Gadot in talks to play Hedy Lamarr in Showtime limited series

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Ruby Rose cast as Batwoman

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New look at Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Supergirl movie is being developed
• Sword and the Stone also being remade for Disney streaming
• Power Rangers sequel in the works
• Deleted scene from Deadpool 2
• Ben Schwartz to voice Sonic the Hedgehog
• Trailer for Slaughterhouse Rulez
• Fox developing Simpsons sequel and Bob’s Burgers movie
• Star Trek 4 may not happen

 

TV

•  New trailer for Maniac starring Emma Stone
• New trailer for Netflix series The Innocents 
• Cyborg added to cast of Doom Patrol
• First look at The Flash’s new costume

 

COMICS

• X-Men: Disassembled coming in November
• DC comics teases a hero’s death
• Image to feature special anti-censorship covers

 

VIDEO GAMES

• Gay gamer wins world title at the 2018 Evolution Championship Series

 

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Tom Hardy Gives Good Symbiote

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined byis joined by Blaine Horton as they discuss the new trailer for Venom, get excited about Patrick Stewart returning to the Star Trek universe, and celebrate our first official look of Linda Hamilton in Terminator 6 as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Iceman comes out September 12th, order now
BLAINE: Patrick Stewart is returning to the role of Jean-Luc Picard

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Luke Cage, Truth or Dare, Cloak & Dagger, Astonishing X-Men
BLAINE: Fate Core System, Tides of Numenera, Scythe

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

First official photo for Terminator 6

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Trace Lysette to guest star on Midnight, Texas

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Venom

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• First posters for The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time
• New Mutants & X-Men: Dark Phoenix still scheduled for 2019
• First look at Pedro Pascal in Wonder Woman 1984
• Producer of Ant-Man & The Wasp promises more representation in MCU
• Trailer for R-rated Constantine: City of Demons

 

TV

•  Diane Guerrero joins Doom Patrol as Crazy Jane
• Brent Spiner joins Supergirl as the Vice President 
• There is an ALF reboot in the works
• AHS renewed for season 10
• Daredevil season 3 coming later this year
• New trailer for Tell Me a Story
• Y: The Last Man to be called “Y” and feature a CGI Ampersand

 

COMICS

• Spotify is going to stream animated Archie comics

 

VIDEO GAMES

• Overwatch released new character Hammond or Wrecking Ball
•  Gloomhaven is getting a PC game

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Sharon Stone in Catwoman
• BLAINE: Venom

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: These Reboots Were Made for Walking

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Kyle-Steven Porter as they discuss Disney cementing our hopes for a good X-Men movie with the finalization of their acquisition of Fox, relive our childhood with the trailer for Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, and celebrate Elizabeth Banks rebooting Charlie’s Angels as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Disney buying Fox is official
KYLE: Justin Theroux joins Lady and the Tramp remake

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Cloak & Dagger, Mission Impossible, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Saga
KYLE: Octopath Traveler, Skyrim, Pose

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Cast announced for new Charlie’s Angels movie

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Lena Waithe producing horror anthology series THEM for Amazon

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

Trailer for Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Alita: Battle Angel
• Natasha Rothwell joins Wonder Woman 1984
• New trailer for Slender Man
• Carrie Fisher will officially appear in Star Wars IX

 

TV

•  New trailer for Hulu’s Castle Rock
• Trailer for Cosmos: Possible Worlds
• Infinity Train is coming to CN in 2019
• Talking Dead will once again be hosted by Chris Hardwick
• Showrunner for new Buffy hints that it will be a revival
• Trailer for season 3 of Riverdale
• Anthony Mackie taking over lead role for Altered Carbon season 2
• A series based on the movie Time Bandits is in the works for Apple
• Supergirl adds recurring villain Mercy Graves played by Rhona Mitra
• Amazon orders sci-fi comedy Upload
• New teaser for Iron Fist season 2

 

COMICS

• Saga is going on a year-long break
• Trailer for Marvel’s Infinity Wars

 

 

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Tom Holland
• KYLE: Chris Evans

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: The Edge of Comic-Con

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by and John Jennison discuss their top, bottom, and vers moments from SDCC this year, are cautiously optimistic about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, and celebrate Nicole Maines joining Supergirl as the first trans superhero on TV in This Week in Queer.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the works with Black female lead
SAM: New trailer for Netflix’s Disenchantment and Stranger Things season 3

 

SDCC TOPS, VERS, AND BOTTOMS

KEVIN: Top: First look at season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery; Vers: New trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; Bottom: James Gunn fired by Disney
JOHN: Top: Trailer for Young Justice: Outsiders; Vers: New trailer for DC Universe’s Titans; Bottom: First Aquaman trailer

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

New trailer for Doctor Who

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Supergirl is adding first trans superhero Dreamer played by Nicole Maines

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

First trailer for Shazam!

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• New trailer for Patient Zero
• New teaser trailer for Overlord
• Female Predators to be introduced in The Predator
• New trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters
• New trailer for Glass
• Steven Universe movie coming to CN

 

TV

• Batwoman series being developed seeking an out lead actor
• New trailer for Arrow, Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow
• Supergirl is adding Sam Witwer as Agent Liberty
• First look at Roswell reboot
• Stargirl is coming to DC Universe
• Trailer for next season of The Walking Dead
• Full trailers released for Syfy’s Nightflyers and Deadly Class
• Hulu orders Vampire Chronicles series
• Netflix orders Jupiter’s Legacy series
• Netflix’s Voltron confirms main character is gay
• Cloak & Dagger renewed for season 2
• New trailer for season 2 of The Gifted
• Teaser trailer released for season 2 of Iron Fist

 

COMICS

• Tini Howard and Vita Ayala writing for new Marvel Knights books
• Jessica Jones returns in digital first series
• Top Shelf to release graphic memoir of George Takei

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Pyro
• SAM: Zachary Levi

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: The Category Is… Dystopian Realness

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Sam Johns as they discuss all the dystopian shows nominated for Emmy awards, take solace in knowing that Pose will return for a second season, and celebrate G. Willow Wilson taking over Wonder Woman as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: Several genre shows nominated for Emmy Awards this year
SAM: Commercial for Brian Michael Bendis’ run on Superman

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Sorry to Bother You, The First Purge, Slasher, The Amazing Spider-Man
SAM: The Handmaid’s Tale, Grotesque, Ping Pong, Mondo’s The Thing

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

G. Willow Wilson announced as new writer for Wonder Woman

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Pose renewed for a second season

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New Christopher Robin trailer

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Star Wars IX to feature return of Billy Dee Williams as Lando
• Joaquin Phoenix officially joins Joker origin movie
• First official image released from Shazam!
• New teaser trailer for Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
• Trailer for Netflix’s Extinction
• Black Widow finds a director
• First images from Godzilla: King of the Monsters
• Sequel to Zombieland officially happening
• Star Trek 4 looking to add two female characters, one being a villain

 

TV

•  New trailer for Hulu’s Castle Rock
• First poster released for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• Cast announced for FX’s Y: The Last Man pilot
• April Bowlby cast as Elasti-Woman in Doom Patrol and Titans
• Yvette Nicole Brown is taking over Talking Dead
• HBO orders sci-fi series The Nevers from Joss Whedon

 

COMICS

• Archie comics to shift to be more like Riverdale
• Robert Kirkman’s Die!Die!Die! surprises comic shops
• Marvel teases new Superior Octopus and Ghost Spider series

 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Colossus
• SAM: Nightcrawler

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Sapphire Put a Ruby On It

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In this week‘s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Tea Berry Blue as they discuss Margot Robbie promising a diverse cast for the Birds of Prey movie, wonder if toxic fandom will be the undoing of the Star Wars franchise, and celebrate a special wedding on Steven Universe in This Week in Queer.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: MI: Fallout director sites toxic fandom for not wanting to direct Star Wars
TEA: The NY Times spoils ending of Batman/Catwoman wedding

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Ant-Man & The Wasp, Astonishing X-Men, Catwoman
TEA: Steven Universe, GLOW, Ta-Nehesi Coates’ Cap 

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Margot Robbie promises diverse cast in Birds of Prey

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Steven Universe features Cartoon Network’s first same-sex proposal

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

Trailer released for Wolfman’s Got Nards documentary

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Sony developing a Silk spinoff of Spider-Man
• Keri Russell joins Star Wars Episode IX in action heavy role
• A remake of Child’s Play is in the works
• New promo for Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
• Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel to begin shooting in August

 

TV

• Watchmen adds more cast members
• Titans’s Robin sent a cheeky wrap gift to the crew
• Lost in Space season 2 begins filming soon
• Castlevania season 2 coming in October

 

COMICS

• Watchmen adds more cast members
• Marvel announces mashup character books spinning off Infinity War
• When Fantastic Four returns it will introduce a new female villain
• A Shatterstar limited series is coming in October
• DC to promote Superman comics on TV