In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Eric Green as they discuss the canceling/postponing of SXSW & ECCC as fears mount over the corona virus, the controversy that struck Rupaul’s Drag Race, and celebrate Dreamer getting the spotlight on Supergirl in This Week in Queer.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: Rupaul’s Drag Race season 12 starts with controversy & Netflix cancels AJ and the Queen
ERIC: Hocus Pocus 2 gets a director
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Onward, The Invisible Man, Horse Girl
ERIC: X-Men (as always), The Wicked + The Divine, Picard
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
New trailer for Home Before Dark
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THIS WEEK IN QUEER
Dreamer takes on transphobic villain in upcoming episode of Supergirl
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New trailer for Connected
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• SXSW film fest canceled due to coronavirus fears
• Christian Bale confirmed to be playing the villain in Thor: Love & Thunder
• Onward’s “queer content” has been banned in multiple countries
• New trailer for Scoob!
• No Time To Die moved to November
• First look at the redesigned Batmobile from The Batman
• New trailer for animated Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
• New trailer for Artemis Fowl
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TV
• New trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
• Disney+ developing a prequel to Beauty & the Beast starring Gaston and LeFou
• Season 3 of Ducktales premiering in April
• Quibi announces free trial and 50 shows at the premiere
• Amazon announces revival of The Kids in the Hall
• Taika Waititi developing two animated shows based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• HBO developing series based on video game The Last of Us
• Stargirl to premiere in May on DC Universe and a day later on the CW
• Supergirl is pregnant
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COMIC BOOKS
• Sean Gordon Murphy pulls variant cover for anti-LGBTQ writer’s comic
• ECCC is officially postponed until the summer
• Marvel teasing Black Cat’s queer identity
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SHILF
• KEVIN: Rios (Santiago Cabrera)
• ERIC: Narek (Harry Treadaway)
