After MUCH preamble, the full compliment of geeks talk deepfake voice scams, Zelda, Super Mario Money, John Wick 4, and . . . MAX.
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
14:48 – voice fraud scams
Coming Soon
20:46 – HBO Max ▶️ Max
24:32 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch sequel, May 12)
30:47 – The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+ series, May 10) (Kevin Smith post) (Zoner Mary)
33:05 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (”Greatest Hits” trailer, in theatres May 5) (also the Barbie posters)
33:46 – The Penguin (in-production teaser, series, coming to ***Max*** in 2024)
36:14 – True Detective: Night Country (S4, coming to **Max** this year)
39:36 – Pokémon Concierge (Netflix stop-motion animated series, coming soon)
Geek News Proper
40:37 – Super Mario Bros. Movie passes $500M USD, becomes biggest video game adaptation ever
related: The Super Mario Bros. theme becomes the first video game music to enter the Library of Congress (Gizmodo)
46:33 – Jonathan Frakes previews “absurd” Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover episode
related: Star Trek: Section 31 will star Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou (preproduction) (Zoner Mary)
53:19 – The Harry Potter books will be adapted into a decade-long TV series (on *Max*) (Art-like reaction video via Zoner Spenny)
1:03:29 – Game of Thrones’ Dunk and Egg prequel officially ordered
1:04:43 – Avengers: Infinity War had a 45-minute deleted scene focused on Thanos getting the Power Stone
1:10:14 – Canadian Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been freed from prison
RUMOURS and HEARSEY
1:13:35 – Jonathan Majors & manager Entertainment 360 part ways (source: ”several sources” tell Deadline) (Zoner Lloyd)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
1:21:34 – Beef (Bryan)
1:28:18 – John Wick: Chapter 4 (Kirsten/Pol)
1:40:51 – *SPOILERS* John Wick: Chapter 4
1:44:54 – The Mandalorian S3E07 – Chapter 23: The Spies (PENULTIMATE!!)
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