The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast-0316: Trafficking in disinformation

Happy new year! *party horn* Oh, wait…we can’t say that now, can we? Erm, welcome back? Pol, Bud & Art catch up on the trailers, the news, and the social media hellscape.

Preamble

09:18 – Pol’s Preamble™: The social media hellscape

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

23:52 – the Honey scam

Coming Soon

32:33 – Superman (teaser trailer, in theatres July 11)

45:03 – The Last of Us (Max series, S2, April)

47:33 – Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+ animated series, January 29)

49:33:53 – Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix sequel, 2025, it has Taylor Swift’s boyfriend!) (Zoner Mary)

07 – The Electric State (official trailer, Russo Bros Netflix film, March 14)

54:57 – Death of a Unicorn (A24 film, Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant, in theatres 2025)

56:18 – Lilo & Stitch (in theatres May 23)

58:42 – Game of Thrones: Kingsroad (RPG, 2025, beta open now, PC and…smartphones? all CG, no gameplay)

1:00:11 – Avicii – My Last Show (Netflix special, dropped December 31)

1:00:47 – Heart Eyes (in theatres February 7)

1:04:59 – Sony planning live-action Horizon and Helldivers movies (Zoner Spenny)

1:06:37 – Good Omens’ final season will be a single 90-minute episode (TW: Neil Gaiman SA accusations)

1:07:20 – Zoner Spenny’s sizzle reel (from Cinema Now; some fake)

1:08:42 – Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie Is an Adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey

Geek News Proper

1:15:10 – Aubrey Plaza’s husband, indie filmmaker Jeff Baena dead at 47

1:16:42 – Zendaya and Tom Holland are engaged

1:26:05 – Outgoing Sony CEO Tony Vinciquerra defends ‘Kraven the Hunter’ and ‘Madame Web’: ‘These are not terrible films’

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:27:40 – Marvel rumored to recast Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa ahead of Black Panther 3 (source: various rumourmills)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:30:14 – Squid Game S2 (Art)

1:32:31 – Wicked (Pol)

1:37:15 – A Man on the Inside (Art)

1:40:32 – Nosferatu (teaser) (Pol)

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