Danny McBride's G.I. Joe, Absolute Batman Gets Animated, Why Supergirl Failed

This week on The Nerdpocalypse we break down the biggest nerd news of the week! Danny McBride's G.I. Joe reboot finally gets real story details; Duke leads a squad of Joes into Springfield, a quaint American town from Larry Hama's comics that's secretly entirely run by Cobra. McBride confirms it will NOT be a comedy, but a grounded suspense/action film inspired by the 1980s cartoon and comics, ditching the CGI sky-lasers that sank previous entries. Script is complete, filming targets 2027.Absolute Batman is becoming an animated series at Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios, we discuss what this means for the wildly popular comic run and James Gunn's expanding animated slate. Heat 2 finally has its stars: Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio join Michael Mann's long-awaited sequel/prequel to the 1995 classic. Jonathan Majors returns to acting alongside The Daily Wire in Run Hide Fight: Infidels, fighting ISIS on a US college campus, we unpack the movie's synopsis and what this means for his career trajectory, spoilers: it's not good.We also dive deep into why Supergirl bombed at the box office: competing cuts, creative differences, the script, poor character development and more.The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).