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Geek Freaks Headlines
by Geek Freaks
Hey all! This is a micro-podcast from the Geek Freaks Network. These minute-long episodes will give you the latest in geek news every day. We will discuss the news in further detail on the Geek Freaks Podcast every Tuesday.
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Coogler Opens a New X-File
Ryan Coogler's X-Files is going to series at Hulu, with Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel leading as two brand new FBI agents. Frank runs through the logline, clears up the Mulder and Scully question, and tells the story of the kid who changed the channel every time that theme song started....
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Constantine 2 Is Still Happening, and I’m Ready to Move On From Keanu
Constantine 2 is still in development, with Keanu Reeves, Francis Lawrence and Akiva Goldsman attached since 2022 and no release date in sight. I make the case for DC moving on from Keanu and handing John Constantine to the team behind The Sandman. The update out of New York Comic Con keeps...
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The Penguin Director Goes Monster Hunting
Craig Zobel, who directed the first three episodes of The Penguin, is making Something Is Killing the Children for Blumhouse. Erica Slaughter is headed to live action, and the script is being described as a "firehose of blood." Blumhouse named Zobel as director of its Something Is Killing the...
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Two Visions, One Ultron, and a Kid Looking for His Dad
VisionQuest premieres on Disney+ October 14 with two episodes, and I'm catching you up before it drops. I walk Vision from Ultron's lab in Age of Ultron through WandaVision and Agatha All Along, then lay out my theory for how White Vision gets his emotions back. Ultron built the body, Jarvis and...
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HBO Max and Paramount+ Are Staying in Separate Rooms
HBO Max and Paramount+ are staying separate apps when Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merge under the Skydance name on October 6. James Gunn and Peter Safran are staying in charge of DC Studios. Frank runs through what changes when the Skydance merger closes on Tuesday. The streaming apps…
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Another Funeral for Futurama
Episode Summary Futurama is canceled again, with the season 14 finale now streaming on Hulu and no season 15 ordered. Three specials are still on the way, starting with a Robot Santa Christmas special in 2027, and Matt Groening says the show will rise again. I run through where Futurama stands...
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Episode X, a Spider-Man Director, and Rey on the Bench
Simon Kinberg is writing a new Star Wars trilogy, and Jon Watts is attached to direct the first film. It picks the Skywalker saga back up after The Rise of Skywalker, with Daisy Ridley's Rey expected back in a smaller role. Lucasfilm is reopening the Skywalker saga for what would be Episode X…
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Spidey Swings Back for One More Lap
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is heading back to theaters with an extended cut. The new footage restores Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, the nurse from Daredevil and Luke Cage who was cut from the original release. Brand New Day is now the highest-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, and...
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Mark Hamill Puts On the Purple Hat
Mark Hamill is the new voice of Darkwing Duck, with Seth Rogen as Launchpad McQuack and Lizzy Caplan as a grown-up Gosalyn Mallard. The Disney+ revival hands the title role to Luke Skywalker, and Jim Cummings, the original Darkwing, isn't thrilled about it. Disney+ ordered a new Darkwing Duck...
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Born Again, Gone Again
Daredevil: Born Again ends with season 3 on Disney+ in 2027, and the cast got the call two months after cameras stopped rolling. Showrunner Dario Scardapane is also off the show in the middle of post-production, with Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Kingpin all set for the final run.…
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Thirty Films, Two Lots, and One Writers Guild Left
The 12 states suing to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery have settled, which leaves the Writers Guild of America lawsuit set for March 2, 2027 as the last challenge standing. Frank runs through the terms, including a 30-film theatrical minimum, a $1.5 billion California...
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Three Batmen, One Weekend, and a Lego Joker Nobody Talks About
Batman Day lands on September 19, and Warner Bros. is putting three Batman movies back on big screens for the weekend. Tim Burton's Batman, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and The LEGO Batman Movie are all screening at Regal, AMC, and Cinemark. I go through all three and make the case for each one....
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The Spider-Man Director Wants a Cop Show
Paramount is developing a Hawaii Five-O movie with Destin Daniel Cretton attached to direct and Bad Boys for Life writer Chris Bremner on the script. Cretton grew up on Maui and is coming off Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which means he can pick almost any job he wants right now. The project is in…
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He Tested for Cyclops and Got Wings Instead
Gen V's Asa Germann is joining Marvel's X-Men as Angel after screen testing for Cyclops. The new mutants probably sit out Avengers: Doomsday, but Sadie Sink, Kit Connor, and Inde Navarrette are strong bets for Secret Wars. Asa Germann tested for Cyclops before Kit Connor landed the part, and…
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South Park Changes Name to South America Over the Lake Ontario Maps Fight
South Park won Outstanding Animated Program at the Creative Arts Emmys for "Sermon on the 'Mount," its first win in that category since 2013. Two days later, Trey Parker and Matt Stone renamed the show South America. The Emmy went to the season 27 premiere, the episode that put a cartoon Trump in...
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Netflix Is Making a Live-Action Ravenloft Series
Netflix is developing a live-action Dungeons and Dragons series called Ravenloft, built as an origin story for Strahd von Zarovich. Alfonso Cuarón is producing and John August is writing. Strahd is the vampire Darklord at the center of D&D's gothic horror setting, and the show tracks how he…
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Dungeons and Dragons 2 Is Written and Homeless
The Dungeons and Dragons 2 script is finished, and John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein wrote it. Paramount commissioned it under the old leadership, passed on it under the new one, and Hasbro is now shopping it to other studios. Honor Among Thieves was the kind of mid-budget adventure movie...
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Jim Cummings Is Getting Recast as Darkwing Duck
Jim Cummings says Disney is recasting him as Darkwing Duck for the upcoming reboot, and that Launchpad McQuack is getting a new voice actor too. This lands two weeks after Cummings was passed over for Disney Legends at D23, and the Seth Rogen produced revival he recorded a pilot for is moving…
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Xbox Disc to Digital Goes Live This Monday
Xbox is rolling out disc to digital, letting you drop an Xbox One or Series X disc into your console and unlock the digital version using the license baked into the game. Thousands of titles are supported at launch, older systems are on the roadmap, and I went straight to GameStop and grabbed six...
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Dan Stevens Is the New RoboCop and the Silver Armor Better Stay
Dan Stevens is playing RoboCop in an eight episode series at Prime Video, moving from Downton Abbey and Legion into Alex Murphy's armor. I break down the supporting cast, the corporate villains, and the one thing the 2014 remake got wrong that this show cannot repeat. I have been watching Dan...
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Every Game of Thrones Spinoff Ranked From Locked In to Concept Art
House of the Dragon season four arrives in 2028 and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season two is right behind it, but everything after that gets a lot less certain. I rank Aegon's Conquest, Nine Voyages, the Arya sequel, Ten Thousand Ships, and the Golden Empire from real production to a script...
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Golden Axe Becomes an Adult Animated Series on Paramount Plus
Sega's Golden Axe is back as a ten episode adult animated series, and all ten episodes land on Paramount Plus on September 16. Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites) and Joe Chandler (American Dad!) co-created it, with Matthew Rhys, Liam McIntyre, Lisa Gilroy, Danny Pudi and Carl...
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The Robin Williams Account Is an Anti AI Weapon
Robin Williams Is Back Online and It Is About AI Robin Williams' Instagram posted for the first time in 12 years, and his kids Zak, Zelda and Cody also launched Facebook, TikTok and YouTube accounts in his name. Zelda framed it plainly on her own Instagram: this is the best tool the family has…
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Sebastian Stan Confirms Harvey Dent In The Batman Part Two
Sebastian Stan confirmed he is playing Harvey Dent in The Batman Part II during a French press interview about Avengers: Doomsday. Set photos showing Christmas decorations and wintry dressing have people asking whether Mr. Freeze is next. I have been waiting on a straight answer about Harvey Dent...
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Mistborn's First Draft Is Done and the Director Hunt Is Next
Brandon Sanderson dropped a real progress report on the Apple deal, and the Mistborn movie just cleared its first big milestone. The Stormlight Archive series is locked at ten episodes, a producer is already picked for Mistborn, and the director search is the next domino. In this Cosmere…
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Nathan Fillion Takes Guy Gardner Into Mister Miracle
Nathan Fillion is bringing Guy Gardner to DC Studios' animated Mister Miracle, and showrunner Tom King says the character's over the top energy is exactly why it works. It is also one more piece of proof that James Gunn's promise about the DCU's animated and live action sides being one universe…
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Jim Carrey Is George Jetson and That Might Be the Whole Pitch
Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a live-action The Jetsons movie starring Jim Carrey on its Q2 2026 earnings call, and Frank breaks down why the casting is doing all the heavy lifting so far. A Jetsons reboot on its own would be an easy shrug. The Flintstones already ran that play in the 90s.…
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Kit Connor Is Marvel's New Cyclops and the X-Men Just Got a Lot Younger
Marvel Studios has found its Scott Summers. Deadline reports that Kit Connor is the pick for Cyclops in the upcoming X-Men reboot, with the decision landing last week between Marvel president Kevin Feige and director Jake Schreier. Frank breaks down why this casting works and what it signals for...
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Henry Cavill Confirms His Warhammer 40K Starring Role as Mike Flanagan Finishes the Outline
The Warhammer 40,000 live action series just went from "we assume" to confirmed. Henry Cavill has publicly stated he is starring in the Amazon MGM adaptation, not just executive producing it, and the character he is playing is staying under wraps for now. Alongside that, Mike Flanagan is on board...
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Dave Bautista in Talks to Play Kratos as Amazon's God of War Recasts Its Lead
Amazon's God of War series is getting a new Kratos, and it might be the exact actor fans have been calling for since day one. On this quick-hit episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the report that Dave Bautista is in talks to replace Ryan Hurst as the God of War in Amazon MGM's...
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Tom Holland Names His Spider-Man Successor, and It's Miles Morales
Tom Holland just said the quiet part out loud on the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour, and it changes how we should think about the future of the MCU's web-slinger. Speaking to the AP, Holland confirmed that a plan to pass the baton is already in place, and it points to Miles Morales rather...
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God of War Season 2 Recasts Atreus and Thrud: Time Jump Confirmed and Filming Restarts in October
Amazon Prime Video's God of War series is shaking up its cast again, and this time it's by design. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the report (via Polygon) that Atreus and Thrud are being recast for Season 2. The Season 2 casting call lists "Joshua" and "Ruth," the…
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Amazon Greenlights a Warhammer 40K Animated Series and Henry Cavill Is Producing
Amazon is going all in on Warhammer 40K. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the newly greenlit animated series now in development alongside the previously announced live action project, with Henry Cavill producing both. The animated show expands directly off the standout...
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Nettles Explained: How House of the Dragon Replaced a Fan-Favorite Character With Rhaena
House of the Dragon Season 3 just made one of its biggest departures yet from George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, cutting the fan-favorite dragonseed Nettles entirely and folding her role into Rhaena Targaryen. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down who Nettles is in the books…
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God of War Recasts Kratos After Ryan Hurst Injury
Big news out of Prime Video on this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines. Frank breaks down the shocking decision to recast Kratos in the God of War series after Ryan Hurst tore his bicep on the Vancouver set in late June. He covers why the surgery recovery timeline of four to six months, and…
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Good Mythical Morning Hits Netflix and This Mythical Beast Has Feelings
Big news for Mythical Beasts everywhere. Good Mythical Morning is coming to Netflix starting September 7, and Frank breaks down what this means for the show, the fandom, and the future of creator content on streaming. GMM is one of three Mythical Entertainment shows making the jump, alongside…
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Nova Movie Finally Happening: Loki Creator Michael Waldron Writing Marvel's Next Cosmic Hero
Marvel has been teasing a Nova project for nearly a decade, and it is finally moving. In this Geek Freaks Headlines update, Frank breaks down the Deadline report that Michael Waldron, the writer behind Loki season one, is developing a Nova feature film and possibly directing it. Frank gives a…
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TikTok Fights AI Slop While Meta Skips Consent: A Wild Week for Social Media
TikTok spent the week helping users spot AI while Meta spent it explaining why it didn't ask permission. In this Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down TikTok's new in-app AI literacy hub, built with NAMLE and deepfake expert Henry Ajder, plus the platform's milestone of labeling over 3 billion...
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Godzilla Minus Zero Teaser Breakdown: Marriage Reveals, Moral Boundaries, and a Possible Nuke on New York
A brand new Godzilla Minus Zero teaser just dropped, and it raises more questions than it answers. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down everything hidden in the latest footage for Takashi Yamazaki's sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One. From Noriko's last name...
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Bluey Goes Audio: The Beach and Other Stories Audiobook Arrives September 1
Big news for the parents out there! On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the announcement of the first ever Bluey audiobook collection, Bluey: The Beach and Other Stories, coming September 1. Narrated by Miranda Tapsell, the voice of Dougie's mum on the show, the collection...
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Xbox Reset: 3,200 Layoffs and Four Studios Cut Loose in Biggest Restructure Ever
Xbox just got hit by a sledgehammer. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down CEO Asha Sharma's announcement of 3,200 job cuts at Xbox, with 1,600 happening immediately and the rest rolling out through 2027. Sharma calls it a major reset, admitting Xbox margins are 3 to 10…
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Mr. Terrific Gets His Own DC Series: Why Edi Gathegi Deserves the Spotlight
DC Studios is developing a mystery series centered on Mr. Terrific, with Edi Gathegi returning to the role he made a standout in Superman. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down why this is exactly the kind of move DC should be making, calling Mr. Terrific criminally...
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Heat 2 Casting News: Christian Bale, Stephen Graham, and Leonardo DiCaprio Join Michael Mann's Sequel
Heat 2 is officially heating up, and this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines breaks down the three massive casting announcements that just dropped. Christian Bale is stepping into the role of Vincent Hanna, originally played by Al Pacino, while Stephen Graham takes over as Neil McCauley, the part...
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Lilo & Stitch 2 Check-In: Chris Sanders Directs, Release Date Locked, and the Angel Question
One year after Disney announced the live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel, we're checking in on everything we know so far. The biggest news is that Chris Sanders is directing. He co-created the original 2002 animated film and has voiced Stitch from the very beginning, so this property is in the hands…
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Persona Netflix Live-Action Series: Stranger Things Producers and a Star Trek Picard Writer Sign On
Persona is heading to live-action, and Netflix has the rights. The breakdown covers the creative team now attached, what the deal signals about Netflix's growing video game pipeline, and why Persona 5 fans should keep their expectations measured for now. This one runs through the names that…
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DC Goes All In: Absolute Batman, a Joker Anime, and Krypto Get Animated
DC Studios dropped three major animation announcements at Annecy this morning, and this episode breaks down all of them. The headliner is an Absolute Batman animated series with the comic's own creative team steering the ship, followed by Joker: Laugh Riot, an original anime that flips the Batman...
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Magic School Bus Live-Action Movie: Elizabeth Banks Takes the Wheel as Ms. Frizzle
The Magic School Bus is heading to the big screen for the first time ever, and this one is for the millennials. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down the news that Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games, 30 Rock, The Lego Movie) is attached to star as the legendary Ms. Frizzle in a...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl Is Officially Coming to Peacock: The CGI Test That Made It Happen
Peacock has handed Dungeon Crawler Carl a straight-to-series order, and this one is locked in. No pilot, no waiting to see if it sticks. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down the greenlight, why the project went live-action instead of animated, and the single thing author Matt...
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Add to Cart: Book Picks, a Comic Renaissance, and Why Princess Donut Owns Our Hearts
Amazon's buy two, get one free book deal is live, and this episode is a fast hit list of what is actually worth stacking in your cart. The rundown moves from page to screen picks like Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and the full Hunger Games run by Suzanne Collins, into BookTok favorites like A...
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Mike Myers Teases Austin Powers 4: Nostalgia Trap or Smart Bet?
Yeah, baby... maybe? Mike Myers stopped by Trevor Noah's podcast and lit the fuse on a question fans have been circling for years: are we getting another Austin Powers movie? In this Geek Freaks Headlines breakdown, we unpack Myers' tease, weigh whether the franchise still has a place in 2026…
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