Weekly Geek-out: Nintendo news

Will we watch it?

MandoGrog

Disclosure Day

Supergirl

The Odyssey

Spider-Man

Endgame rerelease

The Social Reckoning

Street Fighter

That New (Old?) Hunger Games

Focker-In-Law

Narnia

Dune Part Three

Avengers: Doomsday

TV shows speedround

R&R: Daredevil: Born Again S2

R&R: Project Hail IMAX

R&R: The Roast of Kevin Hart

R&R: The Boys S3

R&R: Punisher: One Last Kill

R&R: The Bear: Gary

The OG Geek-out Podcast episode 1 crew — Bud, Bryan, and Art — throw the cuesheet out the window (but everything we were going to point form is in the show notes) and discuss what they will and won’t see in movies and shows this year.

NOTE: The first two sections of the list below are NOT covered on the pod, but still dropped, so please enjoy them!



Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:34 – Star Fox for the price-hiked Switch 2

Coming Soon

– Wildwood (in theatres October 23) (Zoner Darren)

– Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (Big Bang Theory spinoff series, HBO Max, July 23) (Zoner Darren)

– Cape Fear (Apple TV series, June 5)

– Elle (fish-out-of-water Prime Video series, ”from the world of Legally Blonde,” July 1)

– Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Apple TV movie, based on his 1997 children’s novel, May 29)

– Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars for third consecutive year

– ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic ‘’Dare to Be Stupid’’ Broadway musical is in the works (led by Moulin Rouge director Alex Timbers)

– Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout

– The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video in November

– Project Hail Mary arrives to paid VOD as film tops $655 million at box office

Geek News Proper

– Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group CEO Tom Rothman tells theaters to enforce longer windows, scrap ads

– Actress Q’orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for ‘theft’ of facial features for Avatar character

– Why the hell has it taken so long for Disneyland’s Autopia to go electric? 

– Christopher Nolan addresses some major Odyssey controversies (original article)

– Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos (Zoner Ewan)

Will we watch it?

MOVIES:

10:26 – Mandalorian & Grogu (May 22)

15:45 – Disclosure Day (June 12)

17:57 – Supergirl (June 26)

22:02 – The Odyssey (July 17)

23:29 – Spider-man: Brand New Day (July 31)

29:39 – [Endgame rerelease]

31:11 – The Social Reckoning (October 9)

32:37 – Street Fighter (October 16)

33:58 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (November 20)

34:28 – Focker In-Law (November 25)

35:40 – Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (November 26)

37:17 – Dune: Part 3 (December 18)

42:39 – Avengers: Doomsday (December 18)

TV SHOWS SPEEDRUN:

44:25 – Spider-Noir (May 27), The Bear (S5) (June 25), Lanterns (Summer 2026), VisionQuest (October 14)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

45:47 – Daredevil: Born Again S2

51:18 – Project Hail Mary in IMAX (Art)

55:24 – The Roast of Kevin Hart (Art & Bryan)

1:02:55 – The Boys S3

1:04:07 – Punisher: One Last Kill (Bryan)

1:04:46 – The Bear: Gary

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The OG Geek-out Podcast episode 1 crew &mdash; Bud, Bryan, and Art &mdash; throw the cuesheet out the window (but everything we were going to point form is in the show notes) and discuss what they will and won&rsquo;t see in movies and shows this year.
NOTE: The first two sections of the list below are NOT covered on the pod, but still dropped, so please enjoy them!
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-geek-out-podcast/id1444132827?uo=10"></a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3mLTFv4v3lguQsDqlTkxEc"></a>
Bud&rsquo;s Weekly Geek-out
06:34 &ndash; <a href="https://www.TheZone.fm/2026/05/13/geekout-nintendo-news/">Star Fox for the price-hiked Switch 2</a>
Coming Soon
&ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POneS8h1jyU">Wildwood</a> (in theatres October 23) (Zoner Darren)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmc33Y55YI">Stuart Fails to Save the Universe</a> (Big Bang Theory spinoff series, HBO Max, July 23) (Zoner Darren)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3sN5E-mBU">Cape Fear</a> (Apple TV series, June 5)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Hy3BF3d4Y">Elle</a> (fish-out-of-water Prime Video series, &rdquo;from the world of Legally Blonde,&rdquo; July 1)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd9fv9rPCMg">Propeller One-Way Night Coach</a> (Apple TV movie, based on his 1997 children&rsquo;s novel, May 29)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/conan-obrien-will-return-to-host-the-oscars-for-third-consecutive-year">Conan O&rsquo;Brien will return to host the Oscars for third consecutive year</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/weird-al-yankovic-dare-to-be-stupid-musical-broadway-1235561428/">&lsquo;Weird Al&rsquo; Yankovic &lsquo;&rsquo;Dare to Be Stupid&rsquo;&rsquo; Broadway musical is in the works</a> (led by Moulin Rouge director Alex Timbers)
&ndash; <a href="https://boingboing.net/2026/05/12/aaron-paul-enters-the-wasteland-for-season-3-of-fallout.html">Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2170934/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-returns-to-prime-video-in-november/">The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video in November</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/05/11/project-hail-mary-arrives-on-streaming-this-week-as-film-tops-655-million-at-box-office/">Project Hail Mary arrives to paid VOD as film tops $655 million at box office</a>
Geek News Proper
&ndash; <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/04/sony-tom-rothman-cinemacon-2-1236859487/">Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group CEO Tom Rothman tells theaters to enforce longer windows, scrap ads</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93xnvng93vo">Actress Q&rsquo;orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for &lsquo;theft&rsquo; of facial features for Avatar character</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://gizmodo.com/why-the-hell-has-it-taken-so-long-for-disneylands-autopia-to-go-electric-2000755714">Why the hell has it taken so long for Disneyland&rsquo;s Autopia to go electric? </a>
&ndash; <a href="https://gizmodo.com/christopher-nolan-addresses-some-major-odyssey-controversies-2000757596">Christopher Nolan addresses some major Odyssey controversies</a> (<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/christopher-nolan-odyssey-interview/">original article</a>)
&ndash; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/ready-for-their-close-ups-celebrity-passport-photos">Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos</a> (Zoner Ewan)
Will we watch it?
MOVIES:
10:26 &ndash; Mandalorian &amp; Grogu (May 22)
15:45 &ndash; Disclosure Day (June 12)
17:57 &ndash; Supergirl (June 26)
22:02 &ndash; The Odyssey (July 17)
23:29 &ndash; Spider-man: Brand New Day (July 31)
29:39 &ndash; [Endgame rerelease]
31:11 &ndash; The Social Reckoning (October 9)
32:37 &ndash; Street Fighter (October 16)
33:58 &ndash; The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (November 20)
34:28 &ndash; Focker In-Law (November 25)
35:40 &ndash; Narnia: The Magician&rsquo;s Nephew (November 26)
37:17 &ndash; Dune: Part 3 (December 18)
42:39 &ndash; Avengers: Doomsday (December 18)
TV SHOWS SPEEDRUN:
44:25 &ndash; Spider-Noir (May 27), The Bear (S5) (June 25), Lanterns (Summer 2026), VisionQuest (October 14)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
45:47 &ndash; Daredevil: Born Again S2
51:18 &ndash; Project Hail Mary in IMAX (Art)
55:24 &ndash; The Roast of Kevin Hart (Art &amp; Bryan)
1:02:55 &ndash; The Boys S3
1:04:07 &ndash; Punisher: One Last Kill (Bryan)
1:04:46 &ndash; The Bear: Gary
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