In this week's super sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by special guests Nicole Gitau (@cocodevaux) and Phil Jimenez (@PhilJimenezNYC) as they discuss Marvel blaming a sales slump on diversity, a new teaser for The Defenders, and Doctor Who gaining it's first openly gay companion in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Freeform orders New Warriors comedy featuring Squirrel Girl for 10 episodes
• NICOLE: Luke Cage nominated for a Peabody award
• PHIL: Marvel’s sales slump and diversity controversy

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Agents of SHIELD, iZombie, X-Men Gold

• NICOLE: The L Word, Sense8

• PHIL: Feud, Nightmare on Elm Street series

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Season 2 of Jessica Jones has begun filming with Janet McTeer cast

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Doctor Who’s new companion openly gay

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser released for The Defenders coming 8/18

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Michael Bay reveals that there are 14 Transformer stories in development
• Ghost in the Shell’s box office failure blamed on whitewashing controversy

TV

• New poster released for The Handmaid’s Tale
• New promo for Gotham teases Bruce’s transformation
• Daredevil will film later this year

COMICS

• George Takei & IDW pair up to tell his life story
• The Woods wins GLAAD Media award

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss Kevin's love of horror movies with the new IT trailer, what Spider-Man Homecoming gets right that Justice League gets wrong, and celebrate our Strong Female Character of the Week with the rumor of a Batgirl movie being directed by Joss Whedon.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Teaser trailer released for Stephen King’s IT
• GRAHAM: Love is Love has raised over $165K

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: All New X-Men, Inhumans Prime, Supergirl

• GRAHAM: X-Men Prime, Iron Fist, Starlord

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Joss Whedon in talks to direct a Batgirl solo based on New 52

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Legion’s gay villain

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Justice League trailer released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Spider-Man: Homecoming gets three posters and a new trailer
• Venom will not be connected to the MCU
• First look at the new Tomb Raider reboot
• New trailer for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

TV

• Punisher adds Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to it’s cast
• Katie Cassidy is returning as season regular on Arrow
• First look at Black Lightning in costume
• Buffy cast reunion for 20th anniversary
• Character posters for American Gods released
• First look at the live action reboot of ReBoot
• Billy Eichner cast in the new season of American Horror Story
• Season 2 of Santa Clarita Diet coming in 2018

COMICS

• More details released for the new Astonishing X-Men series

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Colleen Wing
• GRAHAM: Jack Hawksmoor

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan find Aubrey Plaza alluring and scary in FX's Legion, decide that Justice League is in fact going to be...a movie, and become Self-Obsessed with Sina Grace in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Iron Fist co-creator puts his foot in his mouth
• GRAHAM: Power Rangers movie introducing a queer character and one on the Autism Spectrum

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Legion, Flash/Supergirl musical, Teen Titans, Ultimates

• GRAHAM: Wildstorm, Uncanny X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Sony is developing a Black Cat & Silver Sable team-up movie

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  New Season of Self-Obsessed by Sina Grace

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Full trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Michael Shannon is the new frontrunner to play Cable in Deadpool 2
• Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 IMAX poster features new characters
• Justice League posters revealed, and teasers before the trailer is released

TV

• Trailer for Midnight, TX from writer of True Blood
• New trailer for iZombie
• Trailer released for the new season of MST3K on Netflix
• Trailer released for Dimension 404 on Hulu
• First look at the new season of Twin Peaks revivial
• John Cho cast as Billy Eichner’s bf on Difficult People
• Lena Luthor to be a series regular next season of Supergirl
• The Walking Dead reveals a character’s sexuality

COMICS

• Marvel solicitations for June include synopsis of Iceman #1 and #2
• Pitch for the new Cable solo, is “Doctor Who meets Time Cop”

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Jesus
• GRAHAM: Sydney Barrett - Legion

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by his original co-host Jake Weatherman (@1Hand1Joystick) and his friend Sylvia as they discuss the new Doctor Who trailer, we discover whose Sylvia's favorite character from American Gods, and break out the bleach for Atomic Blonde in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Gina Rodriguez wants to play America Chavez
• JAKE:  Disney Afternoon collection is coming to X-Box, PC, & Playstation
• SYLVIA:  First trailer released for American Gods

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Dr. Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme, Legion

• JAKE: ZELDA!!!!!!! Drag Link!!!

• SYLVIA: All 7 seasons of Buffy

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Last Wonder Woman trailer released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Red Band Trailer released for Atomic Blonde

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First Doctor Who trailer

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First photos from A Wrinkle in Time
• Matrix reboot is in development
• As is a remake of The Fly
• The actor who brought Kong to life is joining Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War
• Logan is the top grossing film of 2017
• Matthew Vaughn in talks to direct Man of Steel 2

TV

• X-Men pilot gets a working title and first cast photo & confirmed the leader will be Thunderbird
• Legion has been renewed for a season 2
• The Expanse renewed for a third season
• Black Lightning’s ex-wife has been cast
• First look at Crystal and Medusa in Marvel’s Inhumans

COMICS

• Secret Empire tie-ins to feature teams led by Emma Frost & Mockingbird

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Wiccan
• JAKE: Barry Allen
• SYLVIA: Tony Chew

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined once again by @GrahamNolan as they discuss the ending of Inhumans vs. X-Men, the new line-up of the Astonishing X-Men, why you should support/buy titles featuring queer characters, and celebrate the reveal of Cate Blanchett as Hela, MCU's first female villain, as the Strong Female Character of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  First looks at Jeff Goldblum & Mark Ruffalo in Thor: Ragnarok
• GRAHAM: New Astonishing X-Men book teases Wolverine, Archangel, Mystique, Rogue, Psylocke, Gambit, Fantomex & Bishop

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Logan, America, Scarlet Witch, Midnighter & Apollo

• GRAHAM: IvsX, Uncanny Inhumans, The Wildstorm, JLA, SHIELD

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  First look of Hela and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Josh Gad is downplaying hype about his character’s sexuality in Beauty & the Beast

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer for new horror movie The Void

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Margot Robbie to star in a post Robin Hood movie called Marian
• Ridley Scott has already written the sequel to Alien: Covenant
• X-Force to to feature and come after Deadpool 2
• Atlanta actress Zazie Beetz cast as Domino in Deadpool 2
• Warner Bros. open to an R-rated DC movie

TV

• Jason Isaacs cast as Captain Lorca on Star Trek: Discovery
• Flash has found their Abra Kadabra
• Riverdale has been renewed for a season 2, goes retro in new episode
• Promo reveals Teri Hatcher’s character on Supergirl
• Adam West to guest on Powerless
• New promo released for The Handmaid’s Tale

COMICS

• Interview with Daniel Ketchum reveals what queer characters we’ll see in the X-books.
• MIT’s Admissions office made a video featuring a live-action Riri Williams

SHILF:

• KEVIN: America
• GRAHAM: Grifter

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by special guest co-host @JohnBalash as they get their thumbs ready for the new Nintendo Switch, discuss Disney's history of gay characters now that we have an "out" character in Beauty & the Beast for This Week in Queer, and celebrate the women of G.L.O.W. as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Stephen Moyer cast as the dad in Fox’s X-Men pilot also Amy Acker and added Polaris
• JOHN: Batman vs Superman tops Razzie winners & Suicide Squad wins an Academy Award

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Supergirl, Bates Motel, Flash

• JOHN: Fire Emblem Heroes, Schitt’s Creek

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  First teaser released for G.L.O.W. on Netflix

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Beauty & the Beast will debut Disney’s first gay character

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 reveals Ego

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• David Ayer teases Black Mask as the villain in Gotham City Sirens
• Russell Crowe teases playing Cable in Deadpool 2
• New trailer for Alien: Covenant

TV

• Cress Williams cast as Black Lightning and his daughters have been cast
• Gotham has cast their Ra’s al Ghul
• First teaser released for the final season of Orphan Black
• Star Trek: Discovery to now debut late summer/early fall
• Marvel’s Inhumans cast Black Bolt and Medusa...also now Karnak
• Ducktales reboot has a new trailer and already renewed for season 2

COMICS

• Riverdale one-shot

VIDEO GAMES

• Nintendo Switch comes out tomorrow

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Ego
• JOHN: Unworthy Thor/Launchpad

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Geeks OUT President Joey Stern as they jam to the the new music video "Friends are Family" from the Lego Batman movie, discuss the new yet old direction of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and celebrate the gay couple featured in the Alien: Covenant prologue in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Jamie Chung cast as Blink in the untitled X-Men pilot for Fox
• JOEY: Game of Thrones actor cast as Maximus the Mad in Marvel’s Inhumans

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Agents of SHIELD, Flash, Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers Captain America

• JOEY: Sex Criminals, Riverdale

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Nicole Kidman confirmed to play Aquaman’s mother

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  A 4-minute prologue to Alien: Covenant has been released revealing interracial gay couple as part of the crew

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Music video released for Friends are Family from Lego Batman

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Batman solo movie after much back and forth, now has a director
• Lego Batman director in talks to direct live action Nightwing movie
• Ryan Reynolds is co-writing the X-Force movie
• Donald Glover and James Earl Jones cast in live action Lion King
• First cast photo of The Predator released
• Production started with first cast photo of the Han Solo movie

TV

• J.J. Abrams and Stephen King teaming up for Castle Rock on Hulu
• Trailer released for new season of Archer: Dreamland

COMICS

• Marvel Solicitations for May released and Hellcat and Silk are ending, and World of Wakanda, and Spider Woman are missing
• Paul Cornell apologizes for transphopic cover for Vampirella varient cover

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Peter Quill
• JOEY: no comment

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by the wonderful Blaine Horton (@antisepticle) as they clutch their pearls over the possibility of Tilda Swinton becoming The Doctor, throw some shade on the new Injustice 2 trailer, and read PewDiePie for filth. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: SyFy debuting new reality competition called Cosplay Melee
• BLAINE: Injustice 2 releases new ad for their “girl” characters with ridiculously sexist pomposity (Cheetah, Catwoman, and Black Canary)

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Supergirl, Lego Batman, Ultimates 2, Batwoman Rebirth, Spiderman

• BLAINE: IvX, Elder Scrolls Online, All New All Different Avengers

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Tilda Swinton!! DOCTOR WHO rumors

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Star Trek: Discovery adds three more crew members and we get first look at Klingons

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. promo

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First glimpse of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War
• Fox wants Kerry Washington to play Domino in Deadpool 2 and the weirdness that is Pierce Brosnan as Cable
• Sophie Turner confirms her return as Jean Grey in X-Men: Supernova
• Mattel unveils Wonder Woman toy line
• WB is looking at Mel Gibson to direct Suicide Squad 2
• Avatar 2 announcements about storyline
• Team Thor pt. 2
• Michael Douglas goatee

TV

• Gloria Reuben & Andrea Roth cast as Cloak & Dagger’s mothers
• Character breakdown & synopsis released for Black Lightning pilot
• WGN America’s Scalped pilot has cast Lily Gladstone
• The theme for the next season of American Horror Story will be the election

COMICS

• Secret Empire and the Spectacular Spider-Man reboot featured for FCBD
• Marvel released teaser for possible summer event called Generations
• Deathstroke to crossover with the Titans and Teen Titans in The Lazarus Contract

VIDEO GAMES

• Disney company drops PewDiePie from roster after anti-semitic jokes :

In one video — which is still live — Kjellberg paid two men to write "Death to all Jews" on a sign and dance beneath it. He reacted with apparent disbelief when they actually did it. A brief caption beneath reads, "Trying to hide a smile from triggered SJWs," which is short for "social justice warriors," Internet slang for liberal activists — who might complain about a sign saying "Death to all Jews." (Update on Feb. 15: The captions on the video were written by fans and owned by Kjellberg, under Youtube's policies.)

• Generation 2 Pokemon GO announcement

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Kate Kane
• BLAINE: Chris Evans (battle with David Duke)

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan breakdown all the new trailers from the Super Bowl, get excited about the latest casting news for Marvel's The Runaways, and celebrate Kate McKinnon being cast in the Magic School Bus reboot in This Week in Queer!

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel’s The Runaways has cast The Pride
• GRAHAM: New trailer for Iron Fist and teaser of Colleen Wing in action

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Legion, Hulk, Civil War: The Oath, JLA, Jessica Jones

• GRAHAM: US Avengers, Infamous Iron Man, Ironheart

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Orphan Black final season premieres June 10th

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Kate McKinnon cast as the new Ms. Frizzle for Magic School Bus

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for season 2 of Stranger Things

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Logan Super Bowl trailer
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Super Bowl trailer and the importance of strong female characters in movies/merchandise
• Transformers 5 Super Bowl trailer
• Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Super Bowl trailer
• Friday the 13th reboot axed
• First trailer released for animated Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

TV

• Trailer for Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix
• The OA renewed for a “Part II”
• Trailer for the return of Samurai Jack
• First cast member announced for untitled X-Men pilot

SHILF:

• KEVIN: David Haller
• GRAHAM: Amanda Armstrong

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan get all queer up in here about a gay southern gothic writer Snagglepus comic, our favorite shows honored with a GLAAD award nomination, and discuss Aspen comics introducing a new trans female character as our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Several genre shows nominated for GLAAD Media Awards
• GRAHAM: The Good Place renewed for 13 episode season 2

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Riverdale, Agents of SHIELD, Apollo & Midnighter, Moon Knight

• GRAHAM: IvsX (Uncanny Inhumans, Deadpool and the Mercs for Money), Captain America (Trial of Maria Hill), DKIII, Killer Frost, Vixen

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Aspen Comics introducing a new trans former NFL character

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Snagglepuss is getting a new DC comic

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer for the final season of Bates Motel introduces Rihanna

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Ben Affleck won’t direct The Batman
• Nicole Kidman in talks to play Aquaman’s mother
• Friday the 13th reboot to start production in March
• Millie Bobby Brown cast in Godzilla sequel in unknown role
• Last trailer released for Beauty and the Beast

TV

• Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger leads announced
• Cast announced for Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu
• Rachel Bloom wrote a song for the Supergirl/Flash musical crossover
• Supergirl casts Teri Hatcher in mysterious multi-episode arc
• Fire is joining NBC’s Powerless for a multi-episode arc
• Production video teases Star Trek: Discovery
• Emma Caulfield set to join Fear the Walking Dead in a major role
• Peter Capaldi leaving Doctor Who after this season - David Tennant suggests a replacement

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Marc Spector
• GRAHAM: Forge

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan share some of their hopes and anxiety post #WomensMarch, celebrate the cover to Marvel's America #2, and discuss the reboot of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: M. Night Shyamalan to make a sequel to Unbreakable
• GRAHAM: #WomensMarch

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Ultimates 2, Hellcat, Supergirl, Shut Eye

• GRAHAM: Hawkeye, Captain America (both), Occupy Avengers, The Good Place

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: NBC has ordered a pilot rebooting of Witchblade  

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Netflix is rebooting Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Colossal starring Anne Hathaway

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Star Wars Episode VIII subtitled The Last Jedi
• Batman vs. Superman & Suicide Squad nominated for Razzies
• Production still released from Justice League

TV

• Darren Criss has been cast as the Music Meister in the Flash/Supergirl Musical
• Bryan Singer is going to direct the untitled X-Men pilot for Fox

COMICS

• Phil Jimenez leaving Superwoman?
• Cover to Marvel’s American #2

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Ian Soo
• GRAHAM: Iron Fist, Chidi

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan break out our morphers for the new Power Ranger movie trailer, hate watch the new Powerless promo, switch to the Santa Clarita Diet, and get down and nerdy with special guest @JonHerzog. 

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New Powerless promo features appearance by Starro
• GRAHAM: Miles Morales confirmed as the lead in the Spider-Man animated movie

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  The Ray, World of Wakanda, Mighty Thor, Agents of SHIELD

• GRAHAM: Green Lanterns, Batman, Captain Atom, Saga, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad

• Jon: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fangirl, You Can’t Touch My Hair

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  X-23 in last trailer for Logan

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Riverdale’s Jughead will not be asexual, or at least not yet

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New Power Rangers trailer

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Deleted scene from Star Wars VII
• First look at Ego as a Funko Pop! from Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
• New clip from Justice League: Dark features shirtless Bruce Wayne shaving
• Shazam to be split into two movies, with Black Adam getting a solo film

TV

• New trailer for Santa Clarita Diet
• Star Trek: Discovery has been delayed, cast Spock’s father
• Fox’s X-Men series will include Sentinels
• SpikeTV’s The Mist will be like FX’s Fargo

COMICS

• All New Guardians of the Galaxy will be featured on FCBD
• Marvel announces a Monsters Unleashed ongoing

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Gladiator
• GRAHAM: Maxwell Lord

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan breakdown the character breakdowns for the new Inhumans show, the trailer for the female led horror anthology film XX, and discuss the difference between Brut the scent and Brüt the party.

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: First image of Sigourney Weaver’s character Alexandra in The Defenders
• GRAHAM: ABC’s Inhumans characters revealed in casting breakdown

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Agents of SHIELD, IvX, Detective Comics

• GRAHAM: Thor & Unworthy Thor, Fleabag, All New Wolverine, JL vs Suicide Squad

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Trailer for XX a female driven horror anthology released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  CBLDF criticized for supporting Milo Yiannopouos’ book deal

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Emma Watson sings in new Beauty & The Beast trailer

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Likely that Ares is the villain in Wonder Woman
• Peter Dinklage in talks to join Avengers: Infinity War
• Woody Harrelson cast as Han Solo’s mentor
• Zoe Saldana joins voice cast of My Little Pony: The Movie

TV

• Twin Peaks revival to premiere May 21st.
• The Black Flash will haunt the CW shows
• Supergirl and Flash to battle the Music Meister in crossover
• Constantine to return as cartoon on CW Seed
• X-Men drama is close to pilot order at Fox
• Trailer released for The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu

COMICS

• Peter David & Mark Bagley doing Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider
• Marvel teases Secret Empire event involving Captain America

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Unworthy Thor
• GRAHAM: Starlord

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan come back ready to tackle the new year with hot takes on the newly revamped Powerless series on NBC, Drew Barrymore playing a zombie on Netflix, and Aqualad joining Teen Titans in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  New trailer for the revamped Powerless on NBC
• GRAHAM: David Tennant is headlining the DuckTales reboot

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  The OA, US Avengers, Nova, The Unstoppable Wasp, Detective Comics, Hulk

• GRAHAM: Love Is Love, Justice League/Suicide Squad, Justice League, Black Panther, Occupy Avengers, Civil War, Batman “I Am Suicide”, The Good Place

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Scarlett Johansson was the top grossing actor of 2016

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Aqualad is joining Teen Titans in March

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New extended trailer of Riverdale

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Rogue One has made over $790 million
• Get another peak at Pennywise from reboot of Stephen King’s IT
• New trailer for Alien: Covenant
• Star Wars braintrust is meeting to determine the fate of Leia

TV

• Geoff Johns teases a new DC property coming to TV
• Bryan Fuller wants to do a Silence of the Lambs miniseries
• Forest Whitaker to voice Saw Gerrera on Star Wars Rebels
• Sonequa Martin-Green cast as the lead in Star Trek: Discovery
• Drew Barrymore is a zombie in her new Netflix comedy
• CW has ordered a pilot for a rebooted Charmed

COMICS

• Geoff Johns hints he’ll be writing a Watchmen comic in 2017

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Richard Ryder
• GRAHAM: Human Torch

In this special year end episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @Graham Nolan look at the past year in the world of queer and geeky and offer our Top 3's in various categories following comic books, television, and movies.

Find out who we ranked as our:

• Top 3 LGBTQ Characters in Comics and TV/Movies
• Top 3 LGBTQ Story lines in Comics and TV/Movies
• Top 3 Annoying LGBTQ items of 2016
• Top 3 Resolutions for 2017
• Sexiest LGBTQ Character(s) in Comics and TV/Movies
• Writer Who Brought the Sexy
• Artist Who Brought the Sexy
• and Creator/Writer Who Did Right by the LGBTQ Community

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @Graham Nolan jump into their big openings and discuss Deadpool getting a Golden Globe nomination and Patrick Wilson getting cast in Aquaman, and celebrate our Strong Female Character of the Week, Slingshot from Agent's of SHIELD.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Deadpool, Stranger Things, & Westworld nominated for Golden Globes
• GRAHAM: Patrick Wilson has been cast as Ocean Master in Aquaman movie

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  The Exorcist, IvX, Superwoman

• GRAHAM: Clone Conspiracy,  Wicked and the Divine, Red Hood, Vision, Dark Avengers, Agents of SHIELD

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  You can watch the digital only Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot now

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  The animated The Ray will be cast to appear in live action CW series

CLIP OF THE WEEK: We have a pair of Spider-Man: Homecoming trailers & a release date for the sequel

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Ryan Reynolds wants a Deadpool & Wolverine movie
• David Ayer to direct Gotham City Sirens ft. Harley, Catwoman, & Poison Ivy
• International trailer released for War for the Planet of the Apes

TV

• Dr. Who X-Mas Special Trailer
• Powerless sounds like it has been deeply revamped
• Sigourney Weaver describes her Defenders character as a “really nice woman”
• An Adventure Time mini-series is coming in 2017

COMICS

• R.L. Stine to write Man-Thing for Marvel
• X-Men Prime will lead into ResurrXion
• Wonder Woman’s role as Honorary UN Ambassador comes to an end Friday
• Surprising villain revealed to be master to Brainiac & Starro in Green Lantern Corp. #10

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Persephone
• GRAHAM: Odinson

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by John Jennison (@Johnneecurtis) as they discuss the new Marvel vs. Capcon game, a new Little Shop of Horrors from Greg Berlanti, and a new twist on May & Coulson's relationship on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming released
• JOHN: Tom King adds new layer to Batman’s origin

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Westworld finale, Flash, Agents of SHIELD, Dead No More, Nova

• JOHN:  Midnighter and Apollo, CW Cross Over

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Marvel’s Champions take on misogyny in the Middle East  

THIS WEEK IN QUEER:  Greg Berlanti is going to direct a Little Shop of Horrors remake

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite teaser and gameplay released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Full trailer for new Mummy reboot
• New Transformers trailer
• Michael Bay says he’d never direct a Marvel or DC movie sequel
• Trailer for new movie The Circle starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks

TV

• Another trailer reveals more details of Legion premiering 2/8
• We are officially getting Luke Cage season 2
• The New 52 Joker may be coming to Gotham
• NBC’s Powerless to debut in February
• Ducktales reboot confirmed for Summer 2017

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Richard Rider
• JOHN: Chamber and Skin

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss the latest casting news for Star Trek: Discovery, and the line ups and creative teams of the new X-books including the Jean Grey and Iceman solo series for our Strong Female Character and This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Star Trek: Discovery adds Doug Jones as an alien, Anthony Rapp as a gay officer
• GRAHAM: New X-Men Blue and Gold Teams announced

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  The Ultimates 2, Westworld, Inhumans vs. X-Men, Great Lakes Avengers

• GRAHAM: Detective Comics, Captain Marvel, Jessica Jones, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Last Man on Earth

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Dennis Hopeless writes, Victor Ibanez draws “Jean Grey”

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Creative team for Iceman includes gay writer, editor, & cover artist

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First trailer for Riverdale on CW

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First look at Alpha 5 from the new Power Rangers reboot
• Billy Dee Williams to voice Two-Face in the Lego Batman movie
• Teaser trailer and poster revealed for The Mummy reboot

TV

• The CW DC crossover is bringing highest ratings for each show
• Trailer released for Emerald City

COMICS

• Morph, Bling, Young Iceman, Iceman bring LGBTQ X-Men count up to 4
• • All current team leaders are female
• Lineup and creative team announced for Generation X
• Unstoppable Wasp will spotlight real female scientists
• Koi Boi from Marvel’s Squirrel Girl revealed to be trans
• POD and Rescue kiss in New Avengers/USAvengers?

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Iceman (Kevin Wada cover)
• GRAHAM: Star-Lord (Kris Anka covers)

In this Thanksgiving episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan bring you something to listen to while you avoid your family. We discuss the new trailer for the Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events, Angela Bassett joining Black Panther, and celebrate the reveal of D-Man being gay in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Creative team announced for the America solo featuring queer latina writer. Cover released
• GRAHAM: Rumor is a member of the Green Lantern Corps will show up in Justice League

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Fantastic Beasts, Supergirl, Supernatural

• GRAHAM: Black Panther, Superwoman

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Angela Bassett joins Black Panther

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Captain America's sidekick D-Man confirmed as gay

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New Grindhouse style trailer for Gotham features bisexual baddies

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Emilia Clarke cast in Han Solo movie
• Kevin Feige squashes a Mavel/Fox team-up
• Highlander reboot is getting the director of John Wick
• We’re getting a live action Winnie the Pooh from the director of World War Z

TV

• New full trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Inhumans will come to IMAX Labor Day for two weeks
• Parker Posey cast as Dr. Smith in Lost in Space reboot
• Michelle Yeoh cast in Star Trek: Discovery

COMICS

• New Secret Warriors announced
• Preview of Love is Love from IDW and DC

SHILF:

• KEVIN:  D-Man
• GRAHAM: No one

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss Kevin outing himself on national television on Billy on the Street, wonder if The Inhumans will make a good tv show, and retell a tale as old as time with the new trailer for Beauty and the Beast. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: I was on Billy on the Street
• GRAHAM: The Inhumans, both as a movie and a TV series next summer/fall

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Supergirl, Westworld, Spider-Man Clone Conspiracy

• GRAHAM: Moon Knight, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Talk This Way, Last Man on Earth

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: First trailer for the live action Beauty and the Beast premieres

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Robin Lord Taylor shuts down complaints about Penguin’s same sex affections

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Full trailer for Ghost in the Shell premieres

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Trailer for animated Justice League Dark released
• We have Deadpool to thank for Ego being in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2

TV

• First promo for the Arrow/Flash/Supergirl/Legends crossover event
• Westworld renewed for season 2
• Trailer for season 2 of The Man in the High Castle premiering Dec. 16th

COMICS

• The return of Elixir

SHILF:

• KEVIN:  Billy Eichner
• GRAHAM: The entire George Perez cover of Avengers #1 from 1997

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by John Jennison (@johnneecurtis) as they try to focus on the goodness in our lives as they discuss the return of Young Justice, and celebrate our Strong Female Character in This Week in Queer, Alex Danvers from Supergirl.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• Young Justice is finally getting a season 3

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Ash vs. Evil Dead, American Horror Story, Death of X

• JOHN:  Luke Cage, Detective Comics, Gotham

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER in THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Alex from Supergirl

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser trailer for Valerian from the director of The 5th Element

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• We have an idea of what the Megazord will look like in Power Rangers
• First image of Kong from Skull Island
• Ciaran Hinds cast as Steppenwolf in Justice League movie
• Michael Keaton confirmed as The Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Deadpool 3 is already being planned

TV

• Elektra will be in The Defenders
• Supergirl to introduce Cyborg Superman
• Legends of Tomorrow is getting an expanded season 2
• First pic of DC CW Crossover special
• First clips of Justice League Action

SHILF:

• KEVIN:  Mon-El
• JOHN: Basil Karlo

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) & @GrahamNolan discuss the return of a formally problematic gay character Extraño in This Week in Queer, are cautiously optimistic about the new Wonder Woman trailer, and tease what Kevin saw at the advanced screening of Dr. Strange. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Stranger Things/Peanuts Christmas mashup
• GRAHAM: First photos of The Defenders and more supporting cast announced

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Dr. Strange, Agents of SHIELD, Flash

• GRAHAM: New Avengers, Detective Comics, Saga

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New Wonder Woman trailer released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Extraño appears in Midnighter & Apollo

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First trailer for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Deadpool director Tim Miller moving on to EP Sonic the Hedgehog movie
• Another Flash director drops out
• Photos from the live-action Beauty & the Beast
• Johnny Depp will co-star in the the Fantastic Beasts sequel

TV

• Arrow casts Talia al Ghul
• Kevin Smith’s daughter will be in the episode of Supergirl he’s directing
• Most of the cast of Big Hero 6 returning for the Disney series

COMICS

• Batman, Lobo & Black Canary join Orlando’s JLA
• We discover what the Phantom Ring does in Green Lantern #10

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Extrano
• GRAHAM: Glenn with his eye popped out

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss without spoiling (too much) the season premiere of The Walking Dead, we #StandWithChelseaCain, and celebrate Gotham exploring Penguin's feelings for Riddler in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Walking Dead Season 7 premiere (alternate take)
• GRAHAM: More X-titles coming in 2017

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Ultimates, Detective Comics, Hellblazer, The Exorcist

• GRAHAM: Guardians of the Galaxy, Death of X; Green Lanterns; Nightwing

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Jessica Jones season 2 to be directed by only women

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Gotham’s Penguin looking for love from Riddler

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Promo for next week’s Supergirl

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Tim Miller quit as director of Deadpool 2
• Donald Glover to play Lando in Han Solo movie
• J.J. Abram’s God Particle to be set in the Cloverfield universe

TV

• Supergirl premieres Maggie Sawyer, Lynda Carter, & another queer character
• Muppet Babies reboot is coming to Disney Junior
• Disney is making a That’s So Raven sequel series
• Knight Rider reboot coming from Machinima created by Justin Lin
• Bryan Fuller stepping down as showrunner for Star Trek: Discovery

COMICS

• Mockingbird’s writer leaves twitter after harassment

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by special guest @JonHerzog as they discuss the sex robots and A.I. in the new HBO series Westworld, the new trailers for Logan and Guardians 2, and celebrate the announcement of an Iceman solo series in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  GUARDIANS SNEAK PEEK!!
• JON: Jon wrote a book! (It’s not published yet.)

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Death of X, A-Force, Infamous Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man

• JON: Westworld, Agents of SHIELD, Luke Cage

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Iceman is getting his own solo title

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Westworld behind the scenes promos

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First teaser trailer for Logan and first photos of Stephen Merchant as Caliban
• Leo is trying to bring Captain Planet to the big screen
• A new Willy Wonka movie is in the works

TV

• Supergirl in Crisis
• Scream renewed for season 3
• Trailer for Legion  and a new promo with an idea of when it will premiere

COMICS

• Marvel announces new Weapon X ongoing and Jean Grey and Generation X books for spring 2017
• January Solicitations for Marvel (Asgard/Shi’ar War, IvX Romeo & Iceman)
• January Solicitations for DC (The Ray Rebirth, Batwoman Begins, Superwoman)

GAMING

• New gaming console, Nintendo Switch! Coming March 2017!

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Roger Gocking - The Porcupine from Spider-Woman
• JON: Ghost Rider Robbie Reyes on SHIELD

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) & @GrahamNolan breakdown all the news from NYCC, including the new trailer for Iron Fist, the new solo titles for Batwoman & America Chavez in This Week in Queer, and celebrate Wonder Woman becoming an honorary ambassador for the UN as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN:  Trailer for Iron Fist is released, while Finn Jones says the show will address “diversity issues”
• GRAHAM: Mera images released

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Superwoman, Spider-man, Supergirl, Agents of SHIELD, Flash

• GRAHAM: Champions, Batman (Night of the Monster Men), Spider-Man, International Iron Man

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Wonder Woman to be named UN Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women & Girls

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Batwoman is getting a solo book again

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Rogue One released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Teaser trailer for Power Rangers released
• Fantastic Beasts will be a 5 film franchise                             
• More characters revealed for the movie Logan
• James Gunn assures that Guardians vol 2 will pass Bechdel Test
• Wasp will be in Avengers 4, not Infinity War
• Captain Marvel will be an origin story
• Forest Whitaker joins Black Panther
• Felicity Jones highest paid in Rogue One
• Disney making live-action Mulan

TV

• Sigourney Weaver is joining The Defenders as the villain
• Jimmy Olsen to become Guardian on Supergirl
• Trailer for the Scream 2-hour halloween special
• Aubrey Plaza’s Nightmare Time ordered to pilot on TBS

COMICS

• Ms. America is getting a solo book

SHILF:

• KEVIN: Superman
• GRAHAM: Iron Fist, MAYBE the new SHIELD director