Geeks OUT Podcast: A Spider-Man for All Seasons

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Will Choy (@thewillchoy) as they discuss our first look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part 1), news of potentially more Spider-Man movies, and question the significance of a cis-straight white male cast in the new season of Drag Race in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: Sony announces and then walks back more Spider-Man movies with Marvel
• WILL:  AMC orders Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches series & cancels Kevin Can F**K Himself with season 2

 

DOWN & NERDY: 

 

• KEVIN:  Queen of the Universe, Star Trek: Discovery, Hot Zone: Anthrax
• WILL: Hawkeye, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Target Lego Collab

 

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Cobie Smulders joins Secret Invasion

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Season 14 of OG Drag Race introduces first straight cis male queen

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part 1)

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• Susan Arnold becomes Disney’s first female chair of the board
• HBO Max orders Magic Mike 3
• DC developing animated Metal Men movie
• New teaser for Texas Chainsaw Massacre revival

 

TV

• New trailer for Station Eleven
• New trailer for Peacemaker
• New teasers for season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• New trailer for With Love
• More cast announced for Live episodes of Facts of Life & Different Strokes
• USA/Syfy renew Chucky for a second season
• New trailer for Peanuts special For Auld Lang Syne
• New trailer for Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
• Netflix hasn’t exactly confirmed a second season of Squid Game
• Showrunner of Kipo & Age of Wonderbeasts reveals how animation writers aren’t fairly compensated

 

COMIC BOOKS 

• In a new report Dark Horse Comics is seeking to be acquired
• Co-founder of Reddit invests in new digital comic platform Zestworld

 

SHILF

• KEVIN:  Roy Harper clones
• WILL: Blue Devil