Geeks OUT Podcast: Fanning the Flame Con

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss the possible resurrection of Sense8, marvel at the last trailer for Netflix's The Defenders, and preview their Top 3 picks at Flame Con in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: A new producer has stepped forward offering to produce new season of Sense8
• GRAHAM: Julian McMahon joins cast of Hulu’s Runaways

 

DOWN AND NERDY:

 

• KEVIN: The Ultimates 2, Secret Empire, Captain America #25, Astonishing X-Men

• GRAHAM: Green Lanterns, Last Man on Earth, Age of Apocalypse, All-Star Batman

 

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Shonda Rhimes leaving ABC for Netflix

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: FLAME CON PICKS

• KEVIN: Robin Lord Taylor Q&A, Queer Hollywood Panel, Love is Love panel

• GRAHAM: Designing X-Women; Race, Gender and Other Changes in Cosplay; Cosplay and Consent

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Final trailer for The Defenders released

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

 

MOVIES

• Daniel Craig will be back as James Bond
• Shazam will be the next DC movie to film
• New poster for Justice League features Superman
• A standalone Obi-Wan Kenobi movie is in the works

 

TV

• Talks of a revival of Hannibal have begun
• Riverdale won big at the Teen Choice Awards & teases The Sugar Man
• Arrow casts Kirk Acevedo (Fringe, OZ) as villain
• X-Files adds Barbara Hershey, and two returning faces
• Gotham will be part of the inaugural Tribeca TV Festival
• David Tennant will appear in Jessica Jones season 2
• A put-pilot has been ordered by ABC for the live action remake of The Jetsons

 

COMICS

• Dark Nights: Metal has the Justice League turning into Voltron
• Power Pack is returning as part of Marvel Legacy

 

SHILF

• KEVIN:  Warren Worthington III, AoA Magneto
• GRAHAM: War Thor, AoA Sabretooth