Geeks OUT Podcast: Stranger Things with Candy

The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Shutt (@monkeeman) share their hopes and trepidation for season two of Stranger Things, get excited about the new trailer for Marvel's Runaways, celebrate Tessa Thompson as our Strong Female Character of the Week, and mark This Week in Queer with the trailer for Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Star Trek: Discovery renewed for season 2
• JON: Lin Manuel Miranda producing The Kingkiller Chronicle for Showime

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Legends of Tomorrow, Happy Death Day, The Mighty Thor, Generation X

• JON: Injustice, Star Trek: TNG, Dirk Gently

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Tessa Thompson confirms Valkyrie is bisexual

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer for Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street released

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Marvel’s Runaways released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer released for Bright
• Michael Bay producing a live action Dora the Explorer movie
• Shazam! to be released April 2019
• Ben Mendelsohn in talks to play villain in Captain Marvel
• James Mangold writing an X-23 script
• Tom Hardy using mo-cap to portray Venom

TV

• New poster and soundtrack released for Stranger Things season 2
• ABC developing a sitcom following a Middle-Eastern American family of superheros
• Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters trailer released
• Flash promo teases introduction to Elongated Man
• Gotham introduces Professor Pyg
• Wilson Fisk will return to Daredevil in season 3
• Promo released for The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special

SHILF

• KEVIN: Jason
• JON: Freddy