Podcasts about Jean Grey

Lanterns Episode 7 is here, and the Mostly Superheroes crew is going deep on the penultimate episode before the Season 1 finale. Logan Janis is joined by friends for a full-spoiler discussion about Hal Jordan, Jon Stewart, the Manhunters, Sinestro, Mogo, the mysterious planet, the Green Lantern ring, and the many questions Lanterns still needs to answer before Episode 8. Then the conversation goes full Marvel as we break down the Avengers: Endgame Encore, the changed ending, Loki, Steve Rogers, the multiverse, Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr., and what the Russo Brothers may be setting up for Avengers: Doomsday. And we go even deeper into the X-Men — including X-Men '97 Season 2, Apocalypse, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Jean Grey, Mr. Sinister, Wolverine, Spider-Man and what the future of the live-action X-Men could look like. Full spoilers. Full theories. No talking down to the everyday viewer. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Lanterns Episode 7 live discussion begins 06:05 – First reactions to the penultimate Lanterns episode 10:00 – Mogo, Manhunters and the biggest Lanterns mysteries 14:45 – Who killed Hal Jordan? 16:15 – Is Jon Stewart becoming a Yellow Lantern? 18:05 – Hal and John's character development 20:00 – Lanterns lore and the DCU connection 22:50 – The theories surrounding John's family 24:00 – Hal Jordan and the baseball symbolism 27:30 – Hal and John's evolving relationship 31:00 – Could Hal and John both remain Green Lanterns? 34:00 – The hologram Hal reveal 36:00 – What needs to happen in the Lanterns finale 38:00 – Lanterns Season 2 and the future of the DCU 43:00 – Sinestro, Grodd, Clayface and Blackest Night theories 01:22:38 – Avengers: Endgame Encore discussion begins 01:24:00 – The changed Steve and Peggy ending 01:25:00 – Going back to Endgame after all these years 01:29:00 – Why Marvel fans need more context for Doomsday 01:36:17 – Endgame Encore and the nostalgia marketing strategy 01:41:00 – Doctor Doom theories 01:44:00 – Fantastic Four, Steve Rogers and the Doom connection 01:48:00 – Will we actually see Robert Downey Jr.'s face? 01:53:00 – How the multiverse could lead into the X-Men 01:59:00 – X-Men '97 Season 2 discussion 02:04:00 – Apocalypse, Gambit and the problems with Season 2 02:06:40 – Nightcrawler's emotional story 02:12:32 – The future of live-action X-Men 02:12:47 – Mr. Sinister and the Wolverine game 02:15:00 – Jean Grey, Spider-Man and the next X-Men universe 02:16:20 – What happens to Magneto's origin? 02:18:00 – Wolverine, the X-Men and mutant hunting 02:20:55 – Wrapping up the superhero conversation Subscribe for more Mostly Superheroes, live discussions, movie and TV breakdowns, pop-culture conversations and plenty of superhero theories. watch listen subscribe support at mostlysuperheroes.com/support ©2026 Carrogan Studios

We speak to SEGA Producer Ed Annunziata and dive deep on SEGA's X-Men, X-Men 2: Clone Wars and the unreleased  X-Women: Sinister's Virus!

Bonus Episode #78 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Kyle unsheathe their claws and dive into Marvel's Wolverine, Insomniac Games' long-awaited take on one of Marvel's most iconic and vicious heroes, putting Logan front and center in an adventure that trades Spider-Man's acrobatics for adamantium, regeneration, and a whole lot of blood. Claws aren't the only things coming out as the duo breaks down Wolverine's brutal combat, progression and abilities, memorable environments, massive encounters, and the cast of familiar mutants and villains standing in Logan's way. We'll also dig into what works, what keeps the game from reaching the heights of Insomniac's best, and the surprisingly strong emotional core provided by Logan and Jean Grey, before wrapping things up with their final thoughts and scores. David Fleming's original soundtrack follows the journey through the game, from the defining sounds of Logan, Sabretooth, Omega Red, and the Sentinels to the quieter themes surrounding Jean and Logan's relationship. Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, or any other thoughts you'd like to share! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak, Xancu, Jeff, & Mike. EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS Logan from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Trask and the Machines from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Omega Red from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] His Creed Is Mayhem from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Dawn of the Sentinel from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] The Hand from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Red from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Twin Flames from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Adamantium from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Death Be a Lady from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Death's Door from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] The Cruelest Cut from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] A Dream of the Future from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] Weapon & Master from Marvel's Wolverine [David Fleming, 2026] LINKS Patreon: https://patreon.com/bgmania Website: https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu Facebook: BGManiaPodcast X: BGManiaPodcast Instagram: BGManiaPodcast TikTok: BGManiaPodcast YouTube: BGManiaPodcast Twitch: BGManiaPodcast PODCAST NETWORK Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast Listening Religiously

Once again, Jean Grey is manipulated into becoming the Dark Phoenix...without yet having been the Phoenix.  Be sure to read my newest book:  X-Men: Skipping Over the Important Parts to Get to the Good Bits (And Then F*cking the Good Bits Up Entirely) A Mutant Life in Film.   Check out our website for info on upcoming episodes, our email list, our email address, and coming soon a blog and possibly TikTok.  Maybe.  We'll see.  Please leave us a review on the podcast platform of your choice!  Reviews help us get noticed!

In this episode, Dale (Pickle) and Captain Jim dive deep into gaming debates, hardware quirks, and personal anecdotes:The Digital vs. Physical Pricing Debate (“Sony Tax”): The hosts break down why digital game pricing often outpaces physical copies, analyzing console store markups, manufacturing/licensing economics, and what an all-digital console future might mean for consumers.Insomniac's Wolverine Impressions: They share hands-on gameplay takeaways discussing combat pacing, boss battles (like Omega Red), narrative cutscenes, glitches/bugs, character dynamics (Logan, Sabertooth, Jean Grey), and whether the game's linear PS2/PS3-era hack-and-slash feel is a welcome change of pace.Hardware & Tech Nostalgia: A fun tangent covering controller revisions (including the limited-edition Wolverine controller), stick drift, CMOS save batteries in retro cartridges vs. modern systems, and PC vs. console longevity.Life Catch-Up & Gaming News: Dale recounts a frustrating night of miscommunications and flaked weekend plans, followed by quick-fire thoughts on upcoming releases like Control: Resonant, Two Point Museum DLC, Lollipop Chainsaw 2, and Aniimo.

Sailor Noob Crystal is the podcast where a Sailor Moon superfan goes episode by episode through the 2014 Sailor Moon reboot series!This week, the Sailor Senshi fight desperately to save Mamoru from the clutches of Queens Beryl and Metalia! Will the powers of love and friendship be able to break his evil bonds or will Usagi have to make the ultimate sacrifice?In this episode, Kal talks about the cultural history of s*icide in Japan, seppuku, and the concept of amae. Plus, Vader v. Senshi, Mamoru is the Jean Grey, putting all your points into Force Push, deleting your reddit account, Bunki with the good hair, Luke in the throne room, souls confirmed, hair tentacles, eating okay, death to all accessories, letting your story elements go off one by one, sparing you the play, sitcom medical treatments, a probationary dictator, restoring and excruciating energy, Nephrite is their Jupiter, all destiny...no life, Queen beryl is Madeline Pryor, throwing purple fruits, and a payoff with no money!It's just Star Wars now!**Trigger warning for s*icide and self-harm, skip to 1:29:30 when prompted**Give the gift of a Sailor Noob Patreon subscription to your favorite noob!https://www.patreon.com/sailornoob/giftWe're on iTunes and your listening platform of choice! Please subscribe and give us a rating and a review! Arigato gozaimasu!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sailor-noob/id1486204787Leave us a comment on Spotify!Become a patron of the show and hear our live-action PGSM, Animedification, Utena, Ghibli, and Evangelion podcasts!http://www.patreon.com/sailornoobPut Sailor Noob merch on your body!http://justenoughtrope.threadless.comSailor Noob is a part of the Just Enough Trope podcast network. Check out our other shows about your favorite pop culture topics and join our Discord!http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailorhttp://www.justenoughtrope.comhttp://www.instagram.com/noob_sailorhttp://youtube.com/@noob_sailorhttps://discord.gg/7E6wUayqBuy us a coffee on Ko-Fi!https://ko-fi.com/justenoughtrope

Mutant yearning, Richmond improv, one last Reacher bloodbath, and the least reliable piece of cosmic jewelry in the galaxy. This week on THE Infamous Podcast, Brian and Darryl wade into the bizarre Wolverine and Sabretooth “yearning” discourse surrounding Insomniac's new Marvel's Wolverine. Then it's back to Richmond for Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 7, before Reacher wraps Season 4 with one appropriately violent finale. Finally, Lanterns blows Rushville to hell, John Stewart questions everything he thought he wanted, and the most powerful weapon in the DC Universe starts looking like something you found at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box. Episode Index Intro: 0:07 Wolverine Sexual Confusion in the new Insomniac Game: 2:25 Ted Lasso Season 4 Episode 7: 10:14 Reacher Season 4 Episode 8: 22:05 Lanterns Season 1 Episode 5: 35:04 Wolverine Controversy Marvel's Wolverine Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 5 Release Date: September 15, 2026 Genre: Single-player action-adventure Starring: Liam McIntyre as Logan/Wolverine, Krizia Bajos as Jean Grey, with Sabretooth, Mystique, Nathaniel Essex and other X-Men characters appearing in the story. Sony describes the game as an original Wolverine adventure developed by Insomniac in collaboration with Marvel Games. What the Hell Happened? The whole thing started with Gene Park's Washington Post review. While describing Logan and Sabretooth's long, violent relationship, Park writes about Sabretooth grabbing the back of Logan's head during a mission in what he describes as a brief moment of “yearning.” Insomniac narrative director Walt Williams then uses the same word while explaining the scene, saying Logan feels that yearning, becomes frightened by it and pulls away. Williams frames the relationship around intertwined love, hate, pain and their long history together. Predictably, the internet took “Wolverine yearns for Sabretooth” and ran approximately 9,000 miles with it. Insomniac community and marketing director James Stevenson subsequently clarified that Logan and Sabretooth are not romantically involved, describing their relationship as essentially brothers or best friends with an intensely dysfunctional history. The game itself does not identify Logan as gay or bisexual or give him a male romance. Ted Lasso (Apple TV) Series/Season/Episode: Ted Lasso, Season 4, Episode 7 Episode: “Yes & Baby” Directed By: Erica Dunton Written By: Bill Wrubel and Jane Becker Streaming: Apple TV Release Date: September 16, 2026 Runtime: 41 minutes Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Tanya Reynolds and the AFC Richmond women's team ensemble. Episode Synopsis Alice returns to the team trying to change her approach to life, which eventually collides with Ted's favorite improvisational philosophy: “Yes, and…” Ted encourages both Alice and the Lady Greyhounds to step outside their comfort zones while the episode digs further into the everyday lives of Richmond's players. That means less giant football melodrama and more childcare problems, money problems, transportation problems, relationships, and the realities of trying to build a career in women's football. Zelda also gets involved when Richmond encounters another problem off the pitch. Meanwhile, Ted takes an awkward swing at getting back into the dating world, while the episode continues moving pieces around Roy, Keeley and their respective relationships. Rating out of 5, Who Doesn’t Believe in BELIEVE? Brian: 2.1/5 Darryl: 2.41/5 Reacher (Amazon Prime) Series/Season/Episode: Reacher, Season 4, Episode 8 Episode: “Cut” Directed By: Sam Hill Written By: Scott Sullivan Streaming: Prime Video Release Date: September 16, 2026 Runtime: 58 minutes Based On: Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child Starring: Alan Ritchson, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette and Kevin Corrigan. Prime Video Episode Synopsis Season 4 goes out exactly how a Reacher season should: everybody finally understands the conspiracy, talking stops being particularly useful, and Reacher starts solving problems with violence. The missing drive ultimately points to information capable of recreating a devastating chemical weapon. With the truth finally exposed, Reacher, Tamara and Jacob go on offense. Reacher hunts down the people responsible for Anna's death while Jacob confronts the truth surrounding his family and Plum gets an opportunity for redemption. The final confrontation puts Reacher against Lila and Amisha in an abandoned restaurant, complete with karambit knives, a severely wounded Reacher and exactly the kind of ludicrously brutal fight this series has trained us to expect. Reacher ultimately turns the enemy's own weapon against them and somehow survives yet another situation that should require substantially more than an overnight hospital stay. Rating Out of 5, Medically Impossible Reacher Survivals Brian 3.41/5 Darryl: 3/5 Season 4 Rating Out of 10, When Did Reacher Go Full Retard? Brian: 5/10 Darryl: 5.5/10 Lanterns (HBO Max) Series/Season/Episode: Lanterns, Season 1, Episode 5 Episode: “Lights Out” Directed By: Geeta Vasant Patel Written By: Justin Britt-Gibson Streaming: HBO / HBO Max Release Date: September 13, 2026 Runtime: 53 minutes Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Nathan Fillion, Kelly Macdonald, Laura Linney, Garret Dillahunt, Jason Ritter and Poorna Jagannathan. Apple TV Episode Synopsis Well, that escalated. “Lights Out” cashes in nearly everything the first four episodes have been building. Rushville mobilizes as the truth about the Macons and the Manhunter comes apart, Hal makes his final push to eliminate the threat, and John is forced to make the decision he’s supposedly spent his entire life preparing for. Zoe is confirmed as the Manhunter. Rushville gets devastated. Will Macon and Antaan die. John ultimately kills Zoe and takes Hal's Green Lantern ring, seemingly completing his destiny. And then he rejects it. John tells Lianna that after finally putting on the ring, he feels empty. Watching what Hal became while desperately holding onto its power has fundamentally changed how John sees both the ring and the Guardians. He gives up the thing he spent most of his life believing he wanted. Which brings us directly to this week's title. Apparently one of the most powerful weapons in the universe can be handed over, stolen, surrendered, and reassigned with roughly the security protocols of a Cracker Jack prize. Rating Out of 5, You Can’t Use a Pocket Knife on a Green Lantern Ring… For Fuck’s Sake! Brian: 2/5 Darryl: 1.9/5 Contact Us The Infamous Podcast can be found wherever podcasts are found on the Interwebs, feel free to subscribe and follow along on social media. And don't be shy about helping out the show with a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help us move up in the ratings. @infamouspodcast facebook/infamouspodcast instagram/infamouspodcast stitcher Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Play iHeart Radio contact@infamouspodcast.com Our theme music is ‘Skate Beat’ provided by Michael Henry, with additional music provided by Michael Henry. Find more at MeetMichaelHenry.com. The Infamous Podcast is hosted by Brian Tudor and Darryl Jasper, is recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show is produced and edited by Brian Tudor. Subscribe today!

Marvel's Wolverine veio totalmente dublado em português e o Flow Games de hoje bate um papo com os dubladores do título de PlayStation 5. Arthur Machado dá voz de Logan em Wolverine, Mac Gargan/Scorpion em Marvel's Spider-Man e Die-Hardman em Death Stranding. Bruna Matta é a voz da Jean Grey em Wolverine, mas também a Senna de League of Legends, Dina em The Last of Us Part II e a Eve de Stellar Blade.Vem conferir essa resenha incrível!

Lets breakdown the casting announcements and speculate where the X-Men could go in the MCU.

Nico & TK return to the title they love best – New X-Men! Imperial changed the X-Men forever through a dramatic and unforgettable showdown with the Shi'ar, the heroic acts of Xorn, the biggest Jean Grey power-up in years, and the defeat of Cassandra Nova. Yet, for all of these intense moments of superhero drama, the most significant moments were the interpersonal emotional honesty the characters expressed. The X-Men grew up more in this one arc than some entire runs. Plus the debut of Fantomex, the death of Darkstar, and the famous Jean Grey spoons scene – this is a can't miss. Read along with New X-Men #122 - 131 – it's all this and more on an all-new X Is For Comics!

Nico is back with another deep dive! Join the series host as he examines the complete X-Men Unlimited experience – from its earliest days (#1 - 13) to the mid era (#14 - 30) to the uneven end (#31 - 50). From there, Nico takes a look a huge collection of stories: #39's all Storm issue featuring a Yukio story by Claremont and appearances from Magneto; #40's all villains issue with Sabretooth, Juggernaut, Mastermind, & Toad; #41's problematic story by Vertigo legend Jamie Delano; the all telepath special #42 featuring Emma Frost, Jean Grey, & Charles Xavier; a Lockheed story from #43; an all-Logan special in #46; #47 with a special Psylocke story and a fun Cyclops romp; #48 featuring Shanna the She-Devi; and the series finale taking Logan on a Japanese adventure. Read along with X-Men Unlimited #39 - 50 plus a look back at the entire series – it's all this and more on an all-new X Is For Comics!

In this episode, Charlie and Joey delve into the latest Spider-Man film, exploring its story, performances, and how it fits into the Marvel universe. They also discuss other upcoming movies, the state of streaming services, and their thoughts on the Punisher and Jean Grey.

We're hopping in the time machine back to May 2003! In this episode of Straight Outta Marvel, Kevin (@kevin27wrld) breaks down X2: X-Men United—the film that set the gold standard for comic book movie sequels.​We're laying out the entire chronological story, from Nightcrawler's legendary Oval Office raid and Magneto's plastic prison break to the dark, tragic motives of Colonel William Stryker and Lady Deathstrike. Plus, we dig into the craziest behind-the-scenes facts you won't believe actually happened—like professional mimes on set, set bicycles in a Sears warehouse, Logan's claw-licking cat glitch, and Hugh Jackman's sister pulling the ultimate Wolverine prank.​Finally, we analyze the tent scene between Logan and Mystique, break down all the hidden Marvel mutant names on Stryker's computer, and unpack the massive emotional impact of Jean Grey's sacrifice at Alkali Lake.​Hit that follow button, leave us a 5-star rating, and connect with the show on social @kevin27wrld!

Let's breakdown the road to DnX!

In Episode 518, the "survival experts" watch the fourth Spiderman film in the MCU. Bob is very sleepy, Chris does not remember Boomerang being in the film and Jack only remembers Boomerang from the film.  E-mail your survival suggestions to us at wecouldsurvivethat@gmail.com or Twitter @WeCouldSurvive or find older episode on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXAa8-wNqv1G14ts_DHenkg/feed

DP Brett Pawlak on grounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day in natural light, practical suit design, and 17 years collaborating with Destin Cretton. Podcast highlights include: -How Pawlak and Cretton's input about the suit design kept Peter Parker feeling human. The mask allowed Tom Holland's jaw to move, and his real eyes were visible through the mesh so the audience never forgets there's a human under the mask. -Pawlak's approach to lighting a tentpole movie. Using as much natural light as possible. -Solving the Jean Grey telekinesis sequence with a simple method. Capturing a choreographed "wave" through the cast with both whip pans and lock-offs. -How fundamentals of story and composition don't change when scaling up from TV's Wonder Man to a Spider-Man tentpole. Find Brett Pawlak: https://www.brettpawlak.com/ Instagram: @brettsbo Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still playing in theaters and conquering the box office. SHOW RUNDOWN: 01:50 Close Focus 13:07-01:14:46 Brett Pawlak Interview 01:15:25 Short Ends 01:26:10 Credits The Cinematography Podcast website: www.camnoir.com YouTube: @TheCinematographyPodcast Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Blue Sky: @thecinepod.bsky.social

Nico & TK continue the longest X-Treme X-Men arc with a look at the conclusion, fall out, and the new team dynamic! After the battle with Khan and Shaitan, the X-Treme team is once again against Vargas, Psylocke's murderer! Rogue does what must be done – and then the team falls apart! But thanks to appearances from Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and Beast, the team manages to pull it together, along with longtime Claremont characters in X-Treme X-Men X-Pose. Then, discover Kitty Pryde's life at school and her stages of grief in X-Men Unlimited & Mekanix!Read along with X-Treme X-Men #16 - 19, X-Treme X-Men X-Pose #1 - 2, X-Men Unlimited #36 & 38, and Mekanix #1 - 6, plus a recap of X-Treme X-Men #10 - 15 – it's all this and more on an all-new X Is For Comics!

This week on Fantastic Forum, we're taking a look at two animated superhero series that continue to put fresh spins on some of comics' most iconic characters.   First up is X-Men '97 Season 2 on Disney+, as Marvel's Emmy-winning mutant team returns for another season of time travel, massive threats, and personal drama. With the X-Men scattered across different eras after the events of Season 1, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Magneto, and the rest of the team must find their way home while confronting new dangers, including the arrival of Apocalypse. With returning voices including Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Matthew Waterson, and Ross Marquand, we're breaking down the latest chapter of this beloved revival and asking whether Season 2 can match the extraordinary heights of its predecessor.   Then we head to Metropolis for My Adventures with Superman Season 3 on Adult Swim and HBO Max. Jack Quaid, Alice Lee, and Ishmel Sahid return as Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as their coming-of-age superhero adventure enters a new chapter. With Clark continuing to balance his life as Superman with his career at the Daily Planet and his relationship with Lois, Season 3 expands the show's mythology while introducing new challenges for the young Man of Steel. We're talking about the latest adventures, the evolving relationships, and what makes this anime-inspired take on Superman such a refreshing addition to the DC Universe.   Watch tonight at 6:30 pm PT and call in live at www.fantasticforum.live to share your thoughts. Fantastic Forum, assemble!   Subscribe –    / fantasticforum     Call In – www.fantasticforum.live   #XMen97 #MyAdventuresWithSuperman #DisneyPlus #HBOMax #NewComicBookDay Ask

D23 delivered some HUGE announcements for Marvel fans, and we're breaking down the biggest news, trailers, casting reveals, and theories coming out of the event! In this episode of SuperHero Homies, we dive into the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer, the latest MCU X-Men casting announcements, Doctor Doom, Incursions, Mr. Sinister, Jean Grey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Kingdom Hearts, and the premiere of DC's Lanterns! AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY TRAILER BREAKDOWN We start with the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer and everything it potentially reveals about Marvel's next massive crossover event. We discuss: • Doctor Doom's role in Avengers: Doomsday • Could Doom experience a heel turn during the movie? • Doctor Doom's potential motivations and master plan • Why Incursions may be the REAL threat • How Incursions work in Marvel Comics • Which Avengers could die in Doomsday • The movie's biggest trailer reveals • How Doomsday could set up Avengers: Secret Wars • Our theories for the future of the MCU Doctor Doom may be positioned as the movie's major antagonist, but we're theorizing that the true threat could be much bigger than any individual villain. With the Multiverse collapsing and Incursions threatening entire realities, could Doom actually become necessary to saving the MCU? And with the stakes this high, we're asking the painful question: Which Avengers aren't making it out alive? MCU X-MEN CASTING & THEORIES Next, we dive into the new X-Men casting announcements and theorize about Marvel Studios' upcoming 2028 X-Men movie. We discuss: • The new MCU X-Men cast • Which mutants could join the team • What Marvel's version of the X-Men could look like • Mr. Sinister's potential role • Could Mr. Sinister be the main villain? • Jean Grey's future in the MCU • Mutants finally becoming a major part of Marvel Studios • How the X-Men could connect to the post-Secret Wars MCU We also discuss Jean Grey's role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and how her story could directly influence the upcoming X-Men movie. Could Spider-Man actually help lay the groundwork for Marvel's mutant era? MR. SINISTER We get particularly nerdy discussing Mr. Sinister, his comic book history, obsession with mutant genetics, and why he could be an excellent villain for the MCU's first major X-Men story. After years of Magneto dominating X-Men adaptations, is it finally time for another classic mutant villain to take center stage? KINGDOM HEARTS RETURNS! We also briefly discuss the surprising announcement of a new Kingdom Hearts TV series and a new Kingdom Hearts game. What could a Kingdom Hearts television adaptation even look like? How heavily will Disney characters be involved? And are we prepared to once again pretend we understand the Kingdom Hearts timeline? LANTERNS EPISODE 1 Finally, we jump over to DC Studios for our thoughts on the first episode of Lanterns. And so far... We really like it! We discuss our first impressions, the show's characters, mystery, tone, and why we're excited to see where the series takes Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and the Green Lantern mythology. JOIN THE DISCUSSION What was the biggest D23 announcement? What is Doctor Doom's real plan? Which Avengers survive Doomsday? Who should join the MCU X-Men? Could Mr. Sinister finally get his time to shine? And what did YOU think of Lanterns Episode 1? Let us know in the comments! SUPERHERO HOMIES MERCH Support the podcast with t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags and more: https://superherohomies.printify.me/ SUBSCRIBE TO SUPERHERO HOMIES for Marvel, MCU, DC Comics, DCU, X-Men, Avengers, Spider-Man, superhero movies, comic book reviews, TV reviews, video games, Star Wars and pop culture discussions! #D23 #AvengersDoomsday #DoctorDoom #XMen #MCU #Marvel #MarvelStudios #Avengers #SecretWars #MrSinister #JeanGrey #SpiderManBrandNewDay #KingdomHearts #Lanterns #DCU #SuperHeroHomies

Crime rates are down and Marvel is back UP with Spider-man swinging through town. New York City's favorite web-head is here to give us everything we want in a Spider-man film. From Destin Daniel Cretton comes the box office (HULK) smash hit, Spider-man: Brand New Day. We find Spidey living with the results of his ultimate sacrifice from No Way Home. Peter Parker deals with a Punishing, and to be quite Frank, Castle-sized consequence from his multiversal mishap. But don't worry, because James & Nick are here to give Peter a brand new review and a friendly neighborhood dap up. Please remove your grey jeans when entering the sauna, because this film is already off to a HOT start.Thanks for tuning in. For more, follow us on Instagram & YouTube @justplayitpodcast & X (fka Twitter) @justplayitpod

Spidey is back! August has proven to be web-tastic following the successful release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. We will share our thoughts and what it might mean for the future of the MCU. There's also a lot of places you can get even more Spider-Man. Plus, we'll share all the big Marvel news from this year's D23. Jay and Josh do way more than a spider can on Superhero Suite.

On this episode of The Randy Forcier Podcast, Matt and I break down Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the movie that capped off an incredible summer at the box office and gave Marvel a much-needed win heading toward Avengers: Doomsday.We talk about where Brand New Day ranks among the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, our favorite scenes, the return of MJ and Ned, Sadie Sink's debut as Jean Grey, and Jon Bernthal stealing the show as The Punisher. We also get into Hulk, Florence Pugh's Black Widow, the future of the X-Men, and some of the movie's biggest questions and nitpicks.Plus, we hand out our signature movie awards, discuss what this movie means for the future of Marvel, and debate whether Spider-Man: Brand New Day has us more excited for Avengers: Doomsday and the next phase of the MCU.LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE

Get ready for some serious mutant madness on Super Hero Speak! Dave and Don are breaking down X-Men news, rumors, and jaw-dropping comic revelations. We kick things off with a deep dive into the comics: Did Peter Parker actually invent the mutant inhibitor in Spider-Man: Brand New Day? We look at the implications this has for the webslinger and the mutant community. Then, we shift focus to the MCU! Rumors are heavily pointing toward Marvel's X-Men reboot featuring the classic "Original 5" roster—Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, and Iceman. With Odessa A'Zion playing coy about taking on the role of Rogue as a student at Xavier's School, and Matt Wood's name constantly coming up as the next Wolverine, the mutant cinematic universe is rapidly taking shape. We'll discuss how these casting pieces fit together, whether this is the right direction for Marvel Studios, and if Don will ever get to see his all-time favorite, Colossus, join the MCU team! To top it all off, we're giving our full breakdown and spoiler review of the epic X-Men '97 Season 2 Finale. Join the conversation in the live chat, let us know who you want to see cast in the MCU!

In this episode, Chris Cochrane guest-hosts for his brother Ray and devotes the whole show to one event: Disney’s D23 2026 fan convention in Anaheim. Friday night delivered Marvel’s new X-Men cast, Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, a fresh Avengers: Doomsday trailer, and a release date for Frozen 3. Saturday turned to the parks, with Villains Land, an Indiana Jones dark ride, the long-awaited Expedition Everest yeti repair, and a Monsters Inc land opening in 2027. – Want to start a podcast? It’s easy to get started! Sign up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Chris if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Chris Cochrane opens the show and explains why this episode breaks the usual format. Instead of six or eight unrelated stories, the entire episode covers Disney’s D23 convention, which he compares to Apple’s WWDC. For newcomers, he notes that D23 is Disney’s official fan club, named for the company’s founding year of 1923. This year’s event ran two nights at the Honda Center: Friday for movies and television, Saturday for the theme parks. Marvel Finally Casts the X-Men Friday’s headline was the X-Men. The Associated Press put the crowd near 12,000, and Marvel Studios used that stage to name its rebooted team. Christopher Abbott plays Professor Charles Xavier, Inde Navarrette plays Rogue, and Maya Boyd plays Storm. Adam Driver rounds out the group as the villain Mister Sinister. Meanwhile, Samara Weaving, Kit Connor, and Sadie Sink were already known as Emma Frost, Cyclops, and Jean Grey. Jake Schreier directs, and the film arrives May 5, 2028. Chris calls the lineup spot-on casting. He singles out Weaving as a perfect match for the comics, and he points out that Sink already appeared as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Navarrette is the least established name, coming off a breakout role in an indie horror film. Boyd, meanwhile, was the name he knew least, with what he believes is a Broadway background. Above all, Chris hopes Marvel does the team justice, and he recommends the animated revival X-Men ’97 on Disney+ as the best place to start. Frozen 3 Gets a Date and a Chaotic Reveal Frozen 3 lands November 24, 2027. That is the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week, the same slot the first two films used. The story centers on Anna and Kristoff’s wedding, which a new villain, an evil Ice Queen, disrupts. Jennifer Lee returns to direct with Trent Correy, and the full voice cast is back. However, the reveal itself fell apart. Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel performed a darker arrangement of “Frozen Heart.” Meanwhile, the audio failed, the video failed, and a set of doors never opened. Menzel asked the crowd whether they should try it again, and Bell simply narrated everything that was supposed to happen. Afterward, Josh Gad sang “Oooh, Samantha,” a new love song for Olaf. Chris is here for it, since Olaf is one of the franchise’s best comic characters. Pixar, Disney Animation, and the Rest of Friday Night Pixar chief Pete Docter laid out a packed slate. Incredibles 3 hits summer 2028 and follows Violet and Dash sneaking out at night to fight crime. Chris hopes that finally shows a grown-up Jack-Jack. Coco 2 follows in November 2029 with Benjamin Bratt returning as Ernesto de la Cruz. That has fans puzzling over how a villain already in the Land of the Dead comes back. Additionally, Pixar showed an original called Ghost Market and a Venice-set cat film called Gatto. On the Disney Animation side, Zootopia 3 is confirmed. The live-action Tangled arrives March 31, 2028 with Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel. Chris considers that casting perfect after her turn in Agatha All Along. A live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel, a new Simpsons movie, a Bluey movie, and a Kingdom Hearts anime series round out the list. For Star Wars fans, Ahsoka returns January 20, 2027. Chris also offers a hot take: he prefers Rogue One to the entire sequel trilogy. Consequently, he welcomes original stories like Ryan Gosling’s upcoming Starfighter. Adam Driver Is Mister Sinister Driver appeared by video rather than in person. He told the crowd that he and Kevin Feige had talked for years about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then he announced he would play Magneto. After a long pause, he corrected himself to Nathaniel Milbury, which is Mister Sinister’s human alias. The gag landed because fans had floated Driver for Magneto for years. For anyone new to the comics, Chris explains that Mister Sinister is a geneticist obsessed with mutant DNA, a manipulator rather than a brawler. The cast met backstage only minutes earlier, so Chris is curious how their chemistry develops. Notably, Christopher Abbott previously worked with Driver on HBO’s Girls. The script comes from Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and The Bear co-showrunner Joanna Calo, two prestige-television names that have Chris excited. Why the X-Men Took Thirty Years to Reach the MCU A business story underlies the casting. In the 1990s, a financially struggling Marvel sold film rights to raise cash. Fox ended up with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, and Sony took Spider-Man. As a result, Marvel Studios built its connected universe from 2008 onward without some of its most famous characters. The Hugh Jackman era of X-Men films belonged to Fox, with a separate continuity and no crossovers. That changed in 2019, when Disney closed its $71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox’s film and television studio. Most coverage framed the deal as a streaming play, but it also brought the X-Men home. Chris sums it up neatly: Disney signed the paperwork in 2019, cast the film in 2026, and audiences see it in 2028. Ryan Gosling’s Starfighter, Ghost Rider, and VisionQuest Lucasfilm dated Star Wars: Starfighter for May 28, 2027. Gosling plays Kade Auberon, a pilot from the wrong side of the galaxy tied to the fastest starfighter ever built. Before he walked out, Disney played clips of him as a kid on The Mickey Mouse Club. Gosling said the company changed his life then and is changing it again now. He is also playing Ghost Rider in the Marvel universe. That thrills Chris, since Nicolas Cage last carried the character on the big screen. Meanwhile, the Disney+ series VisionQuest arrives October 14. Paul Bettany returns as Vision and James Spader as Ultron, and the trailer drops the two androids into oddly mundane human situations. Bettany joked that Vision has “rather inconveniently died several times.” Chris agrees the character has been through the wringer since WandaVision. The Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Avengers: Doomsday opens December 18, with Joe and Anthony Russo directing. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Hayley Atwell introduced the new footage. It offers the clearest look yet at Downey as Doctor Doom, who fights off Thor and takes his hammer. Evans appears as Captain America holding a baby, and Ian McKellen shows up as a haggard, long-haired Magneto. One quieter shot has Doom staring at a portrait of a lost wife and child. That frames him as a grieving avenger rather than a world-ender. He also commands an army of comic-accurate Sentinels. The cast pulls from the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the legacy Fox X-Men, including Patrick Stewart. Hugh Jackman also appeared on screen to say he is willing to return as Wolverine, though that was not a confirmation. Chris, a self-described Marvel nerd, closes with a theory. He suspects the MCU’s Tony Stark was actually Victor von Doom, adopted by the Starks, which would explain the Downey casting. He also predicts the Fox-era X-Men die off in this film and that Thor may be the major casualty. If it happens, he wants credit for calling it. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. Disney Parks Around the World Saturday’s Disney Experiences showcase covered parks, resorts, and cruise ships, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting. Hong Kong Disneyland gets an Avengers pavilion that reshapes its Stark Expo skyline. Shanghai Disneyland is building the first land devoted entirely to Spider-Man, complete with a new coaster. Since Spider-Man is his favorite hero, Chris hopes to visit once it opens. Closer to home, Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure is doubling in size with two rides opening in 2028. Avengers: Infinity Defense brings back Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, and Downey, while Stark Flight Lab adds Brie Larson. A Coco boat ride into the Land of the Dead is also coming, with no height requirement. Chris admits he prefers California Adventure to Disneyland because the rides are better. Overseas, Disneyland Paris will retire its Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain overlay at the end of 2027 and restore the original Jules Verne theme. Paris also gets the first ride ever based on The Lion King. Tokyo Disneyland adds Sugar Rush: Sweet Rescue, the first Wreck-It Ralph ride, plus a Space Mountain launch sequence designed with YouTuber Mark Rober. Finally, Disney Cruise Line announced three more ships, including the Disney Believe in 2027 and an entirely new class in 2029. Back in Anaheim, Tomorrowland is getting reimagined, which Chris welcomes because the land badly needs an update. The Magic Happens parade and the Remember Dreams Come True fireworks are both returning. For the tech crowd, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run now has a Fortnite crossover, where in-game missions unlock content on the real ride. Every New Walt Disney World Ride and Land Chris ranks the Florida parks Hollywood Studios first, then Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom leads the announcements with Villains Land, now the official name. It features a Maleficent coaster through an enchanted briar and a boat ride through the Evil Queen’s catacombs. Reporting puts its scale near Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Glenn Close appeared in character as Cruella to announce it. Piston Peak, the Cars area replacing Tom Sawyer Island, adds two more rides, though their exact names remain unsettled. Additionally, the Carousel of Progress gets new scenes and a recast. Jamie Lee Curtis and Bryan Cranston will voice Mom and Dad starting late spring 2027. Chris, invoking Heisenberg, calls Cranston the GOAT. At Animal Kingdom, the Indiana Jones ride now has a name: Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent. It tells an original 1950 story inside a Maya temple, and Harrison Ford personally served as the physical model for the animatronic. Nearby, the Tropical Americas land brings Antonio’s Fiesta de Encanto, with more than fifty animal animatronics and no height requirement. Then comes the fix park regulars have wanted for years. The Expedition Everest yeti broke soon after the ride opened. Rather than fix it, Disney lit it with a strobe for over a decade, earning the nickname disco yeti. Now it is being repaired and returned to full motion. Chris rates Everest among his top five rides anywhere, and he suggests riding it before the fix so you can compare. Over at Epcot, Spaceship Earth gets its first major story rewrite in nearly twenty years, shifting from communication history to human connection. Dreamfinder also returns to Journey Into Imagination, and Disney Experiences chairman Thomas Mazloum introduced that news with two words: “we heard you.” Mazloum added that Disney has more projects underway than at any point in its history. After this rundown, Chris believes him. Monsters Inc Land Opens in 2027 Monstropolis begins opening at Hollywood Studios in early 2027, but in stages. The headline door coaster will not be ready on day one. It is the first suspended coaster in any Disney park. It also uses Disney’s first vertical lift, hauling riders about forty feet straight up before launching them into the door vault. Instead, the land opens with the Glob Theater’s “Welcome to Monstropolis” show and Harryhausen’s, a working sushi restaurant lifted from the first film. The stage show features an original song by Randy Newman, his first ever written for a theme park attraction. Chris also notes that the restaurant name honors stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen. Wrapping up, Chris names the X-Men casting and the Doomsday trailer as his favorite moments of the weekend. He hopes to cover more movie news on future shows, and he plugs Dune: Part Three, which also opens December 18. Chris signs off with the usual mentions: GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, email at geeknews@gmail.com, the newsletter, and modern podcast apps at podcastapps.com. He also thanks GoDaddy for over twenty years of support. The post Huge Announcements From D23!! #1873 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Episode 306 of Tom Clark's 6M Podcast takes a look at everything that came out of D23 2026, as Tom Clark and Phil Lindsey break down a massive weekend of announcements from Marvel, Disney, and Star Wars. They dig into Marvel Studios' reveal of its new X-Men cast, including Sadie Sink returning as Jean Grey, Adam Driver joining the MCU, the latest look at Avengers: Doomsday, the VisionQuest trailer, and the new Marvel's Wolverine game.  They also get into Spider-Man's 65th anniversary celebration, The Incredibles 3, Ahsoka Season 2, and Ryan Gosling's Star Wars: Starfighter. From major casting news and new trailers to the future of the MCU, Disney, and Star Wars, Tom and Phil break down the biggest stories and surprises from D23 2026. How does the landscape look for each of these major franchises moving forward? Tom and Phil dive into all of that and much more! Boink Studios podcasts are created by humans. All hosts featured on our shows are human, and all podcast artwork, logos, and creative direction are created by humans. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boinkstudios Appreciate the content? Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/tomclark Visit us at: https://boinkstudios.com Follow the 6M Podcast: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/6mpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/6mpodcast/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/boinkstudios.bsky.social Listen to Boink Studios' Podcasts: Tom Clark's Main Event: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-clarks-main-event/id910362334 Bare Mode: A Podcast Review of The Bear: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bare-mode-a-podcast-review-of-the-bear/id1828513020 Two Nations Under Ted: A Ted Lasso Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-nations-under-ted-a-ted-lasso-podcast/id16938703 © Boink Studios 2026

In this episode we discuss; Comic Source Weekly August 19, 2026 — Wolverine Origin III, Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children & Krysten Ritter Joins BAD IDEA The Comic Source   https://youtu.be/8ewKwpeyNL0 Check Out The Episode on YouTube   Wolverine's past is getting another major chapter as Paul Jenkins returns 25 years after the original Wolverine: Origin for Wolverine: Origin III — The Dark Age. James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera bring Swamp Thing into the Slaughterverse for Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children, Krysten Ritter joins BAD IDEA's It Demands Sacrifice Record Read-A-Long, and Sean Gordon Murphy's The Last Driver #1 sells out immediately. Jace also covers Marvel's new Incursions one-shots, Jean Grey's return to Earth, BRZRKR heading to Hong Kong, Jason Aaron's Bug Wars return, Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman, Garth Ennis and John McCrea's The Snail, Rampant Swine, ECCC going badgeless in 2027 and much more. Plus, Jace makes this week's What Hit predictions, checks last week's picks against the newest Prana Bestseller Top 10 after going a perfect 8-for-8, and runs through the books worth preordering before Final Order Cutoff on August 24. Follow The Comic Source: https://linktr.ee/thecomicsource   Chapters   00:00 — Wolverine, Swamp Thing, Krysten Ritter & Last Driver Hook 00:31 — Welcome to Comic Source Weekly 01:23 — White Sky Vol. 1 03:14 — Narco & the Plastic-Verse 05:43 — In Your Skin 07:04 — Battlepug: Cosmic Doggyssey 07:57 — Assassin's Guild Hardcover 09:50 — Exquisite Corpses Season One Ends 11:48 — Bug Wars Returns + Jason Aaron Con Dates 13:45 — Yumi: 00-Ex #1 Sells Out 14:50 — Regicide #1 Sells Out 15:43 — Garth Ennis & John McCrea's The Snail 17:30 — Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman 19:13 — The Last Driver #1 Sells Out 20:47 — Gigantic Complete Series 21:45 — Redcoat #19 — Don't Get Spoiled 23:21 — The Deadtones Take Over Hornsby & Halo 24:37 — Wolverine: Origin III — The Dark Age 26:19 — Marvel Returns to the Incursions 28:29 — Jean Grey Returns to Earth 29:38 — Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children 31:04 — BRZRKR Goes to Hong Kong 32:10 — Krysten Ritter Joins It Demands Sacrifice 34:12 — Si Spurrier's Rampant Swine 35:32 — ECCC Goes Badgeless in 2027 37:46 — What Hit Predictions 44:21 — Prana Top 10 Bestsellers 50:16 — Final Order Cutoff — August 24 59:26 — Final Thoughts

Nico & Kevo are back to talk about the biggest movie of the year – SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY! In a film loaded with reflections and references to the previous installments, one thing stands out the most – the introduction of Jean Grey! The guys break down what they loved about the movie (pretty much everything) and what they didn't love (Jean Grey gets a little…rough) and provide an OLD SCHOOL HTML review and reaction!  Watch along with Spider-Man: Brand New Day – don't miss it all on a new HTML / X Is For Show!

Marvel's Midnight Universe is getting ready to open its doors, and this week we're going straight to two of the writers helping build it. Benjamin Percy and Phillip Kennedy Johnson join the AIPT Comics Podcast for an extended conversation about Midnight Fantastic Four and Midnight Spider-Man, two of the three series launching Marvel's new horror-infused universe on October 7. Along with Jonathan Hickman on Midnight X-Men, Percy and Johnson are helping to establish a world in which familiar Marvel characters are being rebuilt through body horror, cosmic terror, and some seriously disturbing new origins. Percy digs into the Lovecraftian nightmare behind his Fantastic Four, why their familiar powers are closer to curses, the influence of California's strange scientific and occult history, and just how grotesque Reed Richards' elasticity can become. Johnson takes us inside his radically different Peter Parker, the role Oscorp plays in his transformation, ScieTronc's horrifying designs, and why calling this version of Peter "Man-Spider" barely scratches the surface. The conversation also gets into the larger Midnight Universe, including how Percy, Johnson, and Hickman are coordinating their books, how carefully they're approaching other Marvel characters, plans for the universe to eventually expand, and yes, whether Hickman's beloved data pages are coming along for the ride. Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon! NEWS Marvel November solicitations! Jean Grey returns! Marvel's ‘Incursions' one-shots revisit the road to ‘Secret Wars' this November Marvel teases ‘Origin III': Is Wolverine's untold past about to be revealed? Official press release Marvel's November 2026 solicitations reveal the post -‘ Avengers: Armageddon' era Marvel retells Venom's origin from the symbiote's perspective in ‘Venom: POV' Marvel's free ‘Midnight Universe' ashcan reveals creepy new details Marvel Comics sheds light on November 2026 variant series Momo-Tone covers Exclusive: Benjamin Percy and Raúl Fernández launch sci-fi horror series ‘Egg Hunt' Exclusive: Brain Poison launches with three new sci-fi comics in shared universe Garth Ennis and John McCrea get weird with psychedelic horror tale ‘The Snail' DC Comics Solicitations for November Our Top Books of the Week: Dave: Punisher Vs. Spider-Man #2 (Dan Abnett, Matteo Della Fonte) Thor #800 Chris:​​ Nights #20 (Wyatt Kennedy, Luigi Formisano) The Last Driver #1 (Sean Murphy, Simon Gough) Standout KAPOW moment of the week: Chris: Nights #20 (Wyatt Kennedy, Luigi Formisano)  Dave: Destination Kill #4 (Joe Palmer) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Chris: Minotaur #2 (Si Spurrier, Michael Dowling) Dave: Batman: Bad Seeds – Sunset #1 (Matt Fraction, G. Willow Wilson, Giuseppe) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave: Tomb of Apocalypse #1 (Pablo Villalobos) Chris: Next Level: One Shot #1 (Fernando Blanco Main Cover) Interview: Midnight Universe - Ben Percy (Midnight FF) and Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Midnight Spider-Man) - Out October 7, FOC Aug 31 You're both taking characters whose origins are among the most familiar in comics and rebuilding them through horror. What was the first thing each of you identified in the classic Fantastic Four and Spider-Man origins that could become genuinely frightening in the Midnight Universe? Since this is horror, are you inverting who is the hero? I.e. is Spider-Man the villain and hsi rogues the bad guys, same for FF, or is that giving too much away? Ben, the Fantastic Four have always been explorers pushing into the unknown, but here that curiosity seems potentially catastrophic. How much of Midnight Fantastic Four is about Reed Richards being unable to leave certain doors unopened, even when every instinct should tell him to stop? Phillip, you've described wanting Peter Parker's transformation to feel like something conceived by H.R. Giger and directed by David Cronenberg. Once Peter becomes this grotesque spider hybrid, how do you preserve the humanity and responsibility that make him recognizably Spider-Man? Both books seem fascinated with science going somewhere it absolutely should not go. How differently do Reed and Peter respond to the realization that scientific progress has created something horrifying, and do you see them as cautionary reflections of each other? The solicit for Midnight Fantastic Four #2 mentions revisiting and redefining the perils of the atomic age. Ben, what interested you about connecting the Fantastic Four to that particular period of scientific optimism, anxiety, and destruction? Phillip, Oscorp isn't simply responsible for Peter's transformation. They're apparently using what they learn from him to create more human-animal hybrids. Does that give this version of Spider-Man a different relationship with his rogues gallery, especially characters like the Lizard and Doctor Octopus? Kev Walker and ScieTronc have incredibly distinct visual identities. Were there moments when their designs or pages came back and actually changed your understanding of this universe, or pushed the horror further than what you'd originally scripted? Horror can become less frightening once readers understand its rules. With both of you planning potentially very long runs, how do you keep the Midnight Universe mysterious and unsettling after readers have spent 20, 30, or even 50 issues living inside it? I know your books haven't launched just yet, but it's hard not to be excited for your books to somehow connect, given Spidey and the FF are thoroughly linked in the 616. Have you dreamed up crossovers yet? Finally, the important Midnight Universe question: if Midnight Spider-Man and the Midnight Fantastic Four were trapped together in a horror movie, who dies first, who somehow survives, and who makes the catastrophically bad decision to say, “Let's split up”?

Two years after its surprising first season, X-Men '97 returns to Disney Plus as the series dives straight into what was teased in the 2024 finale: Apocalypse. Can the show follow up its lean, gangbusters debut season with something just as worthwhile? Or will the loss of creator and writer Beau DeMayo spell trouble for this lore-heavy animated series? We discuss the eleventh hour changes, a show without its steward, and what we thought of X-Men '97's turbulent storylines.

Nico & Kevo are here to finish out the X-Men ‘97 Season Two journey! They talk Rogue, Gambit, Xavier, X-Force, X-Factor, Jean, Scott, Logan, that last second reveal, the original plans for the season, and of course Nightcrawler! And yet, there's STILL MORE TO TALK ABOUT – where is Onslaught? Where is Kitty Pryde? THEN – it's time to talk about THE MCU & THE MUTANTS! D23 Announcements gave us casting for Xavier, Storm, Rogue, Cyclops, Mister Sinister, Emma Frost, & confirmed more for Jean Grey – and the guys have a lot to talk about! Watch along with X-Men ‘97 Season Two Episode 9 & the D23 MCU Mutants Panel – it's all this and more on an all-new X Is For Comics!

Nico & Kevo are back to talk about the biggest movie of the year – SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY! In a film loaded with reflections and references to the previous installments, one thing stands out the most – the introduction of Jean Grey! The guys break down what they loved about the movie (pretty much everything) and what they didn't love (Jean Grey gets a little…rough) and provide an OLD SCHOOL HTML review and reaction!  Watch along with Spider-Man: Brand New Day – don't miss it all on a new HTML / X Is For Show! X IS FOR SHOW is a talk show for your favorite media, the same way THE OFFICE was a documentary about a paper company. Every week, THE ACTION PACK gathers to discuss a wide range of entertainment media and news, from film & TV to comics to gaming, music, and beyond. Led by NICO (@NicoAction) and TK (@TKAccidental) with producer KEVO (@KevoReally), as well as a variety of friends and special guests, these LIVE discussions are not to be missed - so be sure to tune in and join us for all the fun!

Welcome to Multiverse News, your source for information about all your favorite fictional universes.At D23 last week, Disney's fan event showcasing much of their upcoming film and tv projects, we were at last treated to a full trailer for VisionQuest, which will debut October 14 on Disney+. The third and final installment of the trilogy that includes WandaVision and Agatha All Along, VisionQuest looks like it will send us on a trippy ride with The Vision, played by Paul Bettany. Those of us angsting for Avengers: Doomsday story crumbs were also treated with a special look presented for the December blockbuster. The shorter trailer, which was first shown at San Diego Comic Con, starts with dialogue from Sue Storm, indicating our MCU Fantastic Four team is connected to Robert Downey, Jr.'s Victor von Doom.One of the most anticipated announcements in MCU history took place at D23, when Marvel Studios exec Kevin Feige announced the cast of the upcoming X-Men film. The cast includes Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, and Maya Boyd as Storm. Adam Driver will be playing the villainous Mr. Sinister. The movie will be released on May 5, 2028 nearly 10 years after the Disney acquisition of Fox Studios and will kick off the three MCU movies coming out in 2028. The other big nerd-dom announcement at D23 was the release of a first trailer for Ahsoka season 2, which will premiere on January 20, 2027, on Disney+. Lars Mikkelson's Thrawn returns as the big bad for the Rebel Alliance, while in a galaxy truly far, far, away, Ahsoka and Sabine battle themselves and mystic threats while coming face to face with what it means to be a Jedi. This look at the show may clue us in as to why the debut date got pushed to next year. Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling were also at D23 where a clip from Star Wars: Starfighter was shown, but has not yet been released publicly.Peacock has released the first trailer for season 2 of The Office spin off The Paper. The full season drops on September 9. At D23, Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed to Deadline that Johnny Depp is in early talks to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in an upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean reboot. Sources also emphasize that Depp will serve as a side character, not a central character in the upcoming film. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has passed the $2 billion dollar mark after just 3 weeks in theaters, becoming the eighth film in history to hit the benchmark. The film is the second fastest to hit this mark only behind Avengers: Endgame. At D23, Disney offered up the first look at the live action adaptation of Tangled, which stars Teagan Croft, Milo Manheim, and Kathryn Hahn. The studio also announced a release date of March 31, 2028. Hayden Panettiere, known for her roles on shows such as Heroes and Nashville has died at the age of 36. At D23, Pixar showed off some very early concept art for Incredibles 3 and Coco 2. Incredibles 3 will debut on June 16, 2028 and Coco 2 is currently set for a November 2029 release. HBO has announced a season 2 renewal for It: Welcome to Derry, the It prequel series from Warner Bros. Television and executive producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti. At D23, Disney showed some early images of the live action Lilo & Stitch 2, which currently has a release date of May 28, 2028. 

This week we're covering two huge X-Men moments in one episode. First, we break down the back half of X-Men '97 Season 2 (episodes 5-9), Wolverine's Weapon X reunion, the Danger Room fallout, Colossus's turn to the Acolytes, Gambit's possession by Apocalypse, and that gut-punch finale where Nightcrawler sacrifices himself for Rogue. We also unpack the post-credits twist: Mystique replacing Val Cooper and Graydon Creed's election as President, and what that means for the Brotherhood of Mutants heading into Season 3. Then we shift gears to Marvel's live-action X-Men reboot, hitting theaters May 5, 2028. We react to the full cast reveal from D23:  Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Maya Boyd as Storm, and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister — including the debate around finally casting Storm right and whether an unknown-actor bet like Maya Boyd's could be Marvel's next Hugh Jackman moment. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:21 – Ep 5, "Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs" – Wolverine, Morph, and Weapon X 02:30 – Overall reaction / going in with low expectations 03:39 – Ep 6, "Danger.exe" – grief, AI, and Polaris 05:21 – Ep 7 – redemption vs. inherited hatred (Nightcrawler/Creed) 08:54 – What the season was missing: a Gambit flashback 13:47 – Grief as the season's strongest through-line 18:53 – Season 3 easter eggs and setup 21:13 – Shifting to hype for the live-action X-Men movie 22:49 – Villain comparisons / tangent 25:59 – Adam Driver cast as Mister Sinister 28:15 – Christopher Abbott cast as Professor X 30:57 – Storm and Rogue casting speculation 35:29 – Final casting thoughts / wrap-up ~38:30 – Outro / where to find the show     Follow Scene N Nerd on X, Blue Sky, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, and visit SceneNNerdPodcast.com. Rate, follow, and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  

X-Men ‘97 Season 2 - Ep. 409 To us, our Normies! The mutants are back as X-Men '97 returns for another action-packed season of Marvel's animated revival! After the shocking events of Season 1, the X-Men find themselves scattered, tested, and facing new threats that could change the future of mutantkind forever. On this episode of Normies Like Us, your hosts are breaking down all of X-Men '97 Season 2! We're talking Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Gambit, Magneto, Professor X, and all the mutant madness packed into the new season. Which returning characters stole the show? Which new mutants have us reaching for our old action figures? And can Season 2 possibly top the emotional highs of the incredible first season? Fire up the Blackbird, put on your best yellow spandex, and prepare for spoilers as we dive into another uncanny adventure! Previously… on Normies Like Us! Insta @Normies_Like_Us https://www.instagram.com/normies_like_us/ @_j__a___c___o__b_ https://www.instagram.com/_j__a___c___o__b_/ @Mike_Has_Insta https://www.instagram.com/mike_has_insta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/

All Things are new again this week as we review John Byrne's recent redux revisiting of his X-men run post Dark Phoenix Saga with "X-Men: Elsewhen Vol.1" by Marvel Arts!  Plus we talk about both the current state of Marvel's Mightiest Mutants and the lasting impact of those classic stories from the early 80s!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Send us Fan MailSPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY — FULL SPOILER REVIEWSpider-Man: Brand New Day gives Peter Parker a fresh start—but that doesn't mean things get any easier.After No Way Home, Peter is alone, forgotten by the people he loves, and fully committed to being Spider-Man. We go FULL SPOILERS on what that new life means and whether Brand New Day really feels like the beginning of a new era for Tom Holland's Spider-Man.We break down:THE PUNISHERJon Bernthal's Frank Castle gets plenty of screen time, laughs, and unexpected heart. We dig into his strange friendship with Peter and why Frank becomes such an important part of Peter's story.JEAN GREYSadie Sink's big reveal as Jean Grey changes the conversation completely. We break down her role, her powers, and what her arrival means for the MCU's future.THE CRAZY STUFFHulk, Damage Control, The Hand, Scorpion, Peter's organic webbing, and that wild post-credit scene all get put under the microscope.PETER PARKER'S NEW LIFEWhat's really going on with Peter's life after No Way Home? We talk about his missing day job, the Staten Island connection, his relationship with MJ, and the very practical question: how is Peter paying for all of this Spider-Man tech?Seen the movie? Hit play and join the conversation.Subscribe, share the episode with a fellow Marvel fan, and leave us a five-star review so more web-slingers can find Project Geekology.Twitter handles:Project Geekology: https://twitter.com/pgeekologyAnthony's Twitter: https://twitter.com/odysseyswowDakota's Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekritique_dakInstagram:https://instagram.com/projectgeekology?igshid=1v0sits7ipq9yYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@projectgeekologyGeekritique (Dakota):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwciIqOoHwIx_uXtYTSEbASupport the show

Friday night arrives with birthday confusion, calendar amnesia, and Daniel temporarily unmoored from time between jobs. He is learning how to convince his nervous system that the old workplace can no longer hurt him, while Adam provides the compassion one expects from a best friend with a microphone. There is also a delicious dispatch from Daniel's former employer, where the apparent survival strategy is “more automation or else” and AI is expected to do everything short of remembering everyone's birthdays.Then we're off to the Tontitown Grape Festival, where Marc and Adam find sparse crowds, fried chicken, spaghetti, grape ice cream, and an ugly cloud of ICE-related intimidation hanging over the festivities. A new Whataburger is technically nearby in the same way another continent is technically nearby, and Daniel's unemployed era includes a trip to see Spider-Man, prompting a full investigation into Jean Grey's morals, Spider-Man sightings in space, and whether that man has been filling out his suit. Contact brings POGS, a spectacularly assembled birthday serenade, a website that accidentally left its AI scaffolding showing, Cameo energy, and a cash giveaway winner who has apparently made a cottage industry out of taking the show's money.The News Game delivers catering-truck intrigue, suspicious answer imports, and a hard-fought perfect score before birthdays bring Halle Berry, Steve Martin, Marcia Gay Harden, and—naturally—Adam Burns into the spotlight. The episode closes by reopening the case of the absent Joe Betance, separating three very different AI podcast projects, and examining the negotiating genius required to turn “the end of August” into “September 1.” We'll be off next week while the boys gallivant to South Carolina, so savor the drama, pack your vitamins, and we hope you enjoy the glorious mess.Email: Contact@MixMinusPodcast.comVoice/SMS: 707-613-3284

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Jordyn Woods just married Karl-Anthony Towns in a wedding so A-list it doubled as a reunion. Kylie Jenner, Khloe Kardashian and Jada Pinkett Smith all under one roof, years after a scandal that once threatened to end them all. We're unpacking how messy history became a full-circle fairytale.Then Disney's D23 Expo dropped its biggest bombshell yet: the new X-Men cast. Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, a Rogue recast, a villain reveal — and a cast that had never even met before being announced. One of us has already declared "not my X-Men," and we're getting into why.Finally, Nicole Kidman's British Vogue cover has everyone talking, not for what she revealed, but for what she barely did. A clubbing confession, a wig, and the first real words about marrying Tom Cruise at 22 since their divorce.Read Nicole Kidman's British Vogue feature here.TAKE THE SPILL'S WEEKLY POP CULTURE QUIZ HERE Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE.Right now, every Mamamia subscriber is automatically entered to win a $5,000 Dreamworld holiday for four; flights, accommodation, express passes and more included. Subscribe here to enter. T&Cs apply. Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Buy today and save 40%THE END BITS Find and follow us on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespillpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thespillpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespillpodcast/ Support independent women's media Want to join the conversation? Have feedback or a topic you want us to discuss? Send us a voice message or email us at thespill@mamamia.com.au and we’ll get back to you ASAP! Executive Producer: Monisha Iswaran Audio & Video Producer: Michael Kean Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Rocha is filling in for Kristian Harloff today to break down all of the massive news coming out of D23 2026! Marvel Studios finally revealed the new X-Men cast, showed new footage from Avengers: Doomsday, and gave fans a glimpse at what's coming next for the MCU. John dives into Marvel's new X-Men lineup, including Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Maya Boyd as Storm, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister. Is this the right group to lead the MCU's mutant era? Plus, excitement for Avengers: Doomsday continues to explode following D23, with the film bringing together the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four against Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. John discusses the latest footage, the massive anticipation surrounding the movie, and whether Marvel could have another historic blockbuster on its hands. We also discuss the continued success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Disney's announcements for Coco 2 and the live-action Tangled, and the latest Pirates of the Caribbean news as producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirms conversations are happening with Johnny Depp about a possible return as Jack Sparrow. If you're a fan of Marvel Studios, X-Men, Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr., D23, Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp, Disney, or the latest movie news, join John Rocha for today's episode of The Kristian Harloff Show! #JohnRocha #KristianHarloffShow #D23 #XMen #AvengersDoomsday #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MCU #SpiderManBrandNewDay #SpiderMan #DoctorDoom #RobertDowneyJr #AdamDriver #SadieSink #PiratesOfTheCaribbean #JohnnyDepp #Disney #MovieNews COME JOIN HARLOFF, ELLIS AND STERGER FOR A NIGHT OF COMEDY - THURSDAY, 10/8 @ 7:30PM SHOW HOSTED BY:  KYLE LEWIS  https://brokerage.govs.com/shows/376674 SPONSOR: CASHAPP" Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/76rlxe00 #CashAppPod   • Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card at cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement, for the Sutton debit flex card at cash.app/legal/us/en-us/debit-flex-card-agreement-sutton and for the Bancorp debit flex card at cash.app/legal/us/en-us/debit-flex-card-agreement-bancorp. Savings and Offers provided by Cash App, a Block Inc. brand. Offers may not be affiliated with third party merchants.  • Parents and legal guardians can open a managed account for kids 6-12.  • Cash App will pass through a portion of the interest paid on your savings balance held in an account for the benefit of Cash App customers at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Member FDIC. To earn interest on your Cash App savings balance, you need to have sponsor approval. Exceptions may apply. Savings yield rate is subject to change. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Editors – Nat Sanders, ACE; Harry Yoon, ACE and Gina Sansom Spider-Man: Brand New Day editors Nat Sanders, ACE, Harry Yoon, ACE and Gina Sansom join The Rough Cut to discuss helping director Destin Daniel Cretton take Peter Parker into a deeper, more grounded chapter of his story. Nat and Gina began the film together during production, with Harry joining them for the director's cut, bringing together three editors who had each previously collaborated with Destin on projects ranging from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to Wonder Man. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Spider-Man: Brand New Day finds Peter Parker (Tom Holland) fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that no longer remembers him. As Peter watches MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) continue their lives without him, the pressure of his isolation begins to trigger a transformation he may not be able to control. At the same time, a new threat emerges in New York, drawing Peter into a conflict that also brings him together with Frank Castle / The Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Bruce Banner / Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Jean Grey (Sadie Sink). The film also stars Tramell Tillman and Michael Mando. For Nat, Brand New Day continues a long creative relationship with Cretton that stretches back to Short Term 12 and includes The Glass Castle, Just Mercy and Shang-Chi. Harry previously worked with Cretton and Nat on Shang-Chi, while Gina came to the film following collaborations with Cretton on American Born Chinese and Wonder Man. Brand New Day also marks Gina's first feature as an editor. In our interview, Nat, Harry and Gina discuss dividing the film between three editors, working in close proximity to production at Pinewood Studios, shaping Peter Parker's darker and more emotionally complex story, and using previews to test radically different versions of the film. They also talk about finding the right balance between practical action and visual effects, managing the reveal and evolution of Jean Grey, preserving Peter's emotional point of view in his scenes with MJ and Ned, and collaborating with composer Michael Giacchino as the film developed through post. NAT SANDERS, ACE Nat Sanders, ACE is an Academy Award-nominated editor whose credits include Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Short Term 12, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Glass Castle and Just Mercy. A longtime collaborator of director Destin Daniel Cretton, Nat has worked with him from independent character dramas through large-scale studio filmmaking. Nat received an Academy Award nomination alongside Joi McMillon for editing Moonlight and has twice won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing. HARRY YOON, ACE Harry Yoon, ACE is an editor whose feature credits include Minari, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Thunderbolts*, The Fire Inside, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, First Man and Detroit. Harry's work spans intimate character dramas and large-scale action films, with a particular focus on maintaining performance and emotional point of view within complex visual storytelling. Spider-Man: Brand New Day reunites him with Destin Daniel Cretton and Nat Sanders following their work together on Shang-Chi. GINA SANSOM Gina Sansom is an Emmy-nominated editor whose television credits include Wonder Man, Our Flag Means Death, American Born Chinese, Reservation Dogs, Silicon Valley, Better Things, Love and Horace and Pete. She received an Emmy nomination for her work on Horace and Pete. After previously collaborating with Destin Daniel Cretton on American Born Chinese and Wonder Man, Gina makes her feature editing debut with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs. Hear Nat and Harry discuss their first Marvel collaboration with Destin Daniel Cretton on SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Listen to Harry talk about cutting Lee Isaac Chung's Oscar®-nominated film MINARI. Hear Harry discuss his return to the MCU with THUNDERBOLTS*. Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode. Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

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We are ALL-IN on Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the reaction cast is here with an all-star lineup of X-Men TAS fans (Monty, Reed and Zane)! Join us as we discuss...Touching on the new X-Men movie cast announcements and our thoughts on the new Doomsday trailer and the future of the MCU!The best Spider-Man special effects ever!Debating the murderousness of Jean Grey!Just how does Spider-Man make money in this movie?Our first X-Man is finally her psychic bubble is an homage to X-Men 1 and X-Men 2!The X-Men TAS Podcast just opened a SECRET reddit group, join by clicking here! We are also on Twitch sometimes… click here to go to our page and follow and subscribe so you can join in on all the mysterious fun to be had! Also, make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout or iTunes and tell all your friends about it! Follow Willie Simpson on Bluesky and please join our Facebook Group! Last but not least, if you want to support the show, you can Buy Us a Coffee as well!

House of the Dragon Season 3 ended with Sunfyre back from the dead and Rhaenyra executing the High Septon inside his own sept, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day gave the MCU its darkest Jean Grey yet. Frank, Thomas, and Jonathan break down both, plus the Marvel Hall H panel from San Diego Comic-Con and why Ghost Rider got announced with nothing behind it. On the House of the Dragon side: the Episode 7 resurrection that flipped the board, Helaena's tapestry and what it was quietly spoiling all along, where the show splits from Fire and Blood on her death, why Rhaenyra was never built to sit on a throne in the first place, and a final score for the season from each of them. Then a full spoiler conversation on Spider-Man: Brand New Day covering Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and the road to Dark Phoenix, the Hulk and the Punisher as mirrors for where Peter Parker could end up, the ending that made a handshake hit harder than a kiss, and whether Marvel has its footing back going into Doomsday, Secret Wars, and X-Men. Network news and picks of the week close it out. 00:00 Intro: Three Weeks Off, Alaska, and Missing Comic-Con 03:11 San Diego Comic-Con and the Marvel Hall H Fallout 05:53 Project Hail Mary Is the Movie of the Year 07:02 House of the Dragon Season 3: Rhaenyra's Turn and the Finale 18:53 Sunfyre, Helaena's Tapestry, and Book vs Show Changes 25:02 Season 3 Final Thoughts and Scores 28:00 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Spoiler Talk 33:00 Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and the Road to Dark Phoenix 41:02 What It Means for the MCU: Doomsday, Secret Wars, and X-Men 50:16 Network News and Picks of the Week All news discussed comes from GeekFreaksPodcast.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and leave a five star review if this one hit. Share it with someone still arguing about the House of the Dragon finale and tag us with #GeekFreaksPodcast. Instagram and TikTok: @GeekFreaksPodcast Threads: https://www.threads.net/@geekfreakspodcast Twitter: @GeekFreaksPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeekfreakspodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GeekFreakspodcast Got a take on the finale, a theory about what Jean Grey becomes next, or a show you want covered? Send it in. We read listener questions and topic suggestions on air. Key Takeaways Rhaenyra spent three seasons trying to be her father and the finale is the moment she stops. Frank frames it as her Anakin-to-Vader turn, right down to killing the realm's holy man and walking back out to claim she is the savior. Episode 7 and the return of Sunfyre lands as the season's biggest swing. Jonathan calls it a genuine plot twist with no setup, and it resets who is actually holding power going into Season 4. Helaena's knitting was spoiling the show in plain sight. Her tapestry lays out everything she has seen, and nobody in the story looks at it until it is too late. Both Frank and Jonathan score Season 3 an eight, with the caveat that Episodes 4 through 6 drag badly. Thomas, who bailed on the season early, gets talked into going back and finishing it. Spider-Man: Brand New Day works as a character study more than a clean three-act movie. The guys argue it is structurally strange on purpose, closer to picking up a random issue mid-run than a typical MCU installment. Jean Grey's power set is used in a much more specific and much darker way than expected, which the guys read as deliberate setup for Professor X's mental blocks and the eventual Dark Phoenix story. Quotes "She's now in her Darth Vader era." (Frank) "She was never meant to actually sit on the Iron Throne. She was always meant to capture it." (Frank) "The dragon fire ripping through a city is going to kill the good and the bad alike. It's not justice. It's just suffering." (Jonathan) "So many parts of this shouldn't work. But it does." (Thomas, on Spider-Man: Brand New Day) "I can't believe how much relief I suddenly felt from a damn handshake." (Frank) Apple Podcast Tags House of the Dragon, House of the Dragon Season 3, House of the Dragon finale, Game of Thrones, HBO, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Sunfyre, Helaena Targaryen, Targaryen, Fire and Blood, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Brand New Day, Marvel, MCU, Tom Holland, Jean Grey, Sadie Sink, Dark Phoenix, X-Men, Punisher, Jon Bernthal, Avengers Doomsday, Secret Wars, San Diego Comic-Con, Hall H, Ghost Rider, Ryan Gosling, Project Hail Mary, The Long Walk, comic books, movie review, TV review, pop culture, geek culture

SPOILER ALERT Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day the best movie of the year? Jason is not joking. Mostly. This week on Thumb War, Jason, Rachel, and special guest Jesh break down Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland's return as Peter Parker, the loneliness after the memory wipe, the Punisher/Spider-Man buddy-comedy energy, Jean Grey's shocking arrival, Bruce Banner, MJ and Ned, organic webbing, second puberty, mutant power dampeners, and whether Marvel is officially back. Plus: Tom Holland's wild eyebrow, bodega cleaner placement, Marisa Tomei blame, Black Widow in a Russian bath, Spider-Man's “no friends” era, Punisher chili, Hulk chaos, MJ's muscle-memory handshake, Secret Wars theories, Miles Morales speculation, and Jason deciding this movie hit his 13-year-old comic-book brain harder than almost anything else this year. Subscribe to Thumb War for movie reviews, TV breakdowns, comic-book chaos, and grown adults trying to explain why Spider-Man makes them emotional. ️ Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify Support the show on Patreon for ad-free episodes & bonus content : http://bit.ly/44Mo8xU Like & Subscribe Leave a 5-star review if you're enjoying Thumb War Email us: ThumbWarPod@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Auntea Dawon just turned 50 and she's celebrating by leaving her 30-year corporate career behind and moving to France to start a whole new chapter. This week, Yo Aunteas dig into the Rio de Janeiro trip that changed everything, play a "guess the price in 1976" birthday trivia game, and relive their wild live appearance on Lamont's gay dating show (with special guest Steve). Then it's spoiler time: a full breakdown of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Jean Grey reveal, the Tom Holland spa-scene discourse, and why this might be the best Spider-Man movie yet. Of course, no episode is complete without Ask Yo Aunteas, where the girls tackle the question that never dies: are you gay if you wash your ass? So, Get Your Cups Ready For Minoritea Report! New episodes drop every Monday. Subscribe, rate, and review to support the show and join the Communitea!   ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro 01:04 – Happy 50th Dawon! 09:40 – 1976 Time Machine 17:34 – How About Them Sides: Lamont's Live Gay Dating Show 29:18 – Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review 45:53 – Tea Break 46:03 – Ask Yo Aunteas: Are You Glad You're Gay/"Wash Your Ass" Debate 1:14:52 – Chicago Market Days Preview & Benediction

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