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We're Making it up as we go along Island! NCBD 1/14/26
2025 gave us hits. It gave us surprises. It gave us opinions.
We’re breaking down our favorite movies, comics, and TV shows of the year — and looking ahead to what 2026 has in store. This is the past, present, and future of fandom. Welcome to Season 3 of Deeper Issues Nerd Cast.
This week, the whole industry is throwing hands, and your favorite chaos gremlins — Olivia, Ty, Tommy Jeff, and Ketzia — are here to break it all down before Pablo flips the table.
🔥 Paramount vs Netflix for Warner Bros. Two streamers enter, one studio leaves. WB is basically speed-dating billionaires.
🎬 Quentin Tarantino vs Everybody QT beefs with the world again, and the world beefs right back. Cinema is FIGHTING.
🎈🧇 Vecna vs. Pennywise: Who would win?
✨ Star Wars OG Theatrical Cut Returns For the 50th anniversary — no CGI dewbacks, no weird rocks, no nonsense. The REAL Star Wars is back.
It’s messy, it’s loud, it’s unhinged — and your fandom awaits.
The studio drama is SPICY and messy, and are we HERE for it?
Warner Bros. is actively angling for a full-blown bidding war between Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast, and we dig into what this means for the studio system’s future (and who actually stands a chance).
Tom Cruise has finally won an Oscar—yes, really—and we break down the moment, the memes, and the legacy shift.
The Duffer Brothers pitched a weekly release model for Stranger Things Season 5… and Netflix rejected it.
PLUS: We got our first live-action looks at Link and Zelda,
Tonight on The Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast, we’re diving into the ultimate mash-up of pop culture, animation news, and comic book chaos:
🐰 Disney loses the rights to Roger Rabbit — what it means for the character and the future of crossover animation. 🌌 Super Mario Galaxy & Five Nights at Freddy’s Michael Jackson biopic trailers drop — wildly different fanbases with a lot of mixed feelings and swirling nostalgia 👑 King of the Hill renewed for four more seasons — the propane renaissance continues! 🏛️ Lucas Museum of Narrative Art finally gets an official opening date — film, comics, and fine art collide in one epic project. 🪐 Comics Corner: Crownsville, Dark Horse’s Space Scouts, and the crossover of the year — Ninja Turtles × Godzilla! All these picks require no prior reading — just pure fun and good nerd energy.
Stick around, hit that like button, and remember…🎙️ Your fandom awaits.
“Halloween Hangover & The State of Movies in 2025” 🎬
On tonight’s episode of the Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast,
We’re shaking off that Halloween hangover and diving headfirst into the chaos that is Hollywood 2025.
The box office is limping, but studios are betting on theater kids, James Cameron, and the furry community to help finish the year strong.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros is up for sale (again)
Miss Piggy is getting her own solo film
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are officially reuniting for a brand-new Mummy adventure — because nostalgia still pays the bills.
Plus, on the comic front: Pablo finally got his hands on the gorgeous Stand Still hardcover, and Ty dives into Ice Cream Man: Mortal Coil Shuffle — a trippy new way to tell stories from one of the most infamous anthologies in comics.
Tommy Jeff is back! 🇪🇺 He’s giving us the European low-down while we dive deep into our shared love for physical media — and why you should still own what you love. 💿📼
Tron: Ares didn’t do what Disney expected at the box office… but why? 🌀
Jim Carrey’s back doing full-on Jim Carrey things — and it might just lead to a live-action Jetsons revival! 👨🚀
Jar Jar Binks is making a comeback (yes… THAT Jar Jar) 🌌
We’re also paying tribute to the legendary Drew Struzan — the artist who painted the very soul of cinema. 🎨
PLUS: spooky #1 comics you can jump into with zero homework 👻📚 Including Halloween Boy and un-bagging Mark Spears’ Monsters and The Wolf blind-bag covers — perfect for Halloween season! 🎃
We’re getting more Turtles mayhem in Jersey — the heroes in a half shell are back and bringing chaos to the Garden State! 🐢💥
Elijah Wood gives an update on the long-awaited Lord of the Rings: Gollum movie.
Plus, Marvel vs. DC just announced their next crossover cover that could melt comic shop shelves across the nation ⚡🦸♀️
Per Usual, we’re recommending brand-new #1 comics you can jump into with no prior knowledge — perfect for anyone looking to double-dutch into comics
And we’re talking Ronda Rousey’s new comic book, Expecting the Unexpected, which is turning heads and proving that the champ is as nerdy as she is fierce. 💪📚
🎧 All this and more on The Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast!
🕹️ Fortnite stirred up controversy by pulling the Peacemaker “Peaceful Hips” emote after the latest shocking twist in the series… but good news, it’s coming back (with some tweaks).
🍩 After nearly 20 years, The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen — Disney officially announced a sequel movie hitting theaters in 2027.
🦸♂️ And James Gunn’s Superman just smashed streaming records, becoming HBO Max’s biggest launch since Barbie, pulling in 13 million views in just 10 days.
All that plus How was our LA Comic Con you say?
Plus our usual deep-cut commentary, spicy takes, crash outs and recommendations you don’t need any prior knowledge to enjoy. Hang out, cause your fandom awaits!
🎙️ TONIGHT’S EPISODE 🎙️ 🤡 Lace up those clown shoes— we’ve got the trailer for the IT prequel Welcome to Derry! 👶👾 Babu Frick + Baby Yoda = Disney’s ultimate retirement plan (and your wallet’s worst nightmare). 🕷️ Tom Holland gets concussed on the set of Brand New Day—ya’ll, Spidey can’t catch a break. 📚 Comic Recs You Can Jump Right Into: The Twilight Zone (terrifying new black-and-white anthology) Viking Moon from Image Comics (savage, strange, and epic!) Beneath the Trees Where Nobody See's Rite to Spring and Paranoid Gardens. ✨ Stick around, your fandom awaits!
What did we learn this week?Some timely words from Superman — the kind of inspiration we could all use right now. 🦸♂️✨
We honor the legendary Robert Redford, celebrating his impact on independent filmmaking. 🎬
Breaking down the slithery reveal of the Anaconda reboot trailer 🐍\
Talking the the latest showdown hitting comic shelves: Marvel vs. DC 💥.
As always, we’ve got fresh recommendations for new #1 comics you can jump into with zero homework required. 📚🔥
Spotlighting the brand-new Ignition Press comic Vouyer,
Left Star from Silver Sprocket
and the eerie return of the Creepshow comic series. Plus, we Nerdsplain why the original Creepshow film still holds such a legendary spot in horror history. 💀🎞️
Tune in for movies, comics, and the deeper issues behind the stories we love!
We Learn how to use Ty's Epipen because he has a deadly peanut allergy 🥜💀
We’re throwing Hadoukens at Hollywood and talking the 2026 Street Fighter cast 💥
But wait—combo breaker! We’re also dishing out wild facts you never knew about the 1994 Street Fighter movie (Jean-Claude Van Damme in peak chaos mode, Raul Julia’s final boss-level performance, and behind-the-scenes insanity you won’t believe). 🥋
We sink our undead teeth into the brand-new Marvel Zombies trailer 🧟♂️
PLUS—Marlon Wayans talks what modern horror movies he'd like to parody in Scary Movie 6.
And of course, our comic book starter pack of the week:
📖 Murder Podcast (Ignition Press) 📖 It Killed Everyone but Me (Mad Cave) 📖 Toxic Crusaders (Ahoy Comics)
All killer, no filler—unless you count the dad jokes.
Ketzia and Didi are back in the mix, and Tommy Jeff enters his Super Villain Era!
🔥 David Corenswet and James Gunn finally drop news on the follow-up to Superman, and you know we’ve got thoughts.
🎉 Big reveals roll in from D23, so we break down all the must-know announcements from Disney’s mega showcase.
🏈 DC Comics launches its own version of fantasy football—yes, you read that right.
📚 Plus, we’re spotlighting brand-new #1 comics you can dive into with zero homework required, including: * Chip Zdarsky’s new series White House Robot Romance (DSTLRY) * Blood Honey by Sean Peacock (IDW) * Maria Llovet’s Artificial (Image Comics) * Everything Dead and Dying (Image Comics)
Tune in for laughs, nerdy debates, and your weekly geeky zeitgeist download.
SoCal nerds had a stacked weekend: Pokémon Worlds 🐉, LOJ Masquerade 🎭, and Mid Summer Scream 👻
On the pod this week, we’re diving into: 🎬 An Archie Movie from the genius chaos of Lord & Miller?! 📺 The Duffer Brothers getting swiped up by Paramount (Netflix is shook) 🐶 And yes… Air Bud is back. This is not a drill.
PLUS—we’re your comic shop sherpas with fresh #1’s you can jump into blind:
•Escape (Rick Remender doing his thing at Giant Generator)
•Eat Your Young (Mad Cave serving Succession for fans of Highlander)
•Valiant Beyond: Tales of the Shadow Man (new era, new shadows, perfect jumping on point)
•Event Horizon: Dark Descent (a prequel comic to one of the most underrated horror films ever)
All that, wrapped in one fandom-fueled package. Hit play—your nerdy weekend recap starts now.
After a brief break, we are back—because the hook always brings you back! In this episode, we dive into two big stories shaking up the multiverses of fandom:
Shrek 5 Gets Pushed Back to 2027!
Is this the “Final Season” of Daredevil Born Again?!
And Alan Tudyk gives you another reason to be pissed off at Will Smith!
We have 3 Comic book recommendations that you need no prior knowledge or insight to enjoy!
And it was Pablo's Birthday! This is apparently what middle age looks like.
Donkey Kong Potentially Getting a Movie, while Donkey Kong Bananza Got a 10 from IGN
Zelda and Link have been cast, but do we want a live-action Zelda Movie?
DC Movie Back are back...baby? What's happening with DC Studios post-Superman?
Post Malone has a Comic Book about a Holy Big Rig called "Big Rig". "This Ends Tonight" is Thelma & Louise meets Quentin Tarantino-level action. One of our favorite comics of the year, "Grommets," finally drops its collected trade.
And we talk Ghost Pepper from rising star in comic books and former video game art designer LUDO LULLABI.
Summer Blockbuster Movie Franchise, Summer Insanity, and we're wondering if the Popcorn Buckets are getting out of control?
Elio Flops at the Box Office, but Disney is controlling the marketing budget, and are they controlling the narrative around what films are "successful"?
Matt Stone and Trey Parkers Call the Skydance Paramount Merger a shit Show, Is this another Warner Bros. Discovery situation in the making?
Akira Film Rights return to Kodansha, and we speculate, just like the rest of the internet, about the Street Fighter Movie cast. Ty went to see Jurassic World: Rebirth, and Pablo's Nephew is returning to New Orleans with some 15-year-old insight for the DiNC gang.
We're reading Birthright, the 1 Dollar Image First, that's full of twists!
This week @KetzChex Ketzia Abramson joins us, and she proposes a very interesting hypothetical.
The Gang Discusses;
James Gunn is fine-tuning Superman
Is Thunderbolts* Director Jake Schreier directing the MCU's X-Men?
John Bernthal returning as Punisher in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day"
Disney could be bringing back 2D animation?!?!
Mel Brooks is nearing a "Very Young Frankenstein" series!!!
PLUS; We're Reading Never Wars from AMP and Thunder Comics. In which "the magical realms of Wonderland, Oz, and Neverland have been thrust into a devastating war that spans worlds and generations. The twisted magic of the Jabberwock transforms good into evil, turning beloved childhood figures into shadows of their former selves. In NeverWars, the heroes we grew up with must grapple with the horrors of conflict, the loss of innocence, and the fight to hold onto hope."
NeverWars invites readers to experience this epic saga from multiple perspectives, which means THREE #1 issues all dropping simultaneously, available at your local comics-book shop June 25, 2025!
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Everybody Hates Snow White: The Pressures of being a Disney Princess.
Hollywood soundstages are now open for content creators.
James Gunn confirms that "Batman 2" is still in the works.
Stoners rejoice because a sequel to "Harold and Kumar" is coming, along with a 64-ounce pouch of Capri Sun!
"Snow White" has hit streaming, sparking a spicy discussion about what went wrong with the live-action adaptation and the controversies surrounding the two main stars.
Also; What we got from the comic shop this week in “Today's Haul”
Featuring special guest TheOCFacilist_ Andrea McKeehan.
Department of Truth, Justice, and the Orwellian way
We're not a "Political" show. We tend to focus on escapism, but there's no escaping current events. This isn't a political issue; it's a human issue, and it's an American issue. There's no way we can stay silent about it.
We also discuss pop culture.
Warner Bros and Discovery are the 2nd Biggest breakup during Pride Month
The Switch 2 Breaks Records
Super-Man has an early screening for Prime Fans
We're talking George Orwell's 1984 Department of Truth & Super-Man
We discuss the 'Wicked For Good' Trailer and some fun facts you may not have known about 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Highlights of some of our favorite announcements from The NETFLIX Tadum event.
Plus, we read "Be Not Afraid" #1 from BOOM! Studios a new series from writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw, Hello Darkness) and artist Lisandro Estherren (Nightmare Country, Redneck).
"Equal parts feminist rage and folk horror, this descent into Hell itself is fueled by the mythological underpinnings of American Evangelical tradition, presenting brutal cosmic horror through the lens of Southern Gothic; a truly otherworldly journey that can not be missed."
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Labubus, Food Poisoning, Last weeks Comics This Week!
The Star Wars Cut George Lucas Doesn’t want you to see will be seen A new Killer Klowns From Ryan Gosling? Another Beatlejuice movie?!?!
PLUS We're reading the New Comic from Mad Cave Studio "Buried Long Long Ago" Based on a True Events of the crimes of Belle Gunness who from 1901-1908 lured dozens of lonely men to her Indiana farm and savagely murdered them for their money.This is a fairy-tale retelling of her brutal crimes from the perspective of her three young children…who soon discover there is something far worse, and far more evil, than their mother on the farm
We have our first look at Nicholas Cage's Spider-Man Noir
Taika Waititi’s Akira movie is apparently still happening, but no one knew it was happening to begin with
We’ll nerdsplain it all!
We're also discussing Exquisite Corpses from Tiny Onion, a comics event like no other, from the minds of JAMES TYNION IV & MICHAEL WALSH, among other new number one comics that dropped on Wednesday, May 14th.
And we finally got our hands on issues 1-5 of Carla Wyzgala and Justin Tuach's Skull Mascarade
Reading and discussing issue #1 of one of our favorite comic books of 2025! From Giant Generator and Image Comics, "The Seasons" by RICK REMENDER (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS, and GROMMETS) and PAUL AZACETA (OUTCAST, and PUNISHER NIOR) Colors by Matheus Lopez Letters by Russ Wootin.
"This comic is In the tradition of Miyazaki and The Adventures of Tintin! THE SEASONS, explores themes of fame, obsession, and sisterhood through a dark fairytale lens. An elevated tale of whimsical horror, unlike anything ever experienced in comics, and it all starts with this double-length premiere issue! Perfect for fans of BOUNDARY-BREAKING HORROR in all forms."
Thunderbolts beats End Game! A Toys R us Movie? The movies are back for real this time! Baybe! Oliva loves Sinners so much she's seen it thrice! MineCraft was pretty fun! Studio execs are bumbling fools. Today's Haul: We're talking 4 #1 Comics!