The Walking Dead

Tuesday December 4th 2018

No matter how clear Hugh Jackman is about never returning to the Wolverine character, Ryan Reynolds won't give up on the idea.

Earlier on The Ellen Show he told the host that "I would love to do a Deadpool, Wolverine mashup at some point, some kind of Logan thing. I don't know. He's on this kick ball change kick right now. I can't seem to bring him back. I can't seem to bring him back to the violence and mayhem. I'm trying. I talk to him every other day. Every other, other day he takes the call. But yeah, no, it's not really a rivalry. It's war."

Who do you think will win this war of wills? Will Ryan Reynolds convince Hugh Jackman to return to Wolverine one more time?

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/12/04/ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-deadpool-war/

Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan just adopted both a donkey and an emu.

He may play the villain Negan on The Walking Dead, but he obviously has a soft spot for animals.

The donkey and the emu have been best friends and didn't want to be separated.

The two cuddle up and sleep together and will become frantic and agitated when apart.

Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Founder Jennifer Gordon says they received 2,000 inquiries to adopt the two, but feel that the AMC star has the resources to make sure the two are given the best home.

https://pagesix.com/2018/12/04/jeffrey-dean-morgan-adopting-donkey-and-emu-because-theyre-bff/

Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington says that one decade of his life is enough.

"It was emotional to leave the job, definitely, But I wouldn't say I was sad: If, like me, you go all the way back to the pilot of 'Game of Thrones,' that's almost 10 years of your life."

Although he has made it clear he is grateful for the show that made him famous, there is no chance he would ever go back.

"It was a huge emotional upheaval leaving that family," he said. "But would I want to go back and do more? Not on your life."

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46370461

It took only three months of filming in New York City, but filming has wrapped on Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.

This Joker film is a stand alone movie and is not connected with the main DCEU Joker currently played by Jared Leto.

The movie is directed by Todd Phillips, and also stars the legendary Robert De Niro as Murray Franklin.

The movie is an origin story with The Joker's real name being Arthur Fleck.

This has led many to believe that the movie will end with the twist of this being an impostor.

One of the longest running gags of The Joker is that he has no true origin, has no 'real' name, and does everything to keep it that way.

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1014701-joker-wrapped-production

After the failure of Iron Fist on Netflix, Marvel might be looking to bring another martial arts character to the limelight.

Shang-Chi may not be one of Marvel's most well known comic book properties, but Marvel loves bringing their more obscure characters into the MCU.

Wonder Woman 1984 co-writer Dave Callaham has been hired to write a screenplay.

Callaham is of Chinese descent and a Brown Belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu.

Do you think this will be another smash hit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

https://news.avclub.com/forget-iron-fist-marvel-studios-is-making-a-shang-chi-1830839668

So a second slightly less vague trailer has been released for Captain Marvel.

Am I the only one disappointed that they don't show the cat turning into a monster like in the comic?

Also, the cat is no longer named after the most popular wookie, but is now named after Goose in Top Gun.

Although the trailer tries to make it clear that she bleeds blue blood, is Kree, and a hero, take it all with a grain of salt.

Well, except the part where she's the hero. I think we can assume that part is still canon.

Marvel is great at leading us to believe they gave us full spoilers in a trailer, just to make the plot twist in the movie have more impact.

Click the link in the show note to see the trailer for yourself, then post your thoughts below.

https://youtu.be/0LHxvxdRnYc

Hopefully you’ve heard that the Nerds Drink Whiskey Christmas party is on Saturday.

Yes we will have both our shot glasses and low ball glasses to give away.

But we will also have our brand spanking new shirts to give away!

We have tried to make sure we have every size, but get yours before we run out of your size!

We don’t know when we will be able to print up more shirts, so this might be your only chance.

See you on Saturday at Dogger’s then?

https://www.facebook.com/events/188954781983246/

Monday December 3rd 2018

Movies for Nerds and geeks have once again ruled the major motion picture box office.

Ralph Breaks The Internet leads the pack with a total of $25,756,000 for the weekend.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald raked in $11,200,000 during its third week.

Venom is still printing money in the ninth week with a $380,000 weekend total.

But keep in mind that the real invasion is still on the way.

December 14th three movies are unleashed.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Once Upon A Deadpool, and Mortal Engines.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/


Pollyanna McIntosh revealed that “things are in process” for the Rick Grimes movie trilogy.

The trilogy will be overseen by chief content officer Scott Gimple.

McIntosh also told fans at the Fan Fest San Jose that she assumes that she will be involved.

It is also been strongly hinted that the trilogy will give more detail about the well-equipped helicopter group.

The Walking Dead returns with its back half of Season Nine Sunday, February 10th on AMC.

https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/12/02/the-walking-dead-rick-grimes-movie-details-helicopter-community-pollyanna-mcintosh-jadis-anne/


So Star Wars Galaxy Of Adventures was launched on YouTube Friday.

There is very clearly a reason why this was launched on Star Wars Kids instead of the main Star Wars outlets.

The videos seemed flooded with comments talking about how the videos were great and would indeed open up Star Wars to a younger audience.

When I tried to watch them, they came off as trailers to a show that would never happen.

They were so short, that there was zero story.

Because they were only select scenes, there was not even what could be called a short story arch.

In short, older nerds need not apply, but let us know in the comments if your kids enjoy them.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDe7m0POuwkL1gwnQ-FVhMw


Saturday December 8th at 1:00 pm the Nerds Drink Whiskey Christmas party begins.

We will be giving away our shot glasses, low ball glasses, and our brand new Nerds Drink Whiskey t-shirts!

Be entertained as the cast of Nerds Drink Whiskey exchange the worst Christmas presents they could find for each other.

And of course there will be whiskey tastings all at Dogger's in Yelm Wa.

We hope you can make it!

https://www.facebook.com/events/188954781983246/


Thursday November 15th 2018

Negan from The Walking Dead smacks down failed Lone Ranger star Armie Hammer.

When the flood of fans were mourning the death of Stan Lee, Armie Hammer felt the need to sling mud.

“So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee. No better way to commemorate an absolute legend than putting up a picture of yourself.”

He followed that up by saying “If Stan impacted your life (ie. All of our lives) with his work, post his work that touched you the most. Posting a selfie makes his death about you and how cool you felt taking a picture with him.”

The Walking Dead's Jeffrey Dean Morgan brought out his barbed wire wrapped club to respond with...

“Looks like you found a way to use others ways of mourning and their memories to draw some attention to yourself. You sound like a real asshat.”

So wait... Negan is a superhero and The Lone Ranger is a villain?

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/11/jeffrey-dean-morgan-armie-hammer-criticizing-stan-lee-tribute-1202020803/


Deadpool's Gina Carano joins The Mandalorian.

Most of us know Carano as Angel Dust from the first Deadpool movie.

As the second cast member to be announced for The Mandalorian, we can only guess that it's a prominent role.

She joins Pedro Pascal in the Jon Favreau produced series.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-wars-the-mandalorian-gina-carano-1203028705/


Cinematographer of Venom, Birds Of Prey, and and both Iron Man, and Iron Man 2 has been arrested in Poland.

The Camerimage Film Festival released the following in a statement:

“Mr. Libatique was involved in an alleged incident that led to his detention and being held on a potential charge of assaulting a police officer and a paramedic here in Bydgoszcz. This is now a legal matter that the festival is not in a position to discuss. We can make no further comments at this time.”

He could face 3 years in prison if he is found guilty.

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/11/14/venom-movie-2018-cinematographer-matthew-libatique-arrested-a-star-is-born/


Tuesday November 6th 2018

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This is Nerd News for Tuesday November 6th 2018.

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On October 7th of 1989 an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation aired called The Survivors.

It was episode three of season three.

In the episode The Enterprise responded to a distress call from Rana IV, a Federation colony that is under attack from an unknown alien ship.

When they arrived, they found the entire surface of the planet destroyed, except for a single house and two occupants.

The two occupants being Rishon and Kevin Uxbridge, played by Anne Haney and John Anderson.

The Malibu California home featured in that episode is up for sale for the price of $5.7 million.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/11/05/star-trek-house-sale-malibu-5-7-million-trekkies/1889624002/


Actor Andrew Lincoln gets a three spin off movies from The Walking Dead.

Lincoln's character Rick Grimes just had his goodbye episode of the show.

There is no date on when the movies will be released.

AMC does admit that it is part of an effort to keep the franchise alive for at least several more years.

Although the show has fallen in viewership recently, it's not in the danger zone yet.

https://www.wired.com/story/walking-dead-rick-grimes-movies/


It has been confirmed that the title to the PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 is "Once Upon a Deadpool."

It will have an extremely short theater run of December 12th through 24th.

One dollar per ticket will go to the 'Fudge Cancer' (re-titled because this is PG-13) charity.

Ryan Reynolds and Fred Savage filmed the new footage in one day.

The entire movie was re-edited to be a nod to The Princess Bride.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-pg-13-deadpool-2-has-a-title-release-schedule-and-1830233611