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Nathan Fillion is bringing Guy Gardner to DC Studios' animated Mister Miracle, and showrunner Tom King says the character's over the top energy is exactly why it works. It is also one more piece of proof that James Gunn's promise about the DCU's animated and live action sides being one universe is holding. Fillion is the first voice actor officially announced for Mister Miracle, th...

Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a live-action The Jetsons movie starring Jim Carrey on its Q2 2026 earnings call, and Frank breaks down why the casting is doing all the heavy lifting so far. A Jetsons reboot on its own would be an easy shrug. The Flintstones already ran that play in the 90s. What makes this one different is that Carrey is in the middle of a genuine second wind, coming off the Son...

Marvel Studios has found its Scott Summers. Deadline reports that Kit Connor is the pick for Cyclops in the upcoming X-Men reboot, with the decision landing last week between Marvel president Kevin Feige and director Jake Schreier. Frank breaks down why this casting works and what it signals for the next era of the MCU. Connor is in the middle of a serious run right now, coming off Netflix's H...

The Warhammer 40,000 live action series just went from "we assume" to confirmed. Henry Cavill has publicly stated he is starring in the Amazon MGM adaptation, not just executive producing it, and the character he is playing is staying under wraps for now. Alongside that, Mike Flanagan is on board writing, and per Games Workshop's own reporting, the outlines are finished and the proje...

Amazon's God of War series is getting a new Kratos, and it might be the exact actor fans have been calling for since day one. On this quick-hit episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the report that Dave Bautista is in talks to replace Ryan Hurst as the God of War in Amazon MGM's live-action adaptation of the PlayStation franchise. The recast follows Ryan Hurst's on-set in...

Tom Holland just said the quiet part out loud on the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour, and it changes how we should think about the future of the MCU's web-slinger. Speaking to the AP, Holland confirmed that a plan to pass the baton is already in place, and it points to Miles Morales rather than another rebooted Peter Parker in the mold of Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield. In this episode...

Amazon Prime Video's God of War series is shaking up its cast again, and this time it's by design. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the report (via Polygon) that Atreus and Thrud are being recast for Season 2. The Season 2 casting call lists "Joshua" and "Ruth," the same codenames used for these characters in Season 1, but with the age range p...

Amazon is going all in on Warhammer 40K. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the newly greenlit animated series now in development alongside the previously announced live action project, with Henry Cavill producing both. The animated show expands directly off the standout Secret Level episode from 2024, the 4K entry that became a breakout hit and left fans wanting more. Fra...

House of the Dragon Season 3 just made one of its biggest departures yet from George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, cutting the fan-favorite dragonseed Nettles entirely and folding her role into Rhaena Targaryen. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down who Nettles is in the books, how she claims the wild dragon Sheepstealer, her complicated relationship with Daemon Targaryen,...

Big news out of Prime Video on this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines. Frank breaks down the shocking decision to recast Kratos in the God of War series after Ryan Hurst tore his bicep on the Vancouver set in late June. He covers why the surgery recovery timeline of four to six months, and possibly up to a year, made waiting impossible, what the mid-August prep and October production restart means...

Big news for Mythical Beasts everywhere. Good Mythical Morning is coming to Netflix starting September 7, and Frank breaks down what this means for the show, the fandom, and the future of creator content on streaming. GMM is one of three Mythical Entertainment shows making the jump, alongside Last Meals and Mythical Kitchen, with new episodes releasing day-and-date on both Netflix and YouTube. As...

Marvel has been teasing a Nova project for nearly a decade, and it is finally moving. In this Geek Freaks Headlines update, Frank breaks down the Deadline report that Michael Waldron, the writer behind Loki season one, is developing a Nova feature film and possibly directing it. Frank gives a quick explainer on who Nova is, from Richard Rider's Green Lantern-style origin as a regular kid from...

TikTok spent the week helping users spot AI while Meta spent it explaining why it didn't ask permission. In this Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down TikTok's new in-app AI literacy hub, built with NAMLE and deepfake expert Henry Ajder, plus the platform's milestone of labeling over 3 billion videos as AI-generated. He also digs into the feature everyone actually wants: a setting t...

A brand new Godzilla Minus Zero teaser just dropped, and it raises more questions than it answers. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down everything hidden in the latest footage for Takashi Yamazaki's sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One. From Noriko's last name change confirming she and Koichi got married between films, to the ominous synopsis line "The...

Big news for the parents out there! On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down the announcement of the first ever Bluey audiobook collection, Bluey: The Beach and Other Stories, coming September 1. Narrated by Miranda Tapsell, the voice of Dougie's mum on the show, the collection bundles eight fan-favorite stories including Baby Race, Barky Boats, The Beach, Charades, Daddy Ro...

Xbox just got hit by a sledgehammer. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down CEO Asha Sharma's announcement of 3,200 job cuts at Xbox, with 1,600 happening immediately and the rest rolling out through 2027. Sharma calls it a major reset, admitting Xbox margins are 3 to 10 times lower than comparable companies. Four studios are leaving Microsoft entirely: Compulsion Games (S...

DC Studios is developing a mystery series centered on Mr. Terrific, with Edi Gathegi returning to the role he made a standout in Superman. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down why this is exactly the kind of move DC should be making, calling Mr. Terrific criminally underutilized and praising Gathegi's on-screen presence, from his intelligence and wisdom to his instantly...

Heat 2 is officially heating up, and this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines breaks down the three massive casting announcements that just dropped. Christian Bale is stepping into the role of Vincent Hanna, originally played by Al Pacino, while Stephen Graham takes over as Neil McCauley, the part made iconic by Robert De Niro. Rounding out the trio, Leonardo DiCaprio joins as Chris Shiherlis, the ro...

One year after Disney announced the live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel, we're checking in on everything we know so far. The biggest news is that Chris Sanders is directing. He co-created the original 2002 animated film and has voiced Stitch from the very beginning, so this property is in the hands of someone who truly knows what ohana means. Disney has also locked in a release date of May 26...

Persona is heading to live-action, and Netflix has the rights. The breakdown covers the creative team now attached, what the deal signals about Netflix's growing video game pipeline, and why Persona 5 fans should keep their expectations measured for now. This one runs through the names that matter: Christopher Monfette as writer and showrunner, with Shawn Levy and Robert Atwood of 21 Laps prod...

DC Studios dropped three major animation announcements at Annecy this morning, and this episode breaks down all of them. The headliner is an Absolute Batman animated series with the comic's own creative team steering the ship, followed by Joker: Laugh Riot, an original anime that flips the Batman formula on its head, and a Krypto series that brings a much lighter, family-friendly energy to the...

The Magic School Bus is heading to the big screen for the first time ever, and this one is for the millennials. On this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down the news that Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games, 30 Rock, The Lego Movie) is attached to star as the legendary Ms. Frizzle in a live-action adaptation. Rob Letterman, who directed Detective Pikachu, is writing the treatment and directin...

Peacock has handed Dungeon Crawler Carl a straight-to-series order, and this one is locked in. No pilot, no waiting to see if it sticks. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, we break down the greenlight, why the project went live-action instead of animated, and the single thing author Matt Dinniman did to make sure the show would actually look good before signing off. We also get into the San...

Amazon's buy two, get one free book deal is live, and this episode is a fast hit list of what is actually worth stacking in your cart. The rundown moves from page to screen picks like Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and the full Hunger Games run by Suzanne Collins, into BookTok favorites like A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, plus the nightstand pile of Fourth Wing and Red Rising th...

Yeah, baby... maybe? Mike Myers stopped by Trevor Noah's podcast and lit the fuse on a question fans have been circling for years: are we getting another Austin Powers movie? In this Geek Freaks Headlines breakdown, we unpack Myers' tease, weigh whether the franchise still has a place in 2026, and dig into why the math might actually work even if the films haven't aged gracefully. With...