Week In Nerdom 06-29

Music

New Music/Video
Eminem & Snoop - From the D 2 the LBC https://youtu.be/RjrA-slMoZ4
Rob Zombie - Shake your Ass Smoke Your Grass https://youtu.be/9REJJ7KJS10
Adema - Violent Principles https://youtu.be/5KCdXF0pjJA 360 degrees of separation
Ozzy - Patient No. 9 https://youtu.be/h_6DfxA6LiI Jeff Beck guitar and Todd MacFarlane directed video.

Tours
Ice Nine Kills - Motionless in White, Black Veil Brides “Trinity of Terror” tour. Second Leg announced. Aug 30 in Denver through Sept 18 in Cincinnati. https://libertyfirstcreditunionarena.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=TOT0903&linkID=global-ralston&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=

Gaming/Tech
Trailers
Gotham Knights - https://youtu.be/aRPgk3vR9_I Tim Drake Robin showing off teleportation.

FromSoftware
Hidetaka Miyazaki told Japanese news outlet 4Gamer that their next game was being finalized in the development process.

Skull and Bones
The long postponed online pirate game from Ubisoft finally has a rating, indicating it might be actually released soon.

Portal
The Nintendo Switch versions of both Portal games from Valve are now available for $20.

Bungie
The Halo creator and current Destiny developer is in the middle of a lawsuit.
https://www.engadget.com/bungie-sues-destiny-2-youtuber-lord-nazo-fake-dmca-notices-000022846.html
https://youtu.be/pP5jpl6iSlk

Comic Books/Books

Miracleman
Neal Gaiman and Mark Buckingham will FINALLY be finishing their “Silver Age” story.

Deathstroke: Year One
Deathstroke Inc #10 begins Slade’s trip back in time showing us his origin story according to Ed Brisson. There is no current end scheduled for the series, but we do know that it will run until at least Sept.

Minor Threats
Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt
https://www.cbr.com/minor-threats-jordan-blum-patton-oswalt-interview/

TV/Streaming

Follow-ups/Corrections
The Boys - Kripke is STILL actively trying to get Jeffery Dean Morgan on the show for season 4.
Star Trek: Voyager - https://youtu.be/luEDui2zAUw retro animated episode treatment. “Threshold” from the second season.
Frasier - David Hyde Pierce warns that he may not be in the reboot
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The series, which debuted at the Star Wars Celebration, will go into MORE lightsaber lore!
True Detective - Kali Reis to star opposite Jodie Foster. https://nerdist.com/article/jodie-foster-true-detective-season-4-night-country/
Fallout - Kyle MacLachlan and Xelia Mendes-Jones have been cast. The roles are unknown.

Trailers
Harley Quinn - https://youtu.be/aTTeK_f-arY July 28th

Movies

Follow-ups/Corrections
Mortal Kombat 2 - Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight) is writing the script, and he has acknowledged that the next movie is set to address the negative fan reaction.
Blue Beetle - Susan Sarandon has wrapped filming.Victoria Kord is done
Madame Web - Emma Roberts added to the cast and July 7, 2023 release
Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2 - Release date, Dec 20, 2023

Trailers
Hocus Pocus 2 - https://youtu.be/ecJRvz9nk-U

Rumor Mill

Confirmations/Refutations
Pirates of the Caribbean - Johnny Depp NOT in talks to rejoin the franchise. https://www.cbr.com/johnny-depp-debunks-pirates-of-the-caribbean-return-disney/

New Sources
Deadpool 3 - Hugh Jackman tweeted and the internet lost its mind…

Indiana Jones 5
According to John Williams, Harrison Ford will ALSO retire after the movie.

Mandalorian S3
Taika Waititi to return for season 3. Role is yet to be leaked/disclosed. Probably NOT IG-11.

Metroid Prime REMAKE
Due this christmas season according to insider.

Halo
~MCC
343 adding microtransactions for “new players”
~Infinite
Battle Royale coming in the fall of ‘23, and the map is supposed to have “classic areas”
Campaign DLC coming AFTER 2024
Season 3 to add a gun (DMR?? Pump Shotgun??) and 6 months AGAIN!!
Season 4 will add infection
Season 5 will see a Classic vehicle AND equipment (???)
Season 6 FINALLY will add a non-spartan armor core. But it WON’T be elites. Brutes??