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Comic Talk Today

It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! So, issues arise and things happen. And sometimes that makes the episode a little late... sorry Legion.The SAG-AFTRA strikes are PARTIALLY at fault for the delay, as I was waiting to hear any updates since Wednesday was a negotiation day. No word before I had to finally record the episode. There WAS, though, plenty of other news to talk about this week. So here we are!!Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.

Music

Follow-ups/Corrections

Keith Buckley - Former Everytime I Die vocalist has announced his new band, Many Eyes. First single set for release this friday. Headed out on tour with Thursday January through February.

New Music/Video

Bush - Nowhere to Go But Everywhere https://youtu.be/AfyMZijcg3w new music from Bush’s greatest hits record out Nov 10. Loaded: Greatest Hits ‘94-23

Atreyu - (i) https://youtu.be/9H-QIKaR0kY First track from the “A Torch in the Dark” EP (Nov 3) third in a series of 3 EPs from the band. Also announced The Beautiful Dark of Life LP due out in December.going about 50/50 with their stuff since Alex left.

Mike Shinoda - Already Over https://youtu.be/tDWnnsQkNpo radio rock extraordinaire

Lamb of God - Evidence https://youtu.be/lWE1nuGJoTY recorded during the OMENS sessions. Released for the first anniversary of the album. Some of the more brutal and enjoyable work we have from the last few releases.

Static-X - Zombie https://youtu.be/tTqSCRQa4W8 from Project Regeneration 2. Kinda ROB Zombie sounding. Video too seems rather Zombie-esque. Though production feels better this time than on volume 1.

Blink-182 - Dance With Me https://youtu.be/LUEYNuVeA9Y gone from parodying pop stars to one of the greatest bands of all time. AND THIS TRACK ROCKS! Tom Delongue really did learn how to sing.

Fuming Mouth - I’ll Find You https://youtu.be/-LzfFdZLFTA LOVE that bass tone! This is the kind of hardcore I fell in love with.

Enterprise Earth - King of Ruination https://youtu.be/U33QwhZDMo0 feat. Ben Duerr from more solid deathcore.

Oliver Anthony - Rich Man’s Gold https://youtu.be/ami9mYSxOds seems to be the final song from this recording session. New music promised for December.

Luke Grimes - No Horse to Ride https://youtu.be/zDMR9t6dvoU Kayce Dutton can sing!

The Killers - Your Side of Town https://youtu.be/725cqeWpL10 80s Killers?

Tyler Childers - Rustin in the Rain https://youtu.be/w2dicFZniKc Tyler keeps gettin shinier…

Tours/Festivals

Rammstein - EU Stadium tour. May 11 in Prague through July 27 in Gelsenkirchen GER.

https://youtu.be/SpmkNiIPflY

Tool - Tickets on Sale Friday. Jan 10 in Baltimore through Feb 18 in Las Vegas

Sick New World - Sat April 27 2024. System of a Down and Slipknot to headline. Let’s hope they learned a thing or 2 from last year. https://www.sicknewworldfest.com/ presale begins friday oct 13.

Reg ‘ol News

Deathgasm 2 - Matt K Heafy to score the metal horror/comedy sequel.

Tool - to begin recording new music sometime in 2024.

Suggests

Ice Nine Kills - Silver Scream parts 1 and 2. Standout Tracks “Funeral Derangements” “American Nightmare”

Gaming/Tech

Follow-ups/Corrections

Unity - CEO John Riccitiello stepping down, effective immediately after 9 years… https://www.engadget.com/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-stepping-down-effective-immediately-231422660.html

Lies of P - DLC will happen according to developer Neowiz. Just no word on WHEN yet. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/lies-of-p-dlc-ps5-xbox-pc/

Cyberpunk 2077 - Now that the game is mostly fixed, Phantom Liberty has been released, and CD Projekt is feeling optimistic about their future, they have made an announcement that after Phantom Liberty there will be no more DLC for the game as they are moving forward with the sequel. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-project-orion-new-update/

Silent Hill: Ascension - the interactive story has a release date of Oct 31 at 9pm according to the Google Play store. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/silent-hill-ascension-release-date-google-play-konami/

Mortal Kombat 1 - Mercy accidentally revealed early by NetherRealm.

Trailers

Halo Infinite - Season 5 https://youtu.be/QORZtiws6Sk

Reg ‘ol News

Open AI - The artificial intelligence company is considering manufacturing their own silicon as a means to cut back on costs. Currently they are using a supercomputer with 10,000 NVidia GPUs to run their service.

https://www.engadget.com/openai-is-reportedly-considering-making-its-own-chips-113010353.html

PS5 SLIM - Confirming rumors, Sony has announced a slim edition of the PS5. Set for release this November. BOTH versions (contrary to rumors) will be seeing a slim version, with the digital version of the console getting the modular treatment of the added Blu-Ray drive for $79.99. Consoles are 450 and 500 respectively.

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/10/10/new-look-for-ps5-console-this-holiday-season/?sf269561474=1

Suggests

Resident Evil 4 remake

Comic Books/Books

Trailers

Godzilla X Kong: The Hunted - Prequel comic to the upcoming movie Godzila x Kong: New Empire https://twitter.com/cosmicbooknews/status/1709699064172884044 Legendary Comics team up with Rocketship for a Kickstarter campaign? Joining the Kickstarter gets you an exclusive hardcover with art by David Aja, and a second book, Monsterverse: Declassified. In the Monsterverse book the plan is to tell the legends of FOUR other titans, Doug, Behemoth, Tiamat, and an as-yet-to-be-revealed titan.

Suggests

Locke and Key from Joe Hill published by IDW. 7 collected trades.

TV Shows

Follow-ups/Corrections

Strikes - The SAG-AFTRA strikes seem to be nearing an end. Negotiations to resume Wednesday. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/sag-aftra-talks-to-continue-1235749961/

Castlevania: Nocturne - Season 2 announced QUICKLY on the heels of the launch of season 1. https://youtu.be/04SvzaCxULw Already in production according to Netflix. OG series has 4 seasons.

Bladerunner 2099 - No longer set to film in Ireland. No update as to WHERE it is moving to, but it is moving. https://deadline.com/2023/10/blade-runner-99-amazon-video-kills-plans-film-northern-ireland-1235567024/

Reg ‘ol News

Garbage Pail Kids - David Gordon Green (Halloween reboot series, Exorcist: Believer) is working with Danny McBride to develop an animated series based on the popular IP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZrbi8DOAU&ab_channel=JoshHorowitz

Cyberpunk 2077 - CD Projekt Red is teaming with Anonymous Content production company to develop a live-action series, or possibly movie.

https://www.engadget.com/theres-a-live-action-cyberpunk-2077-show-or-movie-on-the-way-172248247.html

Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld alludes to a reunion at a recent stand-up gig in Boston.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/jerry-seinfeld-revival-reunion-reboot-series-finale/

Suggests

American Horror Story - Freak Show

Movies

Follow-ups/Corrections

Fantastic Four - Director Matt Shakman has confirmed that a cast exists and that an announcement as to the specifics will happen shortly after the final details of the actor’s strike have ended. https://collider.com/fantastic-four-movie-filming-casting-update-director-comments/

Frankenstein - Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation is set to begin filming in February AND has added Christoph Waltz to the cast. https://www.fangoria.com/original/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-christoph-waltz-cast/

Mortal Kombat 2 - SAG-AFTRA strike coming to an end SHOULD mean good things. But the update here is that filming isn’t set to begin now until sometime in 2024. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/mortal-kombat-2-mk2-disappointing-update-actors-strike/

Trailers

Thanksgiving - https://youtu.be/RvNA1hnqIZU is it normal to be this excited for a slasher?

The Iron Claw - https://youtu.be/8KVsaoveTbw Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, in an A24 produced movie about the Von Erich wrestling empire in the 60s. Dec 22

Reg ‘ol News

Snow White - The original is getting the 4k treatment. The original movie came out in 1937, and is now having a team of artists go back to those original negatives to restore the film.

https://cosmicbook.news/snow-white-coming-to-disney-in-restored-version

Dreamworks - The layoffs continue… “DreamWorks Animation reduced its workforce by approximately 70 positions. Roles affected were across corporate functions, feature, television and technology departments as part of an overall cost-reduction,” a spokesperson for DreamWorks told Variety.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dreamworks-animation-layoffs-70-employees-1235748769/

Mr Monk’s Last Case - Premieres on Peacock Dec 8.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/monks-last-case-movie-photos-first-look-images-tony-shalhoub/#2

Daredevil - It is being said that with the return to the writer’s room, the show is being completely re-written with a whole new team of writers. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daredevil-marvel-disney-1235614518/

Suggests

Event Horizon - 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Philip Eisner. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson. Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission after a missing spaceship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around Neptune, only to discover that a sinister force has come back with it.

Rumor Mill

Confirmations/Refutations

REFUTATION:
Bat-Mite - James Gunn is NOT adding Bat-Mite to the second season of Peacemaker.

CONFIRMATION:

PS5 slim - happening… just not EXACTLY like we thought.

New Sources

Taylor Swift - The pop starlette being rumored for Dazzler

New Rumors

The Acolyte - SDCC trailer supposedly leaked online to squash cancelation rumors. Rumor “inception” maybe?

Blade - The oft maligned reboot is said to be going through yet ANOTHER rewrite.

Wolverine - Solo Movie before the character becomes an X-Man in the MCU.

Godzilla x Kong: New Empire - SpaceGodzilla rumored to be appearing in a post-credit stinger.

Fortnite - Original map is being rumored for a return in Chapter 4 Season 5. Said to have old models and guns and will have constant map changes until the end of the season.

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