Hey Nerds,
I cleaned my fridge last night (as one does on a Tuesday evening) and discovered a Tupperware container that's been there so long it's developed its own ecosystem. There's definitely a civilization in there. They probably have laws. A constitution. Better healthcare than us. I'm scared to open it. What if they've achieved world peace? What if they're happier than me?
A container of moldy leftovers probably IS happier than me.
IN THIS ISSUE:
The Witcher Season 4 trailer drops and Liam Hemsworth looks... competent?
James Gunn says the DCU is basically corporate Game of Thrones with superpowers
Elle Fanning playing twin robots in Predator
...and more
THE WITCHER SEASON 4 TRAILER: LIAM HEMSWORTH ACTUALLY DOESN'T SUCK?
Netflix dropped the Season 4 trailer and October 30, 2025 can't come fast enough or slow enough depending on your feelings about Geralt 2.0.
Liam Hemsworth looks like he actually studied the source material instead of just showing up and grunting. The trailer shows him searching for Yennefer and Ciri during a war, which is basically every Witcher plot but now with 30% more Australian accent bleeding through.
I watched the trailer seventeen times. Not because I wanted to. Because my brain wouldn't let me stop. It's like picking a scab. You know it's wrong but the compulsion wins.
JAMES GUNN SAYS THE DCU IS RUN BY THREE GROUPS AND THEY'RE ALL TERRIBLE
Gunn revealed the DCU's power structure: governments, corporations, and metahumans all fighting for control like divorced parents at a school play.
LuthorCorp, LordTech, Stagg Industries, and Wayne Enterprises are the main corporate players.
"They aren't evil corporations, they're just f****** amoral" Gunn says, which is like saying "it's not poison, it's just aggressively unhealthy." Same vibe as my landlord explaining why rent went up again. "It's not greed, it's market forces." Sure, Brad. Whatever helps you sleep on your pile of money.
This is basically corporate Game of Thrones with capes. Superman showed up and everyone freaked out because suddenly the power balance shifted.
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PREDATOR: BADLANDS TRAILER HAS ELLE FANNING PLAYING EVIL TWIN ROBOTS
Elle Fanning plays Thia and Tessa, Weyland-Yutani synthetics, because one creepy android wasn't enough.
One of them gets cut in half and becomes friends with a baby Predator named Dek who wants to be the "Ultimate Predator." This is the plot. A bisected robot befriending an alien teenager with daddy issues. It's like The Karate Kid but everyone's trying to murder each other and Mr. Miyagi is literally in pieces.
A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS DROPS POSTER, STILL NO DRAGONS
HBO released the first poster for their January 2026 Game of Thrones prequel and it's a bald kid staring up at someone's waist. That's it. That's the poster.
We get Egg looking up at presumably Dunk but only from the belt down. Like when you're five and trying to talk to adults at a party. Just waist. Pure waist content. "A Tall Tale That Became Legend" is the tagline which makes sense now - the kid literally can't see past this guy's belt buckle.
Apparently there will be no title sequence either - just a title card. HBO really said "we're not even trying to impress you anymore, you'll watch anyway."
Set 100 years before Game of Thrones so nobody you care about exists yet.
SPEED BLITZ BECAUSE I'M LATE FOR NOTHING
Ahsoka Season 2 wrapped filming after seven months. Hayden Christensen back as Force Ghost Dad teaching lessons from beyond.
Disney bought Impossible Creatures for seven figures. Katherine Rundell becoming the "next J.K. Rowling" which is a cursed phrase now. Five-book series about magical islands. Harry Potter but make it archipelago.
Michael Waldron consulting on Avengers movies after writing Loki. Teaching the Russo Brothers about the multiverse like explaining TikTok to your parents. "So there's infinite universes?" "Yes." "And they're all connected?" "Kind of." "But not really?" "Exactly."
R.L. Stine's Stinetinglers getting animated. First time any Stine property animated which seems impossible but here we are. Goosebumps walked so Stinetinglers could... also walk but… animated.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy accidentally leaked for January 2026. Actress posted date then deleted it. The internet never forgets, Gina. Never.
CALENDAR
October 30, 2025 - Witcher Season 4 (Hemsworth Era begins)
November 7, 2025 - Predator: Badlands (Twin robots vs baby alien)
January 2026 - Knight of Seven Kingdoms (no dragons allowed)
January 2026 - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (allegedly)
2026 - Ahsoka S2 (Anakin's ghost judges everyone)
It doesn't actually feed me - I subsist entirely on expired coupons and regret - but it does pay for the internet so I can keep screaming into the void. The void screams back sometimes. We're friends now.
-Zak
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