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The Nerdpocalypse - Nerd News and Opinion

Future AI at its most Modest (Wake Up Dead Man, Terminator Reboot, Paramount Rejected) | Ep666

19 December 2025 1:24:44 TNP Studios

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This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast (last episode of 2025), the guys return to discuss the new Running Man adaptation, F1, Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3), James Cameron discusses his Terminator series reboot, A Different World sequel series coming to Netflix, Youtube will host the Academy Awards starting in 2029 and ending in 2033, Disney inks deal with OpenAI to use its characters in Sora, WB reject the Paramount deal, Rob Reiner's death sparks something politically usual in this era, trailers for Greenland 2, The Pitt season 2, and Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series, and much more.

CHECKED OUT

  • The Running Man
  • F1
  • Wake Up Dead Man
TOPICS - Section 1
  • James Cameron is working on Terminator Reboot after Avatar
  • Original actors to show up in ‘A Different World’ Sequel Series
  • Youtube will host the Academy Awards from 2029-2033
TOPICS - Section 2
  • Disney Inks Blockbuster $1B Deal With OpenAI, Handing Characters Over To Sora
  • WB rejects Paramount’s corporate takeover “offer”
    • Jared Kushner and his team pull money from Paramount backing
  • Rob Reiner’s death reminds us the once dominant “mono-culture” in movies
WTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” Podcast
  • Micah: https://tinyurl.com/isitthebraids
  • Jay: https://tinyurl.com/Unsznd
TRAILERS
  • Greenland 2: Migration
  • The Pitt (season 2)
  • Young Sherlock


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