This episode is a Marvel-heavy breakdown of everything that came out of the show floor at D23 2026 — starting with that Doomsday sneak peek that has us excited...and unsure if we want to see ANY more before the big day...

From there Zero Dark Nerdy gets into the X-Men 2028 casting news — we're hype, but of course the internet is already swinging and throwing tomatoes for no reason whatsoever . Then it's on to the Vision Quest trailer, which quietly might be doing the most interesting character work Marvel's attempted in years.

We don't stay in the MCU the whole time though — we carve out space for Pixar's slate, including first looks at Incredibles 3 and Coco 2, plus a quick detour into what little Star Wars had to offer this year. And because no D23 recap is complete without it, we close out with the parks updates worth actually caring about.

It's all here.

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Peter Parker's back — and nobody remembers him. This week Zero Dark Nerdy unpacks Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland's fourth solo outing, full spoilers, no holding back — bail now if you haven't seen it.

We dig into the "world forgot Peter" premise, riffing on Marvel's 2008 comics era but with Doctor Strange's spell doing the erasing instead of a deal with Mephisto, plus the Frank Castle/Punisher dynamic, which reportedly grew out of on-set improv between Holland and Jon Bernthal. We also break down Sadie Sink's mystery character and the twist behind who she really turns out to be — that's a big one, so buckle up.

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Zero Dark Nerdy is BACK and we brought friends. This week we're teaming up with our dear friends Josh and Spence of The Holy Goofs to dig into Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. We smell of the sea, sweat and burning firelight and it's safe to say we're still Trojan-horse-lagged from this feat of storytelling.

This isn't just a good movie. This sets a brand new bar for filmmaking as it somehow exceeded expectations we already had turned up to eleven. The cast is stacked, every frame feels intentional, and the passion and intimacy woven through this journey is palpable from the opening minutes. We talk casting, craft, the emotional core of the story, and why this one is going to be talked about for years.

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