Most Anticipated Films of 2026

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Hey, this is Daniel Warren Johnson, creator of books such as Murder Falcon, Extremity, Wonder Woman Dead Earth, and Beta-Rape Bill, and you're listening to the Oblivion Bar podcast.

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Welcome to the Oblivion Bar podcast with your host, Chris Hacker and Aaron Norris.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 224 of the Oblivion Bar podcast.

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I am Chris Hacker, one of your co-hosts here.

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And joining me, of course, is my BFF, Aaron Knowles.

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What up, bitch?

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Welcome back, everybody, to the Oblivion Bar podcast.

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You want to bleep out the bit?

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We curse constantly on the show.

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Yeah.

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OK.

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All right.

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I'll do that.

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There we go.

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All right, everybody.

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Welcome back, of course, this week on the show, as we do, Aaron, each year.

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going into the new year, we talk about our most anticipated films of the next year, which is what we're going to be talking about this week.

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It's one of my favorite episodes each year.

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And I know that often it goes long.

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And I anticipate Aaron that this episode will also go way too long.

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Absolutely, because I'm going to be distracted as fuck.

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Wouldn't it be funny if we had an episode, like an entire episode where it was like bleeping every curse word?

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Like a PG-13 or like a PG episode?

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So much work for you.

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Unless there's like a tool that you can use in like Riverside to bleep all the curse words.

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No, unfortunately, that would be a manual input.

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I have to go in there and do myself.

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ah It is funny because like on Apple Podcasts, it asks you like, is your podcast explicit?

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Do you use curse words?

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And I put no, because the moment you put yourself in that sort of party of like a quote unquote explicit podcast, then they they are they loosen your uh reach or they put you in a smaller group.

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Oh, like lessen, they reduce it?

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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So we're not doing all that.

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Sorry, buddy.

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You're going to have to get the explicit version.

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shouldn't even be like a question anymore because so I've started working in after school programs teaching like drones and 3d modeling and those kids have our fucking foul mouth Yeah, of course.

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are.

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It's not a thing.

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It's not as taboo as it was.

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know growing up, this is a weird tangent as we get into the show, everybody.

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But like I was a pretty good kid.

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The one thing my mom could attest to this, the one thing I just wouldn't do in front of her for very long until eventually I got into the army was I wouldn't curse in front of her.

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I could just refuse because that to her, it was very important to her that like I just didn't do that.

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It was sort of a showcasing of respect.

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Right.

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And Now we're cursing like sailors in front of each other.

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anyway, everybody we're getting to this week's episode, which again should go pretty long.

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We apologize in advance, but Aaron, you mentioned before the recording here that you wanted to bring something up as soon as we open the show.

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the floor is yours, my friend.

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What do you have?

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Okay, so I think we talked about this a little bit on the grid, but like I'm on a new mission as cost effectively get the original starter final evolutions from Pokemon.

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For the TCG, the, from the TCG.

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the, the, the base set original Pokemon.

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So I finally got my first one and it is a Blastoise.

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Clearly I had to get Blastoise.

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You Squirtle was always my, my, my pick.

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So this is a, uh, CGC certified guaranteed company.

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I guess one.

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It's a one.

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It's a base set, 1999, hollow number one.

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But I love it especially because it's so perfectly fits my role in this collection.

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it just says above the one, just says poor.

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So I guess to better expand on this idea that Aaron's doing here, essentially what he's trying to do, I think, and Aaron, you correct me if I'm wrong, is that you want to collect like the worst version of some of the most like the most rare Pokemon cards you can find.

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Exactly.

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I want to do it and I wanted to and I love the fact that it's going to it's I'm just gonna call it the poor collection Yeah, there we go.

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That is a niche within a niche.

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And that's what we do here, everybody.

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That's that's sort of a good encompassing idea here on the on the podcast.

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So while we're on that topic, as we get into the holidays, we're in the holiday season, Aaron, go and tell the people at home how they can support the podcast and also how they can gift a friend, a nerdy friend, a really fun extra episode each week.

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Well, I mean, you can support the podcast by going to our Patreon.

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know, you consider checking out the Patreon.

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Just consider it.

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Consider it, please.

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For me, for the band, for the band.

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goodies like you get some really cool stuff and we love we love sending out free stuff Chris sends out packages stickers all these things just you know for signing up and you can give it a shot with a free seven day trial at patreon.com forward slash oblivion bar you can send that link to other people you can gift them a I guess a membership it's like bring a friend it's like Planet Fitness you know except you don't you might get sweaty yeah You might.

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mean, and it's also judgment free, right?

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Yes, is judgment free.

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We don't kink shame.

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We're we're we are an open door to everything.

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Bring them along.

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Have a conversation afterwards.

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And grunting is allowed in the grid.

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can grunt if you want.

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I have been watching a lot of tool time or home improvement.

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All right, everybody.

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Let's now that again, as Aaron said, go check out the Patreon, patreon.com for slash building bar pod.

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Enough of that shameless plugging.

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Let's get into it.

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It's a lot of shameless plugging.

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Yes.

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Aaron, one piece, one major piece of news happened this past week that I felt very obligated to talk about here on the podcast and that is uh Netflix.

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I was gonna try to find a funny way to spin this title, but there really is honestly no real funny way to spin it.

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Netflix proposes to buy Warner Brothers Discovery for $82.7 billion.

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So under the effort nicknamed Project Noble, the streaming giant leadership secured a $59 billion financing goal from a group of banks to assemble this deal.

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Netflix's attempt here is to acquire only the film and television studios.

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That includes HBO Max and HBO.

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This would combine the libraries of the number one streaming service, Netflix and the number three streaming service, HBO Max into one service.

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Probably Amazon Prime, I would imagine.

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I don't know that off the top of head, but I would guess that's what it is.

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This still will follow WBD's global network division, Discovery Global, spinning out into a new publicly traded company.

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This includes companies like CNN, TNT, HGTV and Discovery Plus.

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A move that is now expected to happen in Q3 of 2026.

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This will officially separate Warner Brothers from Discovery into two separate companies once again, just under the same media umbrella, a bunch of corporate jargon for basically, hey, it's basically what Disney and Fox, 20th Century Fox, what they did.

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Like Disney and 20th Century Fox are two separate companies, but they're owned under the same umbrella.

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So I guess Aaron, before we go any further, were you tracking any of this?

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Did you see this on your timeline?

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I imagine.

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Our algorithms are relatively the same.

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So what were your thoughts when you saw this?

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This has been on my feed for days, you know, leading up to it.

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I think I was noticing and I was listening to news about it recently in the previous weeks.

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You know, even Netflix, like looking into submitting this, this, you know, purchase agreement.

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I, I'm of two minds.

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The first one is things like this shouldn't happen.

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These are two major streaming services.

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And to be, to me, All that's going to happen is you're going to get them combining and then just jacking up the prices even more because now you have basically building a monopoly on streaming content.

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You and I have talked about multiple times about owning physical copies of things.

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Like people just go out.

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I don't care if it's cassette tapes, CDs, if it's laser discs.

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Go buy physical media because we are heading right into the downfall of property ownership.

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It's getting so bad.

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hate that we have to like kind of play the role of like modern conspiracy theorists when it comes to entertainment.

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Like that feels very conspiracy theory to say, hey, go buy all your physical media, go to your buy sell trade and buy your copy of the hangover, you know, like whatever.

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Like, you do you have like you have to they already were doing it before all this was happening.

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Like Warner Brothers the under the leadership of David Zasloff, which we'll talk about that dumb motherfucker here in a moment.

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All he has done as has been to consolidate, give himself more power, consolidate, give himself a pay raise, consolidate.

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Like he keeps doing this and then he split Discovery and Warner into two separate companies.

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They've changed HBO to four separate names, the streaming service at least.

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So as you said, this was been sort of in the works.

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There was a leader in terms of buyer for a long time, like for the past like six to eight months.

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Most of 2025 was there was one company that was like gonna buy Warner Brothers and it was like almost set in stone until the last second.

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And we'll talk about that here in just a moment.

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But yeah, as you said, this is essentially the makings of a monopoly.

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And I don't know how many people are privy to this, but like in Hollywood for a lot of times, the way the actors and directors and just actually folks that worked on a property on a TV show or a movie, the way that they made money was residuals.

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They got a very small check each month if like Shawshank Redemption played a certain amount of times on TNT, you know?

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But like with streaming, that no longer exists.

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know, everybody just goes onto their streaming service, clicks a button and watches the thing, whatever's in front of them, right?

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And Now that you have one company owning two large, one of the most historic studios of all time in Warner Brothers, the WB Water Tower is synonymous with cinema.

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Like it's one of the first things you think of.

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And now that Netflix, a company that again, as we'll talk about as we go on, is a company that does not, they firmly do not value that at all.

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Like that history of it all, they're all about consumerism and the consumer, like that's all they care about, getting it to you as quickly as possible for the...

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most amount of money for the shareholders.

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I'm gonna shut up and let you continue on with your thought Aaron before I go on.

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No, no, I mean, my only thought was, and I'm just thinking back to Westworld.

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Westworld is to me is a perfect example because it was such a great show and you can't even find it really on any streaming service anymore.

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And this is one of those situations where I think that right there, when Westworld was removed from all streaming services, just removed from HBO, all that, I think that was for me was a big catalyst for me to go out and start buying like the seasons and the shows like movies that I want that I want to make sure that I could watch without having to find specific sources or streaming services to watch it on and now I own things like all of supernatural I own things of like every single season of smallville You know just my favorite stuff, know, Chris.

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I know you're doing something similar and so it's just a scary time again when you look into this because trying to remember what who I think it might have been this Laszlo guy.

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It might have been somebody doing like a little social media post or something about them talking about how quote unquote people don't want to go to the movie any movies anymore.

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They want to watch stuff at home.

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We'll talk about it.

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It's Ted Sarandis.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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But yeah, you're yeah.

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This is, that's not the fucking case.

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But again, you're right.

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Netflix, in my opinion, I know this is gonna sound, you know, we talked about conspiracy theories a moment ago.

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I know this is gonna sound crazy.

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We're the crazy ones now.

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Consider COVID changing the market strategy for movie studios to enable people to go to movie theaters and act like complete asses.

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And then for media platforms to just run that shit 24 hours a day showing how crazy it is to go to the movies.

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And now people don't want to go to the movies.

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So companies like Netflix and streaming services can jack up their prices because people just...

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don't want to deal with the bullshit at movie theaters anymore.

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They don't want to deal with the high prices.

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They don't want to deal with the the, you know, the intrusive people who don't give a shit who consider it stay home.

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well, let's just jack up the prices of streaming services, but not let them own it.

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Yeah, here's the other dark future that we're headed towards as well is that if Netflix owns all of WB and again, as you said, if you want a physical copy of something that way you own it, then that's something you can do right now.

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But in the future, if this deal eventually goes through and we should probably say at the beginning here is that like this has not fully gone through.

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This is a proposed by there are going to be a ton of legal hurdles for Netflix and co to jump through in order to get this deal done.

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This is obviously the administration to do that because the legality of things doesn't really exist to them.

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But my point is that right now we have Aaron, we have the luxury of going out and buying things that we like.

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But if Netflix and Netflix is known for this, they don't put things in physical media.

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You can't buy movies and television series of Netflix properties in physical form.

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They just they don't believe in that either.

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If Netflix owns everything, imagine 2028, 2029 when this deal goes through, if it does the newest Harry Potter movie or whatever Harry Potter series, I guess, is what's going to be upcoming.

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You have to watch on Netflix.

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You have to buy the HBO channel to watch the new Harry Potter series.

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And it won't be out in physical media because they don't do that.

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And it won't be out in movie theaters because they don't do that either.

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like they are creating their pocketing our entertainment and you know, Disney, they're their own devil.

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We'll talk about them eventually.

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But like at the very least they put out physical media.

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And I would love for you to read this next part because I feel like this kind of talks about what we're talking about here and it sheds a little more light.

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So many in Hollywood are fearful of the deal with theater owners group Cinema United saying in a statement overnight that the proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers by Netflix poses an unprecedented threat to the global exhibition business.

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Also, I apologize to the listeners if it sounds like I have a cold.

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I'm getting over a cold.

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You have that Scarlett Johansson um Yeah, was at Marshall Mathers.

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In its announcement of the merger, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said Netflix expects to maintain Warner Brothers current operations and build on its strength, including theatrical releases for films.

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The key word in that sentence, however, is expects Netflix's current strategies release films on its platform, either exclusively or with a very short theatrical release, mostly to qualify for Oscar nominations.

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So there are basically doing it only to bid for awards.

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Warner Brothers, on the other hand, is home of box office juggernauts like DC Studios Films, Harry Potter, the Minecraft franchise, Lord of the Rings, Wizard of Oz franchise, and many, many others.

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Theater owners are not alone in the industry in fears of the impact of the possible merger.

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On December 4th, a group of anonymous Hollywood film giants, excuse me, rumors has it that the list includes James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, and even Steven Spielberg, sent a letter to Congress.

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With grave concerns about the potential deal, Netflix views any time spent watching a movie in theaters as time not spent on their platform.

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Yikes.

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The letter said, as reported by the New York Times, they have no incentive to support theatrical exhibition and they have every incentive to kill it.

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Even if Netflix keeps releasing Warner films and theaters, the schedule may not be exactly the same way it is now.

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In a call with media analysts after the deal was announced, Sereno said, I think the windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly to be able to meet the audience where they are quicker, AKA two weeks or less in theaters before premiering on Netflix.

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And honestly, I feel like that's just even maybe because Netflix is going to.

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So the biggest I see that one of the biggest obstacles here that Netflix is trying to really fix, but also like take advantage of monetarily.

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is the reason that people pirate films because they don't want to go to the theater.

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Like there is a large crowd of people that does not want to go to the theater because they don't want to spend the money.

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So they will do everything and anything they can to pirate a film.

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Netflix is trying to stop that by getting the movies on their streaming service quicker so that they can make more money.

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I can promise you that piracy is not going to stop with Netflix getting all Absolutely not! oh It's gonna increase even more because people are gonna cut off their because here's what I guarantee is here's what's gonna happen right now does Netflix show Netflix their lowest tier shows ads Yes.

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And it's like, it's 720p.

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It's not, it's like 720p and ads is the lowest tier.

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guarantee you that will change.

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Oh, that's you're 100 % right.

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The price is what's going to change.

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That's the reason why piracy will continue is because a people don't want to spend.

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Here's the thing.

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If Netflix ends up buying this and this goes through, they're going to make HBO or HBO Max or whatever they call it.

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They're going to make that a channel that they're going to.

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They're basically trying to recreate the cable format, right?

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They're going to.

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Exactly.

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Yeah.

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And Disney is doing the same thing with Hulu.

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Like they want to make Disney plus your streaming app.

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and you get Hulu, get ESPN, you get ABC.

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For Netflix, you get HBO, you get, they're doing, I think they're doing the, is it UFC?

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And I think Paramount Plus is doing the UFC and sports.

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And like, they're all trying to gather up as much property as they can.

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That way, when they jack their price up to $42.99 for $7.20 with ads, you'd be like, well, I guess, I mean, I do kind of want to watch the new Lord of the Rings series.

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And like, I wouldn't mind watching my favorite team play on Sunday.

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And also like, There is that new Oscar movie that's starring Mikey Madsen and Bradley Cooper.

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Like all these scenarios, they're looking at that and going, how do we box people into paying the amount of money we want them to pay?

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Right.

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That's exactly what's going on here.

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And it's, uh fortunately, a lot of us are privy to this.

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And I kind of feel like this isn't going to happen before we get into this last bit, Aaron.

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I'll just say like, I don't think that this is going to go through.

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Yeah, there's there's already questions about antitrust and monopoly issues like that's the problem.

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And I mean that it is the real a real fear.

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Yeah, there's like four people who benefit from this merger.

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Everybody else loses in some way.

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Like it's like David Zasloff of Warner Brothers, Ted Sarandis and his co-CEO who I can't think of right now.

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And it's like the owner of Warner Brothers who I also can't think of right now.

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It's like those fucking old white dudes who get a pay raise.

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Everybody else, including all of Hollywood loses and the consumer.

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the consumer.

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Like it's so, this is so fucking dystopian, just horribleness.

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uh in the water.

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Let we, Aaron, we have to talk with this part as well.

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Uh, politics has played a key role in protecting the sale.

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Of course, uh, as many people can imagine to hear the white house will soon talk about this.

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don't think Trump has said anything quite yet, but of course he has a strong tie to the Ellison family who bought sky dance and paramount.

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Actually they own sky dance.

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They bought paramount a couple of months ago.

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Um, paramount has also had extreme interest.

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As we said earlier in this conversation, paramount was the leader to buy Warner brothers discovery for a bit.

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Like they were the ones that were like, So, you know, quote unquote supposed to own this, right?

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And after this announcement came, they argued that there was only a, they were one of the three offers with the clear path of getting this through antitrust.

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And they've actually published a letter, public letter that would basically showcases that the rival offers to Netflix and Comcast both present serious issues that no regulator will ever, will ever be able to ignore.

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Paramount has said that it believed Netflix being the dominant streamer in the U S and globally.

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Would face major antitrust hurdles adding HBO into the fold as we've said but it's not like Paramount and Skydance are much better.

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They're doing the same exact thing They're just mad that for some reason Ted Sarandos and co were able to get this deal done So Aaron, I don't know how much there's to offer in this conversation outside of what we've already said but I felt this important to bring up for two major reasons a This is crazy.

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This should not happen.

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This should not go through And we're about to talk about our most anticipated films of next year of 2026.

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There's another wild scenario, Aaron, that I forgot to bring up while we're talking about this is that like, if this still doesn't go through, and again, I don't think it does.

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At the very least, Netflix has bought themselves two years of Warner Brothers not doing anything, of HBO not doing anything in terms of like selling off.

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Like they can hold this cell for at least two years and this increases.

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They're already at number one.

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They're the most popular streaming service in the world.

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So at the bare minimum, if they don't end up being able to acquire Warner Brothers, which again, if this happens, my God, everybody, this is bad news.

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If it ends up not happening, at the very least they were able to stunt the growth of Warner Brothers and Discovery for two whole years.

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That's huge.

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That's like, this'll put Warner Brothers and the HBO Max, we'll call it, this'll stunt their growth, which will essentially end the streaming wars regardless.

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Like there is no coming back from that for Warner Brothers.

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They will have to sell regardless.

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This basically...

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promises their their cell to someone.

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Do you want it to be Netflix number one or do you want it to be the folks in the back pocket of Trump at Paramount?

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It's basically lose lose everybody.

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uh So he's want to throw some bad news on your plate to start this episode and then we'll get into some good stuff.

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So anything else before we move on from this?

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think there's much else to say and I won't go on a long tangent.

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All I will say is go buy physical media.

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Just, mean, if you're not doing it already, which, you know, most of us are collectors, go buy physical media, go buy your blu-rays, go buy your steel cases, go buy whatever that entices you, but make sure that you get a copy of the things that you love watching because a, this is going to change so much going forward in the future of streaming period, cinematically.

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like theatrical releases, period, as well as you should have been doing this already because if you, I mean, we've talked about this for a while on the show going back, they are still changing stuff.

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They are still editing scenes and they are still adding and removing scenes and things and important stuff based on your geographical location, based on your, the politics going on in the country that you are in.

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So if you want untouched media, go bi-physical because that way they have no control over it.

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We need to change our view of ownership.

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I think as consumers, I say consumers as like sort of jest, but like truly, I mean, we are like Aaron as two folks in this space who love talking about IP.

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mean, I think the majority of movies and things we talk about are Marvel, DC, Star Wars, what have you, right?

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This, this is not, this is not good.

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I guess I feel like we could continue on.

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And again, as someone who loves going to movies this weekend, this past weekend, I went to go see Kill Bill the whole bloody affair at the Alamo draft house here in Indy.

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And then I went to go see the Dark Knight and 70 millimeter.

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I don't know if those two opportunities exist in three years.

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I mean, I don't know if like does Netflix because Netflix owns both of those films as of now, like again, eventually, right?

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Like, I don't know if they officially own it now, but like the Weinstein company is owned by Warner Brothers.

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I think I might be wrong there.

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I don't know if you know that, Aaron, but for sure the Dark Knight is owned by Warner Brothers and like It is, yeah.

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Yeah, I think it is, I could be wrong.

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point being is that like all the films are like on our Warner Brothers and on like HBO like they have their own Batman collection so Mostly about Kill Bill like the company.

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Yeah, I think but I think it is I think it is owned by Warner Brothers.

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So anyway, everybody let's get on some some better topics I guess mostly better because there are gonna be some stinkers in this list that we don't really want to talk about Aaron.

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What were you gonna say?

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two choices by physical media, get a library.

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Well, just don't even don't even, this is a new choice.

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Do two things by physical media, get a library card and buy more books.

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Yes.

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That's end of story.

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Totally.

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So I was talking to a friend, this last thing I'll say, I was talking to a friend the other day and they asked me about this and I was like, you know, the pessimists in me, everybody, you've been hearing it for the last 30 minutes.

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This isn't good, but the optimists in me and someone who is still hopeful for a better tomorrow, gosh, that sounds even corny saying it, as it left my lips, I thought, wow, that's corny.

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But like, I truly believe that I could never, like if they stop making movies, television, video games, comic books, books, Any everything if they stop make music if they stopped today You me everybody we would not have enough time in our lifetime to go through and like truly appreciate all of the stuff That's already been released So like if like ten years five ten years from now, if we don't like the way Hollywood is formatted Aaron you and I we could literally just stop we could vote with our wallet and stop ingesting what they're putting out and we would still have plenty of things to fill our time with in terms of media plenty so I plan on just reading because I have way too many books that I still haven't gotten to.

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It'll make this conversation, this like show, if this podcast is still going 10 years from now, it'll make this show a lot less current.

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We're not going to be able talk about Avengers seven, but you know, we could go back and talk about Asian Ultron again and talk about how that movie is slightly misunderstood in some ways.

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keep doing MCU watch, watch this.

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All right, everybody, that'll do it for our news and notes this week.

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Thank you again to Onypress for sponsoring that segment.

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Let's get into our most anticipated films of 2026.

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Before we do that though, we're gonna take a quick break and we will be right back.

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All righty, let's talk about our most anticipated films of 2026.

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Everybody, will be, I guess, Aaron, a mostly condensed list of just films that we are either somewhat interested in or very interested in.

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I think broadly, before we actually get into the list here, I just will say, putting this together, this looks like a pretty fun year overall.

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You know?

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literally texted you this morning and I said, I am overwhelmed by the amount of trailers I've had to watch that I still need to watch for stuff that's coming out this year because it already looks like I know we're approaching these, these, these forthcoming years with less Marvel and less like superhero films because they're, they're fucking figuring their shit out.

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That's good.

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Uh, but it still is like the effort that more studios are now putting in to compete.

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It's so hard to be like Netflix fucking merger and then and then to be like excited about movies.

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Isn't that a weird dichotomy?

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Yeah, I guess this would be the one last year that we would be excited about it though.

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Yeah, well maybe the following year too.

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Maybe.

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Well, it goes.

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Hollywood works and like, it's like two years back.

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like whatever's happening right now will affect summer or like Q4 of 2027.

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Right?

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Like that's, that's sort of the landscape, the but the world moves fast, but Hollywood moves slow in terms of like how they adapt to things.

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So yeah, I mean, most large institutions take a bit to figure it out and sort of get, you know, pick a new direction, but Yeah, as I said like this year this upcoming year I should say is like it's very very um exciting It's got a nice a nice birth of different things right like there's we're getting a lot of IP stuff There's a lot of smaller studios.

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We're getting a Sam Raimi film this year.

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We're getting a Steven Spielberg film which has been a couple years since then so like it's totally and I think this is probably as you said Let's let's get right into it.

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I think the very first film that I would like to talk about going into January is an indie film.

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It's January 16th.

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It's called Dead Man's Wire.

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This is a crime drama that stars Bill Skarsgard.

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Aaron, as we said, your film's got to have a Skarsgard if you want it to be good.

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Yeah.

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I mean, it's not guaranteed that your movie will be good, but it won't be good unless as a Skarsgard.

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We've stood by that stance for a long time here.

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This is a story about the real life character of Tony Critrus.

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I'm saying that correctly.

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Critrus, who is in 1997 held a mortgage broker, Richard Hall.

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This is being played by Darcy Montgomery from Stranger Things hostage for 63 hours after falling behind on his mortgage house payments.

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This event was widely covered by the media, including live television, and Critis declared himself a goddamn national hero before eventually pleading not guilty to the crime by the way of insanity.

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So a little side fun fact, Aaron, about this is that this actually takes place in Indianapolis where I'm from.

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and you know, I like Bill Skarsgård.

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I think he probably needs a new manager based on some of the roles that he has taken as of late, but I think he is still a very incredibly talented actor.

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And I've been missing uh Darcy Montgomery and things.

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I feel like he's also really cool.

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I just, I'm excited about this and it's only around the corner because we're in mid January or mid December right now.

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So any interest in this at all?

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Not really.

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However, I do want to put on my uh tombstone, yeah, my tombstone, God damn national hero.

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Like, I think I might get that tattooed.

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Just put that on your resume, you're a goddamn national hero.

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Yes, Aaron Knowles, a goddamn national hero.

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Aaron, do you want to talk about the next one here?

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Because I actually I meant to ask you, I guess, before we get into it, did you end up seeing 20 years, 28 years later?

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Okay, well, let's talk about this one really quickly, because as someone who went to go see it in theaters, I think I'm in the minority by saying because some people were saying this is like the best movie of 2025.

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I don't agree.

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Like really at all.

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I have a very middle of the pact.

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Like there's a lot of great swings from the team over there at 28 years later, but I don't feel like it really hit the same way.

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I think it hit for a lot of people.

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Yeah, 28 years later at the Bone Temple.

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That's what Aaron, that's what he, that's what he, that's how he got married actually.

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took Carly to the bone temple.

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That's what I call my bedroom.

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You Sorry, 16, the Marvel's director, Nia DaCosta is helping this project.

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I'm sorry.

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While Cillian Murphy plays a behind the scenes role as producer for the film, his story follows Ralph Fiennes, Dr.

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Ian Kelson after the events of 2025, 28 years later.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So some people might be excited for this.

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Let's move on.

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As I said, Sam Raimi has a film coming out January 30th called Sin Help.

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The film stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as a worker and her boss who becomes stranded on an island after a plane crash and the attempt to survive while tension rises between them.

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So, Aaron, have you been seeing trailers for this?

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I've been seeing it a couple of films and it looks interesting and I can't really I don't see the Raimi in it.

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You know, I don't really feel the same Raimi in it, but I'm still excited to see it just based on his involvement.

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actually have not seen any trailers for this.

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was really weird.

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I don't actually remember the last movie that I saw in theater.

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might actually was Predator Badlands and believe it or not, there was only one trailer before that movie.

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You lucky dog, man.

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I'm so tired, everybody.

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think we've talked about it here on the show a bunch, like AMC specifically, but I would say every movie, you know, chain, every movie theater chain.

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Of course I'll go to bat for you every day, all day, but stop with the trailers.

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We don't need 10 trailers.

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Actually, yes.

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No, I'm thinking about it now.

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I did see the trailer for this.

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I am very excited for this movie.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I love uh the change for Rachel McAdams in there.

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She was sort of like America's sweetheart for a bit.

00:34:15.346 --> 00:34:17.557
I think she sort of took that role from Reese Witherspoon.

00:34:17.557 --> 00:34:28.606
And now as time has gone on, she has sort of taken these more interesting roles where she sort of gets to play, and maybe this is my own dumb hetero brain talking here, but she gets to play sort of like the hot mom, you know?

00:34:28.606 --> 00:34:32.210
So I think that's kind of the era we're in with Rachel McAdams and I'm definitely here for it.

00:34:32.277 --> 00:34:41.164
I kind of, I kind of hate Rachel McAdams is one of those actresses that I really don't like in majority of her roles, but this one does look enticing.

00:34:41.164 --> 00:34:42.143
Okay, interesting.

00:34:42.143 --> 00:34:43.974
Aaron, why don't you talk about the next one here.

00:34:44.010 --> 00:34:45.898
I would, but I'm going to jump into that one.

00:34:45.898 --> 00:34:49.070
I just want to go over a couple that are in January that I am excited for.

00:34:49.070 --> 00:34:50.708
probably say, yeah, Aaron brought his own list.

00:34:50.708 --> 00:34:52.927
He has like some things that he he looked up himself.

00:34:52.927 --> 00:34:53.838
So, yeah, please.

00:34:53.838 --> 00:34:55.697
Like he just, he looked up himself.

00:34:55.697 --> 00:34:57.097
did his own.

00:34:58.297 --> 00:35:11.677
So actually the crazy thing about this, and again, I'll try and keep it as brief as possible, but the opening week of January, January 2nd has some like really like three amazing films that are coming out.

00:35:11.677 --> 00:35:21.338
One is called The Plague, which is an interesting look at like hazing and the kind of the, what did he writes a passage of young men at a school.

00:35:21.445 --> 00:35:23.146
Kind of have some horror vibes.

00:35:23.146 --> 00:35:24.527
It's an independent film.

00:35:24.527 --> 00:35:25.306
It looks really cool.

00:35:25.306 --> 00:35:30.487
There's the mother and the bear which is about um This mother who like her daughter.

00:35:30.487 --> 00:35:47.123
I think she lives in either I think she lives in anyway, she lives in the States She falls she goes into a coma the mother who like this thinks lives in Korea goes to stay with her to take care of her And realizes that she has no idea who her daughter has become It looks really good.

00:35:47.123 --> 00:35:49.474
And then also there's a Daisy Ridley's movie.

00:35:49.474 --> 00:35:55.266
We bury the dead all coming out in one week, which that one, looks like an intense zombie film.

00:35:55.266 --> 00:35:58.800
mean, talking about like 28 years later, that one looks crazy.

00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:03.215
Like I am, that one actually brought a little anxiety when I did see the trailer for that one.

00:36:03.215 --> 00:36:07.880
So January 2nd, just opening up like floodgates, you know, crazy.

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.581
That's not the sound of floodgates.

00:36:10.289 --> 00:36:31.088
But well, you know, it's it's interesting January used to be the dumping ground for movie studios Just dump whatever crap they had that they didn't feel like putting out in like November December timeframe But over the last like I would say two years and I think it's like that's still mostly true every like you'll still get like a bunch of crap in January But there has been I think much more of an effort to put out good stuff.

00:36:31.088 --> 00:36:34.891
So That's interesting Thanks for adding those but yeah, go on.

00:36:34.891 --> 00:36:35.891
Let's move into February here.

00:36:35.891 --> 00:36:43.199
And this is the day before this is perfect synergy everybody February 13th for this film to be coming out, think makes way too much sense.

00:36:43.342 --> 00:36:44.961
last one I wanted to bring out, so I'm sorry.

00:36:44.961 --> 00:36:47.442
Well, January 23rd is Return to Silent Hill.

00:36:47.442 --> 00:36:48.021
Oh.

00:36:48.021 --> 00:36:49.222
out.

00:36:50.001 --> 00:36:50.974
Yeah, I believe so.

00:36:50.974 --> 00:36:51.474
Interesting.

00:36:51.474 --> 00:36:51.856
Okay.

00:36:51.856 --> 00:36:52.637
I didn't see that.

00:36:52.637 --> 00:36:56.114
And so that's That's kind of the last one that I wanted to talk about for January.

00:36:56.114 --> 00:36:59.139
And then yeah, so Wuthering Heights is coming out February 13th.

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:02.603
Excuse me, Wuthering?

00:37:02.603 --> 00:37:04.699
Weathering, weathering, weathering.

00:37:05.664 --> 00:37:06.847
Reading hair.

00:37:07.992 --> 00:37:09.094
I don't know.

00:37:10.253 --> 00:37:15.097
um Emerald Fennell's take on Emily Bronte's gothic masterpiece.

00:37:15.097 --> 00:37:18.699
I don't see any eyeliner at all in this trailer, gothic.

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.679
Stupid joke.

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.621
I'm sorry.

00:37:20.621 --> 00:37:22.822
It's sure to ruffle some purist feathers.

00:37:22.822 --> 00:37:34.911
This film's are the film's Charlie XCX soundtrack trailer caused a stir the moment it dropped online, but leave it to the salt burn director to get people talking and maybe even picking up the classic book to compare notes.

00:37:34.911 --> 00:37:40.231
Fennell's version of Wuthering Heights, though, which stars Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie as the story central.

00:37:40.231 --> 00:37:45.784
tragic lovers is more of an impressionistic interpretation than a faithful adaptation novel.

00:37:45.784 --> 00:37:47.615
And I just want to throw this out there.

00:37:47.615 --> 00:38:01.898
I hate when people get too ahead of the game and start like judging an interpretation of a film or like of a novel of an interpretation of anything because so many things have been interpreted, uh, interpreted, excuse me, interpreted.

00:38:01.898 --> 00:38:05.315
That's not even the word interpreted to the film and screen.

00:38:05.596 --> 00:38:10.059
One coming right off, which is, you know, Leonardo DiCaprio's, Romeo and Juliet.

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:17.978
which was itself an interpretation of the classic, you know, obviously Shakespearean story still goes down as one of my favorite movies ever.

00:38:17.978 --> 00:38:21.170
So don't knock an inter an interpretation.

00:38:21.170 --> 00:38:21.481
Yeah.

00:38:21.481 --> 00:38:24.432
Adaptation, guess is maybe a better way to say it.

00:38:24.432 --> 00:38:25.353
I mean, The Shining.

00:38:25.353 --> 00:38:25.603
Yes.

00:38:25.603 --> 00:38:27.695
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining also comes to mind.

00:38:27.695 --> 00:38:28.626
Starship Troopers.

00:38:28.626 --> 00:38:34.521
Those are two wildly different movies, but those are also two movies that took the source material and just flipped it on its head.

00:38:34.521 --> 00:38:36.094
So, you know, I love Jacob Lordi.

00:38:36.094 --> 00:38:37.625
Obviously love Margot Robbie.

00:38:37.625 --> 00:38:38.635
I really like Soulburn.

00:38:38.635 --> 00:38:41.969
That was my favorite movie of 2023, if I'm not mistaken.

00:38:41.969 --> 00:38:47.648
So I know a lot of people had some issues with that, but I thought it had a lot to say like about classism.

00:38:47.648 --> 00:38:53.280
in today's world and how people on the bottom will do some crazy shit to get to the top.

00:38:53.280 --> 00:39:02.306
I think Emra for now, she's definitely not like, her filmmaking is not something that I will go to bat for because there are definitely glaring issues.

00:39:02.306 --> 00:39:08.090
But I think at the very least, she brings a lot of interesting swings to her filmmaking.

00:39:08.090 --> 00:39:10.990
And I think Jacob Bellori is one of our best working actors currently.

00:39:11.170 --> 00:39:12.751
And Margot Robbie, the same.

00:39:12.751 --> 00:39:16.365
So let's move on to a movie, Aaron, that I don't really care about, but I want to get your feelings on.

00:39:16.365 --> 00:39:21.246
On February 27th, we have Scream 7 and we have the return of Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott.

00:39:21.246 --> 00:39:25.025
She comes back to the franchise to face off with Ghostface once again.

00:39:25.025 --> 00:39:32.005
Although this time she will be without the Carpenter sisters who we know from the previous two films with Melissa Barrera, excuse me, Melissa Barrera and Janet Ortega.

00:39:32.005 --> 00:39:43.485
Now you have her daughter who I don't know off the top of my head, but you're going to have Kevin Williamson who wrote Scream 1, 2 and 4 will be replacing the directing team of the previous two films.

00:39:43.485 --> 00:39:43.840
So.

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:47.945
Aaron, any interest in this next installment in the screen franchise?

00:39:48.398 --> 00:39:51.976
I'm going go with no, isn't Matthew Lillard coming back for this one?

00:39:52.438 --> 00:39:53.418
I didn't see Matthew.

00:39:53.418 --> 00:39:59.782
So I saw a trailer for this a couple of days ago and I didn't see Matthew Lillard, but I did see Courtney Cox.

00:39:59.782 --> 00:40:03.103
So she'll be back in it at the very least.

00:40:03.103 --> 00:40:16.271
And so after watching the trailer and I actually I leaned over to Olivia and I was like, I think this is the last dying breath of this current like the this current franchise as the screen franchise as it is currently.

00:40:16.751 --> 00:40:23.733
eventually each franchise gets to its breaking point where it's like They start throwing nostalgia at the wall to like get old fans back.

00:40:23.733 --> 00:40:28.213
But like the film doesn't have enough juice to really wow audiences.

00:40:28.273 --> 00:40:32.653
think that seven here and I could be totally wrong because I think people enjoyed five and six.

00:40:32.653 --> 00:40:35.914
I think that this is the last dying breath of this current iteration of Scream.

00:40:35.914 --> 00:40:42.414
And then we'll wait for five years and then like 2032 we'll get a revamped Scream franchise.

00:40:42.414 --> 00:40:44.534
That's like sort of my thought on it.

00:40:44.534 --> 00:40:45.302
So yeah.

00:40:45.302 --> 00:40:53.496
It is confirmed that that he will be uh Matthew Willard will be be reprising his roles as skeet Ulrich.

00:40:54.541 --> 00:40:56.134
All right, Aaron, go on to the next one here.

00:40:56.257 --> 00:40:59.485
Well, the next one is March, but I want to talk about I keep forgetting.

00:40:59.485 --> 00:41:00.599
please go into February.

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.150
What do you have?

00:41:01.150 --> 00:41:01.793
do have?

00:41:01.793 --> 00:41:02.815
Son of a bitch.

00:41:02.815 --> 00:41:07.235
Really, there's only three that are coming out oh for February.

00:41:07.235 --> 00:41:11.297
One is Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, which releases on February 13th.

00:41:11.297 --> 00:41:11.646
I don't know.

00:41:11.646 --> 00:41:12.878
Have you watched the trailer for that one?

00:41:12.878 --> 00:41:15.960
Oh my God.

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:18.692
It looks fucking amazing.

00:41:18.692 --> 00:41:20.422
So it's the of Sam Rockwell.

00:41:20.422 --> 00:41:21.682
And he basically...

00:41:22.922 --> 00:41:23.423
Right?

00:41:23.423 --> 00:41:24.023
Right?

00:41:24.023 --> 00:41:25.565
So he's a time traveler.

00:41:25.565 --> 00:41:28.925
He comes back to modern day and it's about all about like AI.

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:42.092
And like, he's like trying to stop the, basically think Terminator, but with Sam Rockwell and his quality of like, you know, comedy and it just looks good.

00:41:42.092 --> 00:41:44.699
It's got like a star-studded cast, in my opinion.

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:52.742
uh Michael Pena, Juno Temple, Haley Lou Richardson, just, and it looks fun, but it also looks very action-packed.

00:41:52.963 --> 00:41:55.083
I want to say, yeah, that's February 13th.

00:41:55.083 --> 00:41:56.534
The other one is How to Make a Killing.

00:41:56.534 --> 00:41:59.710
And this is another one with Glenn Powell.

00:42:00.251 --> 00:42:04.097
And basically he is a kind of an offshoot of a family.

00:42:04.097 --> 00:42:09.822
He's a blood relative of a family that is just fucking loaded and he is kind of Mark Requalley's in this.

00:42:09.822 --> 00:42:10.922
This is A24, right?

00:42:10.922 --> 00:42:11.275
Yeah.

00:42:11.275 --> 00:42:11.887
Yeah.

00:42:11.887 --> 00:42:16.297
And so he, she's like, why don't you just kill them all and inherit the money?

00:42:16.297 --> 00:42:20.485
And so it's about him hunting down like all of his family.

00:42:20.494 --> 00:42:23.134
You can see like billions of dollars that he has.

00:42:23.134 --> 00:42:28.077
And then there's another one that looks really interesting called Psycho Killer, is just apparently it's like a road trip.

00:42:28.077 --> 00:42:30.128
It's just a you know, they're there.

00:42:30.128 --> 00:42:33.760
It's a road trip to track down a psychotic killer predator.

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:36.021
So I'm just I'm looking forward to that one.

00:42:36.021 --> 00:42:41.445
That one is February 20th as well as for how to make a killing.

00:42:41.445 --> 00:42:41.911
Nice.

00:42:41.911 --> 00:42:42.311
Those are good.

00:42:42.311 --> 00:42:42.523
Yeah.

00:42:42.523 --> 00:42:44.434
Thank you for bringing up the one, especially the one.

00:42:44.434 --> 00:42:51.585
mean, all those sound interesting, but especially the one from Glenn Powell and Mark Requely, because I saw the trailer for that for May 24 and I was really, really excited about it.

00:42:51.585 --> 00:42:53.106
Have you seen Running Man yet?

00:42:53.262 --> 00:42:54.061
Not yet.

00:42:54.061 --> 00:42:56.041
need to.

00:42:56.061 --> 00:43:00.621
I was gonna say, I was gonna ask if you have, but yeah, we both have, the movie has bombed.

00:43:00.621 --> 00:43:06.262
And I think part of the reason why, like me personally, because Edgar Wright, it's Glenn Powell, it's Coleman Domingo.

00:43:06.262 --> 00:43:07.961
Like it's all these people I really like.

00:43:07.961 --> 00:43:10.322
I've heard that it's just a really watered down version of Running Man.

00:43:10.322 --> 00:43:13.766
So no interest really until it comes out on, you Blu-ray.

00:43:14.541 --> 00:43:15.222
That makes me sad.

00:43:15.222 --> 00:43:20.704
But again, I still want to do the comparison to the first one and the second one for the ah show.

00:43:20.945 --> 00:43:22.907
the bride comes out March 6th.

00:43:22.907 --> 00:43:26.989
This is absolutely one of my one of my most anticipated.

00:43:26.989 --> 00:43:30.931
am so looking forward to this.

00:43:30.931 --> 00:43:32.692
I am I am so excited.

00:43:32.692 --> 00:43:34.373
It just again, I'll go with it.

00:43:34.373 --> 00:43:34.693
I'll go.

00:43:34.693 --> 00:43:42.594
So after Gail Matadoro turned Jacob Allorti into the creature in this year's Frankenstein, Maggie Gyllenhaal or Jillian Hall, however you decide to say it.

00:43:42.594 --> 00:43:44.534
takes a stab at her version of the classic story.

00:43:44.534 --> 00:43:48.576
Now, I can't remember off the top of my head, like some of the stuff that she has done.

00:43:48.576 --> 00:43:51.085
I just know that she has directed some really good stuff.

00:43:51.085 --> 00:43:53.797
Chris, if you don't mind bringing some of those things up in a second.

00:43:53.797 --> 00:43:59.748
uh The bride, Frank Sinai's monster, Christian Bale gets his wish for a female companion.

00:43:59.748 --> 00:44:06.940
So again, Christian Bale being the monster looks amazing in the form of a murdered woman brought back to life.

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:09.081
Jesse Buckley by scientist, Dr.

00:44:09.081 --> 00:44:11.150
Euphronius, Annette Benning.

00:44:11.150 --> 00:44:16.789
set in 1930s Chicago and inspired by a silent film from the era of the same name, The Bride.

00:44:16.789 --> 00:44:22.670
It's a punk, monstrous love story and a musical with big dance numbers, according to Gyllenhaal.

00:44:22.670 --> 00:44:24.929
This is like, what do you call it?

00:44:25.090 --> 00:44:26.869
The prohibition era.

00:44:26.869 --> 00:44:33.949
This is, know, booze runners, kind the same timeframe that we saw in Sitters.

00:44:33.949 --> 00:44:40.385
And so I am so excited for this, especially I don't really like the idea we've had.

00:44:40.385 --> 00:44:43.447
We've had movies turn into musicals, uh i.e.

00:44:43.447 --> 00:44:55.751
uh Joker Folio Ado, which obviously I kind of enjoyed it, but I can't imagine Frankenstein doing this, but I love what this movie is looking like.

00:44:55.751 --> 00:44:57.592
I love how it's feeling already.

00:44:57.592 --> 00:44:59.764
I am so excited for this movie.

00:44:59.853 --> 00:45:03.534
Yeah, it's definitely giving like jukebox hit kind of movie, right?

00:45:03.534 --> 00:45:05.074
Like you're going to get, there's going to be a dance.

00:45:05.074 --> 00:45:07.014
There's going to at least like one dance number in this film.

00:45:07.014 --> 00:45:09.373
I think you were talking about Maggie Gyllenhaal.

00:45:09.373 --> 00:45:14.514
She did the Lost Daughter in 2021 with Jesse Buckley and Olivia Coleman and Dakota Johnson.

00:45:14.514 --> 00:45:15.954
So that I think that was well received.

00:45:15.954 --> 00:45:21.373
And then she also did Homemade back in 2020, which I have not seen and actually I'd never heard of.

00:45:21.574 --> 00:45:23.574
So yeah, no, I mean, it's interesting.

00:45:23.574 --> 00:45:24.974
And I've seen the trailer for this.

00:45:24.974 --> 00:45:26.454
It looks pretty, it looks good.

00:45:26.454 --> 00:45:29.242
think Jesse Buckley is an excellent actor.

00:45:29.242 --> 00:45:32.724
And obviously Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal is supposed to be in this film as well.

00:45:32.724 --> 00:45:33.394
Annette Benning.

00:45:33.394 --> 00:45:35.306
Yeah, I mean, I'm down for this.

00:45:35.306 --> 00:45:41.471
So speaking of movies I'm down for, we have March 20th, we have Project Hail Mary.

00:45:41.471 --> 00:45:50.036
This is of course another of Andy Weir's films being, excuse me, Andy Weir's books being adapted to film, the first being The Martian.

00:45:50.036 --> 00:45:57.141
Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as Rylan Grace, an astronaut who wakes up alone on a space station with no memory of who he is or why he's there.

00:45:57.141 --> 00:46:06.748
As fragments of his memory return, he discovers he's on a mission to the Tau Centi solar system to stop a cosmic event that has already pushed earth into early stages of a new ice age.

00:46:06.748 --> 00:46:12.442
This film is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, of course, the team behind into the spider verse and across the spider verse.

00:46:12.442 --> 00:46:14.273
So uh yeah, this looks great.

00:46:14.273 --> 00:46:16.025
Honestly, I love Ryan Gosling.

00:46:16.025 --> 00:46:18.496
I love the directing team.

00:46:18.496 --> 00:46:19.947
The trailer for this looks really great.

00:46:19.947 --> 00:46:21.557
I'm really, really pumped about this.

00:46:21.664 --> 00:46:23.625
I am just as excited.

00:46:23.625 --> 00:46:29.038
I've been, this is another one, an early runner for most anticipated.

00:46:29.038 --> 00:46:29.757
Like of mine.

00:46:29.757 --> 00:46:33.090
I'll say this ranks highly up there as one of the most anticipated.

00:46:33.090 --> 00:46:37.902
I've been waiting on this movie for probably almost a year.

00:46:38.103 --> 00:46:44.416
I'm so excited for it because I love, the Martian took me, and I'll say this, took me by storm.

00:46:44.416 --> 00:46:46.574
I did not realize how good it was going to be.

00:46:46.574 --> 00:46:48.168
I have, I own the book.

00:46:48.168 --> 00:46:49.385
I'm going to read it.

00:46:49.385 --> 00:46:52.875
I love, I love that fucking movie, man.

00:46:52.956 --> 00:46:55.072
And so I'm so excited for this one.

00:46:55.309 --> 00:46:56.150
Yeah.

00:46:56.150 --> 00:46:59.690
And Ryan Gosling is one of those actors that I will watch everything he does.

00:46:59.690 --> 00:47:01.030
Like it doesn't matter what it is.

00:47:01.030 --> 00:47:04.210
I mean, I know the the the fall guy didn't do super well.

00:47:04.210 --> 00:47:08.750
I don't know if it was this year or last year, but yeah, it's still it was I thought it was really fun.

00:47:08.929 --> 00:47:09.889
A lot.

00:47:09.889 --> 00:47:10.630
Yeah.

00:47:10.630 --> 00:47:12.001
Aaron, why don't you talk about the next one here?

00:47:12.001 --> 00:47:15.605
All right, so next up we got March 27th, the dog stars.

00:47:15.605 --> 00:47:20.548
And this is really Scott's adaptation of Pete Heller's 2012 novel of the same name.

00:47:20.650 --> 00:47:27.175
is a post apocalyptic sci fi film set in the aftermath of a deadly virus that nearly wiped out humanity.

00:47:27.175 --> 00:47:29.307
The story follows a pilot, Jacob Lordy.

00:47:29.307 --> 00:47:31.119
He's getting a lot of work this year.

00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:32.740
Yes.

00:47:32.740 --> 00:47:38.637
And an ex Marine, Josh Brolin, as they face invaders and other obstacles on a desperate journey towards survival.

00:47:38.637 --> 00:47:41.878
Yeah, it also is going to have Guy Pearce, Margaret Qualley is supposed to be in it.

00:47:41.878 --> 00:47:43.557
I mean, Ridley Scott.

00:47:43.717 --> 00:47:44.378
What is he like?

00:47:44.378 --> 00:47:44.938
94?

00:47:44.938 --> 00:47:45.978
Like, what is he doing?

00:47:45.978 --> 00:47:47.217
He's still directing movies.

00:47:47.217 --> 00:47:48.237
It's crazy.

00:47:48.364 --> 00:47:51.371
I have no idea, he's a man in the chair somewhere.

00:47:51.371 --> 00:47:52.043
Yeah.

00:47:52.043 --> 00:47:56.077
Before we move on to April, Aaron, do you have anything in March that we didn't mention that you're excited about?

00:47:56.077 --> 00:47:57.994
Actually, you fucking nailed March, my man.

00:47:57.994 --> 00:47:58.333
that's it.

00:47:58.333 --> 00:47:59.864
Everything that's perfect.

00:47:59.864 --> 00:48:00.195
Yeah.

00:48:00.195 --> 00:48:01.865
All right.

00:48:01.865 --> 00:48:11.181
Let's talk about one that I'm actually really interested to hear your thoughts on, because I know that you weren't super crazy about the first one, which is super surprising because I super being the key word in that sentence.

00:48:11.181 --> 00:48:12.682
I really like the first one.

00:48:12.682 --> 00:48:14.353
And that is the Super Mario Galaxy movie.

00:48:14.353 --> 00:48:17.905
This is obviously the sequel to the Super Mario Brothers movie from a couple of years ago.

00:48:17.905 --> 00:48:20.347
So Mario is heading to space or so we think.

00:48:20.347 --> 00:48:25.150
Thanks to the teaser that was released during September at the 2025 Nintendo Direct broadcast.

00:48:25.150 --> 00:48:26.018
We now know.

00:48:26.018 --> 00:48:27.739
The official title of Super Mario Bros.

00:48:27.739 --> 00:48:31.083
sequel is again Super Mario Galaxy movie.

00:48:31.083 --> 00:48:34.927
So this is of course inspired by the 2007 Nintendo Wii title.

00:48:34.927 --> 00:48:36.427
We don't know much about the film thus far.

00:48:36.427 --> 00:48:44.485
The only thing we do know is that the returning cast is all back and we have Brie Larson voicing Rosalina and Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr.

00:48:44.485 --> 00:48:47.509
So Aaron, you actually, you mentioned this on the grid a couple of weeks ago.

00:48:47.509 --> 00:48:50.081
You saw the trailer and you thought it really, it looked good.

00:48:50.081 --> 00:48:51.422
You still stand by that?

00:48:51.552 --> 00:48:52.943
Yeah, it looks interesting.

00:48:52.943 --> 00:48:59.668
I'm definitely going to watch it because I, again, I did enjoy Super Mario Brothers, the movie.

00:48:59.969 --> 00:49:00.840
I did enjoy it.

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:07.896
just was not, ah yeah, that's, that was, think that it was a safe film.

00:49:07.896 --> 00:49:11.769
So yeah, I'm excited for this one because again, I really enjoyed the team.

00:49:11.769 --> 00:49:12.951
really enjoyed the quality.

00:49:12.951 --> 00:49:18.434
I really enjoyed believe it not, Chris Pratt acting as a, as an Italian.

00:49:18.735 --> 00:49:19.644
we'll, I mean, we'll see.

00:49:19.644 --> 00:49:21.447
And then Rosalina just looks bad ass in it.

00:49:21.447 --> 00:49:23.039
So I'm excited to see where this goes.

00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:26.682
And then I think they're the star that's returning like we're all going to die.

00:49:26.682 --> 00:49:30.666
You know, like that little, you know, super negative star.

00:49:30.666 --> 00:49:32.027
I'm looking forward to that one.

00:49:32.027 --> 00:49:33.228
um Yeah.

00:49:33.228 --> 00:49:34.434
I think I'm excited.

00:49:34.434 --> 00:49:38.456
This I think part of reason why I love the first one so much is as you said, it's just very quality.

00:49:38.456 --> 00:49:39.686
Like it is very safe.

00:49:39.686 --> 00:49:41.556
Like it is a very linear.

00:49:41.556 --> 00:49:44.438
Here's the whole team, everybody kind of Mario movie.

00:49:44.438 --> 00:49:50.240
But I found it really, it's just like, really, it's an easy watch, you know, and maybe I'm, maybe I'm a cog in the system, I guess.

00:49:50.240 --> 00:49:58.744
Maybe I'm just, you know, I'll eat, I'll whatever slop they give me, I will gladly eat, but uh a cock, a cog, Aaron.

00:50:00.164 --> 00:50:02.945
But I just think it's, it was really well made.

00:50:03.097 --> 00:50:05.188
Of course, Illumination is known for that.

00:50:05.188 --> 00:50:08.000
I'm just really excited.

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:15.733
uh I think if this is the time, if they're going to make some some bold swings with the Super Mario, I was about to say if they're going to make some bold swings, they're going to do it in this movie.

00:50:15.733 --> 00:50:17.135
But I just don't think they're going to.

00:50:17.135 --> 00:50:23.829
I think that they're just going to make these movies really safely and they're going to make a billion dollars and kids are going to love them and we're going to watch them because we love Mario.

00:50:23.829 --> 00:50:25.188
Like that's that's what's going to happen.

00:50:25.188 --> 00:50:27.090
You know, so.

00:50:27.213 --> 00:50:31.916
I guarantee you at some point, at some point we're going to get a Smash Brothers movie.

00:50:32.795 --> 00:50:34.246
Kids will lose their fucking mind.

00:50:34.246 --> 00:50:34.996
You know why?

00:50:34.996 --> 00:50:38.117
Because you're going to have the Super Mario Brothers like group.

00:50:38.117 --> 00:50:42.340
You're to have Minecraft group and then you're going to have the Sonic group all together.

00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:46.925
Can you imagine what a theater filled with those children are going to be like?

00:50:46.925 --> 00:50:50.306
Zelda is getting a movie in 2027 as well, I think it's live action.

00:50:50.306 --> 00:50:53.346
I mean, still, regardless, it'll at least put Zelda in the zeitgeist.

00:50:53.346 --> 00:51:02.106
And I think they would make a really easy transition to get, you know, the team, Princess Zelda and link and everybody into the eventual Super Smash Brothers movie.

00:51:02.385 --> 00:51:05.905
So, Aaron, let's move on to let's see here.

00:51:06.545 --> 00:51:08.826
Michael, yeah, let's say why don't you take the next one here?

00:51:08.826 --> 00:51:11.382
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this because I've heard some rumblings.

00:51:11.382 --> 00:51:15.382
Yeah, so April 24th releases Michael after a few delays.

00:51:15.382 --> 00:51:24.425
Director Antoine Fuqua's Michael will finally tell the story of Michael Jackson from his Jackson five days to his global ascendancy as the king of pop.

00:51:24.425 --> 00:51:40.170
The singer's nephew, Jafar Jackson, is in the titular role with Coleman Domingo playing patriarch Joe Jackson and Nia Long as Michael's mother, The Michael Jackson estate fully cooperated with the making of the film, though there have been a few legal bumps along the way.

00:51:41.230 --> 00:51:44.478
Well, I guess firstly, any interest in this new biopic?

00:51:44.661 --> 00:51:46.302
I will not watch this in the theater.

00:51:46.302 --> 00:51:48.244
have no desire to go and pay.

00:51:48.244 --> 00:51:51.695
I'll pay for it when it's on a streaming service or I'll watch it.

00:51:51.695 --> 00:51:52.706
know, did I say I'll pay for it?

00:51:52.706 --> 00:51:54.507
I'll watch it when it's on a streaming service.

00:51:54.507 --> 00:52:06.503
But other than that, not really, there's been, there's been enough like documentaries, biopics, and you know, if I want to watch something that's trouble, that's problematic, I'll go watch a purple rain again.

00:52:07.309 --> 00:52:24.635
Well, and also I think it should be noted that it's Michael's daughter with, want to say Lisa Marie Presley and I'm spacing her name right now, so I apologize, but she came out and said like, hey, you if you want a fun sort of jukebox movie about Michael Jackson, my dad, about, you know, just like his life.

00:52:24.675 --> 00:52:25.255
Sure.

00:52:25.255 --> 00:52:29.077
But they very purposely avoid any real substance.

00:52:29.077 --> 00:52:34.146
it's you know, I think she said something along the lines of like, you don't really get to know Michael Jackson this movie.

00:52:34.146 --> 00:52:36.188
You just sort of live his life through his eyes.

00:52:36.188 --> 00:52:46.659
And that's sort of disheartening, especially as someone who I think for a lot of us, Michael Jackson, for all of his wells, and there are many, I think played a large part in a lot of our childhoods and on.

00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:52.994
And um it just kind of sucks that they're juicing this as like an easy sort of cash grab, if you will.

00:52:52.994 --> 00:53:04.831
I'm gonna hold steady on that kind of judgment only because for me, they said very much the same thing about the Freddie Mercury movie.

00:53:04.864 --> 00:53:08.021
and I agree with that stance on Bohemian Rhapsody.

00:53:08.083 --> 00:53:09.235
I do not like it.

00:53:09.235 --> 00:53:10.155
It was not to me.

00:53:10.155 --> 00:53:20.891
It was not as bad as they said, like there was yes, they glossed over some of the most important parts, but it was still it was still a well done, well acted film.

00:53:20.891 --> 00:53:26.195
It's not like the one with what's his name, Robbie Williams, Monkey, Monkey Man or whoa, whoa, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:53:26.195 --> 00:53:30.164
You know, I haven't seen it, but I don't think we should make judgments because I've heard that that was pretty good.

00:53:30.391 --> 00:53:31.804
Well, I don't fucking care.

00:53:32.784 --> 00:53:42.219
We're talking about the Robbie Williams monkey movie everybody which I'm spacing the name of right now but everybody I talked to said it was way better than it had any right to be so Speaking of good movies though, Aaron.

00:53:42.219 --> 00:53:45.981
This is one that I'm very excited for and I think you will be as well Well, I'm sorry real quick.

00:53:45.981 --> 00:53:46.168
Aaron.

00:53:46.168 --> 00:53:47.612
Do you want to give me movies in March?

00:53:47.612 --> 00:53:48.679
I apologize our April.

00:53:48.679 --> 00:53:51.123
Excuse me April Do you have any movies in April that you want to talk about?

00:53:53.047 --> 00:54:01.489
according to the list that I have, there's a movie, like a project called the resurrected, which I think is actually supposed to be Lee Cronin's the mummy.

00:54:02.871 --> 00:54:13.074
And so that's supposed to release on April 17th, but I don't have much information on it other than the young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace.

00:54:13.074 --> 00:54:20.018
Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she has returned to them as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

00:54:20.641 --> 00:54:25.025
So this will be our uh fourth attempt at a Mummy franchise.

00:54:25.025 --> 00:54:26.297
that what I'm sort of hearing?

00:54:26.297 --> 00:54:26.666
Yeah.

00:54:26.666 --> 00:54:27.188
Correct.

00:54:27.188 --> 00:54:27.527
Okay.

00:54:27.527 --> 00:54:27.878
All right.

00:54:27.878 --> 00:54:31.150
Well, listen, I love the first movie.

00:54:31.150 --> 00:54:38.818
I think the Tom Cruise one, people rag on it and I get why, because he kisses someone to death at one point.

00:54:38.818 --> 00:54:41.681
But like, the point is that I thought it was decent.

00:54:41.681 --> 00:54:44.913
And maybe that's my own Tom Cruise sort of fandom coming through.

00:54:44.913 --> 00:54:49.282
mean, Scientology aside, I think he's one of the best actors in all of Hollywood.

00:54:49.282 --> 00:54:52.525
So, or at least one of my favorites, know, best I guess can be debated.

00:54:52.525 --> 00:54:54.568
But point being is that I had good time with it.

00:54:54.568 --> 00:54:58.833
anyway, moving on to May here, Aaron, let's talk about this again, the one that we're excited about.

00:54:58.987 --> 00:55:09.103
Yeah, so disclosure, May 15th, Steven Spielberg is reuniting with David Kep from Jurassic Park, World War of the Worlds for a new film based on an original idea from Spielberg.

00:55:09.344 --> 00:55:21.112
While we still don't know much about the plot, we do know that it will be a sci-fi film, yay, about a UFO starring an A-list ensemble, including Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Coleman Domingo.

00:55:21.112 --> 00:55:23.492
Coleman Domingo, that guy's working his ass off too.

00:55:23.492 --> 00:55:24.909
And Wyatt Russell.

00:55:24.909 --> 00:55:29.289
Yeah, there's going to be so it's so 2026 is going to be a big year for a couple of folks.

00:55:29.289 --> 00:55:31.650
Of course, we've already talked about Jacob Elordi.

00:55:31.650 --> 00:55:33.190
Coleman Domingos has a ton of films out.

00:55:33.190 --> 00:55:37.010
And then there's one other person as we get into the summer, it'll become very clear who that is.

00:55:37.010 --> 00:55:38.989
But yeah, this is interesting.

00:55:38.989 --> 00:55:40.469
I'm very, very excited for this.

00:55:40.469 --> 00:55:41.030
I don't.

00:55:41.030 --> 00:55:42.869
was the last time we got a Steven Spielberg film?

00:55:42.869 --> 00:55:44.630
Was that Ready Player One?

00:55:44.630 --> 00:55:46.501
Ready Player One, the last Spielberg film.

00:55:48.230 --> 00:55:51.371
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna check it really.

00:55:52.492 --> 00:55:53.052
No, I'm sorry.

00:55:53.052 --> 00:55:54.934
It was the fabled men's in twenty twenty two.

00:55:54.934 --> 00:56:00.726
So it was ready player one in 2018 West Side story in twenty twenty one and then the fabled men's in twenty twenty two.

00:56:00.726 --> 00:56:01.288
So I apologize.

00:56:01.288 --> 00:56:01.797
Yes.

00:56:01.797 --> 00:56:02.938
So yeah.

00:56:02.938 --> 00:56:03.599
OK.

00:56:03.599 --> 00:56:05.039
I mean, heck yeah.

00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:06.219
I'm down for this.

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:10.413
Here's another one I'm down for Aaron and one that I think you're also excited for maybe more than most.

00:56:10.413 --> 00:56:13.724
And that's uh Mortal Kombat 2 on May 15th.

00:56:13.724 --> 00:56:15.929
So after the twenty twenty one reboot.

00:56:15.929 --> 00:56:17.690
of the video game adaptation Mortal Kombat.

00:56:17.690 --> 00:56:23.632
That was we covered it here on the show is one of the first movie reviews we ever talked about our first movies we ever talked about here on the show.

00:56:23.632 --> 00:56:29.496
It wasn't a huge hit with critics, but it did earn enough to get a following that is now now spawned a sequel.

00:56:29.496 --> 00:56:33.356
Lewis Tan returns as Cole Young, who was an original character for that film.

00:56:33.356 --> 00:56:44.657
Jessica McNay as Sonya McCabb Brooks as Jax and Shogun co-stars Haruki Sonata as Scorpion and Tadanubu Asana as Raiden all returned to reprise their roles.

00:56:44.657 --> 00:56:48.364
from the first film while Kyle Urban joins the crew as Johnny Cage.

00:56:48.364 --> 00:56:49.967
So Aaron, I'm going to pass it off to you.

00:56:49.967 --> 00:56:51.751
I like I said, decently excited.

00:56:51.751 --> 00:56:54.456
Looks like a bunch of CGI throw up, but I will go see it regardless.

00:56:54.456 --> 00:56:55.637
What are your thoughts?

00:56:56.121 --> 00:57:12.387
Well, first off, I feel like we can't mention Mortal Kombat without mentioning the passing of the late Kari Hiroyuki Togawa, who played Liu Kang in the originals, the original Mortal Kombat film.

00:57:12.387 --> 00:57:15.889
that's kind of, you he was, has begun, finish him.

00:57:15.889 --> 00:57:17.440
You know, like it's...

00:57:17.722 --> 00:57:18.943
Feel bad.

00:57:18.943 --> 00:57:19.612
I'm going to say that.

00:57:19.612 --> 00:57:21.215
I'm going to give you a confession.

00:57:21.215 --> 00:57:22.146
Can I confess something to you?

00:57:22.146 --> 00:57:22.985
Please.

00:57:23.331 --> 00:57:26.407
The Oblivion bar is your therapy chair whenever you need it.

00:57:26.507 --> 00:57:35.510
I feel like you might judge me for this as a bad person, but I, as soon as I saw that he had passed, the first thing that popped into my head, fatality.

00:57:35.510 --> 00:57:41.121
uh interesting.

00:57:41.684 --> 00:57:42.965
You know, I don't know.

00:57:42.965 --> 00:57:44.027
And, but I laughed.

00:57:44.027 --> 00:57:46.431
may I am a bad person by association regardless.

00:57:46.431 --> 00:57:48.423
I'll, I'll join you in hell.

00:57:48.492 --> 00:57:49.882
Okay, cool.

00:57:49.882 --> 00:57:54.965
But anyways, we have to remember him in an integral part of that original film.

00:57:54.965 --> 00:58:03.248
ah One of the main reasons it was any good at all was because of his portion of that film and his dedication.

00:58:03.248 --> 00:58:04.989
Holy shit, he was dedicated to that role.

00:58:04.989 --> 00:58:06.130
I loved it.

00:58:06.170 --> 00:58:09.751
But this new one, am obviously Carl Urban.

00:58:09.811 --> 00:58:11.351
I fucking love that guy.

00:58:11.351 --> 00:58:12.592
I'm excited for it.

00:58:12.592 --> 00:58:15.423
The first one was, in my opinion, was awesome.

00:58:15.423 --> 00:58:29.579
I have heard like a small rumor slash hope for the community that following of this film that Lewis Tan is or Cole Young Cole Young will die within the first like five, 10 minutes.

00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:34.802
Yes, because he was he was honestly the most vanilla part of the entire movie.

00:58:34.802 --> 00:58:36.974
Like he was just like not fun.

00:58:36.974 --> 00:58:40.385
And because he was an original character, which was completely unnecessary.

00:58:40.764 --> 00:58:42.711
was the introduction.

00:58:42.711 --> 00:59:12.405
to the the Marvel or more Marvel to the Mortal Kombat universe and Therefore because now we have this we don't need him anymore So I'm not gonna hope for that but I'm gonna hope for that because that would make sense to me and it would be a good thing because we don't need him have freaking You know Carl Urban come in as Luke Cage and our Johnny Cage, excuse me and be like the guiding light of this Well, speaking of Luke Cage, it's funny because I think Cole Young's his power is basically just the iron fist's powers, right?

00:59:12.405 --> 00:59:13.237
He just has like a power.

00:59:13.237 --> 00:59:15.577
He's like he has like a fire fist, essentially.

00:59:15.998 --> 00:59:19.518
I that is like tattoos light up and he hits people with like a harder hit.

00:59:19.518 --> 00:59:19.858
Yeah.

00:59:19.858 --> 00:59:25.981
No, I mean, it's one of the things where like I'll probably go see this in theaters, but I'm not expecting, you know.

00:59:25.981 --> 00:59:31.264
uh I want Carl Urban to win best supporting actor from this movie.

00:59:31.264 --> 00:59:32.204
That is my hope for 2026.

00:59:32.204 --> 00:59:33.244
Yeah.

00:59:33.784 --> 00:59:36.585
OK, let's move on to a movie that Aaron, I'm not.

00:59:36.813 --> 00:59:41.697
100 % sold on and I don't know how I feel about it quite yet, but I think you may have some feelings on it.

00:59:41.697 --> 00:59:45.039
And that is the Mandalorian Grogu on May 22nd.

00:59:45.039 --> 00:59:58.525
in lieu of the fourth season of the Mandalorian, Disney and Lucas Films has opted to give us the Mandalorian Grogu, a standalone film that returns Star Wars to the franchise and back to the theaters for the first time since JJ Abrams, The Rise of Skywalker, which was a giant piece of shit.

00:59:58.766 --> 01:00:04.130
Pedro Pascal reprises his iconic role as Din Durenne alongside everyone's favorite little green Force wielder.

01:00:04.130 --> 01:00:16.215
Jeremy Allen why also co-stars in the film as Rod of the Hut, the son of Jabba and Scorni Weaver makes her appearance as ward Colonel and leader of the New Republic's Adelphi Rangers who previously served as a pilot for the rebel Alliance.

01:00:16.215 --> 01:00:23.277
So, and I saw a trailer for this before Kill Bill just last was a Friday.

01:00:23.277 --> 01:00:45.739
And you know, again, it just looks like a very expensive episode of the Mandalorian, you know, and if that's what you want, then I imagine this is going to be good, but I think part of the reason why I loved that first season of the Mandalorian, why I bought in so hard to the Mandalorian initially, and I guess parts of season two as well, is that it was just sort of like a low stakes spaghetti Western about Star Wars like in the Star Wars universe.

01:00:45.739 --> 01:00:51.005
And now that this franchise and this, this, you know, part of the Star Wars universe is getting so much larger.

01:00:51.005 --> 01:00:53.737
I feel like it's sort of lost its luster a little bit.

01:00:53.737 --> 01:00:54.356
What are your thoughts?

01:00:54.356 --> 01:00:55.699
Are you excited about this at all?

01:00:55.733 --> 01:00:56.713
Mm-hmm.

01:00:56.815 --> 01:00:59.036
I'm I'm uh mid.

01:00:59.036 --> 01:01:06.682
Yeah, like Luke lukewarm uh This is not really rate on my most anticipated at all.

01:01:06.682 --> 01:01:22.195
Yeah only because First off I am kind of praying that they don't bring Gina Carano back because apparently they've settled all the discourse between Disney and Gina Carano uh But I don't want her to come back.

01:01:23.096 --> 01:01:29.673
I just don't see the need to I don't I don't understand the need to have made this a feature film.

01:01:29.784 --> 01:01:31.534
think they want to cap this franchise off.

01:01:31.534 --> 01:01:33.576
And I think this is the way that they're going to do it.

01:01:33.576 --> 01:01:35.797
It's like, you know, what was it?

01:01:35.797 --> 01:01:36.286
Community?

01:01:36.286 --> 01:01:41.108
They always said like they wanted to do five seasons in a movie, you know, I think that's what they're doing here.

01:01:41.108 --> 01:01:45.099
You know, like I just want to kind of end the Mandalorian at least this iteration.

01:01:45.101 --> 01:01:49.282
And I would imagine we're going to see Grogu at some point in one of these movies.

01:01:49.282 --> 01:01:54.844
Like I would be very surprised if like he doesn't show up at some point as like a teenage Yoda type, right?

01:01:54.844 --> 01:01:56.795
Because we don't know what his species is called.

01:01:56.795 --> 01:01:59.306
So yeah, you know, I'm definitely gonna go see it.

01:01:59.306 --> 01:02:01.677
course, being a Star Wars fan, will go see it.

01:02:01.677 --> 01:02:03.458
We'll probably cover it here on the show and all the things.

01:02:03.458 --> 01:02:06.989
But like, as you said, not super duper excited about this.

01:02:07.471 --> 01:02:10.943
moving on into, well, let me get a quick question from you, Aaron.

01:02:10.943 --> 01:02:13.224
In May, anything interesting?

01:02:13.543 --> 01:02:14.737
No, that's it.

01:02:14.737 --> 01:02:16.760
think I think you've gotten everything from May really.

01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:19.074
um Yeah, I think let's move on to June.

01:02:19.074 --> 01:02:26.844
We're getting into the summer blockbuster season and a lot of times this is sort of saturated with a bunch of IP, if I'm just being honest.

01:02:26.844 --> 01:02:29.380
And I think we're getting into that with this next entry on June 5th.

01:02:29.380 --> 01:02:30.505
Aaron, why don't you talk about it?

01:02:30.505 --> 01:02:33.067
Yes, Q Queen.

01:02:33.108 --> 01:02:34.548
we are.

01:02:34.548 --> 01:02:37.342
We're the masters of the universe.

01:02:37.342 --> 01:02:37.561
Yeah.

01:02:37.561 --> 01:02:43.527
So Masters of the Universe is coming out June 5th after nearly 40 terrible years.

01:02:43.527 --> 01:02:48.922
He-Man returned to the big screen in a new adaptation from director Travis Knight.

01:02:48.922 --> 01:02:50.583
uh Kubo in the two strings.

01:02:50.583 --> 01:02:52.485
Did you see Kubo in the two strings?

01:02:53.065 --> 01:02:55.286
It's fantastic.

01:02:55.527 --> 01:02:57.228
Nicholas Galitzin.

01:02:57.228 --> 01:02:59.045
Jesus, that's a interesting name.

01:02:59.045 --> 01:03:06.090
Nicholas Glitzee stars as Prince Adam, who is marooned on earth at age 10 and separated from his magical sword as a grownup.

01:03:06.090 --> 01:03:11.632
He fulfills his destiny as he man and battles for the fate of his home planet Eternia.

01:03:11.632 --> 01:03:22.318
The all star cast includes Camilla Mendez as Tila, Alison Brie as Professor Evil Lynn, Idris Elba as Duncan and Jared Leto as he man's ultimate nemesis.

01:03:22.925 --> 01:03:27.565
I was waiting for you to get to that last part because I really want to get your thoughts on that a little bit.

01:03:28.326 --> 01:03:30.126
So, yeah, a Skeletor.

01:03:30.126 --> 01:03:30.746
Yeah.

01:03:30.746 --> 01:03:33.786
So all that being said, Aaron, we don't have a trailer for this yet.

01:03:33.786 --> 01:03:35.166
Of course, any interest.

01:03:35.166 --> 01:03:36.585
I know you obviously you're a kid of the 80s.

01:03:36.585 --> 01:03:41.166
So like he, I'm sure was probably a very important integral part of your childhood.

01:03:41.166 --> 01:03:44.505
But like, you know, I'm a firm believer that I don't think you need to make everything live action.

01:03:44.505 --> 01:03:46.385
So I'm not really interested in this.

01:03:46.385 --> 01:03:48.025
But what are your thoughts?

01:03:49.186 --> 01:03:51.989
Were you were you on board until the last sentence?

01:03:51.989 --> 01:04:02.199
It so the last the last part of the last sentence because all I imagine is Jared Leto is this Suit like he has to look perfect.

01:04:02.199 --> 01:04:04.155
Yeah, you know, he's so egotistical.

01:04:04.155 --> 01:04:06.362
I don't know I could be wrong.

01:04:06.722 --> 01:04:14.849
I just don't see how they're gonna do him as Skeletor as a skeleton because obviously His face like he wants to show his face.

01:04:14.849 --> 01:04:19.327
He wants the world to see Jared Leto So how are they gonna do this unless?

01:04:19.327 --> 01:04:27.650
Unless there's going to be like scenes he comes to earth and he like somehow puts on like a human face so that he can be, you know, that's all I see happening.

01:04:27.672 --> 01:04:28.773
We'll fucking see, man.

01:04:28.773 --> 01:04:30.496
ah Am I excited for it?

01:04:30.496 --> 01:04:30.978
Yes.

01:04:30.978 --> 01:04:32.340
Am I less excited for it?

01:04:32.340 --> 01:04:33.260
Yes.

01:04:34.635 --> 01:04:38.766
I mean, if you want to cover it here on the show, I'm happy to do it if you want to, but.

01:04:38.925 --> 01:04:41.695
We'll have to find something if there's something shitty that you want to cover.

01:04:41.695 --> 01:04:42.266
Yeah.

01:04:42.266 --> 01:04:42.657
Yeah.

01:04:42.657 --> 01:04:42.956
Yeah.

01:04:42.956 --> 01:04:44.168
We'll have to trade off there.

01:04:44.168 --> 01:04:44.728
Yeah.

01:04:44.728 --> 01:04:45.929
Yeah.

01:04:45.929 --> 01:04:46.650
Let's see here.

01:04:46.650 --> 01:04:53.835
So going into the middle part of June here, we have the return of the scary movie franchise, the scary movie sixth on June 12th.

01:04:53.835 --> 01:04:57.398
This next installment of the scary movie franchise is directed by Michael Tiddes.

01:04:57.398 --> 01:05:00.039
It is being written by brothers Marlon, Sean and Kenan.

01:05:00.039 --> 01:05:01.021
Kenan.

01:05:01.342 --> 01:05:07.494
Tiddies, maybe Tiddies, Michael Tiddies, perhaps uh Kenan Ivory Wayans along with Rick Alvarez.

01:05:07.494 --> 01:05:12.175
This is of course the sixth installment in in scary movie franchise and serves as a soft reboot.

01:05:12.175 --> 01:05:16.268
The film that actually stars Marlon and Sean Wayans, Anna Faris returns to the franchise.

01:05:16.268 --> 01:05:22.619
Regina Hall, of course, returns John Abrams, Lockley Monroe, Sherry O'Tary, Dave Sheridan and Chris Elliott.

01:05:22.619 --> 01:05:25.634
So, Aaron, let me ask you this.

01:05:25.634 --> 01:05:26.681
Don't give a fuck.

01:05:26.681 --> 01:05:27.811
I mean, I don't either.

01:05:27.811 --> 01:05:33.184
But those first three scary movies, movies were very important to me as a kid.

01:05:33.445 --> 01:05:37.311
I think that they were a great entry point into like sort of absurdist.

01:05:37.311 --> 01:05:38.882
raunchy humor.

01:05:38.882 --> 01:05:40.373
I loved him and I still love him.

01:05:40.373 --> 01:05:45.016
Like I watched scary movie two during the Halloween season and I was like, this still fucking it kicks, man.

01:05:45.016 --> 01:05:45.367
I love it.

01:05:45.367 --> 01:05:47.028
It's so it's still slaps.

01:05:47.028 --> 01:05:50.201
It still is on fleet because I'm laughing the entire time.

01:05:50.201 --> 01:05:51.572
He's like, take my strong hand.

01:05:51.572 --> 01:05:54.434
uh You know, like I get down with it still.

01:05:54.434 --> 01:05:59.967
And it's all it's all very like offensive raunchy humor, but I still I'm tickled by it.

01:05:59.967 --> 01:06:05.760
So anyway, let's move on to a complete complete opposite direction of.

01:06:05.760 --> 01:06:08.643
My childhood Aaron going to this next entry on June 19th.

01:06:08.987 --> 01:06:15.443
God, I think you set this up just so could cover the next one already on June 19th, Toy Story five.

01:06:15.443 --> 01:06:20.646
We're getting as many Toy Stories, almost as many Toy Stories as we're getting scary movies and screams.

01:06:20.646 --> 01:06:21.847
Think about that for a moment.

01:06:21.847 --> 01:06:22.117
Yep.

01:06:22.117 --> 01:06:22.438
Okay.

01:06:22.438 --> 01:06:26.371
Since Woody left Bonnie to help abandoned toys, find owners.

01:06:26.371 --> 01:06:30.213
Jesse has led the charge in Bonnie's room with Buzz Lightyear as our second in command.

01:06:30.213 --> 01:06:36.224
However, an eight year old Bonnie has become enamored of her new favorite play thing.

01:06:36.224 --> 01:06:39.155
a frog like tablet named Lily pad.

01:06:39.155 --> 01:06:46.398
Toy Story five is being directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton Wally finding Nemo with Greta Lee voicing Lily pad.

01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:52.202
Obviously this is a commentary on the current state of childcare.

01:06:52.202 --> 01:06:53.083
Yes.

01:06:53.443 --> 01:06:55.184
And and the toys that they use.

01:06:55.184 --> 01:06:57.965
So got any toys on that or got any games on that phone?

01:06:57.965 --> 01:07:03.188
um So uh I myself am not I didn't watch the last one.

01:07:03.188 --> 01:07:04.239
I watch Toy Story four.

01:07:04.239 --> 01:07:05.289
I don't think.

01:07:05.373 --> 01:07:05.885
It's good.

01:07:05.885 --> 01:07:06.909
It's it actually is good.

01:07:06.909 --> 01:07:07.331
It is good.

01:07:07.331 --> 01:07:07.958
Yeah.

01:07:07.958 --> 01:07:08.994
Okay, maybe I'll check it out.

01:07:08.994 --> 01:07:11.297
But Chris, what are your feelings on number five?

01:07:11.297 --> 01:07:14.472
uh I will definitely go see this for sure.

01:07:14.472 --> 01:07:18.894
And as to folks who don't have kids, Aaron, you know, Aaron, I'm neither one of us.

01:07:18.894 --> 01:07:21.065
Obviously, we wouldn't have this podcast if we had kids, I think.

01:07:21.065 --> 01:07:25.480
But, you know, it's one of those things where I sort of get it.

01:07:25.480 --> 01:07:31.954
Like, I think this is an interesting direction for Toy Story to go down, because of course, you know, the classic toy slinky dog and Mr.

01:07:31.954 --> 01:07:40.449
Potato Head and a T-Rex toy like or even like a cowboy and an astronaut like those toys don't really appeal to younger kids anymore.

01:07:40.715 --> 01:07:44.998
And we're losing the stars that are voicing the original toys.

01:07:44.998 --> 01:07:48.309
So it's not even the same to the adults who are watching it.

01:07:48.309 --> 01:07:48.730
Right.

01:07:48.730 --> 01:07:50.911
I'm just wondering how long this is going to keep going.

01:07:50.911 --> 01:07:52.182
Like, that's really my biggest question.

01:07:52.182 --> 01:07:54.204
Like, I'll go see this because I watching the trailer.

01:07:54.204 --> 01:07:55.076
It looks good.

01:07:55.076 --> 01:07:58.458
It's very brief, but it's just the quality of the film looks great.

01:07:58.458 --> 01:08:02.802
And it's so interesting to see what Pixar has evolved from since that original Toy Story movie.

01:08:02.802 --> 01:08:05.284
But yeah, no, it's I'll definitely go see it.

01:08:05.284 --> 01:08:10.608
I don't think we'll cover it here on the show, but it's something that I think I have a very close attachment to the Toy Story franchise.

01:08:10.608 --> 01:08:13.650
So I feel obligated almost even just to go see these films.

01:08:13.670 --> 01:08:17.899
So moving on to the end of June here, we have on June 26th, Supergirl.

01:08:17.899 --> 01:08:23.893
So this is gonna be the next installment in the DC universe with James Gunn and Peter Saffron's interpretation.

01:08:23.893 --> 01:08:31.676
House of the Dragons, Millie Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El AKA Supergirl and an adaptation of the comic mini series by Tom King and Bilkis Evilly.

01:08:31.676 --> 01:08:32.367
Good friends of the show.

01:08:32.367 --> 01:08:33.936
We've had them both on, well, no, sorry.

01:08:33.936 --> 01:08:34.818
We have not had them both.

01:08:34.818 --> 01:08:36.398
We've had Tom King on the show, Bilkis.

01:08:36.398 --> 01:08:44.851
I've talked to her at Comic-Con for whatnot and such, but this will serve as the latest chapter of course, as I just said, in James Gunn and Peter Saffron's DC universe.

01:08:44.942 --> 01:08:52.546
The story follows Kara Zor-El's Supergirl as she travels the galaxy with Crypto, the Superdog, and eventually helps a young girl named Ruthie in a quest for revenge.

01:08:52.546 --> 01:09:02.001
Additionally, and this is a large change from the original story by Evilly and King, Jason Momoa is set to show up as a revamped character in the DC universe.

01:09:02.001 --> 01:09:03.811
No longer is he Aquaman.

01:09:03.811 --> 01:09:06.314
He is now the Intergalactic Bounty Hunter, Lobo.

01:09:06.314 --> 01:09:08.158
So yeah, no, I'm interested.

01:09:08.158 --> 01:09:09.145
I'm very interested in this.

01:09:09.145 --> 01:09:09.716
I love this.

01:09:09.716 --> 01:09:10.756
I love Millie Alcock.

01:09:10.756 --> 01:09:11.957
She was great in House of Dragon.

01:09:11.957 --> 01:09:13.118
I love the storyline, Aaron.

01:09:13.118 --> 01:09:16.149
As you know, I- Begs you to read Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow.

01:09:16.149 --> 01:09:22.275
uh This film was actually named Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow until here recently and since just become Supergirl.

01:09:22.317 --> 01:09:24.338
So yeah, I'm down.

01:09:24.338 --> 01:09:25.920
I mean, I think this is on.

01:09:25.920 --> 01:09:28.813
I don't think it'll end up being my most anticipated, but it's definitely in contention.

01:09:28.813 --> 01:09:30.545
It's definitely like top five.

01:09:30.545 --> 01:09:32.206
So what are your thoughts?

01:09:32.301 --> 01:09:33.282
I'm excited for it.

01:09:33.282 --> 01:09:36.132
The only thing I'm kind of in the same place for you.

01:09:36.132 --> 01:09:37.953
It's definitely not most anticipated.

01:09:37.953 --> 01:09:45.306
I think it's going to be really, really hard for any of these Marvel or DC films to make their way back into most anticipated.

01:09:45.306 --> 01:09:51.730
It's going have to have some track, some good track records for a little while before they can make it into the most anticipated like level.

01:09:51.730 --> 01:09:55.492
However, Superman was great.

01:09:56.792 --> 01:09:57.502
Superman was great.

01:09:57.502 --> 01:09:57.733
Yes.

01:09:57.733 --> 01:09:59.225
uh It was great.

01:09:59.225 --> 01:10:00.765
I'm not even gonna falter at that.

01:10:00.765 --> 01:10:01.782
It was great.

01:10:01.782 --> 01:10:11.275
I just hope, I pray and I hope that there is a line by Jason Momoa as Lobo somehow referencing Aquaman.

01:10:11.275 --> 01:10:18.130
Yeah, I think that like if it's not vigilante from over in the peacemaker universe, Lobo wind up being like the Deadpool of the DC universe.

01:10:18.130 --> 01:10:20.832
I would almost bet my next paycheck on that.

01:10:20.832 --> 01:10:26.414
Because Momoa has great comedic timing and he has sort of this like anti-hero dickhead.

01:10:26.414 --> 01:10:30.817
like it makes sense that they would make him sort of like the referential Deadpool.

01:10:31.224 --> 01:10:33.557
crosses over with like everybody.

01:10:33.557 --> 01:10:34.779
Yeah, I'm very down for this.

01:10:34.779 --> 01:10:46.564
I think uh I think what I'm most interested in seeing is just how they how they adjust from James Gunn's sort of view of the DC universe, because this is the first time that we're getting a property in the DC universe.

01:10:46.564 --> 01:10:49.784
This new DC Studios universe that's not from James Gunn.

01:10:49.925 --> 01:10:54.186
Creature Commandos, Superman and Peacemaker have all been by James Gunn.

01:10:54.186 --> 01:10:56.347
So this is the very first time that we're getting something different.

01:10:56.347 --> 01:10:58.418
It won't be the last time we'll get something later on in this year.

01:10:58.418 --> 01:11:01.439
But like this is the first time that we'll get something different from James Gunn's vision.

01:11:01.439 --> 01:11:02.189
So.

01:11:02.189 --> 01:11:03.270
Moving on to July, Aaron.

01:11:03.270 --> 01:11:03.609
Oh, I'm sorry.

01:11:03.609 --> 01:11:04.569
Do you have anything in June?

01:11:04.569 --> 01:11:06.565
You have anything in June that you want to talk about at all?

01:11:06.582 --> 01:11:08.756
Nope, got June covered perfectly.

01:11:08.756 --> 01:11:14.699
We're going to move into July 1st with Minions 3, aka.

01:11:14.967 --> 01:11:16.385
Mega millions.

01:11:16.572 --> 01:11:17.997
Mega millions.

01:11:17.997 --> 01:11:19.158
Mega Minions.

01:11:19.158 --> 01:11:20.578
No, it's Mega Minions.

01:11:20.578 --> 01:11:29.438
And it was originally slated for 2027, but was pushed up by a year replacing Shrek, replacing Shrek five's release date.

01:11:29.438 --> 01:11:36.957
So Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin reprise their roles as Gru and the Minions respectively, though little is known about the plot.

01:11:36.957 --> 01:11:44.997
So it'll be probably some kind of comedic Avengers type superhero thing where they're like a terrible superhero group or something.

01:11:44.997 --> 01:11:47.054
What your relationship to minions.

01:11:47.054 --> 01:11:48.157
you care at all?

01:11:48.305 --> 01:11:53.376
I, no, it's one of those ones that give it's free like to stream.

01:11:53.376 --> 01:11:54.256
I say free.

01:11:54.256 --> 01:12:01.590
If it's streaming, I'll probably watch it because I've watched all the other ones, but I have no desire to go see, go pay money to see this.

01:12:01.814 --> 01:12:06.801
have no opinion or interest in the Minions or Despicable Me franchise.

01:12:06.801 --> 01:12:10.487
I watched the first one I think when I was younger and I liked it but the Minions annoy me.

01:12:10.487 --> 01:12:17.055
I think that there's a certain age limit to where the Minions are interesting and funny and I am after that or before it.

01:12:17.902 --> 01:12:33.506
It's one of those things where you go into somebody's office and it's like, oh, you go to, I don't know, the DMV and you have to sit down and you have to answer a question about something that went wrong and the lady at the computer has minions on her desk and she's like 65 and I'm like.

01:12:33.506 --> 01:12:34.447
It's a personality trait.

01:12:34.447 --> 01:12:35.115
Yeah.

01:12:35.115 --> 01:12:38.412
Ma'am, can I please speak to somebody else?

01:12:38.673 --> 01:12:39.965
I'm going to need another representative.

01:12:39.965 --> 01:12:40.335
I'm sorry.

01:12:40.335 --> 01:12:41.195
I cannot talk to you.

01:12:41.195 --> 01:12:45.179
uh Representative, here's the thing.

01:12:45.179 --> 01:13:00.248
This next entry, it's so funny that we're talking about Minions 3 and Moana on June, excuse me, July 10th before the mid July entry, because I like these two entries, Minions 3 and Moana are two movies that I just do not care about unabashed.

01:13:00.248 --> 01:13:01.060
Just don't care.

01:13:01.060 --> 01:13:06.122
And this is coming from a place of I absolutely adore Moana.

01:13:06.122 --> 01:13:08.054
The first animated film it is.

01:13:08.054 --> 01:13:10.506
I it's perfect.

01:13:10.506 --> 01:13:13.488
It's literally one of the best Pixar movies.

01:13:13.488 --> 01:13:14.108
It's not even Pixar.

01:13:14.108 --> 01:13:22.203
I don't think I think it's just Disney, but like it's one of the best Disney movies of all time, in my opinion, like that Moana scene, the third act, the final scene between her and the mountain.

01:13:22.203 --> 01:13:23.725
I can't not cry at that scene.

01:13:23.725 --> 01:13:24.465
It's perfect.

01:13:24.465 --> 01:13:28.587
So for them to push out a live action and Moana too was not great.

01:13:28.587 --> 01:13:30.389
This live action does not look great.

01:13:30.389 --> 01:13:31.609
I'm tired of these live action.

01:13:31.609 --> 01:13:33.931
I hope that Disney is starting to learn that people don't want these.

01:13:33.931 --> 01:13:37.814
It seems like they're starting to learn it, but they're still putting out ones here and there.

01:13:37.837 --> 01:13:43.658
but you know, it's obviously it's got Dwayne Johnson's gonna be playing Maui of course.

01:13:43.658 --> 01:13:46.078
And then you've got Catherine Lagaara.

01:13:46.078 --> 01:13:50.177
I don't know how to say her name, but she looks like Moana, you know?

01:13:50.177 --> 01:13:51.037
Like, I don't know.

01:13:51.037 --> 01:13:52.158
I'm not into this.

01:13:52.158 --> 01:13:53.387
any interest at all?

01:13:53.387 --> 01:13:55.068
No, I'm of the same thing.

01:13:55.068 --> 01:13:59.449
honestly haven't watched like really any of the live actions since like even the Lion King.

01:13:59.449 --> 01:14:03.520
I like I just couldn't get into I tried watching it couldn't watch it.

01:14:03.701 --> 01:14:07.462
There was a stitch one Lilo and Stitch that came out recently didn't watch it.

01:14:07.462 --> 01:14:10.712
eh I have zero.

01:14:10.712 --> 01:14:12.302
I don't care.

01:14:12.302 --> 01:14:12.733
don't care.

01:14:12.733 --> 01:14:15.524
Moana like you said Moana was perfect.

01:14:15.524 --> 01:14:17.173
Do not don't touch it.

01:14:17.173 --> 01:14:20.085
You know, it's like my drum set in my beat lab.

01:14:20.085 --> 01:14:20.985
Don't touch it.

01:14:20.985 --> 01:14:21.365
Yeah.

01:14:21.365 --> 01:14:21.765
All right.

01:14:21.765 --> 01:14:23.021
I'm gonna put my nuts.

01:14:23.021 --> 01:14:23.783
And that's what Disney said.

01:14:23.783 --> 01:14:25.649
I'm going to put my nuts on your drum sack.

01:14:25.649 --> 01:14:26.529
Yeah.

01:14:26.551 --> 01:14:27.975
You're driving your drum set.

01:14:27.975 --> 01:14:28.976
And that's what they did.

01:14:28.976 --> 01:14:31.231
Because I know cops didn't come on till four.

01:14:31.231 --> 01:14:31.453
Yeah.

01:14:31.453 --> 01:14:32.863
Why are you sweaty?

01:14:33.807 --> 01:14:42.572
Well, speaking of sweaty, Aaron, this next entry, I want you to cover it, but this is the front runner currently for my most anticipated film of 2020.

01:14:42.572 --> 01:14:43.011
Really?

01:14:43.011 --> 01:14:44.311
I'm excited for this.

01:14:44.311 --> 01:14:45.003
100%.

01:14:45.003 --> 01:14:47.166
So July 17th, The Odyssey.

01:14:47.166 --> 01:14:49.557
This is Christopher Nolan's interpretation.

01:14:49.557 --> 01:14:51.930
I'm not even calling it interpretation, adaptation.

01:14:51.930 --> 01:14:57.242
It brings the larger than life filmmaking techniques to one of the oldest surviving works of literature and one of Homer's great epics.

01:14:57.242 --> 01:14:59.106
If you don't know, it's called Homer's The Odyssey.

01:14:59.106 --> 01:15:00.597
OK, you've never read it.

01:15:00.597 --> 01:15:03.990
There's actually a really, really fucking good one years ago that was put on.

01:15:03.990 --> 01:15:06.262
It was a miniseries by on the Sci-Fi channel.

01:15:06.262 --> 01:15:08.765
One of my favorite things to go back and watch.

01:15:08.765 --> 01:15:09.966
So good.

01:15:09.970 --> 01:15:15.682
There are reports that Nolan is using massive animatronics rather than straight CGI, which awesome.

01:15:15.682 --> 01:15:16.253
that.

01:15:16.253 --> 01:15:22.106
To depict the story's many mythical creatures with an estimated budget of $250 million.

01:15:22.106 --> 01:15:30.640
The film is the most expensive of Nolan's career and is first to be shot entirely on IMAX's 70 millimeter film camera.

01:15:30.640 --> 01:15:32.943
Chris is just going to eat it up.

01:15:32.943 --> 01:15:39.036
The great Ludwig Gorinsson is composing the musical score and this is the insane cast.

01:15:39.036 --> 01:15:39.692
Matt.

01:15:39.692 --> 01:15:41.613
Damon as the, as Odysseus.

01:15:41.613 --> 01:15:42.403
Okay.

01:15:42.403 --> 01:15:45.863
Matt Damon, Tom Holland is telemaccus.

01:15:45.925 --> 01:15:46.342
All right.

01:15:46.342 --> 01:15:51.587
Anne Hathaway is Penelope Zendaya as Athena Lupito Nyong'o has an unknown role.

01:15:51.587 --> 01:15:54.868
Robert Pattinson as Antinous, me.

01:15:54.868 --> 01:16:07.061
Charlize Theron as Circe, Circe, John Bernthal as Menelaus, John Legosamo as Eumaeus, Mia Goth as Melantho, Benny Safdie has an unknown role and Elliot Page has an unknown role.

01:16:07.061 --> 01:16:11.426
I'm going to say Elliot Page is probably going to be, God, what is his name?

01:16:11.426 --> 01:16:13.568
Who's the fucking messenger of the gods?

01:16:13.568 --> 01:16:15.909
Though he has the wings on his feet.

01:16:15.909 --> 01:16:16.890
Hermes, no, not Hermes.

01:16:16.890 --> 01:16:17.850
I'm sorry.

01:16:17.851 --> 01:16:18.577
Might be Hermes.

01:16:18.577 --> 01:16:20.193
I can't remember who it is.

01:16:20.465 --> 01:16:26.158
It's been a long time since I've seen or read um this Chris, but like you talk about how you feel about this real quick.

01:16:26.158 --> 01:16:27.570
no, I mean, I'm just so excited.

01:16:27.570 --> 01:16:32.028
This is a movie that I will be there day one and I'll probably end up going to see it three or four times.

01:16:32.028 --> 01:16:33.449
What did you get right Aaron?

01:16:34.693 --> 01:16:35.365
Hermes?

01:16:35.365 --> 01:16:36.206
Hermes.

01:16:36.525 --> 01:16:45.345
I believe because Hermes is slightly, it's like a small, very agile, almost, almost androgynous God, like the messenger of the God.

01:16:45.345 --> 01:16:51.805
So I feel like Elliot Page, if I could be a perfect, because this, their small stature, his small stature.

01:16:51.805 --> 01:16:52.757
Yeah, absolutely.

01:16:52.757 --> 01:16:55.698
yeah, there's not much to say really we don't know anything about it.

01:16:55.698 --> 01:17:25.869
We haven't seen a trailer yet So IMAX across the country has already put out tickets for this the first three days and they sold out every single theater sold out that that has a 70 millimeter showing sold out in five minutes So people are very very excited for this and I think it's gonna be it's gonna be one of those ones that gets a couple of re-releases and will potentially be in the running for you best picture and and have a bunch of award hype going into the end of 2026 but moving on Real quick, just wanted to ask, did you happen to watch Chaos on Netflix?

01:17:26.194 --> 01:17:27.708
Um, no, I did not.

01:17:27.917 --> 01:17:32.418
Okay, I want you to go and before this movie comes out, I want you to go and watch it.

01:17:32.418 --> 01:17:35.119
It's like basically it's a mini series.

01:17:35.119 --> 01:17:38.461
It's Jeff Goldblum is Zeus.

01:17:38.761 --> 01:17:52.104
So imagine basically if Greek gods and like the religion, like uh theocracy, like multiple gods, like if Greek religion took over the world in modern day.

01:17:52.104 --> 01:17:56.185
like the entire world still believed in their different gods.

01:17:56.326 --> 01:17:57.246
Okay.

01:17:57.261 --> 01:17:59.682
And it is so fucking good.

01:17:59.682 --> 01:18:01.943
It was huge on Netflix.

01:18:01.943 --> 01:18:02.654
have no why.

01:18:02.654 --> 01:18:04.323
They canceled it after the first season.

01:18:04.323 --> 01:18:05.783
No idea why.

01:18:05.963 --> 01:18:06.814
Fucking assholes.

01:18:06.814 --> 01:18:12.966
Like I would give almost, I would give my probably one of my testicles for another season or for them to finish.

01:18:12.966 --> 01:18:14.306
That's how good it was.

01:18:14.306 --> 01:18:15.096
That's how good it was.

01:18:15.096 --> 01:18:24.168
So highly recommend anybody, if you have not checked out Chaos, K-A-O-S on Netflix, you will not be mad that I asked you to check it out.

01:18:24.168 --> 01:18:24.770
Trust me.

01:18:24.770 --> 01:18:26.094
But I am excited for this.

01:18:26.094 --> 01:18:26.894
Yeah.

01:18:26.894 --> 01:18:27.173
All right.

01:18:27.173 --> 01:18:28.753
Moving on to the end of July.

01:18:28.753 --> 01:18:34.974
This is the, you know, the first MCU film that we're getting this year, excuse me, in 2026, Spider-Man brand new day.

01:18:34.974 --> 01:18:42.993
So just two weeks after appearing in Christopher Nolan, the Odyssey, Tom Holland will be set to reprise his role as everyone's favorite web head in Spider-Man brand new day.

01:18:42.993 --> 01:18:46.394
So brand new day will be directed by Sean Chi director, Dustin Daniel Cretton.

01:18:46.394 --> 01:18:51.873
It's unknown whether Zendaya or Jacob Batalon are involved, but it's speculated that Tombstone will be the main villain.

01:18:51.873 --> 01:18:55.177
Matt Gargan's Scorpion will be playing a particular role.

01:18:55.177 --> 01:19:00.902
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and Severn star Tramiel Tillman are in the film as well in Underskills roles.

01:19:00.902 --> 01:19:07.226
Speaking of rumors, Jon Bernthal's Punisher, Charlie Cox's Daredevil and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk are all set to make appearances as well in the film.

01:19:07.226 --> 01:19:09.167
uh I'm excited.

01:19:09.469 --> 01:19:15.113
Obviously, folks who listen to the show already probably know that there's really not much to say about this because we don't know anything.

01:19:15.113 --> 01:19:22.046
There have been, of course, like set photos of Peter Parker swinging through a city, but in the suit slightly different.

01:19:22.046 --> 01:19:22.912
It has more.

01:19:22.912 --> 01:19:26.184
It sort of has a mixture of Toby McGuire, Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man suits.

01:19:26.184 --> 01:19:33.037
it's, and I think if I, I don't know if we've seen his, his actual cow yet, but I think it has bigger eyes almost like Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man.

01:19:33.037 --> 01:19:35.628
So yeah, this is exciting, Aaron, anything to add outside of that?

01:19:35.628 --> 01:19:41.192
Like, it like, I guess let me ask you this just as like a sort of precursor, since there's nothing known about it yet.

01:19:41.192 --> 01:19:46.033
What do you think will be the struggle here between, you know, why, why are all these folks getting involved in this film?

01:19:46.126 --> 01:19:51.086
think this is going to be a big jumping off point for the Spider-Man universe itself.

01:19:51.145 --> 01:20:06.345
I think this is going to not only bring it into because to be honest, like there's been a lot less of spider like a lot of these characters involvement in the main MCU as we get closer to, know, like was it secret wars?

01:20:06.345 --> 01:20:08.746
Like there's gonna be doomsday.

01:20:08.746 --> 01:20:12.206
There's gonna be more of a pull to bring in different characters.

01:20:12.206 --> 01:20:15.967
And I feel like this is going to be of a bigger introduction.

01:20:15.967 --> 01:20:23.079
Like we obviously haven't had like John Bernthal in any of the MCU except for the Punisher.

01:20:23.079 --> 01:20:24.171
nothing cinematic at least.

01:20:24.171 --> 01:20:29.341
So this is going to be a pull because again, we have Doomsday, which is yeah, you know what I mean.

01:20:29.341 --> 01:20:37.224
The one thing I did hear though is that John Bernthal's Punisher is going to not necessarily be the same one or not like acting the same.

01:20:37.224 --> 01:20:42.586
He's going to be like a lighter, like less violent um Punisher.

01:20:42.586 --> 01:20:44.326
So I don't know.

01:20:44.408 --> 01:20:46.186
how that's going to change from...

01:20:46.186 --> 01:20:48.064
John Berthold's Punisher's not even getting his own show.

01:20:48.064 --> 01:20:49.805
He's only getting like a special.

01:20:49.805 --> 01:20:50.025
Yeah.

01:20:50.025 --> 01:20:54.246
And he's going to be in season two of, of, uh, born again, new, the new daredevil.

01:20:54.246 --> 01:20:56.166
So yeah, he'll play roles like this.

01:20:56.166 --> 01:21:01.466
think it'll be very similar to like what Mark Ruffalo's Hulk does in the movies is like, he'll just show up in people's shit and do a thing.

01:21:01.466 --> 01:21:07.845
Uh, in terms of the Sadie sync of it all, like people have been rumoring that she might end up playing black cat.

01:21:07.845 --> 01:21:10.966
I think that's kind of like the prevailing theory at the moment.

01:21:10.966 --> 01:21:15.345
Some people have said possibly she might be like a multiverse version of May Parker.

01:21:15.345 --> 01:21:16.826
That's something perhaps.

01:21:16.826 --> 01:21:17.270
I don't know.

01:21:17.270 --> 01:21:22.560
I heard either May Parker or she might be like the, what was it?

01:21:22.560 --> 01:21:24.043
uh Not Gwen.

01:21:24.043 --> 01:21:27.829
uh Yeah, I think it might be May Parker, honestly.

01:21:27.829 --> 01:21:29.689
But she's not much younger.

01:21:29.789 --> 01:21:35.329
I know it's funny because Tom Holland looks like he's forever 19, but like he's like 35.

01:21:35.329 --> 01:21:36.750
He's pretty, he's older.

01:21:36.750 --> 01:21:41.229
So like him having like, don't, I don't know if the dynamic really looks correct.

01:21:41.229 --> 01:21:45.909
If like Sadie sync playing like a multiverse May Parker, I don't know.

01:21:45.909 --> 01:21:49.289
I could see it, but also at the same time, I feel like there might be a weird dynamic there.

01:21:49.289 --> 01:21:51.409
So anyway, yeah, there's not much known about this.

01:21:51.409 --> 01:21:57.671
I do think that there's a strong possibility that like he might end up getting the black suit in this movie.

01:21:57.671 --> 01:22:02.292
think that he'll go into either, he'll either go into Doomsday or Secret Wars with the black suit.

01:22:02.292 --> 01:22:03.854
That's my honest thought.

01:22:03.854 --> 01:22:07.395
So which will eventually reintroduce Venom into this universe.

01:22:07.395 --> 01:22:08.685
So it won't be Tom Hardy.

01:22:08.685 --> 01:22:11.096
It'll be a new version of Venom.

01:22:11.096 --> 01:22:12.667
moving on Aaron, let's talk about, actually, sorry.

01:22:12.667 --> 01:22:14.398
Do you have anything in July?

01:22:14.466 --> 01:22:15.945
I didn't know.

01:22:15.945 --> 01:22:16.641
I don't.

01:22:16.641 --> 01:22:16.984
Okay.

01:22:16.984 --> 01:22:17.757
What about August?

01:22:17.757 --> 01:22:21.735
Cause on my list, I don't have anything for August either.

01:22:22.055 --> 01:22:23.408
Power Patrol thr- I'm kidding.

01:22:23.408 --> 01:22:27.627
oh I was going to put Paw Patrol in there for you, but you know, I figure you bring it up.

01:22:27.627 --> 01:22:32.162
No, the only thing I saw in August with it, I think there's a cliffhanger remake.

01:22:32.162 --> 01:22:36.786
um And then also, they're finally releasing.

01:22:36.786 --> 01:22:41.068
it it Brendan Frazier who did um Coyote versus Acme?

01:22:41.068 --> 01:22:41.958
Yes.

01:22:42.360 --> 01:22:43.804
Yeah.

01:22:43.804 --> 01:22:44.284
Yes.

01:22:44.284 --> 01:22:50.235
I know that was one that got shelved by David Zasloff and now they've since wanted to try to reintroduce it somehow.

01:22:50.434 --> 01:22:53.358
John Cena, Lana Condor, and Will Forte.

01:22:53.358 --> 01:22:56.742
Will Forte is like the coyote's lawyer or something.

01:22:57.023 --> 01:22:58.404
But yeah, that's finally getting a release.

01:22:58.404 --> 01:23:01.899
But other than that, no, nothing for, excuse me, nothing for August.

01:23:01.899 --> 01:23:02.796
That's really about it.

01:23:02.796 --> 01:23:04.051
Okay, well let's go into September.

01:23:04.051 --> 01:23:05.880
Why don't you take this next one here?

01:23:05.880 --> 01:23:08.670
Again, next entry in the DC Studios universe.

01:23:08.770 --> 01:23:14.518
This actually might be one of my, this might be my most anticipated.

01:23:15.600 --> 01:23:18.203
I am such a fan of Clayface.

01:23:18.203 --> 01:23:19.845
September 11th.

01:23:20.470 --> 01:23:21.511
Always remember.

01:23:23.721 --> 01:23:25.208
I hope this doesn't bomb.

01:23:25.931 --> 01:23:28.090
All right, let's hold on now.

01:23:28.090 --> 01:23:29.372
Let's relax.

01:23:29.876 --> 01:23:30.769
No, I'm kidding.

01:23:30.769 --> 01:23:31.199
That was great.

01:23:31.199 --> 01:23:31.340
Good.

01:23:31.340 --> 01:23:32.161
Okay.

01:23:33.470 --> 01:23:42.256
After making an appearance in the animated Harley Quinn and Creature Commandos animated series, the iconic Batman villain Clayface returns to screens in his own live action film.

01:23:42.256 --> 01:23:47.538
The film is classified as a body horror tragedy by producers Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris.

01:23:47.538 --> 01:23:56.224
While plot and cast details have not been revealed yet, it will be directed by James Watkins, whose experience in dark thrillers like Eden Lake and Speak No Evil.

01:23:56.224 --> 01:24:00.435
I don't know if you've seen Speak No Evil, but those should serve him well here.

01:24:00.439 --> 01:24:06.942
Tom Reese Harrys will play Matt Hagen aka Clayface in the film.

01:24:06.942 --> 01:24:08.784
uh I saw Speak No Evil.

01:24:08.784 --> 01:24:11.649
eh It was not terrible.

01:24:11.649 --> 01:24:11.970
Nope.

01:24:11.970 --> 01:24:13.479
didn't like, mean, yeah, I know.

01:24:13.479 --> 01:24:17.652
I remember when it came out, we talked about it briefly, maybe on the grid or something, but I didn't like it at all.

01:24:17.652 --> 01:24:24.623
The first, the original one is great, but the new one, maybe that's why maybe I just felt sort of, it felt watered down comparatively, but no.

01:24:24.623 --> 01:24:24.743
Yeah.

01:24:24.743 --> 01:24:26.734
I mean, I'm definitely interested in this.

01:24:26.734 --> 01:24:30.295
So Aaron's acting like he doesn't have a tongue right now.

01:24:30.694 --> 01:24:32.006
Spoilers for speak no evil.

01:24:32.006 --> 01:24:32.636
Everybody.

01:24:32.636 --> 01:24:33.613
The kid has no tongue.

01:24:33.613 --> 01:24:34.456
All right.

01:24:35.756 --> 01:24:36.567
It's in the trailer.

01:24:36.567 --> 01:24:37.877
Yeah, it's in the trailer.

01:24:39.137 --> 01:24:41.448
you're, you're, you're very excited for this then.

01:24:41.493 --> 01:24:42.753
I am very excited.

01:24:42.753 --> 01:24:55.797
Clayface is one of those characters that has honestly been vastly underused and underutilized with, and I know it's, again, I always reference back to Tony Stark's dad, okay?

01:24:55.797 --> 01:25:01.139
And he's always like, I don't have the technology to make this, but you do.

01:25:01.139 --> 01:25:11.042
And so luckily we live in a time now where there are some incredible FX artists, there are some incredible practical effects artists.

01:25:11.042 --> 01:25:12.212
That's what I want to see.

01:25:12.212 --> 01:25:14.604
want to see a body horror.

01:25:14.604 --> 01:25:17.145
Like he is, it's such a tragic.

01:25:17.145 --> 01:25:17.564
Okay.

01:25:17.564 --> 01:25:23.037
So some of our friends, um, did the clay face one bad day.

01:25:23.037 --> 01:25:26.189
Yep.

01:25:26.189 --> 01:25:29.279
And we, think we even talked, didn't we talk to them about it on the show?

01:25:29.279 --> 01:25:32.115
No, we didn't get, I don't think it had been out yet when we talked to him.

01:25:32.115 --> 01:25:32.697
Okay.

01:25:32.697 --> 01:25:37.704
We had him on for guardians of the galaxy, but we talked about, we talked about with Jackson at the IDW party at New York.

01:25:37.761 --> 01:25:40.873
I need to talk to him again, because I've had some really good conversations with him.

01:25:40.873 --> 01:25:44.626
And I know I got to tell him at, I want to say it was at New York Comic Con.

01:25:44.626 --> 01:25:46.405
I loved that comic.

01:25:46.546 --> 01:25:52.210
was one of the best stories about Clayface I've ever read.

01:25:52.569 --> 01:25:56.532
And that's something that they need to bring into this film.

01:25:56.532 --> 01:26:00.413
The desperation of somebody trying to cling to fame.

01:26:00.493 --> 01:26:04.966
And that's exactly what Matt Hagen, that's what drives him in this.

01:26:04.966 --> 01:26:07.489
And so I want this to be amazing.

01:26:07.489 --> 01:26:08.270
Yeah.

01:26:09.034 --> 01:26:09.817
Substance.

01:26:09.817 --> 01:26:10.238
Think about it.

01:26:10.238 --> 01:26:11.841
It's basically the substance.

01:26:11.916 --> 01:26:12.725
Yeah.

01:26:12.805 --> 01:26:17.478
Well, I think the substance talks a lot about like what women have to go through in Hollywood, but I definitely think there's some of that too.

01:26:17.478 --> 01:26:19.248
We're like, what will you do for fame?

01:26:19.248 --> 01:26:21.970
Like, what are you, what are you willing to do to make it?

01:26:21.970 --> 01:26:22.270
Right.

01:26:22.270 --> 01:26:34.555
I think that's something as we talked about earlier with Emeril Fennell's Saltburn from a couple of years ago, like there are people who will do extremely dangerous and morally questionable things to just get put in the spotlight.

01:26:34.555 --> 01:26:40.768
So I do find it slightly interesting that like Clayface though, this is the third film.

01:26:40.768 --> 01:26:42.257
in the DC Studios universe.

01:26:42.257 --> 01:26:47.340
It's about Clayface, which I would argue, and you could, I don't mean this with any disrespect.

01:26:47.340 --> 01:26:51.100
I think Clayface is probably B tier Batman villain, right?

01:26:51.100 --> 01:26:52.140
Like he's great.

01:26:52.140 --> 01:27:00.724
I love him, but like there are probably five or six, I would say five to seven other villains in Batman's rogues gallery that possibly has, you know, a little bit of staying power.

01:27:00.724 --> 01:27:02.845
Point being is that like anything can be good and I'm excited for this.

01:27:02.845 --> 01:27:05.404
So, Aaron, actually I want you to talk about this next one here.

01:27:05.404 --> 01:27:08.095
Well, real quick, anything in September for on your end?

01:27:08.192 --> 01:27:08.511
Yes.

01:27:08.511 --> 01:27:16.327
So before we end September practical, I know this is like a serious, like this, don't, I don't take this as seriously as a contender for most anticipated.

01:27:16.327 --> 01:27:20.849
However, uh, I did grow up and one of the movies I'll be obviously, we all grew up.

01:27:20.849 --> 01:27:25.811
Um, but I grew up watching, you know, like Halloween movies and magic and things like that.

01:27:25.811 --> 01:27:34.277
And, practical magic too is coming out September 18th, which I know a lot of people have been waiting for, um, as well as the new resident evil film is coming out September 18th.

01:27:34.277 --> 01:27:34.957
Whoa.

01:27:35.456 --> 01:27:37.533
I just say how did that miss me?

01:27:37.533 --> 01:27:39.326
I don't know how you how you missed that one.

01:27:39.326 --> 01:27:44.640
September 18th of twenty twenty six is Resident Evil, oh which I'll just go through real quick.

01:27:44.640 --> 01:27:53.970
That Craig, that's that Craig are starring Paul Walter Hauser, Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry follows a hapless courier tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital.

01:27:53.970 --> 01:27:59.173
He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive.

01:28:00.095 --> 01:28:00.586
Very.

01:28:00.586 --> 01:28:00.905
Yeah.

01:28:00.905 --> 01:28:03.287
So, I mean, yeah, Chris, add it to your list.

01:28:03.287 --> 01:28:10.292
There's another one called uh Forgotten Island, is Manny Jacinto, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate that's coming out.

01:28:10.292 --> 01:28:22.408
And this one is directed by Joel Crawford and Jenwell Mercado, follows two best friends who become stranded on a mystical world of Nikali, where their only escape might cost them their shared lifetime of memories.

01:28:22.509 --> 01:28:26.252
So it could potentially, I see this as potentially being an animated film.

01:28:26.252 --> 01:28:29.432
And then, yeah, that's it for September really.

01:28:29.432 --> 01:28:29.743
So.

01:28:29.743 --> 01:28:30.173
Okay.

01:28:30.173 --> 01:28:30.539
Well, what?

01:28:30.539 --> 01:28:38.304
going to say thanks for bringing up those, but I'd love for you to talk about this first entry in October because I, don't have any attachment to this particular franchise and I know you do.

01:28:38.453 --> 01:28:39.293
Mm.

01:28:40.055 --> 01:28:40.895
Mm.

01:28:40.895 --> 01:28:42.476
I don't.

01:28:42.657 --> 01:28:51.962
But the Avatar, the Legend of Aang, the last Airbender, this is going to be its newest entry into the franchise as an animated film.

01:28:51.962 --> 01:28:57.646
OK, it's going to have Toph, Soka, Katara, Zuko all bring us back to the world.

01:28:57.646 --> 01:28:58.868
Fans love so much.

01:28:58.868 --> 01:29:06.752
Taking place years after the events of Avatar, the last Airbender and before the Legend of Korra, the film will follow the series main cast in their young adult year.

01:29:06.752 --> 01:29:08.145
So we'll see probably that.

01:29:08.145 --> 01:29:10.726
you know, adolescent version of Aang.

01:29:10.726 --> 01:29:16.789
uh Marvel's Dave Bautista joins Eric Name, who takes on the role of the adult Aang as the Avatar.

01:29:16.789 --> 01:29:18.770
The Last Airbender universe expands.

01:29:18.770 --> 01:29:22.993
The love for the franchise has not diminished over the almost 20 years that it has been off screens.

01:29:22.993 --> 01:29:27.954
That's because people love the show and you're going to crush it with whatever you're making now.

01:29:27.954 --> 01:29:31.015
The film is the first of a new trilogy.

01:29:31.195 --> 01:29:34.337
So this is them, in my opinion.

01:29:35.037 --> 01:29:38.819
Weezing that rag of it all.

01:29:38.819 --> 01:29:40.899
That's what it kind of seems like for sure.

01:29:41.260 --> 01:29:42.671
Like I said, no, no interest really.

01:29:42.671 --> 01:29:45.632
Not because I don't like this franchise, but just because I haven't given it that fair shot.

01:29:45.632 --> 01:29:47.875
And I will eventually just haven't gotten there quite yet.

01:29:47.875 --> 01:29:49.655
So let's move on to October 9th.

01:29:49.655 --> 01:29:50.926
We had the social reckoning.

01:29:50.926 --> 01:29:54.009
A lot has changed since Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay for the social network.

01:29:54.009 --> 01:29:57.091
David adventures 2010 film about Facebook's origin story.

01:29:57.091 --> 01:30:02.555
And for the follow up, Sorkin will direct his own movie with Jeremy Strong replacing Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.

01:30:02.555 --> 01:30:17.975
This time around, the story will focus on 2021 when the data scientist Francis Hogan played by Mikey Madison risks everything to blow the whistle on the social media's network secrets, including its suppression of research of Facebook's negative impact on teenage mental health, misinformation, political division.

01:30:17.975 --> 01:30:23.377
Jeremy Allen White will play Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horowitz, who helped Hagen.

01:30:23.377 --> 01:30:30.782
uh No word on whether Trent Reznor or Atticus Ross will return to compose another Oscar winning score.

01:30:30.782 --> 01:30:32.594
So uh Very excited for this.

01:30:32.594 --> 01:30:37.872
I know Aaron Sorkin is one of our greatest screenwriters of all time, but his directing is sort of hit or miss.

01:30:37.872 --> 01:30:39.194
So that will be interesting.

01:30:39.194 --> 01:30:41.036
But I love the cast.

01:30:41.036 --> 01:30:44.801
Obviously, like everybody in this is Oscar nominated and most winners.

01:30:44.801 --> 01:30:47.905
So, yeah, no, I'm very excited for this.

01:30:47.905 --> 01:30:50.390
This is one that I'll watch like at home.

01:30:50.390 --> 01:30:54.798
Not necessarily excited anticipating it for the theaters, but I'm definitely excited.

01:30:54.798 --> 01:30:55.439
Great cast.

01:30:55.439 --> 01:30:56.641
Yeah, very good cast.

01:30:56.641 --> 01:30:56.773
Yep.

01:30:56.773 --> 01:30:59.122
All right, Aaron, here's another one specifically for you.

01:30:59.122 --> 01:31:00.850
Go on to the next one here in October.

01:31:02.094 --> 01:31:05.533
Um, uh, street fighter, October 16th.

01:31:05.533 --> 01:31:07.293
I'm very excited for this one.

01:31:07.293 --> 01:31:27.134
So set in 1993, a strange street fighters, Ryu or Ryu, however you decide to pronounce it, Andrew Koji and Ken Masters, Noah Centeno are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun Li, Kalina Liang recruits them for the next word warrior tournament, a brutal clash of fists, fate and fury.

01:31:27.134 --> 01:31:30.296
But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy.

01:31:30.296 --> 01:31:33.958
that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.

01:31:33.958 --> 01:31:38.702
And if they don't, it's game over.

01:31:38.702 --> 01:31:43.188
ah I you know, I can growing up in the 90s.

01:31:43.188 --> 01:31:46.551
I had like a bit of an attachment to Street Fighter, but not like a ton.

01:31:46.551 --> 01:31:50.426
I was more of a Mortal Kombat guy myself, but ah I know you really love Street Fighter.

01:31:50.426 --> 01:31:51.720
The cast is pretty silly.

01:31:51.720 --> 01:31:56.515
I don't know if you've seen some of the folks that are in this film, but it's like we got got wrestlers.

01:31:56.515 --> 01:31:58.594
got everybody in their mother.

01:31:58.594 --> 01:32:00.400
wing podcasters are in this film.

01:32:00.400 --> 01:32:12.011
uh back in the day when like the WWE was putting out their own movies and it was just like the entire cast was like Kane and like it's like Stone Cold Steve.

01:32:12.011 --> 01:32:21.614
my my god that I forget what was that movie called that Stone Cold Steve Austin did it was there no this the one I'm thinking of it was it was like Battle Royale.

01:32:21.614 --> 01:32:27.886
Oh man I forgot about that thank you for that.

01:32:27.886 --> 01:32:30.248
Good friend of the show, David Dasmash is playing Bison though.

01:32:30.248 --> 01:32:31.483
So that's pretty cool.

01:32:31.641 --> 01:32:32.002
Yep.

01:32:32.002 --> 01:32:36.261
And I got two books already signed by him as...

01:32:36.261 --> 01:32:38.654
Jason Momoa is Blanca.

01:32:38.654 --> 01:32:39.753
Jason Moe will be a blocker.

01:32:39.753 --> 01:32:41.613
That's my favorite Street Fighter character.

01:32:41.873 --> 01:32:43.394
yeah, no, mean, here's the thing.

01:32:43.394 --> 01:32:46.753
If it can't if like we get a trailer and it looks good, I'll definitely go see it.

01:32:46.753 --> 01:32:51.613
But like honestly, as of right now, going into the new year, not really a ton of interest.

01:32:51.774 --> 01:32:54.833
So moving Aaron, do you have anything in October that we might have missed?

01:32:54.855 --> 01:32:57.551
I don't I think you called you you uh, you called it.

01:32:57.551 --> 01:33:11.177
Let me there's one movie I wanted to look at was was called um remain but No Alright, so moving on into November at the end of November going into Thanksgiving weekend, we have Hunger Games, The Sunrise on The Reaping.

01:33:11.177 --> 01:33:21.462
24 years after Katniss volunteered herself as tribute, Haymitch Abernathy found himself the victor of the 50th Hunger Games, making him the second victor from District 12 after Lucy Gray Baird.

01:33:21.462 --> 01:33:34.046
This film sandwiches between the Ballad of Songs and Snakes and the first Hunger Games film centering on a younger version of fan favorite Haymitch and the journey to the victor alongside the aftermath of the murder of his family by President Snow.

01:33:34.282 --> 01:33:39.268
What is your relationship to the Hunger Games franchise in 2026?

01:33:39.478 --> 01:33:47.180
So I was actually just thinking about this the other day and so I've read the three, the trilogy.

01:33:47.640 --> 01:33:49.381
I haven't read anything outside of that.

01:33:49.381 --> 01:33:53.543
I was really disappointed in how they finished the movies, the trilogy movies.

01:33:53.543 --> 01:33:53.793
Yep.

01:33:53.793 --> 01:33:59.805
Because it was nowhere near how just destructive the books were.

01:33:59.805 --> 01:34:00.942
Did you read the books?

01:34:00.942 --> 01:34:01.426
yeah.

01:34:01.426 --> 01:34:03.108
Man, the books were amazing.

01:34:03.108 --> 01:34:05.047
The ending of the books.

01:34:05.168 --> 01:34:08.850
I don't know how you don't stick to that for the impact.

01:34:09.291 --> 01:34:13.917
So outside of that, I have not read or seen any of the other ones.

01:34:13.917 --> 01:34:16.430
I do want to because they do look good.

01:34:16.430 --> 01:34:17.561
I'm interested.

01:34:17.561 --> 01:34:21.506
But the fact that there are the books first, I think I'd rather read them first and then watch these.

01:34:21.506 --> 01:34:26.993
So this very, very light interest on this one until I've actually read the book.

01:34:27.042 --> 01:34:27.542
Okay.

01:34:27.542 --> 01:34:30.623
Yeah, no, I'm saying like this will totally escape me.

01:34:30.623 --> 01:34:32.345
I didn't even see the one with Peter Dinklage in it.

01:34:32.345 --> 01:34:33.545
The more recent one.

01:34:33.545 --> 01:34:34.136
Don't care.

01:34:34.136 --> 01:34:36.247
I'm done with this franchise for now.

01:34:36.247 --> 01:34:38.847
um Moving on, Aaron, let's go.

01:34:38.847 --> 01:34:39.688
Let's get into the next one here.

01:34:39.688 --> 01:34:43.380
This is one that I am actually somewhat interested in, mostly because of the directing team.

01:34:43.521 --> 01:34:48.305
Yeah, so I'm excited as well because this came out of nowhere.

01:34:48.305 --> 01:34:52.728
uh Narnia, The Magician's Nephew, this comes out November 26th.

01:34:52.988 --> 01:34:53.389
C.S.

01:34:53.389 --> 01:35:03.101
Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia book series has been adapted for the screen several times since it's first published in the 1950s, especially fan favorite, The Lion, Witch, and The Wardrobe.

01:35:03.101 --> 01:35:10.434
It's actually just discussing recently the symbolism of Aslan, the lion, uh in those films.

01:35:10.434 --> 01:35:17.985
That's exactly why Greta Gerwig wanted to direct what is technically the sixth book in the series, The Magician's Nephew, though chronologically it's a prequel.

01:35:17.985 --> 01:35:25.617
By making a film about Narnia's origin story, Gerwig gets to put her own fresh take on the well-treaded material.

01:35:25.974 --> 01:35:39.051
Yeah, I mean, I, again, I don't have any like particular attachment to the Chronicles of Narnia franchise, but I will say that like Greta Gerwig, I've been a fan, you know, for basically her entire career as a director.

01:35:39.051 --> 01:35:40.261
So I'm I'm down for it.

01:35:40.261 --> 01:35:43.323
Whatever she's putting her name on, I'm going to be there for.

01:35:43.323 --> 01:35:46.836
So anything in November, Aaron, besides that you're interested in.

01:35:46.934 --> 01:35:49.766
November's a very light month, to be honest.

01:35:49.766 --> 01:36:05.350
And it is not really there's I want to say it's this movie called Archangel, which uh is directed by William Eubank, written by Chris Papa, Sidero and Randall Wallace, starring Shea Wiggum, Garrett Dillahunt and Bo Knapp.

01:36:05.350 --> 01:36:13.568
And it's about a weapons systems engineer and a former Green Beret who protects his Wyoming neighbors against a ruthless corporation threatening their rural community.

01:36:13.586 --> 01:36:21.168
So that one sounds kind of interesting to me only because I like Shay Wiggum as kind of an unassuming action star.

01:36:21.369 --> 01:36:24.930
That's really the only one that I'm kind of excited about for that.

01:36:24.930 --> 01:36:31.659
December 11th is the third Jumanji, which not gonna lie, I'm excited for.

01:36:31.659 --> 01:36:33.297
Yeah, I was curious.

01:36:34.359 --> 01:36:35.990
I really liked the first two.

01:36:35.990 --> 01:36:41.993
Sony has confirmed that Jumanji 3 will continue the video game story with Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, and Karen Gillan.

01:36:41.993 --> 01:36:47.176
This is, it's, they're all expected to reprise their roles along with Jake Kazin as director.

01:36:47.176 --> 01:36:53.838
We don't know a whole lot about the film, but in 2023, Hart indicated that it would be the final film in the rebooted franchise.

01:36:53.838 --> 01:36:55.750
The first two were super fun.

01:36:55.750 --> 01:36:59.890
I kind of actually want to go back now and rewatch them just cause I keep having like...

01:36:59.890 --> 01:37:04.336
Nothing but good experiences even with there being a Jonas brother in the film.

01:37:04.336 --> 01:37:09.442
It's still really good I'm not I mean, they're good.

01:37:10.023 --> 01:37:22.350
They're fun uh But I mean I love this team together I love I love yeah, it's just it's a fun movie Yeah, I mean, they're very much like silly popcorn movies and that's fine.

01:37:22.350 --> 01:37:29.519
You know, when you lose Robin Williams from this planet, what do you do with the franchise that he basically carried himself?

01:37:29.739 --> 01:37:31.853
And, know, yeah, I mean, I agreed.

01:37:31.853 --> 01:37:35.386
It's not something that I'm like going to probably be there opening weekend more than likely.

01:37:35.386 --> 01:37:38.028
But, you know, I'm definitely going to see it at some point.

01:37:38.028 --> 01:37:41.661
I automatically go back to Kevin Hart.

01:37:41.820 --> 01:37:44.542
And he's like allergies, cake.

01:37:45.363 --> 01:37:48.086
And then he explodes in the marketplace.

01:37:49.012 --> 01:37:50.386
All right, let's move on.

01:37:50.386 --> 01:37:51.176
So good.

01:37:51.176 --> 01:37:56.016
Let's move on to I think in contention with the Odyssey for me as most anticipated films of 2026.

01:37:56.016 --> 01:37:58.862
And that of course is Avengers Doomsday.

01:37:59.354 --> 01:38:16.018
Ladies and gentlemen, as proof of the unimaginable possibilities in the Marvel Multi-Universe, we give you the one person who could play Victor Von Doom.

01:38:36.159 --> 01:38:37.622
New maths.

01:38:41.112 --> 01:38:42.728
Same task.

01:38:44.865 --> 01:38:48.636
What can I tell you, I like playing complicated characters.

01:38:50.271 --> 01:38:52.613
Aaron will obviously definitely cover this on the show.

01:38:52.613 --> 01:39:02.645
This will be unfortunately this sort of lines up with right around this time where we'll be like putting together our most anticipated films of twenty twenty seven and last call and like we'll be tuning down for the next year.

01:39:02.645 --> 01:39:05.615
But we have to talk about Doomsday like it's just we have to do it.

01:39:05.615 --> 01:39:14.668
So of course, as we've talked about mostly here on the show over the last calendar year, the MCU is mostly not they're not doing it.

01:39:14.668 --> 01:39:17.899
I don't think I mean, I don't want to sound overly pessimistic.

01:39:17.899 --> 01:39:23.512
I think that we have to be at some point Aaron, a flag bearer for these type of movies.

01:39:23.512 --> 01:39:29.484
We ought to call it like we see it, of course, but like at the same time, let's not just be overly pessimistic because there's a lot of that out there right now.

01:39:29.484 --> 01:39:30.034
Right.

01:39:30.034 --> 01:39:30.775
Yeah.

01:39:30.775 --> 01:39:32.827
That being said, I'm nervous.

01:39:32.827 --> 01:39:41.340
guess I was going to I was going to be immediately pessimistic, but no, I'm just like bringing back the Russo brothers, bringing back RDJ, the insane ensemble.

01:39:41.340 --> 01:39:45.341
Think in game, but way like way more.

01:39:45.506 --> 01:39:52.029
We got the X-Men, we've got the Wakandans, we got Fantastic Four, we got the New Avengers, we got the Thunderbolts, like it's everybody, right?

01:39:52.029 --> 01:39:54.481
um And then of course you got RDJ's Dr.

01:39:54.481 --> 01:39:54.641
Doom.

01:39:54.641 --> 01:40:00.524
Like how in the world are we supposed to fit everybody into, let's say three hours, right?

01:40:00.524 --> 01:40:01.824
Like that's being generous.

01:40:01.824 --> 01:40:05.438
Like it'll probably be more than three hours, but like, how do we do this, Aaron?

01:40:05.601 --> 01:40:06.836
Director's Cut.

01:40:07.978 --> 01:40:09.704
We need an extended edition.

01:40:10.018 --> 01:40:10.759
I don't know, man.

01:40:10.759 --> 01:40:11.979
I don't know what to tell you.

01:40:11.979 --> 01:40:14.341
This better not be fun.

01:40:14.341 --> 01:40:19.868
This really feels like the MCU's last ditch effort here.

01:40:20.208 --> 01:40:24.672
If this sucks, there's no going back.

01:40:25.094 --> 01:40:26.947
I don't think there's anything going back.

01:40:26.947 --> 01:40:29.037
I think at that point, like, just fucking...

01:40:29.037 --> 01:40:32.057
I think Secret Wars coming the next year maybe saves them.

01:40:32.057 --> 01:40:33.337
Like this is not good.

01:40:33.337 --> 01:40:38.315
I think people will still, it'll be bad for a whole, like for all of 2026, but.

01:40:38.315 --> 01:40:45.287
don't see, so again, we're gonna have those fucking plebs that go in there and they're like, it's the greatest fucking movie of all time.

01:40:45.768 --> 01:40:53.371
The same, like I literally heard, I saw I went to an early screening of Thunderbolts and I was standing right there when somebody was like, this is the best MCU movie I've seen yet.

01:40:53.371 --> 01:40:55.730
Dude, shut the fuck up.

01:40:56.692 --> 01:41:04.869
Come on, man, like you can't expect a fucking Christmas buffet.

01:41:05.231 --> 01:41:09.097
And then walk out and be happy with like a baked potato.

01:41:09.097 --> 01:41:11.171
Yeah, I mean, here's you know what I liked.

01:41:11.171 --> 01:41:12.127
I like Thunderbolts.

01:41:12.127 --> 01:41:13.314
I didn't love it.

01:41:13.314 --> 01:41:16.381
I didn't think it was the best movie in the MCU, but I liked it a lot.

01:41:16.673 --> 01:41:25.869
I mean, was again, perspective Lee, there were very great things about it to enjoy, but like as an MCU film, it was not that quality.

01:41:25.869 --> 01:41:26.489
Definitely.

01:41:26.489 --> 01:41:30.069
It was, I mean, but it was the best MC moved movie of 2025.

01:41:30.069 --> 01:41:30.729
That's true.

01:41:30.729 --> 01:41:31.590
was better than brave new world.

01:41:31.590 --> 01:41:33.529
And was definitely better than fantastic four.

01:41:33.529 --> 01:41:35.329
So, um, anyway, yeah.

01:41:35.329 --> 01:41:45.920
I mean, this, for some of this entry, Aaron feels like a, uh, like an entry we should talk the most about, but also, uh, like a topic that we don't, we don't need to talk about.

01:41:45.920 --> 01:41:49.654
Is this one of those things where like we know it's coming, we don't look at it.

01:41:49.654 --> 01:41:54.018
Yeah, like there's like that friend that has the weird like scar on their face.

01:41:54.018 --> 01:41:56.500
And it's like, don't look at their scar.

01:41:56.500 --> 01:41:57.119
Just don't look at it.

01:41:57.119 --> 01:41:58.662
It's like it makes him nervous.

01:41:58.662 --> 01:42:01.444
And so like you just like you kind of avert your eyes.

01:42:02.865 --> 01:42:03.319
Yeah.

01:42:03.319 --> 01:42:05.279
I really, really want this to be good.

01:42:05.279 --> 01:42:09.503
Like, I think that's the most important thing to say after this conversation is like, I want it to be good.

01:42:09.503 --> 01:42:21.391
And even if like the rumors are like that, they're going to reboot it after secret wars, they're going to destroy the universe and like all the characters that died or whoever, like everybody's getting recast, except for maybe like a couple of people and like, I don't know.

01:42:21.391 --> 01:42:24.434
I'll just, I guess I'll end the doomsday conversation on this.

01:42:24.474 --> 01:42:30.006
I'm nervous, you know, as a fan of this medium, as a fan of these movies.

01:42:30.006 --> 01:42:30.737
as fan of Dr.

01:42:30.737 --> 01:42:34.770
Doom, a fan of RDJ, as a fan of all of it.

01:42:34.832 --> 01:42:37.095
I'm nervous and I just am.

01:42:37.095 --> 01:42:38.395
I'm not confident.

01:42:38.395 --> 01:42:42.020
We're going to get a trailer apparently in in like a week.

01:42:42.121 --> 01:42:46.586
That's like as you're listening to this, we might already have a trailer like as you listen to this, everybody, because we're recording it.

01:42:46.586 --> 01:42:47.686
We're going to.

01:42:47.686 --> 01:42:48.318
Yeah, of course.

01:42:48.318 --> 01:42:49.447
Yeah, it'll be it'll be a teaser.

01:42:49.447 --> 01:42:50.390
The dude.

01:42:50.547 --> 01:42:54.270
The doomsday fucking logo just like walking across the screen.

01:42:54.270 --> 01:42:55.770
Be a castle with lightning behind it.

01:42:55.770 --> 01:42:56.801
That'll be the entire teaser.

01:42:56.801 --> 01:42:58.193
Yeah.

01:42:58.993 --> 01:43:00.445
We're recording this on December 7th.

01:43:00.445 --> 01:43:02.206
So like apparently the rumor has it.

01:43:02.206 --> 01:43:03.568
And I don't know if this is going to happen or not.

01:43:03.568 --> 01:43:07.822
But like the teaser trailer is supposed to be attached to Avatar fire and whatever.

01:43:07.822 --> 01:43:10.585
which I'm not even going to go see it.

01:43:10.585 --> 01:43:11.145
I already do.

01:43:11.145 --> 01:43:12.257
I have no plans to see Avatar.

01:43:12.257 --> 01:43:20.150
Who cares fire there was water the last one now there's fire next we're have ground earth They're gonna have like mole mole fucking avatars.

01:43:20.150 --> 01:43:27.627
It gives a shit uh I almost kind of want to like sneak into avatar for the trailers and then leave and go to the next movie.

01:43:28.347 --> 01:43:29.307
You know.

01:43:30.689 --> 01:43:32.469
So let's get into a movie.

01:43:32.469 --> 01:43:34.189
Like I said, I'm excited.

01:43:34.189 --> 01:43:36.451
Aaron, anything you want to say about Doomsday before we move on?

01:43:36.490 --> 01:43:36.890
Nope.

01:43:36.890 --> 01:43:40.591
OK, why you talk about this next one here, which this is the three right here.

01:43:40.591 --> 01:43:41.912
It is Odyssey.

01:43:41.912 --> 01:43:46.913
It is Doomsday and it is this next movie as my most anticipated film going into twenty twenty six.

01:43:47.136 --> 01:43:55.690
What we're talking about here is December 18th based on Frank Herbert's, the Moix Deep.

01:43:55.690 --> 01:44:00.474
So based on Frank Herbert's 1969 novel, Dune Messiah, gonna finish that up.

01:44:00.474 --> 01:44:01.213
Dune Messiah.

01:44:01.213 --> 01:44:11.039
uh Velleneu's adaptation will mark the end of the director's film trilogy based on the sci-fi book series.

01:44:11.039 --> 01:44:14.442
The principal cast from the first two films were Vacherne and Hans Zimmer.

01:44:14.442 --> 01:44:15.322
Yes.

01:44:15.362 --> 01:44:17.344
will once again provide the score.

01:44:18.926 --> 01:44:20.918
Though there's one major casting addition.

01:44:20.918 --> 01:44:25.413
Robert Pattinson will play the villains Skytail or Sightail.

01:44:25.413 --> 01:44:27.636
think it's Skytail.

01:44:27.636 --> 01:44:29.297
Sightail like Scythe.

01:44:30.820 --> 01:44:32.953
Sightail is a Good luck.

01:44:39.261 --> 01:44:40.498
We're not book readers, everybody.

01:44:40.498 --> 01:44:41.189
I could read that.

01:44:41.189 --> 01:44:44.711
I'll be like, to Lacksu to Lacksu face.

01:44:44.711 --> 01:44:48.862
The answer who executes a plot to dethrone Paul Atreides in the original novel.

01:44:48.862 --> 01:45:03.706
Sky tales conspiracy includes a group think of spacing guild navigator, Edric, the Bene Gesserit Reverend mother, Mow, Mow, Haim, Mow, Haim and the princess Irulin of house Carino Florence.

01:45:05.015 --> 01:45:10.551
So, and we're, the rumor has it that we're supposed to get to, we're supposed to meet Paul's children in this as well.

01:45:10.551 --> 01:45:12.452
So he has a, he has twins.

01:45:12.452 --> 01:45:14.765
I think it's like Lido too.

01:45:14.765 --> 01:45:23.381
I'm I mean, do part two was gosh, I think it was my favorite movie of last year.

01:45:23.381 --> 01:45:25.747
I think it was like tied for my favorite movie last year.

01:45:25.774 --> 01:45:27.507
I'd go back and watch them again.

01:45:27.507 --> 01:45:28.137
So incredible.

01:45:28.137 --> 01:45:30.039
That second movie is just it's perfection.

01:45:30.039 --> 01:45:35.603
Like Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan are like going punch for punch on best director currently.

01:45:35.603 --> 01:45:37.283
And we're all winning because of it.

01:45:37.283 --> 01:45:37.854
You know what mean?

01:45:37.854 --> 01:45:38.154
Yeah.

01:45:38.154 --> 01:45:46.649
So the fact that we get to do it, it's just like two years ago with Oppenheimer and Dune Part Two, we're getting a Nolan Villeneuve double feature in twenty twenty six.

01:45:46.649 --> 01:45:48.951
And I am here for it, everybody.

01:45:49.192 --> 01:45:53.573
Speaking of directors that I was real quick, Aaron, is there anything you want to say about Dune before we move on?

01:45:54.025 --> 01:45:55.974
I'm just really excited.

01:45:56.456 --> 01:45:57.806
For the more deep.

01:45:58.948 --> 01:46:05.362
This is going to do so that moving on this last film, we actually don't know when this comes out, but it'll be in December of twenty twenty six.

01:46:05.362 --> 01:46:06.472
We have werewolf.

01:46:06.472 --> 01:46:07.594
So.

01:46:08.274 --> 01:46:17.900
That I love that because, you know, going back to Nosferatu from last year, it was a fun sort of venture going out and seeing a movie with, you know, a bunch of people who are also excited about that film.

01:46:17.900 --> 01:46:19.972
We have Robert Eggers next horror film.

01:46:19.972 --> 01:46:22.194
I don't know if this is directly in the same universe.

01:46:22.194 --> 01:46:24.555
I would imagine it's not, but it's a lot of the same actors.

01:46:24.555 --> 01:46:34.490
So drawing inspiration from Bram Stoker's Dracula and 2024 vampire thriller Nosferatu Robert Eggers was once again casting Lily Rose Depp in a gothic horror film about a supernatural villain.

01:46:34.490 --> 01:46:41.675
In this case, it's Aaron Taylor Johnson as the titular werewolf and this is werewolf W E R W U L F.

01:46:41.675 --> 01:46:47.457
So early set images showed Depp with a split lip and what reportedly meant to be a 13th century England.

01:46:47.457 --> 01:46:53.041
Little else is known about the film, but it is said that Robert Eggers has called this the darkest thing he has ever written.

01:46:53.041 --> 01:46:55.505
So very very excited for that.

01:46:55.505 --> 01:47:01.443
Aaron, my goodness, we are almost two hours into this episode and we have reached the end.

01:47:01.443 --> 01:47:03.854
a couple of questions before we get out of here.

01:47:03.854 --> 01:47:10.354
Of the films we've talked about in this episode thus far, which of these films are you most confident that you think will flop?

01:47:10.421 --> 01:47:13.698
I'm kind of Grogu, Mandalorian and Grogu.

01:47:13.698 --> 01:47:14.998
That is a good guess.

01:47:14.998 --> 01:47:15.488
like that.

01:47:15.488 --> 01:47:16.059
Yeah.

01:47:16.059 --> 01:47:18.500
I that's yeah.

01:47:18.500 --> 01:47:19.239
I like it.

01:47:19.239 --> 01:47:22.591
I'm going to say that's close for me too, but I'm going to say it's Moana.

01:47:22.591 --> 01:47:23.862
think Moana is good.

01:47:24.262 --> 01:47:30.135
Cause I mean, that's sort of a bad bet because like Lilo and Stitch was apparently not a very good movie and it still made a billion dollars.

01:47:30.135 --> 01:47:33.367
So, you know, kids will, will show out.

01:47:33.367 --> 01:47:33.987
think.

01:47:33.987 --> 01:47:34.356
Okay.

01:47:34.356 --> 01:47:35.648
So let me ask you this.

01:47:35.648 --> 01:47:40.109
Is there a movie that you want to review on this list that you think I initially won't be on board for?

01:47:40.109 --> 01:47:46.186
What's like the one Hall pass movie that you want to talk about Okay.

01:47:46.186 --> 01:47:48.337
Yeah, I don't think I would really want to talk about that.

01:47:48.337 --> 01:47:52.226
Otherwise unless you would want to talk about it I would probably I probably wouldn't talk about it.

01:47:52.226 --> 01:47:52.578
Yeah.

01:47:52.578 --> 01:47:52.849
Okay.

01:47:52.849 --> 01:48:06.832
Fair enough Street Fighter is fine I think the movie that I would want to talk about that you probably wouldn't want to is the social reckoning the the Aaron Sorkin social network reboot slash sequel I guess I don't know.

01:48:06.832 --> 01:48:08.462
So yeah, that's a movie.

01:48:08.462 --> 01:48:13.631
I'm just I'm very excited about again as I said That first, the David Fincher film from 2010 is perfect.

01:48:13.631 --> 01:48:15.292
It's one of my favorite movies of all time.

01:48:15.292 --> 01:48:16.694
It's a five out of five.

01:48:16.694 --> 01:48:19.104
And Aaron Sorkin, his directing is very hit or miss.

01:48:19.104 --> 01:48:21.456
So, you know, we'll see.

01:48:21.456 --> 01:48:26.520
But I do think that I am pretty confident once we see a trailer especially, but I'm very confident it's going to be good.

01:48:26.520 --> 01:48:30.935
So what do you think will be the best nerd specific movie of 2026?

01:48:31.618 --> 01:48:32.615
Supergirl.

01:48:32.684 --> 01:48:33.073
Hmm.

01:48:33.073 --> 01:48:33.444
Okay.

01:48:33.444 --> 01:48:34.185
I like that pick.

01:48:34.185 --> 01:48:35.725
Yeah, I could see it being good.

01:48:35.725 --> 01:48:36.565
I don't know who the director is.

01:48:36.565 --> 01:48:38.537
You'll have to look that up while we're talking.

01:48:38.777 --> 01:48:44.039
I think again, Millie Aukok, I liked what I saw from her in those brief 30 seconds at the end of Superman.

01:48:44.039 --> 01:48:47.702
I obviously loved her in Game of Thrones as Renear Targaryen.

01:48:47.931 --> 01:48:50.154
Gillespie directing that one.

01:48:50.154 --> 01:48:54.501
I think the best nerd specific film from this year.

01:48:56.332 --> 01:48:59.454
I'm going to say, can we count Dune Messiah?

01:48:59.454 --> 01:49:01.686
Does that count as nerd specific?

01:49:02.528 --> 01:49:02.818
Yeah.

01:49:02.818 --> 01:49:03.738
Then I'll say Dune Messiah.

01:49:03.738 --> 01:49:05.189
I think that'll be the best one.

01:49:05.791 --> 01:49:09.333
Again, jury is still out on both Spider-Man and Doomsday.

01:49:09.333 --> 01:49:11.376
So yeah, I'll say Dune Messiah.

01:49:11.376 --> 01:49:14.899
And then I guess as a final question, Aaron, what are you most excited for just overall?

01:49:14.899 --> 01:49:17.801
What's like the number one movie you're just most pumped for?

01:49:17.845 --> 01:49:20.568
Okay, so I've been thinking about this for a while.

01:49:21.069 --> 01:49:24.323
And I can I give you my top five and then tell you which one it is?

01:49:24.323 --> 01:49:25.213
Please.

01:49:25.274 --> 01:49:35.680
Okay, so my top five are these Avengers Doomsday in no particular order Avengers Doomsday, Spider-Man brand new day, Project Hail Mary, The Odyssey and Clayface.

01:49:35.680 --> 01:49:38.159
Okay, so clay face is the one your most.

01:49:38.689 --> 01:49:40.210
I just said in no particular order.

01:49:40.210 --> 01:49:42.350
were going to end with your most anticipated, like the last one.

01:49:42.350 --> 01:49:47.930
No, I will say is I'm pretty sure, well, there's also Street Fighter.

01:49:47.930 --> 01:49:50.630
So six, I'm going to go with Clayface.

01:49:50.630 --> 01:49:52.270
Yeah, I'm going to go with Clayface to be honest.

01:49:52.270 --> 01:50:00.050
I think Clayface for me is going to be, yeah, really the one that I'm really hoping is really, really, really good.

01:50:00.235 --> 01:50:01.046
Yeah.

01:50:01.247 --> 01:50:02.167
Okay.

01:50:02.887 --> 01:50:03.149
Yeah.

01:50:03.149 --> 01:50:04.960
Like I said, I've been, I've been between three.

01:50:04.960 --> 01:50:09.503
was basically Doomsday, Dune Messiah and the Odyssey.

01:50:09.503 --> 01:50:10.755
And I think it's the Odyssey.

01:50:10.755 --> 01:50:12.817
I'm just, very confident in that movie.

01:50:12.817 --> 01:50:16.610
Of course, the 70 millimeter, I think Dune Messiah is supposed to be released in 70 millimeter as well.

01:50:16.610 --> 01:50:24.157
But I think Dune Messiah, I'm just curious how he's going to end it because he's taking things from the novel, but I've already heard that like Lady Jessica is supposed to be in it.

01:50:24.157 --> 01:50:26.689
So there's going to be some deviations from the original novel.

01:50:26.689 --> 01:50:27.539
I don't know.

01:50:27.539 --> 01:50:28.592
It's very close.

01:50:28.592 --> 01:50:33.988
I'd say it's between Doomisaya and The Odyssey, but I would give a nudge to The Odyssey.

01:50:33.988 --> 01:50:34.550
Yeah.

01:50:34.550 --> 01:50:38.712
Yeah, I'm gonna throw for my runner up is the Odyssey as well.

01:50:38.712 --> 01:50:40.829
All right Do you want to talk about that here on the show?

01:50:40.829 --> 01:50:45.868
Do you think that we're even knowledgeable enough about Homer and like the original source material to even talk about that movie here?

01:50:46.105 --> 01:50:53.402
I mean, I could take the lead on that one because I actually I've read it and I've also watched many versions of it in its adaptation.

01:50:53.402 --> 01:51:03.399
So we could even do a not necessarily like a review, but even kind of just a uh celebration conversation.

01:51:03.399 --> 01:51:03.680
Yeah.

01:51:03.680 --> 01:51:06.283
I mean, I think that would be kind of cool if we don't have to.

01:51:06.283 --> 01:51:11.046
That could even be like a grid episode or something like a bonus episode.

01:51:11.054 --> 01:51:19.753
As we said at the beginning of this conversation two hours ago that, know, this year, 2027, 2026, excuse me, is going to be, it's gonna be a great year.

01:51:19.753 --> 01:51:21.694
I mean, I feel very optimistic about it.

01:51:21.694 --> 01:51:30.014
Again, as, as we said earlier, like the looming sort of purchasing of Warner Brothers and all the other things happening in the world around us seems scary.

01:51:30.014 --> 01:51:35.354
But I think that just looking at this broadly and that, and obviously we've obviously missed some things as well.

01:51:35.354 --> 01:51:43.702
So like, there are definitely some parts that There'll be movies that we haven't talked about in this episode that will end up becoming one of our favorites.

01:51:43.702 --> 01:51:47.206
Like One Battle After Another, I guarantee we didn't talk about last year in our most anticipated films.

01:51:47.206 --> 01:51:49.863
And it's my most anticipated.

01:51:49.863 --> 01:51:54.386
I do really want to watch I haven't watched it yet, but I'm it's on my list to watch It's my favorite movie of the year.

01:51:54.386 --> 01:51:55.506
It's a five out of five.

01:51:55.506 --> 01:51:56.065
So all right.

01:51:56.065 --> 01:52:00.265
Well, that'll do it for our episode on 2026 most anticipated films.

01:52:00.326 --> 01:52:03.886
I kind of want to put split this episode into two, but I'll probably just leave it as one everybody.

01:52:03.886 --> 01:52:06.765
So I apologize for the long listen, but hopefully you enjoyed it.

01:52:06.765 --> 01:52:07.626
Next week on the show.

01:52:07.626 --> 01:52:14.145
We are talking to our friend, Tristan Jones, who is the artist over on Event Horizon Dark Descent with our good, good friend, Christian Ward.

01:52:14.145 --> 01:52:21.786
Tristan has had a long winding road, Aaron, in his career, and he goes into like, I would say extreme detail and one that I am very grateful for.

01:52:21.786 --> 01:52:33.449
Like he totally showed us his underbelly and let us in on sort of where he started off in his career doing TMNT and then eventually sort of why he left comics for a bit and why he's back.

01:52:33.470 --> 01:52:35.030
And it was really great to hear him.

01:52:35.030 --> 01:52:39.654
He's just he's a really fun person to have a conversation with and he loves a lot of the same things that we do.

01:52:39.654 --> 01:52:44.518
So, Aaron, anything else before we get out of here, before we get out of episode 224?

01:52:44.600 --> 01:52:50.734
Where at on your list of, you know, being excited about it is uh the Resident Evil movie.

01:52:50.734 --> 01:52:54.453
Oh gosh, yeah, I don't know why I keep forgetting that, but I think it's probably top five.

01:52:54.453 --> 01:53:01.713
You know, I would feel really irresponsible putting it above Doom Messiah and you know, The Odyssey and even Doomsday.

01:53:01.713 --> 01:53:08.453
Like Doomsday to me feels like a larger film than that, but I could very easily see Resident Evil, especially with Craig being at the helm.

01:53:08.453 --> 01:53:12.069
I could easily see Resident Evil being one of my favorite movies of the year.

01:53:12.173 --> 01:53:12.993
Absolutely.

01:53:12.993 --> 01:53:15.033
That's what I was hoping you'd say.

01:53:15.213 --> 01:53:30.373
Just to add a little bit something to the Tristan Jones thing is I would tell the listeners, make sure you give that interview a listen because Tristan Jones is, not a new face in the industry, but he's an up-and-comer.

01:53:30.373 --> 01:53:38.134
And we say that he's an up-and-comer because there is a lot ahead of him already unannounced or announced and unannounced.

01:53:38.134 --> 01:53:50.076
So I would definitely give that interview a listen only because It will really give you uh something to look forward to in the coming months for some big announcements and for some big information.

01:53:50.076 --> 01:53:57.541
So ah it's definitely a bird's eye view into the industry coming in next few months.

01:53:57.541 --> 01:53:59.131
So definitely take a look at that.

01:53:59.372 --> 01:53:59.672
All righty.

01:53:59.672 --> 01:54:01.104
Well, that'll do it for episode 224.

01:54:01.104 --> 01:54:01.918
We appreciate everybody.

01:54:01.918 --> 01:54:02.850
Thank you so much for listening.

01:54:02.850 --> 01:54:04.119
Aaron, take us out of here.

01:54:04.119 --> 01:54:04.439
All right.

01:54:04.439 --> 01:54:06.770
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