Episode #382 – Minishing Returns* (*not a typo)

We’re back with Sad Hollywood * (*TM), regular Hollywood, and all the pop culture news. Spoilers listed below:

  • Muppets Mayhem – 1:26:20
  • John Wick – 1:29:45
  • Shazam 2 – 1:36:01
  • Ted Lasso – 1:44:39

The news:

  • John Wick will, somehow, continue (also John Wick 4 spoilers)
  • The Terminator will be back, I guess
  • V will return, too
  • And so will Tarantino, but not Rick Dalton
  • Or D&D
  • Jude Law, fuckboi, also smelly
  • People suck, but The (new) Little Mermaid isn’t bad
  • Peacock will remain Peacock
  • NCIS: LL Cool J
  • ST: SNW season 2 trailer
  • Welcome to Roku City, P+
  • Netflix still sucks
  • Witcher 5!
  • No more Runaways or Motherland
  • HBO Max, excuse me, Max
  • Will Ferrell will play Madden and Madden
  • Spidey 2 gameplay footage
  • TikTok sues Montana (the state, not the football player)
  • Rex returns?
  • The Flash is soft

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Episode #381 – When You’re Here, You’re Hashtag Family

Even with the WGA strike still in full swing it’s another busy week. Plus the guys kept it in the #Family and had an HPN Staff outing to see Fast X.
Ted Lasso spoilers @ 01:21:04   Fast X spoilers @ 01:32:19

  • Jim Brown NFL Legend/Actor/Activist dead at 87
  • John Refoua, Avatar Film editor, dead at 62
  • Zaslav thinks streamers should band together to create cable equivalent before “someone else does”
  • Twitter Blue subs will be allowed to post 2 hour videos *cough Tucker cough*
  • Disney shareholders sue Bob Chapek
  • Dial of Destiny gets standing ovation at Cannes, might be awful
  • MI: DRP1 trailer
  • Eddie Murphy eyed for Clouseau in Pink Panther revival
  • Haunted Mansion trailer
  • Aziz Ansari’s latest movie suspended. This time due to the strike
  • Elmore Leonard movie Mr. Paradise to be directed by Thora Birch
  • Big Davey Bats to star in Lionsgate’s The Killers Game
  • ‘Fast X’ Opens to Soft $67.5 Million Domestically, Revs to $319 Million Globally
  • ABC Fall schedule is all reality (and Abbott Elementary)
  • Fallon is the first late night host to stop paying staff
  • Showtime bringing back Weeds and Nurse Jackie
  • AEW gets Saturdnight night addition, Collision
  • Joe Schmo returns because Jury Duty did well
  • Archer to end after season 14
  • City Primeval gets a teasery teaser
  • Ginny and Georgia renewed for 2 more seasons
  • Futurama is back on July 24th
  • Tons of programing being removed from D+ (and Hulu)
  • But they are gaining Indy
  • Conan Must Go trailer
  • Mortal Kombat 1 trailer
  • Nicholas Cage comes to Dead by Daylight
  • Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser shutting down
  • Star Garden dancers finally unionize after 15 month strike
  • Bradley Cooper rumored for Lex Luthor
  • Negasonic and Yukio are back for Deadpool 3
  • Loki season 2 drops October 6
  • All episodes of Echo to drop at once
  • Secret Invasion teaser
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor needs to buy another boat, joins Juno Temple in Venom 3

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Episode #380 – 20 Minutes or Less…

We’re back with some strike updates, pop culture news and Ted Lasso spoilers @ 1:28:50

  • F12 could be a thing
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Freakier Friday
  • Meg 2 trailer
  • Lords of Wars
  • Life of Chuck
  • Die Hard Ridley
  • A bloodbath of cancelations
  • Please Don’t Get a Theatrical Release
  • SWAT swatted then un-swatted
  • Animal Control picked up
  • Hulu getting the D+
  • Dr. Who trailer
  • Est Tombé
  • Destiny IP
  • Thrawn is a bad guy
  • Beast Lex?
  • Guardians 3 doing well

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Episode #379 – Guardians of the WGA

As the Writer’s Guild fight for their rights, the guys discuss what that could mean for Hollywood. But don’t worry it’s not ALL sad Hollywood news.
Ted Lasso Spoilers @01:03:16 GotG Vol. 3 Spoilers @01:13:43

  • WGA Strike
  • Vice preparing for bankruptcy
  • Tasha Smith replaces Theresa Randle In “Bad Boys 4”
  • Karl Urban is in talks for Johnny Cage
  • Cliffhanger rebootquel in development
  • GI Joe reboot in development, again
  • Jason Reitman directing a movie based on the first episode of SNL
  • Evil Dead Rises hits $100m
  • Outlaw Johnny Black trailer 
  • Dune 2 trailer
  • Gran Turismo trailer 
  • SWAT swatted
  • Stars on Mars is a thing
  • More like Call Me Canceled
  • Yellowstone officially ending with season 5
  • King of the Hill revival will have a time jump
  • Jim Lee promoted to president of DC Comics
  • SNL Hanz & Franz movie being adapted as a podcast
  • Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars script had a 60-year-old Rey
  • Final 3 episodes of Andor to cover the 3 days leading up to Rogue One
  • DC says that ‘if’ Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Superman movie is made, it’ll be Elseworlds
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 did $282M worldwide
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is 2:16:00

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Episode #378 – F. Murray Shyamalan

As an unfortunate strike looms, the guys cover what may be the last of the pop culture news for a while.

Spoilers:

Ted Lasso @ 1:26:29

Ghosted @ 1:36:48

  • Zaslav is a hypocrite
  • Mario gets a bildo
  • MK2
  • Young(er) Indiana Jones
  • Dodgeb2ll
  • Hunger Games prequel teaser
  • Equaliz3r
  • Dakota Fanning cast in I. Night Shyamalan’s first movie
  • The Last of the Furious gets new writers
  • Twisted Metal teaser
  • Netflix to spend $2.5B on Korean content
  • Big Mouth will finally close
  • Warrior season 3
  • UK blocks Microsoft purchase of Activision
  • Jedi Survivor is basically broken technically
  • Spotify promises to stop overpaying for podcasts
  • Damon Lindelof was “asked to leave” Star Wars
  • New Flash trailer
  • Mila Kunis is not in FF, but she knows who is!
  • Nic Pizzolatto writing Blade
  • Kraven the Hunter to be rated R

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