Episode #383 – Zaslav Was The Earthquake, Here Comes The Tsunami

Another busy week despite the ongoing WGA strike. But don’t worry the guys have you covered on all your Pop Culture and Entertainment news.  SPOILERS FOR:  Silo @ 01:29:12  Ted Lasso @ 01:34:42

  • Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of forcible rape
  • Cosby being sued, again, for sexual assault
  • Charges against Armie Hammer dropped
  • Little Mermaid criticized for “erasure of slavery”
  • Boston University President Accuses 2023 Graduates of “Cancel Culture”
  • Sergio Calderon, Milt Larsen, and Barry Newman pass away
  • DGA and AMPTP reach a deal
  • Drew Carey paying for WGA meals
  • Vin Diesel blames Fast X bad reviews on Jason Momoa’s “bad acting”
  • In other, other news, Hobbs returning for spinoff movie
  • Hidden Strike trailer
  • Turtles trailer
  • The Thing 2…?
  • Beetlejuice 2 mostly practical
  • Sisu…2?
  • Tom Cruise butthurt over losing Imax screens to Oppenheimer
  • Lost writers’ room was a misogynistic/racist shit show
  • Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies photoshops a cast member
  • P+ releases the entire first season of ST: SNW on YouTube
  • Verizon offering streaming bundle
  • City Primeval trailer
  • Netflix Shareholders Decline To Back Executive Compensation Packages
  • Black Mirror season 6 trailer 
  • Disney takes $1.5B write down
  • Kim Catrall returning to And Just Like That…
  • CBR getting overhauled
  • Is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem retheming Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster?
  • Flash director won’t recast Ezra Miller, might be directing The Brave & the Bold
  • Spider-Verse made all of the money
  • Tons of Spidey stuff in development

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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 #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 #377 – Three Reeds and a Phone Call

The guys are back yet again with all the week’s entertainment and pop culture news! If you hear the phone ringing on this episode, you win! Spoilers abound:  Ted Lasso @ 01:23:52 | Picard @ 01:30:49 | Mando @ 01:36:16

  • Rust charges dropped
  • Jonathan Majors’ lawyer says they have proof he’s innocent
  • F. Murray Abraham was fired from Mythic Quest due to sexual misconduct
  • Dominion/Fox settle
  • Beef guy says rape story was made up
  • WGA members approve strike if deal cannot be met by May 1
  • Fast X trailer #2
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
  • Live Action Lilo & Stitch Casting
  • SMB heading towards a bildo
  • Galaxy Quest series back in development
  • Section 31 movie moving forward
  • Reed & Ted made $50MM in 2022
  • Netflix shutting down DVD by mail business
  • Man sues because true crime doc used his pic without permission
  • Love is Blind reunion crashes
  • Netflix picks up The Boroughs from Duffers and Dark Crystal creators
  • White Men Can’t Jump trailer 
  • Futurama returning summer 2023
  • National Treasure Edge of History canceled
  • Twilight series in development
  • AMC+ to offer ad supported tier
  • Boyega rumored to be returning for Rey movie
  • If he is recast, the internet wants Boyega for Kang
  • ScarJo confirms she’s done with the MCU
  • Peyton Reed talks about recasting Cassie Lang
  • Adam Driver rumored to be close to signing on as Reed
  • Juno Temple joins cast of Venom 3

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Episode #375 – Star Wars Celebration 2023

Loren and RDT cover a bunch of trailers and lots of news on a busy week capped off by Star Wars Celebration Europe!
Spoilers for Ted Lasso 02:19:02, Picard 02:24:51, Mando 02:28:43

  • Lance Reddick cause of death disputed
  • Bill Butler Grease/Jaws/Rocky 2-4 cinematographer dead at nearly 102
  • Justice Department looking into Antitrust suit against WBD
  • Super Mario Bros makes $377M worldwide
  • Adam Driver in talks for Heat prequel
  • Barbie trailer
  • Beau is Afraid trailer
  • MaXXXine cast
  • Live action Moana with DTRJ in development
  • Legendary acquires film/tv rights for Street Fighter
  • Shrek 5, Donkey spinoff, Secret Life of Pets, Sing sequels in development
  • Paddington in Peru
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s heads straight to the ‘Cock
  • The Resident canceled after season 6(!)
  • Heels returns this summer
  • Sex/Life canceled at Netflix days after Sarah Shahi made comments about working on the show
  • Muppet Mayhem teaser
  • Harry Potter TV series actually in development
  • No one finished LotR Rings of Power
  • Cruel Intentions series headed to Freevee
  • Endeavor purchases WWE to combine with UFC to form one mega corporation
  • Ahsoka trailer
  • 3 major Star Wars movies announced
  • New Star Wars timeline revealed
  • Obi-Wan season 2 unlikely (at least for a while)
  • Donald Glover still interested in Lando
  • Andor S2 arrives Aug. 2024
  • Trailers for Acolyte, Skeleton Crew shown on site not released online
  • Not Star Wars but shown at Celebration: New Indy 5 trailer
  • Aquabro 2 release date moved
  • 2hazam already on digital, BluRay/4k on 5/23
  • James Mangold confirmed for Swamp Thing
  • Blue Beetle trailer
  • Secret Invasion Trailer
  • Across the Spiderverse trailer
  • Quantumania hits digital on 18th

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Episode #373 – We Don’t Understand Business or Law or Business Law

The guys are back for another week talking entertainment and pop culture news! They even start with everyone’s favorite segment, “Celebrities are Apparently Terrible”!

  • Jonathan Majors arrested for suspected domestic violence
  • Justin Roiland cleared of charges
  • Vince McMahon reimburses WWE $17MM
  • Amanda Bynes has psychotic break, put on 5150 hold
  • Funko shuttering Mondo posters
  • Spotify has spent less than 10% of the $100MM it promised to put towards diversity fund
  • A bunch of celebs caught up in crypto scheme
  • Screenwriter Norman Steinberg dies
  • John Wick 4 makes all the money
  • Keanu open to playing Jack Traven again
  • Kumail Nanjiani And Patton Oswalt Newest Additions To Cast Of ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel
  • RDJ in talks for Vertigo remake
  • Gears of War moving forward with John Spaihts scripting
  • Jon Hamm joins Mean Girls musical as Coach Carr
  • The Continental premiers in Sept
  • Star Trek Legacy trending
  • Gotham Knights is actually doing well in the ratings
  • Riverdale final season set in the 50s
  • The L Word canceled, long live The L Word
  • You renewed for a 5th and final season
  • Power Rangers anniversary special doesn’t look terrible
  • Quasi trailer 
  • Flamin’ Hot to hit D+/Hulu on the same day
  • TMNT: The Last Ronin game in development
  • Jedi Survivor story trailer 
  • Steven Knight picking up SW script after Damon Lindelof exits
  • The Daniels directed an episode of Skeleton Crew
  • Zack Snyder’s mystery announcement is a 3-night screening of the Snyderverse flicks benefiting suicide prevention
  • The Rock torpedoed both Shazam and Black Adam
  • First look at Lady Gaga as Harley in Joker 2

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Episode #371 – Settle Down Brenda

The guys are back with a metric ton of entertainment and pop culture news!  Poker Face spoilers: 01:37:30 The Last of Us spoilers: 01:41:30 The Mandalorian spoilers: 01:47:13

  • “Rust” gun destroyed
  • Speaking of guns, Baretta star Robert Blake died
  • Chaim Topal passes away
  • Bert Gordon passes away @ 100
  • Will Smith embarrassed/hurt by Chris Rock’s jokes
  • Seth Rogen butthurt by negative reviews
  • Tim Robbins can go fuck himself
  • $126K Oscar gift bags
  • ScreaVI makes all the money
  • Jenna Ortega in talks for Beetlejuice 2 as Lydia’s daughter
  • Hannah Waddingham joins MI8
  • No Hard Feelings trailer
  • Creed-verse is coming
  • Bob Oedenkirk starring in The Room remake for charity
  • Apparently D&D is pretty good
  • L&O: OC loses its 4th showrunner in a year
  • Price is Right moving to Glendale
  • Bedrock pilot presentation sets its cast
  • Devil in the White City dead
  • Daniel Bruhl to play Karl Lagerfeld
  • New pricing for *ugh* Max
  • WBD bonuses increased based on how much $$$ they can slash
  • Canceled Scooby Doo movie leaked
  • Barry to end with upcoming season 4
  • Prime picks up Batman: Caped Crusader for 2 seasons
  • Jury Duty trailer
  • Roku could lose 25% of its cash if SVB fails
  • Ghosted trailer
  • Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League delayed
  • Iger Says Disney Theme Parks Were Priced Too High In “Zeal To Grow Profit”
  • Warner Music CEO says music streaming services should charge more
  • Bad Robot sets up Stage division
  • Feige and Patty Jenkins Star Wars flicks officially scrapped
  • Michael Shannon confused by his return as Zod in The Flash
  • James Gunn rumored to also be directing Superman: Legacy
  • Big Shazam spoiler in tv spot
  • Bernthal returning as The Punisher
  • Vanessa Fisk recast for DD: BA
  • New indigenous hero for What If…? season 2

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Episode #369 – Nice.

The inclement weather in Hollywood causes some technical difficulties but that’s never stopped the guys before. They’ve got you covered on the week’s entertainment and pop culture news:

  • Walter Mirish, prolific Hollywood producer, dead at 101
  • Tom Whitlock, composer, co-wrote Danger Zone, dies at 68
  • Barbara Bosson passes away at 83
  • Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, and JK Rowling terrible human beings
  • Weinstein guilty, gets 16 years in LA
  • WGA talks starting 3/20/23
  • More Hobbits coming!
  • WBD lost a lot of money last year
  • The Machine trailer
  • Jojo Siwa cast in All My Friends Are Dead
  • Hellboy reboot, again
  • The Goldbergs ending after 10 years
  • AEW: All Access doc @ TBS
  • Netflix cuts subscription cost in a bunch of international territories
  • Surprise Me feature removed
  • Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly and David Cross join Umbrella Academy, season 4
  • Welcome to Derry picked up
  • My Spy sequel moving forward
  • Michael Mando booted from AppleTV+ show
  • South Park getting sued by WBD
  • One act Rogers: The Musical coming to California Adventure this summer
  • Rumor: Momoa wants out of playing Aquabro because the new movie suuuccckkksssss
  • The Flash to screen at Cinemacon
  • The Batman: Part II starts shooting in November
  • Steven Yeun cast in Thunderbolts
  • Namor confirmed for Kang Dynasty
  • Ant-Man has Biggest drop in MCU history; 69.7% in 2nd weekend

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Episode #367 – Hey Dude is Yellowstone 1989

We send our congrats to the winning team of the big game by talking about all the entertainment and pop culture news of the week.

  • Fast X trailer
  • AMC setting ticket prices based on seat
  • I Know What You Did Like 20 Summers Ago
  • Michael B. Jordan says Creed IV is definitely happening
  • Strays trailer
  • Air trailer
  • Ballerina Overdrive from David Leitch with Lena Headey
  • Another Riddick film is ridic
  • Peacock testing a Watch With service to interact with talent in real time
  • The Late Late Show to be replaced with @Midnight reboot
  • Two Dexter prequel spinoffs in the works
  • Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies trailer
  • Yellowstone might be done after season 5
  • Was the final kiss in You People CGI?
  • Disney splits its assets into 3 divisions; Entertainment, Parks, ESPN
  • Plans to shut down Disco+ as its own service fizzle.
  • Avenue 5 canceled
  • The Peripheral gets hotfix patch 2.0.0
  • Spider-Man Noir series happening on Prime
  • Ben Stiller will play the adult triplets in Three Identical Strangers adaptation
  • Showtime picks up Uncoupled after it was canceled at Netflix
  • Netflix picks up Ripley after it was abandoned at Showtime
  • National Enquirer sold to group that includes indicted ex-MoviePass chairman
  • You can order Doordash through Roku now for some reason
  • Flash poster
  • Iger saved Feige’s job from Perlmutter
  • Evangeline Lilly wants a Wasp movie, also likes money

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Episode #365 – Fear The Piano Frog

The guys have lots to talk about this week in the world of entertainment and pop culture news.

  • Justin Roiland faces domestic abuse charges, gets removed from everything
  • Co creator of Sesame Street Lloyd Morrisett dead at 93
  • Annie Wersching dies from cancer at 45
  • 2vatar Becomes 4th Highest-Grossing Movie Of All Time
  • Oscar controversy over Andrea Riseborough and ‘To Leslie’
  • Rust begins filming again
  • Giancarlo Esposito joins Megalopolis
  • Madonna biopic no longer moving forward at Universal
  • Ray Stevenson replaces Kevin Spacey in 1242: Gateway to the West
  • Peacock is losing a ton of money… to make money?
  • Simpsons/Family Guy/Bob’s Burgers all renewed for 2 more seasons
  • Aquateen Hunger Force returning after 8 year hiatus
  • MILF Manor is a thing
  • Netflix cancels Inheritance and Housewife after they have been fully shot.
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society Canceled at Disney+
  • Titans/Doom Patrol canceled
  • TLOU renewed for season 2
  • Set photo from Fallout tv series looks good
  • Tomb Raider movie and series coming as well
  • Party Down Reunion trailer
  • Movie Pass 3.0 starts BETA program
  • Maya Rudolph replacing the “too controversial” M&M mascots.
  • Shazam Fury of the Gods trailer
  • Is Quake coming back?

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