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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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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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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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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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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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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It’s Tuesday and the guys have all the pop culture news worth talking about.

• SPOILERS:
  • Ted Lasso – 1:39:43
  • Picard – 1:44:44
  • Mando – 1:52:21
• Super Mario Bros making all the money
• Eastwood’s last movie – Juror #2
• Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones cast in Twisters
• Melissa Barrera Reunites With Radio Silence On Secret Monster Movie For Universal
• “Killers of The Flower Moon” clocking in at 3hr 54min
• Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne hope to continue making Poker Face for a long time
• The Continental teaser sure is a teaser
• All your mom’s favorite shows (L&O/Chicago) picked up
• ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Series at Paramount+ moving forward
• Mo’Nique suing Paramount
• Picard heading to Imax
• GoT: D&E
• The Mother trailer 
• Stranger Things: The Animated Series
• Muppets Mayhem trailer
• HBOMax is dead. Long live Max
• Amazon rebooting everything
• Baywatch reboot in development
• YouTube NFL Sunday ticket is not cheap
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League delayed to next year
• Ubisoft+
• Bad Batch 3rd, and final, season
• Visions, season 2
• Celebration 2025 – Japan
• Shazam 2 hits Max May 23
• Creature Commandos cast
• The Penguin featurette
• Mia Goth joins Blade
• The Marvels trailer

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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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Loren’s off covering Wrestlemania. So, The Professor returns to help run through this week’s pop culture news.

Mando spoilers @ 1:22:50

• D&D takes down JW
• Bye Bye Bri Guy
• Ms. Nobody
• Asteroid City trailer
• Who is Bella?
• More Mole People
• More like Aristoconfusing why this is a movie
• Taraji P. Henson guesting on Abbott Elementary
• Lots more Trek coming
• Yellowstone Paleyfest is a total shitshow
• Scott Pilgrim: The Series
• Man on Fire: Also The Series
• More like Ike Perlmuted
• Muppets Mayhem
• Trevor Noah lol’ing
• Ryan Coogler rebooting X-Files
• Vince McMahon finally telling it his way
• F4 gets a new writer
• Daredevil reboot already getting a season 2?
• Betty Ross returns

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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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