Episode #385 – The Definitive HPN Franchise Rankings

A little bit different this week, the guys forego the news in favor of making a definitive list of where each movie in major franchises sit. From perennial favorite The Fast and Furious franchise, all the way to Robert Rodriquez’ Mexico Trilogy. It’s been a long time coming, so join them for the ride.

As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

Episode #384 – WTF, 3%?!?!?!?

It’s Tuesday and we have a new segment before getting into the news! Hope you like it!

  • Spoilers:
  • Silo –
  • Across the Spider-Verse –
  • SAG authorizes strike, too
  • Licht gets kicked
  • Vin loves Mamoa! No, really!
  • Tran$former$
  • Leprechaun 3boot
  • Expend4bles trailer
  • Studio Ghibli will release Miyazaki’s final film “How Do You Live?” with no trailer/marketing
  • Legend of Zelda movie next?
  • Extreme Makeover Home Edition returning
  • Young Rock/Grand Crew canceled
  • Netflix…. wins?
  • Bird Box Barcelona
  • Hocus Pocus with a Vengeance
  • cAIsey Bloys
  • Perry Mason canceled
  • Venture Bros. movie trailer
  • Amazon AST
  • Star Wars Outlaws trailer
  • Reddit going dark
  • Ahsoka – 8/23/23
  • The Flash is NOT the best movie ever (also not the worst)
  • My Adventures with Superman trailer
  • Cap 4 not World War Hulks

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.

Episode #376 – Last Mando Standing

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

All that, the Weekly Watched and of course tangents. As always, please check us out on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Don’t forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d really appreciate it!

Be safe and stay healthy.