This week on the podcast, Loren and I solve the problem of shitty video game movies. But first, the news!

• Rita Repulsa Revealed! 
• Ava2ar, Ava3, 4vatar and A5tar news
• Blade Runner 2 release date moves up
• Sherlock Holmes (the movie, not the show) news
• More Terminator?
• Another cinematic universe is coming our way 
• Daddy’s Home….again! 
• Dwayne Johnson to rock the Jumanji remake
• Three’s Company coming to theaters
• Choose your own Twilight Zone?
• Mr. Robot: Season 2
• (Dr.) Who’s the new companion? 
• True Detective done? 
• HBO renewal news
• Live with ??? and ???
• Castle stands alone
• Radio news???
• Iron Fist casting
• A whole bunch of MCU Phase 3/Infinity War news (with a little friendly neighborhood Spidey as well)
• A fun X-Men: Apocalypse video
• Extras, extras! Read all about Deadpool’s special edition blu-ray
• Justice League/Flash casting
• Killer Robin
• A (potential) return to Krypton
• Controversial Zoom reveal on The Flash (tv show this time)

Flash TV spoilers around 1:24:00. 

All that and the usual tangents. As always, please check us out on Facebook and, on Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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It’s another big one this week. Lots of trailers. Some news bits coming out of CinemaCon. Also, what is CinemaCon? But first, all the news!!!

• Some surprising Kingsman 2 casting
• MIB23, the Jump St./Men in Black crossover is happening
• Mission: Impossible 6 starts shooting this fall
• Fast 8 gets another new cast member
• The internet (over)reacts to some Indiana Jones 5 news
• Dick Tracy 2???
• The next cinematic universe has been revealed, and it may surprise you!
• The Dark Tower started shooting
• Comic-Con streaming…kind of…?
• Will a Magic Castle movie appear before your eyes?
• All the Avatars!
• Jason Statham v Big Shark
• (Not Uncle) JJ comments on Rey’s mystery parents
• New Girl and Fear the Walking Dead renewed
• Tales from the Crypt and The Mist both picked up to series
• Star Trek show rumors abound
• Captain America: Civil War reviews are coming in (spoiler alert: it’s good)
• Spider-Man re-reboot news
• Dr. Strange trailer
• Thor: Ragnarok gets a new female lead (and hero?)
• A whole bunch Infinity War news
• MCU Phase 4 to be dramatically different
• Defenders defend!
• Wolverine 3 news
• Deadpool 2 confirmed…duh
• Jason Mamoa talks Aquaman…and Iron Man…?
• Batfleck’s Batflick confirmed
• The Killing Joke rating revealed

Also, as mentioned on the show, here’s the link to Alamo Drafthouse founder/CEO Tim League’s response to the big AMC/texting hubbub.

All that and the usual tangents. As always, at facebook.com/hollywoodpicturenews and, on Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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This week on the podcast we talk about the summer movie season. With all these huge February, March and April releases, is it still a thing? But first, the news!

• Kingsman 2 title revealed – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• Electra Woman & Dyna Girl trailer
• Oscar Isaac reteams with Ex Machina director for Annihilation
• Bradley Cooper to star in Max Landis scripted sci-fi flickDeeper
• Is Starman returning to theaters?
• Sicario sequel moving forward
• The Shining 2 is apparently happening
• Supergirl/Flash crossover leads to 30% bump in ratings
• Mythbusters returning already
• Preacher teaser
• Deadpool officially the highest grossing R-rated movie
• Gambit delayed again
• Will James Gunn stay with the Guardians for Volume 3?
• Dr. Strange and Baron Mordo in action
• First Wonder Woman image revealed
• Suits’ Patrick J. Adams joins Legends of Tomorrow
• 2nd Lego Batman Movie trailer
• Is Batfleck writing his own Bat-flick?
• Zach Snyder helping out on Aquaman
• Deleted Batman v Superman scene released
• Snyder explains when Robin died in this universe
• Batman v Superman box office drops 80% on Friday
• Suicide Squad reshoots

All that, the usual tangents, and a quick revisit to, ugh, The Legal Proceeding (were we too easy on it?). Spoilers around 39:00-42:00(ish).

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It’s a big one this week as Loren and RDT dive head first into the DCEU (that’s DC EXTENDED Universe). But first, they cover off on the below news items.

• Indiana Jones 5 confirmed
• More young Han Solo casting rumors
• Daisy Ridley confirms Tomb Raider reboot talks
• Half-Life and Portal movies still in development
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Official Trailer
• Now You See Me 2 trailer
• WWE’s Countdown (bonus clip)
• Preacher to premiere May 22
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 to premiere April 15
• Better Call Saul renewed for season 3
• Person of Interest season 5 to be its last
• Heathers to be re-imagined as an anthology series
• Young MacGyver has been cast
• Marvel’s Infinity War may have characters we’ve never seen on screen before
• Luke Cage Teaser
• New X-Men: Apocalypse trailer
• Kevin Conroy And Mark Hamill Confirmed for Killing Joke Animated Film
• Rumors of a Gotham spinoff coming
• World’s Finest, the Supergirl/Flash crossover, promo
• “Beloved hero from the DC canon” joining Legends of Tomorrow next season

Plus a whole lot of DCEU news to go along with the Legal Proceeding aka BvS:DoJ aka Bats versus Supes.

All that, and the usual tangents. As always, please check us out on Facebook at, facebook.com/hollywoodpicturenews and Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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On the episode this week, Loren and Ryan cover all that’s happening in the world of pop culture then talk TV. While we are in a “Golden Age,” is it too much?

News topics covered:

• Captain America: Civil War trailer!
• Zendaya Takes a Lead Role in Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man Reboot
• Punisher and Elektra costumes revealed
• Luke Cage premiere date announced
• X-Men: Apocalypse Poster featuring the 4 Horsemen and Apocalypse hits
• JK Simmons cast as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League
• First look at Crimson Fox from Powerless
• The Flash/Supergirl crossover update
• A certain co-star announced for the, no longer solo, Han Solo movie
• JJ Abrams admits to a mistake in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Tom Hiddleston is interested in playing James Bond
• Potential Predator sequel casting news
• The Popstar trailer
• Baywatch casting
• Star Trek Beyond reshoots
• Rumored CBS pickups for next season
• Confirmed CW pickups for next season
• The return of The Tick
• Riggs finally cast in Fox’s Lethal Weapon reboot pilot
• Game of Thrones, Season 6 trailer 
• Preacher cast photos 
• Netflix’s The Ranch trailer released
• Star Trek tv news
• Casting for the Prison Break 9-episode event series.
• And Chicago Law will now be…. Chicago Justice (dun dun dun!!!)

All that, plus the usual tangents. And as always, please check us out at facebook.com/hollywoodpicturenews and, on Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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From Hollywood,

–RDT & Loren

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On the episode, RDT and Loren have a quick chat about The Oscars then dive head first into a huge week in pop culture news, covering:

• New Ghostbusters trailer
• Sarah Shahi will be the new Nancy Drew in “Drew” a pilot for CBS
• NCIS renewed for seasons 14 AND 15
• Gambit pulled from the release schedule completely
• The Power Rangers reboot kicked off production
• Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey confirmed for The Dark Tower
• The DC hero appearing in Powerless is apparently Crimson Fox.
• JK Simmons wanted by fans (and maybe himself) to return as J. Jonah Jameson in the new Sony/MCU Spider-Man reboot
• Nickelodeon’s Legends of the Hidden Temple to be a Live Action Movie
• It’s official, no Reese for Cruel Intentions tv show
• Fuller House renewed for season 2
• Big Hero 6 animated series coming to Disney XD
• Agent Carter closes out its 2nd (final?) season with series lows
• Agents of SHIELD renewed for season 4
• Gotham introduces yet another Joker-esque character
• Hasselhoff confirmed for at least a cameo in the Baywatch reboot
• The Force Awakens hits DVD/BluRay April 5th and Digital HD April 1st
• Lethal Weapon casting news
• CBS taps Gene Roddenberry’s son Rod to EP Star Trek tv show
• 23 Jumpstreet/Men in Black crossover happening
• Bruce Willis starring in a Death Wish remake
• Sony trying a Venom movie again
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt exits Sandman feature
• Rick and Morty Season 3 confirmed
• Zootopia set records with its $73mil box office weekend

All that plus the usual tangents. And as always,  check us out at facebook.com/hollywoodpicturenews and, on Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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This week on the podcast, Loren and Ryan cover the news:

• A little bit on the 88th Annual Academy Awards (more to come next week)
• Martin Freeman’s character for Captain America: Civil War revealed
• Pacific Rim 2 is back on, but Guillermo is no longer directing
• Powerless – DCEU sitcom?
• Tye Sheridan cast as the lead in Ready Player One
• The Legal Proceeding of Batman V. Superman to receive an R-Rated director’s cut
• Daniel Craig out as James Bond?
• Daredevil Season 2 trailer part 2 drops
• Iron Fist finally cast
• The Mist tv show picked up to pilot
• XXX 3 The Return of Xander Cage coming 1/20/17
• The apparently weekly 10 Cloverfield Lane update
• Nicholas Meyer returning to the Star Trek universe

Plus our main topic is something we call “Nostalgia as a brand” where we talk remakes, reboots and rebootquels (that’s a thing now).

And, once again, we had some audio issues. So we did some shuffling and whatnot. Our apologies if the levels are a little inconsistent. But we’re working on it.

As always, please check us out at hollywoodpicturenews.com, facebook.com/hollywoodpicturenews and, on Twitter, @HWPicNews.

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