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Shownotes Introduction (00:44) Mike Dougherty, director of Trick ‘r Treat and writer of X2/Superman Returns What We’ve Been Watching David Chen (04:48): Breaking Bad: Season 2 Michael Dougherty (11:31): Paranormal Activity, The Children Devindra (23:50): Sugar, Two Lovers Adam (27:50): Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Orphan, The Venture Bros. News Discussion (42:30) Shane Black Writing a Doc Savage Movie (48:00) Billy Ray Tackles Somali Pirates (52:43) Cary Fukunaga to Direct Jane Eyre (55:22) Disney’s Keychest to Take Home Movies to the Cloud?...

Gotham Season 5 Trailer I don’t watch Gotham, so I have nothing to offer you in terms of quality of the show. I can tell you that, based on this trailer at least, the series has become the equivalent of someone using Final Cut Pro in a Spirit Halloween store. The final season is going all-out, continuing a story inspired by the comic series “No Man’s Land”, in which Gotham has been cut off from the rest of the world (this was also the partial inspiration for The Dark Knight Rises)....

‘Mega Man’ Movie Coming From The Directors Of ‘Catfish’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2018 9:30 am EST Ready for a live-action Mega Man movie from the directors of Catfish and two of the Paranormal Activity movies? Well, even if you’re not, that’s what’s happening. Capcom has confirmed Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will helm a Mega Man movie that will bring the popular video game character to life. Mega Man has been around since the late 1980s, and Mega Man 11 just arrived this month....

‘Morbius’ Cast Adds Tyrese Gibson, Matt Smith Confirmed To Be The Film’s Villain By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2019 8:30 am EST We just got our first look at Jared Leto’s Morbius, and now we’re learning even more about the movie. In addition to the recent addition of Jared Harris, we now know the Morbius cast also includes Adria Arjona and Tyrese Gibson. And that’s not all! We also have confirmation on which characters the actors are playing, including the previously cast Matt Smith....

‘The Mandalorian’ And ‘Falcon & Winter Soldier’ Logos, ‘Lady And The Tramp’ First Look Revealed In Disney+ Presentation By Jacob Hall/April 11, 2019 3:59 pm EST Most movie logos and first looks are revealed with some traditional pizazz. But Disney quietly revealed a first look at the logo for the first Star Wars live-action TV series The Mandalorian, a first look at the upcoming live-action Lady and the Tramp, and confirmation of Marvel’s Falcon & Winter Soldier series as part of their Disney+ presentation....

Alfonso Cuarón Isn’t Happy About Netflix’s Subtitles For ‘Roma’ In Spain By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2019 4:30 pm EST Roma has been pulling in awards left and right this season, and director Alfonso Cuarón has been the recipient of several of them as the director, writer, producer, editor, and cinematographer of the foreign language drama. At every turn, he’s been extremely grateful to Netflix for releasing a film that most studios probably wouldn’t touch....

Audible Original ‘Alliances: A Trick Of Light’ Features New Stan Lee Characters And Stories, With More On The Way [Interview] By Fred Topel/June 27, 2019 9:00 am EST There are no more Stan Lee cameos left for Marvel movies, with the late comic book legend making his curtain call in Avengers: Endgame. That’s not Stan Lee’s last word, though. Quite literally. One of Lee’s projects in the works before he passed is an original story for Audible....

Chris McQuarrie Returning For ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ & ‘8’, Will Film Back-To-Back By Ben Pearson/Jan. 14, 2019 4:07 pm EST Chris McQuarrie, the writer/director of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and last year’s blockbuster hit Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has signed an unprecedented deal for the Mission franchise: he’s coming back to write and direct the next two movies in the long-running series, and he’s shooting them back-to-back. Will star Tom Cruise survive such a production?...

Contest: Win ‘Forrest Gump’ On 4K Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/July 2, 2019 12:30 pm EST The Academy Award-winning Forrest Gump is getting the 4K Blu-ray treatment, and if you’re a fan of Robert Zemeckis’s film, you’re in luck. We’re giving away a free copy of the 4K Blu-ray to one lucky winner, and you don’t have to run across the country to win. Details on how to win the Forrest Gump 4K Blu-ray await you below....

James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Is A “Total Reboot,” According To Producer Peter Safran By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 9:30 am EST Last week, the best news of the year came with word that Disney and Marvel Studios had reversed their decision to remove James Gunn as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The filmmaker will return to the franchise that he originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but before that, James Gunn will have to make good on his deal to enter the DC Extended Universe with The Suicide Squad....

The Case For Davos Seaworth, The Only Decent Man In Westeros By Rafael Motamayor/May 8, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Debate of Thrones, where a panel of Citadel-trained experts explain why someone deserves, or doesn’t deserve, to sit on the Iron Throne. In this edition: only Ser Davos Seaworth can tear down a broken system and remake it for a new generation.)It’s been seven years since King Robert died and Westeros has had as many self-proclaimed kings and queens since....

Watch This ‘Maniac’ Featurette Attempt To Explain What Netflix’s Weird New Show Is All About By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 1, 2018 1:30 pm EST Netflix’s Maniac is incredible – one of the best original programs the streaming service has released to date. It’s also weird as hell, and almost impossible to coherently sum up. A new video attempts to break down the Emma Stone and Jonah Hill show while highlighting what makes it so unique....

What Is That ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Credits Scene All About? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2018 5:00 pm EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a superhero movie, so it should come as no surprise that it has a post-credits scene that sets the stage for future installments of the animated Spider-Verse. However, if you’re only a casual Spider-Man fan, you might have been confused about how the scene unfolded and exactly what was going on....

‘A Simple Plan’ At 20: Sam Raimi’s Underrated 1998 Gem Might Be His Best Film By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 11, 2018 10:00 am EST When movie fans think of Sam Raimi, they most likely think of Evil Dead or Spider-Man. Raimi’s name has become inextricably linked with these two franchises, the former of which he created and which launched his career as a feature filmmaker. As it progressed, the original Evil Dead trilogy leaned from splatter into slapstick horror....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Photos Promise New Locations And New Dogs By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 1:15 pm EST In John Wick Chapter 3, Keanu Reeves is back in action as everyone’s favorite dog-loving hitman. Chapter 2 concluded with Wick on the run after having disrespected the sacred rules of being a high-priced assassin, and Chapter 3 will find him once again fighting for his life. Two new John Wick Chapter 3 photos have just arrived, giving us a glimpse of what’s to come – including some new dogs....

‘SNL’ Creator Lorne Michaels Producing A Movie About The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 7, 2019 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Lorne Michaels is best known for creating and executive producing Saturday Night Live, not to mention producing countless TV shows featuring SNL veterans and other notable comedians. Every now and then he tackles something that isn’t a straight-up comedy project, and the producer’s next big screen project doesn’t sound like it will be funny at all....

The Karate Kid 30 for 30 Documentary ESPN brings in some of the sports network’s familiar commentators like Ryan Smith, Nicole Briscoe, Steve Levy, Randy Scott, and Chris Cotter all provide color commentary. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka also appears in-character as Daniel LaRusso and William Zabka, each reliving the finals of that karate tournament that would shape the rest of their lives. They’re joined by the next generation of Karate Kids from Cobra Kai, played by Mary Mouser and Xolo Maridueña, as well as Martin Kove as John Kreese....

‘The Twilight Zone’ Reboot Will Compete In Drama Category For Emmys, But There’s One Complication By Ethan Anderton/April 21, 2019 11:00 am EST CBS All Access isn’t exactly overflowing with must-see content, with Star Trek Discovery and The Good Fight being the only two original hits in their library. But since The Twilight Zone reboot came along, plenty more people have been flocking to the streaming subscription service, and the show is bound to end up with some Emmy nominations later this year, but not in the category you might think....

Do Makeup Effects Artists Bring Something Special To The Director’s Chair? By Rob Hunter/Oct. 31, 2018 6:00 am EST This month marks the 30th anniversary of one of horror cinema’s most memorable creature creations. Stan Winston’s Pumpkinhead (1988) was no box-office juggernaut, but it’s found a home with genre fans over the years who’ve come to appreciate both its tight little tale of revenge and the mad genius of its title creature design....

How Thor’s Part In ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Was Almost Different By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 2019 2:30 pm EST Avengers: Endgame pulls the characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a variety of interesting directions. Not only does it challenge them in ways they’ve never been tested before, but it enhances the origins of Earth’s mightiest heroes. And when you have such a wide breadth of characters and an endless array of directions to take them, there are a lot of changes in the writing process where certain ideas get scrapped or changed as they go along....