From the dungeons of Morningstar, my name's Stretch.
And I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
G'day guys, this is Pop Culture News with Prevailing
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What news have you got for me this week? Dude,
I've got so much screenshots, including some
really shit tattoos from someone that was calling
someone a shit tattooist. A multi -film reboot
of The NeverEnding Story is in development. Okay.
Yeah. I don't know. I love that old... I don't
want them to go away from that puppetry of the
first one. We've seen that they try to do more
with sequels of that. It was a bit of a miss.
I don't think I saw any of the sequels. I never
saw the first movie. The second one had a bloke
out of deep. Can you remember that song with,
not the song, the movie with Chuck Norris in
it, Sidekicks? Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. I can't remember
the young bloke's name that was in it. Wouldn't
know, yeah. And he was also in Sequest DSV. Yeah.
Yeah, he trained a dolphin. I think it belongs
where it was. I don't know whether a new one
would do any good. Yeah, I agree. Different.
It's a whole different sort of, let's say, customer
base these days. Give me more fantasy. Oh, yeah,
absolutely. I don't know whether we need to,
yeah, kind of. Revive those IPs. I think we need
to just stop rebooting everything. The thing
is I think that the fact that they don't have
that second source of income when it comes to
DVD rentals and stuff like that. Agreed. They're
trying to get the most out of the property they
can. And trying to spend less on the advertising
where if it's an IP that already existed, people
are already going to go see it because they want
to see what the reboot's like. Yeah. So I think
that's. The kind of issue. Scar Johansson is
in talks to appear in the Batman 2. I have seen.
And with early reports from one Jeff Snyder,
who is a reporter, he claims that she'll be playing
a love interest of Bruce Wayne that will eventually
become an enemy, a la the Phantasm. From The
Mask of the Phantasm? That could also be Talia
al Ghul. I mean, yeah, okay, Talia al Ghul. Or
what was her name? Andrea Beaumont, who played
the Phantasm. She's red -headed. Or she could
be recast as Catwoman. Maybe. Because that chick
did pull out too, but she's a lot older than
him. Yeah. That's the first thing I thought when
they were talking about love interests. I'm like,
I mean. Well, no. It's only 12 years now. They
might actually be of similar ages, really. Maybe.
So speaking of reboot, another reboot, Galactic
Comeback for John Carter. I liked that other
movie. Dude, it was great. Yeah. It was so good,
man. They just. Dropped the ball with the advertising.
They didn't market that nowhere near good enough.
And no one knew who John Carter of Mars was.
Well, I think that was the problem was they were
probably hoping that some people would know that
John Carter was, you know, something once upon
a time. But that's the thing too. They just called
it John Carter. It wasn't John Carter of Mars.
It wasn't. It could have just been a travelling
musician for all anybody who knew. True. Which
is shit. We don't need to reboot that. We need
sequels. Jordan Peele and Sam. Raimi. I've seen
that. Yeah, working together to reduce the film
adaption of the horror that we checked out, the
short Portrait of God. Dude, that was good. It
was pretty good. It'd be interesting to see what
they do with a feature -length film. Yeah. Well,
that's the thing. Like, it was a good short.
I'd like to see a full feature of Solstice as
well. I thought that was sensational. Sherlock
Holmes 3 is currently in development and Robert
Downey Jr. is set to return. A new script has
been completed. Both Downey and Law are still
attached to the project. I didn't hate those
movies. Neither did I. I thought they were fun
as. Yeah, definitely fun. They're not super kind
of anything but fun. Spider Noir will be available
in both black and white and colour. Dude. You
can choose what you want to watch. I reckon that
in sepia tone would look so good, man. Like just
that muted browns and shit, it looks so sick.
Yeah. But, yeah, either way it's going to look
good. Have you watched Stranger Things yet? Not
yet. Okay. Well, there's a teacher in it and
her name is Hope Hines Love and she plays Miss
Harris in Stranger Things Season 5. She was actually
the Duffer Brothers drama teacher in high school.
That's cool. Yeah, I like that. So she inspired
them to carry on and do film and shit like that.
So they're like, hey, you know what? Awesome.
We'll cast you now. You're now multi -fucking
generational, multi -billion dollar. Oh, God.
So much money. Doomsday's production designer
says that they utilised mainly practical sets.
Oh, dude, I've heard so much about that. Seems
so fun. Over blue or green screen. Yeah. Cool.
Yeah, dude. Hell yeah. Well, they went so far
into the green and blue, didn't they? Mm -hmm.
Even having costumes now, they're not even costumes.
They just put some dots and some hexes on you.
Yeah, well, I mean, I understood with the nano
suit for Tony, but it was Civil War, I think,
was the first one where he didn't have an actual,
an armour set that went on over him. Well, sometimes
it was only just the top, like the collar bit.
Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, Skylar Gazzondo and Marcello
Hernandez will play Shrek and Fiona's sons Fergus
and Farkle in Shrek 5. Didn't know we needed
it. Wasn't Zendaya supposed to be playing the
daughter? The boys do. I deleted it already.
See how efficient I am. I just delete the news
straight after. Or is that Shrek 4 coming out
that has Zendaya? Shrek 4 is already out, bro.
I thought Zendaya was attached to that. I don't
know. Whatever. No, it is. Classic Nintendo 64
franchise, Turok, is being reportedly returning
next year. Dude, Turok 3D was a sick game. I
never played it. Lingy was a big fan of it. Yeah,
man. It was sick. It's a lot like Ark, isn't
it? No. You hunt dinosaurs and shit? No, you
don't tame dinosaurs. You just, like, kill them
there. Oh, okay. You're a hunter. Right, okay.
It's good. Harrison Forks had been in talks to
play Carl in a live -action Up adaptation. I
did see that. And he would suit that role. Really
good. Really well. I watched that movie once.
I don't want to watch it again. It's fucking
sad. They put it at the start too. I'm like that
with Guardians too. I won't watch the first five
minutes of Guardians. Fair. But yeah, I won't
watch the first five minutes of Up either. It's
fucking heartbreaking. Yeah. Sony Interactive
Entertainment has announced that they will publish
an unannounced four -player cooperative from
Bad Robot. Ooh, okay. With J .J. Abrams kind
of having something to do with it, but it's being
directed by Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth.
Dude, Left 4 Dead is such a good game, and I
love everything J .J. Abrams does except for
Lost. I loved Lost up until a certain point.
After the first season? I watched it for a few
more. Disney has revealed that it spent over
half a billion dollars. on Deadpool and Wolverine,
making it the most expensive movie that they've
produced. Really? The final cost exceeded the
production budget. It is no secret. It hit a
box office and grossed $1 .34 billion, so it
still made a profit. But it was only one of Disney's
Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero movies to
pass a billion -dollar threshold post -pandemic.
But, yeah. Half a billion dollars. Yeah, wow.
So Rowan Reynolds was right when he was saying
about, you know, Chris taking up the budget.
Yeah. We've got to kill him off. Do you know
what he's doing to the budget? Movies. Yeah.
$500 million. Holy shit. Yeah, that's a lot.
My last piece of news is HBO releases a 4K version
of Mad Men. Did you see this? And left the old
mate vomiting in the background. No, no, no.
So it was the vomit scene, but they left the
crew in the background who were operating the
vomit bag. Yeah. That's so good. Oh, yeah. Toby
Wallace has officially joined the cast of Netflix
live -action Assassin's Creed series. I'm just
going to finger blast because I've got heaps.
The Blood Hoath has been sworn and Elite of Battle
Angel 2 is in production. Yes. with Robert Rodriguez.
Fantastic. Let's go. We've only been waiting
10 years. A fifth Matrix film is confirmed to
be in development with Keanu Reeves set to lead
again. We don't need it. Let's put it away, guys.
According to Netflix, the Nancy Wheeler spin
-off is a mystery novel titled Stranger Things,
one way or another, releasing December 2nd. Okay.
So it's not a show, it's a novel. Avengers Doomsday
and Dune Part 3 will both release on December
18, 2026. I don't know why they did that. Have
you seen that photo being manipulated by Ethan
Hawke and his daughter? That's cool. Dude, he
looks great as Commissioner Gordon, doesn't he?
That does look cool. Yeah. Just on the Matrix
thing, I wonder if they're just doing this so
that nobody else reboots it because that's apparently
what happened with the fourth movie. That's why
they, yeah, right. They made the fourth one just
so nobody would reboot it. Yeah, right. Lee Child
is stepping back and passing full creative control
to his brother for the season four of Jack Reacher.
He wrote a few novels in the Jack Reacher universe
anyway, so it's not like he doesn't know the
universe or anything like that. Okay. I didn't
realise Lee Child was so kind of involved with
it. Yeah, I mean, he's a producer on the show,
so he actually has creative control on the show
as well. So everything that's there, he's always
in the room, he's always, but yeah. Well, that's
a good thing. Considering he's the author. Exactly.
So his brother Andrew is going to step in now
while Lee takes a bit of a sabbatical. Rumour
has it that Marvel Studios wanted to use She
-Hulk in a big way for the Avengers Secret Wars.
The problem is that Tatiana Maslany has no interest
in working with Disney anymore. That seems to
be happening a bit. It's happening a bit. Mia
Goth has already fitted for her costume and rig
for the character Lilith in Blade. Hell yeah.
That can't come soon enough. She's a bit of an
it girl now these days. She's everywhere. She's
in fucking everything. A new Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles movie is in the works at Paramount. The
hybrid live -action movie is set to release November
27, 2018. Oh, dude, I'm pumped for this. And
so should you be. Fast and the Furious director
Justin Lin will be directing the movie Helldivers
based on the fucking smash hit PlayStation 5
game, Helldivers 2. Bit of space racism on the
screen. Got to have a bit. We're getting that
and Warhammer. Yeah. So much people wearing armour
and being racist. To bugs, basically. And elitism.
Yeah. Sonic 4 releases March 19, 2027. Okay.
A new study finds that sleep schedule is a myth
invented by women to stop you from becoming Batman.
News. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 director Emma
Sammy, Emma Tammy, says the sequel will be much
darker than the first one, which is pretty fucking
weird because the first one was quite heavy.
Did you see the second one premiered with a fucking,
like a 36 out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes? Oh,
that's sad. Dune Part 3 is now reportedly expected
to shift up to October 26. Oh, dude. Everybody
knows Brett Goldstein. Not everybody. Everybody
should know Brett Goldstein. Yeah, from Thor,
Love and Thunder, where he played Hercules. He's
not from that. He is from that, but that's not
where everybody should know him from. He's fucking
Roy Kent from Ted Lasso. Anyway, so that guy
has basically everything he touches right now
is turning to gold. They're not even asking for
pilots. They're going straight to series development,
right? So he's just. written another series,
which he's going to be the head of, and he's
going to be also the showrunner. And it's called
Escorted, in which he finds himself in New York
and he becomes a gigolo. Emmy -winning director
Frederick E .O. Toye, the genius behind such
fucking gold as Shogun, The Boys, Fallout, Westworld,
is officially directing the first two episodes
of... They've got a war series for Amazon. Did
you watch Westworld? The first season, yeah.
It was great. I haven't finished the last season.
No. But everything I've seen is great. Yeah.
No, me neither. I watched the first season. It
was fantastic. News that everybody has been grasping
for. Sharknado 7 is in the works and it will
be a prequel. Fuck yeah, let's go. The movie
will be called Sharknado Origins. Stop grabbing
the fucking microphone. I will not. That was
something that everybody had to hear. Nicholas
Cage will not be playing Peter Parker in Spider
-Man New War. No, he'll be playing Ben Reilly.
He will be playing Ben Reilly. Which is a clone.
It is a clone. Well, in most Spidey -related,
what would you call it, source material? Yes,
sir. And the last piece of news I have is something
that I think is the most exciting piece of news
today. Okay. The Demolition Man sequel is happening.
With Sylvester Stallone? Yes, sir. It's officially
in development. The long -awaited follow -up
is finally moving forward with Sylvester Stallone
attached in some capacity behind the scenes.
So he is. Already seen parts and scripts and
storyboards and stuff, and he says it's looking
fantastic. Yeah, of course he has to say that,
though. Of course he has to say that. And that's
all the news that I have for you, my dear friend.
Okie dokie. We have a few trailers to check in.
All right. First trailer is? Ready or Not 2.
Oh, dude. Did you watch the first one? No, I
haven't seen it. Dude, it's so good. I have heard
it's good. Samara Weaving, she's in the first
one and in this one, but she's also in a movie
called Guns Akimbo. Have you ever seen that?
No, I've never watched it. Oh, you're so shit.
There's plenty of movies you haven't seen. Yeah?
I've seen Guns of Kimbo, though. Yeah, I haven't.
And I've seen Ready or Not. Yes. You've caused
quite a stir, Mrs. Ledomus. You married into
that family. Now they're dead. What you didn't
know is that this goes far beyond them. By surviving
hide -and -seek, you've triggered a new game.
This time, against the High Council families.
Double or nothing. This part will be familiar.
They will try to kill you. Welcome to our home.
You've got to get a ring to Mordor. May the best
family win. Skippy screams. The game begins in
five, four, three, two, one. I'm not playing.
Okay. Brunella, kill the sister. No, no, no,
no, no! God damn it! Don't hurt her! Whoever
wins runs everything. Everything? The world.
I can't believe you dragged me into this. It's
exciting. Why are you excited for me? It's terrifying
for you. It's not even wooden. It's not going
to work. Fuck! That looks fun. Fuck yeah. Dude,
watch the first one. You're fucked now because
you've just watched the trailer for the second
one. I knew she survived. Oh, damn it. She's
a final girl. Final girl's always fun. What's
this? We haven't fucking watched that. No, it's
on the list, though. Oh, is it? Sweet. Next one
is Mother Mary by A24. I haven't seen her in
over ten years. But I could tell she was coming
from a thousand miles away. Why don't you start
with why you're here? Sam, I need a dress. So,
you've come calling back to me. I didn't know
where else to go. So tell me, what do you see
in your head? Me. Oh, yes, I remember. This is
all about you. What song are you singing? I'll
play it for you if you want. I don't want to
break my streak. Of what? Of not listening to
your music. I didn't mean to cut you out. No,
you did. You can't really hate me. Oh, yes, I
can. Is that what we're doing here? You're making
me a hate dress? You'll see. we have a connection
and i can't explain it you think there's something
inside of you let's cast her out together just
change gears You went somewhere I couldn't follow.
Mother Mary. We're reinventing you. There may
only be one of us left standing when this is
over. I know. It looks great. Hopefully the story
holds up. Me too. It looks fucking pretty creepy.
This is The Magic Faraway Tree with Andrew Garfield.
I should change it. There's this wood where we're
going. Full of the most beautiful trees. Fuck,
he's a good actor, dude. The dream. 100%. Joe
has got severe withdrawal problems. It's just
the farmer. Do you have any Wi -Fi? Wi -Fi? God's
got Wi -Fi. Me, I love Wi -Fi. Hello, I'm Bella.
Brian's Wi -Fi. Just remember, don't go in there.
Some folks are enchanted. Strange creatures.
It's making a book, isn't it? Never heard of
it. Looks like it would be. Saucepans. Mr. What's
-His -Name. Mr. Oom -Boom -Boom. And Dame Washalot.
It's the land of goodies today! Would you like
to come and have a look? Land of bad things here!
Not a bad land among them. Apart from the land
of Dame Snap. what's that chick it's like their
childhood it's slipping away maybe a place like
this would bring us all back together land of
dreams tonight buckle up guys it's amazing it's
all right rebecca ferguson Yeah. Looks like something
fun to take the kids to. Fucking Ove. It's going
to be lovely. I want to watch that again now.
That was adorable. This is the full trailer for
The Bone Temple. Now, this is another movie that
came out of fucking nowhere. This is a memorial
to the dead. I haven't seen the latest one, so
I don't know how it ended. Is this all you're
doing? It is. Are you Old Neck? Old Neck? You
mean Satan? Yes. Old Nick released his demons
unto the world of man. And the world of man fell
before the demons. I remember details, events
and people. The world had an order. What's your
name? Spike. No, I think your name is Jimmy.
The foundations. They seemed unshakable. When
the infected attack, what do they see? I believe
the infection can be treated. And now, a leap
into the unknown. How can that guy disappear
for God knows how long and then come out and
dump two movies in two years? And they look like
that. How do you hide that? It's probably out
there somewhere. We just never come across it.
And the last one we have is the full trailer
for A Night of the Seven Kingdom. So that's the
trailers for this week. Thanks for watching.
Best cut. I watched fucking five and a half hours
of this. Lord of the Rings tonight. Shh. Sir...
Sir Duncan the Tall. Is that why you're in a
bad mood? How good a knight are you? You'll see.
What? It's this way. Came for the tourney? Tourney?
It's a contest for knights. You a knight? I'm
no farmer. Yet you've come dressed as one. Sir,
I could squire for you. And you could teach me.
Every knight needs a squire. And you look like
you need one more than most. Sir Ireland raised
me to be a true knight. Not with sword or lance.
But with honour. And I swore that I would. What's
this? It's a hedge knight, ain't it? What? It's
like a knight, but... Sadder. We're not sad.
If I could call myself a champion, some great
house might take me into its service. Perhaps
even House Targaryen. Targaryens? They're incestuous
aliens and tyrants. Ser Duncan the Tall. Arion
would like your head. Maybe the gods figure this
is what I deserve. Come out, come out, little
knight. And so, I ask you again, how good a knight
are you? You may be wise to run. Won't they kill
me if I run? Won't they kill you anyway? As honor
deserted the noble houses of Westeros! No true
knight among you! Was that ill -handled? Uh...
Right, yeah. Listen, is it because of what happened
with Game of Thrones that you're not interested?
It was one of the most long -winded garbage series
that I've ever seen. You didn't like it at all,
or was it just the last season that killed it?
That last... The last season was on par. There
was one good ending and they fucked it by bringing
him back to life. That was the best. That was
the only ending that was fucking of note in that
whole show. Jon Snow's? Yeah. When he died. It
was like the only memorial. No, I tell a lie
because Tyrion Lannister was fucking probably
the best part about the show. See, a lot of people
were burnt by what the fucking dickheads did.
by ending it early. They have nothing to do with
it anymore. You've got to give fucking House
of Dragon a go, man. Why? It's just good. It's
fucking back into that world where there's so
much world building that's already been set up.
But that's the thing. You're back in that world
where no one you know is around. So? Pointless.
No, it's not. There's new characters that you
learn to love. And then they shit their bed with
it at the end. It's still going. Yeah, and they'll
shit the bed with it at the end. Yeah. Anyway.
Fuck Game of Thrones. Sorry to take a Debbie
Danner on everybody. If all of you hated Game
of Thrones as well, fucking send off in the comments
below so we can tee off on Jeremy. Righto, we'll
see you this Wednesday. Love, peace, chicken grease.
Bye.