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Share us around to your family and friends. What
news do you have for this week, bud? Okay. Are
you ready for me to hit you with some news? I
am. So I'm going to hit you with a rumour first
and foremost. Okay. Matthew McConaughey has been
tapped to play Norman Osborn in Spider -Man Brand
New Day. Okay. I don't know if it's legit. I
don't either. I'd be down for it. Heavy room.
Dude. Chops. Yeah. And, yeah, just have him smiling.
You know, you like science. I'm a bit of a scientist
myself. Right, all right. So Xbox has confirmed
that it is working on Project Helix, which is
its next -gen console. Didn't think they were
making another one. Neither did I. But it will
be capable of playing PC games. Well, that's
the thing. Steam have just brought out their
own console. Did you see that? Yeah. Their big
Steam rollout that they did. Steam are going
to clean up because you can run an emulator that
plays all of Xbox's games. Yeah. The fact that
you can now have the whole ecosystem of Steam,
your PC, your console, your headset, your handheld,
dude, they're going to kill it. Well, the Xbox
thing is interesting because not that long ago
they were saying that they were just going to
make games from now on. Yeah, they were going
to cancel consoles altogether. And their games
were going to be released on all the other consoles.
I don't know what they're doing. Well, I did
hear that there was going to be some Sony and
Xbox crossovers now because they're sort of,
console wars are sort of dwindling down because
they're all catching up to PC levels now. So
it's sort of dwindling down where one person's
really going to clean up and it's whoever can
corner the whole market. Sony at the moment don't
really have a handheld. Majority of their personal
titles are now cross -platform with Steam and
other shit as well. So I think if Xbox brings
out another console, I think it actually might
be able to stir up the pot a bit. So I'm not
against it. I do love that most, if not all,
games are now cross -platform. Same, dude, 100%.
Because it used to be if your mate had an Xbox
and you had an Xbox, you were both legends, and
then your one mate that had a PlayStation, he
was a leper. Mm -hmm. Had to go out and buy an
Xbox just to play with you. I know. Yeah. You're
a good dude. How fun was GDA? It was. It was
pretty fun. See, that's the thing, though. GDA
5 was on Xbox 360. Three consoles later? Yeah,
three consoles later. So good. So good. World
War Z is in the works. This is also a rumour.
With Dan Trachtenberg in line to direct. That's
from Small Screen Co. They're usually pretty
on the nose with what they're posting. But again,
hit that with a heavy rumour. Interesting. So
Jeff Snyder was one of the producers on the first
one. He's hinting that World War Z could be heading
back into development, possibly under Dan Trachtenberg's
Paramount deal. The 2013 film made $540 million
worldwide and somehow it never got a sequel.
Fincher did have a version in development, but
it died. It's unclear whether Brad Pitt will
return. Okay. Interesting. The Legend of Vox
Machina will get a fourth season? Yes. So good.
That's hilarious, actually. I'm so glad you showed
it to me. Oh, yeah. That was a solid probably
three, four weeks of me listening at work, that
podcast. Yeah. So funny. And the quality of the
TV show is fantastic. Yeah. I love how it's like
directed at adults as well. It's not like a kiddie
cartoon. Adults are pretty spoiled for cartoons
these days, aren't they? Oh, yeah. Right? Back
in the day when South Park was around and they
were swearing, it's like, oh, my God. Now there's
so many adult cartoons. Yeah. I love it. Back
in the day it was anime was meant to be the adult
stuff. And, yeah, now you've got. a lot of animation,
just normal animation. But even Anime Man's popped
up so much in the last five, ten years. Oh, yeah.
It's massive. And we're getting stuff from not
just Japan but China and Korea and stuff. Korea.
Dude, they've got some of the smartest stuff
coming out of Korea, man. Holy. Like the Squid
Games, man. Have a look what that's done, what
sort of cultural phenomenon that was. Yeah, absolutely
insane. Alien vs. Predator is coming back. This
is news, not a rumour, from 20th Century Fox
Studios. Right. Alien vs. Predator is coming
back with Prey and Romulus directors working
on it together, which I don't need to tell you,
they were two of the better shows that have come
out of the Alien. Yeah. I mean, I will probably
watch it. I think I only watched the first Alien
vs. Predator because I was curious, and after
that I was like, eh, didn't bother watching the
others. No longer curious. It is garbage. But
it could be survival horror over spectacle, brutal
grounded encounters, real tension, real dread,
returning to sci -fi horror events. Good. Don't
want big bombastic stuff. No, we don't need that.
Speaking about anime again, the creator of One
Piece has written down what the actual One Piece
is and has buried it at the bottom of the ocean.
Holy shit. So many people are going to build
their own submarines and die. Yeah, probably.
I'm surprised it hasn't been found already. It's
going to be Ocean Gate 2 .0. Here it goes. Get
ready. But they're not going to be rich people.
They're going to be people wearing a straw hat
and just a bunch of their mates. All right, so
I seen an image the other day. Right. It's not
news, but to me it was. It's a fan casting, but
it's been put through the AI prism for Netflix's
Gears of War TV show or show, streaming show.
I don't know. I'm 43. Leave me alone. Did you
ever play Gears of War? No, never. Oh, dude,
one of the best games you'll ever play. It's
sensational. That's the cast. Look at that image.
Now, if I was to get up. I've seen plenty of
footage. You've seen the game? Yeah, I know what
they look like, yeah. That looks pretty good.
Dave Bautista is Marcus Fenix, dude. Yeah. But
that image looks so good. John Cena. Yeah, put
him straight. Terry Crews. Yeah. Yeah, that looks
sick. The Bear will end with Season 5. Good.
Small news, but that's what it is. Good. You
liked the pair. I liked it. I didn't like that
every, like, and I just yell, I yell at so many
people. But, dude, the relationships in that
were so toxic. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And the one, oh,
dude, speaking of the facts, Matty Matheson,
do you see him, Matty Matheson? Mm -hmm. Do you
see him at the awards ceremony the other night?
Dressed up to the nines, dude. So handsome and
so hilarious. But he's my favourite part about
that show, him and his family. Oh, yeah, 100%.
Having John Cena as a cousin, come on. Oh, yeah,
that family, they make that show. Oh, it's my
turn. Rumour has it from The Hollywood Reporter
that Batman Part 2 will see a new Joker. Mm -hmm.
Which, it annoys me because this will be the,
what, the fourth Joker iteration in the last
four movies. Yeah, I mean. Can we give someone
else a, can we give someone else? Well, I mean,
we haven't even given Barry Kogan a proper go
yet. He was an extra. He was like a fucking three
-minute add -on. Yeah. I don't think it doesn't
need to be done. That's who people are casting.
Bill Skarsgård's an insanely talented actor and
he could pull off a joker. But we don't need
a joker. I don't think they would cast him purely
because he's Pennywise. Two clowns. Too close.
Possibly. But we don't need another Clampridge
Gotham. Just leave him on the floor for a bit.
Yeah. You've got a whole slew of bad guys there.
Apparently there is a Game of Thrones movie in
development, as much as you don't care, but I
reckon you should give Night of the Seven Kingdoms
a go. And if you like that, you should give House
of Dragon a go. Another rumour for you from Small
Screen Co. The Iron Punisher. You're making it
hard not to swear. I know. The Iron Punisher
is set to be in Brand New Day. Okay. No. Yeah.
I mean. It's street level, guys. Stop losing
the whole fact that you wanted this street level.
Just stop it. Just stop it. There's so much going
on around this movie, I don't know where it's
going or what it's. Yeah. Hopefully they stick
the landing. My last piece of news is kind of
a, I wouldn't even call it news, a kind of hint
at the fact that Mandalorian and Grogu movie
coming out will somehow make The Force Awakens
better. We don't know how, we don't know why.
That was just their comment that's been thrown
out there. That could just be trash. The Force
Awakens I didn't think was a bad film. I didn't
hate it. No. Not like some people did. No. I
really enjoyed the first iteration of Kylo Ren.
100%. A lot of people didn't. The moment you
hear that voice, you're like, oh, that's interesting.
And then when he stops that blaster bolt in midair,
you're like, holy shit. I didn't hate it, dude.
I thought it was all right. And I didn't hate
The Last Jedi either. It wasn't the best movie.
But some of the visuals in that, Rian Johnson
killed it. Like that scene at the end where the
fighters are going across the snow flats and
all the reds just looked so cool. When Lord Dern
killed that ship. Just cut through hyperspace
straight through. Yeah. That sound was amazing.
So incredible, dude. Yeah, I didn't hate him.
I hated aspects like. Princess Leia just walking
straight past Chewie and hugging someone that
knew Han for ten minutes. Go away. The Force
pull in space is a bit on the nose. Yeah. It's
like she's always been sensitive, but the fact
that she's never used the Force before. Yeah,
I don't know. But, like, I could, like, man,
the original trilogy were full of. that a lot
of people overlooked. And I can imagine that
there's a younger generation out there that do
appreciate. The old movies. No, no, like these
new ones, yeah. Dude, I liked them. Yeah. So,
yeah, I'm always going to watch a Star Wars movie.
I'm always going to watch a Star Wars movie.
All I ask is just forget about Skywalkers for
a bit. It's clear that we don't need them. No.
The Mandalorian was one of the most successful
Star Wars properties released. Rogue One is still,
I dictate, the best Star Wars movie we've had.
And then follow that up with Andor. And then
follow that up with Andor, dude. Easily the best
Star Wars show that we've had. And none of them
had the f***ing Squawkers, bro. Yeah. Just leave
them alone. You could do so much with that universe
without, you know. Exactly. The last trilogy,
my most hated scene. Rey, Skywalker, no, go away.
Just stop it. Let them die. That's my rant. That's
my news. A new G .I. Joe film is officially in
the works with Max Landis and Denny McBride writing
separate scripts that Paramount plans to combine
into one film. Do you think that's a smart idea?
I don't. Depends. Where they're telling two different
stories in the one movie. Two different aspects,
two different sides of the one coin. Okay. All
right. It could be done. More rumour. Savage
Hulk is officially set to return in Spider -Man
Brand New Day. Again, so much going on with this
movie. The Spider -Gwen and Spider -Punk spin
-off films are in active development. I did hear
that, yeah. Pumped. Two of my favourite characters
out of those movies. Yeah. Pumped. Ever since
they first introduced Spider -Gwen in the comics,
I thought she was a fantastic character. Oh,
yeah, you did. That character design is sensational.
One of my favourite suits. Yeah. One of my favourite
suits. Paramount has already paid Netflix $2
.8 billion to terminate their agreement with
Warner Brothers. Huh? Paramount. has paid Netflix
$2 .8 billion to terminate their agreement with
Warner Brothers. Really? Yeah. Wow, okay. That's
according to Bloomberg, which is the fucking
Hollywood main people who talk about stuff. I've
got more news. Like being invited to a four -day
pre -screening of Project Hail Mary. Oh, I'm
down. Apparently Sadie Sink is going to be cast
as Rachel Cole Alves. Did you ever read about
her in the comic books? The name's familiar.
So she was a Marine and her whole platoon got
wiped out in a secret, like an undercover op
in, they were wiped out as well. So she turns
up to annihilate all these people and Frank Castle's
there as well and he's like, bro, what are you
doing? You get in my way again and I'll kill
you. And then next thing he's there running to
each other again and he's saying, oh, you know,
I know who you are. Here you go, have a vest.
And she puts on a Punisher vest as well. And
then she becomes, she had her own Punisher run.
Yeah, right. So apparently she, that is who Sadie
Sink will be playing. There's been so many rumours
on who she'll be playing. Oh, Sadie. So Jensen
Ackles' Soldier Boy spin -off is expected to
finish filming this month. Right. Not much has
been said about it. Apparently the original Stormfront
will be in it, which makes sense. They were lovers,
apparently, were they not? I think so, yeah.
I'm looking forward to that. Oh, God. I was hoping
not to report on this, but I'm going to. Oh,
Jesus. Finn Jones is reportedly coming back as
Iron Fist. God damn it. Yeah, I did see something
like that, but I didn't see enough to kind of
credit that as plausible. However, some of the
best news I'm going to say this week. Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed the script for
National Treasure 3 is being written and according
to him, coming along extremely well. Yeah, I'd
be down for that as long as everybody's back
on board. You get Nicolas Cage back, man. I am
so sad. Yeah, keep. National Treasure 3 out,
The Mummy 4. What year is this? Exactly. It's
us being teenagers again. Yeah. So the young
gentleman, Cristo Fernandez, who played Denny
Rojas on Ted Lasso, is now a professional soccer
player. Really? Yeah. He's playing with the USL
Championship side, El Paso Locomotive FC. Okay.
Cool. That's wholesome. Wholesome as shit. Sonic
4 is now filming. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. A movie that
I want to put forward to you to watch too is
in this. Apparently Paul Bettany has been tapped
to play Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter TV
series. Yep. I did see that. Wow, why aren't
you reporting on this? Because I saw it and forgot
to write it in. Oh, dude. Hideo Kojima, the writer
and... creator of such things as Metal Gear Solid
series, Death Stranding. One and two. Castlevania
game back in the early noughts, late noughts.
Yeah. Has revealed that he's trying to make himself
a Predator Badlands video game. Interesting.
Mm -hmm. That's all my geek news. Right. However,
I have an extremely. exciting piece of news in
the realm of psychedelics. Okay. Australia could
be sitting on 855 new psychedelic strains growing
in school playgrounds and suburban backyards.
For the first time in history, someone is testing
every single one of them. A researcher named
Dr. Mitchell Lowe is five years deep into cataloguing
every species of Australian wattle for their
psychoactive compounds. Not just DMT, all the
unknown ones as well, molecule ones that don't
even have names. So, yeah, some of the samples
he's already tested are three times more potent
than ayahuasca. What? Yeah. Wow. Yeah, Cessnock's
about to get lit. They're ready to go to trial
now. It is, yeah, the same plant shaman's been
calling the vine of the soul for centuries. He's
getting outperformed by a tree next door bus
stop in Perth. Yeah. So Australia was the first
country on earth to legalise psilocybin therapy
in 2023. I'm set. Let's go. Magic Mushies for
the win. All right. We've got a few trailers
to check out. All right, sir. The first one being
lanterns. In with the sex. Straight up. We've
been training for what, two months? And I haven't
even worn the ring yet. Goddamn. Don't get hung
up on the jewelry, Junior. You're just a fucking
substitute teacher. You're not ready to get up
in front of the class until the ring says you
are. All right. I could have died. You want me
to train you? I'm training you. the grand national
though what do you have to send that dude right
this is my town you're a big shot noted but stay
the out of my way think she hates your guts it's
the way she eats them this is a stupid plan that's
stupid that i don't doubt The Green Lantern's
oath is to protect people. We both know I do
a better job of this than you. This is my job.
As long as I'm alive, that ain't changing. So
take a deep breath, Junior. You're old. Your
time is up. I don't understand. Who are you exactly?
Hal Jordan, Green Lantern. Have you ever talked
with the other Lanterns? I'm the only human.
They're aliens. One of them's a fucking squirrel.
Nice. How is anybody complaining about that goddamn
trailer? I don't know. That looks good to me.
It might not be spandex and fucking a whole lot
of hero and bravery, but I think that looks pretty
good. I think it looks fantastic. Yeah. Yeah.
People need to shush, get out of it. The Boys,
season five. Finale. My power is absolute. Such
a good feeling. At heights no one's even dreamed
of. But I have a bigger destiny. Well, praise
be. Oh, God. And what is it? The way he slows
my eyes. Let's get to work, yeah? We think that
Homelander's looking for the V1. I mean, he's
favourite. Of course it is. Father. Did you fuck
me? Is this some kind of incest thing? No! Then
what the fuck is this? We need to prepare America
for my ascension. You're one of us now. Well,
if you can't beat him, join him. Then fuck it,
beat him. This is our last chance. The only thing
we have left is hope. That's beta male shit,
bro. War, am I right? Those who seek to destroy
me, the non -believers, and backstabbers, I offer.
You talk. Fuck a lot of Kimiko, man. Yeah, she's
great. I think she's great. Yeah, I'm ready to
see it all go down. It's going to be good. Yeah.
They don't pull any punches, eh? No. They don't
give a shit. Not at all. Amazon's just like.
Yeah, it works. Keep doing what you're doing.
Do the thing, baby. Actually, make a spin -off
and show me how depraved you can be. Fucking
hell. Scary movie. I can't make it. Shit. Oh
my god! He stabbed her! Not her! My pronouns
are they them. He stabbed them! Be back! There's
a serial killer on the loose. Hello, Tuesday.
I have been preparing for this for years. Hello,
mother. You look like shit. I want to, but I'm
a Republican now, so I'm supposed to be racist.
Oh, girl, I think all white people are racist
anyway. Come here. Okay. Oh. Hey, there. We heard
tell of a Halloween party. We're here to drink,
play bad music, do some half -gay shit. Why just
half -gay? my falafel and my pork rinds, bitch.
Every line will be crossed. I wonder how Marlon
Wayans got Marshall to allow him to put that
thing in there. Yeah, I don't know. After all
the shit with Marlon Wayans kicking off at Fidi.
Yeah, I don't know. Look, I am all for that movie.
We have a movie called Mike and Nick and Nick
and Alice. I think I've seen a poster of this
today. An actor's playing two roles. Who's this?
It's Chloroform. Chloroform? You don't know what
Chloroform is? Should I know what Chloroform
is? Have you ever seen a movie? Yeah, I've seen
many movies. And have you ever seen a movie with
Chloroform in it? I don't know. Okay, just listen
to me. Ace Ventura, pet detective. You're going
to ring the doorbell. Somebody's gonna answer
the door before they can get out a single word.
You take that rag that's soaked in that shit
and you cover their nose and their mouth. Oh,
that's chloroform. That's chloroform? You could
have just said the wet rag thing. It made it
easier. Fine, great. Do what you call the wet
rag thing. Hey, Mike. This is confusing! What
the fu - What are you doing? This is your idea!
What's happening? I'm you. But I'm from the future.
They came back. In a time machine. You sound
insane. No, I understand. I want to try to right
some wrongs here. But there is a person that
could fuck this whole thing up. And that person
is me. I thought you were a clone. Well, clones
aren't real, dummy. And time machines are super
grounded in reality. Yeah, obviously. The first
time that we went through tonight, Mike died.
Oh, fuck. But that's why I'm back. We get one
chance to fix it. Okay, so who killed me? Have
you ever heard of the Baron? He's a cannibal
assassin. Hello, hello, hello. You look delicious.
I don't want to be eaten, Nick. I agree, it's
not an ideal situation. Hey, Nick! Come on, you
killed the DJ? It was a moment and then accidentally,
it was an accident, but then I shot him. You
accidentally, accidentally shot him. I shot him
and it was a non -purpose. That looks absolutely,
insanely fun. Yeah. That looks so fun. Mike and
Nick and Nick and Alice. Oh, Dan, that looks
fun. The Audacity with Zach Gamifanakis. I haven't
seen him in a while. Genius is not about figuring
out the solution. It's about being unhinged enough
to do something outrageous with it. Fear impedes
innovation. I call that self -police brutality.
Tech lives matter. Exactly. What? Silicon Valley.
The single richest enclave in America. Your parents
gave you a smartphone. Smarts are worse than
hard drugs. Twice as addictive. Doesn't every
parent here work on tech stuff? Arms dealers
don't give their kids landmines. They're horrible
people who have no boundaries. Can you not touch
me? No manners. No integrity. Did you leak the
acquisition rumor? Yes or no? No! No! Maybe.
I shouldn't have leaked the acquisition rumor.
That's on me. Dad, you're like having a breakdown.
Rich or poor, it doesn't matter. They deserve
therapy as much as anybody. People act like we
took something, as if we didn't build everything
they touch. But where's our parade? I am going
to start throwing things! Oh, for Christ's sake,
Carl, just breathe. You breathe! He's in a very
sensitive place right now. I'm rich! We keep
these billionaire man children sane enough to
make that kind of money. Is this a shot or a
video? I think it's a shot. It's been a while
since I smelled man blood. Nummy, nummy. Tech
changed the world, but so did the bubonic plague.
I feel like I'm cosplaying a version of me that
would never talk to me. Companies make billions
from the government. It's just usually for killing
people. Sweetie, next bite of the lemon square
tastes exactly like the first. Mr. Park, there
are rules. Rules? We make the rules. You may
be committing fraud. We want to save the world,
we're controlling it. Most of us go Dr. Evil.
You are a sociopath. This is obscene. America?
The future is coming. Isn't that why you came
to the valley? Not for nothing, but for every
hour we run this algo, we release a ton of carbon.
Oh, great. We'll sponsor a penguin. It's all
right. People just declare war anyway. That looked
all right. I don't know. It might be all right.
Can we watch Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice
again? No. We have one more. The Cure. Great
band. No. We have Dave Dismulsion. Oh. Did I
say that right? That's going to be great. Yeah.
Thank you. You said it great. This is going to
be great because he's so great. What did you
bring into our house? This impulse to explore,
it's only going to get worse. Caged animal yearning
to be free. We will do anything. Everything to
protect you. I am unsettled. So your blood is
a fountain of youth? She has an extremely rare
blood type. The kind of thing you see with multiple
transfusions. Come anywhere near the bronze.
And we'll make sure you stay off the grid completely.
The whole bullshit business is built on selling
pints to billionaires. Oh, far out. Hello? No.
Who are you looking for? I ain't home. Is everything
okay, sweetheart? I hate the idea that they're
gonna live long, happy lives all thanks to me.
I will cut my own throat before I go back to
being whatever the hell I was. You can never
really know what someone's motives are. I am
your father. Sorry. Blood bank's closed. Dude,
that looks cool. Interesting. That looks cool.
I think there was something up with the sound
on that trailer, but anyway. Not at all. That
was insane. I like that. Oi, there's a movie
that I would like to put to you that we watch.
It's called A Sasquatch Sunset. It has no human
dialogue and the entire film follows. four Sasquatch
creatures through a year in the forest. They
eat, sleep, mate, fight and grieve. Jesse Eisenberg
and Riley Keough play two of them under full
prosthetics. I think I've heard of it. I want
to watch it. I do. There's no dialogue in it.
It's just like Planet of the Apes, but funny.
It popped up. by pure coincidence today on my
Facebook, and it was the scene where they're
shagging. And it's brutal. Brutal. And I'm like,
what is this? And then it's actually a movie.
And it's got stars in it. It's not some high
school kids wanting to dress up as monkeys and
be silly sausages. But, yeah, I want to watch
it. Thank you. We'll talk about it later. Yeah.
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