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I've got some news that could quite literally
blow your skirt right up. Right. So with War
Machine, the Alan Rich cinemobile that's on Netflix
at the moment, absolutely dominating the streamings.
It's not that great. It's a good movie, but it's
not epic and it's not going to change the world.
Yeah. It has surpassed 60 million streams, which
is not going to lie, it's quite massive. They're
already talking a sequel. Yeah, right. Does it
end in a way that - It does. It does, yeah. It
could work, and it could quite easily work. So,
yeah, I'm all for it. It was just a good popcorn
flick, dude. Check your brain at the door and
just enjoy it. Yeah, okay. Spider -Man Brand
New Day, the trailer. It was the first trailer
in history to surpass one billion views. Holy
shit. It's wild, man. Yeah. That's insane, dude.
That is absolutely insane. For a trailer. For
a trailer. Now, Rowan Gosling said something
the other day in an interview. He's like, it's
not people's jobs for us to make. Hang on a second.
It's not people's jobs to make cinemas worth
going to. It's our jobs as filmmakers. To bring
people to the cinema. Mm -hmm. That there better
translate into bloody seats in, arses in seats.
Surely. Hopefully it does, man. Because I don't
want it there to be a world where superhero fatigue
is a real thing. Yeah, 100%. Because I never
want it to stop. No. So I hope it translates
to asses in seats. I keep saying seats in asses.
Seats in asses would be a completely different
movie. Anyway, Wonder Man Season 2. Oh, man,
come on. How good is that? Yep. So the script's
already written. It's in the hands of being co
-created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew
Guest. So Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery
will be coming back, of course. I love this show
for the simple fact that it wasn't a superhero
movie all the way through. It was a simple guy
trying to get a job. Yep. Travis Slattery was
charming as crap and I just really want to see
more. I didn't think I wanted to. Yep. I've never
read a Wonder Man comic and it was good. The
funny thing is it was one of those shows that
had like little to no publicity. They just one
day dropped the trailer, the trailer didn't show
much, then they dropped the show out of nowhere
and it just. Dude, the trailer didn't look exciting.
No. The trailer looked like some drama. Yeah.
It was not. I wasn't even sure he was going to
have powers in halting. Exactly right. Yeah.
But, dude, it was so good. Fantastic. It would
be one of three Marvel TV shows that have had
a second season. Yeah. A bit sad that. Oh, fire
out. Which one? Multiple Personalities Egypt.
Moon Knight. Moon Knight. A bit upset Moon Knight
didn't get a second season. He probably would
have. If he kept his mouth shut. I hope to see
him in future Marvel properties because Moon
Knight's a kick -ass character. Yep. So I want
to see more of that. So Stephen Colbert. Yes.
Lord of the Rings wonder fan is writing the next
instalment of the next Lord of the Rings movies.
He's religious. I don't give a shit. I'm not
finished yet. Oh, damn it. Shadow of the Past
will take place 14 years after the passing of
Frodo. I did read that, yeah. It will most likely
cover the first six or he's hinted that it will
cover the first six chapters of The Fellowship
of the Ring where a lot of that is skipped over
in Jackson's trilogy. There is so much more story
to be told in that first book, dude. Yeah. was
left out of the movies. You can make another
trilogy out of the stuff that was left out. Yeah,
100%. So, yeah, it'll be interesting to see what
happens, especially coming off the back of the
hunt for Gollum coming out soon. I want to see
someone else attack a Lord of the Rings property.
So far it's only been Peter Jackson. Yeah, well,
Gollum is directing Gollum. What's his name?
Read the book, played Gollum. What's his name?
South African. Is he South African? He is South
African. Yeah, I know who you're talking about.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's directing The Hunt
for Golem. Yeah. Dude, he's directed some shit
and it's been really good. Yeah. Andy Serkis.
Andy Serkis. There we go. Thank you. I could
have just asked for my glasses. Only two non
-sequels and non -franchise films have opened
above $80 million domestically in the past decade.
Do you know what they are? Two non? Two non -sequel,
two non -franchise films. Have opened. To $80
million domestically in the past decade. Really?
Only two? Only two. Would Project Hail Mary be
one of them? Abso -freaking -lutely. Yeah, it's
gone blockbuster. Dude. And he, like, Ryan Gosling
bought the rights to this in 2017. I think he
bought the rights to the book. Yeah. Now, I read
the book in probably about 2021 during COVID.
It was the first time I read it. Yeah. Listen
to it, sorry. Ray Porter, you're a genius. Not
as good as I see you, bro, but you're pretty
good. The other one was Oppenheimer. Yeah, okay.
So the only two movies that have ever opened
past $80 million in the past decade. Ten years,
dude. Wow. But so well -deserved. Project Hail
Mary, I want to take you to see it tomorrow if
we've got time. Is it a kid -friendly movie?
It is. It is? It really is. Really, really is.
I could take Logan to see it quite easily. It's
just the fact that his ADHD is F and he probably
won't sit down for that long. But, yeah. The
Punisher, One Last Kill, will come out on May
12th. I did see that. It will be the longest
special that we've had so far, over about 60
minutes, I think it is. 60 minutes on the nose,
I reckon. And apparently the post -credit scene
will set up for Jean Grey. Ooh. Mm -hmm. So this
comes out a month before Spidey does. It does,
yeah. That's a great move, dude. And it comes
out after Daredevil, before Spidey. That's such
a good move. Mm -hmm. Such a good move. I did
see some Daredevil news today, but I forgot to
screenshot it. The fact that it's going pretty
well, like it's - Going really good screening,
fantastic. Yeah. But there was something else
about - Crikey, hang on. I'll think of it soon.
Horror fans have another reason to get excited
as Tobin Bell is officially returning as John
Kramer in Saw 11. Really, guys? Really. It's
not exciting at all. That is one of the worst
headlines I've ever seen for a news article.
So the thing that's going to be rather exciting
about it, Blumhouse is now the production house
and the film will be written by Gregory Weidman.
And Jeff Tock with franchise creators James Wan
and Lee Wannell returning in major creative roles.
Yeah. It's one of those things I got tired of
that franchise pretty quickly. That first movie
was transcendent. Yeah. That redefined the horror
genre quite easily. Because it was different.
So different. And then it just got the same,
the same, the same. Yep. Exactly right. This
new instalment's expected to shift focus towards
psychological horror, dialing back the gore and
leaning into the tension and mind games that
made the original film so impactful. If they
stick to that, fantastic. If not, then I'm not
really going to care, dude. Yeah. I think that's
going to be one of them movies or series that
could really redo with a reboot and a fresh set
of eyes. Yeah. Avatar 4 and 5 have been slated
for a 2029 and 2031 release. It is, but we've
waited a long time between all the others. It's
12 years for the first of them. Yeah. So this
was the Lord of the Rings news that I screenshotted
as well. Colby is writing it with his son. Is
he? Yes. That's cool. So his son's co -writing
the script alongside Philippa Boyens and Peter
McGee. But, yeah, dude, look, I'll watch it because.
I don't like being mad at stuff without knowing
what it's about first. I like my arguments and
whinging to be factual sometimes. Sometimes.
Fox McCloud has officially been announced for
the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Nice, nice. I am
a good fan of that. Bring in, have a Nintendo.
Shared universe. Fantastic. Let's go. Yep. Project
Holmary directors confirmed that Neil deGrasse
Tyson approved the science. Of course. There's
something about Andy Weir when he's doing his
writing. Everything is so factual. You know how
when James Cameron made the Titanic, the stars
in the sky were wrong, but in the re -release,
Neil deGrasse Tyson helped him fix it. Andy Weir's
science is fantastic. He does really well at
explaining it to a layman as well without making
you feel like a dumb shit. Just does so good.
You never feel dumb listening to it. You're still
entertained but you're like, oh, okay, fair enough.
Dude, I can't stop blowing this movie and I really
want you to see it. Andy Weir says he would absolutely
write a sequel to Project Old Mary. Please don't.
It's perfect. Leave it alone. Yeah. Just leave
it, man. His movies don't need sequels. No. His
books don't need sequels. Sometimes it's good
just to leave something self -contained. Dude,
it's perfect. Yeah. It ends perfect. Mm -hmm.
It does. Just leave it. Your turn, sir. Oh, I'm
out of news. Oh, really? Yeah. Alan Richson has
shared that he's finished with production on
Reacher Season 4, which is pretty cool. I'm not
going to say the other news. The John Wick spinoff
Kane begins filming next month. I did see that.
And it will be star and directed by Donnie Yen.
Cool. Which was. I mean, I don't know. The first
John Wick was good and then I got tired. 100
% agree. The second one was okay. Third one was
come on, bro. Fourth one, just let her die. The
fifth one. Pretty sure just leave it on the floor.
It's going to be the Fast and the Furious again.
Just leave it alone. Did you see that Disney
released its release schedule for the next three
years? No, I did not. Okay. Would you like me
to read out some that are coming? Sure. All right.
So in 2027, we have the new Ice Age, a new Pixar
film called Ghetto, Star Wars, The Last Starfighter,
Bluey the Movie. Bluey the movie. Yeah, we did
hear about that. Yeah, which is quite exciting.
Avengers Secret Wars. Pumped. Frozen 3. The Simpsons
2. And Planet of the Apes The New Kingdom. In
2028, we get three untitled films that they're
releasing. Two are Disney. One is Marvel. And
we get Lilo and Stitch 2 and The Incredibles
3. And then in 2029, Coco 2, there are seven
untitled Disney films to be released, two of
which are Marvel, one of which is Pixar, one
of which is Disney, and two 20th Century Fox.
And Avatar 4 comes out on the 21st of the 12th,
2029. There you go. All slated, all subject to
change. They definitely will because Disney is
quite shit at sticking to a schedule. I do have
one more thing. It was just something that I
read about what Feige had said about Doomsday
and Secret Wars. Yeah. He said that when he was
talking about these two movies, he said, now
reboot is a really scary word and we want to
avoid kind of using that. Right. But Doomsday
is definitely about endings. Secret Wars is definitely
about beginnings. Nice. And they're looking to,
what was he saying? Looking for a reset. Fantastic.
Not a reboot. I like a reset. Yeah. Leave this
as it is. It's perfect. There's so many stories
in the comic book realm, dude. Go nuts. Just
go nuts. I'm sorry. Destin Daniel Cretton. He's
set to direct three Marvel properties. which
is a massive vote of confidence from Marvel.
So he's doing Spider -Man Brand New Day, Shang
-Chi 2, and Wonder Man Season 2. So he's going
to be delivering all three of those properties
as a director, and he will also move into a writing
and a producer's role as well. Right. So he did
the first Shang -Chi, didn't he? He did, yeah.
I know. No, he did do the first Shang -Chi. He
directed it. He did. You're 100 % right. Ryan
Coogler's X -Files reboot has found its leads
in Haimish Patel and Danielle Deadweiler. Yeah,
I did see something about Gillian Anderson not
ruling out coming back as Scully. I think it'd
be good if they did. Or do we want them to be
Fox and Scully? We want a full reboot or do we
want a new? Like they're the head of the. and
they're sort of like delegating to these two
and they're going around. Because can you remember,
did you ever play the X -Files video game? I
did not. It was on 13 CDs. But it was, can you
remember how back in the day the whole thing
of they were just filming people and it was click
and walk, them sort of video games? It was like
that. Where you were a different investigator
and you were going and doing other little things,
but every once in a while you'd run into. Donut
and Sulky doing their investigating. Right. And
you'd sort of help them out or they'd help you
out or you'd, you know, have conversations with
them or you'd talk cases and stuff. I'd be happy
for something like that. So they're just doing
it like in tandem with Donut and Sulky, like
they're out doing their own thing. Donut and
Sulky. What? I wouldn't mind either of them turning
back up as themselves but like not working for
the FBI anymore. Aren't they shagging? I thought
they got married and that was shacked up. No.
In the show? In the movie? How you met her? Did
Mulder and Scully end up getting together in
the X -Files universe? to romantic couple with
their first kiss in season seven's Millennium
episode and later having a child together in
the series. I had kids? I remember that Millennium
episode, actually. Yuck. Okay. I have always
wanted to go back and just re -watch the entire
thing. Dude, we started re -watching it the other
week in the shop. It's shit. It's so bad. But
great. It's never going to be stellar, but like
the lore, the following, everything. And like
the first season was very... It was a very anthology.
That's the word, anthology, but like the other
word of it, where after that they started kind
of including a story to kind of interweave it
all and a bigger mystery and the smoking man
and the lone gunman. I like the anthology sort
of stuff though. I did enjoy that, yeah. Yeah,
I like that sort of stuff. I guess that's why
I like Black Mirror a lot too. Well, it did the
same thing as what Supernatural did. It was just
them travelling across the country into different
kind of. Ever watched it? First season. Sensational.
Just falls off the rails after. Oh, yeah, right.
12 seasons, yeah. Good. How many seasons was
it, 21? 12. That's disgusting. So the cast for
Sugar Oars so far. We have Robert Downey Jr.,
Anthony Mackey, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sebastian Stan, Florence
Poo, Letitia Wright. I know it's not Poo. Shush.
Simu Lee. Simu Liu? Simu Lee. Simu Lee. Yeah.
Paul Bettany, Hayley Atwell, Bill Pullman. Is
it not Bill Pullman? The other Pullman. Yeah.
There's a thing over the screenshot. Bill Pullman.
Bill? Lewis. Lewis. Oh, Jesus. Hannah John -Kamen,
David Harbour, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph
Quinn, Eben Moss -Backrick, and Sadie Sink. I
don't think that's a legit thing yet. I think
we won't get that until after Doomsday. That's
actually a confirmed cast. Hmm. Which is kind
of shit. They wouldn't do that. They wouldn't
do that for the simple fact that, oh, okay, so
that means they're going to survive. But then
again, multiversal riffs and shit. Yeah, that's
all my news. Okay. Cool. We've got a few trailers
to check out. We've got the end of Oak Street,
which is the one that I showed you. It was like
dinosaurs and. Okay. Say less. Yeah. Did you
see anything the other day about Spino being
so much better than the T -Rex? Yeah. He's even
put the sound on right. God, here we go. Mom?
Oh. That sounds cool. Yeah, dude. What's happening
to us? Our house. Our neighborhood. Our whole
street. Has moved. How the hell is that even
possible? I'm loving these original stories,
dude. Hell yeah. That looks so cool. It does
look cool. So freaking cool. Oh, speaking of...
Oh, that doesn't work anymore because it's flat.
But did you see all the screen grabs from Harry
Potter? Well, we're about to watch it. Go back
to the start, will you? Or just click on... Oh,
that was Harry Potter. Yeah, that was. Go to
that one because we'll start from the start.
It'll be easier to edit. I told you. And you're
going to start acting like one. Dry up, Dursley,
you big prude. You think you're something special?
There is nothing special about you. I've always
wanted to know about my parents. Your parents
were the kindest, bravest people I ever met.
They were funny and clever. And they stood up
for what they believed was right. The next time
I see you, we'll be in Hogwarts. I think we can
expect great things from you. Come on. That looks
pretty good. That looks sensational, dude. That
tone looks so good. It does, yeah. Oh, I've got
goosebumps, dude. I was getting emotional there.
That was sensational. Holy Christ, that looks
so brilliant. Come on, man. It just looks. It
just looks good. Yeah. Like you can tell it's
a HBO series. Like the production looks fantastic.
A hundred million an episode. Episode. Man, they'll
get banked back for that. A hundred million an
episode. They've got all these Harry Potter walls
they've got to keep people in. A hundred million
an episode. Jesus Christ. Apex. Netflix. You
going that alone? I wouldn't recommend it. I'm
trying to get to Grand Isle Narrows. You want
the easy way or the hard way? Not bad. The best
way. Think you can handle it? Yeah, I think I
can handle it. It's me from the gas station.
Hey. You having fun? Something got into my gear
last night and took everything. I'm sorry. It's
a drastic bummer. You hungry? Just kind of looking
for that gear. So look, it's very simple. You've
got until the very end of this song to get as
far away from me as you can. You got the right
shoes on? It'll be fine. No time to rest. What's
the matter? Just do your best. Do you like danger?
What you hear is not a test. Everything getting
harder to find. Everybody jumping out of their
mind. You're playing a game. Is that what you
think we're doing? Everybody going out of their
skin. Let's do it. I'm deadly sharp shooting
the game. Gonna hit you in the soul. Execution
is in. We make a good team, don't we, eh? I'm
going to watch that. Yeah. I mean, yeah, it'd
be interesting to see what he's like as a bad
guy. Yeah. The Aussie accent I heard, like there
was a lot of comments on social media, why didn't
you just hire an Aussie accent? Because he probably
did the best job. It wasn't great. That's a drastic
bummer. I've never said them three words together
in my life. That's a drastic bummer ever. I'm
just trying to think. There's Wolf Creek. I'm
sure there's probably other movies where you
have like a foreigner in an Australian country
and they're the bad guy. Yeah. Do we ever have
an Australian in a foreign country? That's the
bad guy. No, that is the good guy. Steve Irwin.
Crocodile Hunter. He was a good guy in everything.
You know what I mean? Like she's the final girl,
obviously. She's getting hunted by the bad guy.
I don't think we have an Australian backpacker
in another country in that role. No, I don't
think so. Interesting. Very. We have - Forgotten
Island. Yes. Oh, that looks cool. I'm Jo. I'm
Raisa. Do you want to be best friends? Cool.
Let's make it official. Uh, sorry, I can't do
a blood oath. I'm not a psycho. I've never had
a best friend before. Me neither. Let's go! We're
gonna be best friends forever. Right? Forever
and ever. You don't have to go all the way to
the U .S. for school. It's what my parents want.
It shouldn't be their choice. It's your life.
But hey, we made some good memories. Risa? Something's
happening. No way. I want you to come to me.
is a dangerous place. The longer you're here,
the more memories you'll forget. We would forget
everything? Even each other? This is our entire
friendship. We gotta find our way back home.
It's okay. Listen to me, Raisa. I just have one
question for you. Who let the dogs out? No, not
right now. Come on. Answer the question. Who
let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Okay.
Thank you. We need a game plan. Visually, that
looks sick. It does. Yeah, visually, that looks
so good, dude. It could go the other way with
the story. Yeah, I agree. But, yeah, I'm loving
the animation that we're getting these days.
So good, man. I love that at all points in my
life you think this is it. This is as good as
animation is going to get. And then Into the
Spider -Verse comes out. I'm talking back from,
like, the 80s into the 90s. Hell, yeah. Early
2000s. Like, it's just constantly evolving, getting
better. It's sick. Yeah, that looks so good.
I love the poppy colour of it all in there. So
we've got two more trailers. We've got Ballistic
and Stranger Things Tales from 85. Okay. Stranger
Things. Things are finally back to normal. And
we'll finally get to show Al some of our other
hangout spots. Al, you're going to love it. All
he talks about is Al this, Al that. Okay, we
get it. You should be taking notes, Romeo. I
hadn't realized that I'd have to go back to being
some ordinary kid. Snowball fight! I guess I
like the idea of another adventure, you know.
Something from the Upside Down must have survived
last year. Wait! What the heck is an Upside Down?
And what the heck is she? Very, very cool. We
need to stop those things before they hurt other
people. What if there are more creatures out
there? Ah! We're gonna need some gear. Going
back. So we didn't need for a hundred dollars.
Thanks, Jeremy. Yeah. So there was a rumor or
they were working on a video game. That would
have been great. And the video game was scrapped.
And then all of a sudden we're getting this.
So there's rumours that this is just them using
all the design and everything. But what I don't
get is where does that fit in the story? No idea.
They're all still young, clearly. They're all
still young. Elle's still around. It's before
Sadie Sink's character is comatosed. Yeah, I
don't know. Did they even use the same characters?
Did they use the same voices? It's not the same
cast. No point. There's no point. There is literally
no point. The only thing is if it's more accessible
for children because Landon's been wanting to
watch it. So is Logan. Yeah. I agree. If it's
more accessible to kids, fair enough. Ballistic.
Hey. Hi mom. I miss you. I miss you too. We're
going back out there again tomorrow. The bullet.
What kind was it? We don't have that information.
What do you want to know? I want to know who
killed my kid. We found the discharge bullet,
Price, NATO. My kid was killed by an American
bullet. I didn't realize some of our bullets
were going to the enemy, did you? What the military
does with those bullets is on them. We think
we know everything, and we don't. It's a lot
of power if you're not used to it. I want this
one. Shoot at the end of a long breath. That's
your justice. You remember recruiting Jesse Redfield.
Why does a translator know so much about firearms?
You sell contracts to the United States government.
Do you think that I blame you? You're hiding
something. You gained my trust and then what?
What?! You are asking about classified information.
Your responsibility! American guns. American
bullets. Yeah, I'll be watching that. Yeah, it's
quite intriguing. Well, considering the Americans
just shot down three of their own jets, I sort
of get the friendly fire of it all. That looked
pretty damn harrowing. Especially in this climate.
100%. And I'm not talking about the weather.
Yeah. That's all I got for you, buddy. Me too.
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