You know what that sound means? It's in our episode
of Game for a Movie where we ask, are you game
for a movie? My name is Mike. I will be your
host this evening. It is one of my favorite episodes
that we do every year. It is the quiz of 2025.
Basically summing up all that happened in 2025
in movies and television. This one is a lot more
movie focused than television, but still there
is a couple television questions here or there.
Five rounds, 10 questions each, a couple questions
that are worth more points than just one point,
so it's 59 points total. I have four friends
raring to go. If you are interested, please play
along as well and tell me your scores at GameForAMovie
on Twitter slash X or on Facebook or Instagram.
Play along. I would love to know how you guys
are doing as well. Let's meet our contestants
tonight. Returning once again, we've got Heath.
Heath, welcome back. Hey, thanks for having me.
All right. So last year, you got 25 points. Do
you think you're going to do better this year?
No. No, not at all. Not at all. 2025 is... I
just feel like I haven't seen anything this year.
I think you're going to do just fine. I've been
told that I've been a little lenient on this
quiz this year. Excellent. Excellent. Join us
for the first time. We've got... our friend jamari
welcome to the show buddy thank you thank you
thank you for having me i'm happy to have you
on i've been wanting to have you on for a while
actually and it just so happens yeah you are
like the movie buff like we always talk movies
and everything like that so to have you on it's
it's honestly an honor how do you think you're
gonna do on this quiz It depends about if it's
just a regular quiz or if it's a butanic quiz.
If it's a butanic quiz, I don't know. But if
it's just a regular quiz, I feel good. I feel
good. I think you're going to do okay. This is
one of my easier ones I've been told. Yeah, I'm
already not looking forward to that. I do come
up with the questions. So, I mean, it is technically
a butanic quiz. It's fair. It's fair. I think
you'll be fine. You want to make a prediction
of about 59 points on this thing. Okay. So I
think that's the most I can get is 59? That's
the most you can get. I predict I get maybe in
the 40s. In the 40s. Okay. All right. Well, we'll
see how you do. All right. We've got a returning
contestant. We've got Mitchell. He's back. It's
your boy. It's me. Defending champion. Yeah,
that's right. I did win. I have been telling
people nonstop throughout all of my adventures
in real life that I am the reigning champion.
Yes, of course, as you should. And when I found
out literally this morning that it was time for
me to defend my crown, I was ready to go. So
I'm very excited for this. I know you've been
studying all afternoon. I've been cramming. that
in the way that you can because i never keep
it the same exact way so you know you were prepared
yes and i i think i'm ready i'm light on my feet
and we'll see where this goes i got this dark
um this imperial oatmeal stout in my hand to
uh fuel the brain uh so we'll see how this goes
i see i see some answers written on there are
you cheating If the answer is Seattle, Earth,
Fremont, or Dark Star, then yes. Okay. I think
it is. I think one of those are the answers.
Oh, hell yeah. So if I need to guess, I know
what I'm going to dig for. Dark Star. All right.
So at least 50 points. There's some questions
that are obviously worth more points. How do
you think you're going to do out of 50? I want
to know a prediction. Okay. And what did I get
last year? You got 34 last year. And that one?
That's crazy. 34 to 30 to 25. Okay. You know
what? I'm going to try and beat that score, and
I'll say 35. 35. Okay. 35 is what Mitchell is
predicting. Okay. Returning for another year,
we've got Zach. Welcome back, Zach. Hey, Mike.
It's nice to be back. Right around Christmas,
too. I'm at the beach. You're at the beach. I'm
jealous. Is it nice at the beach? It's warmer
than it is in Charlotte. Oh, dang. Hopefully
the wind won't get picked up too much. There's
a squirrel running around right now. I can't
find any of his acorns. Does he have answers?
Maybe. I'll ask him in a little bit. Last year
on this quiz, you got 30 correct. Do you think
you're going to do better? No. Alright, fair.
It was 30 out of how many, though? Out of at
least 50. We'll get in the same ballpark, maybe.
All right. I think you got this. I think you'll
be fine. Perfect. That's who is competing this
year in the quiz of 2025. Let's get this thing
started with round one. Round one is movie and
TV news. So all the things that happened in 2025
in movie and TV news. Round one, question one.
Which of these characters had the most public
domain horror movies released this year? Was
it Cinderella? Mickey Mouse or Popeye the Sailor
Man? Got it, kid. Thankfully, I sit near you
at work. But it gives me a better idea of an
answer, but it doesn't give me... I have no idea.
I'm just going to take a stab in the dark and
do the Steamboat Willie thing. So you're going
Mickey Mouse? Yeah, I'll go with that. I know
Mickey Mouse kind of just became public domain.
So I would assume people went OD on it. So I'm
going to go Mickey Mouse. The most? The most.
Okay. So I know, I obviously know that there
was Popeye and Mickey. And I want to say that
those are newer additions to the public domain.
So there'd just be a higher, I guess, demand
for that than Cinderella. But Cinderella's kind
of a weird one to add in there. But I'm just
going to go Mickey. I'm going to go Mickey Mouse
here. Complete guess. I'm going to go Popeye.
You are correct. It is Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse
had four, Popeye had three, and Cinderella had
two. I had Popeye dancing around in there, but
I don't know. I just feel like the Mickey Mouse
was the automatic. The IP's up for anybody now.
Make tons of movies. We covered one of each this
October. So we did first of them all from Cinderella.
We did Popeye's Revenge from Popeye. And though
technically it wasn't from this year, we did
from 2024, The Mousetrap for Mickey Mouse. But
you had five to choose from, essentially, because
you had Mouse of Horrors, Mickey's Sleigh House,
I Heart Willie, and Screamboat. I mean, Screamboat's
just a genius name. I love Screamboat. I think
that's a great name. Question two. Daniel Day
-Lewis came back to acting for the film Anemone.
Who directed it? I don't know his son's name.
Oof. No clue. So I don't know his name, but I
know it's his son. Anemone. It wasn't Pete Docter.
That's Finding Nemo. Whoever directed Finding
Nemo. Sea Anemone. I got nothing. Scorsese. It's
his son, Ronan Day -Lewis. That's a cool name.
Ronan Day -Lewis. I love that, right? That goes
hard. Shout out to Daniel Day. Question three.
Stephen King continued his streak of adaptations.
How many adaptations for movies came out this
year? And for an extra point, name each one.
Unfortunately, I can only name one. Can I only
name one? I only know one for sure, but I feel
like this was a Stephen King year. God, I can
only think of one, so I'm going to say one. Yeah,
the long walk or whatever. So you're going to
guess one? You can guess another number. Okay,
you know what? Let's hedge our bets there. So
yeah, I'll guess five, but I'll only name the
long walk. That's all I got. I can only think
of one, and it's the long walk. So I'm going
to guess that there were three by the way you
asked the question. Sticking with three? Do you
want to take a guess at any of the other names?
I have no idea. Okay. So it's funny. The only
thing I could think of is Pennywise, the TV series.
That's exactly why I took it out. Yep. Yep. Very
smart. I had it written in everything. I just
crossed it out. Gotcha. So three movies from
Stephen King. Okay. There is the one where the,
okay. Oh, one of them is Running Man. Okay. Which
is the Glenn Powell movie directed by Edgar Wright.
The other. So what's the bonus points for? So
you got to name how many adaptations were made
into movies. Okay. And then you get a point for
each adaptation you name. Okay. I could only
think of two. It's the running man. And then
the one where everyone's walking. Like the whole
conceit is the last one to stop walking at a
certain speed wins this dystopian prize or whatever.
I think those are the only two I could think
of. And the only one I can name is Running Man.
I'll just throw a wild guess for the walking
thing. I'll just call it Hunger Games Walking
Edition Part 2. Running Man. Right? Is that the
name of that one? The Longest Walk? Close enough.
I'll give you that. Okay. The Monkey? Is that
one? Did you say TV shows and movies? Just movies.
Okay. Because even if it was, Welcome to Derry
is a TV show. End it. Prequel, not really an
adaptation. The Monkey. Oh. Was that... The Firestarter?
That was last year, wasn't it? Firestarter was
last year. Yeah, that's all I got. Those three
this year, one last year. So you're guessing
three? Yeah. There were four this year. You did
get a point for The Long Walk. There was also
The Monkey that came out earlier. I didn't know
that was him. Life of Chuck. Sorry, I know it's
Loki, but I didn't know. And The Running Man.
Is that Stephen King? That's disappointing. I
did not like that movie that much. But yes, that
is Stephen King. Question four. Ana de Armas
and Keanu Reeves reunited for their third movie
together. This one handing the reins of what
franchise over to Ana de Armas' main character?
John Wick. It's the John Wick franchise. Ballerina
is the name of the movie. Yeah, so it goes to
John Wick franchise and the title of the film
was Ballerina. Third time. John Wick. John Wick.
There you go. The Ballerina. Yes, it was third
movie overall, not necessarily in this franchise.
Yeah, gotcha, gotcha. Yes, yeah. Question five.
2025 introduced most of the world to Zack Crager
through Companion and Weapons, but real fans
know him for what popular sketch comedy show?
Oh, God. Well, I haven't seen any of this for
some reason. I feel like I've heard this blurb.
Like, this guy, come from hell. And you're like,
oh, that feels very much like... God. And I just
need the sketch comedy show, too, which is rough.
What sketch comedy shows are there? Are there
Saturday Night Live? God, I don't know. SNL.
I think you should leave. The whitest kids you
know. The whitest kids you know. Whitest kids
you know. I didn't know that, actually. See,
we teach you something on the show. Yeah, I like
it. It's a Butant quiz show, but I teach you
something. Question six. How many Marvel films
and TV shows started and finished this year?
Gotcha. Yeah, I almost remember the echo burning
me the last time we did this. Yep. And I feel
like I'm going to get it again. You just need
to tell me how many. You do not need to tell
me what they are. Right. No bonus points on this
one. I have to say them just to get through them
because I'm just going to be... And TV shows.
That's why it's always the trick. The movies
everybody can remember. TV shows. I know. Okay,
so there was Thunderbolts. Let's get Thunderheart
out of the way because that's the one I'm going
to forget if I don't go to it now. Ironheart.
Then there's Fantastic Four. Thunderheart. That's
a Val Kilmer movie. So that's three that I can
think of off the top of my head. Was there any
other? No, that's TC. I can only think of three.
Going to stick with three. Guess a different
number. I'll guess four. So Captain America was
the movie. I'm going movie. So Captain America,
Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four. So that's three
movies. TV shows. This is 2025. That would have
been Ironheart came out this year. Marvel Zombies
came out this year. I can think back. Daredevil?
Oh, but did it start and finish in this year?
I'm going to say yes. So Daredevil, Born Again.
Friendly Neighborhood, Spider -Man. So that's
four. Was X -Men this year? I thought it was
2024. X -Men was last year. There's another animated.
Oh, Eyes of Wakanda. That's five. I'm missing
a live action show, I think. Agatha was last
year. Was Captain America the first thing of
the year? I'm going to go eight. So with that
in mind, we're going to go. The first thing I
could think of is Cats in America, Brave New
World as a film. That's one. And then shortly
after that, we got Thunderbolts or the New Avengers.
Fantastic Four. Yeah. Fantastic Four First Steps
is the next one I could think of, which is the
last film. We're just talking MCU, right? um
that's the last film there was a animated series
called eyes of wakanda on disney plus so that's
four did not watch that now i'm just trying to
think of any other disney plus projects so wonder
man got pushed to january so that wouldn't count
the vision quest doesn't come out till next year
um shoot I fear that I'm missing something, but
I think that's it. I think, yeah, so I guess
I got four. Oh, boy. It was a lot less than last
year. Oh, man. What movies were there? I just
totally went blank. It'll do that. Yeah. Even
TV shows. Four. I couldn't name any of them.
It was eight. So you got two of the three movies
with Thunderbolts asterisk and Fantastic Four
First Steps. There was also Captain America Brave
New World. For TV shows, you had Ironheart. You
had Daredevil Born Again, which is now MCU. That's
right. And then the rest are animation that counts.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider -Man, Eyes
of Wakanda, and Marvel Zombies Season 2. Zach
did much better on this than I did. Question
seven. Theaters across the country were subject
to insanity when people saw the Minecraft movie
and specifically had to deal with what phrase
being yelled out. Oh, God. I don't know. I watched
this movie, too, because I was like, oh, this
is a great movie. I should go watch this. It's
fine. I could see it. You know, it's entertaining
enough, but I enjoyed the Mario movie more, but...
Probably more relatable. And because of that,
I have no idea. Lava chicken? I never watched
the movie, so I couldn't tell you. Don't even
know the phrase? No. Yeah, I'm sorry. Sorry.
I avoided all those crazy people. I couldn't
get Ironheart, but I got Chicken Jockey. So I
have two teenagers, 14 and 12. And I know of
at least three phrases from the movie that were
yelled out. I will give you it if you say it
in one of the three. Okay. The most likely one
is Chicken Jockey. That is the one I was thinking,
but go ahead and go with the other one. And then
Steve's Lava Chicken song, the la -la -lava.
And then French and Steel. We had that a lot.
Yeah, I was thinking Chicken Jockey because that's
when people started going nuts and throwing popcorn
and stuff. One person brought a live chicken
into the movie. You know? I don't agree with
the practice, but I have to give them props for
that. It's pretty good. I don't mind people going
crazy about chicken jockey, like having fun with
it and everything like that. But a live chicken
is too far. It's a lot. It's a lot. Yeah. Movie
theater employees are already going through it
enough. Yeah, right. That's a lot. Yeah. Yeah,
that's too much. Question eight. What unusual
superhero franchise was rebooted this year featuring
Peter Dinklage? My God, you'd think this is my
area of expertise that I just have a gaping hole
here. I thought you had this one. I was ready
to give you a point right away. Damn, I don't
know. I don't know. The Toxic Avenger. Oh. Toxie
the Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger. It's saying
superhero. I didn't go anywhere near it. I mean,
technically, it is. Question nine. This year
saw a record for the biggest drop from first
to second weekend of 91 .7 % for which film starring
Sidney Sweeney? What? Is that? Was her rom -com
this year? Sorry, yes. I couldn't say any words
to you. I can say yes. I can say no. Who knows?
I mean, other than the Levi's ad. Which may or
may not have had something to do with why there
was such a big drop. Oh, oh. Oh, no. God, I don't
know. Down to you or something like that. I don't
know. Is it a Chrissy movie? Ooh, that is a very
steep drop. That's a very oddly specific question.
Looking for one specific film. Yeah, I'm just
trying to think of... Huh. No hints, right? No
hints. Shit. 91 % is crazy. Oh, God. Is it a...
Well, I can't ask for hints. Dude, I can't...
Why did this movie come out? There was a story
to tell, man. Yeah. yeah and i'm just trying
to rack my brain around that in terms of just
like most blockbusters will go down like 50 60
but 91 it's like 91 it's it's a record like it's
literally a record um i i i really don't have
an answer oh uh could have been any of them Was
it the boxing movie? Was she in another movie
this year? I'm going to say the boxing movie
that I don't know the name of, so you don't have
to give me any points, but that's my final answer.
Christy, yes. 91 .7 % drop. That's insane. That
many people watched it the first weekend, right?
I think that's why, because no one watched it
the first weekend. Definitely nobody watched
it the second week. But I mean, how can you still
get 91 .7 % if 100 ,000 people saw it, then five
people saw it the next weekend? Yeah, pretty
much. That's insane. And question 10, worth five
points. In no particular order, what are the
top five highest grossing domestic films of 2025?
I'm going to throw Thunderbolts in there. Superman.
Fantastic Four. I'm just going to take a swing
at the superhero movies and get those out of
the way. One of them might be Lilo and Stitch,
and the other one might be Wicked. Is that your
top five? Those are my five. All right, so Thinking
Out Loud, Inside Out 2. That was last year? Was
that last year? I think that was last year. I'll
give you, I think that was last year. Hold on,
hold on. So you said 2025. 2025. This is all
2025 and less specified. They had two that made
a billion this year. That was Zootopia 2. I have
given this to others as well. Zootopia 2 has
not reached there yet. And by the time this is
released, I don't think it will reach there.
I think by like next week, it will reach there.
I will say that I don't think it will be there
by the time this is released. Jurassic Park made
a lot of money internationally. I don't know
if it made that much domestically, but I'm going
to say Jurassic World. I'm just going to think
out loud. Jurassic World, Superman could be in
that category. F1 made so much money internationally.
I don't know if it made that much money domestically.
Sinners potentially is in that list. I think
he made almost $300 million domestically. What
is the other Disney movie that made a billion
dollars this year? I mean, Avatar could almost
be there. What is the other Disney movie? Minecraft
probably also is there as well. Oh, that's going
to kill me until I can figure out what the other
one is. Final guess, I'm going to say Jurassic
World, F1, Minecraft, Avatar Centers. Okay, so
Zootopia. Zootopia 2. Lilo and Stitch. I'm going
to go Minecraft. So that's three. And then what
else did really good business domestically? I'm
tempted to say Sinners, but I think it just might.
I'll put Sinners in for now, but I think that
might sit outside the top five. And what else?
What other movie just crushed it? Hold on. Let's
see. Domestically. Gosh. Not K -pop Demon Hunters.
I'll put Fantastic Four in there, but that's
not a very competent guess. So that's my five.
So I'm going to give you a redo on Zootopia 2.
Why is that? It's not there yet. Worldwide, it
is in the top five. So I will give you a redo
to take that one out. Got it. It's not there
yet. I think by the end of the year, it will
get there. Let me see. Okay, what would I replace
my Zootopia pick with? What the hell came out
in like June and shit? Was there a Minions movie
that came out? no there was not this year surprisingly
i'm just i'm just surprisingly no there was not
i'm just trying to think of animated movies at
this point that's all that fucking makes money
i will tell you it's not animated none of the
three remaining are animated damn dude i feel
awful i was so locked into the disney side of
things this year and let me tell you it was all
about zootopia and lilo this year um okay What
cooked us? Oh, is it Jurassic World? Zootopia
2. Do you want me to give an order or just any
of them? Any order. I'm going to say I gave this
to Mitchell too. It's not there yet. I feel like
it's going to get there at the start of the year,
but this is going to come out before then. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Minecraft is up there. Zootopia 2's.
Feels like it went fast. Wicked for good. Three.
Oh, what was that earlier in this year? Cartoons.
Fantastic Four. It's four. And a fifth movie.
That's not going to be it. Neighbors. I'm going
to give you... Pick something else other than
Zootopia 2. Like I said, I feel like it's going
to get there by the beginning of January, but
we'll have this out before it gets there. Thunderbolts.
You got 3 out of 5. Right now, as it stands,
number 5 is Wicked for Good. Number four is Jurassic
World Rebirth. Number three is Superman. Number
two is Lilo and Stitch. And number one is a Minecraft
movie. I forgot. I just mentioned how it was
this massive movie. I completely forget that
it happened this year. That's okay, though. You
got seven points for round one. That's a good
start. I'm surprised that I got some of those
that weren't just the obvious superhero. Oh,
that was great. You got Wicked. You got Lilo
and Stitch. That's exactly what you want. You
want to pull those weird ones. That's seven points,
round one. Good start. Feeling good. You're right
there. You got the gist of it. Yeah, these are
really botanic questions. I love it. Go ahead.
Get ready for the most botanic round because
this is my favorite every single year. So there
you go. You got nine points to start the round.
Or to start the quiz. Yeah, yeah. Off to a great
start, buddy. That is fantastic start for the
quiz of 2025. Round two is always one of my favorites.
It's taglines. I'm going to read you the tagline
for a film that came out in 2025. You have to
tell me what film it is. Round two, question
one. Prepare for launch. Prepare for launch.
That's the important part. Prepare for launch.
Yeah, that's two. That hurts. It almost hurts
because it was going to be my first guess because
it's the only one I remember a rocket ship in.
Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four first steps. Prepare
for launch. Big clue in there. Yeah. Fantastic
Four. Fantastic Four. I made sure to give you
the four. Appreciate the emphasis. All caps.
Everybody gets that. Everybody gets the four.
Question two. The task is simple. Walk or die.
Oh, the long walk. Long walk. The long walk.
Long walk. The long walk. I don't know. The long
walk. Good enough. Fairly lenient if you've got
close enough. Back in my day, the Trivial Pursuit
rules were very strict. Not as strict with me.
There is going to be a category. It's the next
one. You need to be a little more on it with
this one. You're good. Great. So it's going to
have sequel names and they got to be perfectly
named. I don't know what you're talking about.
I would never. redo categories like that. Let's
just go through taglines and finish this. Let's
finish taglines and maybe it will be not like
that at all. Question three. He's dying to save
mankind. Mickey 17. I feel like when you tell
me the answer, I feel stupid for not guessing
it. It's not Frankenstein, is it? Dying to save
mankind. There was like this animated Jesus movie
that came out this year that Oscar Isaac, I think,
was a part of. I'm going to guess that even though
I don't think that's the answer, but I will say
that film, whatever the hell it's called. He's
dying to save mankind. Can I ask what quarter
it came out in? First quarter. First quarter.
No, I was going to say the David movie. Ooh,
okay. What is it? That is not the answer. That
movie was stacked. That voice cast, if you can
see that voice cast, holy shit, man. Yeah, yeah,
that was a locked and loaded cast for sure. And
did you see, like, it's a story told by Charles
Dickens and his family. oh that's the that's
the framing of the movie yep okay yeah great
so what is the film that i whiffed on just now
mickey 17 oh okay i saw that yeah yep okay that
was a film that existed i thought it was better
than i think what most people were came away
with and i get it like it's hard to follow a
parasite which might be the best movie of this
century but um yeah it's not not at that level
but still century wow i think it's up there i
think i i would say my my argument is this it
needed to be that good to be the first i'm just
going to say foreign movie to win best best picture
i think it had to be that good um because it
was up against so much. That's my argument for
it. And it's universal great filmmaking that
whether you were in South Korea or you were in
South Dakota, you would get something out of
it. So love that movie. Okay. All right. Question
four. Hold on to your coconuts. Moana? Lilo and
Stouch? Oh, shit. Hold on to your... Oh, God.
Dude, I don't know. This sounds like a kids movie
kind of thing. Um... Coconuts? Hold on to your
coconuts. Hold on to your coconuts. Oh, man.
I know there's a Spongebob movie that just came
out. So that would technically be in... That
would technically be in play, right? That would
technically be in play. I will guess that, though
I'm not confident in any stretch. lilo and stitch
lilo and stitch yeah that makes yeah man yeah
it's it's a weird one though because i don't
really like there's not a whole lot of coconuts
going on in there no no i could flip the coin
going okay well there's hawaii even though i
don't know i don't think there was a moana that
came out this year though question five be there
b square either b square I don't know. Spongebob
movie? Be there. Is this the Spongebob? Because
I keep going back to square. Square one. Be there
or be square. No, be there, be square. It's be
there, period. Be square, period. So is it not
the Spongebob movie? It is not the Spongebob
movie. What the hell? It really makes sense.
I promise. This one makes a lot of sense. Okay.
Give me a second here. Be There, Be Square. I
think Be There, Be Square. Oh, Minecraft. Be
There, Be Square. Beekeeper 2. A Minecraft movie.
Forgetting the Minecraft movie. I almost said
Q -Bert for some reason. And I didn't say the
Minecraft movie. I cannot. This blind spot of
Minecraft. Q -Bert would have been a great guess.
Even though there was definitely not a Q -Bert
movie. I was just, I don't know. Whatever. I
was like, I don't know. Square. Cube. Q -Bert.
Jumps on cube. Whatever. That all somehow still
didn't get me to Minecraft. Question six. Dance
with the devil. Sinners. centers dance with the
devil um dance with the devil hmm trying to think
dance with the devil oh um no oh okay wait wait
so there was a movie i think it came out last
year though there was a movie there was like
there was yeah i know there was a movie it came
out last year okay There was like a Jack Black
movie where he is Satan. Dear Santa. Dear Santa.
That's going to be my guess. I know it's not
right. It's not right. That came out like November
last year. Okay. All right. What was the movie?
Ballerina? Sinners. Oh, damn. Yep. That's a good
one. That's a good one. That nails it. That's
actually a really good tagline. You're right.
That's really good. That's perfect. That's perfect.
Yeah. Question seven. Some search for battle.
Others are born into it. Some search for battle.
Others are born into it. I'll say there's a keyword
in there. Superman. Probably a movie I haven't
watched. Some search for battle. Others are born
into it. No idea. There's a keyword on this one.
Oh, one battle after another? Is it one battle
after another? Oh, man. I didn't watch a lot
of war movies. Still one out there. Thunderbolts.
There's a key word in this one. I'm going to
say it one more time. Battles? Some search for
battle. Others are born into it. Born. Born into
it. I got nothing. One battle after another.
I was just like, I'm sitting here just, you're
going to hate yourself. You're going to absolutely
hate yourself. I don't remember what the tagline
of that movie was. I really don't. Taglines have
become a lost art. Some I remember, but I really
don't remember that that was the tagline. This
has become my heart. I love this ground. I couldn't
tell you what the Marty Supreme tagline was.
Yeah, right. Question eight. Only monsters play
God. Man, I gotta watch more movies. That one
sounds awesome. Only Monsters Play God. Weapons?
I didn't see it. Oh, that's Frankenstein. Oh,
Frankenstein. Only Monsters Play God. It's not
Superman. Frankenstein. Frankenstein. Guillermo
del Toro's Frankenstein. Way more sense. And
I told myself to remember that one, too, because
I didn't see that one yet either. Yeah, right.
I hope to see that one soon, but just haven't
gotten around to it. And I remember you saying
something. There might be a little bit more streaming
in here. There is a little more streaming. And
I will say I haven't even gotten to most of the
streaming. So just in case, you know, keep it
on the back burner. Alright, so what you're saying
is I'm probably going to miss out on being able
to use Minecraft as an answer and get it right.
The rest is going to be streaming and I'm not
going to know it. I actually don't think there's
a Minecraft question the rest of the way. Redemption
is lost. Redemption is gone. Question nine. Need
a miracle? Need a miracle? Need a miracle? Need
a miracle? That's probably going to kill me too.
And I can't get past and I don't know the name
of the Keanu Reeves movie where he comes down
as an angel with Seth Rogen and his ease. Yeah,
I don't know. I feel like I've seen the movie.
I just don't know what the name is. What is it?
I don't know. Okay. There was a movie that Aziz
Ansari directed. Keanu Reeves was like a guardian
angel or something. Whatever that movie was.
That's good. Who does it? David. That is it.
Good fortune. Oh, hell yeah. I am okay if it's
just like a half point because I didn't get the
title. Oh, you get it. If you can describe the
movie, I'm good with that. Same rules go for
everybody else, just so you know. Oh, yeah. Let's
go. And question 10. They're back with a twist.
They're back with a twist, but not, you know,
twist. Twist. Lots of S's. Five S's. What? They're
back with a twist. Who's back? What snake? I
don't know. I hate taglines. I hate taglines.
Venture guess? That's my guess. I hate taglines.
Minecraft. These are all movies, right? All movies.
That would have been my stranger things, I guess.
Five S's? Five S's. They're back with a twist.
Is it now you see me? Did you say twist in a
very specific way for a reason? Like five S's.
One more time. They're back with a twist. I believe
that is a reference to Gary the Snake, who is
the star of Zootopia 2. Bad Guys 2? No, with
a twist. Zootopia 2. Zootopia 2. Yeah, thank
you. Thanks for the pause. Give him a second.
Give him a second. Yeah, there you go. You got
five on that one. That's not bad. I'm actually
impressed that I got more than one, so I'll take
it. That feels like a win coming out of that
category. Do you remember your score last year?
You said 25. No, do you remember your score on
taglines last year? 1 -0. You got five better
than last year. Look at you go. Nice. Six points
on that one. You're right in the middle. Yeah,
I'll take it. Yeah. It's always the toughest
one, so six is good. Seven points on that round.
Okay, solid. All right, there's five points.
Nice. Five points on taglines. That's always
a good one. You always want to shoot for 500
on that one, at least. That brings us to round
three. Round three is sequel subtitles. I'm going
to give you a franchise that had a sequel come
out in 2025. You have to tell me the subtitle
for the franchise entry that came out. So round
three, question one. Jurassic World. I said it
earlier, this quiz. You have no one to blame
but yourself. I remember when you said it, I
was like, oh, there was another Jurassic something
or other. I didn't even finish in my head. I
remember not processing the rest of it, going
Jurassic... Jurassic World. Gosh darn it. I don't
know. I don't know. Jurassic World again. Dominion?
Oh, shit. I love how your reaction is always,
oh, shit. Oh, fuck. Oh, shit. Fuck. Shit. Okay,
Jurassic World, starring one of my childhood
crushes, Scarlett Johansson. Okay, I'm going
to go Jurassic World. I don't know why Rebirth
comes to mind, but I'm going to go Rebirth. Do
you want rebirth? Is that the answer? Rebirth.
Jesus. Well, it was almost again. It was almost
again. It might as well have been. Number two.
Final destination. Final destination. Bloodlines.
Oh, is it bloodlines? Oh, damn. Final destination.
Oh, damn. Oh, fuck. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. I'm just
trying to get you that E for explicit on there.
on your podcast um okay hold on final destination
afterlife bloodlines bloodlines there you go
i didn't watch the movie so i was like i had
to remember i can't remember what the trailer
looked like sometimes it's just like reaching
the furthest recesses i gotta scroll past it
on my amc every time yeah exactly number three
the conjuring oh god Yeah, there was one of those
this year. Yeah, I mean, can't just be The Conjuring
2? The rest of The Conjuring 2? It wasn't The
Conjuring 2 even. I hate to tell you. Oh, God.
Yeah, I don't know. I see a trailer now and I
can't tell if it's like an ad for it going, you
know, it's now streaming or like... Now it's
a TV show. I just don't know how many of these
Conjurings or the House on Haunted Hills and
they all just feel the same to me. I know people
hear that and they'd be like, that's insane.
The Conjuring Bloodlines. Last rights? Oh, dude,
I don't know. This one I have zero clue. Because
here's the thing about The Conjuring. One, shouts
to them for making a true cinematic universe
out of one IP. Because out of The Conjuring,
you have The Nun, you have Annabelle, right?
I think that came from it. Insane. So I'm going
to go Conjuring for The Reawakening. Oh, this
one sucks. That should just be it. This one sucks.
This one sucks. Because I've gotten less clever.
It's conjuring. I'm just going to, this is not
it. The conjuring case closed. Last rites. It
might as well have been case closed. I mean,
after the devil made me do it, it was just like.
There's no way this one's going to be good. Yeah,
that's true. Number four, Predator. Trying to
get the name right. So we're just going for the
movie one, right? Like the live action? Yeah,
the movie one. Is it called Badlands? Badlands.
Oh, Badlands. Badlands. Yep, Badlands. There
you go. Number five. Wicked. God darn it. God
darn it. Again, you have no one to blame but
yourself. This one I definitely have no one to
blame but myself. And I was looking forward to
it too. Wicked. This one I'm going to kick myself
for. This one's just, it's in there. It's just
not going to rattle to the front. This is going
to kill me. All right, whatever. Wicked. Just
Wicked. Just Wicked. Off to see the wizard. For
good. For good. Wicked for good. For good. Number
six. Karate Kid. We had this conversation. Which
Karate Kid is this? It is Ralph Macchio. But
it's Jackie Chan and Mr. Miyagi. That's right.
God, I don't know if I'm going to be able to
pull the name out of this. Legacy? Karate Kid
Legacy? Oh, come on. There's another Karate Kid?
There was a Karate Kid movie this year. Legacy?
I would love it for it to be First Chop or something
insane. First Chop. first shot it's not my answer
but if i were to make a legacy sequel for karate
kid um karate kid um karate kid uh strikes back
i know it's not it but what is it oh i forgot
that came out this year hey this is the one uh
Here we go again. Legends. Legends. I know it
was an L or something. Close, but not quite.
Number seven. Paddington. Really? There was a
third Paddington. This one hurts me because I'm
still two Paddingtons behind. I'm so good. I
know I'm afraid to cry, though. Fair. Just keep
putting it off. I'm like, I don't want to do
it. Today's not one of those days. God. God.
I feel like we had this question when Paddington
2 came out. Not for sequel subtitles because
it was Paddington 2. Okay. Well then. God. I
don't know the second subtitle. Paddington 3.
I don't know. The Marmalade Heist. This is a
Paddington movie this year? There was a third
Paddington movie. Why the hell does this bear
keep getting lost? Can somebody put a tracker
on this bear? Oh my gosh. He went on vacation
this year. Stop letting the bear out of your
sight. No idea. I didn't know there was a third
Paddington movie. Paddington. It's something
Peru. Damn it. In Peru? Oh. Oh, no. I literally
just watched Paddington 2 yesterday. That has
nothing to do with it. It's just an incredible
film. Is it Peru in the name? Does it just go
to Peru? Paddington in Peru. He went to Peru?
This is ridiculous. Number eight, Mission Impossible.
Oh, God, yeah. I meant to look this up. I was
like, I think there's a Mission Impossible this
year. Oh, but the name luckily is because it's
supposedly the last. Final Reckoning. Final Reckoning?
So, Dead Reckoning. Right? Or, wait, hold on,
hold on. Final Reckoning. Oh, no. Oh, no. You
know, I've never watched... I think I've only
seen the first two Mission Impossible movies
with Tom Cruise in it. No. I know. It's a clear
fault in my movie knowledge. They're dumb as
hell, but they're so good. I need to, especially
now because here I am recorded in perpetuity
and I don't know the name of the new Mission
Impossible movie. It's not Ghost Protocol. That
was like four movies ago. That was number four.
Yeah. It literally was four movies ago. I don't
know. Final reckoning. There you go. I was like,
you should look it up. Just remember the name
because it's going to be a question somewhere.
Then I was like, oh, it's like the final reckoning.
I was like, oh, that's it. You guys are starting
to learn my tricks. I got to change them up next
year, I think. It's less about that, but I am
noticing myself earlier paying attention to things
I never did before. I'm like, damn it. That's
not supposed to be in my brain. That's not what's
supposed to happen. Number nine. Captain America.
Oh, well, I didn't remember you saying this earlier,
and I'm just kidding because it's calling us
just Brave New World. Brave New World. Brave
New World. Brave New World. I have a typo on
this. Let's put Brand New World. Whoops. Oh,
yeah. Not that one. I knew it was Brave New World.
My bad. And number 10, Avatar. Uh -huh. Uh -huh.
Avatar. Avatar. Oh, God darn it. Damn you, J
.R .R. Martin. Or, sorry, J .R .R. George R .R.
Martin. For some reason, the Fire and Ice storyline
that he has, that's all I can think of, so I'm
just going to go with Avatar. Wait, it's Avatar
Fire and Water? That's my answer. Fire and Ash.
Fire and Ash, baby. Fire and water? Fire and
ash? Fire and ass. I mean ash. Sorry. Wow. 40
inch roof. What was that? Sorry. Slipped. Definitely.
I didn't mean to do that. No, of course not.
That's five points. You're at 17. You're doing
well, buddy. You know what? At this point, I
just feel like that's a respectable showing.
I'm good. You got it. All right. You got seven
on that round. That was good. Very good. So you
are up to 20. 20 points. Two rounds to go. How
many rounds are left? Two rounds to go? Two rounds
to go. Is it like double the points? No. You've
got to get perfect tens to get in your 40s. All
right. So never mind. All right. Another seven.
So you are at 25. Ten away from your guess. Ten
away. You have two rounds left. I think you can
do it. Let's see. Let's see. That was seven points.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You got it.
No fire, fire and ass saved you. Oh my gosh.
All right. You're doing well. So you are currently
at, if I can do some quick math, 1221. Okay.
Like I said, last year you got 30. You got two
more rounds to get nine points. I think you can
do it. Thank you, sir. I believe in you. Don't
prove me wrong. We're going to take a quick break.
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Because sometimes, the best movies are the worst
ones. All right, round four. This one is called
2025 Movie Plots in Six Words or Less. I'm going
to give you the plot of a 2025 movie in six words
or less. You just got to tell me what movie it
is. So round four, question one. Jason Statham
has to go to work. Has to go to work. Jason Statham
has to go to work. What Statham movie came out?
Even that would be a great clue. What did I see?
Exactly why I picked it. They're all the same.
They're all the same. There's always one in there.
I can't tell if we're in Beekeeper sequel season
or not. It could work. I don't know. No guess?
Nothing? Beekeeper 3. No idea. I didn't watch
the movie, but I'm going to. Oh. I didn't even
know Jason Statham was in a movie this year.
He was. He was. Oh, is it The Beekeeper? That's
just every Jason Statham movie. Yeah. I can think
of the trailer. There was a Beekeeper 2. It is
not out yet. No. He's in a jumpsuit. A brown
jumpsuit. A working man. Beekeeper three. Can't
wait. We need beekeeper two first. It is the
working man is what it's called. Just the working
man. The beekeeper. The mechanic. Sorry, Jason
Statham. Is this the one where he's a construction
worker? Maybe. I don't even know. I really don't.
I know nothing about it. It's the same plot of
every other movie. Yep. It's just Jason Statham
needs revenge. He's trying to have a normal life.
Yep. Someone steps on his foot. Yep. Exactly.
Exactly. Number two. Fancy date. Have your phone
on. Fancy date. Have your phone on. What are
these movies? Fancy date. It's a black phone,
too. What's a date have your phone on? Companion?
I don't know if that even came out this year.
What is it? Oh. Well, okay. The movie that came
up immediately. I don't even know how big of
a movie this was. Drop? Oh. Is it Airdrop? Close
enough. It's Drop. Drop. Okay. I mean, that's
the plot of it, you know? Yeah, that's close
enough. I'll give you that one. Number three.
Ice Cube during an alien invasion. Oh, darn it.
War of the Worlds. I don't know the name of the
movie, but I know it's like the worst movie.
Battle of the... It's like the worst movie people
said over the year. I never even watched it,
but I see the screenshot of Ice Cube in the computer
screen. Battle of the Worlds or something? War
of the Worlds. War of the Worlds. I have been
fairly forgiving on titles and stuff like that.
War of the Worlds. Yes. Close enough. Yeah, close
enough. You get the point for that one. Number
four. Wes Anderson at his Wes Anderson -ist.
Okay. Okay. The Phoenician what? The Phoenician
scheme. Weapons? No, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
You said Wes Anderson. I don't know why. I thought
you said something different. I was just going
to say. What was the Wes Anderson movie this
year? Conjuring? Wes Anderson? I have no idea.
I'm blanking. I'm sorry. I have no idea here.
The Phoenician scheme. Was this the alien one?
No. Benicio Del Toro is in it because he's in
all of his movies. I got the scheme. I don't
know. What is it? The Phoenician scheme. That
was this year. I didn't even think of it. I don't
know why I thought that was 2020. Yeah, that
was this year. Number five. Racing at a 360 degree
view. Racing at a 360 -degree view. Oh, F1. F1?
Racing at a 360 -degree view. F1? F1. F1. Okay.
Oh, they had the 360 -degree camera or whatever.
Yeah. Yeah. That was a dope movie to see in the
theater. Yeah. I wish I would have seen that
one in theaters. That one is really cool. How
do you pull that off? Yeah. It looked cool. I
had no interest in it, really. But seeing the
technical stuff behind it now, I'm like, oh,
I should have probably seen that in theaters.
You would like the movie. The plot's nothing
new, but it hits all the beats. It's a great
sports movie. Yeah, you'll like it. Number six.
President and Prime Minister fighting together.
Oh, I just saw a clip of this. stupid but I watched
it all movie with John Cena and Idris Elba I
remember thinking is this one of those the Olympus
has fallen movies but they just recast everybody
oh gosh I'm I don't know a state of play just
felt like a I can't remember what movie State
of Play actually is, but I remember feeling like
it was... I don't know. We'll call it government
action. Is it like a John Cena, Idris Elba movie?
No idea. President and Prime Minister fighting
together. I don't think you're getting this one,
buddy. Probably not. This is the toughest one,
I think, on this one. Well, besides... Yeah,
I'm just trying to think. I'm trying to think
of streaming movies at this point. President
and Prime Minister. Was there some random movie
about early 2000s invasion of Iraq in there?
That's probably better as an idea than this one
was. What was the movie? I got nothing. The Enclave.
That was last year. Heads of State. That's the
name of it. Wow. You had it in there. Yeah, I
literally just watched the clip of with... Check
out that gym strength or whatever when he throws
the statue at the helicopter. There you go. If
you haven't seen it, that summed it up for you.
Everything hurts and I'm dying. Yeah, yeah. You've
seen it. You've seen it and you haven't. God
damn it. Number seven, 20 years later, I still
know. Oh, gosh. Okay, but I don't remember if
they just called it I Know What You Did Last
Summer. It's something like I Still Know What
You Did Last Summer. Oh, there was a I Know What
You Did Last Summer legacy sequel, wasn't there?
Oh, man. I Know What You Did Last Summer? Yep,
I Know What You Did Last Summer. I don't even
know how they even conjured this name anymore.
I still remember what you did that summer when
I told you. I don't even know what they're on
at this point. Number eight. A couple couldn't
get any closer. A couple couldn't get any closer.
It's going to be one of those ones that subverts
the obvious. It would be like Shape of Water
or something like that if this were, you know,
whatever, 2019 or 18, whatever they came out.
A couple couldn't get any closer. Someone got
shrunk down and put inside somebody? I don't
know. I don't know. Any guess? I got nothing.
Wicked. Oh, together? Oh, it was the... Alison
Brie, Dave Franco movie. What was it? Not Attachment.
Was it Attachment or something like that? That's
the best I got for you. Oh. Together? Together.
Yeah, that looks like a good movie. It looks
interesting. I'm probably not going to watch
it because I'm not much of a body horror guy,
but it looks interesting. I do love Alison Brie,
though. Alison Brie and Dave Franco. Dave Franco.
I could take him or leave him, but together,
those two I'm on board with. Yeah. Number nine.
Ring cameras catches kids running away. Weapons.
Oh, weapons. That's one of them. Oh, weapons.
Weapons. Yep. Easy enough. That is probably my
favorite in -theater experience this year. I...
really enjoyed that i dragged two of my work
buddies to that and the very end of the movie
both of them looked at me like what the fuck
and i was just kind of sitting there like i told
you it was gonna be weird like i don't know what
you want from me i thought it was fantastic i
loved it oh i loved it i had a great time with
it my theater was packed and a lot of it was
like you know high school kids or early 20 somethings
and it was like We were like an orchestra and
Zach Kreger was our conductor. We were screaming
at the right moment, laughing at the right moments.
It was a cool, cool experience. Oh, I love that.
Yeah. Both of them looked at me like, what the
fuck did you drag us to? And I was like, this
is exactly why I dragged you to it. And number
10, Austin Butler plays baseball with gangs.
Let's go deep down for this one. I just saw it
on Netflix and I'm excited to finally go see
it. so that's a Darren Aronofsky movie and it
is what's going to mess me up because it also
I want to say it originally released like near
one battle after another and it had that same
kind of feel during the trailer so I'm like damn
it this one is something like it's like a phrase
like there's something about gosh darn it well
this just serves me right for not seeing it earlier
Costumer. Yeah, it's the movie directed by Darren
Aronofsky. Really weird turn for him to direct
something like this. I don't know the name of
the flick. I'm going to say like. I know he's
wearing a freaking San Francisco Giants hat.
I'm going to say final out. Just try to think
of a baseball term, but that's the best I got
for you. Oh, man. Sports movies. Kind of. It's
not really. The motorcycle one. Oh, no. With
the doctor, Matt Smith. Caught stealing. Caught
stealing. There you go. So that's six points.
All right. All right. Seven points there. I can
get the most out of you. Another seven points,
though. Dude, lucky sevens, I guess. Lucky sevens.
Three rounds in a row, sevens. Eight points on
that one. That's pretty good. It's with the baseball
bats. Exactly. It's very baseball focused, but
there's not really baseball. It's not a baseball
movie. So when you said a sports movie, I'm just
like, not really. It wasn't a ton of sports movies
this year at all, was it? Not really. Every now
and again, we'll get a summer where it's just
all baseball and football movies. Yeah, I'm trying
to think if there was even... There's not a ton
of movies I'm thinking of that were baseball,
basketball, football. No. Next year, we get The
Goat. There's a question in the next section,
but... I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know what you're talking about. I want
you to put a pin in this and remember that. Yeah,
yeah. Sorry. I really want you to put a pin in
this and remember that. It'll be gone in three
minutes. Our final round of the quiz of 2025.
It's round five, looking ahead to 2026. This
is all the movie and TV shows that are going
to be coming out in 2026. Round five, question
one. Another Super Mario movie is coming in 2026.
Super Mario Galaxy will feature which character
as the main baddie? I already had Koopa as the
bad guy, right? Am I wrong? No, that's Koopa
who's singing the Peaches song. He's going to
be the main bad guy. Wario. There's another Super
Mario. Of course there's another Super Mario.
Of course there is. I didn't watch it. I don't
watch any of these adaptations and stuff like
that. Definitely it's about Wario. Oh. I never
played the game, so that hurts. God, who would
it be if it's not Bowser? Baby Bowser. Bowser
Jr. It is not Wario. It is Bowser Jr. There's
a junior Bowser? Yeah, he has kids. Oh my gosh.
Number two. Speaking of animated movies, Goat
comes out in 2026. Which basketball star is part
of the producing team? LeBron James. No, really?
Steph Curry. LeBron James, right? No. I'll give
you another guess, though. Steph Curry? Steph
Curry. Oh, man. Oh, boy. It's Steph Curry. How?
How? I don't know. How did I know or how is it
happening? How did you know that was going to
be a question? I don't know. Maybe where we work
or that it's a ridiculous idea or the fact that
it almost looks like it could work in the new
trailer. Honestly, I saw the trailer and I'm
like, okay, this actually... It looks a little
like how they wanted Space Jam 2 to be. Yes.
For sure. Number three. Thread is a horror movie
that is a spinoff of which horror series? Thread.
Thread. Thread is a horror spinoff of what horror
series? Thread is a spinoff of The House on Haunted
Hill. It? Thread. Thread. Thread. Oh. Horror
series. I was trying to think. Thread? I have
no clue. I'm going to go Exorcist, but I don't
think that's it. Saw? Insidious. Oh, okay. Sure.
Number four. Two long retired series are coming
back to the big screen. Street Fighter and what
other franchise that taught kids back in the
day it was okay for boys to play with dolls too?
He -Man. That tagline got me. I'm sorry. Two
long retired series are coming back to the big
screen. Street Fighter and what other franchise
that taught kids back in the day it was okay
for boys to play with dolls too? Is it the name
of the movie Mortal Kombat Street Fighter or
is it just Street Fighter? Street Fighter is
just the... Is it Mortal Kombat? It is not Mortal
Kombat. That's not the one I was thinking of.
Is it He -Man? He -Man. It's long retired. Long
retired. Can you give me the genre? Action, adventure,
fantasy. Oh. Taught kids, or taught boys it was
okay to play with dolls too. I want to say what
I want it to be because I'm not sure. Okay. The
Small Soldiers? No, it's not Small Soldiers.
Okay. What is it? Masters of the Universe. Oh!
Live action or cartoon? Live action. Okay. Who's
He -Man? You may have heard of him. All right.
So, He -Man is going to be Nicholas Galazine.
No, I have to look him up. Yeah, he was in Cinderella
on Prime Video. He was in Red, White, and Royal
Blue as Prince Henry. Oh, okay. Yeah, I actually
know that one. He was in Bottoms. Okay. The rest
of the cast. Marina Baccarin is the Sorceress.
Idris Elba is Man -at -Arms. Okay. Alison Brie
is Evil Lynn. Oh, wow. Kristen Wiig is Roboto.
Yeah. James Purefoy is King Randor. Okay. Camila
Mendes is Tila. Okay. You notice I'm skipping
somebody here. Yeah. Oh, no. Who's Skeletor?
Oh. Did you see who it was? Jared Leto? No. Did
you see who it was? Uh -uh. Jared Leto. I knew
that because why is he everywhere? That's the
only person I could think he would skip in that
list. Number five. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi
continue being some of Hollywood's darlings.
They will be in an adaptation of what Emily Bronte
novel? Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights.
Wuthering Heights, baby. Wuthering Heights. I
remember because people are upset because they
say it's not a good adaptation already. It's
going to be fucked up. It's going to be really
weird. I don't think people are going to really
care once they realize it's Margot Robbie and
him having sex on screen. I think they're going
to be just over that pretty fine. I think they're
going to be okay. Number six. It's not the only
novel adaptation coming. Animated movie The Pout
Pout Fish is coming. Who will be voicing the
sad fish? I don't even know what the Pout Pout
Fish are. It's a very sad fish. It's a children's
book. Yikes. What am I supposed to be guessing?
Who is going to be voicing the sad fish of the
pout -pout fish? Sad fish and pout -pout fish
will be... I don't... I feel like these days
it's either Jack Black or Chris... I can't even
think of his name. Got all the other Chris's
running around in my head. Chris Pratt. Thank
you. You wouldn't be the only one to guess him.
Yeah. No, not for the sad fish or sad anything.
Yeah, right. Or, which is going to be my guess
because I have no better one, Morgan Freeman.
One more time. So it's not the only adaptation
coming. Animated movie The Pout Poutfish is coming.
Who's going to be voicing the sad fish? What's
the saddest person I can think of that can voice
it? John Mulaney? The Pout Poutfish? The Pout
Poutfish. It's a children's book about a sad
fish. Yeah, I could. Get used to it. Really?
Damn. Who's going to voice the Pout Poutfish?
I'm going to go with Tony Hale. Chris Pratt.
It's Nick Offerman. Even better. I like that
casting. I'm not going to see this movie probably,
but I like the casting. Yeah, no, that's what
I was looking for. Somebody like that. And I
couldn't think of the modern day Eeyore. Yeah,
right. He's a good choice for the modern day
Eeyore. Number seven. A biopic of Michael Jackson
is going to be released. It stars Jafar Jackson,
who is the son of which member of the Jackson
5? Jermaine? Gosh, there's like 700 of them.
I mean, it's one of the Jackson 5. There's only
five of them. I know, but it's that family. Tito,
Jermaine, Michael. I can also lower it. It's
not Michaels. i'm gonna go jermaine oh the only
one i can think of is tito so i'm gonna go tito
oh no i have to remember the brother's names
yeah it's not michael no i'll give you hey he's
not it's not blanket it's not prince yep uh i
don't know it is jermaine number eight What We
All Wanted, a Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers,
Little Fockers sequel is also coming out. What
did they decide to name this one? I hate when
your question relates to a conversation that
we've had and I can't think of the answer. Oh
my God. We've gone down this. I want to say we
even had to look up because we were messed up
on the timeline chronology of everything. We're
like, wait, was it Meet the Fockers and then...
And what did they settle on? Not the little fuckers.
It's not meet the fuckers. It's mother fuckers.
Does this meet the parents for? Does not meet
the parents for. I will give you another crack
at this one because they all have a name. Meet
the parents, meet the fuckers, little fuckers.
No idea. Dude, I kid you not. I kid you not.
We did a shoot for. Something for Monday Night
Football and Tron. And in this soundstage that
we were in, right across the way in the same
complex, they were shooting this movie. Little
Fockers. Little Fockers already has come out.
Oh, shit. Then I've... Fuck Me Twice is all I
could think of. I've never seen Little Fockers.
There may be an episode in the future on the
Game for a Movie podcast. Not saying, just saying.
Keeping it in the Fockers. Focker and Law. Focker
and Law. That's good. They had the codename up,
but someone told me what it was for. But anyway.
Oh, my God. Yeah, I saw Little Fockers in theaters,
and I wanted to kill myself. What year did that
come out? I saw it with my parents. It's been
a while, right? Yeah, I saw it with my parents,
so it had to have been a while. Okay. Number
nine. Ty West is done with his X slash Pearl
trilogy. He's helming a film in 2026 based on
what popular Charles Dickens novel? Gosh. It's
got to be A Christmas Carol. That's all I can
think of. Project Hail Mary? I have no idea.
That's a terrible guess, but I have no idea.
Don't overthink it. Charles Dickens. Zero clue.
Zero clue? What's the first Charles Dickens novel
that comes to your head? Buddy, just go ahead
and give me the answer. A Christmas Carol. Is
it A Christmas Carol? It is. It's called Ebenezer,
A Christmas Carol. Okay. This is for no points,
but I just want to see if you can guess who's
going to be Ebenezer. Well, Jared Leto's out.
Jared Leto is out. Thank God. It's tight. Keanu
Reeves or Johnny Depp. You are correct. It is
Johnny Depp. Oh, all right. And the final question
of the quiz of 2025 M night phenomena. Yes. I
can't say his name right. Still to this day has
a new film in 2026 called remain, but he has
an unusual writing partner for this one. Who
is it? And I'll give you the hint that it is
a, Romance writer, typically. Oh, God. Okay.
Okay. Now I'm just going to try and figure out
the weirdest chocolate and peanut butter combination
I can here. It's... Oh, God. Do I even know her
name? M. Night Shyamalan and the lady that wrote
Juno. Ooh, Diablo Cody? Diablo Cody. Steph is
like, that would be an interesting fast -talking.
It's like having Kevin Smith in a Spielberg movie.
You're like, where is all this fast -talking
dialogue coming from? I like the combo. No, it
is not Diablo Cody. Yeah, that's my guess. Yeah,
I have no idea. I didn't hear about those. They
also have a book together that just came out,
which is very strange. So I know, didn't his
daughter get into filmmaking and he helped? produce
a movie with her i'm gonna guess her so his daughter
but i don't i don't know who else it would be
oh wait hold on it was a movie without the right
avatar i'm sorry avatar avatar um uh did you
say romance romance is the writing partner the
only part i can only think of romance books Nicholas
Sparks. Holy shit, what a poll. Are you serious?
Nicholas Sparks. I'll send you a picture. Just
like 2030 Nicholas Sparks. Nicholas Sparks is
the answer. That's crazy. Yeah, he wrote a book
with Nicholas Sparks and now he's writing a movie
with Nicholas Sparks. He wrote a book? He wrote
a book. It's like legitimately If you've gone
to a Barnes & Noble recently, you know how they
have some of the bestsellers behind the counter?
There's one that says, like, Nicholas Sparks,
M. Night Shyamalan. And it's so weird to me that
they're writing a book together and a movie together.
That'll do it for our quiz for 2025. Did you
beat any of our four guys? How'd you do in this
quiz? I just want to know. Let us know on Twitter
slash X at Game for a Movie, Facebook, Instagram,
anything like that. Tell us how you did. Maybe
we'll give you a chance next year to play along.
I'd love to see somebody else dethrone our winner.
Taking home fourth for us was Heath with 28 points.
Jamari took third with 31 points. Zach got second
with 34 points. And with 37 points, defending
his title was Mitchell. You have defended your
title. You are the big champion. What would you
like to say to the people as the king of the
quiz of 2025 dominated another year? Look, some
people are born with it. Some people work for
it. I just live and ooze this yearly quiz that
you put on, Mike. I just feel bad for anyone
who steps up to the plate expecting to hit a
home run off me, and they just can't. I just
blow it right by them. And to continue the analogy,
if they pitch to me, I knock it out of the park.
Even if I'm batting leadoff, it's a grand slam.
How did those other three guys get there? I have
no idea. That's just how good I am. So, yes,
I'm excited to retain the title. Back -to -back
champ. Let me see. I think last year I was really
touting up the superhero movie boom that was
going to be in 2025. I think it was more of a,
you know, like if you like them, great. But it
definitely didn't take the world by storm. So
for 2026, it's going to be the year of the dad.
The year of the dad, Mike Botanic. Because I.
He'll be a father come March. Look at you. I
know. What kid has this unfortunate circumstance
to be my son? Oh, they are so lucky. Then you,
Mike Butanik. I don't know if you want this in
the pod, but I'll just say it. I'm so excited
for Tripp to be an older brother. It is big news,
my friend. Yes, we have revealed to the parents.
So, yes. So, yes, this is the year of the dad.
You're the dad is incoming. Very excited. First
movie is going to be the pout pout fish. You
know what? Starring his man, Nick Offerman. Parks
and Rec. And you'll show him his turn as I think
he was Chester A. Arthur or some president this
year in some TV series. Run it back to him. He's
going to get the whole Nick Offerman syllabus.
The whole Nick Offerman experience. Yeah. I love
it. Oh, my gosh. Well, congratulations, Mitchell.
I'm proud of you. Year of the dad. Congratulations
on that as well. You had sex for the first time.
All you need is it's still only been once. It's
still only been once. We're very practical about
this. If it's up for a kid, it's not for any
other reason. And unfortunately for me, I am
way too efficient. Just way too efficient. I
wish it didn't work the first time, but here
I am. Here you are. Here I am waiting. Waiting
for my second attempt. Well, that'll do it for
this episode and the quiz of the year to start
off your year for the Game for a Movie podcast.
Thank you guys very much for tuning in. And I
hope you were playing along at home and did well.
Maybe one of you guys can come for the title
and try to steal it off Mitchell's growing head
right there. Yes. Can't stop. Won't stop. Thank
you guys very much. We'll see you next time.