Film News: Wake Up Dead Man, Baby Reindeer, Hunger Games, Wes Anderson, The Last Of Us & much more

Clipped from Ep. 188: https://youtu.be/p_pvURye-1Y?si=V2cXtbzwKjngQDAh

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- More news Knives out 3 Cast: Thomas Haden Church / Glenn Close / Josh Brolin
- Elle Fanning lead in Dan Trachtenberg's Predator movie Badlands
- 300 Prequel TV Series in the works and Zack Sydner returning
- It Prequel series on Max with Bill Skarsgard
- Mahershala Ali joins Jurassic World movie from Gareth Edwards
- Giancarlo Esposito joins Captain America reshoots as a villain
- Next Avengers film has over 60 characters returning
- Peaky Blinders movie is greenlit by Netflix
- Hostel TV Series starring Paul Giamatti - Eli Roth returns
- Emma Stone will star in and produce Nathan Fielder’s feature directorial debut ‘CHECKMATE’ for A24
- Tom Blyth has been cast in the live-action ‘WATCH DOGS’ movie alongside Sophie Wilde
- ‘THE LAST OF US’ Season 2 will be 7 episodes long. Season 3 will be “significantly larger” with Season 4 also being a possibility
- A new Hunger Games movie ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ based on the upcoming book is already in the works
- Wes Anderson’s next film THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME will star: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Rupert Friend, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, and Benicio Del Toro
- A third Angry Bird movie is in the works with Josh Gad and Jason Sudeikis set to return
- First Gotham TV awards
- Baby Reindeer lawsuit against Netflix for 170 Mio has other studios set guess ‘true stories’ adaptations

Why HIT MAN Shouldn't Be On Netflix.

In a news-heavy episode, Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for Venom 3, MaXXXine, Alien: Romulus, and Pharrell's Lego biopic Piece By Piece. They also cover the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, Godzilla Minus One, Poolman, The Watchers, and The Last Stop in Yuma County. Bridging the gap between movies and games, they highlight the key moments from Summer Game Fest and review the week's casting news. Finally, they discuss Ewan's favorite film of the year, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, starring Glen 'Movie Star' Powell.

BALLAD OF SONGBIRD AND SNAKES Left Us Famished

Ewan and Lachlan discuss the abysmal trailer for Madame Web the casting news about Pedro Pascal potentially joining the MCU as Reed Richards. In preparation for an upcoming Ridley Scott Bracket, they both watch a bunch of his films and rewatch the Hunger Games movies for this week's main review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Ewan watched the animated Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Squid Game The Challenge, and Taika Waititi's latest misstep Next Goal Wins.

The SAG-AFTRA Strike is over & How We'd Save the MCU

Ewan and Lachlan discuss a ton of news, the end of the Actor's Strike and how the MCU could be fixed.

FINGERNAILS is a Weird Sci-Fi Love Story

Ewan and Lachlan discuss how they would continue the podcast if one of them died. Ewan tricks Lachlan into watching Fingernails, a Sci-Fi Romance film where love can be measured from your fingernails. He also started rewatching the Hunger Games movies with his girlfriend and shares what makes him queasy in movies. Ewan lets you know if Invincible and Gen V are worth checking out and talks about the success of Five Nights At Freddy's.