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Jun 2024
1h 43m

530 The Most Insane Hollywood Developmen...

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This week we get into all those wild Hollywood development deals that appear to go nowhere. From JJ Abrams' 250 million deal with WB to however much money Harry & Meghan managed to swindle out of Spotify. Plus we talk the news of the week including no more Mad Max probably, Blade getting another rewrite, reshoots for Captain America 4, Deadpool & Wolverine's popcorn bucket, Knives Out 3 casting, Chris Hemsworth joining the GI Joe/Transformer lie action universe, He-Man casting, trailers for Wolfs and Moana 2, a 300 TV series and more! Thanks for listening


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00:00 The Start

03:42 Furiosa Bombs at Box Office

11:08 Blade Movie Gets Re-Write

12:41 Brave New World Reshoots & Giancarlo Esposito Villain

15:13 The Deadpool & Wolverine Popcorn Bucket

17:35 Sony Announce More AI in Movies

20:50 Knives Out 3 Casting Round-Up

24:04 Chris Hemsworth in Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover

28:49 Nicholas Galitzine He-Man Casting

31:24 Mission Impossible 8 Delayed

32:52 Moana 2 & Wolfs Trailers

37:02 D&D Universe is Dead

42:10 300 Prequel Series with Zack Snyder

44:20 Mummy Prequel Movie (oh no)


46:40 Big Hollywood Development Deals Topic


01:23:36 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read


01:31:10 Letters, It's Time For Letters


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