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Jul 28
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585 The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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It's big movie season and it's time for another big movie! The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the fourth live action incarnation of the superhero family and there first appearance in the MCU. If you discount John Krasinski in Doctor Strange 2 and Chris Evans in Deadpool & Wolverine WHICH I DON'T. In addition to reviewing that we talk the news of the week including a new Judge Dredd movie, Netflix takes on Assassin's Creed and Captain Planet, trailers for Mortal Kombat 2, Tron: Ares, Predator: Badlands and Avatar 3, James Gunn firing Henry Cavill as Superman and vetoing the Rock taking over the DCU, Kevin Feige on the state MCU and it's recent failures plus a whole lot more! Thanks for listening


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00:00 The Start

04:14 New Judge Dredd Movie

11:52 Assassin's Creed Series

17:39 Captain Planet Reboot

21:28 Mortal Kombat 2 Trailer

26:28 Tron: Ares Trailer

28:27 Predator: Badlands Trailer

33:09 Avatar 3 Teaser (sort of)

33:58 Time's 100 Best Podcasts

36:21 How DC Fired Henry Cavill & The Rock

37:49 New DCU Projects in the Works

39:38 Kevin Feige on Recent Marvel Failures

43:41 Recasting MCU Legacy Characters

45:05 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Movie Review

01:05:20 The Fantastic Four Spoiler Segment

01:26:10 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read

01:34:22 Letters, It's Time For Letters


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