Episode 176 - News Ketchup

Tower of Babble

It feels like a lifetime since we did a news show. What with ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ coverage, reviews of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Dr Strange’ sucking up all of our time, it’s no wonder it’s been so long! Ultimately, this means that Julian and Jeremy have a smorgasbord of movie and TV news to unpack. Not the least of which being the all sorts of fun stuff coming out of the mounting ‘Avatar: The Way of the Water’ press barrage, which includes not only the teaser trailer, but also some VERY fun comments from the legend himself, James Cameron. Next up, is another round of DC related news out of Warner Bros. Between the ‘Flash’ movie now being in limbo, the lackluster trailer for ‘Black Adam’ and the constant befuddlement of their new CEO, there’s practically enough there for a whole episode on it’s own. But we have more! The guys also cover the odd reactions to Marvel’s CG in ‘Thor’ and ‘She-Hulk’, the box office success of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, another ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off series (this time it’s interesting I promise!), and a metric ton of “what we’ve been watching”. All that and so much more on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Show Notes

Trailers

• Avatar: The Way of the Water

• Clerks 3

• Prey

• Black Adam

Movies

• Warner Bros:

  • Ezra Miller continues to get himself into trouble. WB announces that they will not be bringing him back for any future DC projects, but hasn’t decided what it will do with the ‘Flash’ movie.

  • David Zaslov is reportedly frustrated by the inconsistent output of DC films and that there hasn’t been sufficient long-term planning in terms of rolling out sequels. - Variety

  • The Joker 2 is in the works, and has a title, ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’. It is also rumoured that Lady Gaga might join as Harley. Also it might be a musical?

  • Matt Reeves revealed that the unmade Batfleck film was an “action driven James Bond style film”.

  • A ‘Peacemaker’ spin-off series centering on Amanda Waller is in the works at HBO Max.

  • The ‘Wonder Twins’ movie has been is canceled.

• ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has passed the $1B mark at the box office, and it keeps on going.

  • Is Tom Cruise’s biggest premiere in his career

• Netflix is shifting its focus to “bigger, fewer, better” films.

• Marvel

  • Tarren Edgerton has spoken to Marvel about playing Wolverine in the MCU.

  • ‘She-Hulk’ trailer.

  • A new ‘Daredevil’ series is in the works at Disney+.

TV

• HBO has officially ordered ‘True Detective’ season 4 with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

• A ‘Jon Snow’ spin-off series is in development at HBO, that was pitched by Kit Harrington.

• Star Wars

  • Kathleen Kennedy on ‘Solo’; She learned the wrong lessons about why that movie didn’t work, saying that they “shouldn't try recasting younger versions of their stars”.

  • ‘Andor’ Season 1 will cover a timespan of one year, in universe. Season 2 will cover four years, leading into ‘Rogue One’.

  • Obi-Wan Kenobi

    • Potential for a sequel series.

    • The original plans for Obi-Wan Kenobi included the potential of it being a a movie trilogy, and had a buddy cop style role for Commander Cody.

• ‘Harley Quinn’ Season 3 will drop July 28th on HBO Max with a 3-episode premiere followed by week-to-week releases through September 15th. Plus there’s a trailer.

• Netflix has given the green light for ‘Squid Game’ season 2.

• ‘Raised by Wolves’ has been canceled at HBO after 2 seasons.

Misc.

• Sony Studios

  • There is a ‘Horizon’ series in the works on Netflix and it’s set to begin filming in August.

  • A ‘God of War’ series is coming to Amazon.

  • Oh and a ‘Gran Turismo’ show is being made as well.

• Kevin Feige confirms that they’ll be returning to San Diego Comic Con. Nature is healing.

• Top Gun Maverick, Joseph Kosinski, director, says that we can probably blame Star Wars and Marvel for the reason that Tron 3 never got made.

• Live action ‘Speed Racer’ series in the works with Bad Robot for AppleTV+.

What We’ve Been Watching

• Jurassic World Dominion

• Undone (seasons 1 and 2) - Amazon Prime

• The Bear - Hulu

• Ms. Marvel

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1

• The Boys S3

• Halo S1

• Straight out of Compton