Episode 177 - Not All Sunshine and Rainbows

Tower of Babble

The era of shady business practices continues it seems in the Hollywood world. This time it's not just WB involved, but their own "distinguished competition", at Marvel that's up to no good this week. Rolling Stone released a piece on the Snyder Cut movement, identifying 13% of the online activity being attributed to bots. This on it's own is not big news, as it was largely known, but it's the timing of the piece that's most questionable. Over at Marvel, they're up to their usual tricks of not properly compensating comic book creators, now being accused of "bait and switch" tactics to stiff writers and artists when their characters appear on the screen. Julian and Jeremy break down both stories, while also diving into a plethora of more lighthearted fare, including: news on 'Mortal Kombat 2' and 'Top Gun 3', a Powerpuff Girls animated reboot, a fun "Agree of Disagree" segment, and much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Show Notes

Movies

• WB claims that a portion of the online Snyder Cut movement were bots. - Vanity Fair/Rolling Stone

• WB executives never told the directors of ‘Batgirl’ why they had characters from different universes in their film. Walter Hamada reportedly told them “not to worry about it” and that “they have a plan”.

• It’s not all sunshine and rainbows over at Marvel with an Artist Saying that Character Royalty Payments For Creators Are 'Bait and Switch' - IGN

• ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ is in the works at WB, Simon McQuoid is reportedly slated to direct once again. - Deadline

• Miles Teller has apparently had some conversations with Tom Cruise about a possible ‘Top Gun 3’.

• Alex Garland has wrapped his follow-up to ‘Men’, called ‘Civil War’, and told the NY Times that it’s probably the last movie he’ll direct.

Agree of Disagree

No Film School: https://nofilmschool.com/campion-netflix-comments

TV

• An animated ‘Powerpuff Girls’ reboot is in the works from the original creator Craig McCracken.

• FX has renewed ‘The Bear’ for another season. Yes Chef!

• ‘Only Murders in the Building’ renewed for a season 3.

• Someone has edited together ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ into a 2.5 hour long movie, designed to fix the “awkward pacing, and goofy dialogue and directing choices”.

• Rumour has it that the ‘Hawkeye’ spinoff series ‘Echo’ will also star Daredevil as he looks to find a former ally, Jessica Jones. - THR

What We’ve Been Watching

• Thor: Love and Thunder

• Westworld

• The Boys S3 finale

• Ms. Marvel