June 2024 News Round-Up (272)

Kneel Before Pod

June is over so it's time to reflect on trailers and news. The conversation covers the latest remakes, the latest prequels and the loss of the erotic thriller.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.

Show Notes TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Craig’s review of Godzilla
• Craig’s review of Venom
• Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• Craig’s review of Morbius
• Craig’s review of Madame Web
• Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
• Craig’s review of Moana
• Craig’s review of Geostorm
• Craig’s review of Plane
• Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
• Craig’s review of The Batman
• Craig’s review of The Flash
• Craig’s review of Paddington
• Craig’s review of Paddington 2
• Craig’s review of Don’t Breathe
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion
• Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Craig’s review of Bumblebee
• Craig’s review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Craig’s review of Power Rangers
• Craig’s review of Boyhood
• Craig’s review of Whiplash
• Craig's review of Moonfall
• Craig's review of Fall
• Craig's review of 47 Metres Down
• Craig's review of Cop Car
• Craig's review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
• Craig's review of The Mummy
• Craig's review of Ready Player One
• Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
• Craig's review of The Incredibles 2
• Craig's review of Soul
• Craig's review of Luca
• Craig's review of Mad Max: Fury Road
• Craig's review of Get Out
• Craig's review of Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Craig's review of Hidden Figures
• Andrew's review of It: Chapter 2
• Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings

Podcasts

• Star Trek: Discovery season 5
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Venom
• Madame Web
• The Batman
• The Flash
• Bumblebee
• Power Rangers (2017)
• Ready Player One

Trailers

• Douglas is Cancelled
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Killers Game
• Those About to Die
• Smile 2
• Starve Acre
• The Abandon
• The Wild Robot
• Piece By Piece
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
• Watchmen
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• My Spy: The Eternal City
• Wolfs
• The Instigators
• Sunny
• The Penguin
• Paddington in Peru
• Alien Romulus
• Venom: The Last Dance
• Arcane season 2
• The Front Room
• Nosferatu

News

• Blade loses another director
• Shawn Levy in talks to direct Avengers 5
• Creature Commandos first look
• Blue Beetle animated series in the works
• Mikaela Hoover and Christopher MacDonald cast in Superman
• Uncharted 2 confirmed among others
• 300 TV series in development
• The Mummy prequel in the works
• Three Bags Full
• Emily Blunt in talks to star in Steven Spielberg’s next movie
• Pixar planning to reboot properties
• Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to star in RIP
• Will Smith to star in Resistor
• Live action Moana casts lead
• Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson in talks to lead The Long Walk remake
• Terry Matalas to remake Enemy Mine
• Godzilla X Kong follow-up to be directed by Grant Sputor
• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
• Kristen Stewart to star in The Challenger
• Next Predator movie to star Elle Fanning
• Chris Hemsworth in talks to lead Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie
• Masters of the Universe movie casts Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man
• Dora And The Search for Sol Dorado casts Diego
• Henry Selick developing The Ocean at the End of the Lane
• Jeremy Renner cast in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Josh Brolin cast in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Miles Teller to star in An Officer and a Gentleman remake
• Piranesi movie in the works
• Michael Fassbender cast in The Bureau remake
• Jon Watts to direct Murder 101 adaptation
• Richard Linklater’s next movie Blue Moon
• M3GAN universe expands with SOUL M8TE
• Jonathan Majors to star in Merciless
• Robert Pattinson producing Possession remake
• Mahershala Ali in talks for the new Jurassic World movie
• Jurassic World 4 first details

Misc

• The 100th Reel Talk episode featuring Craig and Bo
• The Watchmen motion comic
• Jesse Eisenberg's unexpected Titanic on stage cameo
• Lindsay Ellis' "The Whole Plate" series

Music

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Jurassic Park theme” and his YouTube channel

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