August Preview | ‘The Naked Gun’ Director Akiva Schaffer

This week on the 300th episode of the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, Russ Fischer, and Chad Kennerk preview the August slate and discuss the biggest movies coming to theaters. Then in the feature segment, Chad Kennerk chats with filmmaker Akiva Schaffer, the director behind Paramount Pictures’ uproarious comedy The Naked Gun, which arrives on August 1st.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro 

01:10 Farewell to Russ Fisher

02:35 Reactions: Superman and Fantastic Four

04:09 August 2 Preview: The Naked Gun and Bad Guys 2

06:39 Comedy Talk: Slapstick, Popstar, and Trailer Reactions

08:14 Box Office Forecast: The Naked Gun vs. Bad Guys 2

10:53 Body Horror from Neon: Together

13:35 August 8 Preview: Freakier Friday, Weapons, Sketch

16:59 Hype and Tracking for Weapons

18:51 Sketch – Angel Studios’ First Festival Buy

19:58 August 15 Preview: Nobody 2

20:54 August 22 Preview: Honey Don’t! and Nazia 2

23:02 August 29 Preview: Caught Stealing and The Roses

27:44 Interview: Akiva Schaffer on The Naked Gun