White Lotus Season 3, Stranger Things Season 5, Steven Yeun Leaves Thunderbolts, Box Office News, and More

On the January 8, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.

Opening Banter: 

In The News:

• Netflix's Stranger Things Season 5 Has Finally, Truly Begun Production
• Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Is Making Gerard Butler A Viking Again
• The White Lotus Season 3 Assembles Brand New All-Star Cast, Films Next Month
• Steven Yeun No Longer Starring In Marvel's Thunderbolts
• David Ayer Has Given Up On DC And His Director's Cut Of Suicide Squad

• Willy Wonka Defeats An Evil Swimming Pool And Wins 2024's First Box Office Weekend
• Anyone But You is the First Box Office Surprise of 2024
• Aquaman 2 Swims Past The Flash at the Box Office, But Is That Enough?
• Can Jason Statham's The Beekeeper Generate Some Buzz At The Box Office?
• For something like this, do you look more at how previous Statham movies performed, or how previous January action movies performed?
• The 5 Biggest Box Office Gambles Of 2024, From Madame Web To Civil War

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