Home Alone Reboot & The Boys on Amazon | Weekly News Episode 235

On the latest Superhero Slate, the streaming service wars are heating up, Disney+ starts bundle announcements, will the Joker beat its box office brethren, and more!

News

• The Boys (9:20)
  • Season 2 has started production, first photo
  • Thoughts on the Boys
• Netflix (20:00)
  • David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have signed an exclusive deal with Netflix
    • Write, produce, and direct new series/films for service
  • Rumored to be 5 year contract
  • Intend to complete remaining obligations, ie: Star Wars Trilogy
• Disney+ (24:55)
  • Announced initial bundle for $12.99 month on investor’s call
    • Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
  • More bundles/plans in the future when pages go live
• 20th Century Fox (27:55)
  • Merger and productions caused operating loss to Disney during 3rd quarter
    • Specifically Dark Phoenix
  • Reports for movies to focus on Avatar, Planet of the Apes, others
  • Disney+ properties such as Home Alone, Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, etc
• Deadpool (37:40)
  • Variety reports debates about whether Deadpool can seamlessly move between R-rated solo films and PG-13 rated MCU movies
• Thor: Love and Thunder (41:30)
  • Reports are Taika Waititi has finished script for 2020 filming
• Marvel TV (43:10)
  • ABC Entertainment in active talks about a project that focuses on a brand new female character mostly.
• Spider-Man (45:45)
  • Phil Lord and Chris Miller developing live action TV shows based on Spider-Man characters
  • Using Sony’s Marvel characters
    • Around 900 in the Spider-Man vein
  • Each shows are unique experiences, but also related (MCU style?)
  • Nothing to debut or announce soon
• Venom (50:00)
  • Andy Serkis officially directing sequel
    • Tom Hardy helped write script, different direction than first Venom
  • Michelle Williams confirms return
• Joker (52:10)
  • Box office range predictions have the film bringing in $60-$90 million domestically
    • Above Aquaman $67.8 million and Shazam $53.5 million
  • October 4, 2019
• Titans (53:45)
  • Season 2 trailer
    • Bruce Wayne, Robin, Wonder Girl, Aqualad, Superboy, Deathstroke, Raven

Plugs (58:40)

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