May 2024 News Round-Up (270)

May is over but news never ends so our monthly round-up continues. The conversation covers missed theatrical opportunities, franchises scraping the barrel for content. and so many prequels.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here.

Show Notes TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5
• Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
• Craig’s reviews of Heroes Reborn
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
• Craig's reviews of The Boys season 3

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Godzilla
• Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
• Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
• Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Craig’s review of Logan
• Craig’s review of Madame Web
• Craig's review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Craig’s review of John Wick
• Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
• Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
• Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
• Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
• Craig’s review of Moana
• Craig’s review of the Martian
• Craig’s review of The Maze Runner
• Craig’s review of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
• Craig's review of The Age of Adaline
• Craig's review of Independence Day: Resurgence
• Craig's review of Geostorm
• Craig's review of It Follows
  
• Craig's review of Pig
• Craig's review of Silence
• Craig's review of Hacksaw Ridge
• Craig's review of Skyscraper
• Craig's review of Plane
• Craig's review of Tomb Raider
• Craig's review of Army of the Dead
• Craig's review of Now You See Me 2
• Craig's review of The Giver
• Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
• Craig's review of Steel Country
• Craig's review of Robert The Bruce
• Craig's review of Divergent
• Craig's review of The Divergent Series: Allegiant
• Craig's review of Transcendence

Podcasts

• 2024 Alien Day Special – Predator
• 2024 Star Wars Day Special – The Clone Wars
• Logan
• WandaVision
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Madame Web
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Star Trek: Picard season 1
• Star Trek: Picard season 2
• Star Trek: Picard season 3

Trailers

• Lee
• The Surfer
• Megalopolis
• It Ends With Us
• Dune Prophecy
• The Boys season 4
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die
• Twisters
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• The Acolyte
• LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
• Never Let Go
• Trigger Warning
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
• Reagan
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2
• Moana 2
• Wicked

News

• Ralph Ineson cast as Galactus in Fantastic Four
• John Malkovich cast in Fantastic Four
• Agatha Harkness series title confirmed
• Spider-Man: Noir series greenlit with Nicolas Cage to star
• Silk: Spider Society no longer in development
• Phil Lord and Chris Miller in charge of Sony’s Marvel universe
• Michael Lesslie to write Marvel’s X-Men movie
• Terry Matalas set as showrunner for Vision
• Taylor Swift to join the MCU (Rumor)
• First look at David Corenswet as Superman
• Batman: The Caped Crusader first look
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew synopsis
• Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to star in Flesh of the Gods
• Oscar Isaac to voice Jesus Christ in The King of Kings
• Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer to star in The Death of Robin Hood
• Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to star in The Magic Faraway Tree
• Andrew Garfield to join Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s The Hunt
• Adam Wingard sets next film Onslaught
• Greta Lee and Kingsley Ben-Adir to start in Louis Leterrier’s 11817
• Andy Samberg to star in The Robots Go Crazy
• Sydney Sweeney to play US Boxer Christy Martin
• Edgar Wright in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney in Barbarella 
• Kathryn Bigelow to direct real-time missile attack thriller
• Gerard Butler in talks to star in Empire State
• Dan Stevens and Al Pacino to star in The Ritual
• A Donnie Yen led John Wick spinoff in confirmed
• Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge greenlit at Amazon
• Mr and Mrs Smith season 2 confirmed with casting change
• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire sequel confirmed
• Happy Gilmore 2 confirmed
• Ella Purnell to star in The Scurry
• The Office spinoff setting confirmed
• Tom Felton to star in Altered
• The Smashing Machine first look
• New Lord of the Rings movie confirmed
• Two Pirates of the Caribbean movies in the works
• Holly Hunter cast in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
• Simon Kinberg in talks to produce Star Trek movies
• Wednesday season 2 cast
• Knives Out 3 casting and title
• Dexter prequel series casting
• Legally Blonde prequel series announced
• The Maze Runner reboot in the works

Misc

• Craig's recent appearance on Reel Talk discussing Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and The Fall Guy
• Craig's recent appearance on Frame to Frame discussing Fanboys and Please Stand By
• Natalie's Etsy store - Disaster Fashion
• Kat's interview with director Wes Ball about The Maze Runner
• Kat's interview with Wes Ball for The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
• Kat's round table interview with Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie Sangster and Will Poulter
• Kat's photo with Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie Sangster and Will Poulter
• The referenced Riker trial
• The referenced "How Did This Get Made" Live in Glasgow episode
• The referenced Glen Powell interview
• The referenced Max Landis "Death and Return of Superman" short

Music

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

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