June 2025 News Round-Up (299)

June 2025 is over and Kneel Before Pod brings you its customary round-up of the news and trailer highlights over the month. The conversation covers the return of the spoof, how to adapt video games and Muppetising movies.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.

Show Notes Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Thunderbolts*
• Craig’s review of Suicide Squad
• Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
• Craig's review of Terminator Genisys
• Craig's review of Crimson Peak
• Craig's review of The Shape of Water
• Craig's review of Luca
• Craig's review of The Giver
• Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
• Craig's review of Halloween
• Craig's review of Halloween Kills
• Graeme's review of Mr. Right

Podcasts

• The 300th podcast live stream
• Andor season 2
• Doctor Who series 2
• Thunderbolts*
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
• Suicide Squad
• The Suicide Squad
• Craig's interview with Carl Bessai and Vincent Gale
• Craig's interview with Alex Zahara
• Craig's interview with Troy Baker
• Hellboy
• Pacific Rim

Trailers

• Good Fortune
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
• Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Eddington
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good
• The Naked Gun
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Frankenstein

News

• Jake Schreier to direct the MCU X-Men movie
• Jon Benthal’s Punisher to appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
• Thom Rhys Harries cast as Clayface
• Wonder Woman movie officially in the works
• Star Wars: Starfighter casts Mia Goth as villain
• Spaceballs 2 announced
• Pixar announces Gatto
• Robert Eggers to write and direct A Christmas Carol adaptation
• James Bobin in talks to direct Dragon’s Lair adaptation
• Phasmophobia adaptation announced

Misc

• The referenced Liam Neeson Ted 2 scene
• The referenced Liam Neeson Ricky Gervais scene

Music

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Marvel Music", the "Pacific Rim theme" and his YouTube channel.

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