Mission: Impossible Rankings, RoboCop Returns, Y: The Last Man, Chadwick Boseman, and More

On the July 11, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writer Chris Evangelista to talk about RoboCop Returns, the Todd Phillips Joker movie, the Disney/Fox deal, release date changes for Indiana Jones 5 and more Disney films, Shazam casting, Y: The Last Man casting, and Chadwick Boseman’s new action movie. In our Feature Presentation, Chris talks about the Mission: Impossible franchise thus far as we gear up for Fallout.

 

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Opening Banter:

 

In The News:

• New ‘RoboCop’ Movie Coming From ‘Chappie’ Director Neill Blomkamp
• Fox Shareholder Sues to Stop Disney’s Fox Acquisition
• That Joaquin Phoenix ‘Joker’ Movie is Officially Happening
• ‘Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman to Cross ‘17 Bridges’ in Action Movie Produced by the Russo Brothers
• ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Release Date Moved to 2021 as Disney Locks Down Several Other Releases
• DC’s ‘Shazam’ Quietly Casts Djimon Hounsou as a 3,000-Year-Old Wizard
• ‘Y: The Last Man’ FX Series to Star Barry Keoghan, Diane Lane, and More

 

In Our Feature Presentation:

 

• Road to ‘Fallout’: How ‘Mission: Impossible’ Became the Best Modern Action Franchise

 

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You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.

 

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