August 2 2017: Superhero Origin Stories, Game of Thrones, TRL, Star Trek, James Bond, Dark Tower & More

Ben Pearson, Brad Oman and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta for the August 2, 2017 episode of /Film Daily.

In The Mailbag: Kyle from North Carolina: “It seems like one of the things that people enjoy most about Spiderman Homecoming is the handling of the origin story, do you think that more superhero/franchise movies will opt to skip the origin story? Do you think this would be a good idea?” 

In The News:

• ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sequel is Coming…as a Comic Book
• James Bond 25: Rumors Swirl About the Title, Villains and More
• Nicholas Meyer’s Secret ‘Star Trek’ Series May Be a ‘Wrath of Khan’ Reboot
• MTV is Rebooting ‘Total Request Live’, But How and Why?
• ‘The Dark Tower’ Behind-the-Scenes Troubles Explained

In Our Feature Presentation, Ben and Jacob discuss ‘Game of Thrones’ is Moving Much Faster Now, But is That a Good Thing?

You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.

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