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Episode 109 - Super Bowl Trailers

Julian Meush February 6, 2018

After a short week off the guys are back at it with another busy episode. The Super Bowl took place over the weekend and with it came some impressive trailers for the years biggest movies. Garnering most of the attention was Solo: A Star Wars Story, as this was the first we've seen of the film with only a few months away from release. Of course there were also some great spots from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Avengers: Infinity War and Mission Impossible: Fallout. Julian, Dan and Jeremy break down each trailer and much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Super Bowl Trailers

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Westworld Season 2
  • Cloverfield Paradox
  • Dundee

Movies

  • Ant-Man and The Wasp trailer.
  • Ready Play One trailer.
  • Black Panther tracking for over $100 million opening.
  • Captain Marvel set photos.
  • F. Gary Gray is in talks with Sony about a Men in Black reboot with Spielberg producing.
  • Suicide Squad 2 rumoured to be Affleck's last turn at Batman.
  • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay is the next DC animated movie.
  • Shazam! officially begins production.
  • Flashpoint gets 'Vacation' directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.
  • The Gambit movie's director, Gore Verbinski, leaves project.
  • Deep Blue Sea 2 is a thing.
  • Fantastic Beasts 2 won't address Dumbledore sexuality.

TV

  • Punisher will get a Season 2 on Netflix.
  • Jessica Jones season 2 coming March 8.
  • Handmaid’s Season 2 trailer.
  • A new series has been added to DC’s streaming service starring Lois Lane and Lex Luthor in Metropolis investigating fringe science.
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