If you’ve been listening to the show for awhile you’ll know that the ToB Crew have been closely following ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’, or as it’s colloquially known, ‘The Snyder Cut’, since the theatrical release of the film waaay back when. So of course it’s big news when the official trailer drops, so the guys dive deep into that (and unfortunately, the ongoing drama surrounding it). But when it rains it pours, becasue we also got the trailer for the new ‘Mortal Kombat’ film (another long standing focus of the show) along with another rant from Martin Scorsese who’s back in the news talking about how streaming services are devaluing film (which means it’s time for another “Agree of Disagree” segment!). In addition to all of that, Marvel revealed the official title for Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man 3’ and ViacomCBS rolled out details for Paramount+. All this, and so much more, on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!
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Show Notes
Movies
Trailers:
Mortal Kombat
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
After some fun social media fun that had official “fake” names for Spider-Man 3 floating around the internet for a few days, like “Home Wrecker'', “Phone Home”, and “Home Slice”, Marvel released a short video from behind the scenes of Spider-Man 3, with Tom Holland and his co-stars, that revealed the official official title of… “No Way Home”.
Edgar Wright is making a new version of ‘The Running Man’, based more on the novel by Stephen King (originally written under a pseudonym.
Danny Elfman will compose the score to ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’. You will recall that Elfman also scored the Sam Rami films as well (except for 3, which had Christopher Young step in late in the process). Michael Giacchino scored the first 2 films in the “home” series.
Rian Johnson reaffirms that his Star Wars trilogy is still happening, though admits that there are still no dates yet as he’s still working on other projects.
DC
The Snyder Cut
The final trailer drops, plus a stylish CG clip called “the mother box origins”.
The ‘Justice is Grey’ edition of the film will be released on HBO Max, on an as yet unspecified date. This is the black and white edition.
According to Variety, a WB executive said that “nobody wanted to admit what a piece of shit” Joss Whedon’s ‘Justice League’ was.
There will apparently be a cameo at the end, which is supposed to also be a huge cliffhanger, that will blow “hardcore fans’ minds”
The DCEU has a new Supergirl. The Young and the Restless Daytime Emmy nominee Sasha Calle has scored the feature role of DC Universe’s new Supergirl. The Colombian actress is the first Latina Supergirl ever in DC and was chosen from more than 425 actresses who auditioned. She will make her debut in Warner Bros’ The Flash. - Deadline
DC has hired acclaimed essayist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates, to pen the script for a feature reboot of Superman that will be produced by J.J. Abrams. - THR
Agree of Disagree
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has denounced the modern movie business including streamers in a new essay on Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, published Tuesday in Harper's magazine.
In the lengthy essay Titled "Il Maestro," Scorsese details his personal love of Fellini's films ("La Strada," " 8½,") and uses the director's expansive filmography to explain the ways in which he believes large corporations and streaming sites are devaluing the cinematic art form.
Credit: Insider.com
TV
Networks will stop reporting overnight ratings numbers.
CBS All Access, officially rebranded as Paramount+ and a bunch of news was announced at the ViacomCBS Investor Day event. - Variety
Paramount Plus will offer 36 new original shows in 2021, part of a backbone of 30,000 total hours of television derived from CBS, MTV, Showtime, BET and other subsidiary networks. It will also make available about 2,500 existing movies — well above those of competitors like HBO Max, which has 1,300. Among the films in its catalogue are “The Godfather,” “Titanic,” ”Sunset Boulevard,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Grease,” “Top Gun” and “Love Story.”
Star Trek Universe
‘Prodigy’ - the return of Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway.
Strange New Worlds - Captain Pike spinoff
Disco and Lower Decks
New movies will premiere on Paramount+ after a 45 day theatrical window. This will begin with ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ and the next ‘Mission Impossible’.
Beavis and Butthead feature film.
Disney+ in Europe, Canada and New Zealand get ‘Disney+ Star’ content added to the service for no extra fee. Effectively bringing all the Hulu content from the states into the catalogue.
Nickelodeon announced the creation of a new spinoff studio called Avatar Studios. It is being run by ‘The Last Airbender’ and ‘Korra’ creators, and is dedicated to making new animated series and movies set in the world of ‘Avatar’. The first official project will be an animated theatrical film.
‘Battlestar Galactica’s Ron Moore will oversee a ‘Magic Kingdom’ cinematic universe for Disney+.
HBO confirms that the ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff “House of the Dragon’ will begin filming this April. When do you think it will be released?
The rights to ‘Punisher’ and ‘Jessica Jones’ have returned to Marvel Studios.
Misc
‘Superman: The Animated Series’ will be released on HBO Max on March 17, one day before the Snyder Cut, for the first time in HD, and joining ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ and ‘Batman Beyond’ which are also available on the streamer.
We have a date for ‘The Clone Wars’ sequel, ‘The Bad Batch’. It will be coming to Disney+ on Star Wars day, May the 4th.
The ‘Loki’ series for Disney+ gets a date, June 11th.
Daft Punk has split up, leaving a gaping hole where the soundtrack to the coming Tron 3 should be. My vote to replace them? Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
‘Paddington 3’ is in the works.
Cruella trailer.
What We’ve Been Watching
Wandavision
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
The Dig
Mulan
The Great
