Julian, Dan, and Jeremy discuss the latest ‘The Suicide Squad’ trailer, as well attempt to decipher an interview from Variety with a WB executive. Spoilers; according to them, there’s no more Snyderverse and David Ayer’s cut of the original ‘Suicide Squad’ will not be produced, plus everything else happening in the wake of ‘Zack Snyder's Justice League’. The guys then muse about the plethora of Game of Thrones spinoffs in the works. Of course it’s not an episode of the Tower of Babble Podcast unless there’s at least one Marvel story, so they also discuss ‘Black Widow’ and it’s move to Disney+, and look forward at the rest of the Marvel slate. Plus much more!

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Emmy Award winning actress, Jessica Walters, has passed away at the age of 80.
James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ trailer.
WarnerMedia’s Ann Sarnoff recently spoke to Variety about ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ and DC’s Future.
- https://variety.com/2021/film/news/zack-snyder-justice-league-suicide-squad-ray-fisher-warnermedia-1234935580/
Pierce Brosnan has been cast as Dr. Fate in The Rock’s upcoming ‘Black Adam’ film.
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are developing a film adaptation of ‘Ghost of Tsushima’.
The 4th and 5th installments in the ‘John Wick’ franchise are moving forward. However, franchise writer Derek Kolstad won’t be a part of the projects.
Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ is now coming to theatres on July 9th, and will drop the same day on Disney+ with “Premier Access”.

TV

George R.R. Martin signs a 5 year deal with HBO to develop new shows for the network as well as for their new streamer, HBO Max.
HBO has announced an additional 3 Game of Thrones projects in the works, on top of the 3 already in development, for a total of 6. They are:
- House of the Dragon
- Dunk and Egg project
- Nymeria project
- The Sea Snake
- Flea Bottom
- GoT animated drama series
Neil Druckmann was recently interviewed by IGN at SXSW and revealed a few interesting things about the upcoming ‘The Last of Us’ series that is coming to HBO.

Misc.

Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Clone Wars’ is coming to Disney+ on April 2.
Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ teaser.
The “what is grief if not love persevering” speech in WandaVision was rewritten at Paul Bettany’s suggestion.
A new ‘Star Trek’ film is in the works with JJ Abrams producing.
Warner Bros may be developing a ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ film.
The ‘Superman & Lois’ show on CW has been renewed for S2.

What We’ve Been Watching

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Last Blockbuster
Bad Times at the El Royal (2018)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)
Invincible

May 27, 2026

SSSW - The Mandalorian and Grogu

It's hard to believe it's been so long since the last Star Wars movie hit theatres. After years of announcements, failed projects, and even a change in leadership at Lucasfilm, the first movie in nearly a decade is a follow-up to the first ever live action Star Wars show. Maybe that's fitting for a new era, under new management. The film itself is a fast paced, action-packed, adventure that hails back to the old serials that George Lucas loved. While it is certainly a fun time at the movies, with exciting set-pieces, characters inclusions from across the lore, all of which set on planets with diverse biomes (i.e. some of the things Star Wars does best). Unfortunately, the movie lacks compelling stakes, character depth (where's Din's arc?), much of any plot to speak of, or even a sense of real "importance" - and while that may be a bit intangible, it prompts the question: why was THIS movie the first to bring Star Wars back to feature films in almost a decade? Julian and Rachel try to answer that question and dive deep into all the nerdy details.

May 6, 2026

SSSW - Maul: Shadow Lord - Chapter 9 & 10 / Season Finale

There it is, folks - the season finale to the latest creation from Lucasfilm Animation. It was certainly gorgeous to look at, with the new painterly stylings, and there was no shortage of thrilling action to sink your teeth into, nor did they skimp on the stakes. But while the season started off on a welcomed unfamiliar foot, by the end of this season, and certainly in these final two episodes, the hallmarks of what we've come to know from Star Wars animation showed their head. Early on, the admitted inspirations from films such as 'Heat' and 'The Dark Knight', provided a needed grit to a show which was ostensibly following a villain. This provided the show with a fresh personality - distinguishing itself from it's predecessors in animation. Unfortunately, the creatives couldn't seem to maintain that tone, as by this two-part season finale the old tropes and predictable beats of 'Clone Wars' rose into prominence. And while the appearance of a certain fan favourite character adds some very cool action, the unoriginality from a narrative perspective robbed the final moments of the needed pathos and drama required to land the plane in the most satisfying of ways.

April 30, 2026

SSSW - Maul: Shadow Lord - Chapter 7 & 8

There's two of them now?! With the arrival of another Inquisitor things really start to escalate on Janyx. We see Maul at his lowest since probably his spider-leg days (he goes on a self-guided therapy session/vision quest that results in something quite inspiring actually!), providing us a deeper understanding of his motivations, beyond simply "revenge!". Meanwhile, Devon continues to be the most interesting character on the show as she takes two steps forward, one step back, flirting with the dark side (though bonus points for the slick ride she acquires for their getaway). On the action side, the show continues to bring the goods, with dynamic, large scale battles (heavy on LAATs which is always a treat), intimate lightsaber combat, and a special shout out to the speeder chase this week that included a new Star Wars techno track (get outta here Niamos!), which combined for a chef's kiss of a sequence. The finale is next week, dropping on Star Wars Day (May the 4th), so stay tuned to see how much the show wants to tie up and how much it wants to leave dangling ahead of season 2!

April 25, 2026

Episode 205 - CinemaCon 2026 + News Roundup

It's been a minute since Matt and Julian sat down to cover the latest in film and TV news. Some might say it's been dearly missed. Well wait no more folks because this week it's all news and nothing but the news so help me god! If the last few weeks (months?) of stories weren't enough, CinemaCon 2026 also just concluded which had it's own news deluge. The guys unpack it all (well most of it anyway)! Of utmost priority is the news of Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler's reboot of 'Miami Vice', which is close to Matt's heart. Plus 'Spaceballs 2' gets a title and release date, trailers for 'Dune 3', 'Clayface' and 'Street Fighter' all surprise (in a good way), and a new 'Lord of the Rings' movie is announced (and you won't guess who's writing it!). Plus, a 'Game of Thrones' movie, more 'Transformers' and is 'Avatar' over? All this and so much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

Episode 163 - The Suicide Squad, Game of Thrones, and Black Widow

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