It’s been almost a month since the ToB Crew conveeded, and in that time A LOT has happened. Making for a jumbo sized episode of The ToB Podcast! Starting with just DC, there’s news on The Snyder Cut, Michael Keaton’s Batman, Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern, Henry Cavill’s Superman, two animated features, and the future of their streaming service. That’s without even mentioning the rest! The guys also dive deep into Tron 3, a reboot to Twister, the AMC Theatres saga, a new TMNT movie (and possible also a live action show?), the strangeness of Qubi, a Fallout show at Amazon Prime, and so much more (if you can believe it)! On a slightly more serious note, Julian, Dan, and Jeremy also examine the recent move of white voice actors stepping down from voicing non-white characters, as well as the deaths of Joel Schumacher and Ian Hom.
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Show Notes
Movies
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has been pushed back, again. This time to mid-August.
DC
Jason Momoa revealed a teaser for the Snyder Cut.
Henry Cavill talking about “not being ready to hang up the cape”.
A rumour that Ryan Reynolds makes a cameo as Green Lantern in the Snyder Cut.
Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise his role of Batman for The Flash movie.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is also rumored to be returning as Thomas Wayne.
2 DC Animated trailers:
Superman: Man of Tomorrow trailer
Deathstroke Knights and Dragons
Tron 3 is coming! At least according to a DisneyInsider exclusive scoop. Rumour has it that a sequel to Tron: Legacy, has been greenlit by the bigwigs at Disney and they are now looking for a director. Daft Punk is expected to return to score the film.
John Kosinski is working on a reboot to Twister.
Charlize Theron had a chance to address George Miller’s decision to cast a younger actress for the role of Furiosa in the upcoming Fury Road prequel film.
Continuing the AMC Saga! AMC had originally announced that they would not require customers to wear masks when theatres reopened. This caused a huge uproar and they have since reversed course.
Sylvester Stallone on an Instagram thread for a director’s cut of Rambo Last Blood revealed that he’s doing a director's cut on Rocky IV.
The version of Casino Royale that is coming to HBO Max, is actually longer and a bit more violent than the theatrical cut.
Nickelodeon is rebooting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the big screen, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg producing, and Jeff Rowe directing. The twist: it’ll be entirely CG, for the first time in over a decade on the big screen.
CBS All Access, is working to create a live action TMNT series at the same time, at least according to rumour. It would adapt “The Last Ronin”, which is an upcoming TMNT 5 issue miniseries from IDW that comes out later this year.
A new trailer for Pixar’s next movie, “Soul”.
Margot Robbie, hot off the heels of the Birds of Prey movie, is now attached to star in a Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff film. It will be written by Christina Hodson, who also worked with Margot on Birds of Prey.
Elizabeth Banks will star as Ms. Frizzle in the Magic School Bus movie.
First trailer for “Ava”.
In Memoriam
Joel Schumacher recently passed away at the age of 80 from cancer.
Ian Holm passed away at 88.
TV
Quibi Craziness
Die Heart
A lot has happened since we last recorded, not the least of which being a recent trend in white actors stepping down from voice roles of non-white characters. This piggybacked off of some sitcoms pulling episodes that could be considered racially insensitive. Community being a notable one. Part of this was Kristen Bell stepping down from a role after fan backlash, and now most recently the producers of The Simpsons have said that they will no longer have white actors play non-white characters.
South Park arrived on HBO Max, and though it didn’t pull any episodes for racial concerns, the run is missing 5 episodes that mock religion.
“Gone with the Wind” has returned to HBO Max with historical context.
Terry Crews revealed that writing on Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 9 is starting over in light of the BLM movement & police brutality.
Anthony Mackie, in a recent interview, said that “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” will be like a “6 hour marvel movie”
Stargirl has been renewed for a second season, the twist? It’s not coming back to DC Universe, it’ll be coming to CW next year. What is the future of DC Universe?
A trailer for the HBO Max original series “An American Pickle”, starring Seth Rogen.
The first show from Lisa Joy, and Jonathan Nolan, after they signed they’re big Amazon Prime deal earlier this year, will an adaptation of the video game series “Fallout”.
Also on Amazon Prime series, “The Boys” will be returning on September 4th.
2 new seasons of “Beavis and Butt-Head” are coming to Comedy Central. Series creator, Mike Judge, will return to write and produce.
HBO has renewed “Curb Your Enthusiasm” for an 11th season.
Netflix is ending Ozark with season 4.
Misc
Marvel has acquired the comic book rights to the “Alien” and “Predator” franchises.
George RR Martin announced on twitter that he is hard at work on the Game of Thrones sequel book “Winds of Winter”. But it will not be released until at least 2021.
What We’ve Been Watching
Hamilton - Lin Manuel Miranda
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson
