Episode 173 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer, Netflix Havoc, and DC Delays

How long have we been waiting for trailer for the Obi-Wan show? It feels like an eternity. Well the wait is finally over and Julian and Jeremy are here to break it all down, along with some other exciting teasers for 'The Boys' season 3, a new alien themed horror comedy from Jordan Peele, 'Nope', and even Marvel's exciting new addition to their Disney+ series lineup, 'Ms Marvel'. But that's not all, there's also a metric tonne of news to cover as well. Including, Netflix's controversial move toward limiting password sharing, or in a similar vein, Disney adding an ad-supported tier to Disney+, all while WB announces another set of delays for their DC films. On a lighter note, announcements of new projects include a surprising sequel to Will Smith's 'I Am Legend', a reboot of Charlie Cox's 'Daredevil' on Disney+, a sequel series to ‘Blade Runner 2049’ with Ridley Scott attached at Amazon, and even a 'Sonic' spin-off series starring Idris Elba's Knuckles in the works. All this and so much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Show Notes

Trailers

• Obi-Wan Kenobi

• Ms Marvel

• Nope

• The Boys - Season 3

Movies

• Will Smith and Michael B Jordan will be starring in a sequel to ‘I Am Legend’. - Deadline

• WB is shifting its release schedule:

  • Black Adam - 10/21/22

  • Shazam 2 - 12/16/22

  • Aquaman 2 - 3/17/23

  • The Flash - 6/23/23

• WB is developing a ‘Wonder Twins’ movie.

• Netflix and Take-Two have officially announced the long-awaited ‘BioShock’ movie.

• Netflix is testing a new feature that will limit password sharing outside your household.

• Netflix’s ‘Blonde’ with Ana De Armas will be rated NC-17 for “some sexual content”

• Shawn Levy will be directing ‘Deadpool 3’.

• Variety is doing a spread on Nicholas Cage. A lot of things are coming out from it, one of them being, a confirmation of sorts, that he did indeed do VOD movies to pay off debts, but he claims he “never phoned it in”.

• The first teaser for ‘Avatar 2’ will reportedly drop in front of ‘Doctor Strange 2’.

• ‘The Batman’ continues to rake in the money at the box office.

  • It’s now the second film in the pandemic era to pass $300 million in NA. Which is about the same as it’s taken in internationally as well, putting it at $606 million as of the time of this recording - Box Office Mojo

  • Sam Raimi said he’d love to make a Batman movie:

• Daniel Radcliffe is not interested in returning to Harry Potter for an adaption of ‘The Cursed Child’.

TV

• A live action sequel series to ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is in development at Amazon, called ‘Blade Runner 2099’. Ridley Scott will executive-produce and potentially direct the series.

• Disney will be launching an ad-supported subscription plan for Disney+ later this year.

• Netflix is in talks to develop a series adaptation of ‘The Gentlemen’ with Guy Ritchie set to direct the first 2 episodes.

• DC’s ‘Harley Quinn’ animated series is getting a spinoff. 'Kite Man' is getting his own show, which is now in development for HBO Max.

• A reboot of ‘Daredevil’ is reportedly in the works for Disney+. - IGN

• ‘The Flash’ has been renewed for season 9.

• We have some ‘Mandalorian’ S3 casting news. Christopher Lloyd, Doc Brown himself, has been cast in an unknown role. - THR

• With a new Star Trek series set to drop any day now, that picks up with Captain Pyke and the crew of The Enterprise before the arrival of the infamous Captain Kirk, 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’, news has been pretty steady. Nothing really crazy, until now, despite the timeline, the show has decided to cast its own Kirk. Paul Wesley will now be the 3rd person to play the iconic captain in live action.

• ‘Stranger Things’ will end after season 5.

• ‘Peacemaker’ S2 is coming with James Gunn returning to write and direct the whole season.

• The ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ reboot ‘Bel Air’ is apparently a flop.

• A ‘Knuckles’ spin-off from the ‘Sonic’ movies, starring Idris Elba, is in development alongside a third Sonic movie.

• ‘Futurama’ is coming back to Hulu with the original cast returning for a new 20-episode season.

Misc.

• Apparently Hugh Jackman was supposed to cameo as Wolverine in ‘Spider-Man’ in 2002, even appearing on set in New York, but they couldn’t complete the shoot because they couldn’t get access to the wolverine costume from ‘X-Men’.

• Samuel L Jackson has asked Bryce Dallas Howard about Mace Windu returning to Star Wars saying “put me in coach, I’m ready! I’ll learn to lightsaber left-handed”

What We’ve Been Watching

• Movies:

  • Nightmare Alley

  • Turning Red

  • The Adam Project

  • The Power of the Dog

• TV

  • Severance

  • Our Flag Means Death

  • The After Party

  • Star Trek: Picard S2