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!
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Show Notes
Movies
Trailers:
‘Dune 3’
‘Coyote vs. Acme’
‘Clayface’
‘Street Fighter’
Chuck Norris passes away at 86.
Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler are confirmed to star in ‘Miami Vice 85’ - August 2027 - From Joseph Kosinski
‘Spaceballs 2’, now called ‘Spaceballs: The New One’ will arrive next summer.
Paramount is officially making a new ‘Transformers’ movie and Tom Cruise is returning for ‘Top Gun 3’
Disney, who just went through a large round of layoffs, also fired its entire team that manages its DVD and Blu-Ray sales.
‘Escape From New York’ is getting a reboot/
HBO, who has been trying to figure out their next big ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff idea has landed on a theatrical film concept for Aegon’s Conquest - it’s now officially in the works.
Despite a massive petition by Hollywood stars and crew to prevent the merger of WB and Paramount, the WB shareholders agreed on the terms of the merger this week.
The ‘Resident Evil’ movie from the director of ‘Weapons’, Zach Cregger, says the movie will be true to the games - says he’s played a “shit load” of them.
Despite ‘Avatar 3’ making $1.5 billion at the box-office, ‘Avatar 4’ is in question at Disney along with the future of the entire franchise, as they’ll likely cancel plans for an Avatar theme park. In the meantime, they’re trying to find a way to make the movies for less money and more quickly.
A new ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie was announced, being written by Stephen Colbert and his son, as well as Philippa Boyens. Called ‘Shadow of the Past’, it will be a sequel to the OG trilogy, “set 14 years after the events of the films. Sam, Merry, and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam’s daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it began.”
This is NOT the Hunt or Gollum, which just recast Aragon.
Arnold says they’ve asked him to be in the next ‘Predator’ film, and that there’s a script for ‘Commando 2’.
TV
‘Terminator: Zero’ will not get a season 2.
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ reboot cancelled before it ever began.
Craig Mazin (Chernobyl, The Last of Us), is making a ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ show on HBO, which will continue the story from the game.
‘Animorphs’ series is coming to Disney+, Ryan Coogler to executive produce.
What We've Been Watching
Project Hail Mary
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Shrinking S3
Invincible S4
The Boys S5
Daredevil: Born Again S2
