We're into the full swing of blockbuster season. With 'Obsession' breaking box office records, 'The Odyssey' now filling IMAX theatres, and 'Spider-Man' right around the corner, movies feel very "back" right now. Plus, with Comic-Con next week Marvel released their first full-length 'Avengers: Doomsday' trailer. Julian and Matt try to decide if the hype is there, which feels crazy when considering it's an Avengers movie after all, but that might speak more to the situation Marvel currently finds themselves in. Meanwhile, DC doesn't want to be left behind, releasing a new trailer for 'Clayface' , which is shaping up to be a sneaky hit in the body-horror space (despite still not Batman). This all leads to Matt's idea that comic book movies should be treated like jury duty. Plus, a news rundown covering the passing of Sam Neil, Netflix updates (they're bad), some box office updates, and more!
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Show Notes
Movies
Marvel
Trailer: ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Patrick Stewart says he will never officially retire from acting. "'Il always and forever be an actor."
Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum wants to do 10 seasons of 'X-Men '97'
DC
Trailer: ‘Clayface’
‘The Batman Part II’ Delayed Again Until February 2028
Matt: Comic book movies should be treated like jury duty, every director gets randomly chosen and they can’t get out of it. Only happens once in their career.
Box office:
'Obsession' is now the highest-grossing original horror movie of this century. Now at $423M worldwide.
Live-Action Moana is bombing
'The Odyssey' debuts with $264.1M at the global box office
The biggest opening ever for a Christopher Nolan film
Production budget was $250M
Matt wants to read the odyssey, but now I feel this movie coming out will ruin the reading experience.
Danny McBride to Direct G.I. Joe Movie for Paramount
Sam Neil - dead at 78
The Writers Guild of America has filed a lawsuit to block the Paramount & Warner Bros merger.
Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels
Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for season 2.
Netflix has revealed that roughly 300 of their TV shows have used generative Al at some point in the production process.
Pixar lays several hundred people
Neil Blomcamp releases AI test movie on YouTube and receives backlash
TV
God of War series is recasting Kratos after injury to actor.
10 years ago on July 14, 'Stranger Things' premiered on Netflix.
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