Episode 83: Is Sony Pictures Out Of Their Minds?!

Are there movies out there that are untouchable, that are perfect in their execution, that should never be remade? Sony asks those questions, perhaps to their peril. 00:48 - Sony bags a three-year contract with the legendary 97-year-old, Norman Lear. Rumors fly about a PRINCESS BRIDE remake and Brian clarifies where it came from. Mandy points out that there are iconic stories and then there are iconic movies. Some things shouldn't be recreated on film again. 14:20 - The streaming wars blow our minds again by the sheer amount studios are throwing around. HBO bought FRIENDS and BIG BANG THEORY, Netflix got SEINFELD, and Peacock, the new NBC streaming service that nobody had heard about got OFFICE and started producing its own originals! 19:18 - Two interesting adaptations on Apple TV+ has caught our interest. Robert Rodriguez set to direct a series based on EL GATO NEGRO by Richard Dominguez. Also, Charlie Hunnam has been cast in the adaptation of SHANTARAM by Gregory David Robert. 21:16 - Brian has finished watching DARK CRYSTAL and CARNIVAL ROW. He gives his writer's take on why Carnival Row was a much better show than its getting credit for, and why it got a second season before the first had even aired!