February 2025 News Round-Up (287)

February is over but the news continues. Kneel Before Pod brings you a discussion of the news and trailers from February 2025. The conversation covers controversial entertainers, originality and Smurf versions of popular songs. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found here. Show Notes TV Reviews Craig's reviews of Superman &amp; Lois season 4 Movie Reviews Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World Craig's review of Star Trek: Section 31 Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker Craig’s review of Bumblebee Craig's review of Black Panther Craig's review of Captain Marvel Craig's review of Black Widow Craig's review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Craig’s review of The Marvels Craig's review of Deadpool &amp; Wolverine Craig’s review of How To Train Your Dragon 2 Craig’s review of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Craig's review of Black Adam Craig’s review of The Batman Craig's review of The Flash Craig’s review of Jurassic World Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion Craig's review of Tetris Craig's review of Luck Craig's review of The Accountant Craig's review of Legend Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Craig's review of Interstellar Craig's review of Dunkirk Craig's review of Tenet Craig's review of Free Guy Craig's review of The Martian Craig's review of Spectre Craig's review of No Time To Die Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings Craig's review of Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honour Among Thieves Podcasts Donor Special - The Dark Crystal &amp; Labyrinth Superman &amp; Lois season 4 Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker Bumblebee Marvel's The Defenders Black Panther Captain Marvel Black Widow Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Marvels Deadpool &amp; Wolverine The Batman The Flash Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honour Among Thieves Trailers M3gan 2.0 Final Destination: Bloodlines Locked Sinners Smurfs How to Train Your Dragon The Amateur G20 F1 Fight or Flight The Accountant 2 Novocaine The Studio - Duhpocalypse Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Jurassic World: Rebirth Friendship Superman Puppybowl spot Thunderbolts* Fantastic Four: First Steps The Actor The Residence The Man With The Iron Heart The Life List Eric Larue Borderline Bring Her Back Freaky Tales The King of Kings Lilo and Stitch News Marvel Studios exploring bringing back other Defenders cast The Punisher special presentation in the works James Watkins to direct Clayface movie DC projects update Matthew Lillard returns for Scream 7 More Masters of the Universe casting Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot/continuation in the works Elliot Page developing Beyond: Two Souls TV show Just Cause movie in the works Zach Cregger to direct Resident Evil reboot Rebecca Hall joins Adam Wingard’s Onslaught Kaitlyn Dever to join Godzilla X Kong sequel Ben Affleck to direct and star in Animals Rooney and Kate Mara to star in Werner Herzog movie Bucking Fastard Jake Gyllenhaal to lead M. Night Shymalan’s new movie Anna Sawai rumoured to play Yoko Ono in Beatles movies Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart to star in Bad Boy Madelyn Cline joins Day Drinker George Rolfi to write Daisy Ridley Star Wars movie William Shatner approached to resurrect Captain Kirk Ben Stiller to headline The Band Ben Jacoby adapting Thomas Ray Novella Silencer Kristin Wiig and Bill Murray to star in Epiphany Martin Scorcese’s next movie Anna Maxwell Martin to star in For All Mankind spinoff Magic: The Gathering film and TV universe in the works Dungeons &amp; Dragons live-action series in the works at Netflix <a h