May 2024 News Round-Up (270)

May is over but news never ends so our monthly round-up continues. The conversation covers missed theatrical opportunities, franchises scraping the barrel for content. and so many prequels. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here. Show Notes TV Reviews Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5 Craig’s reviews of WandaVision Craig’s reviews of Heroes Reborn Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard Craig's reviews of The Boys season 3 Movie Reviews Craig’s review of Godzilla Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Craig’s review of Logan Craig’s review of Madame Web Craig's review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Craig’s review of John Wick Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2 Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II Craig’s review of Moana Craig’s review of the Martian Craig’s review of The Maze Runner Craig’s review of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Craig's review of The Age of Adaline Craig's review of Independence Day: Resurgence Craig's review of Geostorm Craig's review of It Follows Craig's review of Pig Craig's review of Silence Craig's review of Hacksaw Ridge Craig's review of Skyscraper Craig's review of Plane Craig's review of Tomb Raider Craig's review of Army of the Dead Craig's review of Now You See Me 2 Craig's review of The Giver Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix Craig's review of Steel Country Craig's review of Robert The Bruce Craig's review of Divergent Craig's review of The Divergent Series: Allegiant Craig's review of Transcendence Podcasts 2024 Alien Day Special – Predator 2024 Star Wars Day Special – The Clone Wars Logan WandaVision Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Madame Web Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Star Trek: Picard season 1 Star Trek: Picard season 2 Star Trek: Picard season 3 Trailers Lee The Surfer Megalopolis It Ends With Us Dune Prophecy The Boys season 4 Bad Boys: Ride or Die Twisters A Quiet Place: Day One The Acolyte LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Never Let Go Trigger Warning Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Reagan The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 Moana 2 Wicked News Ralph Ineson cast as Galactus in Fantastic Four John Malkovich cast in Fantastic Four Agatha Harkness series title confirmed Spider-Man: Noir series greenlit with Nicolas Cage to star Silk: Spider Society no longer in development Phil Lord and Chris Miller in charge of Sony’s Marvel universe Michael Lesslie to write Marvel’s X-Men movie Terry Matalas set as showrunner for Vision Taylor Swift to join the MCU (Rumor) First look at David Corenswet as Superman Batman: The Caped Crusader first look Star Wars: Skeleton Crew synopsis Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to star in Flesh of the Gods Oscar Isaac to voice Jesus Christ in The King of Kings Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer to star in The Death of Robin Hood Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to star in The Magic Faraway Tree Andrew Garfield to join Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s The Hunt Adam Wingard sets next film Onslaught Greta Lee and Kingsley Ben-Adir to start in Louis Leterrier’s 11817 Andy Samberg to star in The Robots Go Crazy Sydney Sweeney to play US Boxer Christy Martin Edgar Wright in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney in Barbarella  Kathryn Bigelow to direct real-time missile attack thriller Gerard Butler in talks to star in Empire State Dan Stevens and Al Pacino to star in The Ritual A Donnie Yen led John Wick spinoff in confirmed Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge greenlit at Amazon Mr and Mrs Smith season 2 confirmed with casting change Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire sequel confirmed