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Authorized Novelizations Podcast
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A loose coalition of film enthusiasts host a book club about the novelizations of your favorite movies. New episodes every Thursday!
Episodes
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Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig ( w/ Mark Stay )
Join our bonus Patreon podcast: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join us TODAY (Thursday, 10/15) at 8PM EST / 5 PM PST to watch Kris play Waterworld for the NES: https://www.twitch.tv/krisluvspixels Check out Mark’s Writing: markstaywrites.com This week on Authorized, Mark Stay joins to discuss a book...
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Darkman: In the Face of Death by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )
Join our Patreon to hear our new episode discussing Coyote Vs. Acme with guest Branson Reese!: patreon.com/authorizedpod In our final Darkman book (but far from our final Darkman episode), Darkman and his new femme fatale Darla Dalton must contend with a CIA nepo baby who is obsessed with...
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Patreon Preview: Coyote Vs. Acme ( w/ Branson Reese)
Join our Patreon: patreon.com/authorizedpod Intro music is "Cold Funk" and outro music is "Surf Inspector", both by Kevin MacLeod. They are presented in unaltered segments. View the license here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music copyrighted by Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency
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Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White ( w/ Alex White )
Join our Patreon to hear our new episode discussing Coyote Vs. Acme with guest Branson Reese!: patreon.com/authorizedpod This episode was commissioned by Patreon member Marcus! To commission an episode yourself, join the Joan D. Vinge tier of our Patreon:...
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Patreon Preview: Digger [2026] Discussion
Join our patreon: Patreon.com/authorizedpod Intro music is "Cold Funk" and outro music is "Surf Inspector", both by Kevin MacLeod. They are presented in unaltered segments. View the license here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music copyrighted by Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency
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Darkman: The Price of Fear by Randall Boyll ( w/ Gus Spelman and John Cribbs )
Join our $6 Patreon tier “Authorized…For Money” to hear Hannah and Overbye discuss the new film Digger: https://www.patreon.com/authorizedpod/membership We turn back time to read the Darkman book we skipped, and are helped along by Gus Spelman. Darkman puts Durant’s face back on and starts…
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Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
Listener Marcus commissioned an episode on Alien: Into Charybdis, and we wanted the whole picture, so we decided to read the book before it first. To commission an episode yourself, join the Joan D. Vinge tier of our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership Follow us on...
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Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre ( w/ Matt Fisher and Mark Stay )
Matt Fisher picked Star Trek 4 to follow up his wheel spin, and Mark Stay joined for the fun. Good book! Good friends! Follow us on instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a…
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BONUS: Resident Evil [2026] ( w/ Trevor Thomas )
We entered the survival horror with Trevor Thomas.
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Darkman : The Gods of Hell by Randall Boyll ( w/ William Mendoza and John Cribbs )
Darkman goes up against a cult of geriatric p*d*ph*l*s. And at the he end he beats the daylights out of them. Listen to William’s Podcast Men on Film: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GbKK8aCZDBBtEAA5UOOCT Follow Men on Film on X: https://x.com/menonfilmpod Follow us on instagram:...
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Resident Evil [2002] by Keith R. A. DeCandido ( w/ Jesse Hassenger )
In celebration of the new Resident Evil film, we invited Jesse Hassenger back to discuss one of Hannah’s favorite movies: Resident Evil! Commissioned in advance of the second film, this novelization gives SO much backstory on the characters from the film. It’s fun! Check out The New Flesh…
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Gorgo by Carson Bingham ( w/ Mark Stay and Rusteen Honardoost )
This week on Authorized, Mark Stay returns to make good on his wheel spin and discuss GORGO. We also recruit Andorks’ Rusteen Honardoost as our Kaiju correspondent. Check out Mark’s Writing Here: https://markstaywrites.com/ Listen to Mark’s podcast Mark Stay’s Creative Differences:...
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BONUS: Darkman 2 - The Return of Durant ( w/ John Cribbs )
A second Darkman fil where Durant returns
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Masters of the Universe [2026] by Steve Behling
Hannah and Overbye tackle the junior novelization of the new Masters of the Universe. Follow us on instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these...
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Darkman : The Hangman by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )
In our first Darkman Tertiary Tome, Darkman takes on a gang of teen pickpockets. Sound exciting? We didn't think so either! Check out The Pink Smoke podcast!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pink-smoke-podcast/id1529803112 Follow us on instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod…
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Darkman by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )
This week on Authorized, we kickoff our Darkman season by discussing the novelization of the movie with John Cribbs. This author wrote four (4!) original Darkman sequels that we will be discussing. And his love for the franchise is very apparent in this inventive, silly book. Follow us on...
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Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster ( w/ Sarah Welch-Larson )
This book was requested by a listener! Request books at patreon.com/authorizedpod Check out Sarah’s book about the Alien Franchise, Becoming Alien! : https://www.amazon.com.au/Becoming-Alien-Second-Beginning-Idiosyncratic/dp/B0GVGKFTNG This week on Authorized, patreon member Jon paid to have us...
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Ranking the Beatles Novelizations ( w/ Mark Stay )
In season-ending tradition, Hannah and Overbye discuss their lives, the novelizations they’ve covered, and what’s on the horizon. But what’s this? Mark Stay and Johnny Pomatto are here, too! It’s time to rank The Beatles. Check out Mark’s writing: https://markstaywrites.com/ Follow us on…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell Black ( w/ Mike Mitchell )
See Overbye’s Drawings Here: Instagram.com/authorizedpod Listen to Doughboys!: https://headgum.com/doughboys Check out the Doughboys Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/doughboys Watch Mitch’s new movie The Napa Boys!…
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KPop Demon Hunters by Jessica Yoon ( w/ Jessica Yoon )
Interview with Jessica Yoon begins around 52 minutes in!! Check out Jessica Yoon’s work here: https://www.jessicayoon.com/ This week on Authorized, we discuss the deluxe junior novelization of Kpop Demon Hunters, and then interview its author Jessica Yoon! Check out our pattern:...
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle by Mark and Cathy East Dubowski ( w/ Branson Reese )
Check out Rude Tales of Magic: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Cz64iRr8LBIX6SqwM0kYm Read Branson’s webcomic Swan Boy! : https://swanboy.com/ This week on Authorized, we bring on classic cartoon enthusiast Branson Reese to discuss the novelization of the 2000 Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. A movie...
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BONUS: Magical Mystery Tour ( w/ Mark Stay )
Not done with these boys
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Star Trek TNG / X - Men : Planet X by Michael Jan Friedman ( w/ Andrew Jupin )
Andrew Jupin of We Hate Movies returns to discuss a convergence of two of his interests: The Star Trek The Next Generation cast meeting the X-Men! Buy tickets to see WHM talk Star Trek at Star Trek Las Vegas August 6th, 7th, and 8th: https://www.whmpodcast.com/tour Listen to We Hate Movies:...
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2nd Edition [NEW GAME]: Heat
ORIGINALLY AIRED 8/8/2022 Tertiary Tomes are going mainstream! Today, the direct-to-book sequel Heat 2 releases, and in celebration, Andrew makes Hannah and John watch Heat for the first time. Look out for our episode on Heat 2 dropping next month! Instagram: Instagram.com/authorizedpod
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Henry Edwards
A movie that is very inexplicable A novelization that is very unpalatable
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Minions & Monsters by Dave Lewman
We did a whole episode on this Little Golden Book and forgot to mention Kris dressed like a Minion for it
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Yellow Submarine by Max Wilk
As much picture book as novelization
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Help! by Al Hine ( w/ Noel Murray )
Noel Murray comes back! For Help! Follow Noel on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noelmu.bsky.social
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A Hard Day's Night by John Burke ( w/ Mark Stay )
To kick off our season on the Beatles novelizations, we’ve recruited Mark Stay to discuss A Hard Day’s Night! The only problem? There’s two novelizations written by the same author, and Mark read the British one. We compare notes. Check out Mark’s writing: https://markstaywrites.com/ Check out…
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Toy Story 5 by Steve Behling ( w/ Patrick Willems )
On a surprise Monday episode, we let Patrick Willems out of the Alan Dean Foster depths to discuss the junior novelization of Toy Story 5. Almost nothing from the book is worth mentioning, but we have lots and lots to say about the movie. Check out Patrick’s work…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamspawn by Christa Faust ( w/ Danny Cohen and Rabia )
This week on Authorized, our social media czar Danny Cohen returns alongside fellow returning guest Rabia to discuss Christa Faust’s extremely edgleeord A Nightmare on Elm Street tie-in novel. It’s gross! It’s scary. It’s…hateful? We debate what Christa was doing here. Listen to Showgirls Luck:...
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2nd Edition [NEW GAME]: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins
FIRST AIRED 8/3/2022 As if preparing for this podcast wasn't enough work already, this week we discuss three adaptations of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. First, the novelization by James Rollins. Then, the shorter junior novelization by James Luceno. And briefly the graphic...
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U.N.C.L.E. #4: The Dagger Affair by David McDaniel ( w/ Bill Koenig )
We’re back to the extremely expansive series of U.N.C.L.E. novels with an absolute banger. Bill Koenig of Spy Command, The Spybrary, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Round Table, and the 007 Files joins to discuss, as he describes it, “The first U.N.C.L.E. book written by a fan”. Check out all of Bill’s...
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BONUS: More The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV Series
We watched more The Man From U.N.C.L.E. tv series in prep for this Thursday's episode on the fourth MFU book.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg ( w/ She Nerds Out Podcast )
To celebrate a new Spielberg movie, we just had to read one of his books (???). This week, we are joined once again by the She Nerds Out Podcast to discuss the novelization of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, credited to the man himself. Listen to She Nerds Out!: https://www.shenerdsout.com/...
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BONUS RPG: Star Wars - The Gravity Hammer ( w/ She Nerds Out Podcast )
Have a bonus RPG! The ladies of She Nerds Out podcast return to play a John Goodman RPG set in the Star Wars universe! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a motley crew of Republic representatives are sent to the massive power center The Gravity Hammer to defend it against a mobster-like...
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Tombstone by Giles Tippette ( w/ Matt Fisher )
This week on Authorized, Matt Fisher returns to heed the wheel…again! Hannah talks her adoration of the movie Tombstone as well as her abhorrence of the novelization Tombstone. Can’t win ‘em all!
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2nd Edition [ NEW GAME ] : Obi Wan Kenobi Season Only
FIRST AIRED 7/31/2022 Stale takes incoming! There's nothing people are clamoring for more than an Obi Wan Kenobi podcast in August 2022. We were supposed to release one on time, but Overbye's sprawling and personally fulfilling hiking trip derailed it. Anyway, here it is! I think there's a few…
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Burke and Wills by Peter Oliver ( w/ Rabia from Showgirls Luck Podcast )
You know, Burke and Wills. The famous Australian explorers.
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BONUS: John Goodman's D&D One-Shot
Those Baldur’s Gate novelizations got John Goodman thinking about D&D, and he made us a D&D One Shot! Join us on an epic, self-contained adventure of terror and whimsy.
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Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu by L. Neil Smith ( w/ Mark Stay )
This week on Authorized, we recognize the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu by reading a completely unrelated Star Wars book that we just felt like reading. Mark Stay returns to discuss Lando Calrissian, Star Wars Legends, and the clear influence of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on this...
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2nd Edition [ NEW GAME ] : Batman and Robin by Alan Grant
ORIGINALLY AIRED 7/6/2022 Holy Second Novelization, Batman! Today on Authorized, we cover another, yes ANOTHER!, of the 1997 classic, Batman & Robin. Paxton Holley is back to discuss both the novelization and also whether the Authorized crew will ever allow him to cover a novelization of a...
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9/30/55 by John Minahan ( w/ John Cribbs )
In which the wheel is kind. Quentin Tarantino's favorite book?
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BONUS: Death Race Beyond Anarchy
You were always in the Death Race
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Waterworld by Max Allan Collins ( w/ Bilge Ebiri )
Film critic Bilge Ebiri ( NYMag, Vulture) returns to discuss more Costner! Dryland is a myth. Check out Bilge’s work! : https://nymag.com/author/bilge-ebiri/ Listen to our episode on Alan Dean Foster’s memoir: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nrkmdUXModFSPaKF4PrYR?si=YQF90Bn2TN-x4k8yfOGNzA...
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2nd Edition: E.T. - The Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle
ORIGINALLY AIRED JULY 20TH, 2022 Never meet your heroes, man. Specifically, never meet your heroes' asexual parent that resides on a Botany Planet where no one is ever allowed to be sad. This week on Authorized, Mark Stay returns to follow E.T. back to his home, The Green Planet. Unfortunately,...
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Species II by Yvonne Navarro ( w/ David Sims )
David Sims of Blank Check and The Atlantic returns for our 200TH NOVELIZATION, Species II! Listen to Blank Check with Griffin and David: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blank-check-with-griffin-david/id981330533 Subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join our Pregnant Maud Tier...
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Ranking the Video Game Novelizations
We ranked the video game novelizations, as we are wont to do. Subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join our Pregnant Maud Tier and send us to Arizona! : patreon.com/authorizedpod Join Our Slow Maud Tier and pray us to Arizona: patreon.com/authorizedpod Leave us a five star review...
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Child's Play 3 by Matthew J. Costello ( w/ Danny Cohen )
Authorized’s social media czar Danny Cohen joins to defend Child’s Play 3, a film given to us by the almighty Wheel. Subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join our Pregnant Maud Tier and send us to Arizona! : patreon.com/authorizedpod Join Our Slow Maud Tier and pray us to Arizona:...
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2nd Edition: Species by Yvonne Navarro
In preparation for our 200th novelization, Species II, revisit our episode on the original Species!
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