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Ta-Ra-Ra Boom Delays! Nov 06, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Disney buys the rest of the stake to fully acquire Hulu for $8.61 billion

• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 2, Elio, the live-action remakes of Snow White and How to Train Your Dragon and more are delayed

• Apple and WildBrain Studios are making a new Peanutes feature with the team behind The Peanuts Movie

• Skybound Entertainment is rebooting Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation

• Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) had a record-breaking opening with $80 million

Welcome to the New Crazy Oct 23, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• The Big Update to AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast

• Disney released Once Upon a Studio to commemorate the company's 100th anniversary

• Skydance Animation broke up with Apple to sign a multi-year deal with Netflix

• SAG-AFTRA receives backlash for rules about Halloween costumes during the strike

• YouTube temporarily suspends SSSniperwolf's monetization after she doxxed Jacksfilms

Adaptations Filled with Pooh Oct 09, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Twice Different released the trailer of Winnie's Hole, an independent horror game based on Winnie the Pooh

• DreamWorks Animation will lay off 70 employees while starting a partnership with Sony Pictures Imageworks

• Writers will not be returning to The Drew Barrymore Show after scabbing controversy

• Elon Musk announced that he wants to remove the action buttons and their counts from Twitter

The Wild Friendship Oct 02, 2023

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• DreamWorks Animation announced The Wild Robot, their next animated feature directed by Chris Sanders

• New WGA contract reveals that writers will receive everything they asked for during the strike

• The Golden Globes will have 2 new categories: Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy and Best Blockbuster Feature

• Dan Harmon talks about his friendship with Justin Roiland and how Rick and Morty destroyed it

We Have a Deal! Sep 25, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Pixar's Elemental is most viewed movie premiere on Disney+ of 2023

• The Writers' Strike is over after the WGA and AMPTP reached a tentative agreement

• Paramount Animation announced they are making Superworld, based on the book of the same name

• YouTuber Johnny 2 Cellos calls out AI channels for stealing his content and others'

One Piece of Schadenfreude Sep 18, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Netflix renews the live-action adaptation of One Piece

• Drew Barrymore pauses talk show's return after receiving backlash for scabbing

• Stoner Cats, the NFT-back animated series starring Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, is fined for $1 million for misleading investors

• Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland has a history of pursuing young female fans, including underage girls

• Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door HD, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Princess Peach: Showtime! And more announced on Nintendo Direct

Destination Anticipation Sep 11, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Miranda Richardson returns as Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• Phil Lord and Chris Miller responds to the toxic working conditions of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

• Annapurna Animation is developing several new movies, including a film adaptation of Stray

• The problem with Rotten Tomatoes and why Hollywood is still dependent on the site

• Future projects announced for Walt Disney World and the Disney Parks at Destination D23

This Barbie Made History Sep 04, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Barbie is Warner Bros.' highest-grossing film in history with nearly $1.4 billion

• Disney, Bob Iger, Bob Chapek and more, are sued for allegedly hiding streaming losses from investors

• SAG-AFTRA will vote for a second actors' strike to go against video game companies

• Late-Night show hosts team up to create Strike Force Five, a podcast on Spotify meant to fund out-of-work late-night staff

Let's Get Physical Media Aug 28, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• Disney to release The Mandalorian (Season 1 & 2), WandaVision and Loki on 4K UHD and Blu-ray

• The Muppets Take Manhattan will be the first Muppet movie to be released in 4K Ultra HD

• The AMPTP hires new PR firm as they still try to make a deal with the actors and writers on strike

• Warner Bros. is delaying Dune: Part Two, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Back with a Beard Aug 21, 2023

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Today's episode includes:

• My Tonsillectomy Story Part 1: Before the Surgery

• My Tonsillectomy Story Part 2: After the Surgery

• Florida governor Ron DeSantis wants Disney to drop the lawsuit against him because he has "moved on"

• Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet is stepping down from bring the voice of Mario

• Elon Musk wants to remove the Block feature from Twitter/X

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