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Mini-Water Cooler: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rosemary’s Baby, Dark Harvest, and More Feb 23, 2022

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On the February 23, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Jacob Hall to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.

Opening Banter:

At The Water Cooler:

What we’ve been Doing:
- Jacob is probably moving. His personal podcast also just hit a major milestone.
What we’ve been Reading:
- Ben read Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.
- Jacob read Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller, The Last Gunfight by Jeff Guinn, and Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge.
What we’ve been Watching:
- Ben watched Big Gold Brick and Rosemary’s Baby.
- Jacob watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Also mentioned:

Big Gold Brick Director Brian Petsos On Working With Oscar Isaac And Making An Oddball, Original Indie [Interview]

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Kyle Buchanan on The Making of Mad Max: Fury Road Feb 22, 2022

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On the February 22, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson presents a conversation with author Kyle Buchanan about his new book, “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.”

Opening Banter: Sorry about the audio quality!

In Our Feature Presentation:

Author Kyle Buchanan On The Wild And True Story Of Making Mad Max: Fury Road; Read An Excerpt [Interview]

Also mentioned:

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Favorite Movie Presidents, BioShock, RDJ and Shane Black, and More Feb 21, 2022

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On the February 21, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news, including this past weekend’s box office, a BioShock movie, and Robert Downey Jr. reteaming with Shane Black, and our favorite movie presidents.

Opening Banter:

In The News:

Favorite Movie Presidents

Also mentioned:

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Stranger Things and Avengers Are Ending? Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett & More Feb 18, 2022

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On the February 18, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Stranger Things and Avengers.

In The News:

Brad (og Anya): Star Wars Brings Back John Williams To Compose The Obi-Wan Kenobi Theme
- Why would Williams return for this one?
- Does Star Wars need a composer to oversee the music of the galaxy?
Peter (og Ben S): Jimmy Smits' Bail Organa To Return In Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
- What could this mean?
Brad (og Jeremy): The Book Of Boba Fett Finale Viewership Was 36% Higher Than The Mandalorian Season 2 Finale
- How could this be?
Peter (og Hannah): Stranger Things Ending With Season 5, Release Dates For Two-Part Season 4 Revealed
- Feelings on Part 1 and 2 Seasons of television
Brad (og Shania): Stranger Things Showrunners Tease 'More Stories To Come,' Spin-Offs Seem Likely
- What do you think they will do?
Peter (og Sandy): Avengers: Endgame Was The 'Final Avengers Movie' According To Kevin Feige
- Will there really never be an avengers movie again?

Also mentioned:

All the other stuff you need to know:

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Blade Runner TV Series, Brad Bird’s New Film, Chip ’N Dale Trailer, and More Feb 17, 2022

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On the February 17, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film staff writer BJ Colangelo to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Brad Bird’s new movie, a “Blade Runner” sequel series, the “Wonder Twins” movie, and more.

Opening Banter:

In The News:

(Ben, OG Jenna): Brad Bird To Write And Direct Animated Feature Ray Gunn For Skydance
(Ben, OG Jeremy): Blade Runner 2099 Sequel Series Coming To Amazon, Ridley Scott Returning
(BJ, OG Danielle): Wonder Twins Movie, Activate! Adam Sztykiel Will Write And Direct The DC Film
(BJ, OG Sandy): Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers Teaser: Disney Nostalgia Gets The Lonely Island Treatment
BJ: Human Looney Tune John Cena Joins Coyote Vs. Acme

Also mentioned:

Read The Article That Inspired Coyote Vs. Acme

All the other stuff you need to know:

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New Muppet TV Series & Paramount Reveals Their Future Movie & TV Plans Feb 16, 2022

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On the February 16, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and tv news, including a new Muppet tv series and all the Paramount news announced yesterday..

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In The News:

Ryan: New Muppet Series Will Star The Electric Mayhem, Nostalgia Expert Adam Goldberg Involved
- The Muppets history with Disney
- Is this a good pairing?
Peter (og Sandy): New Star Trek Film With J.J. Abrams Cast In The Works, Could Shoot This Year
- Place bets on if this will actually happen this year
- What do we think the plot could be?
Ryan (og Sandy): Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Is The Start Of A Planned Trilogy
Peter (og Ben): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Spin-Off Movies Coming To Paramount+
- We knew: computer animated movie from producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
- "a series of villain-driven TMNT films" are on the schedule following the release
- Who could it be?
- Shredder, Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, and the Foot Clan, Baxter Stockman
Peter mentions that other movie stuff was announced:
- Sonic Fans Rejoice: Paramount Making Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles Spin-Off Series
- A Quiet Place Part III Will Sneak Into Theaters In 2025
Ryan (og Jeremy): All Paramount Movies Will Stream Exclusively On Paramount+ By 2024, Scream And Jackass Forever Will Be Streaming This March
- “Scream" and "Jackass Forever" are both coming to Paramount+ in March of 2022, only months after debuting in theaters.
- the studio is willingly bypassing "lucrative and profitable short-term licensing revenue" in an attempt to play the long game, growing their in-home library of available titles on streaming and (ideally) expanding their subscription base in the years to come.
- Showtime originals added?
- Mention:
- Does this make Paramount a real player?

Also mentioned:

All the other stuff you need to know:

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Mini-Water Cooler: Kimi, Cinderella, Cold Mountain, Murderville, and More Feb 15, 2022

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On the February 15, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.

Opening Banter:

What we’ve been Doing:
- Brad went to Utah to visit his girlfriend and wants to plug her parents’ restaurant, Pogo’s Great Pizza & Chicken, bought a new TV, interviewed Penelope Spheeris for the 30th anniversary of Wayne’s World.
What we’ve been Reading:
What we’ve been Watching:
- Ben watched KIMI, No Exit, and the first few episodes of Murderville.
- Brad watched Scream, Cinderella (2021), Cold Mountain, The Tinder Swindler, Marry Me, and the first seasons of Mr. Mayor and Chad.
What we’ve been Eating:
- Brad had Pogo’s Great Pizza & Chicken! Also, Darigold Old Fashioned Chocolate, New Coffee Creamers (Twinkie, Golden Grahams, Speculoos Cookies, and Rice Krispie Treats), Oreo/Nutter Butter Cakesters, and The Batman Calzony
What we’ve been Playing:
- Brad started listening to the Office Ladies podcast.

Also mentioned:

Wayne’s World interview

All the other stuff you need to know:

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Super Bowl Trailer Reactions, Ahsoka Casting & Ivan Reitman Feb 14, 2022

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On the February 14, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Ivan Reitman, Ahsoka casting and Super Bowl movie and tv trailers.

Opening Banter: Happy Valentine’s Day!

In The News:

Brad: Ivan Reitman, Legendary Director Of Ghostbusters And Producer Of Animal House, Has Died At 75
Peter (og Ryan): Star Wars Series Ahsoka Casts Ray Stevenson As Mystery Villain (And It Isn't Thrawn)
Super Bowl Trailer Reactions:
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Trailer: No One Ring Should Have All That Power
- Nope Trailer: A New Terror From Jordan Peele
  - Mention: Nope Trailer Breakdown: We're Not Saying It's Aliens, But...
- Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer: A Bigger, Crazier Sequel
  - Brief thoughts
  - Lets talk about the details:
    - America Chavez
    - Minotaur-looking guy, Rintrah
    - Patrick Stewart, "We should tell him the truth."
    - Illuminati?
    - WandaVision
    - What If?
    - Mention: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer Breakdown: Guess Who's Coming To The MCU?
    - Mention: The New Doctor Strange 2 Poster Teases A Connection To The What If...? Series
    - Mention: Doctor Strange 2 Will Crossover With The Fox X-Men Movies – Here's What That Means

Also mentioned:

All the other stuff you need to know:

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The Batman Tracking, Oscars Relevancy, MoviePass Returns & Jurassic World Dominion Trailer Feb 11, 2022

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On the February 11, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Batman box office tracking, Oscars relevancy, the return of MoviePass and Jurassic World Dominion.

Opening Banter: It’s the Weekend!!

In The News:

Ryan: The Batman Box Office Is Tracking For An $80 Million-Plus Opening Weekend
- Mention: You Can Get Bat-Tickets For The Batman Right Now On The Bat-Web
- Mention: New The Batman Trailer Is Full Of New Bat-Footage
- Is $80 million low for Batman?
- Lets look at some comps
Peter (og Shania): Seth Rogen Doesn't Understand Why Anyone Cares About The Oscars
- "I don't get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves. To me, maybe people just don't care. I don't care who wins the automobile awards. No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don't care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?"
- Does he have a point?
- Why are less people caring now vs. before?
Ryan (og Lex): MoviePass, Your Favorite Unsustainable Movie Company, Is Relaunching This Summer
- The new program will work on a credits system that would allow users to use credits to purchase movie tickets for both themselves and a guest. Those credits will roll over month to month if they don't get used.
- "People didn't see MoviePass as a discount, they saw it as a discovery tool," ceo Stacey Spikes said at the press conference, implying that MoviePass was seen as a curator of film charcuterie instead of what it really was: a purveyor of dirt-cheap movie access.
- Additionally, Spikes introduced an initiative for users where you can watch ads to earn free credits to use toward movie tickets. Your phone camera will literally track your eyeballs to make sure you watch the complete ad — and if you look away, the ad will pause. "What it does is it basically creates a transaction between you and the brand," Spikes explained.
- Will this work?
Jurassic World Dominion Trailer Reaction
- Mention: Jurassic World Dominion Trailer Breakdown: In Times Of Dino Crisis

Also mentioned:

Emily Carmichael reacts to Jurassic World Dominion Trailer

All the other stuff you need to know:

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Mini-Water Cooler: Marry Me, Princess Mononoke, Yellowjackets, and More Feb 10, 2022

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On the February 10, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.

Opening Banter: Correction! Academy voters have their own streaming service now.

At The Water Cooler:

What we’ve been Doing:
- Hoai-Tran celebrated Lunar New Year, saw Company on Broadway, is coming to grips with turning 30 this month.
What we’ve been Reading:
- Ben read Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt.
- Hoai-Tran read Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
What we’ve been Watching:
- Ben and HT watched Marry Me.
- HT has been watching Yellowjackets, watched The Worst Person in the World, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, had her first exposure to Jackass.
- Ben finished The Sex Lives of College Girls and watched Princess Mononoke.
What we’ve been Eating:
What we’ve been Playing:

Also mentioned:

Marry Me review
Worst Person in the World review

All the other stuff you need to know:

You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.

/Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.
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