INTRO - At least our schedules were open for THIS CRAZY BARRAGE OF MOVIE NEWS!

OSCARS HOST NEWS:

1:20 - Jimmy Kimmel then John Mulaney both turn down the job, and we wonder why.

4:33 - So who hosts??!! And it’s a huge list of names in play to go over.

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON ‘24: Hall H Marvel Presentations

17:39 - Robert Downey Jr’s return as Doctor Doom, and we have some conditions

27:05 - Why the Russo’s return makes sense and talking ourselves into RDJ some more.

31:30 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps and potential comic storylines including RDJ.

35:02 - Captain America: Brave New World and Harrison Ford’s mocap monster.

37:25 - Other SDCC Highlights including the Vice President’s Simpson Quotation, Ryan & Hugh’s surprise screening, some Alien Romulus viral marketing, In A Violent Nature’s sequel, Terminator 7 with John Cena, the BioShock movie, and trailers for films like Transformers One & Hellboy: The Crooked Man + The Penguin and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

BOX OFFICE UPDATE:

41:45 - Deadpool & Wolverine sets many records, and we start the Cool Uncles Pod.

46:25 - Twisters has done terrible overseas as Mike 1 foreseen’d.

50:17 - Despicable Me 4, Inside Out 2, Longlegs and the rest of the top 10.

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS

54:28 - The Megalopolis production scandal worsens

56:44 - TIFF released Midnight Section films including Friendship & The Substance.

58:04 - NYFF picks Blitz for its Closing Night, and we get new premise details

OSCAR TRAILERS

1:00:40 - A Complete Unknown has a hype parade, but do we buy it?

1:06:21 - His Three Daughters seems like our kind of September movie

1:09:41 - OUR EPISODE OUTRO and where we discuss how you can reach us, conditional love for millionaires, and feeling the itch to gamble.