We’re a little bit late this month rounding up last months news. Once again Ai ended up being the focus of what we chatted about this month. We really wish it wasn’t this way but some of the biggest changes in entertainment revolves around this cancer on culture.

Some of our favorite and most beloved directors and actors are pushing forward cashing in on the plague of plagiarism that is Ai. Ben Affleck, Darren Aronofsky, James Cameron, Daniel Kwan, Natasha Lyonne and Joseph Gordon-Levitt all on The Hollywood Reporter’s “AI 25: The Exclusive Group of People Shaping the Future of Hollywood.” The most disappointing name that it was just added to the ever growing list of Ai collaborators (derogatory) was Martin Scorsese.

The director of I LOVE BOOSTERS, said this on twitter:

I can’t imagine giving up one of the most fun part of filmmaking - the storyboarding to a computer. That’s where the fun starts. Boots isn’t alone in finding working with Ai disgusting. Kane Parsons, the director of the hit new indy film Backrooms told The Australian, “If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would. Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”

In non Ai news it looks like Disney is going to be killing Hulu to focus on the Disney+ app. As a long time Hulu subscriber, I’m not overjoyed about the idea of having to search through all the kid programming to watch American Dad! but it is what it is. Hulu’s cancellation as been talked about for years now.

IMAX might be putting itself up for sale in the coming months and Netflix could be among the bidders. Neither Russ or myself are overjoyed at the prospect of one of the streaming studios owning a theater chain/system(not really sure what to call it). The added issue is that a single company owning the IMAX camera system will cause further problems.

The final story that we talked was a fun one and it’s about buckets. KFC got the fast food rights for Supergirl and they’re having fun with it. They’re releasing a chicken bucket that features Krypto popping out of it and a series of dipping sauces that include “Lobo’s Wild Ranch at KFC”

Not to be left out of the creative bucket fun is IMAX who released and immediately sold out of a Odyssey connected popcorn bucket that shaped around the IMAX camera.

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Almost forgot that that Russ mentioned the insane The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special and of course HAD to share the link.

Stories we didn’t talk about:

Spotify and Universal Music Announce Licensing Agreements for ‘Responsible’ AI-Generated Covers and Remixes

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/spotify-universal-music-licensing-agreements-fan-made-covers-1236755951/

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