- New Movie November reminder

- Johnny Depp asked to leave Fantastic Beasts - What does this mean for the franchise? Was it inevitable? Was it cowardly on WB's part?

- WB and Anne Hathaway apologize for strange disability complaint about The Witches - Is this where we are now?

- Is a Boba Fett mini-series filming before the next season of The Mandalorian? 

- The Things They Carried - Tom Hardy to lead all-star cast of Vietnam film - Is there room for more Vietnam movies or has everything been said already?

- Charlie Hunnam says he'd love to play Bond - Thoughts on him or anyone else to play the character?

- New Movie November - What we're watching - Star 80, Midnight Cowboy, Yes, God, Yes, The Report, The Lincoln Lawyer, Blind Fury, Best in Show, Trial of the Chicago 7 - Chris - Fatman, Jungleland

- Listener Questions

We're back with another episode, this time talking about our first movie-themed contest, New Movie November, the passing of Sean Connery and his legacy, the possibility of an all-female Avengers film, Oscar Isaac joining the MCU as Moon Knight, WB holding strong on Wonder Woman 84 release date, what we're watching, listener questions and much, much more! 

Full agenda below:

- New Movie November - What it is and the rules

- RIP Sean Connery - His legacy and best films

- Letitia Wright is "sure" an all-female Avengers movie will happen - Why not make a movie out of the most cringe moment of Avengers: Endgame?

- Oscar Isaac to play Moon Knight with Mohamed Niab to direct for Disney+ - Good news?

- WB confident about Christmas release for WW84? Two for flinching

- Blade was almost a TV series before it was a reboot? Would it be better as a Disney Plus show?

- Vince Vaughn feels good about a Wedding Crashers sequel - Odds on it happening and what could it be about?

- The Mandalorian S2 premiere episode - Is Timothy Olyphant just basically Raylan Givens here?

- What we're watching - Paul - Prometheus, Trick R Treat, House of 1,000 Corpses, The Hills Have Eyes, Night of the Demons - Chris - His House, Halloween III: Season of the Witch

- Listener Questions

Welcome back to another episode of The Beard (Paul Shirey) and The Bald (Chris Bumbray) where the boys tackle the latest shake ups in the Snyder Cut world, the return of Willow, The Death of Quibi, the comedy and politics of Borat 2 and much, much more! 

- Jared Leto returning as Joker in Zack Snyder's Justice League - What could his inclusion mean for this film?

- Michael Keaton playing coy about Batman return in The Flash - Is it possible he and Affleck still have yet to close a deal or is this just standard denial practice?

- Willow officially a go as a TV series on Disney+ with Ron Howard producing and John Chu directing and Warwick Davis back in the lead - Is it too late or perfect timing for this?

- The Death of Quibi - AKA We Called It - Why did anyone think this was a good idea?

- Tim Burton putting together an Addams Family live-action series - Is it too obvious a choice or the perfect choice?

- Fast & Furious to end with two final back-to-back films directed by Justin Lin - Odds on this being definitive?

- Borat 2 - Hilarious comedy, political posturing or both? A discussion

- What we're watching - Paul - The Witches, Unsolved Mysteries part 2, Clash of the Titans, 300 - Chris - Let Him Go with Kevin Costner

- Listener Questions 

Welcome to another episode! We're talking all about Mel Gibson becoming a B-movie star, the Furiosa prequel casting and our speculations about who is playing who, Joaquin Phoenix joining Ridley Scott for a Napoleon biopic, Disney focusing on streaming content over everything and much, much more! 

Plus, we tease our new contest for the month of November, called #NewMovieNovember

Skip to the end to get the details on that (and look for further announcements on our Twitter @thebeardthebald in the next week. It's gonna be fun! 

-Mel Gibson doing another actioner with Cole Hauser and Crank directors. Is Mel going the way of B-movies and is that a bad thing?

- Chris Hemsworth and Yayah Mateen Abdul II join Furiosa prequel with George Miller directing - Is this thing actually going to happen? And is it even possible that it could suck?

- Joaquin Phoenix joins Ridley Scott's Napoleaon biopic Kitbag - The next Oscar win for Joaquin?

- Will Lana Wachowski change the game again with Matrix 4? The cast thinks so

- Coming 2 America going to Amazon Prime for December - Did we tell you or did we tell you?

- Hillbilly Eulogy trailer - It's like Ron Howard read a "how to win an Oscar" handbook and made that movie

- Favreau talks future of The Mandalorian - could a feature film happen? Should it? 

- Disney looking to focus more on streaming as they plow ahead with pressure from shareholders to release Black Widow on the platform - Is this the beginning of the end for theaters?

- What we're watching - Paul - Daredevil, Fright Night, Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, The Martian, Charm City Kings

- NO LISTENER QUESTIONS this episode, because we got so wrapped up talking about our new contest that we just forgot. Next episode for sure!

Welcome to another episode of The Beard (Paul Shirey) and The Bald (Chris Bumbray). 2020 continues to hammer away at release dates, but is there hope on the horizon for some titles? Also, with Covid causing renewed shows to get canceled, are there more to follow? Plus, a longer discussion about the new Netflix documentary An American Murder. All that and more! Check out the full agenda below:

- Pixar's Soul to debut on Disney+ on Christmas - Is WW84 next on that train?

- Meanwhile, The Batman, The Flash, Shazam 2 pushed back while Matrix 4 moves up. Also, we called it: Dune moving to 2021. Should we trust any of those dates? (spoilers: no) 

- Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy releases new trailer and promise of December 11 release date - Is this destined for a streaming release? 

- Glow and How To Become A God In Central Florida lose renewals due to Covid - What other shows could this affect and why?

- Benedict Cumberbatch joins Spider-Man 3 in mentor-ish role - Is he the key to MCU entering the multiverse? 

- Trailer for Stephen King's The Stand mini-series - How will it compare to past iterations?

- American Murder - A discussion on the disturbing Netflix documentary

- What we're watching - Paul - Signs, The Boys S2 finale, Anchorman, Borat, John Carpenter's Vampires - Chris - The Godfather and The Godfather: Part 2

- Listener Questions

Welcome to a new episode of The Beard (Paul Shirey) and The Bald (Chris Bumbray) where the crew talk all things Hollywood, including the ramping of streaming services picking up high-profile projects, Marvel leaning into the multiverse, Conan going to Netflix, Rock Moranis getting knocked out and more! 

Here's this episode's agenda: 

- No Time To Die pushed to 2021 - Nails continue to hammer into the coffin of 2020 

- Greenland and The Witches going to HBO Max - welcome to the new world

- Jamie Foxx to return as Electro in Spider-Man 3 - Are we seeing Marvel dipping into the multiverse after DC/WB has done the same?

- Cameron and Nolan want Congress to save theaters - 

- Cameron says Avatar 2 is 100 percent done with part 3 at 95 percent - When will they arrive and what will the reaction be?

- Conan The Barbarian series headed to Netflix - What could make it a success (or failure)?

- Barry Jenkins to direct live-action The Lion King sequel? WTF could this be? 

- Borat 2 trailer - Will this be political satire or just satire? 

- Rick Moranis gets knocked out in NYC - Is nothing sacred in 2020?

- Netflix renews Cobra Kai season 4 and announces season 3 premiere - Sweep the leg

- Stallone deeply involved in re-editing Rocky IV - Could it be better? Worse? Entirely different?

- What We're Watching - Paul - A World of Calm, Another 48 Hours (a much longer cut exists), Hard Target, Sleepy Hollow, Rivers & Tides - Chris? 

- Listener Questions

Welcome back for more of The Beard and The Bald! Check out this episode's topics below! 

Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or, even better, give us a quick review on iTunes! Thank YOU for listening!

- Black Widow heads to 2021 - odds on any new movies for the duration of 2020? 

- Aldis Hodge to play Hawkman in Black Adam 

- Samuel L. Jackson to lead Nick Fury series on Disney + - At 71 is he too old for that?

- Zack Snyder shooting additional footage for JL cut - Could he be tying up all the threads he had planned for JL 2 and 3?

- John Cena and James Gunn making an 8-episode Peacemaker limited series for HBO Max - What other characters from DC could make the HBO Max jump and is this the new normal given the impending death of the box office as we know it?

- Ben Affleck says mid-budget films won't return after pandemic - is he right?

-JDW wants a Tenet sequel - Do we?

- What we're watching - Paul - Raised by Wolves finale, Challenger doc, The Green Mile, Double Impact

- Listener Questions

Welcome to the latest episode of The Beard (Paul Shirey) and The Bald (Chris Bumbray)! Check out our agenda below! 

- Has Henry Cavill inked a deal to return as Superman? What would that look like realistically?

- Jason Momoa backs Ray Fisher on Justice League set - What is the endgame here still?

- HBO Max renews Harley Quinn animated series but DC Universe is officially rebranded - Did it ever have a chance to begin with?

- 9 million Disney+ users paid for Mulan, making roughly 261 million in 9 days. Do those numbers reflect success, failure or still unknown?

- Disney Plus confirms WandaVision to debut this year, but no word on Falcon and The Winter Soldier, which was to debut in August - What does it mean for other shows?

- Tatiana Maslanay to play She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters - What kind of Hulk show will this be?

- Bad Boys For Life duo to helm Ms. Marvel for Disney Plus - A good fit?

- What we're watching - Paul - Addams Family Values, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Jodorowsky's Dune, Challenger: Final Flight - Chris - TIFF update

- Listener Questions

Welcome to another episode of The Beard (Paul Shirey) and The Bald (Chris Bumbray)! Lots of big topics this week, including a few controversies and some deeply affecting watches over the last week. Enjoy and please remember to follow us on Twitter @thebeardthebald and Instagram @thebeardandthebaldpodcast and on Facebook at The Beard and The Bald Podcast

- TIFF at home - The Bald talks about the good and the bad of this year's unique festival

- Cuties controversy - Is the outrage an overreaction or is the film genuinely exploitative? 

- TikTok suicide controversy and Netflix's The Social Dilemma

- Tenet box office and what it means - WW84 delay a result? Is Dune destined for Summer 2021? We discuss

- Sony not putting out any $200 plus budgeted films till pandemic is over. Will everyone else follow suit? 

- Jonathan Majors to play Kang The Conqueror in Ant-Man 3 - Is Kang the next Thanos for the MCU?

- Chris Hemsworth says he's not planning any kind of MCU retirement - Did Evans act too soon or was it all just part of the story and out of his hands?

- A Borat sequel has reportedly been shot and screened already - Can SBC still get away with HIS brand of edgy comedy? 

- Daisy Ridley confirms what we thought all along - there never was a true plan to who Rey's parents were - and it shows

- Ewan McGregor excited for Obi-Wan series and comments on what the prequel series has meant over time and says the series is meant to be a standalone thing. 

- What we're watching - Paul - The Social Dilemma, Showgirls, Cliffhanger, 3 Men and a Body 2, Shawshank Redemption - Chris?

- Listener Questions

Welcome to the latest episode of The Beard and The Bald! 

Here's the rundown of topics included in this episode:

- John Boyega criticizes the handling of his character in Star Wars - Is he right?

- WB fires back at Ray Fisher - Is this just a he said/he said at this point?

- Dune teaser - How does it look?

- Alan Ritchson to star as Jack Reacher in new series

- Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead to get animated series and prequel - Is there enough material for this?

- Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reteam for spy thriller Five Eyes - About time?

- Mike Flanagan says his dream Stephen King project would be The Dark Tower - But, after two failed attempts is this even possible to adapt?

- Cobra Kai showrunners considering at least five spin offs - what would we like to see?

- What we're watching - Paul - The Boys S2, Troy: director's cut - Chris?

- Listener Questions

Enjoy and Thank YOU for listening!