The News Reel with Zach Dennis and Brian Welk

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian look at new trailers for Paterson, Fences, and 20th Century Women and dig into the news concerning a live-action adaptation of The Lion King, Johnny Depp doing an Agatha Christie adaptation, and Lee Daniels making a musical about his life. Rolling Stone's Charles Bramesco joins the group to discuss a recent Indiewire Critics Survey that he participated in concerning an essay penned by Shannon Plumb, wife of director Derek Cianfrance, who took offense to how critics reacted to her husband's latest film. Finally, they look at the WTF story of the week, which focuses on actors and actresses hiding their age on IMDb.   Top Stories: Adam Driver drives a bus in first trailer for Paterson Denzel Washington, Viola Davis look intense in first trailer for Fences Annette Bening and Elle Fanning lead great cast in first trailer for 20th Century Women Jon Favreau to direct "live-action" adaptation of The Lion King Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer to lead cast of Murder on the Orient Express Lee Daniels says he is making musical about his life in vein of 8 1/2   Main Story: "IndieWire Critics Survey: Are Movie Critics Killing Romance?" "The Man in the Ring: With Derek Cianfrance in Venice for the Premiere of The Light Between Oceans" guest Charles Bramesco, Rolling Stone Twitter: @intothecravesse   WTF Story of the Week: New California law allows actors or actress to request not to have their age on casting sites

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian say "who needs a main story?" and stick to just news in a shortened podcast. With a busy week of entertainment news, the duo look at the break-up between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the first trailers for Passengers and Blue Jay, Jared Leto's next big method project, Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell re-uniting, and the death of two famous film faces. They end with a WTF that features a lot of money lost for a movie that was lost from the beginning.   Top Stories: Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence hang out in space in Passengers trailer Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson reconnect in trailer for Blue Jay Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan will lead Paul Dano's directorial debut Jared Leto is going to play Andy Warhol, probably paint cans everywhere Duncan Jones says his next film is tied to Moon, part of a trilogy Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell reuniting for biopic R.I.P. Curtis Hanson and Bill Nunn WTF of the Week: Paramount is already prepping to lose $115 million for Monster Trucks

Download | Subscribe on iTunes On the latest episode of The News Reel, Zach and Brian look at the first trailers for Nocturnal Animals, Christine, and Fifty Shades Darker and dig into new stories about Margot Robbie and Warner Bros, Jeff Nichols' next project, the winners at the Venice Film Festival, and Woody Allen's television adventure. The duo invites CutPrintFilm's own Chris Evangelista on for the main story to chat about TIFF and some of the movies he enjoyed and disliked while he attended the festival. They end the episode with their usual WTF story of the week and try to make sense of the latest crazy fan theory.   Top Stories: First trailer for Nocturnal Animals teases a sexy noir starring Amy Adams Rebecca Hall controls the room in first trailer for Christine It is all about the sexy time in first trailer for Fifty Shades Darker Margot Robbie gets first-look deal at WB, probably means Harley Quinn spin-off coming Stan Lee is the new subject for an action-adventure franchise Jeff Nichols is set to remake an 80's buddy cop movie Venice Film Festival winners include Emma Stone, The Bad Batch Woody Allen moves to TV with first trailer for Crisis in Six Scenes   Main Story: Chris Evangelista recaps the Toronto International Film Festival Reviews can be found here Twitter: @cevangelista413   WTF of the Week: Creator of Grease shuts down one of the wildest fan theories yet

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian look at new trailers for Live by Night, Free Fire, and Collateral Beauty along with news about the latest films from Alfonso Cuaron and Paul Thomas Anderson. For the main story, the duo preview the fall movie season and pick which films they think will blow audiences away and which ones will become instantly forgotten. And they end with a WTF of the week that includes Mel Gibson reviewing superhero movies.   Top Stories: First trailer for Free Fire promises a lot of bullets and wise cracks Ben Affleck is back behind the camera (and in front) with Live by Night trailer Matthew McConaughey needs some serious hair help in first trailer for Gold Will Smith wants us to cry, but won't try too hard in Collateral Beauty trailer Alfonso Cuaron is heading back to Mexico for his Gravity follow-up PTA, Daniel Day-Lewis fashion drama set for 2017 release Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling join Ava DuVernay and Oprah in A Wrinkle in Time Ryan Coogler turns down his invite to the Academy   Main Story: Zach and Brian preview the fall movie season   WTF of the Week: Mel Gibson calls Batman v. Superman "a piece of shit"

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian discuss the great roles of Gene Wilder after the Blazing Saddles and Willy Wonka actor passed away this week. They also look at new trailers for Mascots and Certain Women along with Jackie Chan getting an honorary Oscar, Richard Linklater getting his cast together for his next project, and Netflix bagging a Marilyn Monroe biopic. For the main story, they're joined by Matt Zoller Seitz, who talks about his new book, The Oliver Stone Experience, and what he learned from the famed director while writing about him. Finally, they end with two WTF stories of the week as two new videos swept the Internet with hilarious outcomes.   Top Stories: Gene Wilder passes away at the age of 83 First trailer for Certain Women shows off a great cast for Kelly Reichardt's new film Netflix releases the first look at Christopher Guest's latest film, Mascots Cannes entry, Elle, gets its first trailer Jackie Chan, Frederick Wiseman among group to get honorary Oscars Richard Linklater's new movie adds Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe biopic is headed to Netflix   Main Story: Matt Zoller Seitz talks The Oliver Stone Experience Available on September 15 or for pre-order on Amazon now   WTF story of the week: Spike Jonze directs insane perfume ad Thor lets us know what he was doing during Captain America: Civil War in new Marvel short

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian look a new trailers for Oscar hopefuls Manchester by the Sea and Lion as well as news surrounding a James and the Giant Peach remake, the director of Justice League Dark and Captain Marvel, and whether or not the controversy surrounding Nate Parker will affect Birth of a Nation. They also invite Justine Smith on to talk about the recent BBC ranking of the 100 greatest films of the 21st Century and whether or not they got it right with their picks. And finally, they talk Trump Movie Plots for the WTF story of the week and most likely scare off listeners with poor Trump imitations.   Top Stories: Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams star in first trailer for Manchester by the Sea "Eight-time Oscar nominated film," Lion, gets its first trailer Sam Mendes will direct a James and the Giant Peach live-action film for Disney Neil Burger to direct Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston in the Intouchables remake Doug Liman will direct another group of antiheroes for DC Marvel has the shortlist of directors for Captain Marvel down to three names Nate Parker's former classmates dispute the claims against him   Main Story: "The 100 greatest films of the 21st century" with Justine Smith Twitter: @redroomrantings WTF Story of the Week: Donald Trump is ruining movies now with #TrumpExplainsMoviePlots

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian look at the highly anticipated trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story along with War on Everyone and Allied. They also look at rumors around the Han Solo spin-off movie, a Scarface remake, and the new faces joining the Ocean's Eleven reboot. For the main story, the duo invite The AV Club's Alexander Huls on to discuss his article breaking down the future of superhero movies and why the genre still has a lot of work to do. They finish with a WTF story on Suicide Squad stealing some style from a musical duo.   Top Stories: The new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is very exciting The young Han Solo movie is looking for a non-white female and a Lando Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Pena do their own rude cops movie with War on Everyone Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are spies in love in Allied trailer David Fincher is being courted by Brad Pitt to direct World War Z sequel Antoine Fuqua is circling a remake of Scarface Rihanna and Anne Hathaway among the new additions to female-led Ocean's Eight cast The sequel to Ghostbusters won't be happening after it is set to lose a lot of money   Main Story: "The golden age of superhero movies has yet to face its greatest threat" by Alexander Huls, The AV Club Twitter: @alxhuls   WTF Story of the Week: Die Antwoord accuses Suicide Squad of stealing their style

On this week's episode, Brian and Zach take a look at two of the newest trailers from the week --- Dunkirk and Max Rose --- as well as some news about James Ponsoldt's studio debut, Channing Tatum as a merman, and Clint Eastwood discussing his politics views on Donald Trump. For the main story, the duo look at a recent article in The Hollywood Reporter about the behind-the-scenes work on Suicide Squad and how this movie was doomed from the beginning. They conclude the episode with a WTF story about Jeremy Renner trying to get fired by Marvel.   Top Stories: Christopher Nolan does WWII with first teaser for Dunkirk Jerry Lewis has his first role in years with indie drama, Max Rose James Ponsoldt to direct original story for Disney Channing Tatum, Jillian Bell to headline Splash remake with reversed roles Rebel Wilson to become a Dirty Rotten Scoundrel Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek to headline remake of Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman movie Anthony Mackie leads cast additions to Kathryn Bigelow's next film Clint Eastwood on political correctness, Donald Trump, and Gran Torino   Main Story: "Suicide Squad's Secret Drama: Rushed Production, Competing Cuts, High Anxiety" by Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter   WTF Story of the Week Jeremy Renner tried faking a heart attack to get out of The Avengers

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian dig into the latest trailers including The Great Wall with Matt Damon saving China from dragons and the latest film from Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge. They also discuss some movement from Disney and the directorial debut of an accomplished indie actor. Movie Mezzanine's Mallory Andrews joins the duo to discuss her recent article on LGBT themes and characters in the Star Trek series on the heels of the recent reveal that John Cho's Sulu is gay. They conclude with a look at film-related WTF stories from related to two of the trending stories of the past few weeks.   Top Stories: Matt Damon stars in a problematic trailer for The Great Wall Andrew Garfield stars in latest movie from director Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge Venice Film Festival line-up includes new films from Derek Cianfrance and Terrence Malick Disney is working on a reboot of The Rocketeer with a black, female lead Meryl Streep is joining the sequel to Mary Poppins Marvel makes Avengers: Infinity Wars a solo movie (for now) Real-life couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan team-up for new film, Dano to direct   Main Story: "LGBTrek: A Brief History of Queerness in Star Trek" by Mallory Andrews, Movie Mezzanine Twitter: @mallory_andrews   WTF Story of the Week: Werner Herzog becomes enamored with Pokemon Go Bradley Cooper infuriates conservatives by attending Democratic National Convention

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian tackle news from Comic-Con, including trailers for LEGO Batman, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Justice League, and Doctor Strange. They also take a look at some of the latest news that isn't related to Comic-Con such as the passing of Garry Marshall and the future of the Divergent franchise. They conclude with one of the sweeter WTF stories --- a tribute to John Williams that the Oscar-winning composer approved of.   Top Stories: RIP Garry Marshall Tom Ford and Denis Vellenueve's latest films will headline Venice Film Festival Roman Polanski will team-up with Olivier Assayas for his next film The Divergent franchise is done with feature films, moving to TV A live-action Pokemon movie is in the works and is centered around one character   Main Story: "Comic-Con Recap" Blair Witch LEGO Batman King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Kong: Skull Island Wonder Woman Justice League Doctor Strange Marvel adds Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, announces cast for Black Panther   WTF Story of the Week: Teenagers play Star Wars theme outside John Williams' house