In this episode of Beyond the Screen, Ryan Emily, and Jake celebrate Star Wars Day and breakdown the escalating legal war between the FCC and Disney over the controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel’s "expectant widow" joke about Melania Trump and the subsequent assassination attempt on the president that has led to calls for Kimmel’s firing and a review of Disney’s broadcast licenses before speculating that Spielberg's guilty pleasure is Casper the Friendly Ghost?All this, and so much more, on this episode of Beyond the Screen!Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HbPaAs4QHbtJTTU1vwZMawhSvi9_xHnqJBXy7WSZr9M/edit?usp=sharingIntro

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In this episode of Beyond the Screen, Ryan, Emily, and Jake break down the record-shattering debut of the Michael Jackson biopic, Michael despite heavy critical backlash. The guys discuss the "sugarcoated" script, Paris Jackson's public outrage, and so much more on this episode of Beyond The Screen!

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HbPaAs4QHbtJTTU1vwZMawhSvi9_xHnqJBXy7WSZr9M/edit?usp=sharingIntro

Video Sound Effects Used:

Eumig S931 Super8 Projector.wav by StefanoPTesta — License: CC0 — https://freesound.org/s/447884/Film Projector - Reel Runs Out by Stefan021 — License: CC0 — https://freesound.org/s/411981/Analog - Burning Film by tobbler — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/795375/Roller blind circuit breaker x3(Eq,rvrb,MSEq,lmtr).wav by newlocknew — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/583451/Wood Burning Stove by nebulousflynn — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/269062/

In this massive episode of Beyond the Screen, Ryan, Emily, and Jake dive into the whirlwind of CinemaCon 2026, breaking down the future of film from every major distributor followed by Disney's 1,000 person layoff. All this and so much more on this episode of Beyond the Screen!

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HbPaAs4QHbtJTTU1vwZMawhSvi9_xHnqJBXy7WSZr9M/edit?usp=sharingIntro

Video Sound Effects Used:

Eumig S931 Super8 Projector.wav by StefanoPTesta — License: CC0 — https://freesound.org/s/447884/Film Projector - Reel Runs Out by Stefan021 — License: CC0 — https://freesound.org/s/411981/Analog - Burning Film by tobbler — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/795375/Roller blind circuit breaker x3(Eq,rvrb,MSEq,lmtr).wav by newlocknew — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/583451/Wood Burning Stove by nebulousflynn — License: CC BY 4.0 — https://freesound.org/s/269062/