This week’s Movie News is packed! The domestic box office is on track to top $10 billion for the first time since 2019, powered by Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey shattering records with a massive $257M global opening weekend.

We dive into fresh trailers and teases: Tom Cruise in Digger, Avengers: Doomsday, The Batman: Part Two, The Hunt for Gollum, The Whisper Man, Behemoth, and more.

Big updates include the God of War recast, new Conjuring prequel casting, Carrie series details from Mike Flanagan, I Play Rocky biopic, Danny Boyle’s Ink, and viral horror Cartoon Cat scoring a movie deal.

We close with a tribute to the late Sam Neill.

Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

0:48 (Box Office)

3:34 (Tom Cruise Interview)

6:20 (Avengers: Doomsday)

7:23 (The Batman: Part Two Delayed)

9:26 (Spider-Man Brand New Day)

10:42 (God of War Recast)

12:17 (I Play Rocky)

13:46 (It Follows Sequel)

14:23 (Hunt for Gollum)

17:18 (The Conjuring)

21:02 (The Uprising)

21:47(Other Mommy)

22:35 (Behemoth)

25:04 (The Whisper Man)

25:43 (Children of Blood and Bone)

26:00 (Mayday)

26:34 (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

27:00 (Crystal Lake)

27:20 (Blue Beetle)

28:11 (G.I. Joe)

28:35 (Carrie)

30:35 (Tom Cruise on Odyssey)

30:58 (Final Stories)

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Actor and star of The Long Walk Garrett Wareing joins James to chat about making the instant Stephen King classic, working with Mark Hamill, his love for X-Men and Star Wars, Ransom Canton, how he almost got cast in Final Destination Bloodlines, his audition as Link for Zelda and so much more!

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Join us for a deep dive into Christopher Nolan’s monumental new epic, The Odyssey. This ambitious adaptation of Homer’s ancient tale brings the legendary hero’s perilous journey home to breathtaking life on the biggest screens possible as the first film ever shot entirely on IMAX cameras and IMAX film.

Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, joined by an all-star cast including Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Calypso, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and more powerhouse performers.

Nolan delivers jaw dropping visuals, intense action sequences, and his signature blend of cerebral storytelling and emotional depth. We discuss the film’s towering ambition, standout performances, how it reimagines Greek mythology for modern audiences, and whether it lives up to the hype of its record-breaking box office debut.

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