NBC/Universal May Have Changed New Theatrical Releases Forever - MMOW 3/18/20

Is the movie business about to change forever? We debate the question of what the new NBC Universal rentals of The Hunt, The Invisible Man & Emma could mean for the future of film distribution. But that’s just the start of another loaded episode MMO Weekly. Enjoy. NEWS OF THE WEEK - CORONAMANIA: Universal Dropping New Releases on VOD - 2:24 Theaters + Chains Closing Nationwide - 14:29 YOUR TAKES On These Corona Movie Headlines - 19:51 DO YOU CARE (About…): This Week’s New Releases - 29:40 (Including Best Zoo Animal Assassin 🦧🦓🐅) Wrestlemania Going Forward w/o Fans - 34:48 Academy May Go Back To a Hosted Show - 38:43 🍎 Could Acquire 🐭?!? - 41:23 Razzie Awards….uh……Awarded - 43:08 Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years - 45:32 Universal/Blumhouse Is Rebooting Their Monsters 🧟‍♂️👹 - 49:14 Scream 5 Is a Go - 51:05 TRAILER THOUGHTS: Jungle Cruise Trailer 2 - 54:10 Soul Trailer 2 - 55:37 Crip Camp Trailer 1 - 59:48 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AlsoMike Reviews… - 1:00:15 Netflix: The Crown s2; ZZ Top Doc; Premium: Fight Club, Shaun of the Dead; Never Look Away; Jojo Rabbit Disney+ - Frozen 2 VOD: Star Girl; Little Women Mike1: 1:05:50 Corona News; TWD; WWE; Parks and Rec SIXDEGREESOFMMO: Recap and Awards - 1:09:55 Winner + New Challenge - 1:13:01 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:17:15 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:18:00 The News Of The Week segment must continue to be coronavirus related, but I do think this episode is able to look forward a bit more for a welcome change. Instead of having to dwell on all of the closings and the cases and the shutdowns, we can look forward to a few recent theatrical releases that’ll be put on VOD in what will hopefully become a regular practice, at least for the duration of this quarantine. So we debate all of the possible effects of NBC Universal upending the traditional release models & changing how we consume movies. What new movies are we hoping become available over the upcoming months for home viewing? Is the Warner Brothers model a better way to do it? What will be left for movie theaters when we do get the chance to be social again? We speculate about it all through the opening of our Do You Care segment, where we preview all of releases coming out next week. As for the rest of the episode, we do have some fun chatting about a few hopeful stories regarding how the show must go on at Wrestlemania, the announcements of Scream 5 & reboots of Frankenstein & Dracula, an honest to goodness Oscars 2021 story, plus some more awards talk after the Razzies picked their “winners,” and we also enjoy 3 big trailers for Disney’s Jungle Cruise, Pixar’s Soul, and Netflix’s Crip Camp. We worked in audience interaction for 3 segments of this episode, including and as always, our SixDegreesOfMMO, and you get a weird new challenge to dive into for next week. So do send us those, and as we usually ask, please do take a few moments to rate & review us on Apple Podcasts. We sincerely appreciate it. As always, we wanna know what you think. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for listening.