Mad Max 5, AMC Buyout, Star Trek Spinoff & More!

On this episode of The Movie News Network, we discuss the biggest film news of the past few weeks: a Mad Max prequel starring Furiosa, rumors of Amazon buying AMC Theatres, a new Star Trek spinoff, and much, much more! Shownotes: Intro Big News Stories (01:11) Next ‘Mad Max’ Film Will Be a Furiosa Prequel Without Charlize Theron AMC Theatres Stock Skyrockets Amid Rumors of Amazon Merger ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Spinoff ‘Strange New Worlds’ Set at CBS AMC Networks Acquires Rights to Two Anne Rice Book Series ‘The Matrix 4’ Aims to Resume Principal Photography in Early July The Delay After Tomorrow (23:30) New Mutants Hamilton Last Night in Soho Quickfire News (30:25) Tom Cruise, Space X, & NASA Go to Space Disney+ Developing Percy Jackson Series Lord & Miller to Direct Ryan Gosling Space Drama M. Night Shyamalan Announces Ensemble Cast for Next Film National Treasure Film and Disney+ Series Luca Guadagnino Directing Scarface Cate Blanchett Joins Borderlands Robert Downey Jr. Producing Sweet Tooth at Netflix Tartakovsky’s Popeye Moving Forward Arnold Schwarzenegger Returns to Predator via Video Game Audible Sandman Adaptation Gets a Stunning Cast Jerry Stiller, Fred Willard, and Lynne Shelton Have Passed Away What We’ve Been Watching (41:36) Darby: Killing Eve, Making the Cut, Star Wars: The Clone Wars David: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, Primal, Guns Akimbo, Roar Fran: Dinosaur, Minority Report, Pain and Gain, Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s Revenge, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, What We Do in the Shadows What We’re Hung Up On (50:45) Darby: Josh Trank’s comments on the fallout of Fantastic Four Fran: Peter Weller returns as Robocop in Mortal Kombat 11 David: Akiva Goldsman’s Batman v Superman Wrap Up (55:13) Follow Fran on Twitter at @RadioactiveJawa and Letterboxd. Follow Darby at his website www.darbyharn.com or on Twitter at @darbyharn. Follow David on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd at @davis_wally. If you enjoyed the show, take a look at our previous episodes. Also be sure to subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with your friends. See you next time!