April 2024 News Round-Up (269)

Kneel Before Pod

April 2024 is over so it's time for Kneel Before Pod's news round-up. The conversation covers the effectiveness of trailers, milking properties and Glen Powell's star power

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.

Show Notes TV Reviews

• Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5
• Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
• Craig's review of Supernatural - "ScoobyNatural"
• Craig’s reviews of The Winchesters
• Craig's reviews of Heroes Reborn

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Sonic The Hedgehog
• Craig’s review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Craig’s review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion
• Craig’s review of Godzilla
• Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
• Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
• Craig's review of Snake Eyes: G.I. Jones Origins
• Craig’s review of Bumblebee
• Craig’s review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Craig's review of Logan
• Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
• Craig’s review of The Marvels
• Craig’s review of The Matrix: Resurrections
• Craig’s review of The Flash
• Craig's review of Ex Machina
• Craig's review of Yoga Hosers
• Craig's review of Tetris

Podcasts

• 2024 First Contact Day Special - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• 2024 Alien Day Special - Predator
• 2024 Star Wars Day Special - The Clone Wars
• Time Travel on TV
• Bumblebee
• Logan
• WandaVision
• Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
• The Marvels
• The Flash

Trailers

• Speak No Evil
• Cuckoo
• Next Stop Paris
• The Watchers
• Trap
• Blink Twice
• The Exorcism
• Hit Man
• Atlas
• IF
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• Fly Me To The Moon
• Joker: Folie A Deux
• Transformers One
• Deadpool & Wolverine

News

• Julia Garner cast as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Four poster
• James Gunn’s Superman adds Pruitt Taylor Vince as Jonathan Kent
• Neva Howell cast as Martha Kent in Superman
• Craig Gillespie in talks to direct Supergirl
• Keanu Reeves voicing Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic The Hedgehog 3
• Varada Sethu confirmed as Doctor Who companion
• Star Trek prequel officially announced
• Star Trek 4 gets new writer
• Star Trek’s future
• Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi finds its writer
• Drew Goddard to direct new Matrix movie
• Bruce Springsteen movie to star Jeremy Alan White
• Martin Scorcese eyes Frank Sinatra biopic
• Aaron Sorkin writing a film about January 6th
• New The Office series casting
• Quentin Tarantino drops The Movie Critic as his final film
• Kevin Smith’s next movie 4/30
• Jonathan Bailey in talks for new Jurassic movie
• Glen Powell to star in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man
• Alien series adds Sandra Yi Sencindiver
• Margot Robbie to produce Monopoly movie
• Avengelyne adaptation coming from Olivia Wilde and Margot Robbie
• Live action Scooby Doo lands at Netflix
• Nia DaCosta in talks to direct the second part of the 28 Years Later trilogy
• 28 Years Later casting
• Blumhouse to make new Blair Witch Project movie
• Ryan Gosling’s Hail Mary
• Hailee Steinfeld joins Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller
• Heroes reboot/continuation in the works
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin live-action film in the works
• The Transformers and GI-Joe crossover officially announced
• Denis Villeneuve developing Dune: Messiah and Nuclear War A Scenario

Misc

• Craig's appearance on Reel Talk discussing Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
• Florence Pugh's Thunderbolts* set video

Music

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Jurassic Park theme” and his YouTube channel

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