A Trip To Pixar, First IT Reactions, Tobe Hooper, Hellboy, Star Wars and more

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🗓️ 28 August 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On the August 29, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson to talk about the news, including early It buzz, the death of filmmaker Tobe Hooper, casting changes on Hellboy, and how the new Star Wars comic connects Luke Skywalker with Rogue One. Hoai-Tran Bui joins us to talk about her trip to Pixar to learn about their new film, Coco. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In The Water Cooler: Peter ventures back to the Magic Castle and gives first impressions on The Defenders. Ben saw La La Land on the rooftop of a Los Angeles building. In Feedback: On Friday we talked about actors who should play The Joker and asked for your suggestions, here are some of the better responses: Kolin Singh suggested Charlie Hunnam Mike F from Victoria, BC, Canada says “I think Jake Gyllenhaal could pull it off with his range, transforming ability, and intensity (I'm thinking Nightcrawler). I also think if Ben Foster could trim back down he would be amazing in the role, as he is such a great character actor.” In the News: Stephen King’s ‘It’ Early Buzz: A Terrifying Movie with Heart, True to the Spirit of the Book ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Director Tobe Hooper Has Died at 74 Ed Skrein Backs Out of Japanese-American Role in ‘Hellboy’ in a Win Against Whitewashing New ‘Star Wars’ Comic Arc Gives Luke Skywalker a Significant Connection to ‘Rogue One’ In Our Feature Presentation, Hoai-Tran Bui talks about her visit to Pixar to learn about Coco. What it’s like to visit Pixar Animation Studios What HT thought of the first 30 minutes of the film How Pixar tore down the cultural walls to tell a universal story The troubles with bringing Skeletons to life in a kid’s story How ‘Coco’ Was Influenced by ‘John Wick,' ‘Spirited Away,’ and Mexican History You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast; please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to slash film daily for August 29th 2017 on today's show in the water cooler
0:05.1	I'll be talking about Magic Castle again because why not and give first impressions on
0:10.1	Marvels the defenders Ben will be talking about seeing Lala Land on a rooftop in
0:14.4	Los Angeles. In the news we'll be talking about the early buzz from Stephen
0:20.0	King's It, the death of Filmmaker Toby Hooper, casting changes on Hellboy, and how the new Star Wars
0:27.4	comic connects Luke Skywalker with Rogue One and in our future presentation, Why Tran Bowie will talk about her visit to Pixar to learn about
0:36.2	their new film, Coco. But with me now is Ben Pearson.
0:40.9	Hey, how's it going? Good.
0:43.0	What have you been up to this weekend?
0:45.0	So I went to see Lala Land.
0:47.8	It's part of the Rooftop Cinema Club here in Los Angeles.
0:51.0	I think they have it in London, LA, and New York right now.
0:54.0	It's pretty cool. It's at the Montelbonne Theater on Vine Avenue, right in the sort of the heart of
1:01.8	Hollywood really. And yeah, Lala Land they have a bunch of
1:05.4	different screenings they have like the godfather and all sorts of stuff it's sort of
1:08.3	similar to the Street Food Cinema and stuff? Yes, exactly.
1:13.0	But it seems like seeing Walla Land on a Los Angeles rooftop
1:16.8	is just like perfect.
1:18.0	Yeah, and that's exactly why we chose to do it.
1:20.1	I actually had only seen the movie once in theaters, you know, last year when it was when it first came out and I had been
1:27.2	Looking for an opportunity to revisit it and then when I saw that it was playing on a rooftop in the middle of Hollywood, I was like, oh yeah, that's excellent.
1:35.6	So my wife and I went and checked that out.
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