Did The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Use More Bits From George Lucas' Treatments Than We Thought? Avatar, Dexter, Static Shock, & Last Starfighter

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On the October 19, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Star Wars, Avatar, Dexter, Static Shock, and Last Starfighter. In The News: Chris (og HT): Major Hollywood Studios Won’t Be Buying Out Movie Theaters Any Time SoonDo you think we’ll end up seeing one of the major studios buying out one of the major chains? Brad: ‘Avatar: The Next Shadow’ Comic Book Will Fill the Gap Between ‘Avatar 2’ and the Original MovieWhy do you think they didn’t make this a Disney+ animated movie or series instead? Ben: Luke Skywalker Died in George Lucas’ Original Treatment For ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’Maybe more of George Lucas’ original treatments made it into the final films than we think? Chris: ‘Dexter’ Reboot Coming to Showtime, Michael C. Hall ReturningHow can they redeem the Dexter finale? Brad: Michael B. Jordan to Produce ‘Static Shock’ Movie for Warner Bros. and DC Comics Ben: ‘The Last Starfighter’ Sequel is Still in the Works; Original Writer Provides a Status UpdateIs this going to be a sequel, reboot or legacequel? Other Articles Mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Music, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends 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 everybody and welcome to Slash Helm Daily for Monday, October 19th, 2020 on today's episode.
0:08.0	We're going to discuss the latest film and TV news.
0:10.5	This is Slash Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sorata and joining me on today's podcast, this is slash film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sorata,
0:13.0	and joining me on to this podcast, a slash film
0:15.2	weekend editor, Brad Omen.
0:17.0	Hey, that's me.
0:18.5	Senior writer, Ben Pearson.
0:20.0	Hey, what's going on?
0:21.3	And writer, Chrisi Vangelista.
0:23.0	Hello.
0:24.0	Okay, we've been talking at length about, you know, the future of the theatrical experience,
0:30.6	and I think last time we talked about this we went into the idea that some major
0:36.0	Hollywood studios could end up buying these these movie theater change and
0:40.8	and maybe that would be how this whole thing is saved but it seems like the
0:46.8	Hollywood studios are not interested. Chris what do we know?
0:50.1	Yeah so we don't have the answer of every Hollywood studio, but Universal and Warner Brothers two very big studios
0:57.5	Both not just said no to the idea, but they kind of laughed at the idea which is kind of brutal.
1:03.0	Here's a quote from Ann Sarnoff, who is the Warner Brothers CEO.
1:09.0	We're big fans of the exhibitors. They've been good partners of ours for many decades. We're rooting for them. I know it's kind of tough right now. I'm hoping they come out in the other side, which is basically like,
1:22.9	good luck with all that.
1:24.3	I mean, it's, you know, obviously I don't have her actual voice
1:28.2	saying the quote, so maybe she said it in a more upbeat way,
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