‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ and the Steve Martin Hall of Fame

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Sean and Amanda break down a pair of big franchise releases—‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ (1:00). They then share their thoughts on the new Steve Martin documentary ‘Steve!’ (30:00) and build the Steve Martin Hall of Fame (49:00). Finally, Sean is joined by the director of said documentary, Morgan Neville, to discuss picking a subject, building rapport with that subject, and how he chooses projects (1:40:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Morgan Neville Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nathan Hubbard, Spring has sprung, the birds are chirping, and the pop girls are popgirling.
0:06.0	Oh, and you know what that means, Nora Princeiotti.
0:09.0	Every single album is back.
0:11.0	This spring is packed with new releases from some of the biggest pop stars in the world,
0:15.0	including our girl Taylor Swift, and we'll be covering it all.
0:19.0	We'll of course break down every angle on the Tortured Poets Department,
0:22.0	and we'll also cover new music
0:23.8	from Beyoncée duelipa Maggie Rogers Casey Musgraves and Ariana Grande.
0:28.9	It's pop girl spring on every single album. New episodes starting March 28th on Spotify
0:34.3	Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm King Kong.
0:45.0	I'm King Kong.
0:47.0	I'm Godzilla.
0:49.0	And this is the big picture a conversation show about Steve Martin.
0:53.0	Later in this episode I'll be joined by Morgan Neville,
0:54.8	the director of Steve, a documentary about the life
0:57.8	of the legendary stand-up comedian movie star, author,
1:00.5	playwright, banjo player, Steve Martin.
1:03.1	You know Morgan's work from the Oscar winning 20 feet from stardom,
1:05.9	his portraits of Orson Wells, Anthony Bourdane.
1:08.7	Mr. Rogers, among many other hallowed unusual pop cultural figures,
1:12.2	Morgan one of the most insightful and kindest
1:13.9	film they'll cross around. I hope you'll stick around for our conversation.
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