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JJ Abrams Defends Star Wars, Black Widow, DMZ, Quentin Tarantino, Clerks 3, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Stranger Things 4

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🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On the October 1, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including a DMZ tv series, a Quentin Tarantino novel, Clerks 3, JJ Abrams defending Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Stranger Things 4. In The News: Chris: Quentin Tarantino is Writing a Novel About a World War II Vet Who Learns to Love Foreign Movies  Brad: Kevin Smith Assures Us ‘Clerks 3’ Is Back In Business with a Whole New Script Chris: J.J. Abrams Defends Bringing Palpatine Back For ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Brad: Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series Has Found the Director It’s Looking For With Deborah Chow Chris: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Teaser Reveals We’re Not In Hawkins Anymore Brad: Ava DuVernay Turning DC’s ‘DMZ’ Comic Book into a Series for HBO Max  Jacob: ‘Black Widow’ Set Photos Reveal the Return of William Hurt’s Thaddeus Ross  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 iTunes, 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! 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 Tuesday, October 1st, 2019.

0:04.0

On today's episode, we're going to talk about the latest film and TV news.

0:07.0

This is Slash Film, Editor-in Chief, Peter Sorata, and joining the United States

0:09.8

podcast, it's Slash Film Weekend editor Brad Omen.

0:13.4

Hey, that's me.

0:15.0

And writer, Chris Evangelista.

0:18.0

Hello folks.

0:20.0

Sorry, I was on mute for a second there, but I didn't want to delay any longer so I rushed in.

0:25.0

Okay, let's let's dive into the news.

0:30.0

Let's talk about Quinn Tarantino who since he started making films I think people have

0:34.4

compared his films to almost like novels because they have those like kind of chapter

0:38.5

headings and you know they they play with time in a way that novels do and now he is

0:44.9

wait he's writing a novel Chris what is going on here right he's he's been teasing this idea of writing a novel

0:50.9

for a few years and in fact he actually said in previous interviews that

0:55.0

once upon a time in Hollywood originally was going to be a novel before he turned it into a movie.

1:02.1

But now as we all know, he is retiring, maybe.

1:06.7

And even though he's retiring, he has also said

1:09.3

that, you know, he might not make movies anymore,

1:12.0

but he's still gonna create create stuff and he did this new long-raging really great

1:19.6

So I'm an interview. It's a conversation between him and Martin Scorsese, which is like a must read and it's really long. I haven't even finished reading it yet, but it's, if you like those two filmmakers and you should, it's a great read and they talk about their careers, they talk about their work, they talk about other people's work, and during the course of this conversation, Tarantino mentions that he is currently writing a book and it's a really long

1:46.8

quote so I advise everyone to read it on slash not com but the gist of it is it's it's a story

1:52.4

about a World War II veteran who comes back from war and he's really jaded and he also thinks Hollywood movies are bullshit just because he's seen so much in the war.

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