JJ Abrams Not Directing DC Movies, Lord of the Rings TV Directors, & WarnerMedia/Discovery Merger

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🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On the May 17, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including JJ Abrams Not Interested in Directing DC Movies, Lord of the Rings TV Series directors, and WarnerMedia to merge with Discovery. Opening Banter: In The News: Ben: ‘Uprising’: ‘Bumblebee’ Director Travis Knight to Direct Vampire Action Thriller for Netflix HT: Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Recruits ‘The Witcher’ Director Charlotte Brändström Ben: J.J. Abrams Doesn’t Have Any Interest in Directing Any of the DC Projects Bad Robot is Producing HT: AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Including HBO Max, in $43 Billion Deal with Discovery Ben plugs his feature: An Interview With the Guy Who Yells “It’s the Rocketeer!” in ‘The Rocketeer’ Also 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 Podcasts, 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 Apple Podcasts, 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 everyone and welcome to Slash Home Daily for Monday, May 17th, 2021.
0:05.0	On today's episode, we're going to discuss the latest film and TV news,
0:08.0	this is Slash Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sorretta,
0:10.0	and joining me on to his podcast, the Slash Film Senior Writer, Ben Pearson. Hey, what's going on? And
0:15.0	I'm
0:12.0	Senior Ritter Ben Pearson. Hey, what's going on?
0:15.0	And Ritter.
0:16.0	Why Tran Bowie.
0:17.0	Hey everyone.
0:18.0	Okay, we don't have that much news today, but there is some big stuff, but we'll start small and go big.
0:24.0	Let's start off first with the next film from Travis Knight.
0:28.7	He's, of course, the director of Bumblebee,
0:32.4	and he did some stop motion animation stuff over at Lika.
0:36.0	Ben, tell us about it.
0:37.0	Yes, so Travis Knight is attached to direct a vampire action thriller called Uprising, which is going to be over at Netflix.
0:45.0	It's going to be produced by 21 Laps which is the production company that Sean Levy and Dan Cohen run.
0:51.5	They work on shows like Stranger Things over at Netflix.
0:55.0	So this movie Uprising is based on a book that came out a couple years ago called
1:00.0	a People's History of the Vampire U uprising and it is about it's set after a global
1:06.1	viral outbreak turns people into vampires and it follows CIA agent Lauren Webb who works
1:11.6	against the clock to uncover the truth behind a growing
1:14.0	uprising that threatens to wipe out humanity. It's very big and you know important
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