Lord of the Rings TV Series, Marvel's What If & The Monsterverse

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🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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On the August 2, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor and senior writer Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the Lord of the Rings tv series, What If and the Monsterverse. Opening Banter: In The News: Ben: ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series Will Return Audiences to Middle-earth in 2022; See the First Image HereTalk about Jeremy’s The ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series is Teasing a Key Location – Let’s Break It Down Brad: Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Early Buzz: Surprising Twists and Thrilling Action Shine in This MCU Remix Ben (og Jack): Monsterverse Writer Max Borenstein Wants a Godzilla and Kong Movie Without Any Pesky Humans Brad: How Does Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Fit Into the Larger Marvel Cinematic Universe Ben (og Danielle): One ‘What If…?’ Storyline Was Rejected Because it was “Half the Plot” of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ 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 Film Daily for Monday, August 2nd, 2021 on today's episode
0:07.0	we're to discuss the latest film and TV news. This is Slash Film Editorial Director Peter
0:11.7	Sorretta,
0:12.8	joining me on to his podcast,
0:13.8	a slash film, senior writer and weekend editor,
0:17.0	Brad Omen.
0:18.0	Hey, that's me.
0:19.4	And senior writer, Ben Pearson.
0:21.3	Hey, what's going on? Okay, so today's episode is going to be a lot about Lord of the Rings, what if, and a little bit about
0:28.7	the monster verse.
0:30.9	But let's start things out with the Lord of the Rings because it's the big news that hit today and the Lord of the Rings TV series over at Amazon has been in the works for quite some time.
0:41.0	We now know when we're going to expect this. Ben, tell us about it.
0:45.0	Yeah, a lot of people and myself included were expecting this show to debut on Amazon Prime
0:49.6	video at some point this year, but that is actually not happening according to Amazon
0:53.6	uh September 2nd 2022 is when quote a new journey begins with this new
1:00.0	Lord of the Rings show which does not have an official title yet.
1:03.4	That's over a year away.
1:05.6	It is, yes.
1:07.4	Which I mean, they also released a first look image of this show and if you take a look at this image you can probably see why it's still a year away because it's very visual effects heavy and I mean I know that New Zealand where they shot Peter Jackson's film trilogies and where they're also
1:24.5	shooting this show does a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of creating the
1:27.9	aesthetic of Middle Earth but they still need quite a lot of of enhancements and visual effects and things like that.
1:34.4	So I'm guessing they just need a little bit of extra time, a little bit of a buffer there.
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