New Lord of the Rings Movie, MacGruber Casting, a Kingpin Sequel, and More

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On the June 10, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including a new Lord of the Rings movie, Zack Snyder’s new anime series, a Dracula sequel, a Kingpin sequel, and MacGruber casting. Opening Banter: In The News: Chris: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Anime Film Will Be a Companion Piece to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Brad (OG HT): ‘MacGruber’ Series Adds Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke to Cast Ben: ‘Twilight of the Gods’ Reveals Cast for Zack Snyder’s Norse Mythology Anime Series for Netflix Chris: ‘Dracula’ Sequel ‘Abraham’s Boys’, Based on the Short Story By Joe Hill, Being Adapted Into a Feature Film Brad: ‘Kingpin’ Sequel is Somehow in the Works With Original Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly Producing 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 [email protected]. 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. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM 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 Thursday, June 10th, 2021 on today's episode of the show.
0:05.2	We're going to be talking about the latest film and TV news. My name is Ben Pearson, I'm the senior writer at slash
0:10.1	film.com and I'm joined on today's episode by slash film weekend editor Brad Omen.
0:14.2	Yeah, that's me and writer Chris Vangelista.
0:16.8	Hello.
0:17.8	All right guys let's jump right into the news.
0:19.4	Chris, there's a new Lord of the Rings movie coming out.
0:21.8	What the hell? What is going on? Tell me about this. I know we were all cut off-guards by this but it's called the Lord of the Rings, the War of the Roheerum and
0:31.4	this is going to be set in the same you know continuity as the Peter Jackson
0:35.7	Lord of the Rings movies but it's going to be an anime film so that's that's like the
0:41.4	one caveat you're not getting a new live action Lord of the Rings movie, but you are getting a new Lord of the Rings movie.
0:46.4	And this is basically it's like the Helms Deep origin story and it's described as quote a companion piece to the Lord of the
0:55.3	Rings trilogy. So the Helm's Deep origin story does that mean the actual
1:01.5	building of the structure or does that mean the
1:04.1	yes it's gonna be it's gonna be two hours of like an architect with some blueprints
1:09.6	the middle earth architect and he's like, all right, put the well over there and then, no, it says,
1:16.5	quote, the story explores and expands the untold story behind the fortress of Helms Deep, delving into the life and blood-soaked times of one of
1:26.7	Middle Earth's legendary figures, the mighty King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, which is my new favorite name.
1:34.4	What a name.
1:35.2	I know, yeah.
1:36.8	Okay, so, Chris, I know you sort of have an aversion to anime,
1:42.3	but you like the Lord of the Rings, so you must be torn here.
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