NEWS: Dave Filoni to Replace Kathleen Kennedy at Lucasfilm, First Look at Sophie Tuner as Lara Croft
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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This week on PREVIOUSLY ON…, Jason and Rosie break down several major entertainment headlines, including the announcement that Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead star Ryan Hurst has been cast as Kratos in Amazon’s upcoming God of War series. They also discuss Amazon’s greenlight of Fallout Shelter, a competition reality show based on the Fallout franchise, and The Pitt season 2 premiere pulling in 5.4 million viewers in just three days. Next, they dive into some huge Star Wars news: Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan are set to replace Kathleen Kennedy as the heads of Lucasfilm, with Filoni taking on the creative leadership role and Brennan overseeing business operations. Finally, they unpack Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ comments about committing to 45-day theatrical windows for Warner Bros. films, and react to the first official photos of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft from costume tests for Amazon’s upcoming Tomb Raider series.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | On today's episode, we're talking about new images of the latest Laura Croft series. |
| 0:10.3 | And more. It's news. |
| 0:12.7 | News. |
| 0:13.2 | News. |
| 0:31.1 | Yeah. Hello, my name is Jason Cepcion. |
| 0:32.6 | And I'm Rosie Knight. |
| 0:35.0 | And welcome back to X-ray Vision, the podcast. |
| 0:35.7 | We dive deep. |
| 0:37.4 | It's your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture. |
| 0:56.2 | We're coming to you from IHeart podcast. We're reading three episodes of week. Plus News. And today is News. In today's previously on episode, as always, we're catching you up in the biggest geek news of the week, including, hey, she said that she was going to retire. And guess what? It's happening. Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilm. |
| 0:56.1 | We got news on the legacy of... Hey, she said that she was going to retire. And guess what it's happening? Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasville. |
| 0:59.0 | We got news on the legacy of that role. |
| 1:03.0 | We also have news about Kratos casting in God of War. |
| 1:05.7 | It started a few conversations in the gaming community. |
| 1:06.6 | Let's say that. |
| 1:09.2 | And then let's get to those headlines. |
| 1:15.1 | First up, God of War on Amazon Prime has its cratos. |
| 1:18.2 | Ryan Hurst has been cast. |
| 1:22.2 | He was the voice of Thor in God of War, Ragnarok. |
| 1:27.3 | A wonderful role in that particular video game. And he is also a cast member of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Any thoughts on Ryan Hurst as Kratos? |
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