Should We Be Able To Separate The Filmmaker/Actor From The Movie? Justice League, Tom Cruise, LotR & More

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🗓️ 15 November 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On the November 15, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including the Rotten Tomatoes score and box office tracking for Justice League, Quentin Tarantino wants to cast Tom Cruise in his next film, what Christopher Tolkien resigning from the Tolkien Estate means for the future of Lord of the Rings, and Mel Gibson is up for the Joe Carnahan time-loop film Boss Level. In The Mailbag, we'll be questioning our abilities to separate the art from the artist. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In the News: ‘Justice League’ Rotten Tomatoes Score Leaked Early and It’s Surprising Opening Weekend ‘Justice League’ Box Office Tracking Higher Than ‘Wonder Woman’, Lower Than ‘BvS’ Tom Cruise Wanted For Quentin Tarantino’s Manson Movie Christopher Tolkien Resigns From the Tolkien Estate – Does This Mean More ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies and Shows? ‘Boss Level’ Will Be Joe Carnahan’s Spin on the ‘Groundhog Day’ Movie Formula In The Mailbag: Mark S from Phoenix writes in “after all the allegations against many heavyweights in Hollywood, is it acceptable to separate a person from their art. Can I still laugh at Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris", can I still be in awe at Roman Polanski's "The Pianist", can I still be mesmerized by Brett Ratner's "Red Dragon"? And not solely the filmmakers; "Manchester by the Sea" was one of my favorite films last year, but the more I heard about Casey Affleck and his allegations, the more I felt guilty for praising a man who has committed such atrocities. We all make mistakes, but for those whose actions are unforgivable, do you think we should still celebrate their cinematic achievements? Love the podcast, keep it up guys!” To submit questions to the mailbag, send them to peter@slashfilm.com. Please mention your name and general geographical location in case we mention the question on the air. You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com. /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 Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes 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 November 15th 2017 on today's show we're going to be taking a look at the
0:06.0	Rod and tomato score for Justice League. We'll be taking a look at the opening weekend
0:10.4	box office tracking for that movie.
0:13.2	Quinn Tarantino supposedly wants Tom Cruz for his upcoming film.
0:19.0	Christopher Tolkien resigns from the Tolkien estate.
0:22.4	What does this mean for the future of Lord of the Rings?
0:25.0	And there's a film called Boss Level that we want to talk about.
0:29.0	And in addition to that, we're going to get into the mailbag and we're going to be talking about
0:33.6	separating the ability to separate the art from the artist. This is Peter
0:39.4	Sorretta and joining me on today's podcast is slash film senior writer, then Pearson.
0:44.0	Hey, what's up? And slash film writer, why Tran Bowie.
0:47.6	Hey everybody. See now that you're back you're on every episode,-Tase. I know this is very exciting I feel like a special guest.
0:57.0	Let's jump right into it because Justice League is coming out this week and as we reported yesterday on the podcast
1:04.0	Rodden Tomatoes had held was saying that they were going to hold the
1:09.3	score the Rodden Tomatoes score for that film to debut on their web series.
1:17.4	But apparently they messed up and the score leaked early.
1:20.4	So what do we know, H.T? So the review embargo for Justice League was lifted this morning early this morning and the
1:28.7	review sort of trickling in and usually we would see the Rotten Tomato score pop up immediately afterwards, but because
1:37.7	Rotten Tomatoes is pushing back that reveal until Thursday at midnight, we had no such hope of that except for an unofficial
1:49.3	sort of leak on Flixter which is also owned by Fandango, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes.
1:55.9	So if you checked Flixter that morning, you would see the Rotten Tomatoes score right there on the app. But unfortunately, the the eagle eyed and saw the score right away, screen shot it, and we saw that it had at first a 48%
2:16.5	and later on a 51% before it was taken down.
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