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Tarantino's Star Trek, Rian Johnson's Next Film, Die Hard 6, Suspiria, Front Runner, Cronenberg,

/Film Weekly

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🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On the September 4, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Cronenberg, Summer Movie Awards, Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek, older movies, Rian Johnson’s next film. Die Hard 6, The Front Runner and Suspira.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).   Opening Banter: Watercooler episode is again moved to Wednesday as Jacob is out sick and Brad is off.   In The News:   Chris: David Cronenberg TV Series In the Works, Fulfilling the Prophecy of ‘Videodrome’ Ben: Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Summer Movie Awards Winners Include John Cho, Spike Lee, ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’, and MorePeter is going to ask for some of your picks Chris: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Star Trek’ Idea is ‘Bananas’ and Needs an R-Rating, According to Karl Urban Ben - Many Older Movies Aren’t Available Online, But Screenwriter John August Wants to Change That Chris: ‘Knives Out’: Rian Johnson to Direct Daniel Craig in Murder Mystery Movie Inspired by Agatha Christie Chris: The ‘Die Hard 6’ Title Is Now ‘McClane’ Ben (og Brad): ‘The Front Runner’ Early Buzz: Hugh Jackman is Oscar Worthy in Robert Altman-esque Political Drama Chris (og Brad): ‘Suspiria’ Early Buzz: High Art Meets Horror in This Gorgeous, Not Very Scary, and Divisive Remake Other articles 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 iTunes, Google Play, 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 iTunes, 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 September 4th 2018 on today's episode

0:05.6

we're going to discuss the latest film and TV news.

0:08.4

This is slash film editor-in-chief Peter Sorretta.

0:11.1

And joining me on today's podcast is slash film Senior

0:14.0

writer Ben Pearson. Hey what's going on and writer Chris Evangelista.

0:18.0

Hello. Okay guys usually on Monday we do the water cooler episode, but Jacob is out sick.

0:28.0

Apparently he's not feeling good after having barbecue on Labor Day and Brad is out today as well.

0:36.1

So I'm pushing the water cooler episode to Wednesday instead of our normal first day of the week, which I guess today is Tuesday,

0:45.3

not Monday, as I said earlier.

0:48.1

So let's move on to the news.

0:49.4

Let's just jump right into it.

0:51.4

Over the weekend we learned that David Croningberg is going to be doing a TV series.

0:57.4

Chris, you're at the site, what do we know?

0:59.2

Oh yeah, so there aren't really any specific details, unfortunately.

1:03.4

And David Cronenberg has directed TV before,

1:06.2

and he was actually asked to direct season two

1:10.0

of True Detective, and he turned it down

1:11.8

because he didn't like the script which

1:13.2

puts him in line with most people who saw True Detective season two and but this is the

1:19.3

first time he's actually developing a show on his own and basically all he said was he was at the

1:25.3

Venice Film Festival and he said you know he can't really say what it's about but it's

1:29.7

it's in the works and I just found this slightly amusing and ironic because one of

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