The 10 Dumbest Movie Franchises + Interview With Edgar Wright

Project Big Screen

Barstool Sports

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Project Big Screen, we review two movies: ‘THE RUNNING MAN’ and ‘NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T’. Did Glen Powell take the next step in his movie star evolution? Stick around after the review for our interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright as we discuss his latest film. Also, is the ‘NOW YOU SEE ME’ franchise one of the 10 dumbest movie franchises of all time? Find out where we rank it at the end of the episode! We also dive into some of the bigger news stories of the week including some massive animated trailers and some movement in the Star Trek world. Make sure to like and subscribe! Timecodes: Intro - (0:00) The Running Man Review - (2:15) The Running Man SPOILERS - (8:49) Now You 3 Me Review - (22:01) Now You 3 Me SPOILERS - (32:49) Ad - (47:41) Super Mario Galaxy Trailer - (48:47) Toy Story 4 Teaser - (50:25) Devil Wears Prada 2 Teaser - (54:51) The Housemaid Trailer - (55:30) Gore Verbinski Returns - (58:07) Fallout S2 Trailer - (59:10) Star Trek Reboot - (1:00:35) Brainiac Casting Rumors - (1:05:41) Physical Media Corner - (1:06:51) No Other Choice Reaction - (1:07:36) Jay Kelly Reaction - (1:08:34) Sentimental Value Reaction - (1:09:04) Harry Potter Audiobooks - (1:10:47) Death By Lightning Reaction - (1:14:24) Nuremberg Reaction - (1:15:29) Play Date Reaction - (1:16:26) Joy To The World Reaction - (1:16:44) Soul on Fire Reaction - (1:17:09) Pluribus Reactions - (1:18:22) Interview With Edgar Wright - (1:21:06) The 10 Worst Movie Franchises - (1:54:03) Follow us on Social Media: barstool.link/pbs X | Twitter | Letterboxd: @ProjBigScreen IG | Tik Tok: @ProjectBigScreen Our Personal Letterboxds: Jeff: @JeffDLowe Gooch: @Bobby_Gooch Kenjac: @Kenjac Klemmer: @ChrisKlemmer Kirk: @KirkMinihane

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0:00.0	Hey, Project Big Screen listeners.
0:01.5	You can find us every Monday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube.
0:05.6	Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:12.6	On this episode of Project Big Screen, we were reviewing The Running Man, not a remake of the movie, but another adaptation of the Stephen King novel.
0:23.4	This has Glenn Powell in it from director Edgar Wright.
0:25.7	We also have an interview with in this episode.
0:28.3	And then the third, Now You See Me movie, aka Now You See Me, now you don't, aka now you three me.
0:34.0	Some differing opinions on these two movies.
0:36.0	We have some thoughts on new trailers coming out,
0:38.8	some big ones for Mario Galaxy, Toy Story 5,
0:41.0	the new Fallout Season 2 trailer.
0:42.9	And then our list, top 10 dumbest franchises ever made.
0:47.7	All that and more coming up on Project Big Screen.
0:49.8	All right, Project Big Screen, episode 7, middle of November.
0:54.2	Kind of crazy.
0:54.9	We are nearing the final weeks of the 2025 movie slate.
1:01.5	And kind of award season kicking into gear very soon.
1:05.8	We're already there.
1:06.7	It's nuts.
1:07.4	And we have two pretty big releases in terms of, I guess, if you're a big movie person, hype, the Running Man.
1:16.1	Not a remake, but another adaptation of the Stephen King, though it was under a different name, book from 1982.
1:22.7	Not a remake of the Arnold movie, but obviously based off the same material.
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