Tomb Raider 2, Crazy Rich Asians 2, Earthsea, Lord of the Rings, and More

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🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On the September 5, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Ben Wheatley’s Tomb Raider sequel, Crazy Rich Asians 2, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, an Earthsea TV show, and Will Poulter being cast in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings. Opening Banter: In the News: HT - ‘Tomb Raider’ Sequel Set for 2021, ‘Free Fire’ Filmmaker Ben Wheatley to Direct Ben - ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Sequel Having Crazy Rich Problems, Writer Adele Lim Leaves Over Pay Disparity Ben - ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel is Also Being Adapted for Hulu HT - An ‘Earthsea’ TV Series Based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novels is Being Conjured by A24 Ben - Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Show Casts ‘Midsommar’s Will Poulter Other Articles Mentioned: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Features an Exact Recreation of Stanley Kubrick’s Overlook Hotel Sets [Set Visit] 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 Podcasts, 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 Thursday September 5th
0:03.2	2019 on today's episode of the show we're going to be talking about the latest
0:06.4	film and TV news my name is Ben Pearson I'm the senior writer at slash film
0:10.4	com and I'm joined on today's episode by slash film managing editor Jacob Hall.
0:14.7	Hello, hello, and writer,
0:16.7	Why Tran Bowie?
0:17.7	Hey everyone.
0:18.7	All right guys, so let's jump right into the news today.
0:22.4	H.C. yesterday afternoon, we learned some interesting news about the future of Ben
0:27.8	Wheatley, a director who's done a bunch of stuff that we've liked, but this is sort of a surprising new project for him what is he
0:34.3	going to be directing next? Ben Wheatley has been tapped to direct the next Tomb Raider
0:40.1	sequel starring Alicia Vikander as the titular Treasure Hunter and
0:45.0	video game character. MGM confirmed that it was had sets the sequel for
0:51.0	Alicia Vikander's Tomb Raider for a release date of March 19, 2021 and that Ben Wheatley, who you may know from
0:58.4	directing films like High Rise and The Excellent Free Fire Fire will be directing this film.
1:05.0	Jacob, I have to throw this to you because I know that I didn't even see the Alicia Vikander Tomb Raider,
1:10.0	but I know that you did and you kind of enjoyed it, right?
1:12.0	Yeah, I think two
1:13.3	made a movie is pretty good it's not great but it's pretty good it's better than
1:17.2	most video game movies but for me the real news here has Ben Wheatley because Ben Wheatley
1:21.2	owns I think I'll kill this. His second movie is
1:25.7	in my top 15 of all time and I love Free Fire. I love High Rise. Sight Seers is dark comedy
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