Westworld, The Hunger Games, Venom 2, HBO Max, Scoob!, SXSW & More

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🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On the April 22, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Westworld, The Hunger Games, Venom 2, HBO Max, Scoob!, SXSW and more. In The News: Chris: ‘Westworld’ Season 4 is Official at HBO, Showrunners Planning a Six Season Run HT: ‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel Movie Officially Coming From Lionsgate, Francis Lawrence Returning to Direct Ben (og Jacob): ‘Venom 2’ is Now Titled ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ – And Has Been Delayed Eight Months HT: HBO Max Streaming Service Sets Official Launch Date for May 27HBO Max Originals Trailers: Anna Kendrick’s ‘Love Life,’ Sundance Documentary ‘On the Record,’ New ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons,’ and More Ben: Warner Media “Rethinking the Theatrical Model”Chris: ‘Scoob!’ Skipping Theaters and Going Directly to Digital Ben: 'Spaceship Earth' Trailer: Neon's Biosphere Documentary Has an Innovative Release Strategy HT: SXSW Filmmakers Aren’t On Board with Amazon’s Offer to Screen Their Movies for Free Chris: The Majority of Georgia Movie Theaters Won’t Reopen Next Week 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 [email protected]. 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. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM 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 Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020.
0:05.0	On today's episode we're going to talk about the latest film and TV news.
0:08.0	This is slash film, editor-in-chief Peter Sorretta.
0:11.0	And joining me on today's podcast, podcast is slash film Senior writer Ben Pearson.
0:14.4	Hey what's going on? And writers, Quatran Bowie. Hey everyone and Chris
0:19.1	Evangelista. Hello folks. Let's jump into it. We have a news podcast today. There's a lot of news that broke yesterday. Like it's been like weeks and weeks of a drought of news and like it seemed like everybody decided to like announce their new things and just for,
0:36.2	I don't know, I don't know why it was, but there was just a ton of new news yesterday.
0:40.0	It made me feel alive, Which is kind of sad.
0:43.7	But Chris, let's start with something that broke today, actually.
0:47.0	And that is that Westworld is getting renewed
0:49.5	for a fourth season and might be planned for a sixth season run. What do we know?
0:54.0	Yeah, yes, here's something that doesn't make me feel alive.
0:57.5	Instead, it makes me grown inside because Westboro is bad now,
1:01.0	but people are still watching. It is not bad. bad no it's really no so people are still watching it
1:07.8	though so HBO has already gone ahead and given it a fourth season. And while it's not official yet, behind the scenes,
1:15.8	rumblings indicate that Lisa, Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the showrunners are pretty much
1:21.7	attached to make six seasons in total.
1:24.7	So not only is are we getting another season,
1:28.1	we're getting two more seasons after that apparently,
1:30.5	which I'm sure we'll make someone happy, but not me. Hey, I'm sure will make someone happy but not me.
1:34.0	Hey, I'm happy Chris.
1:35.0	This is good news for me.
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