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What Wrong Lessons Will Hollywood Take From Joker's Success? Marvel TV, Foundation, Avatar 2, Hocus Pocus 2 & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

/Film Weekly

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4.4942 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On the October 24, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Marvel TV, Joker box office, Foundation, Avatar sequels, Hocus Pocus 2, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.   Opening Banter:          In The News: HT (og Chris): Marvel TV Head Jeph Loeb is Leaving the Company Ben (og Chris): ‘Joker’ Box Office Profits Will be Almost as Much as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, Because We Live in a Society HT: Rupert Sanders to Direct ‘Foundation’ Pilot for Apple TV+ HT: Jared Harris and Lee Pace Join Apple’s Adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Series Ben (og Chris): ‘Avatar’ Sequels Will Use High Frame Rate “Sparingly,” According to James Cameron HT: ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ is Being Summoned at Disney+ Ben: New ‘Star Tours’ Update Will Take Us to Death Star Remains, Reveals Name of Planet Where It CrashedBen: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ to Overtake ‘Last Jedi’ as the Longest ‘Star Wars’ Movie   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 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, October 24th, 2019.

0:06.0

On today's episode we're going to talk about the latest film and TV news.

0:09.1

This is Slash Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sorretta.

0:11.4

And joining me on this podcast, this Slash Film Senior Writer, Ben Pearson. and

0:15.0

the chief Peter Sorretta in joining the Anticipat, Hey what's going on?

0:16.0

And writer, Why Trend Bowie.

0:18.0

Hey everyone.

0:19.0

So it's been over a week since we've actually discussed film and TV news.

0:22.0

Luckily, we did kind of discuss some of actually discuss film and TV news.

0:22.8

Luckily, we did kind of discuss some of it

0:25.6

on the other broadcast, like the big Star War stuff,

0:28.1

and we got to some watchman news and info there. But we have a lot to discuss so let's just dive into it.

0:36.0

Over this past week there has been some changes over at Marvel Television

0:41.0

specifically Marvel TV head Jeff Loeb, has exited the company.

0:49.5

I guess it's not all connected after all.

0:51.7

HD Teleels. Yeah. it's not all connected after all. It's not it.

0:53.6

Yeah, Jeff Loeb is leaving his position at Marvel TV.

0:58.4

He was the Marvel TV head for almost a decade,

1:02.1

but since Kevin Faggy took the lead as Marvel's chief creative officer that has led to sort of a split between Marvel Studios, Marvel TV, and as you said, nothing being connected despite initial attempts to do that.

1:18.0

Lobe is apparently in the midst of formulating an exit plan and will announce his departure around Thanksgiving.

1:26.2

So he was the force behind Marvel TV shows like Agents of Shield, as well as the Marvel Netflix shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones,

1:34.7

Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the Defenders. But since the dissolution of the Marvel

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