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Which Directors Would You Want To See As Funko Pops? Monument Valley, Doom Patrol, James Gunn, Jacobs Ladder, Crazy Rich Asians, Mid90s & More

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4.4942 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On the August 22, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk the latest film and tv news, including a Monument Valley movie, Doom Patrol casting, James Gunn’s next movie, Duffer Brothers get Funko Pop figures, Jacob’s Ladder remake, Crazy Rich Asians sequel and Mid90s composers.   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: HT appeared on the latest episode of the /filmcast to talk Crazy Rich Asians.   In The News: Chris: ‘Monument Valley’ Movie Coming From Oscar-Winning Director Of Disney’s ‘Feast’ HT: Brendan Fraser Joins DC Universe’s ‘Doom Patrol’ as Robotman Chris: James Gunn’s Secret Horror Movie is Opening in November HT: Cool Stuff: ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Get Their Own Funko POP Figures, But We Just Want Steven SpielbergPeter asks “Which filmmakers do you want to see Pop figures made for?” Chris: Needless ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Remake Coming in 2019 HT: A ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Sequel is Moving Forward With Jon M. Chu Returning to Direct Chris: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to Score Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s’   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).   Please feel free to 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 August 22nd 2018.

0:04.5

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 and joining me on today's podcast is slash-mom writers,

0:13.4

Why Tran Bowie?

0:14.8

Hey everyone, and Chris Evangelista.

0:17.7

Hello.

0:19.4

So let's just jump into the news.

0:21.3

Actually, you know what know I do want to plug

0:23.1

uh... it's you were on the slash film cast this week talking about crazy rich

0:27.1

Asians yes i was i appeared it went up the episode went up last night.

0:33.0

And yeah, it was a really fun conversation,

0:35.0

just about the film itself,

0:38.0

it's wrong calm structure, and sort of the fallbacks that come with it and also how it feels being an Asian American watching yourself on screen for the first time.

0:48.0

It was a really good conversation. I'm happy they invited me on.

0:51.0

So if you want to hear H.T. talk about all that with the gang.

0:55.0

Head on over to the slash film cast and download the latest episode. But let's jump

1:00.6

into the news and first up on our docket is that they are making a movie adaptation of the video game Monument Valley

1:09.0

which I wouldn't normally be that excited about but apparently Oscar winning director of

1:15.1

Disney's Feast which is my favorite Disney animated short film of all time is the

1:20.9

one developing it. Chris, tell us about it.

1:24.0

Yes, so Monument Valley is a mobile game.

1:28.0

I've never played it, but I did some research writing this story and it looks very cool it's a very visually

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