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Who Will Run DC Films? Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Box Office Tracking

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On the October 21, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Walter Hamada’s Departure from DC Films and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever box office tracking. Opening Banter:    In The News: Ryan: Walter Hamada Is Officially Done As President Of DC Films – Here's What that MeansWhat does this mean? Who is running things now? Who should run DC? Where is Hamada going to end up? Ryan: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is Tracking For A Massive Opening Weekend At The Box Office     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 Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  And please subscribe to our newsletter! 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 Apple Podcasts, 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 Home Daily for Friday, October 21st,

0:04.4

2022 on today's episode we're going to discuss the latest film and TV news.

0:09.1

This is Slash Home Editorial Director Peter Sorata and joining me out to his podcast,

0:12.8

the slash writer, Ryan Scott.

0:15.0

Hey, everyone, how's it going?

0:17.0

Okay, Ryan, we only have two stories to discuss today.

0:20.6

We always go long.

0:21.8

Whenever it's you and me, We like talking we like discussing things

0:25.4

But I think today we're actually gonna do an under 30 minute episode. I

0:30.8

Yeah, I think you're really underestimating how much I like hearing myself talk.

0:35.6

I think that might be the...

0:37.6

Okay, we do have two big topics.

0:41.6

Let's start off today with what's going on over at Warner Brothers Discovery,

0:47.0

specifically DC Films. So Walter Hamada, who was the president of DC films, he was, would you describe him as the Kevin Fygy of DC films?

1:00.0

No, because Kevin Fygy has a really unique position within Hollywood, like, there's, there really, there really isn't another position like his that exists. It's very hard to explain, but like, but,, Walter Hamada was the head of a division and that division happened to be DC films.

1:17.2

He did not have as much latitude as a guy like Kevin Fikey has.

1:20.4

He certainly was in charge of kind of steering the ship, but you know Figgi is like the

1:28.3

unquestioned leader, you know, and Hamada, for as much as he had respect he was not unquestioned as I understand it.

1:38.2

Yeah, definitely it seems like he was always being questioned by other aspects of it within Warner Brothers within DC Comics.

1:47.8

Right and well the other thing too is and again, Hamada, you know, Hamada is not his public facing. He doesn't get out there and talk as much. But the one thing about

1:56.2

Hamada, like Kevin Fyke has a knack for attracting talent. And one of the things I've heard recently is that Hamada,

2:03.6

one of the areas he sort of fell short a little bit

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