About this episode
THE MOVIE PODCAST is a film news and entertainment podcast that covers the week’s biggest movie stories and a unique topic of the show. You can catch Daniel, Shahbaz and Anthony in a new episode every Monday! Please be sure to rate the show and subscribe. Got a topic request? Have a movie suggestion? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at ThisTimeWith.com/talk EPISODE #67: ‘The Batman’ TV Spinoff from Matt Reeves and Summer Blockbuster Movies - July 12, 2020 ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMENTARIES: Game Night , Sicario , and Spider-Man (2002) NOW AVAILABLE ON THE MOVIE PODCAST FEED! CATCH UP: Black Lives Matter , Zack Snyder's Justice League ‘Snyder Cut’ Coming to HBO Max in 2021 and Interview with Kevin Lima, Director of A Goofy Movie, Tarzan, and Enchanted and more! CHECK OUT: The Last of Us Part II Spoilercast AVAILABLE NOW! MAILBAG Thank you to everyone who wrote in and told us their favourite summer blockbuster movies. We’ll be getting to them in our Topic of the Show. NEWS Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91 - Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge / THR ‘Mission: Impossible 7,’ ‘The Batman’ and 4 Other Blockbuster Shoots to Resume in UK - Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap Jude Law to Play Captain Hook in Disney's Live-Action 'Peter Pan & Wendy’ - Borys Kit, Aaron Couch / THR 'Invisible Man' Helmer Leigh Whannell to Direct Ryan Gosling in ‘Wolfman' - Mia Galuppo / THR 'The Batman' TV Spinoff From Matt Reeves, Terence Winter Set at HBO Max - Borys Kit / THR NEW DATES Halloween Kills - Oct. 15, 2021 Halloween Ends - Oct. 14, 2022 'Candyman' - Oct. 16, 2020 'The Forever Purge' - July 9, 2021 BOX OFFICE Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Sequel Tops Weekend For 45th Time In 40 Years - Scott Mendelson / Forbes NEW TRAILERS Die Hart (Quibi) The One and Only Ivan (Disney+) The Umbrella Academy - Season 2 (Netflix) The Boys - Season 2 (Amazon) Tesla Far Cry 6 WHAT WE'RE WATCHING Anthony : Transformers, Snowpeircer, Independence Day, Perry Mason, The Nun, Men in Black, The Jynx: The Life and Times of Robert Durst, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Daniel : Spider-Man: Homecoming, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Speed, Transformers, The Old Guard, Greyhound, Palm Springs Shahbaz : Independence Day, Little Miss Sunshine, Rat Race, Palm Springs, Face/Off, Modern Family TOPIC OF THE SHOW Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES OF ALL TME and talk their favourites and why they matter. How ‘Jaws’ Forever Changed the Modern Day Blockbuster — And What Today’s Examples Could Learn From It - Katie Erbland / IndieWire How the Summer Blockbuster Was Born - Natalie Morky / Film School Rejects Why Hit Movies Are Called Blockbusters - Olivia B. Waxman / TIME TRIVIA DANIEL - 6 SHAHBAZ - 5 ANTHONY - 7 FOLLOW US: Follow Daniel on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Shahbaz on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Anthony on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow The Movie Podcast on Twitter , Instagram , Discord , and YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices