This week's show is all about Stephen King and his recent resurgence in film & TV adaptations. We rank our Top 5 King adaptations and going full on spoiler talk about IT and The Dark Tower. We also touch on the impossible to avoid Harvey Weinstein situation, go on a Dragon Ball tangent, and take a look at Marvel's rising presence in TV.
Nickelodeon announced in late March that it was parting ways with Dan Schneider, the producer behind several of its most successful and impactful kids’ shows. Most of the Hollywood trade press’ stories about Schneider’s departure stuck to the story of them parting ways to pursue other opportunities, but the long running rumors of sexual abuse have intensified as of late, and against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement there's been much speculation that Schneider would be the next domino to fall.
Ronan Farrow's massively popular book, 'Catch and Kill', which dramatized the reporter's efforts to take down Harvey Weinstein, is becoming a true-crime series over at HBO.
In this week's show we have a frank and open discussion about this seemingly never ending cycle of sexual assault accusations/revelations and what we think is driving these people in power to risk it all. Then we give our initial and spoiler-filled reactions to Season 1 of Netflix and Marvel's The Punisher, as well as our reactions to the brand new Avengers: Infinity War trailer and discuss the DC vs Marvel cinematic universes.
It's clearly true that these men's careers have not been ended by the #MeToo movement. In fact, the movement appears to have shaken out in a way that's been rather just.