On the latest episode, Brian and Zach talk about some of the week’s top stories including a Batman solo film written and directed by Ben Affleck, Terry Gilliam finally getting the funds for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Disney’s next live-action venture, a host of casting and directing news, and the opening film of Cannes. They’re joined by Now Conspiring’s Jon Negroni to talk film critics and the backlash towards the profession after Batman v. Superman in the main story with a look ahead towards “Alien Day” for this week’s WTF story.
Top Stories:
- Ben Affleck has supposedly written a solo Batman movie
- Terry Gilliam says Man Who Killed Don Quixote starts filming in September
- Disney to make a live-action movie about Snow White’s sister
- Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin back for Sicario 2
- Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst lead the cast for Sofia Coppola’s next film
- David Oyelowo and Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in God Particle for J.J. Abrams
- Robin Wright joins the cast of Blade Runner 2
- Kirsten Wiig is Downsizing with Alexander Payne
- Naomi Watts joins Brie Larson in memoir adaptation
- Room director finds next project to escape from
- Winston Churchill biopic on the way from director Joe Wright
- Woody Allen’s latest to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Main Story:
“Film Critics Aren’t People Like Us”
- By Jon Negroni
- Twitter: @jonnegroni
WTF of the Week
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