Warners is for sale (again!), so Carl & Eitan look into the current state of bidding. They also debate the merits of Apple's new F1 deal and take a bemused look at Travis Kelce's Six Flags investment.
This really could be Netflix's Fall, with the big streamer dealing and wheeling left and right.
In this episode, Carl & Eitan explore everything the Los Gatos company is being up to, including a deal with Spotify for exclusive video distribution of (some) Ringer podcasts, a deal with AMC to have the mega sensation KPop Demon Hunters 1-weekend release play in world's biggest theater chain screens, and where might there three big bets land in terms of Oscar chances now that they are out of embargo.
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If you know you know. If you don't – Carl & Eitan are joined by Kevin & Alex for their annual fantasy movie awards draft. They discuss the upcoming awards season and dissect each others' picks across 7 rounds.
Carl & Eitan rave about the latest PTA movie. They share their reviews, their thoughts on its Oscar chances, and break down if box office results will end up mattering for the latest in a string of hits for Warner Brothers Discovery.
Lots of rambly topics as the boys gear up for One Battle After Another. They check in on the Jimmy Kimmel drama before Eitan gives tepid reviews of the things he is watching.
Carl & Eitan explore the three big developments from last week that represent the status of TV and its cultural and political role in 2025: ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel after pressure from the FCC and its affiliates, a terrible (according to Eitan) Emmys broadcast with relatively good winners, and Ellison's master plan to take over both Warner Bros Discovery and TikTok.
Carl & Eitan deliberate the early awards chances of the buzziest films at Venice, Telluride & Toronto.
Carl & Eitan do one of the rare "2 topics and 2 topics only" SID episodes this week.
They begin by breaking down the success of KPop Demon Hunters, including the winners and losers of the deal. Who do you think deserves more questioning: Netflix for not having the film in theaters for (way) longer, or Sony for having sold it in the first place?
Then, Eitan shares his in-depth review of Epic Universe, Universal's newest theme park. He walks through the good, the bad, and the ugly. (Spoiler: It's mostly...good?)
Carl & Eitan run through a variety of topics this week. They dive into the WGA's aggressive move to boot Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar; discuss the critical success of The Naked Gun; and look forward (...) to the new patriotic duty of subscribing to Paramount+ to watch UFC matches.
Turns out The Sphere in Las Vegas is not good for all types of shows. Eitan & Carl begin this week's episode mostly cringing at how bad the screening of The Wizard of Oz at the newest strip landmark went.
Then, they spend the rest of the episode in Disney Streamingland, breaking down the Mouse's announcements around their plans for ESPN's new direct-to-consumer offering, as well as their decision to phase out Hulu as a standalone app while keeping it as its own subscription offering. Confusing? You bet!
After checking back in on Pedro Pascal's summer at the box office, the boys drill into the bizarre news of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's cancellation. They discuss the implication of this cancellation on the Skydance/Paramount merger and also rubberneck at Warner Bros. Discovery's latest naming announcement.
Join us as Eitan and Carl break down the Emmys nominations (spoiler alert: they are disappointed at how many nominations 2 shows got), share their reactions to James Gunn's Superman, and discuss if Apple's decision to get the F1 rights is a good one (the actual Formula 1 rights, not the movie, which is already theirs. Anyway).
Carl & Eitan run through a number of topics, including F1's exciting box office performance, the (too early?) release of Nolan's The Odyssey teaser and new blood in Apple's executive layer. They also may now be a food podcast?
If you had told us a year ago that this summer would include installments of Jurassic World, Mission Impossible, Fantastic Four, Superman, John Wick, Lilo & Stitch, How To Train Your Dragon, and Megan, as well as original Pixar, Celine Song, and Brad Pitt movies...we would have told you it would be a MONSTER summer.
More than halfway through it... it's anything but.
Join Carl and Eitan as they explore how things are looking and where things might have gone wrong.
Carl & Eitan reflect upon a lifetime of books, movies and moments that led to the creation of Stuck in Development.
This week's episode is all about "Streaming 3.0".
Disney finally buys the rest of Hulu, more thoughts on the Warner Discovery split, if Netflix is cable is HBO Max....what HBO was before?
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Carl & Eitan give their off-the-cuff reactions to the news that Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two firms. They also review Apple's (fairly disastrous) WWDC keynote.
Board boards boards. We haven't really covered boards at SID. But this episode's main topics revolve around them. First, Carl and Eitan discuss the rumors surrounding an Amazon/MGM film about the OpenAI Board vs. Sam Altman controversy and its potential casting (do you like Prada suits?) and director.
Later, they cover the Warner shareholder vote about Zazlav's pay package, using it as a way to dive a bit deeper into the role of boards.
Other topics include the latest Mission: Impossible and a WWDC preview. Join us!
Note: We recorded this episode before WWDC and the news dropped around Warner's split. Emergency pod on those coming soon!
Carl & Eitan re-litigate Disney live-action remakes as they review the Memorial Day box office. Eitan also has a novel pitch for the Savannah Bananas.
Carl is back from paternity leave, and yes, we made him talk about Sinners!
On this Carl-centered episode, we were joined again by Kevin and explored what we've been watching, and even share a review of Goodnight Moon.
And yes, we surprisingly didn't talk about Disney announcing a new resort!
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