Episode 194 - Oscars Recap and Dune Part Two

Tower of Babble

Julian finds some time to link up with Jeremy between the weekly ‘The Bad Batch’ reviews to discuss the winners from this year’s Oscars, the big wins from ‘Oppenheimer’ and the state of the ceremony itself. The guys also review ‘Dune: Part Two’ and preview ‘X-Men ‘97’. Plus some general Marvel and DC news to keep things flowing. All that and so much more on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Show Notes

• The Oscars

  • Recap and review of the ceremony

  • Discussion on winners and ‘Oppenheimer’

  • Prediction scores review

• ‘Dune: Part Two’ review

General News

• According to a recent poll ⅔ adults in the USA prefer to watch movies on streaming rather than theaters.

• The Bear is filming seasons 3 and 4 back-to-back.

• Patty Jenkins is apparently working on ‘Rogue Squadron’ again.

• ‘The Batman 2’ has been delayed to Oct 2, 2026.

• Rumours include:

• Joker being a Hannibal type in Arkham.

• Clayface being a serial killer who uses his victims skin to change the appearance of his face.

• There will be more actions sequences than the first movie.

• Is it actually canceled?

• Should Batman kill?

• James Gunn’s ‘Superman: Legacy’ has been renamed to simply ‘Superman’

• ‘X-Men ‘97’ preview

• Eternals 2 was canceled as the studio wants to take less risks and focus on more “guaranteed hits”.

• Disney’s new live action boss, David Greenbaum reportedly pitched his approach to green-lighting projects as one question: “does this film need to exist?”

• A ‘NOVA’ project is in early development.

Agree or Disagree:

Jonathan Nolan says when he developed ‘Fallout’, he thought it would be a “fool’s errand” to set out to please fans:

“My approach is to make the show you want to make trusting, as fans of the game, we would find pieces that were essential to us”