Weird Mind News Room Episode 189: October 5th - 11th

 *Music to take down a social empire

Well hello again to all of you very wonderful people across the information superhighway, my name is Sam and I would like to welcome you all to the latest edition of my weekly series of Weird Mind News Room where for another week we will be in focus of talking on all the new Releases, Trailers and News Stories from this week, so lets not waste too much time on these usual introductions and lts get to talking on all things media for another week.

An uprising of New Releases

Movies

The Social Reckoning

On the first of the new releases will be a focus to the side of the stories that are based on some true events that will be a case where in the early days of all of this work and focus that there was a sense of connection and bringing many together, but as the years went on, emotions change, aggression rises and a lot more tension will beginning to take shape and it will take someone on the inside to take it all down before it gets worse as it will time for it being way past making friends as we have the release of the surprise sequel of the Facebook based title with The Social Reckoning. Now based on the memoir from the Wall Street Journal from 2021, the film will focus on Facebook engineer Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) and Wall Street journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) as they blow the whistle on the social networks most guarded secrets hidden by the head of the company of Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong). Reception on this follow up has been a bit of a mixed outcome that while performances and cinematography has been well praised, the film is been hit in the mixed array of writing as well as the focus that some feel that this film is more outdated then the initial film 16 years prior that was seen as ahead of its time but there is probably a reasonable warning for it all and if you want to learn and expose the secrets then you can catch this film out now in cinemas.

Other Mommy

For the next release of the week and the 2nd film in focus will be the ideals that we have at one point in our lives may have had a form of an imaginary friend in a different person or thing that only we can see and it can be all well and good, but what if the likes of this "friend" becomes a lot more aggressive and cannot be contained and will soon cause a sense of sinister outcomes and ordeals and expose some family secrets all in the purpose of wanting one outcome itself as we have the release of the all new horror adaption known as Other Mommy. Now based on the novel of Incidents around the House (and maybe the famous 2 sentence Horror Story), it will focus on the presence of a Paranormal Entity of 'Other Mommy' that takes on the appearance of a young girls mother, that soon threatens her family and haunts her home with her only request is wanting to be and live in her heart. Reception to this title however has not been the most glowing of receptions and has been labelled as one of this years underwhelming films that while the performance of Jessica Chastain is praised for the dual roles as well as some visuals and concepts, the film is bogged down by too many ideas with no clear structure, a major change to the novel that has some mixed opinions and too much use of jumpscares and unnecessary graphic imagery to a title that was seen as a tragic horror story, but if you want to find out all of these for yourself then you can catch this film also out now in cinemas.

The Uprising

The next title will be more akin to something that will appeal in the area of action as while there has been many a discussion and focus about how the wealthy cause a downfall of society, we will see a perspective of a time where the common folk took a stand against their oppressors for a possible change, with this being a possible slight alternate change to include a famous folklore hero as Paul Greengrass is giving us a bit of a mostly historical true story with the release of The Uprising. Set in England in 1381 and to the backdrop of the Peasants Revolt which will see a farmer (Andrew Garfield) lead a rebellion against the forces of the then 14-year-old King Richard II and may also see the origins of a well known famous thief. Reception on this title has also seen a bit of a mixed outcome that while the historical focus and performances are well recieved, some of that historical accuracy feels a little hit or miss, especially to the opinion of some of the aspects it tries to imply at the end of the title (as well as some of the filming techniques being a little messy) but if you want to see the story of hope form the past you can also catch this film out now in cinemas.

Matchbox The Movie

The last of the films for this week is one that I feel from the concept of the idea seems like quite the far fetched idea for the focus and name in perspective of the title but I guess with another series taking a lot of this over the top seriousness they had to take some of that ideals and work it for a idea of this product as we have the release of the all new film based on the product of Matchbox. The film will follow Sean Walker (John Cena), a Spy and former soldier who reunites with childhood friends only to be drugged and kidnapped by a group who are looking for a Nuclear warhead. The CIA soon believes that Walker and his friends stole the warhead, so in the sense to clear their names will look in anyway to re-steal the warhead back for them. Reception on this title has also been hit with some not so favourable reviews with most issues stemming for a plot that has little substance of a focus, performances that are trying with what they can but not feeling flat and action and humour being a little messy in a title that some say should be trimmed down by a little in the runtime, but I am sure there will be some audience for this in the future and if you want to check it out for yourself then you can catch it now on Apple TV+.

Tv Shows

Carrie

On the first of the tv shows for this week is with one that has been given a fair bit of releasing at the right time for the spooky season and will be a story that we have seen in the past adapted before but this new one will be more fleshed out in the process and given a more updated modern focus to it all as while you may feel that they are all going to laugh at you, they won't be when the real truth comes out as we have the release of the all new take on a Stephen King classic of Carrie. Now based on the novel by King, it will follow the titular character (Summer H. Howell) a sheltered girl with telekinetic powers who finally is allowed to go to normal school but will soon be bullied and this will soon lead to a horrific, bloody incident leading to her mother's Domineering influence. Reception on this new adaption take has been very well recieved with praise on the performances, the fleshing out and expanding on the original narrative and for being a solid modern take on this classic and if you want to check it out for yourself then you can catch the full first season now on Amazon Prime.

Avatar Seven Havens

As for the other tv show for this week will be a return to a series that has stood the test of time in many different stories across the generations of learning the 4 elements to save the world and told across 2 different eras (and 2 different styles with one being a much better outcome over the other) and will be time to delve further into the future and learn about the consequences from the previous legend has put on these new element wielders as we have the release of the newest collection of Books in the world of Avatar with Seven Havens. The series will follow on from the events of the Legend of Korra and will follow a new Earthbender, Pavi, who discovers is the next Avatar and descendant of Korra. Hunted by enemies both of human and spirit form, she and her long lost twin must uncover their strange origins and save the seven Havens, the central pillars of civilization risen from a world shattered by an apocalyptic event, before it is too late, with the Avatar seen as a destroyer rather then a savior. Reception so far on the new entry of this IP has been very highly praised with strong focus on the animation, characters, performances and narrative shown far and if you are ready to learn of the story to follow then you can catch the first 3 episodes now on Paramount+ with the next batch of episodes releasing every Friday.

Video Games

Gears of War E-Day

Moving over to the games for this week will start off to a return to a series that has been a long and bloody affair of a long standing war and battle for eons and we have followed the exploits of one team and their next generation looking to turn the tides and save humanity, but in this case of looking forward, we will be going back to where the story began of this endless war and see where the origins of this team and brotherhood began as we have the release of the prequel to the Gears of War series with E-Day. The game takes place 14 years before the events of the original game and will take place around Emergence Day, when the Locust horde first emerged from beneath the planet of Sera and launched a devastating surprise attack on humanity. You will then take control and follow war veterans Marcus Phoenix and Dominic Santiago as they fight to survive the invasion in the city of Kalona alongside fellow soldiers Mags Carter and Lucas Reyes, forming Bravo Squad amidst the collapse of humanity. Reception on this new entry has been very strongly recieved with praise on its return to the darker roots, emotional weight, visuals, combat customization and Siege Horde mode, with some issues stemming to pacing mainly in the semi-open levels, bosses, and some omitted mechanics (and the usual array of those saying that the game is bad cause its the norm to get views for saying its bad with poor takes or it underperforming only after 2 days) but it seems like this could be the perspective that could bring this series back once more and if you are ready to learn the origins then you can play it now on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Star Wars Galactic Racer

And the last of the new releases will be taking us to the far reaches of a Galaxy Far Far Away as we are making a return to an era or series title that was a staple of many back in the late 90s across consoles, PC and Arcades across the globe and it seems when we though the best of the best in terms of speed had been proven back then, it looks like its time to rev those engines up once again as we have the release of the all new racing title of Star Wars Galactic Racer. Set after the events of Return of the Jedi, the title takes place within the framework of the Galactic League, created by former Podracer Mechanic Darius Pax and taking place on the lawless Outer Rim, where his livelihood and control of the business is being threatened by the villainous champion Kester Bool. In a desperate situation, he seeks the aid from Shade, a mysterious Loner among the racers with a personal grudge against the Bool family to overthrow Kester and regain control of the competition that he created. reception on this new entry of the racer has been very well recieved with praise on the visuals, gameplay, narrative and content included (including the icon of Biddy Blas) and seen as the best reviewed Star Wars title since knights of the Old Republic and if you are ready to race then you can play it now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC (and likely a Switch 2 port down the line).

The Social trailering

The Exorcist Martyrs

So initially it was only confirmed with one trailer for this week but with the advent of some content going on as New York Comic Con that we have a few extra to talk on but we will focus on the first of the trailers that I feel will fit perfectly to drop the first look around this time of year and we have seen many iteration of the story, some may be true, some trying to rewrite the formula and some at least tried and stumbled in the outcome and its with this latter one that this new take was conjured that no matter how many times something is expelled from the innocent, dark forces will always find a way back into their lives as we have gotten the first trailer for the all new take on this horror IP with The Exorcist Martyrs. The film will follow Julie Miller (Scarlet Johansson) a detective who about a decade ago stopped the spree of Serial Killer Father Sunday (Joh Leguizamo) only for a new killer to drag her back into the darkness 13 years later when her name is written blood of a murdered Alter Boy on the walls of a Church Crypt. Teaming with a ex-con turned Priest (Chiwatel Ejifor) she must find a way to confront the ghosts of her past while dealing with a possibility that the next target of these dark forces could be with her Son (Jacobi Jupe). The likes with this franchise has been one that has seen many takes and surprise outcomes with the original being a powerhouse that started as a novel, a set of Bad Omens and led to one of the most influential Horrors of all time, winning awards and spawning a franchise and this was what would've essentially been the follow up to Believer 3 years ago. However in that films poor outcome from nonsensical plot approach, butchering of a character from the original and reception both critically and financially put those ideas to follow six feet under and brought in a man known for his contemporary horror to take the reigns (one who has already been talked about this episode). Personally I am interested in the concept of Flanagan's take on this IP though I hope it will turn out solid as I liked the trailer but maybe I need to get a 2nd opinion on it but I am sure there will be plenty of time for that as we will see by the release of the film into cinemas from March 12th next year.

Blade Runner 2099

Now the first of the trailers coming to us from New York Comic Con will be giving us a look and perspective into the world of the distant future where we have seen the first narrative set a few years back and one to come in a few years about the ideals of things that look like us but will be one that are seen as a threat and not to be trusted, until the possibility of a connection will change all of that in the past with those consequences leading to the outcome of where this world has led to and how the concept of change will be made a focus to fix in the process as we have the release of the 2nd trailer for this upcoming new entry of this popular sci-fi series with Blade Runner 2099. Set 50 years after the events of 2049, the series will be set in 2099 Los Angeles, a place in disarray following a replicant uprising where Replicants are now the power brokers of the city and humans are treated as second class citizens. Olwen (Michelle Yeoh) a replicant Blade Runner is nearing the end of her life and will soon reunite with her partner Cora (Hunter Schaffer), a human pretending to be a replicant to hunt down a gang of rogue replicants. In the case with this IP is a bit of a different one as there is a little bit of a different focus to us not getting show too much about this world besides the ideals of these Runners hunting down the Replicants from overthrowing society despite the mass production of them and making them feel more human and we saw this with the original (and countless re-releases with new cut's of various opinions) and a follow up that brought a lot of answers for some questions as well as a couple more with it and I am always interested to see what they would do with the world and show the alternate outcome of what happens from what I feel started with the outcome of the original title and from what I have seen visually it could be something worth a watch and give answers to some lingering questions but I guess we can see by the release of this series on Amazon Prime from the 25th of November.

Godzilla Minus Zero

Our final trailer for this week is one that will be keeping it in the genre of Sci-fi and while that previous one is more based in the distant future, this will be more in an approach of focused to the time of the past where the aftermath of a titan based problem and aftermath of a bloody war was assumed to have been all done and over, but it looks like what they assumed was destroyed has returned to cause a much greater deal of destruction, but there may be a reason to let it happen as we have the release of the 2nd and what I will assume could be the final trailer for the upcoming kaiju follow up of Godzilla Minus Zero. The film will pick up in 1949, 2 years after the tumultuous events of Minus One and will continue the story from the Shikishima family as they face an all new calamity and a return of one they had though was destroyed. I will say that I am a simple man (one that is sad and likely heavily depressed for many reasons but still a simple man) and I will say with anything that the appeal of this iconic kaiju has been one that has appeal for many years and that was enhanced after the initial Minus One Release as that film came in with a very small but modest budget and came away with a grand visual spectacle and some solid focus that brought it back to the era of the original films of the 50s and provide a varying appeal in different perspective of this character where we will have these more Japanese based titles and then the more Hollywood based Monsterverse to follow and from what I have heard from some of the film festivals that this is another spectacle of a title well worth the wait and I am very excited to check this out and I am for sure going to check this out when the film is unleashed into cinemas from November 6th.

News worth the races in spaces

The many stories of your choosing

So we are back once more in the focus of some stories to bring with you in the realm of the Hodge Podge in our weekly News section where for this week there is a focus of some small stories connected to 2 big aspects of the week with one that has been in discussions for a fair bit of time now and one that is some of the titles or announcements that was already mentioned was happening this week across the pond and some from outside those concepts but we shall delve into talking on what will be in perspective for this weeks content.

So I will start this off with one of those big announcements and in this case it is one I have talked on a few times in the past and I made my thoughts on it very clear in the outcome of it being a negative thing I was against and in this case no matter how many lawsuits, pauses and attempts to stop it, it seems that the price for it all has come with a bit of a thud as it seems that the deal with Warner Bros and Paramount is now an official merger with it being established for a net price of $111 Billion (with a good chunk of that being Blood Money). Now the approach of this has been one with great caution and backlash as it seems this will appease the favor of the Sexual deviant Orange Man in the White House cause the head of the studio is busy licking his arse and will warp some of these channels and projects to be in favour of him, this will see a mass amount of jobs being lost and a lot of projects that will end up being messy and put them further in the hole (as seen with the last project released by WB of Digger bombing on its opening weekend and the only film of theirs that has been continue to make profit they shelved for a tax write off). I have made it clear since the reports of different studio looking to buy this and discussions about this dating back since 2023 that this is just a bad idea with these studios in general and with Netflix buying it as well that I don't see any positive so far coming from this at all but they are seeming to try and entice with a few project announcements that have come from this that I will give some insight on below.

I will start with a franchise I mentioned last week that has had a bit of a shake up from a planned crossover film being cancelled and that is of course with those robots in disguise of the Transformers. Now this news comes into the affect that Paramount has attached Spielberg as the primary producer on the franchise going forward and that their is another project reportedly in the works and are looking to get Michael Bay to direct this new project (and I guess once he is done with the film adaption of Skibidi Toilet (no I wish that sentence was just nonsense as its real). Now I talked on this a good while ago and in all sense of the words I was thinking about this and wondering what is the approach that they can do with this cause the last film from Bay has put it in a direction with no clear continuation after the Last Knight, so unless its one of those stories hinted in the massive gallery of Anthony Hopkins study is anyones guess or the ordeal that Earth was Unicron the whole time is unclear to me, or even if this will see the return of Marky Mark and his weird Funky bunch for this next title and what elaborate explosions will come with it but I guess we will learn about all of this and if it goes ahead in due time.

Another project that has been discussed and being developed with an unclear focus is that the studio is looking to try and fast track a sequel to the award winning and box office smash of Barbie with them looking to bring back Greta Gerwig to direct (likely after she is done with the Narnia adaptions for Netflix) and Margot Robbie in the title role (and most case hopefully Ryan Gosling's Ken too) with the only case is that its unclear if there has been plans made for a sequel already with writing starting or if it will be a project that will happen as Gerwig, Robbie and Co are looking for a bit more of a profitable amount for them all to return after that first film's massive success and looking to try and make it happen before the rights revert back to Mattel at the end of the year and the new head of both studios looking to make the sequel happen. If it all falls apart the only other Barbie Movie still to happen is with the animated film by Illumination and Mattel so we will see if they reach a deal in the salaries for all to come back but I feel that this could be a bit of a ongoing mess for a possible solution.

But where some projects have been put into the likes of planned or fast tracked, there is one project that has been shown in the opposite approach with this being in the realm of Middle Earth and this is not to do with the Hunt for Gollum that is currently still filming, but rather this is with the project that is being developed by light night host Stephen Colbert has been put on pause for the moment due to the whole ordeal of the Merger. Now Colbert has already faced some of the consequences of this new head as it was them that ended the Late Show back at the end of Last year and wrapped up back at the end of May this year which had to do with their differing opinions on politics and the current US Administration and chocked it up to financial reasons (yet they seemed fine to spend $111 Billion for this merger but can afford a show that cancelling it could be seen as a defiance against the first Amendment possibly but we are not delving into this topic as I try not to get too political in a part of the world I am not even apart of). Looking past the possible silencing, I can see where the likes of it pausing is maybe due to also finding a possible solution to this project as it will be a focus on six chapters that were skipped past in the original film adaptions and told of some of their early parts of the journey as well as a well known face and character from the book that was glossed over that I can see trying to make something work from just a small handful of chapters (granted they tried with Voyage of the Demeter of one chapter of Dracula stretched to a 2 hour film to a mixed result) but I am sure there will be a plan in some form soon enough as the likes of how they will try and keep the world of Tolkien's stories as a profitable approach but I am sure we will see by Gollum's release and other stories they will try to tell following that but we will see.

For one last project that is in the focus to the likes of them developing into an enticing project, while we have seen a various forms of gaming adaptions, it looks like this next one will be making an approach of seeing the world of the future told in their own perspective as there is plans of them developing a feature length film based on the gaming title of Cyberpunk 2077. Now this game has had quite the journey to get made into a full game with it initially being announced back in early 2010s and many years of hype before it released in a bit of a messy state in December 2020 (granted this was the ordeal or dealing with working from home during the pandemic and demand from higher ups at some studios pushing it to happen that it ended up in a messy state) and then overtime it improved and now has seen great acclaim, a fantastic expansion and has already seen a adaption take with a highly acclaimed Anime with Edgerunners a few years back so I am sure there will be a case of them looking to make this a success. There is a little bit of a hope in this case as it has been seen with the likes of their attempts and success with the current adaptions of the Sonic the Hedgehog films and will have to be seen if they will do it again with their take on Call of Duty but given the right creatives, not try and warp it to their own interpretation and a solid cast that love the source material we will see what will come of this project sometime in the near future on this overall. Now as I said I am not happy with this ordeal of the merging of these studios itself as is many people in the industry that made the effort to stop this happening but it will have to be seen if it will last or something happens in the eleventh hour then it will have to be seen and if there is any updates on that or any of these project I will let you know in a later episode.

Now moving from the opinions of the merger we are heading to discuss the topics of some of the other project announcements that have come from another event of this week as we shall discuss on the events of New York Comic Con as it took place this weekend and there is a few project announcements that we have to discuss on and the first batch I will discuss is with some news on the MCU itself and mainly on the side of the television shows as while we got a confirmation of the release date for the next season of Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman dropping from the 13th of January next year which I am sure will have its appeal as the project develops, and the proper confirmation that we will see a reuniting of the defenders in the 3rd and last season (for now) of Daredevil Born Again, but in this case we are talking on some new projects that were announced from this panel itself. Now I will start with a follow up to a project that for a while was debated if we would see a continuation of this series for a fair bit of time, but like the undead it will rise back up as it was confirmed that the recent short series of Marvel Zombies will be making a comeback, but rather in a 2nd season format, it will be coming in the form of some new specials with it confirmed that 3 new specials are on the way and each dropping one year after the other and will start with the release of The Winter Solider next Halloween, which I see will finally give us the answer as to if Bucky survived the end of the What If episode as we never see him be killed or get bitten. Then in 2028 we will get the Fist of Khonshu that will see Moon Knight get a focus but I can also see this as being the narrative of how Khonshu came into contact with the Daywalker of Blade that we saw in the actual series, and then lastly in 2029 we will get The Last Guardian which will be a bit more of a cosmic side of things and one perspective we never saw in either the What if or miniseries and my guess could be with Groot or of the likes of Adam Warlock and be the solution to curing the world but its unclear on who that will focus on for the future title. Now all of these will be dropping on Halloween and will be a 2 Part special giving us a total of six more episodes to this narrative storyline in the multiverse to follow along and I hope its as entertaining and as bloody as that miniseries was and clears up some questions left unanswered but I guess we can see over the next few years with those releases.

Now while the focus of the newest announcements went to the side of the animated shows there has been news of another project announced in the process that will be a return to the live action side of things and this comes to us in the form of the announcement of the new series of Zodiac. Now it has been labelled as a sort of spy thriller and may connect back to the world of the organization that started this ordeal of hero team ups in the first place with Shield. As for myself this has brought up a discussion of one thing and from the sharing of this announcement by a former star of the MCU in the early days, there is some debate and belief that this will actually be a revival and reintroduction of the series of Agents of SHIELD being a focus with this series and will return the original 7 seasons back as canon once more and bring characters like Coulson, Quake, Fitz, Simmons, May and others back into the wider universe of characters and have Quake become part of the Avengers in some form (and to clear up the discussion about being canon again is that in the first 5 seasons of that original series there was connections to some of the films with S1 connecting to Avengers, Dark World, Iron Man 3 and Winter Soldier, S2 with Age of Ultron (and Maybe Ant-Man), S3 of the passing of Peggy Carter, S4 possibly with Doctor Strange and the sorcerers (and also the introduction of Ghost Rider in the MCU) and S5 mentioning the invasion of New York by the Black Order at the start of Infinity War and the mention of Thanos that I feel it deserves is canon spot that sire S6 and 7 would be set during the Blip timeframe but there is methods around it). The other means could be that this project could also introduce a more obscure group of villains that are based on the different characters of the Zodiac wheel but I guess we can see what will come of this project with it set also for release in 2028. Now the likes of when we get an idea on who is involved with this project and when we will see it is unclear right now but I will let you know in a later episode when more news comes about.

And speaking of some form of espionage, there is one more announcement for the studio of Disney that will be taking more of a heavier approach in fantasy then on the world of Superheroes and these spies will be a lot more younger as well, as it was announced at the convention that a new animated series based on the popular book series of Artemis Fowl will be in development for Disney+ and will see the creator of Irish Author Eoin Colfer as an executive producer for this project. Now you may be surprised on this approach given that they gave it a try with the initial series in a film version a couple of years ago that finally released after being in development hell since the novels inception, but many would like to write it off as the film was a majorly disliked project that was heavily hated on the dialogue, characters, story, visuals and for taking major detractions from the source material itself that left it a mess and was one of the only originals to be removed from Disney+ so getting a more faithful take on the franchise and in the style of animation and original author on board may help it to be and adaption that it deserves to get. It seems like there could be some hope for this to work in this format as the series has seen takes from novels into graphic novel takes on those books after a while and if it has a nice flashy and fast paced art style then I am sure it will bring the long time and new fans together to enjoy something special when it finally arrives. Now in this case there is no word on when we may see this project but once I hear anything I will let you know in a later episode.

For one of the last stories that I will talk on to come from the Convention was a side of a project that seems to be taking an approach of some of this years success with the combining of Horror and also with the ideals of getting some YouTube talent involved in some form to a bit of a question if it will be a decent success but for one that spent some time discussing the intricate layers to it all that they will try their hand in adapting it as it was announced at the Blumhouse panel that a film adaption based on the popular indie series of Amanda the Adventurer is in the works and that the project will also be produced and worked on by the creator of the Game Theory channel of MatPat. Now for those that may be unclear of what the series is about, it followed a trilogy of titles where you investigated a mysterious and often disturbing children's series of Amanda the Adventurer (essentially a more demonic version of Dora the Explorer) where Amanda and her friend Wooly go on some adventures where some things in the real world connect to it in very strange ways and some deep conspiracies occour of strange characters, deep government secrets and possible demonic entities are also present in the title which seems like quite an elaborate project to tackle into a film. From what I can get from this title, I feel this could take an approach of a recent title that released in the states a few weeks back and have no International launch yet and that is with the film of Buddy! which is a twisted take on Barney with some subtle themes on child exploitation in the media industry and I feel this could be a similar approach. Now it will have to be seen if the levels of theory crafting will be much a focus in this or will try and expand on that trilogy of games in some form and I am sure he will help it in the right direction from the years of theories on this (plus he is know in the Blumhouse projects given he does appear in the 2 FNAF films and likely the 3rd on the way) but I guess we will see what will come of it as we have no idea on when its expected to release, but once I hear anything I will let you know in a later episode.

This next story I believe occoured outside of the conventions and other big section and comes into focus of a return to a more serious narrative and while it has been a few years since the point of the series had stopped, it looks like there is trouble brewing and it will need the best in the business to resolve these crimes from happening as it was announced earlier this week that a 3rd film in the Sicario series is in the works and it is also confirmed that the cast from the first film of Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benico Del Toro will all be returning for this threequel. Now it will however have some different talent involved as while the original was made by Taylor Sheridan and Denis Villeneuve, this new film will be helmed by Padraic Mckinley (The Weight) and written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) so there is some decent talent involved. It will be an interesting perspective to look at the new entry in the series and will be possibly a fair bit topical in the likes of the current climate across the pond that it could have a lot of layers to it but I guess we will have to see what will come of this new project. Now at the moment there is no word on when exactly we will see this project be released once more but when I do hear anything I will let you know in a later episode.

Now on the last of the stories is one I want to talk on about all of this is on some important instance of patience and the fact that people will jump to negativity is down right shameful in all of this. To give context, earlier this week it was announced that Matt Reeves has paused production on the Batman Part II as he had to step away due to a personal family matter and has put the film on hold for filming and the response from some online has been down right shameful. The fact that people are quick to complain that "oh we will never see this movie at this rate" or "Pattinson is going to be about 50 by the time the film is done" or "they should get Joss Whedon to take over the project" really shows a case that some don't have patience, some don't have a lot of sympathy for a persons wellbeing and some are already writing this off as a lost cause and its just not right. Now I know the film has seen a few delays already but some were out of control from personal health reasons, as well as the writers and Actors strike a few years back delaying things and the regards that some of the cast including Pattinson are very busy with many projects that I understand and can wait a little longer until everyone is ready to go for the project. People also seem to forget that the first part took its time to release and experienced some changes and delays that started as an Affleck led project then changes after JL happened and then the pandemic occoured and after about 5 or 6 years we finally got that first part released and it was a massive success so if he needs to recover and deal with some family matters then so be it and people need to learn a few things in the process. Now I apologize as I don't like to be negative about some people in this case but I felt it needed to be said and in all sense I give great trust to Reeves in making another great entry in this mythos of the character as he did with Part 1 and the Penguin, as well as the long running Planet of the Apes series, so I will say to take as long as he needs (and Pattinson also agrees on that) and return when he is ready and will see it all come together when it does.

But what are your thoughts on the stories of this week, what are your thoughts of this merger happening and of the possible projects being pushed, do you see the Marvel Zombie specials being solid, is the Zodiac going to be a revival to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D or something similar, will the Artemis Fowl animated series work better then the film, do you think this Amanda the Adventurer film be good or a mess, are you excited for a 3rd Sicario and do you feel the thoughts on his pausing of the project is a bit excessive? Let me know your thoughts on all down below.

And with all of that this brings us to the end of the 189th edition of Weird Mind News Room and I hope you enjoy the ramblings for another week. Let me know your thoughts on all discussed this week down below and as always I hope you all stay being wonderful people and have a great day everyday and I will see you all in the next episode :)

Take care, keep being you, signing off

Sam H :)