649: The Big DCU News & VisionQuest Review

BIG NEWS ALERT! James and Maso react to this week’s huge DCU changes plus a full series review for VisionQuest and it’s post credits reveals. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:33 Is Doctor Doom a Variant?
08:13 Reynolds & Jackman Writing Avengers: Doomsday?
11:15 Are You Watching The Lord of the Rings TV Show?
11:21 Ray Gunn New Trailer
13:46 Thomas Crown Affair Trailer
16:24 Maso’s Fast & Furious Segment
21:26 The Big DCU & James Gunn Leaving News
54:40 VisionQuest Series Full Spoiler Review
01:14:34 Post Credits & Avengers: Doomsday Links
01:18:30 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:26:38 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

648: Godzilla Minus Zero!

Hello there, early podcast and big lizard big movie! Plus some fresh hot James Bond casting rumours, X-Men casting, trailers ahoy (honk) and much more. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
08:25 New James Bond Leaks & Robert Pattinson Rumour
19:08 More X-Men Reboot Movie Casting
29:12 Criminal Amazon Series Trailer
34:25 Stranger Things “Other Worlds” Trailer
38:34 Constantine DCU Movie Maybe
44:21 Godzilla Minus Zero Movie Review
01:03:26 Godzilla Minus Zero Spoiler Segment
01:16:19 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:21:23 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

The Weekly Planet Bonus Q&A November 2026

It’s November bonus Q&A time! James & Maso answer questions from across the community including behind the scenes, pop culture hypotheticals and most importantly, tram stories. Thanks for listening!

647: New DCU Canon Reveals & Primetime!

Podcast time! An early edition this week with DCU canon reveals from James Gunn, some BIG MOVIE budgets, new trailers from Dune Part 3 and Avengers: Doomsday and much more. Including the sad passing of three absolute legends of the game. Thanks so much for the support and for listening to this podcast.

00:00 The Start
07:37 RIP Walter Koenig, Eric Bauza & Sir Patrick Stewart
14:04 DCU Suicide Squad Canon, New Batman & Deaths Explained
20:42 Deadpool & Wolverine’s Real Movie Budget Revealed
24:42 Elden Ring to be A24’s Biggest BIG MOVIE
29:34 Dune: Part Three Final Trailer
32:42 New Avengers: Doomsday Teaser (and nose)
36:31 Primetime Movie Review
50:32 Primetime Spoiler Segment
56:26 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:04:49 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

646: Clayface!

Early podcast everybody! It’s the spookiest time of year so let’s all watch the most grotesque and disturbing DC movie since 2023’s The Flash. Thanks for listening!!

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00:00 The Start
10:46 Most Expensive Star Wars Ever
12:19 Taika Waititi’s Star Wars on Ice
15:53 Top 3 Contenders for James Bond Casting
24:16 Poison Ivy TV Series Details
25:56 Netflix Drama Time!
37:58 Clayface Movie Review
58:39 Clayface Spoiler Segment
01:04:22 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:14:21 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

645: Street Fighter 2026!

Early podcast and it’s Street Fighter fighting time! Plus some big (and short) Mister Miracle casting, the future of a few DCU projects, some magical and spooky trailers ahoy and a first look at The Mummy 4. Hell yeah. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:57 RJ Mitte RIP
10:00 Clayface Early Reactions
12:52 Mister Miracle Series Casting
21:39 Latest on Lanterns Season 2
22:14 New Director on The Batman: Part 2
25:46 Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew Trailer
31:56 The Exorcist: Martyrs Trailer
35:09 The Mummy 4 First Look & Title
37:12 Street Fighter 2026 Movie Review
56:20 Street Fighter 2026 Spoiler Segment
01:01:56 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:10:12 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

644: The Social Reckoning & Skydance Swallowing

Extra early podcast and social media is bad. That’s what The Social Reckoning reckons anyways. We review that plus talk Zodiac the latest MCU streaming show and the first reactions to VisionQuest. With the Paramount swallowing up Warner Bros. situation confirmed we discuss the fallout including who’s fired and who’s hired and the state of the DCU and James Gunn’s role. Plus news concerning the halting of filming on The Batman Part II, delays on Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past and Michael Bay returning to the Transformers franchise. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
05:11 New MCU Series, Zodiac?
10:28 More NY Comic Con Stuff
12:00 Fallout from the Skydance Swallowing
22:16 The Batman: Part 2 Paused
23:44 Colbert’s LOTR Movie Speedbump
28:28 Michael Bay’s Transformer Return
36:52 The Social Reckoning Movie Review
53:08 The Social Reckoning Spoiler Segment
01:01:18 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:16:18 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

643: Digger & Avengers: Endgame Encore

It’s beginning to look a lot like the spookiest time of year but never fear! It’s an early podcast with James & Maso talking about a Tom Cruise movie and Avengers: Endgame again. Plus much more and thanks for listening!

James on a new episode of TOFOP! Learn all about Tickle Batman on the “Everyone Relax” podcast feed.

00:00 The Start
05:42 Paramount Finally Buys Warner Bros
10:45 Meta Reveal New Technology, Gob Grem™
13:00 GI Joe & Transformers Movie Cancelled
17:52 Spider-Man Clone Saga Series
24:16 VisionQuest New Trailer
27:10 Star Wars Skywalker Saga Announcements
33:17 Digger Movie Review
46:53 Digger Spoiler Segment
58:14 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:02:26 Avengers: Endgame Encore New Scenes/Review
01:10:26 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

642: Coyote vs. ACME!

The Weekly Planet boys are back in action to review a movie we thought may never grace our cinema screens! Plus some hot quick new and James causes a ruckus in Middle Earth and much more. Thanks for listening!

Maso on new(ish) episode of the Do Go On podcast! Episode 568: https://dogoonpod.com/podcasts/do-go-on/

00:00 The Start
07:26 New Look at Hunt for Gollum
13:40 Ray Gunn Trailer
19:23 Clayface Final Trailer
21:48 Gremlins 3 Teaser
27:02 Dynamic Duo Delays but Don’t Dismays
32:14 Hot Quick News!
34:11 Pattinson Talks Batman in DCU
35:28 Godzilla Minus Zero’s R-Rated Record
36:11 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Director’s New Deal
37:23 Daredevil: Born Again Ending at Season 3
38:53 Coyote vs. ACME Movie Review
56:00 Coyote vs. ACME Spoiler Segment
01:00:20 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:07:30 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

641: Resident Evil 2026!

Hello everyone, it’s an early podcast and we’re mixing things up for a change by reviewing a Resident Evil movie! Plus some hot movie news, some extra normal behaviour from Zack Snyder and Tom Cruise plus Lanterns episode 5 spoiler talk in the What We Reading segment. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:56 Zack Snyder’s Latest Antics & Film
09:09 Snyder Wants Dark Knight Returns Movie
12:03 James Gunn on Secret Man of Tomorrow Characters
15:12 Possibility for Lanterns Movie or Season 2
19:14 Tom Cruise News OH NO!
26:04 Resident Evil Movie Review
39:41 Resident Evil Spoiler Segment
50:32 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
58:18 Lanterns Episodes 1-5 Spoiler Talk
01:05:30 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

640: Future of Spider-Man & Runner (not The Runner)

Good day, dear gentle listeners and blessings be upon you with this slightly earlier than usual podcast episode. There’s hot news from Hollywood plus James and Maso have watched Alan Ritchson’s Runner movie (not The Runner). Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
08:02 New Spider-Man Becomes Biggest BIG MOVIE
09:20 Spider-Noir Cancelled & Future Spidey Series
20:32 Angel Cast in New X-Men Movie
24:09 Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer
29:23 Remain Trailer
31:38 James Bond Casting Latest
37:59 Wolverine PS5 Getting Bad Reviews
42:28 Runner Non-Spoiler Movie Review
01:00:21 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:10:45 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

639: Biggest “Jumping the Shark” Moments in Movies & TV Shows

Can you believe this? It’s an extra early episode of the podcast which still manages to be bold and brave and cool and calm and beautiful. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
05:41 Avengers: Doomsday Script Finished Yet?
10:29 The Uprising Movie’s Weird Robin Hood Rebrand
11:46 Dave Bautista Big Again for God of War
16:13 Peter Cullen’s Final Optimus Prime Appearance
18:53 Harry Potter Series Trailer
19:48 Street Fighter Movie Trailer
26:30 Florence Pugh James Bond Spin-Off Rumour
30:01 “Jumping the Shark” Topic Explained
41:21 Biggest “Jumping the Shark” Movies & Shows
01:19:32 What We Reading, Lanterns Ep3 & Mutiny Movie
01:36:55 Letters, It’s Time For Letters
01:46:54 James Bond Movie Hot Scoop (or Shot of Poop)

638: The Dog Stars

Ridley Scott is back it again with his seven thousandth movie The Dog Stars! We review that and also talk his potential return to the Alien franchise. We also mourn the passing of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen, who will direct the next Batman movie in the DCU, a new live action Flintstones movie, Dan Stevens as RoboCop, an update on Days of Thunder 2 and more! Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
03:14 RIP Dolly Parton, Tim Curry & Peter Cullen
10:43 Man of Tomorrow Wraps & James Gunn Batman Movie
16:42 The Flinstones Live Action Ryan Gosling Movie
20:17 Dan Stevens Stars in RoboCop Series
29:52 Tom Cruise Announces Days of Thunder Sequel
34:51 Ridley Scott Says Alien: Romulus is OK
38:57 The Dog Stars Movie Review
53:43 The Dog Stars Spoiler Segment
01:07:26 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:17:40 Letters, It’s Time For Letters
01:21:03 Lanterns Talk – Episode 2 Spoilers

637: Lanterns Episode One & D23 Big News Catch-Up

In brightest day, in blackest night, no D23 news from last week will escape my sight. And by that I mean here’s an early podcast which includes the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer, VisionQuest, X-Men casting, other stuff and a big recap for episode one of the Lanterns! Thanks for listening!!

James on a new episode of the Confessions podcast with Sammy P: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwTfTXdIJ7M&t

Maso on a new episode of Do Go On this week coming maybe: https://dogoonpod.com/podcasts/do-go-on/

00:00 The Start
04:02 RIP Hayden Panettiere
08:17 D23 Catch-Up & Bluey Questions
15:37 New Avengers: Doomsday Teaser
21:08 VisionQuest Trailer
24:36 X-Men Movie Cast Announcement
34:18 Deadpool & Wolverine Doomsday Teaser
35:03 Star Wars: Starfighter Trailer Leak
36:02 Ahsoka Season 2 Trailer
38:14 AI Slop in Supergirl & Spider-Man: Brand New Day
43:41 Dave Bautista Confirmed for God of War Series
47:00 The People vs Gorilla Grodd Series News
50:30 Lanterns Series Ep 1 Review
01:00:06 Lanterns Series Ep 1 Spoiler Segment
01:18:49 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:25:20 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

636: Marvel/Star Wars Crossover & The End of Oak Street

Wait what’s happening! Have we time travelled to when the podcast normally releases and there’s a big dinosaur outside? It’s impossible to say but here is a new episode of The Weekly Planet podcast including The End of Oak Street review and big segment about a Marvel x Star Wars crossover. Plus other things. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:08 Marvel/Star Wars Crossover
18:59 DCU Shows Cancelled
21:49 Mr Miracle Series
22:52 Barbie 2 Movie in Trouble
28:26 Paramount’s Warner Bros Threats
35:56 Primetime Trailer
40:42 Next Avengers: Doomsday Teaser (maybe)
46:56 The End of Oak Street Movie Review
57:18 The End of Oak Street Spoiler Segment
01:04:38 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:12:02 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

635: Spider-Man Success & Best/Worst Comic Adaptations (Part 2)

In an unprecedented move, something we almost never do we’re returning to a topic we covered just over a month ago! Best and worst comic adaptations. Plus we talk the huge success of both Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, the fallout from the failure of Supergirl, The Mandalorian VS Groglet and Moana live action, casting and recasting for the God of War TV series and Cyclops in the X-Men reboot, no more SPUMM, Jurassic World 5 loses its director and the death of America Squid Game, James Cameron’s next move and how it might not be Avatar 4 and more! Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
03:58 Spider-Man:Brand New Day & The Odyssey Success
06:56 Supergirl & The Mandalorian vs Groglet Fail
09:23 Kit Connor is Cyclops in X-Men Movie
11:59 Batista as Kratos in God of War Recast
15:01 Squid Game David Fincher Series Cancelled
17:24 Gareth Edwards Exits Jurassic World Franchise
21:39 The End of SPUMM?
27:00 James Cameron Post-Avatar Future
29:19 Best/Worst Comic Adaptations (Brand New Day spoilers throughout segment)
01:09:58 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:20:58 Letters, It’s Time For Letters
01:28:20 Brand New Day Spoiler (skip one min when mentioned)

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The Weekly Planet Bonus Q&A August 2026

It’s a James & Maso Q&A episode! Answering questions from the listeners ranging from future projects, behind the scenes and quite possibly the biggest one… what is Mason’s favourite watch? Thanks for listening!

634: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

It’s big movie time again already! A brand new early podcast and a brand new day for little boy Tom Holland as Spider-Man. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
05:19 The Jared Leto Stuff
09:38 Wonder Man Season 2 Cancelled
13:20 Blade Movie Officially Dead
19:01 Booster Gold Not Happening Yet
25:28 Fast & Furious 11 in Trouble
29:56 Jumanji: Open World Trailer
32:27 The Thomas Crown Affair Trailer
38:52 Samara Weaving Cast as Emma Frost for X-Men Movie
41:16 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Movie Review
01:03:46 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Spoiler Segment
01:24:41 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:38:37 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

633: Best & Worst of Comic Con 2026

Big woos are back for San Diego Comic Con 2026!  We’re talking a new Lanterns trailer, Ryan Gosling heads up the Ghost Rider movie, David Jonsson takes on the role of T’Challa II in Black Panther 3, Ryan Reynolds teases Deadpool’s involvement in Avengers: Doomsday and speaking of we have two new trailers that see the X-Men crossover with the Fantastic Four crossed over with The New Avengers crossed over with some but not all of the regular Avengers also Thor can’t hit Doctor Doom with an axe and also Captain America is there.  We also discuss a MASSIVE second week for The Odyssey and Elon Musk’s plan to make it even better, trailers for Match: Box The Movie, Blade Runner 2099, Neuromancer, Clayface and Resident Evil.  Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:26 The Odyssey Big Success
13:23 The Matchbox Movie Trailer
21:03 Dark Matter S2 Trailer
22:38 Blade Runner 2099 Trailer
25:16 RoboCop Series Still Happening
25:57 Neuromancer Trailer
29:28 Resident Evil Trailer
34:49 Clayface Trailer
38:20 San Diego Comic Con 2026
38:52 Lanterns Panel & Trailer
44:38 Ghost Rider Ryan Gosling Movie
55:07 New Black Panther Casting
01:01:38 Avengers: Doomsday Trailer
01:18:58 Deadpool Lives In His Own Space
01:25:09 Kevin Feige on Blade Movie Failure
01:26:52 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:35:58 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

632: The Odyssey

BIG MOVIE!!! Welcome to the early podcast edition of The Odyssey review with James & Maso. There’s also casting rumours for X-Men, bad news for God of War and trailers ahoy for more big movies. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
02:28 Sam Neill RIP
08:52 Adam Driver X-Men Casting
12:48 Bradley Cooper G.I.Joe Movie
14:58 Blue Beetle Returns in Man of Tomorrow
16:45 Bad News for God of War Series
21:45 Hunt of Gollum Teaser (and conspiracy?!)
26:32 Tom Cruise’s Digger Trailer
27:57 The Batman Part 2 First Look & Delay
33:08 The Odyssey Big Movie Review
01:00:16 The Odyssey Spoiler Segment
01:18:22 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:34:55 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

631: Evil Dead Burn & Moana Live Action

Early podcast! James & Maso talking official Avengers: Doomsday art reveals, trailers for Dune 3 and Godzilla Minus Zero and another special new segment about Christopher Nolan. Plus reviews for Evil Dead Burn and Moana Live Action AHHH! Thanks for listening everybody!!

00:00 The Start
04:42 Avengers: Doomsday Official Art Reveal
14:45 DC Skipping San Diego Comic Con Again
19:05 Dune Part 3 New Trailer
27:03 Godzilla Minus Zero First Trailer
29:34 Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey Backlash
37:52 Blue Thunder Remake & Tarantino’s 10 Film Rule
43:44 Evil Dead Burn Movie Review
58:50 Evil Dead Burn Spoiler Segment
01:06:08 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:08:40 Moana Live Action Movie Review
01:23:18 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

630: Best/Worst Comic Adaptations & The Death of Physical Media

Incredible week for doing a great podcast! In this latest episode of The Weekly Planet we talk the best and worst comic adaptation choices from modern and decades past. We also discuss the further death of physical media with Sony Playstation not creating physical disks after 2028, confirmation that the Minions didn’t work with Hitler, new details on Danny McBrides G.I. Joe adaptation, a trailer for Robert Egger’s Werwulf, James Gunn potentially directing the DCU Batman movie, potentially casting news for Bruce Wayne plus the fallout and blame game behind Supergirl. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
06:23 Sony Kills Physical Games Releases
22:24 Did The Minions Work for Hitler?
24:40 James & Maso’s Tangent Time
28:15 New G.I. Movie Confirmed
31:07 Werwulf Trailer & First Look
34:31 James Gunn’s Batman Movie Takeover
37:04 Supergirl, What Went Wrong?
47:05 Best & Worst Comic to Movie Adaptations
01:29:25 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:40:04 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

629: Supergirl!

Early podcast and BIG MOVIE ALERT! We’re talking Supergirl plus new DC Animated shows, Christopher Nolan banning Influencers from Odyssey, the threat of normal men cancelling the new DCU and much more. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:08 New DCU Animated Shows Announced
13:18 Influencers Banned from Odyssey Showings
17:38 Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Movie Trailer
23:36 Future of DCU After Paramount Takeover
27:09 Supergirl Movie Review
51:00 Supergirl Spoiler Segment
01:08:42 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:20:08 Letters, It’s Time For Letters