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Quick links/Discussed in this episode:
Barbarella remake? (202?): Discussion begins. Reported as in development: a Barbarella remake starring hot commodity Sidney Sweeney, directed by Edgar Wright. We won’t deny Sweeney would look great in the costumes, but overall we remain skeptical. Deadline broke the story.
Coma (2022): Discussion begins. A sequestered 18-year-old girl loses her grip on reality as she watches a YouTuber named “Patricia Coma.” A weird-looking one with animation and Barbie doll sequences, from the busy Bertrand Bonello (who also has the promising Beast in U.S. theaters). Coma official site.
The Hyperboreans (2024): Discussion begins. A psychologist hires stop-motion animators Joaquín Cociña and Cristobal Leon to film a script taken from the minds of one of her (schizophrenic?) patients. We know little about this, but there is a Nazi twist… debuting this week at Cannes Director’s Fortnight, hopefully it will be picked up in the U.S. The Hyperboreans distributor site.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988): Discussion begins. Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. The kampy kult komedy (please don’t make that into an acronym) gets a 4K upgrade from Shout! Factory; extra features appear to all be recycled from the previous Special Edition Blu-ray (and some go back to the original DVD release). Buy Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
Megalopolis (2024?): Discussion begins. Megalopolis continues its epic journey to screen with the release of a more substantial “teaser” trailer (hot on the heels of the short teaser scene we talked about last week). There’s also another spicy article about the production, this time from The Guardian. Anticipation builds.
Sentinel (202?): Discussion begins. Phil Tippett wants to make one more stop-motion feature before he dies… and he promises this one won’t take 30 years like Mad God. It’s a deathdream story a la “An Occurrence at Owl Bridge Creek” set in WWI. Currently in the early stages of development, he’ll be fundraising at Cannes. Variety gets the scoop.
NEPOTISM CORNER:
Released this week: Giles Edwards narrates Gregory J. Smalley‘s script of a Pete Trbovich production of “Looking for Duke,” a story set in the surreal Dead Oaks Mall extended universe!
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest is currently scheduled for next week’s Pod 366 (although you never know), but Greg and Giles will definitely be back to discuss the week’s weird news and releases. In written reviews, Shane Wilson takes a second look at Shiver of the Vampires, Giles Edwards investigates Jobe’z World (2018), and Gregory J. Smalley will venture to the theater to see I Saw the TV Glow (which seems like a safer bet than catching it on TV).
Onward and weirdward!