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Daily Podcast: Is A Funko Pop Movie A Ridiculous Concept? Is The LEGO Movie Sequel Awesome? And The Death Of The Dark Universe

By Peter Sciretta/

On the January 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).

Opening Banter: Brad, Ben and Chris are still at Sundance.On The Site:

  • More Sundance Movie Reviews
  • Peter plugs Jack Giroux's Interview with 'The Kid Who Would Be King' Director Joe Cornish on His Love for 'Excalibur' and Putting a Led Zeppelin Shirt on Patrick Stewart
  • HT plugs HT's Dumbo Set Visit Coverage:
  • Danny DeVito on Completing Tim Burton's "Circus Trilogy" With 'Dumbo' [Set Visit Interview]
  • Colin Farrell on 'Dumbo' and Working His Dream Gig With Tim Burton [Set Visit Interview]
  • Jacob plugs Josh Spiegel's 'Sleeping Beauty' at 60: How Disney's Beautiful Box Office Failure Changed the Company Forever

    • In The News:

  • Jacob: Oscar Isaac Joins Dune
  • HT: 'The LEGO Movie 2' Early Buzz: Everything Isn't Quite As Awesome, But It's Still Pretty Good
  • HT: A 'Funko!' Movie is in Development at Warner Bros. (Yes, Really)
  • Jacob: John Cena to Star in Jason Bateman-Directed Netflix Movie About a Movie Studio Come to Life
  • HT: Reese Witherspoon, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, and More Take On Time's Up Challenge to Hire Female Directors
  • Jacob: 'Upgrade' Director Leigh Whannell Set to Helm 'The Invisible Man' as Universal Retools Its Monsters Universe

    • Other Articles Mentioned:

  • Stay Tuned trailer

    • All the other stuff you need to know:

  • You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.
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