# 595 New AI Actor Controversy & The Smashing Machine

An episode of [The Weekly Planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/718158767), 5 Oct 2025, 1 h 32 min.

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This week we discuss The Smashing Machine where The Rock takes a straight shot at doing a series role with a big time Hollywood transformation and all! Plus we get into all the news of the week including The Simpsons 2 official release date, how much money Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny really lost, a trailer for Frankenstein, the return of Brendan Fraser and Rachael Weisz in a new The Mummy movie and Hollywood's first AI actor and how it’s awful. Thanks for listening New Movie Commentary for SUPERMAN 2025 out now! Plus entire back-catalogue of let's play videos, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries, early access and ad-free episodes all available on https://bigsandwich.co Watch James' guest appearances on Thumb Cramps & Plumbing the Death Star at Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival: https://cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/home/ce25 PLEASE be aware timecodes may shift up to a few minutes due to inserted ads. 00:00 The Start 03:46 Tron Week at Caravan of Garbage! 05:37 New Simpsons Movie Revealed 10:15 Indiana Jones & Dial of Destiny's Failure 14:10 Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein Trailer 18:38 The Mummy Movie Gritty Reboot 20:24 Brendan Frasers' The Mummy Sequel Rumor 22:26 New AI Actor "Tilly Norwood" Controversy 31:05 The Smashing Machine Movie Review 47:16 The Smashing Machine Spoiler Segment 59:18 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read 01:07:08 Letters, It's Time For Letters SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN James' Twitter ► http://twitter.com/mrsundaymovies Maso's Twitter ► http://twitter.com/wikipediabrown Patreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsundaymovies T-Shirts/Merch ► https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mr-sunday-movies The Weekly Planet iTunes ► https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-planet/id718158767?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 The Weekly Planet Direct Download ► https://play.acast.com/s/theweeklyplanet Amazon Affiliate Link ► https://amzn.to/2nc12P4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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