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The Weekly Planet

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300 episodes

The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network.

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  1. 598 Cancelled Kylo Ren Movie & Gen V Season 2

    · 1 h 37 min

    HUGE week for corporate nonsense. Just unbelievably bad decision. We're talking one company buys another company with Warner Brothers officially up for sale, the low low price that the James Bond rights sold for and…

  2. Predator - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 23 min

    Over the next four weeks we'll be tackling the first four movies in the Predator franchise, starting with the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger...PREDATOR IS THE ABSOLUTE PEAK OF 80S ACTION AND SCI-FI. THE…

  3. 597 The Mattel Cinematic Universe & Why Tron: Ares Bombed

    · 1 h 28 min

    It’s a big news week at The Weekly Planet hq! We’re getting into the reasons behind the bombing of Tron: Ares, trailers for Wonder Man, Invincible Season 4 and Send Help, Sigourney Weaver returning to the Alien and an…

  4. 596 Tron: Ares & Peacemaker S2 Finale!

    · 1 h 49 min

    Big movie alert! It’s about that time again, when Disney dusts off the Tron series in the hope of striking box office gold! We talk that plus the ending of Peacemaker Season 2 and its links to the DCU, The Smashing…

  5. Tron: Legacy - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 29 min

    The trontent (Tron content) train trontinues (Tron continues) on Tron week! This time we're looking at the culmination off all good things Tron in 2010's Tron: Legacy. Jeff Bridges returns to the duel roles of Kevin…

  6. Tron - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 27 min

    It's that time again. When Disney decides it's time to wring more money out of the Tron franchise with the release of Tron: Ares. So to celebrate (🫠) we're releasing two Caravan Of Garbages this week with this,…

  7. 595 New AI Actor Controversy & The Smashing Machine

    · 1 h 32 min

    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…

  8. The Mummy 2017 - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 29 min

    Like The Mummy 2017, everything we've been covering up to this point has lead us here. The Dark Universe has had its fair share of failures but none quite as spectacular as the 2017 reboot/sequel/franchise launching…

  9. 594 One Battle After Another & Stan Lee Returns!

    · 1 h 38 min

    Fantastic news! There's a new movie and it's good. We review One Battle After Another, the latest from director Paul Thomas Anderson. Plus we discuss the Superman sequel man of steel (lowercase) and its connection to…

  10. Dracula Untold - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 25 min

    We've all been having the best time revisiting different failures within the Dark Universe. This week it's Dracula Untold, a thinly veiled attempt to turn Dracula into a comic book action hero. Which is weird because…

  11. 593 The Batman 2 Villain Speculation & Gen V Season 2

    · 1 h 29 min

    Welcome back to podcasting, The Weekly Planet podcasting. This week we’re talking the return of Gen V with a look at the first three episodes of Season 2. Plus we talk the passing of Robert Redford, potential villains…

  12. The Wolfman - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 22 min

    In 2010 Universal took another step towards rebooting the Dark Universe with a straight shot at a remake of the 1941 classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. This time starring Benecio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins,…

  13. 592 New Doctor Doom First Look & The Long Walk

    · 1 h 31 min

    Stephen King adaptations are back and bigger than ever with The Long Walk, a movie about a long walk but if you don’t walk good enough Mark Hamill will kill you. We also talk the most current and best news including…

  14. Van Helsing - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 21 min

    In 2004 Universal attempted the impossible, recreate the success of The Mummy reboot from 1999 using the classic monsters of old. At it turns out that was impossible and would continue to be so until The Invisible Man…

  15. 591 Man Of Tomorrow & Best Actors Who Pivoted

    · 2 h 11 min

    The important thing in the world has happened. The Rock doesn't have as many muscles and now he's serious and has glasses. And in celebration of that we talk the greatest pivots in Hollywood history. Plus we talk an…

  16. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 21 min

    To the surprise of most, Percy Jackson 2010 actually got a sequel in 2013's in Sea of Monsters. Sure the originally director didn't come back or a bunch of the original actors including horse Pierce Brosnan but the…

  17. 590 Caught Stealing & Kpop Demon Hunters vs Red Notice

    · 1 h 17 min

    You're not going to believe this but there might be a bigger movie in the world than Red Notice. We get into the success of Kpop Demon Hunters plus a look at Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing, our first look at Star…

  18. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 24 min

    In the midst of Harry Potter fever every studio was looking for their own potential young adult franchise to bring to the big screen. In 2010 20th Century Fox settled on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, beginning…

  19. 589 Peacemaker Season 2 & The Naked Gun

    · 1 h 14 min

    This podcast has returned along with Peacemaker who has returned for a second season and The Naked Gun has returned for another The Naked Gun. We also talk the news of the week which means Alan Cumming spilling some…

  20. Alien: Covenant - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 24 min

    If there's one this 2012's Prometheus needed, it's some explanations for what the hell just happened. And if there's one other thing it needed was to be exactly like the movies Alien and Aliens. The solution to both…

  21. 588 Alien: Earth

    · 1 h 46 min

    It's Monday again and that's bad. But podcasts are good and maybe that's even true for this one. This week we're talking the first two episodes of Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth, a prequel and continuation of the Alien…

  22. Prometheus - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 26 min

    The Alien franchise was flagging after the middling reception of the previous few entries including a crossover with the Predator franchise. In an effort to bring back both the prestige of Alien and Aliens plus the fan…

  23. 587 Weapons

    · 1 h 50 min

    Horror movies are having a hell of a run, this time with the release of Zach Cregger’s Weapons. Plus we talk all the latest on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Matt Smith rejoining the Star Wars universe, Michael Bay back…

  24. Oblivion - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 26 min

    It's our final entry in our 'That's a comic book movie?!?' series! And we're taking a look at an entry that's barely an entry, 2013's Oblivion. This is the first pairing of Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski who'd later…

  25. 586 Together & The Future of New DCU/MCU

    · 1 h 51 min

    It's medium to small size movie week! We're talking Neon's latest horror entry, Together. Plus we discuss the Warner Bros Discovery split and the huge cost associated, the Superman 2025 mural reveal, Robert Downey Jr's…

  26. Bulletproof Monk - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 26 min

    It's time for another look at a comic book movie that you might not think is a comic book movie! We're tackling Bulletproof Monk from 2003, the Chow Yun-fat and Sean William Scott lead action comedy that we discover is…

  27. 585 The Fantastic Four: First Steps

    · 1 h 53 min

    It's big movie season and it's time for another big movie! The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the fourth live action incarnation of the superhero family and there first appearance in the MCU. If you discount John…

  28. Barb Wire - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 22 min

    We're back with the next installment of our look at Comic Book Movies that people might not know are comic book movies! This week, the Pamela Anderson 1996 action vehicle Barb Wire. Based on the comic of the same name…

  29. 584 Superman Success & Best/Worst Legacy Comic Characters

    · 2 h 03 min

    Now that we’re between the big releases of Superman and Fantastic Four: First Steps, it's time for another topic episode! This time it’s best and worst legacy characters which at this point pretty much encompasses…

  30. Timecop - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 24 min

    TIMECOP. Sorry I'm getting ahead of myself. Basically we like the idea of doing a series of videos on movies that you didn't realise were based on comic books. And in the first of four weeks we're taking a look at peak…

  31. 583 Superman 2025!

    · 1 h 38 min

    Big movie alert! Big movie is back! Superman 2025 is here to again reboot the DC Cinematic Universe after over a decade of very mixed results. Plus we talk the cancellation of a black Superman movie for being too woke,…

  32. Smallville - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 31 min

    Smallville did a hell of a job reinstablishing the origins of Clark Kent/Superman as well building it's own law that's become canon across other DC Universes including Superman in the DCU. Here we look at the pilot…

  33. 582 Jurassic World Rebirth

    · 1 h 29 min

    It feels like that time again. The Jurassic Park/World franchise is back with Jurassic World Rebirth. Plus we talk the first (negative) review of Superman 2025, Paul Walker is back from the dead for Fast & Furious: The…

  34. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 30 min

    The Superman extraveganzy bonanza continues with a look at Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman! Starting in 1993 and running for four seasons it achieved huge ratings over the majority of it's time before its…

  35. 581 F1, Ironheart & New James Bond Director

    · 1 h 30 min

    Movies are big and real again! That's right, the director of Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski has teamed up with William Bradley Pitt (full name) for F1, this years movie that your dad will like. Plus we talk a new…

  36. Adventures of Superman - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 30 min

    2025 is quickly becomming the year of Superman with the DCU reboot courtesy of James Gunn. So over the next three weeks we're going to take a look at THREE classic Superman TV shows, starting with Adventures of…

  37. 580 28 Years Later (23 Years Later)

    · 1 h 38 min

    It’s been 23 years in the makes but the long awaited sequel to 28 Days Later (and 28 Weeks Later) is finally here! With Danny Boyle and Alex Garland returning some people are like ‘we hate this!’ Plus we talk John…

  38. The 13th Warrior - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 21 min

    Just when we thought we was out, they pull us back in. To talk about Michael Crichton movies! This week it's John McTiernan's (director of Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Predator) The 13th Warrior. Considered one…

  39. 579 Materialists & Final Superman Trailer

    · 1 h 19 min

    Rom coms are back! That's right Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are competing with the love of Dakota Johnson in Materlalists. Plus we talk the first Wonder Woman movie in the DCU, the final Superman trailer, the Superman…

  40. Timeline - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 22 min

    It's Timeline time everyone! Because we're continuing our look at Michael Crichton's movie adaptations that arn't Jurassic Park. The year is 2003, Richard Donner (director of Superman: The Movie) decided to gather up…

  41. 578 From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

    · 1 h 27 min

    You're never going to believe this but it's time for another podcast. This week we cover the latest entry in the John Wick franchise, Ballerina. Plus we got all sorts of news including a confirmed Superman runtime, box…

  42. Sphere - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 24 min

    Ever heard of Jurassic Park? Michael Crichton’s greatest adaptation! Well get ready for another adaptation that’s not Congo, Sphere. A movie about aliens and time travel and Sphere’s and nightmares. Starring a…

  43. 577 Bring Her Back & Superman VS Fantastic Four

    · 1 h 33 min

    Podcasts are back! The world might be ending but at least we still have new movies coming like Superman, The Fantastic Four and Skibidi Toilet. In this week's ep, we discuss the scuttlebutt about two of those films and…

  44. Congo - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 23 min

    Michael Crichton is probably most famous for penning the novel that would go on to became 1993's Jurassic Park and the subsequent Park/World sequels. And in light of that a whole lot of different attempts have been…

  45. 576 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    · 1 h 37 min

    Tom Cruise is back to do his last Mission Impossible apparently! In this week's episode we talk The Final Reckoning, the 8th Mission Impossible installment. Plus news on Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars being…

  46. Jason Bourne - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 27 min

    Jason Bourne is back! And this time he's kinda old but not like super old but for sure older than the previous time we saw him. A new threat has Jason Bourne emerge from hiding and it's Facebook plus Iron Hand plus…

  47. 575 New Superman Trailer & Andor Season 2

    · 1 h 47 min

    Nobody is complaining about a brand new episode of The Weekly Planet podcast! This week we review Andor Season 2 which is probably the best Star Wars we'll ever see and why bother trying anything else. Plus Superman…

  48. The Bourne Legacy - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 20 min

    The Bourne franchise was as good as finished upon the conclusion of 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum. But franchises never truly die if there's profitablity at stake! So in 2012 Tony Gilroy of Andor fame returned to the…

  49. 574 Action Movie Wrap Up & MCU back on track?

    · 1 h 24 min

    Welcome but to the soon to be Golden Globe winning podcast The Weekly Planet. This week we catch up on some 2025 action movies we missed out on with the likes of Novocaine, The Accountant 2 and Havoc plus the news of…

  50. The Bourne Ultimatum - Caravan Of Garbage

    · 22 min

    We've reached the end of the road for Jason Bourne, wrapping up the Matt Damon led trilogy where everything finally falls into place. Old white guys at Treadstone LOOK OUT because Jason Bourne is going to come to your…

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