Fantastic Mr Star Fox (With Alanah Pearce)

Fantastic Mr Star Fox (With Alanah Pearce)

From Aftermath Hours by Aftermath

May 8, 2026 · 1h 31m · Episode 113

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Alanah Pearce about her new production company and the state of video game adaptations.

On this week’s episode, Nathan is outnumbered by Australians when Alanah Pearce—games writer, voice actor, YouTuber, and filmmaker extraordinaire—joins the show (and also Luke is there). We discuss Alanah’s new production company, Charred Pictures, and its goal of involving indie developers in the process of adapting games into movies and TV shows. We also talk about the overall state of video game adaptations and the glut of tales that have already been told. Then we dig into the controversial (at least, in Hollywood) element of Alanah’s operation: She’s working with YouTubers where possible to secure funding, which she believes makes perfect sense when they’re fans of the games being adapted. What, in this day and age of content creators being everywhere, still causes film execs to balk at the idea? After that, we move on to an arguably even more consequential discussion: Star Fox looks fucked up now. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing? Lastly, we throw up our hands at Xbox’s inconsistent (to say the least) approach to AI and then come to the only remaining logical conclusion: Aftermath should be put in charge of Xbox. Credits - Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Luke Plunkett, and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Luke Plunkett

Guest: Alanah Pearce

Topics covered

  • video game adaptations
  • indie developers
  • YouTubers
  • Star Fox
  • AI in gaming
  • Hollywood

Keywords

  • Alanah Pearce
  • video game adaptations
  • Charred Pictures
  • Star Fox
  • YouTubers
  • Xbox
  • AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Charred Pictures, Xbox

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