Paramount WB Deal in Trouble Already? Max Landis Writing GI Joe Movie, Bale In Heat 2

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John Rocha and Jeff Sneider discuss the latest film industry news including Paramount's deal, Max Landis writing a GI Joe movie, and Christian Bale's involvement in Heat 2.

On this episode of THE HOT MIC, John Rocha and Jeff Sneider discuss the shocking exit of Netflix from the WB bidding with Paramount odds on favorite to win, but is the deal already in trouble? They also talk the news that Max Landis is writing a GI JOE movie for Paramount, the BAFTA's controversial incident with Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors selling out to The Daily Wire, Christian Bale confirming he's in Heat 2, Zack Snyder's new comments on JL 2 and Superman, Sony confirms Spider-Man reboot, Zach Cregger got carte blanche for Resident Evil, Apple gets Lance Armstrong biopic with Austin Butler, Magnificent Seven remake with Matt Dillon, John Turturro to Star With Paul Rudd, and Paul Giamatti in Tom McCarthy’s new film, Project Hail Mary first reactions, Scream 7 box office predictions and more! #DC #BATMAN #jamesbond #avengers #doomsday #MCU #MARVEL #disney #WB #netflix #TheHotMic #JeffSneider #JohnRocha ____________________________________________________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Intro and Rundown 3:11 Paramount Taps Max Landis to Write GI Joe Movie 13:23 Jason Reitman Plans Live Action 'Astro Boy' 16:10 BAFTAs Controversy with Michael…

People in this episode

Hosts: John Rocha, Jeff Sneider

Topics covered

• Paramount deal
• Max Landis
• Christian Bale
• BAFTA controversy
• Scream 7
• film news

Keywords

• Paramount
• Max Landis
• Christian Bale
• BAFTA
• Scream 7
• film news
• GI Joe
• Heat 2

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Paramount, Sony, The Daily Wire, Apple, BAFTA

Books & works: GI Joe, Heat 2, Project Hail Mary, Scream 7, Astro Boy, Magnificent Seven, Resident Evil

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