Episode 205 - CinemaCon 2026 + News Roundup

About this episode

The episode covers the latest film and TV news, including highlights from CinemaCon 2026 and various movie announcements.

It's been a minute since Matt and Julian sat down to cover the latest in film and TV news. Some might say it's been dearly missed. Well wait no more folks because this week it's all news and nothing but the news so help me god! If the last few weeks (months?) of stories weren't enough, CinemaCon 2026 also just concluded which had it's own news deluge. The guys unpack it all (well most of it anyway)! Of utmost priority is the news of Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler's reboot of 'Miami Vice', which is close to Matt's heart. Plus 'Spaceballs 2' gets a title and release date, trailers for 'Dune 3', 'Clayface' and 'Street Fighter' all surprise (in a good way), and a new 'Lord of the Rings' movie is announced (and you won't guess who's writing it!). Plus, a 'Game of Thrones' movie, more 'Transformers' and is 'Avatar' over? All this and so much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

People in this episode

Host: Julian

Guest: Matt

Topics covered

• film news
• TV news
• CinemaCon 2026
• movie announcements
• trailer releases
• reboots

Keywords

• CinemaCon 2026
• Miami Vice
• Spaceballs 2
• Dune 3
• Lord of the Rings
• Game of Thrones
• Transformers
• Avatar

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Miami Vice, Spaceballs 2, Dune 3, Clayface, Street Fighter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Transformers, Avatar

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