Amazon's Expensive Hostage Situation + Kill Bill's Midlife Crisis

I'm running on three hours of sleep and whatever that energy drink was that tasted like electricity. Pretty sure I can hear colors now. Is that normal? Don't answer that.

We made it to Friday though, which is like finishing a marathon if the marathon was just five days of pretending to be functional while secretly googling "how to fake your own death but still keep your Netflix account." Hypothetically.

For a friend.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Gunn says two new film scripts are "close" to joining the DCU plus some mystery TV show waiting for budget approval.

It's like when someone says "I have news" then makes you wait. Just tell me. Did someone die? Are we getting Booster Gold? Is it both? Can Booster Gold die?

He's focused on Superman starting production in April and Lanterns which has been "in development" since the dawn of time.

The TV project needs "budget approval" which is corporate for "we're not sure if people care enough." They're probably right. I barely care and I'm writing about it. That's my whole job. Caring about this. And I'm struggling.

Amazon has to pay $20 million per season to cancel Rings of Power. That's $40 million for the remaining seasons.

Only 37% of U.S. viewers finished season 1. More people finish their vegetables.

But they're filming season 3 anyway because apparently losing $20 million is worse than making content nobody watches. It's like staying in a bad relationship because you already bought concert tickets. "Well, we're going to see Coldplay whether we hate each other or not."

I watched three episodes. Fell asleep during the fourth.

The international completion rate was 45% which Amazon's probably calling "a win."

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair hits theaters December 5 in 70mm and 35mm.

It's both movies. Together. How they were meant to be. With 7½ minutes of new animation because we needed MORE cartoon violence to understand the regular violence.

This is like my ex texting "hey" after a decade. I’ve moved on, Quentin. I have new movies now. Movies where people don't talk about feet for forty minutes. Movies where—who am I kidding, I'm seeing this. In 70mm. Probably twice.

Vought Rising cast four people including Cecily Strong for the 1950s Boys prequel about "the origins of Vought."

Jensen Ackles will be back as Soldier Boy which means more toxic masculinity but vintage.

They won't reveal character details which means Cecily Strong's either playing someone horrible or someone who dies horribly. Or both. It's The Boys. Everyone's terrible then dead.

Mangold just signed an overall deal with Paramount while supposedly still doing Swamp Thing and that Dawn of the Jedi movie.

His rep says he "remains attached" to everything. Like how I'm attached to the idea of learning guitar. Or eating healthy. Or responding to texts. Attached but not actually doing anything about it.

This is just Hollywood for "those movies aren't happening but we're being polite about it."