First we start with Napster being sold for $207M to Infinite Reality. Next, Ubisoft is splitting off Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six franchises into their own company that's 25% owned by Tencent. Later, Scooby-Doo is getting a new live-action show coming to Netflix. We wrap it all up with No Other Land co-director, Hamdan Ballal, being detained and imprisoned. We also have thoughts on Japanese Breakfast, Nintendo Direct, Severance, The Residence, and Moana 2.
Read MoreWe start with Lizzo announcing a summer album and Summer of Soul coming to Marcus Garvey Park next year. Next, Governor Gavin Newsom has a direct influence on the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit and Kingdom Hearts 4 is officially announced. Later, we break down the exciting new USFL debuting this weekend and IMBd TV gets rebranded to Amazon Freevee. We wrap it all up with DC finding its footing after the Warner Bros merger with Discovery and the cast for the upcoming musical The Color Purple gets rounded out with some Grammy winners. We also have thoughts on Swedish House Mafia, The Ultimatum, Severance, and Julia.
Read MoreWe start with Tik Tok paying royalties to artists and Nirvana making Billboard moves after the release of The Batman. Next, we have video game bits including Elden Ring being sold everywhere, Atari buying MobyGames, and GTA V pricing for the next generation consoles. Later, composer Michael Giacchino will try his hand at directing a one hour special for Disney+ and some TV bits for Keenan Thompson, Ted Lasso, and the Discovery merger. We wrap it all up with Disney CEO Bob Chapek making comments about a recent bill in Florida and DC shuffles around its films to 2023 due to VFX delays. We also have thoughts on Dolly Parton, Elden Ring, Severance, The Endgame, Jeen-Yuhs, The Afterparty, and Turning Red.
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