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May is over but news never ends so our monthly round-up continues. The conversation covers missed theatrical opportunities, franchises scraping the barrel for content. and so many prequels.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5
Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
Craig’s reviews of Heroes Reborn
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
Craig's reviews of The Boys season 3
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Godzilla
Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Craig’s review of Logan
Craig’s review of Madame Web
Craig's review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Craig’s review of John Wick
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
Craig’s review of Moana
Craig’s review of the Martian
Craig’s review of The Maze Runner
Craig’s review of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Craig's review of The Age of Adaline
Craig's review of Independence Day: Resurgence
Craig's review of Geostorm
Craig's review of It Follows
Craig's review of Pig
Craig's review of Silence
Craig's review of Hacksaw Ridge
Craig's review of Skyscraper
Craig's review of Plane
Craig's review of Tomb Raider
Craig's review of Army of the Dead
Craig's review of Now You See Me 2
Craig's review of The Giver
Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Craig's review of Steel Country
Craig's review of Robert The Bruce
Craig's review of Divergent
Craig's review of The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Craig's review of Transcendence
Podcasts
2024 Alien Day Special – Predator
2024 Star Wars Day Special – The Clone Wars
Logan
WandaVision
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Madame Web
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Star Trek: Picard season 1
Star Trek: Picard season 2
Star Trek: Picard season 3
Trailers
Lee
The Surfer
Megalopolis
It Ends With Us
Dune Prophecy
The Boys season 4
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Twisters
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Acolyte
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
Never Let Go
Trigger Warning
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Reagan
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2
Moana 2
Wicked
News
Ralph Ineson cast as Galactus in Fantastic Four
John Malkovich cast in Fantastic Four
Agatha Harkness series title confirmed
Spider-Man: Noir series greenlit with Nicolas Cage to star
Silk: Spider Society no longer in development
Phil Lord and Chris Miller in charge of Sony’s Marvel universe
Michael Lesslie to write Marvel’s X-Men movie
Terry Matalas set as showrunner for Vision
Taylor Swift to join the MCU (Rumor)
First look at David Corenswet as Superman
Batman: The Caped Crusader first look
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew synopsis
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to star in Flesh of the Gods
Oscar Isaac to voice Jesus Christ in The King of Kings
Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer to star in The Death of Robin Hood
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to star in The Magic Faraway Tree
Andrew Garfield to join Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s The Hunt
Adam Wingard sets next film Onslaught
Greta Lee and Kingsley Ben-Adir to start in Louis Leterrier’s 11817
Andy Samberg to star in The Robots Go Crazy
Sydney Sweeney to play US Boxer Christy Martin
Edgar Wright in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney in Barbarella 
Kathryn Bigelow to direct real-time missile attack thriller
Gerard Butler in talks to star in Empire State
Dan Stevens and Al Pacino to star in The Ritual
A Donnie Yen led John Wick spinoff in confirmed
Tomb Raider seri

April 2024 is over so it's time for Kneel Before Pod's news round-up. The conversation covers the effectiveness of trailers, milking properties and Glen Powell's star power
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5
Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
Craig's review of Supernatural - "ScoobyNatural"
Craig’s reviews of The Winchesters
Craig's reviews of Heroes Reborn
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Sonic The Hedgehog
Craig’s review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Craig’s review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Craig’s review of Jurassic World
Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion
Craig’s review of Godzilla
Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
Craig's review of Snake Eyes: G.I. Jones Origins
Craig’s review of Bumblebee
Craig’s review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Craig's review of Logan
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig’s review of The Matrix: Resurrections
Craig’s review of The Flash
Craig's review of Ex Machina
Craig's review of Yoga Hosers
Craig's review of Tetris
Podcasts
2024 First Contact Day Special - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
2024 Alien Day Special - Predator
2024 Star Wars Day Special - The Clone Wars
Time Travel on TV
Bumblebee
Logan
WandaVision
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
The Marvels
The Flash
Trailers
Speak No Evil
Cuckoo
Next Stop Paris
The Watchers
Trap
Blink Twice
The Exorcism
Hit Man
Atlas
IF
Mufasa: The Lion King
Fly Me To The Moon
Joker: Folie A Deux
Transformers One
Deadpool & Wolverine
News
Julia Garner cast as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four poster
James Gunn’s Superman adds Pruitt Taylor Vince as Jonathan Kent
Neva Howell cast as Martha Kent in Superman
Craig Gillespie in talks to direct Supergirl
Keanu Reeves voicing Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Varada Sethu confirmed as Doctor Who companion
Star Trek prequel officially announced
Star Trek 4 gets new writer
Star Trek’s future
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi finds its writer
Drew Goddard to direct new Matrix movie
Bruce Springsteen movie to star Jeremy Alan White
Martin Scorcese eyes Frank Sinatra biopic
Aaron Sorkin writing a film about January 6th
New The Office series casting
Quentin Tarantino drops The Movie Critic as his final film
Kevin Smith’s next movie 4/30
Jonathan Bailey in talks for new Jurassic movie
Glen Powell to star in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man
Alien series adds Sandra Yi Sencindiver
Margot Robbie to produce Monopoly movie
Avengelyne adaptation coming from Olivia Wilde and Margot Robbie
Live action Scooby Doo lands at Netflix
Nia DaCosta in talks to direct the second part of the 28 Years Later trilogy
28 Years Later casting
Blumhouse to make new Blair Witch Project movie
Ryan Gosling’s Hail Mary
Hailee Steinfeld joins Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller
Heroes reboot/continuation in the works
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin live-action film in the works
The Transformers and GI-Joe crossover officially announced
Denis Villeneuve developing Dune: Messiah and Nuclear War A Scenario
Misc
Craig's appearance on Reel Talk discussing Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
Florence Pugh's Thunderbolts* set video
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Jurassic Park theme” and his YouTube channel
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Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. This year's celebration moves into the animated side of the universe with 2008's Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The conversation covers introducing Ahsoka, the start of Tattooine being the centre of the galaxy and Ziro the Hutt.
Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Podcasts
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Ewok Movies
Predator
Misc
Music
Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits Theme” and his YouTube channel
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Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by moving into the Predator franchise with 1987's Predator. The conversation covers its quotability, its deceptive depth and where it sits in movie history.
Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
Craig’s review of Prey
Podcasts
Our previous Alien Day coverage
Jingle All The Way
Misc
Jean Claude Van Damme and the original Predator suit
Music
Legolambs' "Predator The Musical" and their YouTube channel
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39 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues our annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we cover Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The conversation covers Star Trek making the jump to the big screen, the potential loss of this sort of storytelling and pacing.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Craig's review of Arrival
Podcasts
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Misc
The Star Trek Into Darkness honest trailer
The Star Trek Into Darkness How It Should Have Ended
Music
Captain_Meatshield’s cover of the “First Contact” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation“ theme and his YouTube channel
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March 2024 is behind us and as usual, Kneel Before Pod covers the news and trailers contained within. The conversation covers quantity over quality, guaranteed hits and awards paydays.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here. Bo Nicholson's projects can be found on his Linktree. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Andrew's reviews of Titans
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of The Burning Season
Craig's review of Upgraded
Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016)
Craig’s review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig’s review of Venom
Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Craig’s review of Morbius
Craig's review of Madame Web
Craig's review of Wonder Woman
Craig’s review of Wonder Woman 1984
Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
Craig’s review of The Batman
Craig’s review of The Flash
Craig’s review of Luck
Craig’s review of Tetris
Craig’s review of Mad Max: Fury Road
Craig’s review of Paddington
Craig’s review of Paddington 2
Craig’s review of John Wick
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig's review of Inside Out
Craig's review of Soul
Craig's review of Alien: Covenant
Craig's review of Blade Runner 2049
Craig's review of It Follows
Craig's review of Don't Breathe
Craig's review of Dunkirk
Podcasts
Craig's interview with The Burning Season cast and crew
Doctor Who 60th anniversary...and Christmas Specials
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels
Venom
Madame Web
The Suicide Squad
The Batman
The Flash
Our Alien Day coverage
Jingle All The Way
Christmas Movie Writer's Room 2023
Misc
Miniminuteman
Worldcon
The Full Lid - Alasdair Stewart
The Functional Nerds podcast
Camestros Felapton
The "I'm Just Ken" Oscars performance
Arnie, Danny Devito and Michael Keaton at the Oscars
Trailers
Girls State
Arcadian
The Crow
I Saw The TV Glow
The Watched
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Idea Of You
The Greatest Hits
The Wild Robot
Sugar
Sing Sing
Atlas
Fallout
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
The Acolyte
Inside Out 2
Kaos
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Alien: Romulus
The Penguin
Doctor Who
News
Marvel to take less risks and focus on guaranteed hits (rumour)
Venom 3 gets a title
Superman: Legacy title change
Wendell Pierce cast as Perry White in Superman
Live action Teen Titans movie in the works
Oscar winners
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron back in development
David Dastmalchian cast in Murderbot
Ming-Na Wen cast in Karate Kid
Joshua Jackson cast in Karate Kid
A Freaky Friday sequel in development
The Twilight reboot will be animated
Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story
Christopher Nolan rumoured to direct a remake of The Prisoner
Arnie cast in The Man With The Bag
House of Guinness
Ari Aster’s Eddington cast
The Unknown
Popeye live action movie in development
Among Us animated series cast
Neve Campbell back for Scream 7
Poohniverse horror crossover announced
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman Theme” and his YouTube channel
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