Authorized Novelizations Podcast

Authorized Podcast

A loose coalition of film enthusiasts host a book club about the novelizations of your favorite movies. New episodes every Thursday!

  1. 2d ago

    Patreon Preview: Primetime [ 2026 ]

    Get the full episode here: www.patreon.com/authorizedpod/membership Intro music is "Cold Funk" and outro music is "Surf Inspector", both by Kevin MacLeod. They are presented in unaltered segments. View the license here: ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ Music copyrighted by Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency

    Patreon Preview: Primetime [ 2026 ]

  2. 3d ago

    Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers by Jake Martin ( w/ Jesse Hassenger )

    Get our Patreon podcast: ⁠patreon.com/authorizedpod Check out Jesse’s writing: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jesse-hassenger Listen to The New Flesh podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-new-flesh-horror-movies-horror-news-scary-movie/id1050862266 Continuing our annual tradition, we invited Jesse Hassenger back to discuss another Halloween novelization. This time, as a change of pace, it is the unauthorized novelization written by a fan under the pseudonym Jake Martin. Sorry to this man! If it’s any consolation, we still like this book better than the Halloween 4 one.  Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing.  Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye  Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Johnny- letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto Jesse- letterboxd.com/rockmarooned Next on Authorized: Die Darkman, Die!!

    Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers by Jake Martin ( w/ Jesse Hassenger )

  3. 6d ago

    BONUS - Darkman: The TV Pilot ( w/ John Cribbs )

    Listen to our Patreon episode on the Waterworld SNES game: patreon.com/authorizedpod On a bonus Authorized, we discuss the failed Fox pilot for Darkman. It’s got cool stuff, but we get why it failed!

    BONUS - Darkman: The TV Pilot ( w/ John Cribbs )

  4. Oct 23

    Patreon Preview: Waterworld for Super Nintendo

    Listen to the full episode here: patreon.com/authorizedpod

    Patreon Preview: Waterworld for Super Nintendo

  5. Oct 22

    Terrifier 3 by Tim Waggoner ( w/ The B.O. Boys, Danny Cohen and Tim Waggoner)

    Join our Patreon podcast: patreon.com/authorizedpod Buy Tim’s new Crystal Lake novelization: https://shop.a24films.com/products/crystal-lake-the-novel-by-tim-waggoner?srsltid=AYCX9vKHR0PJLK9KIw_Du3G9FnQphL37W1nJAEH_T75wtFGGdgLqxPhr Listen to the B.O. Boys: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b-o-boys-movie-box-office/id1489892648 This week on Authorized, we welcome our new frenemies the B.O. Boys to talk box office sensation Terrifier 3 and its novelization. Then, Overbye, Danny, and Goodman interview author Tim Wagoner about his process for novelizing a completed film.  Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing.  Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ John Goodman- https://letterboxd.com/j_goodman/ Next on Authorized: Hannah returns to Darkman to discuss the failed network TV pilot

    Terrifier 3 by Tim Waggoner ( w/ The B.O. Boys, Danny Cohen and Tim Waggoner)

  6. Oct 21

    Patreon Preview: Street Fighter [ 2026 ]

    Listen to our patreon-exclusive episodes here: patreon.com/authorizedpod

    Patreon Preview: Street Fighter [ 2026 ]

  7. Oct 19

    Ranking the Darkman Novels ( w/ John Cribbs )

    Check out our bonus podcast where Hannah and Overbye cover new movies: patreon.com/authorizedpod The Darkman season is NOT over, but the reading part of it sure is. Overbye, Cribbs, and Johnny rank the five Randall Boyll novels and do a little catching up while they’re at it.  Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing.  Follow us on letterboxd: Johnny- letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ John Cribbs- https://letterboxd.com/thelastmachine/ Next on Authorized: The B.O. Boys stop by for a Terrifier Christmas in October

    Ranking the Darkman Novels ( w/ John Cribbs )

  8. Oct 15

    Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig ( w/ Mark Stay )

    Join our bonus Patreon podcast: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join us TODAY (Thursday, 10/15) at 8PM EST / 5 PM PST to watch Kris play Waterworld for the NES: https://www.twitch.tv/krisluvspixels Check out Mark’s Writing: markstaywrites.com This week on Authorized, Mark Stay joins to discuss a book Overbye thought might be cool, but really isn’t. We break down Chuck Wendig’s thankless assignment of providing Disney with a cursory history text to support The Force Awakens.  Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing.  Follow us on letterboxd: Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: We rank the Darkman novels

    Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig ( w/ Mark Stay )
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