The Weekly Planet

CinemaCon 2026 brings us news and footage from all the major studios most of which we are not allowed to see. We're talking Avengers: Doomsday and Spider-Man: Brand New Day plus trailers for The Mandalorian vs Groglet, Street Fighter & Godzilla Minus Zero, massive layoffs over at ...  Show more

Aliens continue to be real on our journey through three very distinct War of the Worlds adaptations. This week it's the second collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise after Minority Report, War of the Worlds 2005. Interesting premise and time, post 9/11, Tom Cruise ...  Show more

The Boys are back in town. For their fifth and final season, we talk the first two episodes. Plus we review The Drama, the somewhat controversial A24 film starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. And of course there's the news of the week including a shift in direction for Avatar 5 ...  Show more

ALIENS ARE REAL. I mean, statistically the chances of there being life in an ever expanding universe is pretty much a lock. And to celebrate that and the return of Steven Spielberg to making an alien movie with Disclosure Day in 2026 we're going to take a look at three adaptation ...  Show more

Nintendo and Illumination are back with their second animated feature, Super Mario Brothers 2 the Galaxy the movie. As with the last, this one looks to be a massive success despite an average reception. Plus we get into the Aragon recasting, a Dungeon Crawler Carl adaptation, the ...  Show more