 This is the SF Productions podcast network Let's all go to the lobby To get some overpriced snacks from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our auto podcast how I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm Well the summer movie season which used to begin on Memorial Day weekend has slowly been pushed all the way to May 1st I blame that on free comic book day. Well, yeah I think actually free comic book day came after they started putting the Big temple movie on May 1st. I think so So it is time to cover the big movies that are coming up over the next few months As this episode arrives online Avengers age of Ultron has already hit theaters this small independent movie You know, we're there's that little engine that could I guess Assuming you live on Neptune So as we tape this it's predicted to be the biggest opening weekend ever They're talking like 240 million on the first weekend. Is that what the prediction is? I think maybe we'll wait till after the first weekend, right? You know more about it than we do as we're taping this May 8th hot pursuit. Oh boy Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara It's the classic cop has to take criminal across the country for a trial with women in the lead roles It's another film that's benefiting from the bridesmaids effect. Hey women can be funny But only if they're rude and disgusting this one really reminded me of wasn't there one with Melissa McCarthy was just like this just a bit ago. I think there was I don't know. Yeah, they they're just Retreading and retreading and that that's really a theme. Yeah, a lot of retreads like 15 Mad Max fury road Tom Hardy takes over the Mel Gibson role 30 years later. I did you ever watch the original Mad Max? I've seen some of them. I don't think I've actually watched them all the way through. Yeah, I can't say this one's appealing to me Yeah, yeah, I Have an audience but the idea of running out of supplies and water. Yeah, it's not exactly the dystopian fantasy that it was then it's more like like well, let's see When's that gonna start? We also have the same weekend pitch perfect to Glee meets bridesmaids, you know, I'm quite surprised by how how pitch perfect like became sort of a cult movie Yeah, and now they've got this second one out. I don't know Hey May 22nd tomorrow land we have Brad Bird directing George Clooney and It's their take on Disney's dream of the future Sort of yeah, huh? Yeah, it looks like it might be kind of interesting There is actually a prequel novel that is just coming out now, too So I I'm not quite sure maybe we'll see that one. So the concept essentially is that That a group of scientists are brought together to actually make this city of the future like Tesla, right? I don't remember who else. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. So You know, it's yet another Movie based on a Disney property. Yes in this case a physical property. Yes And any minute we'll have adventure land and Epcot the movie We already had And the same weekend in a counter-programming a poltergeist remake. Yeah, really do we really need another Poltergeist? I think we do May 29th Aloha Cameron Crow directs a Hawaiian rom-com Yes with Bradley Cooper and L. Emma Stone. Yes So Bradley Cooper is like a defense contractor who falls in love with an Air Force helicopter pilot or something like that I don't know and Again counter-programming San Andreas the rock versus the earthquake Okay, two hours of explosions if you like that kind of thing June 5th on Terrage. So the HBO show becomes a movie Yes, and this is very meta, of course because it was all about them making a movie and Getting in the movie business and now it's a movie based on the TV show And then spy speaking of Melissa McCartney with Paul Fague directing if this is anything like the heat Which you did see so yuck. Yeah I just Sometimes I want to be a fan of Melissa McCartney because you know Unconventional female comedian, but I just for some reason I don't want to see her in like a drawing room comedy, you know You know, I don't want to be something besides bathroom humor. Exactly. That's that there has to be a balance there. It's not there June 12th Jurassic World Chris Pratt continues his takeover of blockbuster movies in this sequel And you know Chris Pratt is probably the only reason that I would end up going to see this Not the dinosaurs so much. Yeah, I love Chris Pratt And what they're saying is this is actually like 21 years after the events in the in the first movie So they're having trouble getting people interested in the now living dinosaurs Yes, so they have to go that extra mile and the wackiness ensues from that June 19th inside out. So this is Pixar finally running out of sequels about vehicles Vehicles and toys. Yeah A murderer's row of comedians do voice work as emotions within the mind of a young girl Yeah, I'm not sure. I'm sure it will be very good, but I just can't wrap my head around the idea of this I'm trying to decide where the tragedy is going to occur You know What hair I one of the parents in this I assume dies horribly in the first 30 minutes Because that's what Pixar does June 26th 10 to 2 More bathroom humor from Seth McFarland. I remember the last Seth McFarland was the Western one Right a million ways to die in the West and what I can't remember if it was your parent or my parent somebody in That age range was talking about how much they wanted to go see that movie and I said what what and then Western Yeah, I probably wouldn't recognize July 1st Terminator Genesis Arnold is back to clean up the bizarre continuity of this franchise Good luck on that apparently they're gonna try to make everything fit. Yeah, it's not a reboot It's like yep. This is all gonna work together Is it like the TV series to or are they making that I think they might I think they might try to put it all Make it all fit together. It's not like wow, that's gonna be a mess. Yeah Also the same weekend magic Mike XXL Channing Tatum and the guys take it off again. I I don't know how magic it'll be a second time I That has the same I assume pretty much the same audience as like 50 shades of gray a lot of crossover audience there Women who don't want to actually go to a strip club, but they can go to a movie about a strip club. That's fine July 10th Minions speaking of sequels DreamWorks brings out this thing the minions from despicable Despicable me without yeah without the lead. Yeah, so it's just them well the minions are very popular Oh, oh, yeah, I know the kids love the minions. Yes So I'm guessing there's a lot of I don't know if there's gonna be subtitles at this point or you And that's all it's gonna be I don't know Let's do a whole show like that And then there's selfless where Ben Kingsley drops his mind into Ryan Reynolds body Why I think he's dying. Oh, okay, and so It's this science-fiction-y type thing. I don't think that's gonna go very well I think Ryan Reynolds has a couple movies coming out this summer right something else. I can't remember what well He's in the The painting movie. Oh, yeah, that one. Yeah, I forget then gold something. I forget Woman in gold. There you go July 17th Ant-Man Whoo So Marvel continues to push their luck with the sea level heroes in this case Paul Rudd does the shrinking I I really think that I'm almost more Wanting to see this movie than Avengers. I know Avengers is gonna be big explosions blah blah blah blah But it hit me and this this just sounds more Like, you know not to pun but a smaller movie Yes, you know with less Two hours of explosions. Yeah, maybe a little more funnier and more characters Right, you know character development because you know you with the Avengers you've got so many people and everybody has to have their screen time Yep. Yep, so Same weekend train wreck Amy Schumer and Bill Hader comedy with Schumer writing and Judd Apatow directing Amy Schumer is sure big now. Yeah, I don't know Yeah, I've watched some of the clips of her show never her whole show, but I don't know July 24th Pixels not from Pixar. No, no, not from Pixar There's an alien attack and they use 80s video games as source material Which sounds like a great idea and apparently it was when it was a short movie that this independent guy made and then oh No, it's Adam Sandler to the rescue You Well, I never saw an Adam Sandler movie. I didn't dislike Okay There's also Southpaw the same weekend and they're saying the Oscar race may start early with Jake Gyllenhaal as this tragic boxer Do we have to do tragic boxers again? Apparently we do Okay, July 31st mission impossible rogue nation Tom Cruise is coaxed out of the cult temporarily With a big paycheck. Yeah essentially it's all it is and Then there's vacation history repeats itself when Chevy and Beverly are now the grandparents His son Ed Helms with wife Christina Applegate retrace the classic road trip from the first movie Oh my god, so it is it is so much a sequel remake I don't know Maybe that one might be like DVD or or streaming August 7th Fantastic Four Well fourth time's a charm and yet another reboot They're gonna try again one of these times. They'll get it right So that would be the third Marvel movie out that summer Yes, I believe yes, Ant-Man and And more and and Avengers Avengers, right And then finally we're getting near the end of the the summer Where in some cases they throw the stuff that's like, okay. Well, we're not really sure about this Yes, August 14th the man from uncle Henry Cavill trades in his cape for a tuxedo in this remake of the 60s TV show We saw the trailer and it looked terrific. Yeah, it is very much very 60s mad men. Yeah, it wasn't like they brought it up to no no It was very much a 60s era thing and it looked really impressive So maybe they'll break the curse of being one of the last movies in the summer And remaking an old tv show curse, right? Yeah, so I mean, you know, think about all the bad movies that have come from TV shows bewitched and all that. Yeah Maybe we'll talk about some of these movies later on we might yes But in the meantime, we will talk about comics on our audio podcast how I got my wife treat comics on itunes Or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com from the pop culture bunker. I'm indy and I'm mark. Thanks for watching