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šŗš¬ Is 2024 Shaping up To Be a Filler Year?
GTA VI, House of The Dragon S2, massive trailers & more
Sean Byrne
December 08, 2023
Me in the movies watching Godzilla Minus One
āSeeing isnt believing. Believing is seeing."
DEC 08 | EDITION #24 - Read Time: 8 minutes
Another week, another iteration of Modern Mythos. Last week we soft-launched our Instagram & TikTok accounts. This week, we made some quality-of-life edits to the Thursday newsletter so you can find the info you want a bit faster with more breakdowns and sections.
This upcoming Monday (Dec 11), youāll get a second Modern Mythos newsletter each week. Our Monday editions will be a compilation of my weekly watchlist and are a quicker read - reviews, ratings and provide some deeper insight than our Thursday editions allow. If you have specific recommendations for shows, films or games you want reviewed, now is your time. Send me an email, DM or comment below if this is something youād be interested in!
Based on some big reveals slated for 2025 release, some are saying 2024 feels like a filler yearā¦similar to a show that does a couple side arc episodesā¦but I'm not sure I agree. Let's talk about it.
Inside The Edition:
Godzilla Minus One thoughts
Aquaman 2 looking to bomb
GTA VI reveal
More trailers than I can count
Curating everything you need to know within the world of Film, TV, Gaming and where they intersect with pop culture.
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Mainstream & Independent
š„ News from mainstream movies to independent arthouse films
Godzilla Minus One // Toho
Admittedly, this one was completely off my radar and I wasnāt planning on checking it out, but I changed my mind after seeing the public praise and Iām glad I didā¦because Godzilla Minus One fucking rips. If you havenāt seen my review yet, go give it a listen. Iāll be breaking down my full review for our first-ever Monday Watchlist newsletter, but I urge you to go see this film over the weekend.
Itās now the top-grossing live-action Japanese Film in NA after opening to $14.3M at the box office. Toho, the filmās distributor, said that theyāre working on adding over 2,000 screens this upcoming week and are increasing its showings. Godzilla Minus One has a 97% Critic Score and 98% Audience Score on RT and is dominatingā¦ this film likely grow as word of mouth continues, per Deadline.
TLDR: Godzilla Minus One is the best Godzilla film weāve ever gotten, a top 5 movie of 2023 (for me) and worth your time.
Film Headlines
āŖļø A24 films will now exclusivley stream on Max after their theatrical runs - including their entire past catelogue. They signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to put over 100 films on HBO, Max and Cinemaxā¦making Max worth owning year round, IMO. Read.
āŖļø Pixar movies Soul, Luca and Turning Red are coming to theaters in 2024. These films famously bypassed theaters and were straight to Disney+, but theyāre trying to right that wrong, which I love. Read.
āŖļø Actors on Actors from Variety began premiring this week with some massive pairings. Highlighted by Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbieā¦Barbenheimer themselves.Read.
More
Gary Dauberman, the writer-director-producer who worked on films like IT and Annabelle, signs a first-look deal with Screen Gems & Sony Pictures to make more horror movies.
Netflix set up a virtual set for Rebel Moon at CCXP23 where Zack Snyder filmed scenes with fansā¦which got put into a mini trailer. Such a cool activation.
Eli Roth has signed on for a Thanksgiving sequel.
š½ļø Must Watch
The Zone of Interest | Trailer 2ā¦ Continues to feel eery and brutal. Highly anticipate this one.
Bob Marley: One Love | Trailerā¦ Another biopic, but a story that should be toldā¦hoping for the best.
All of Us Strangers | Trailerā¦ It's Paul Mescal, I'll be there.
Franchise Report
š¦øāāļø News from comic book content, big franchises and our favorite IPs
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom // Warner Bros
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom is tracking for a $50M opening in what would be a disaster box office turnout.
The first film made $67M the opening weekend but went on to dominate for weeks, so thereās still hope for WBā¦though Iām almost positive this will be a disaster.
Read.
Franchise Headlines
āŖļø A Spider-Man Noir live-action series is in the works at Amazon. Steve Lightfoot from The Punisher is a showrunner and the series will follow an older, grizzled superhero in 1930s NYCā¦odd but Iām intrigued. Read.
āŖļø Tom Holland will only return to Spider-Man if itās āworth the while of the characterā. Theyāve been activley discussing what the 4th MCU Spidey film could look like and I anticipate theyāll sign a deal sometime in early 2024. Read.
āŖļø Rumors suggest the Star Wars release slate has changed a bit. The rumors state Andor S2 and The Mandalorian S4 will release sometime in 2025, with The Bad Batch, The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew will release in 2024. Read.
More
Ryan Gosling completely made up the word āKenergyā while on a press junket to avoid answering questionsā¦and now itās iconic.
Rumors are swirling that Dafne Keen will reprise her role as X23 (Logan) in Deadpool 3ā¦which would bring me tears of joy.
š½ļø Must Watch
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Trailerā¦ YEAAAAHHHHH BUDDY. WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK.
Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One | Trailerā¦ If thereās one thing DC does right, itās their animated properties.
Suicide Squad ISEKAI | Trailer 2ā¦ An anime version of Suicide Squad looks beautiful tbh.
TV & Streaming
šŗ News from our favorite series on TV and streaming services
Daemon // House of The Dragon, MAX
Max released a sizzle reel, announcing key release dates of highly anticipated upcoming shows.
2024 features: House of The Dragon S2, The Penguin (The Batman sequel series), True Detective: Night Country & more.
2025 features: The Last of Us S2, The White Lotus S3, Welcome To Derry (IT Prequel) and Euphoria S3 & more.
Watch new footage and teasers for the above here.
Streaming Headlines
āŖļø Apple and Paramount are in talks to bundle their streaming services. I say it all the time, but weāre eventually going to go back to a new version of cableā¦where one provider as all of the individual streaming services under their banner - like cable. Read.
āŖļø Reacher S2 releases on Dec 15 and has already been renewed for S3. If youāre looking for a fun, action mystery style story, Idād reccomend it. Read.
š½ļø Must Watch
Masters of the Air | Trailerā¦ Austin Butler is still doing his Elvis voice, but I love war films and this looks fantastic.
True Detective: Night Country | Trailerā¦ Jodie Foster and undertones of mystery and evilā¦sign me the fuck up.
Fallout | Teaserā¦ One of my favorite gaming franchises of all time, so hopes are high and the vibes seem to match the games well so far.
Halo The Series | Season 2 First Lookā¦ I did not vibe with season 1 of this show, but thereās some fun stuff in this teaser.
Gaming Industry
š® Updates from the world of gaming & esports
GTA VI // Rockstar Games
Congratulations, you lived to see the first teaser trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI. Welcome back to Vice City.
The game is believed to be facing the biggest release of all time after the trailer hit 91M views in 24 hours on YouTube (currently 126M)ā¦good for the most views on a non-music video in a single day.
GTA V was released over a decade ago and holds seven Guinness World Record titles, including the highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hoursā¦they made $815.7M in first-day sales. Nuttyā¦per USA Today.
It looks brilliant and satiricalā¦.IGN found that the trailer references some iconic and strange real-life Florida moments. I believe it will push the genre forward similar to Red Dead Redemption 2. GTA VI will launch in 2025.
Gaming Headlines
āŖļø Fortnite launched Chapter 5, featuring huge movement updates, a new loot pool and a Lego Survival mode that aims at rivaling Minecraft and Rust. The new season is enjoyable, but Lego Fortnite is the big news hereā¦it launched yesterday so itās still early, will give some thoughts enxt week. Read.
āŖļø CD Projekt Red Have officially launched Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on Xbox Series X/S, PS and PC. It compiles all all of the DLC and updates theyāve released over the last couple of yearsā¦itās a completely different game than what it was at launch. Watch.
āŖļø Call of Duty: Modern Warefare III & Warzone have launched Season 1. New BR map, new game modes and the response seems to be mostly positive so farā¦which is rare for the COD community. Read.
š½ļø Must Watch
LEGO Fortnite | Gameplay Trailerā¦ I cannot believe we have a Minecraft rival within Fortnite, in partnership with LEGOā¦.madness.
COD Warzone | New Season 1 Map | Launch Trailerā¦ New map looks good and movement is back?
Quick Hits
ā” What To Watch
Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation (2018) | Science-Fiction/Horror | Prime
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mystery zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Two of the greatest actors of our generation in Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac team up with director Alex Garland for this bizarre, mind-fuck of a film. Perfect, eery science-fiction. It gets better with rewatch and the visuals are absurdly goodā¦4 stars.
āThatās how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.ā
š£ The Timeline
Iām addicted to the guy who e 13th Century TikTok Live Streamer parodiesā¦this one is his āplunder revealā lmao.
Macaulay Culkin paying tribute to his fiancee Brenda Song during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonyā¦beautiful to see how far heās come.
I cried during Godzilla Minus Oneā¦Iām man enough to admit it.
Family Guy x Fortnite shortā¦this is fantastic.
š„ Video of the Week
Loki Writer Eric Martin Joins The Basement Boys by My Momās Basement Podcast.
š Read of the Week
Kids to Santa: Give us V-bucks This Christmas by Nicole Carpenter at Polygon.
š¦ Tweet of the Week
Anakin vs sandā¦a battle as old as time.
š Keep An Eye Out
Dec 08 | The Boy and the Heron
Dec 08 | Poor Things
Next week: The Game Awards breakdown, Winter/Holiday Movie Collection, 2023 in rewind preview.
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