Episode 20 – GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

This week the film nerds prepare for GI Joe: Retaliation with a review of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. They also discuss a lot of casting news — Ninja Turtles, Captain America, Hercules, oh my!

Show Notes:

• Introduction
• What We’ve Been Watching
  • Willie: Parks and Recreation Season 4, The Walking Dead Season 3 (0:00:47)
  • Alex: Game of Thrones Season 2, Friday Night Lights Series Finale, John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood (0:06:30)
  • Nick: Archer Season 3, the Oceans Trilogy (0:12:23)
• Film News
  • Producer Adi Shankar is potentially working on a Dredd short in lieu of a sequel (0:19:55)
  • Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard, and Noel Fisher are your new “Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles” (0:25:00) 
    • Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michaelangelo respectively.
  • Georges St-Pierre to play Batroc the Leaper in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (0:32:34)
    • Robert Redford in talks as a high-level S.H.I.E.L.D. officer.
  • Brett Ratner’s Dwayne Johnson’s Hercules has added Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, and John Hurt (0:36:56)
• Review: GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (0:39:57)
  • Spoilers Start: (1:00:30)
• Food for Thought
  • What are your favorite recurring actor/director pairings? (1:14:22)
• Outro (1:26:08)

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