Cordkillers 416 - It's Just a Phase (w/ Brian Ibbott)
San Diego Comic-Con meant an avalanche of announcements for Marvel, DC, Netflix, and more. Plus, Netflix details even more about an ad-supported service and NFL+ launches today! All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Brian Ibbott ( https://coverville.com ).
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CordKillers: 416 - It's Just a Phase
Recorded: July 25 2022
Guest: Brian Ibbott
Intro Video
Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99
Primary Target
Marvel Studios’ Phases 5 and 6: Everything We Learned at Comic-Con About the Multiverse Saga
- Marvel announced a lot of things at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. We're going to assume that many of you have familiarized yourselves with the length and breadth of their announcements and focus here on what we think of the bigger ones.
- Let's start with the Phases.
- Phase 4 is about to end with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law on Disney+ August 17 and Black Panther Wakanda Forever on November 11th.
- Phase 5 will kick off with Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania on February 17th. Then proceed though Secret Invasion on Disney+, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 May 5, Echo on Disney+, Loki Season 2, The Marvels movie July 28, Blade movie in November, Ironheart on Disney+, Agatha; Covern of Chaos on Disney+ and Daredevil:Born Again in 2024 on Disney+, Captain America: New World Order May 2024 and Thunderbolts ending Phase 5 in July 2024.
- Phase 6 will be the final phase in the Multiverse saga kicking off with a Fantastic 4 movie November 8 2024 (no cast announced). And ending the Avengers Kang Dynasty in May 2025 and Avengers Secret Wars in November 2025.
- Overall what do we think of the layout and can we get to individual movies after?
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Comic-Con Trailer Gives First Look at Rocket’s Origins, Adam Warlock and More
She-Hulk’s new trailer shows the importance of spandex and yoga
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Unveiled at San Diego Comic-ConThe first ‘I Am Groot’ trailer is predictably cute‘What If…?’ Gets Early Season 3 Renewal By Disney+James Gunn: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Trailer Not Online Because VFX Aren’t Ready for ‘Repeated Views’
- Marvel announced a lot of things at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. We're going to assume that many of you have familiarized yourselves with the length and breadth of their announcements and focus here on what we think of the bigger ones.
- Let's start with the Phases.
- Phase 4 is about to end with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law on Disney+ August 17 and Black Panther Wakanda Forever on November 11th.
- Phase 5 will kick off with Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania on February 17th. Then proceed though Secret Invasion on Diseny+, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 May 5, Echo on Disney+, Loki Season 2, The Marvels movie July 28, Blade movie in November, Ironheart on Disney+, Agatha; Coven of Chaos on Disney+ and Daredevil:Born Again in 2024 on Disney+, Captain America:New Old Order May 20-24 and Thunderbolts ending Phase 5 in July 2024.
- Phase 6 will be the final phase in the Multiverse saga kicking off with a Fantastic 4 movie November 8 2024 (no cast announced). And ending the Avengers King Dynasty in May 2025 and Avengers Secret Wars in November 2025.
- Overall what do we think of the layout and we can get to individual movies after?
- Let's run through some of the details of the various announcements:
- BlackPanther: Wakanda Forever. Trailer is a send off for Chadwick Boseman. Will introduce Siri Williams aka Ironheart.
- We also got a trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Ant Man & the Wasp Quantumania will introduce Kang the Conqueror "He Who remains" variant.
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Showed a trailer in the hall but FX aren't ready for public distribution. It's set to The Flaming Lips’ ‘Do You Realize. Gamora is leader of the Ravagers and doesn't remember anyone. Rocket Racoon's origins. Last Guardians movie.
- Captain America: New World Order - first time out for Sam Wilson as Cap.
- Daredevil: Born Again will have Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin. “Born Again” will get an 18-episode first season in spring 2024.
- Thunderbolts Julia-Louis Dreyfus's Allegra De Fontaine will be putting together the alternate Avengers or sometimes described as the Marvel version of Suicide Squad.
- The two Avengers movies do not have the Russos attached but Feige says he still wants to do something with them.
- Armor Wars: Not mentioned. Possible Phase 6? (Tony Stark's tech falls into the wrong hands and War machine has to deal).
- Animated titles coming in droves including season 3 of What If, Marvel Zombies, Spider-Man Freshman Year (set prior to Captain America; Civil War) , X-Men '97 and I Am Groot. These last two appear to be separate continuities.
How to Watch
Netflix Changes Its Tune
- The big news out of Netflix's earnings report Tuesday was that it lost 970,000 subscribers. That's Netflix's second quarterly drop in subscribers and its largest yet. That was half of what either Netflix or analysts had expected and most of the drop was domestic. Netflix fell by 1.3 million in the US and Canada, about 770,000 in Europe and West Asia and gained around a million in Asia Pacific while staying essentially flat everywhere else. Even with the subscriber decline the company. Revenue was up 8.6% over last year. Netflix projects a gain of 1 million this quarter.
Netflix Lost 970,000 Subscribers in Q2, Beating Its Estimate by More Than 1 Million Subs
- But the part that matters most to us is the details. On Tuesday's show we talked about the test going on in Latin America to combat account sharing. Netflix plans to launch one of its plans worldwide sometime in 2023.
- Netflix also said it will launch its advertising-supported tiers in markets where ad spending is "significant" starting in early 2023. The company previously had hoped to launch the new plans by the end of the year. Netflix keeps insisting that its way of doing ads will be fundamentally different than linear TV.
Netflix confirms its ad-supported tier won’t have all its content at launch
- One new bit of info on the ad-supported tiers is that not all content you get on ad-free Netflix will be available. Netflix can play ads along with anything it owns itself and anything where the license doesn't stop it. But not all the licenses allow that and even some shows called "Netflix originals" may have restrictions if they're actually made by someone else. TechCrunch points out that Warner Brothers owns the licensing to "You", Universal owns "Russian Doll" and Sony produces "The Crown" and "Cobra Kai." The Wall Street Journal says Netflix is in talks with all three of those companies about new deals. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Netflix “will clear some content, but certainly not all of it” by the time the new tiers launch but added, "the vast majority of what people watch on Netflix we can include in the ad-supported tier."
Netflix Touts Record 7.7% Share Of Total TV Viewing In June, Defends Binge-Release Model As Key Part Of Its “Significant Long Term Business Advantage”
- "Another change is Netflix talking ratings. The company cited a Nielsen's estimate that Netflix made up 7.7% of all US TV viewing in June. That's 1.334 trillion minutes, making Netflix the most viewed TV service in the US, well-ahead of second place CBS at 753 billion minutes. CBS is the number one broadcast network in the US right now.
- Co-CEO Reed Hastings said “It’s definitely the end of linear TV over the next five to 10 years.”"
Netflix Chief Reed Hastings Says ‘the End of Linear TV’ Is Coming ‘Over the Next 5-10 Years’
- The company also addressed suggestions that it might do better if it released episodes on a weekly schedule like most other outlets do. Netflix said it likes the freedom of not having to do theatrical releases, and likes letting customers choose how to watch a series. It considers these to be "a significant long term business advantage.”
Netflix acquires animation studio Animal Logic
- Netflix announced it had acquired Australia's "Animal Logic" animation studio which has made films like Happy Feet, The Lego Movie and more.
Netflix subscriber count in the US and Canada dropped by 1.3 million over the last three months
Netflix Seeks to Renegotiate Deals to Show Ads Next to Popular Shows
Netflix’s iOS app now has a sign-up button that takes you to its website
- Netflix's iOS app now includes a signup button that takes users to its website for signup. Until 2018, Netflix allowed users to sign up for service in its iOS app, but switched to only allowing existing customers to log in to avoid iTunes billing fees. Apple updates its policy for so-called "reader" apps like Netflix in March to allow them to offer external links for account creation.
What to Watch
‘Star Trek: Picard’ season three trailer teases return of ‘The Next Generation’ cast
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ and ‘Lower Decks’ Set Crossover EpisodeWe got a new trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power coming September 2 to Amazon Prime Video. What did you think?
A trailer for Netflix's Sandman series coming August 5.
John Wick: Chapter 4 trailer Anyone? (Match 24, 2023)
HBO Max Game of Thrones; House of the Dragon August 21 trailer?
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer (March 2023)
Shazam: Fury of the Gods trailer? We got a new Black Adam teaser (coming October 21st)
Eyes On:
Brian I: Dark Winds
Brian: The Old Man. Nope
Tom: The Gray Man
On the Lookout: Vivy -Fluorite's Eye Song
Front Lines
Streaming Jumped 24% In June To Capture One-Third Of Overall TV Viewing, Nielsen Says; Broadcast And Cable Sank To Record Low Share
- Nielsen's the Guauge's latest numbers estimated streaming made up 34% of all TV viewership in the US in June. That's a 6 point jump mostly at the expense of cable TV which fell 5% but still maintained a lead with 35.1%. Broadcast had 22.4% of voicing. Overall total time spent watching TV of any kind rose 2% from May. Netflix had the lead with 7.7% followed by YouTube's 6.9% then Hulu's 3.3% and Prime Video Disney+and HBO Max in that order all below 3%.
Disney+ Adds R-Rated ‘Deadpool’ Films, ‘Logan’ to Streaming Service
- Disney+ will add R-rated films Deadpool, Deadpool 2 and Logan starting July 22nd. In the announcement, Disney invited users to "revisit their parental controls settings."
NFL+ streaming service launches in the US, replacing NFL Game Pass
- As expected the NFL officially announced NFL+ a mobile-oriented streaming services for watching NFL games. It's a combination of what Yahoo Sports and the NFL Game Pass services offered in the past. It gives you mobile viewing of all live out-of-market preseason games, live local and primetime regular season and postseason games. You pay $4.99 a month for the live games or $9.99 a month if you want game replays and other NFL shows.
Dispatches from the Front
Just a quick thought:
What Patreon level would it take to get Bryce to watch and discuss Captain Ron? We all know he’s the only one of you who hasn’t seen it. :-)
Really, I just want one of my favorite podcasts to discuss Captain Ron and how it’s the best National Lampoon Vacation movie ever.
Thanks for the show! You guys rock, Peacock rules, and Westworld is better if you don’t watch it,
- Harold
Hey Cordkillers,
I just wanted to say that I have all the streaming services but I also still have cable...and yes it is true that I do not eat everything at the cable buffet, however the problem I have, and have always had, is that most of the time I have no idea what I want to eat. And I don't want to think about it. I want to be able to walk up to one buffet at one casino with a large, yet manageable, diversity of every cuisine and go "ohh, crab legs! I never thought about crab legs, but that sounds delicious. I'm gonna have that for dinner..and maybe a little pizza and oooh stir fry! I'll save that for later". I'm not aware of a comparable buffet across all of my streaming services. If you know of one, please let me know. Until then, I'm happy to keep overpaying for the stupid cable buffet 😃.
- Adam
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