Cordkillers 597: Infinite Doom Loop
Disney is rolling out a new premium theater format to compete with IMAX, while Netflix’s latest quarter mixed strong profits with fresh questions about growth and leadership. Meanwhile, CinemaCon dumped a truckload of trailers, sequel teases, and franchise updates into the content pipeline.
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Supply Run
Disney introduced Infinity Vision, a new Premium Large Format certification with giant screens, laser projection, and 7.1 sound as it tries to build an IMAX rival for theatrical releases.
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Search Party
Disney showed off the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, with Doctor Doom, multiverse chaos, and a major Steve Rogers return moment.
variety.com
The trailer arrived for the Good Omens finale, which will wrap the series with a single 90-minute episode.
deadline.com
Spaceballs: The New One is officially on the way for April 23, 2027, and the first teaser is already swinging wildly at every sci-fi franchise it can reach.
variety.com
Netflix announced the animated film Charlie Vs. The Chocolate Factory, pitching a fresh spin on the Roald Dahl story for 2027.
deadline.com
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum added Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, and Jamie Dornan, with the film set for December 17, 2027.
variety.com
Warner Bros. previewed Evil Dead Burn at CinemaCon, promising the usual undead mess ahead of its July 24 release.
deadline.com
A sequel to Godzilla Minus One is on the way, with a trailer now out and a November 6 release date.
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The White Lotus Season 4 will head to Cannes, with the new setting and premise now confirmed.
deadline.com
Brian Williams is heading to Netflix with We’re Back! With Brian Williams, a podcast-style news show.
variety.com
The first trailer for Silo Season 3 is out now, with the new season premiering July 3.
engadget.com
Buried Treasure
Brian recommends Josie’s animation.
Tom recommends Beef on Netflix.
Scanning the Horizon
Netflix posted a stronger-than-expected Q1, says its ad business could double to $3 billion this year, and also revealed Reed Hastings will leave the board when his term ends in June.
wsj.com
adweek.com
Amazon unveiled a thinner, faster Fire TV Stick HD and opened preorders for its Ember Artline TVs, taking another shot at the screen-on-your-wall market.
techcrunch.com
Pluto TV will move onto the Paramount+ tech stack as Paramount tries to improve the service and build on its younger audience growth.
deadline.com
Roku says its platform now reaches more than 100 million households, reinforcing just how heavily its business depends on advertising.
bloomberg.com
Sony will reduce guide features for some Bravia TV owners using antennas, trimming how much over-the-air program information those sets display.
arstechnica.com
YouTube now lets mobile users hide Shorts entirely by setting the Shorts time limit to zero minutes.
thurrott.com
Peacock’s ad-free Premium Plus tier is coming to Roku Premium Subscriptions under a new NBCUniversal-Roku agreement.
deadline.com
Chatter
Tim Watson recommends the 1987 BBC sci-fi series Star Cops, a low-budget future cop show set in 2027 that now feels oddly plausible and is available in full on YouTube.
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youtube.com
Andrew Bradley argues that podcasts are basically on-demand radio, split between true RSS-based podcasts and podcast-shaped talk shows that skip RSS.
Michael Zook wrote in about Banana Ball, noting the league turned down bigger exclusive streaming deals so games could still stay free on YouTube for fans.
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Amar Payton says Coachella’s YouTube chat was a mess, with bad-faith comments, misinformation, and the kind of live-chat chaos that can ruin the whole community side of a stream.