Mid-Week Live News Stream - TOYG! News - 29th May, 2024

Mid-Week Live News Stream - TOYG! News - 29th May, 2024

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00:00 - Intro

03:41 - Box Office Meltdown: ‘Furiosa’ Edges Past ‘Garfield’ to Win Memorial Day With Worst No. 1 Opening in Three Decades - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/furiosa-box-office-garfield-worst-memorial-day-1235909084/

17:39 - ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Calls Out Most TV & Film Adaptations For Being Worse Than Source Material: “They Never Make It Better” - https://deadline.com/2024/05/game-of-thrones-creator-george-rr-martin-tv-film-adaptations-worse-1235943245/

24:30 - George Lucas, creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, calls risk-averse Hollywood creatively bankrupt—‘there’s almost no original thinking’ - https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/george-lucas-star-wars-disney-sequels-prequels-remakes-reboots-spinoffs/

44:21 - James Blunt says studio pressure to be thin for Disney Star Wars spin-offs led to close friend Carrie Fisher's drug relapse and death at the age of 60 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13465427/James-Blunt-says-studio-pressure-Disney-Star-Wars-spin-offs-led-close-friend-Carrie-Fishers-drug-relapse-death-age-60.html

50:23 - How Andor Season 2 Fits Into The Star Wars Timeline, Explained By Star Adria Arjona - https://screenrant.com/andor-season-2-star-wars-timeline-explained/

56:55 - The Rise Of Skywalker Fifth Anniversary Gives Us The Opportunity To Cut It Some Slack - https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/the-rise-of-skywalker-slack.html

01:10:36 - New STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Series Finale Photos — “Life, Itself” - https://blog.trekcore.com/2024/05/new-star-trek-discovery-series-finale-photos-life-itself/

01:17:12 - Doctor Who: What Did the Old Woman Say in “73 Yards” - https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/doctor-who-73-yards-theory-18188654

01:31:09 - Why Battlestar Galactica's Spinoffs Were BOTH Canceled After Season 1 - https://screenrant.com/why-battlestar-galactica-spinoffs-canceled-season-1/

01:37:35 - Battlestar Galactica's Upcoming Reboot Can't Repeat The 2004 Show's Greatest Trick - https://screenrant.com/battlestar-galactica-new-reboot-sci-fi-tv-show-problem/

01:46:54 - Studio Execs Fretted Over Star Trek Slander In The 1997 Film Event Horizon - https://www.slashfilm.com/1586753/studio-star-trek-concern-event-horizon/

01:53:37 - Call of Duty to go to Game Pass in gaming shake-up - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cneew1weereo

02:05:39 - Wrap-Up

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