Podcast Episode Details

A House of Dynamite, A Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise Interviews, Hazbin Hotel Season 2 (With Creator Vivienne Medrano), and More

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On the October 29, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to talk about the latest film and TV news, have spoiler-filled discussions about Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and A House of Dynamite, present interviews with a couple of Nightmare on Elm Street directors, and wrap up with an interview of the creator of the Prime Video animated TV series Hazbin Hotel.

(~00:25) In The News:

• https://deadline.com/2025/10/wga-plans-block-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-1236596108/
• Netflix Is Adapting The Acclaimed Comic David Fincher Couldn't Crack
• Two Horror Directors Are Giving Us Christmas Carol Movies (And One Sounds Way Better)
• Why Elizabeth Olsen Doesn't Want To Star In Movies That Are Made For Streaming
• A New GI Joe And Transformers Animated Series Has Comics' Biggest Mastermind Working For It
• One Of Netflix's Best Animated Movies Ever Is Finally Getting A Sequel
• https://deadline.com/2025/10/austin-butler-sonny-crockett-miami-vice-movie-1236596196/
• https://deadline.com/2025/10/michael-b-jordan-miami-vice-movie-1236595459/
• Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Is Literally Changing Movie Theaters
• Yellowstone Creator Taylor Sheridan Is Leaving Paramount (But There's A Catch)
• https://deadline.com/2025/10/monster-mash-song-miramax-movie-1236599994/

(~04:00) Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Review: Jeremy Allen White's Incredible, Haunted Performance Elevates This Biopic

(~25:23) A House of Dynamite

A House Of Dynamite Review: Kathryn Bigelow's Nuclear War Thriller Will Give You Anxiety

(~44:47) A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 conversation

(~49:19) ANOES 2: Freddy’s Revenge director Jack Sholder 

(~01:05:56) Freddy’s Dead: The Finale Nightmare

(~01:10:48) Freddy’s Dead: The Finale Nightmare director Rachel Talalay interview

(~01:25:19) Halloween media diet

(~01:32:54) Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano interview

All the other stuff you need to know:

• You can find more about some of the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked in the show notes.

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