Episode Details

On the June 3, 2026 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks about the latest film and TV news, and then is joined by multiple people to talk about Backrooms, Spider-Noir, The Breadwinner, and Deli Boys season 2, and share several interviews with the folks behind some of those projects.

(~00:25) News

• https://deadline.com/2026/05/marvel-stan-lee-resurrected-ai-elevenlabs-1236922672/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/business/media/martin-scorsese-artificial-intelligence.html
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zack-snyder-escape-from-new-york-remake-1236610684/
• https://deadline.com/2026/06/michael-sarnoski-joins-the-chain-hbo-ep-pilot-director-1236938417/
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sydney-sweeney-hollow-lindsey-anderson-beer-1236612283/
• https://deadline.com/2026/06/shania-twain-biopic-leah-mckendrick-directing-sony-1236939923/
• https://deadline.com/2026/06/john-wick-caine-mason-thames-1236939884/

(~03:04) Backrooms

Backrooms Review: Kane Parsons's Debut Is A Skin-Crawling Liminal Nightmare

(~24:34) Spider-Noir

Spider-Noir Review: Nicolas Cage's Idiosyncratic Performance Keeps This Spider-Man Series Swinging

(~41:50) Lamorne Morris and Karen Rodriguez interview

(~46:34) More Spider-Noir talk

(~58:11) Oren Uziel interview

(~01:14:05) Deli Boys

(~01:23:06) Fawzia Mirza interview

(~01:35:46) The Breadwinner

(~01:47:34) Eric Appel interview

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• 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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