Following up Ex Machina, director Alex Garland adapts Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation with Natalie Portman leading a team of women into “the shimmer”, an area effected by a mysterious phenomenon that is mutating the plants and animals within and preventing everyone and everything sent in from coming back out.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe dive into the Boz classic Stone Cold, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Red Dead Redemption 2, Lionsgate making it’s own NYC attraction, tons of Fall TV premieres, David S. Pumpkins and more.

Debuting in 1996, MK: Defenders of the Realm tied into both the first live action movie and Mortal Kombat 3, which debuted the year before, and followed Liu Kang, Sonya, Jax, Stryker, Raiden, Kitana and Sub-Zero as they defender Earthrealm from the invading forces of Shao Khan.

Some major additions coming to Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2, an “Expendables of Horror” possibly on the way called Death House, two Lego Star Wars series coming to Disney XD and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.