Our patron saint is starring in a western for Amazon, who are also developing a Conan the Barbarian series, more Star Wars movies in the works, Michael Bay may direct a Lobo movie for DC, Joaquin Phoenix may be the new Joker and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe discuss the many changes coming to the Disney parks, pay tribute to George Romero and Martin Landau, the insanity behind the scenes on The Room, special features on Fate of the Furious, the new batch of USA original shows and much more.

The third, and possibly final chapter, in the rebooted Apes franchise, War for the Planet of the Apes is an incredible, dark, epic story that finds Caesar (Andy Serkis) up against the fanatical and ruthless Colonel (Woody Harrelson), who will stop at nothing to wipe apekind out of existence.

Apes and Humans, led by Caesar and The Colonel respectively, engage in an all out war to determine who will be the future of the planet in the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes.

The war between humanity and apes explodes as the brutal Colonel (Woody Harrelson) is determined to wipe out Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes before they take over the planet as the new dominant species.

After any chance at a peace between humans and apes was shattered in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis) has to lead his troops in a war for the planet against humans led by the Colonel (Woody Harrelson)

A big announcement from WWE, The Mandarin returns for the latest Marvel One Shot, Louis CK releasing his first movie and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.

Extremely sad news earlier this week when we learned that Michael Clarke Duncan passed away at 54. Depsite his imposing size and voice, he seemed like a super cool and chill dude, able to play super dramatic roles like in The Green Mile but then turn around and be hilarious in things like Talladega Nights.