After over 35 years, Netflix is bringing viewers back to the world of Thra for a prequel series to Jim Henson’s cult classic dark fantasy, The Dark Crystal, as three young Gelflings discover the secret of the vile Skeksis’ power and try to form a rebellion to stop them.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe discuss some new developments on recent stories like MoviePass and James Gunn, the new “Popular Film” Oscar, Sonic, American Gladiators, Castle Rock, Venture Bros, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Raw Deal and more.

The sixth entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise is the first direct sequel of the series, picking up on the events of Rogue Nation as Ethan Hunt and the IMF team try and recover a trio of stolen plutonium orbs that will be used in a series of devastating attacks if not gotten back in time.

After a mission goes bad, one of IMF’s most dangerous foes escapes and threatens the world with stolen nuclear material while the CIA hunts down Ethan Hunt and his team for going against orders yet again in this summer’s Mission: Impossible: Fallout.

When the creator of the limitless VR world of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a contest that will give one person his fortune and full control in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the pop culture crammed novel by Ernest Cline.

Margot Robbie is a the center of a series of stylish, interconnected neo-noir stories in the upcoming Terminal, which also features Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons and Mike Myers.

A final challenge by it’s creator sends corporate and regular Easter Egg hunters into battle in the virtual universe of the OASIS in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One

The IMF team is back and, once again, seemingly up against their own government and new villains as a mission goes bad in Berlin that results in a large amount of plutonium to go missing and Ethan on the wrong side of the CIA.