Ben Affleck is returning as Batman for The Flash, a reboot of The Exorcist may be in the works, Sony is developing a Kraven the Hunter movie, Guillermo Del Toro is bringing his vision of Pinocchio to Netflix and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris talk about a potential Kraven the Hunter movie, the return of Hercule Poirot and his mustache, the premiere of Lovecraft Country, the mixed season of Perry Mason, Waterworld, Knock Off, the death of DC Universe, the return of Batfleck and more.

Things got somewhat weird in the fifth and final Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool, which featured, among other things, an over the top segment where a pre-famous Jim Carrey lip-syncs to “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N Roses for a music video/slasher movie directed by Liam Neeson.

An ancient demon, Pazuzu travels around the globe killing and/or possessing anyone he comes into contact with, eventually arriving in America to possess young Regan MacNeil.

The excellent A Quiet Place is out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray along with new movies from James Franco and Nicolas Cage, some late TV season releases and more.

Fox’s big bet for fall is The Gifted, an X-Men show from Bryan Singer and Matt Nix, but they have a bunch of high concept comedies on the way as well, including a new live action Star Trek homage from Seth MacFarlane and Craig Robinson and Adam Scott teaming up to fight the paranormal.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe discuss why you should never attack Charles Bronson’s watermelons, the terrible new MacGyver, the wacky charm of The Saint, the casual vampire apocalypse of The Strain, Hot Wheels, Joe’s audition for The Lion King on Broadway and much more.

Fox debuted a ton of trailers for their upcoming new shows, including the Super Bowl following 24: Legacy, new versions of Lethal Weapon and The Exorcist, two more Lord & Miller comedies and much more.