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On this week's episode of Talkin' Movies, Sam and Raj review the highly anticipated Netflix series, The Haunting of Bly Manor. The guys break down a busy news week, which included the announcement of Gal Gadot reteaming with Patty Jenkins for a Cleopatra movie, the first trailer for David Fincher's Mank, and casting for the Game of Thrones spinoff series, House of the Dragon. 

NEWS

• Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins reteam for Cleopatra (Deadline)
• First trailer for Netflix, David Fincher’s Mank
• Cary Fukunaga finds post-Bond project in Masters of the Air (Deadline)
• Paddy Considine to star in Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, as King Viserys (Variety)

RAPID FIRE

• John David Washington joins Christian Bale, Margot Robbie in David O. Russell’s next film (Deadline)
• Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange joins Spider-Man 3 (THR)
• Kiki Layne, Gemma Chan cast in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling (Deadline)
• Delays:, Soul: Disney+ on December 25, Batman: March 2022, Dune: October 2021, Jurassic World Dominion: June 2022
• Trailers: Promising Young Woman, News of the World, The 355

REVIEWS

• Raj: Attack on Titan (rewatch), Gangs of London, Queen of Black Magic, Ema, Run, The Haunting of Bly Manor
• Sam: The Haunting of Bly Manor

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Resources:

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https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Movies:

When They See Us

13th

Just Mercy

Selma

Fruitvale Station

Get Out

If Beale Street Could Talk

Do the Right Thing

Blackkklansmen

Malcom X

The Hate U Give

I Am Not Your Negro

Watchmen

Mudbound

Fences

12 Years a Slave

Blindspotting

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