Stuck In Development

As promised, Carl & Eitan avoid reviewing movies this week! Instead, they discuss the conclusion of Warner's NBA rights saga with a detour into the HBO Harry Potter show. They also recap the Golden Globes nominations.

It's Glicked time! Carl and Eitan are back from the Thanksgiving holiday and break down the biggest weekend in theaters since Barbenheimer. They start by talking Wicked, the reception, and how it seems to really strike a mainstream cord (movie musical geeks be damned #WestSideStoryForever). Then they touch on Gladiator 2 and how every actor seems to be playing a different movie. They also tangent...

This week on SID, Carl and Eitan dig into proposals for the future of Chrome at Google and The Muppets at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Carl and Eitan have always been bullish on AVOD and FAST. Amazon's latest move to kill the Freevie brand and move its content to Prime might signal that they are not. The boys start this episode going through what this move could signal for the broader industry, and share how their views have evolved around the ad-supported side of streaming. After that, they dive DEEP into the awards race and sha...

The boys (and Nick!) share their effusive praise for Denver's updated Casa Bonita.

MEGAlopolis. EPIC Universe. PREMIUM Lighnting Lane. In this week's episode the boys go through all the intensifiers in the english lenguage. Carl starts by sharing his review of Francis Ford Coppola's cinematic opera, and Eitan follows with his thoughts on We Live in Time. Then, they head to Theme Park Land where they talk the latest around Universal's upcoming new 3rd gate, as well as Disney's ne...

It’s time for the SID Awards Draft! Kevin Sachs returns to the show as the incumbent winner (which Carl & Eitan both swear was entirely due to Oppenheimer). Alex Terrazas rounds out the group, adding more entropy to an already chaotic draft. Listen to hear the 4 prognosticate the awards chances of films they haven’t even had the chance to see!

Just like the Joker, Google has been having some rough weeks dealing with the law. In this episode, Carl and Eitan walk through the latest developments and provide "highly tentative perspectives" for both of Google's antitrust cases, including one related to the Play Store and another around Search. Before they end, Carl shares his take on Joker: Folie à deux, which spoiler alert, he likes! (Eitan...

Carl & Eitan check out Dreamworks Animation's The Wild Robot and share their follow up thoughts on Meta's Orion program.

Last week Meta introduced a new lineup of VR and AR lenses. The highlight of the event, by far, was the tease into Orion, Meta's prototype for the vision of AR. In this week's episode, Carl and Eitan share their thoughts about what seems to be a promising direction. After that they touch on the news of James Cameron joining the board of Stability AI, and what it might (or not!) mean for the future...

Not going to sugar coat this: Carl & Eitan are just really, really excited about going to Casa Bonita. Also, Carl loved The Substance.

Apple, macroeconomics, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, boat rides. This episode has it all. Eitan and Carl start by reacting to Apple's hardware announcements, including new Airpods, iPhones, and deafening silence around the Vision Pro. Later, the boys talk about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice being reasonably reasonably fun fun. They share their favorite parts, their favorite pun, and the things they wish...

It's a grab-bag episode this week on Stuck in Development as Carl & Eitan catch up on the box office, get hyped about the possibility of going to Denver's Casa Bonita and check in on Edward Berger.

Carl and Eitan start the episode by congratulating Paramount for getting unstock with the conglomerate's shopping window closing, making Skydance the super official winner (vF vThisOne vToPrint). Stop us if you've heard that before. Then, they welcome Venu as the latest to get Stuck in Development. The boys explore Fubo's injunction and share their predictions of what will ultimately h...

It's a pretty dire news week on Stuck in Development! Carl & Eitan discuss the AI-ensh**ified Megalopolis trailer, Disney's TOC-based judicial cowardice & a Google antitrust ruling that hurts Apple more than anyone.

A week with two Olympics!? In this episode the boys go through the media business of the actual Olympic games, and Eitan shares his main takeaways from attending Paris 2024 (including, of course, comparing them to a theme park). They then review the Disney Theme Park Olympics, also known as D23, which includes major (and minor) announcements of upcoming projects across the Mouse live entertainment...

After tripping over themselves to discuss a number of streaming topics – including the new Disney + Max bundle – the boys look into Amazon's rumored premium Alexa subscription and chat about Carl's experience with Vera Drew's The People's Joker. Also, Eitan shows off The Gadget (??).

It happened! Finally! The 2024 Stuck In Development Topic finally got unstock. Eitan and Carl dive into the 'merger' of Skydance and Paramount, making a stop in Financials Town before ending on is-this-a-good-idea-ville. Before climbing into Paramount Mountain, the boys also partake in a fire round to catch up on everything they missed on their hiatus. We are back! Join us!

Movies! (Inside Out 2, The Bikeriders) Business! FastPass & Theme Parks! We'll be off next week for July 4th.

This was a week of highs, lows, and questions marks. First, Carl and Eitan marvel at the enormous power of Inside Out and its incredible box office run (which doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon), and what it could mean for their prediction of Disney making exactly $3.75B at the box office this year. They later try to come up with some crazy accounting that could help explain a report about...

Any SID fan knows the Alamo Drafthouse is Carl's cinema chain of choice. What they may not know is what he (and Eitan) thinks of Sony's planned acquisition of the chain. They also talk through a bizarre Inside Out 2 x Fandango deal and WWDC announcements.

This week's episode is a short one but a good one. We start this week with Eitan's take on The Young Women and the Sea and his disappointment at Disney not following the Encanto Paradox by only giving it a small, 2-week release before it heads to Disney+. They then spend some time breaking down the bankruptcy of a Texas-based franchisee of Alamo Drafthouse, and wondering what the outcome o...

Carl and Eitan dissect the latest round of doom-and-gloom around the future of theaters from the perspective of new release Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Carl's also mad about new tiling at EPCOT.

The Cannes Film Festival was last week, and Carl and Eitan HAD to ask Kevin to join them and share some wisdom about this historic festival. The Three Caballeros first go through the history of the festival, before jumping to this year's iteration highlights. Lastly, after Eitan had to run out, Kevin and Carl go through their movie aficionado WAAAAW.

It's Friday afternoon and cable is BACK! Carl and Eitan attempt to parse a pair of "bundles" announced by the major streamers. Only one bundle is, in fact, a bundle. Later in the episode, the boys chat through Carl's recent trip to Disney World.