Authorized Novelizations Podcast

This episode contains spoiler discussions of Marty Supreme, The Housemaid, and One Battle After Another. The first ~ 23 minutes are the hosts voting on which trilogy to release from the vault in 2026. Hannah and Overbye start ranking around 23 minute mark.

Dan Friesen's back. DK's back. Dixie Kong is here. We're having a ball. heck out Dan's podcast Knowledge Fight: https://knowledgefight.com/ Check out Dan's substack: https://stackies.substack.com/ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorize...

Happy New Year! At long last, the video game season begins. We had Dan Friesen on to talk about growing up with Donkey Kong Country, as well as the emotional arcs of this book for babies. Check out Dan's podcast Knowledge Fight: https://knowledgefight.com/ Check out Dan's substack: https://stackies.substack.com/ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/au...

ORIGINALLY AIRED 6 / 22 / 2022 It's revenge of the nerd this week on Authorized. Forget The Hunter, Big Red, or Mitch Devers: This week Jason Voorhees' mask is taking a scrawny bullied teen and hulking him the heck out. We're joined by returning guest Annie Kelly to discuss haunted mechanical bats, cheating spouses and Jason copycats. Also, Hannah isn't here for the first time sinc...

Joy to you and yours

ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/10/2022 In celebration of Jurassic World: Dominion, we're reading another Jurassic Park 3: Jurassic Park 3! Join us as we discuss feather placement on raptors and basically write slash fanfic for Alan Grant and Billy. Also, Marco and Overbye read Jurassic Park: Survivor, a book detailing how Eric Kirby survived his eight weeks on Isla Sorna. Thematic resonance between these...

Play the game here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQPT_59cEZDAMvXdPbdvy1aieceRLQyOKU8IXm9L8H7_BumC9xRX2OX3Aw2R0KADTjL1VDTuRA_2hrR/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 I brought a murderer’s row of guests together to play a game that no one knew was coming. Happy Holidays! Check out Patrick Willems’ new movie The Dinner Plan! : https://nebula.tv/dinnerplan Join our new...

Gavin Zalinger returns, and so does Star Trek: Generations! That's right, we are covering a second novelization of a movie we just covered. Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Letterboxd:  letterbox...

ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/9/2022 The Carnival has come to Crystal Lake, and unsurprisingly, it's not very chill. We're joined by returning guest John Goodman of Exit Interview to discuss possessed Jason dogs, evil wax figures, and way too much inexplicable predatory behavior towards minors. Our third outing at Camp Crystal Lake is the most divisive yet- It's nice to have Overbye and Hannah ba...

Today on Authorized, we celebrate (???) the release of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 by reading the first movie’s novelization. This author definitely has some quirks we haven’t encountered before.  Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership⁠ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a...

**Bill O'Reilly voice** : F**king thing sucks

Happy Thanksgiving! Patrick Willems and Sarah Welch-Larson return to whip up some atrocities from Scrounging: The Cookbook by A24. This stuff is nasty. Check out Sarah’s Writing: https://www.dodgyboffin.com/ Check Out Patrick’s videos on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/patrickhwillems Listen to Hannah and Overbye discussing The Running Man on The New Flesh! : ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-r...

The deaths keep on racing. Our new social media Czar Danny Cohen joins to talk things going crash and kablam.  Check out Danny’s Music! : https://mremotion.bandcamp.com/music Listen to Hannah and Overbye discussing The Running Man on The New Flesh! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-running-man-2025/id1050862266?i=1000738067957 Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon....

Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership Sarah Kurchak (I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder) joins to discuss the most disappointing U.N.C.L.E book yet! The agents are downright lazy in this. Realistic? Sure! Entertaining? No!  Buy Sarah’s book! : https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622462?srsltid=AfmBOooClxH...

ORIGINALLY AIRED 6 - 1 - 22 Ponds...they're not great at keeping things locked up. Join us this week as we discuss the story of Big Red, a fisherman who snares the mask of Jason Voorhees and turns pretty mean! We're joined by Matt Dartnell, who, like everybody else on this show, knows way more about this series than Overbye and actually gets what's going on. Must be nice! Follow Matt o...

Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership We Hate Movies’ Andrew Jupin returns to discuss the YA novelization of Star Trek: Generations. We think maybe it’s time for a reclamation of this movie. It’s great!  Check out We Hate Movies: https://www.whmpodcast.com/ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠...

More UNCLE! We love it. Author Morgan Richter joins. Buy Morgan's new thriller The Understudy! : https://morganrichter.net/blog/the-understudy/ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Letterboxd:  letterboxd.co...

The cannonballs keep on rolling

Our yearly tradition continues! This time: Jesse Hassenger actually DEFENDS Halloween Kills. Check out Sportsalcohol.com! Check out The New Flesh podcast! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-flesh-horror-movies-horror-news-scary-movie/id1050862266 Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts...

2008's Death Race! Jason Statham! Paul WS what were you thinking

The Toxic Avenger Vol. 1's writer Matt Bors joins to discuss the novelization of the new film! Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : ⁠⁠⁠ https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/ ⁠⁠⁠ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-nov...

Check out Josh LaRue's youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuURU23bMiyKVgZkc8tWOHw ORIGINALLY AIRED MAY 29 2022 Well, well, well. Look what all those little crumbs lead you to. Welcome to the first miniseason of Tertiary Tomes! We're tackling the five Camp Crystal Lake spinoff books that filled The Dead Years of the Friday the 13th series. We talk about whether Jason sho...

In preparation for the novelization of the 2025 remake, we discuss The Toxic Avengefr [1984] plus Matt Bors' new Toxie comic. Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : ⁠⁠ https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/ ⁠⁠ Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : ⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod ⁠⁠ Leave us a 5-star review!: ⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com...

The Cannoball Run...by Michael Avallone...with John Cribbs.

ORIGINALLY AIRED MAY 22, 2022 Did you know that sometimes new stuff is based on old stuff? On the final CRUMB before our Friday the 13th mini-season, we're joined again by Max Fitzpatrick to discuss the 1965 television series The Wild Wild West. Specifically, we tackle the pilot (boo!) and the season 2 episode The Night of the Green Terror (Yay!). We're obsessed with Jim West and Miguelito...