Authorized Novelizations Podcast

We finally get to see them X! On a surprise Authorized, Paxton Holley returns to discuss a massive collab between Godzilla and Kong, and basically explain this whole franchise to us. This isn't a bonus episode; they actually commissioned a novelization and we read it. Life is nuts! Check out Paxton's many podcasts! : https://cultfilmclub.com/podcast-directory/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: pa...

It’s about time we started making a Planet of the Apes around here! This week, David Sims returns to discuss John Jakes’ terrific novelization of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. The violence is more brutal, the oppression more topical, and the setting more tropical! (That last one is a lie).  Check out David’s work at The Atlantic! : https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-sims/ Check out Bla...

Woops, getting this out a lil late. It's Escape from the Planet of the Apes by Jerry Pournelle!! No guest!!

What's beneath the planet of the apes? I dunno, something normal? Probably more Apes? We're joined by Noel Murray to meet this film's cast of telekinetic weirdos and watch a world die. Check out Noel's writing at the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/by/noel-murray Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram:...

Overbye convinced everybody to do a ton of Planet of the Apes books, and before we talk about them, we gotta chat Planet of the Apes [1968]! Dan Jeremy Brooks of Projexploitation returns to talk Taylor's nihilism, Zaius' villainy, and crazy makeups. Check out Dan's podcast Projexploitation! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/projexploitation/id1528466570 Subscribe to our Patreon!:...

The time for rankings has returned! Hannah and Overbye catch up, talk Saw, and discuss the future of the podcast (That makes it sound like it's ending. It's not.) Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Next time on Authorized: Dan Jeremy Brooks heads to The Planet of the Apes

It's the 1960s season finale! No guest, just Johnny, Matt, Hannah and Overbye talking Inspector Clouseau's first outing- The Pink Panther. A funny book based on an overstuffed movie. Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Next time on Authorized: We rank the 1960s novelizations

This week on Authorized, we watch a movie no one has seen and it's awful. But the novelization is interesting, mostly in that it takes an innocent little anonymous bad film and makes it into a hateful, sexist little anonymous bad book. We're joined by Felix and Rabia of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra podcast, who give us the context on Frank Sinatra, the author Jack Pearl, and much, much more....

An Authorized first- We review a novelization written by a guy who was in prison at the time he wrote it. We're joined by returning guest Mark Stay to discuss the mysterious man Zeno, and the very cool man Michael Caine, who shines in this extremely bleak war drama. Play Dirty! Check out Mark's Books! https://markstaywrites.com/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow u...

Overbye could NOT convince anyone to read another 400-page Kong novelization for a Monday drop, which is fine, that was kind of an inhumane idea. INSTEAD- A bonus episode everyone is actually excited about: Son of Kong! Jack Denham has the world suing him for all he’s got, so he sets out on the high seas to go anywhere except Skull Island. Unless… Michael May returns! Check out Michael's podca...

It's the oldest movie Overbye has ever seen! And a novelization that owns. Check out Michael's podcasts! https://hellbentforletterbox.libsyn.com/ http://www.afterlunchpodcast.net/ https://cultfilmclub.com/crestwoodhouse/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Next time on Authorized: Michae...

A three hour comedy (??) gets adapted into a pretty short book. What could go wrong? Nothing, as it turns out. This book is hilarious. This week on Authorized, we’ve got no guest, and it’s just Andrew, Johnny, and Hannah reading the novelization of one of Hannah’s favorite movies. Two daredevils race across the globe. One’s nice, one’s a meanie. Who will prevail? And will women finally achieve pro...

Uh, Dewey Gram, you let me down, bro! On a surprise Authorized, we’re joined by Roxana Hadadi to discuss a movie we all love, Ocean’s Eleven! And the novelization is just…ok! And Overbye lost his voice but still croaks out an episode. Check out Roxana’s Writing: roxanahadadi.com Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagra...

Ocean’s Eleven [1960], a film that begs the question, what is a heist movie? Is it still a heist movie if 1% of the movie is heist? This week on Authorized, Matt Fisher returns to once again sneak and creep. We discuss Danny Ocean (huge piece of sh*t), his way too many friends, and his multiple love affairs. Oh yeah, and his boring little robbery. Book’s good, though.  Subscribe to our Patreon!: p...

OUR 100TH NOVELIZATION This week, we celebrate our 100th novelization (!!!) by revisiting the little freaks who got our ball rolling- The Gremlins. We’re joined by comedian, podcaster, and artist Branson Reese to discuss the zany follow up to Gremlins, The New Batch. It is a book that is here to see the million gags from the movie, and raise it another million. Some of it works, some of it falls f...

Our second novelization of a stage production, but how could we avoid discussing the 1961 film? We couldn't! This week on Authorized, Casey Miko returns to talk Tony's existential crisis, writing around songs, and the societal powder keg of 1960s NYC. It's a long episode; I should have known. Three theater kids talking West Side Story. Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedp...

It was a mistake to spend two movies with this guy. This week on. Authorized, we hate Ned Brained so much. Worst husband, worst scientist, honestly stupidest dude alive? Things get so unbelievably stupid that we end us asking, “Can the Absent Minded Professor even consent?” Check out Kelly's podcast What Even is This? : https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/what-even-is-this-podcast/id16860431...

Hoo boy, a movie that lives up to its title. This guy is not just leaving his keys around or something. He is missing his own wedding three times in a row. We're joined by Kelly Nugent, who gets to meet her new nemesis, Ned Brainard. He's got a wonderful fiancee who he simply cannot treat like a human being. Maybe the ultimate example of a guy who speaks one thing while his every action sh...

The un-sequelizable gets sequelized! This week on Authorized, we're joined by film critic Bilge Ebiri to discuss Arthur C. Clarke's colder, harder scifi follow up to 2001. It's got Lovecraftian monsters, love affairs, and more Dave Bowman than you could ever want. Check out Bilge's writing! https://www.vulture.com/author/bilge-ebiri/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorize...

For Overbye, this is the big one. We’re joined by writer Sarah Welch-Larson to discuss the first novelization Overbye ever read- 2001: A Space Odyssey. You already love this movie. Press play on the dang episode! If you'd like to. Check out Sarah’s writing! : https://www.dodgyboffin.com/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instag...

What if a novelization only decided to adapt the first half of the movie? Well, it makes for an extremely weird story structure, dramatically. This week, we're joined by returning guest Paxton Holley to discuss The Rare Breed, a book so obsessed with the minutiae of cowboy life that we had to read pages and pages about types of rope and kinds of food to feed your horse. It's excruciating!...

Happy 1960s season! We start it off with the return of Gus Spelman, here this time to discuss Shock Corridor. Director Samuel Fuller sued to prevent this book’s release, citing plagiarism. Weird move on his part!  Check out Gus’ Letterboxd: https://embed.letterboxd.com/infinitybutts69/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod   Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod   Bluesky:...

We threw together an “emergency” episode on Wonka as a laugh, and fortunately it’s actually pretty good. To be clear: The book, not the film. Film hard to get through. Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod   Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social   Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod   Follow us on letterboxd:...

Page to screen to page. On today’s Authorized, we follow Bram Stoker’s Dracula (the Coppola film) as it becomes a completely forgotten novelization. At its helm is Dracula obsessive Fred Saberhagen, who, though having written ten Dracula novels of his own (Ten TIMES as many as Stoker, that hack), just can’t cut it. This thing is foul. Our guest, David Bluvband, examines the desiccated carcass of B...

Well, copies of Grease 2 suddenly, inexplicably dropped in price, so here we go covering it! The author has the unenviable challenge of following up the singular novelization of Grease, and he does NOT rise to it! We’re joined by Chicago-based performing artist and educator Allyssa O’Donnell, and we have a fun time talking about this pretty blah text. Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authori...