Stuck In Development

Apple's famous cult of secrecy typically prevents the company from announcing vaporware. Carl & Eitan dig into what the significant delay of core Apple Intelligence features says about the current state of the company's culture & product development cycle. In other news, Eitan spent a weekend deep in the New York (live) theater scene, and Soderbergh is back in Carl's good grace...

Spring is almost upon us! And this episode is full of can't-wait-for-the-cold-to-end energy. First, our local SXSW reporter Carl shares his thoughts on the Austin "festival" evolution over the last couple of years. Then, they review Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 (spoiler: Pattinson is great), before jumping into Apple TV+ land and talking about Severance and Disclaimer, and the role t...

After a long & chaotic awards season, the boys sit down with Alex and Kevin to discuss a long & mostly un-chaotic Oscars.

Join Carl & Eitan in this menagerie-of-topics episode recorded before the Oscars. The main topic is the announcement of Amazon Studios taking creative over the 007 Bond franchise from the Broccoli family. Other topics include casting news in the new Harry Potter series, The Office Universe, The Curse Child for some reason, and Dana Walden making moves for the CEO position! See you in a couple...

As is traditional, Kevin Sachs joins Carl and Eitan for some pre-Oscars gossip.

In this week's episode, Carl & Eitan talk about the beauty of over-the-air TV, explore the latest Programmer vs. distributor fight between YouTube TV and Paramount, break down the WSJ "Going to Disney World is Expensive" article (which riles up Eitan), and quickly review Nickel Boys. Join us! PS - Eitan apologizes for saying the Super Bowl was broadcasted by CBS, when it was host...

Carl & Eitan track the implosion of Emilia Perez 's Oscar campaign, review the new MCU Fantastic 4 trailer, and chat about the fate of Disney's Galactic Starcruiser hotel.

It's that time of the year! Eitan and Carl throw down their high-stakes predictions for media and entertainment in 2025. The duo also owns up to their 2024 hits and misses, breaking down what they got right and (hilariously) wrong about streaming, tech, and Hollywood's wild ride. Plus: rapid-fire hot takes on this year's Oscar nominations.

This week, the boys try to become Better Men by reflecting on what it means to be “bearish on Netflix” in light of the company’s Q4 over performance. They also dissect the (mostly nothingburger) AI controversies surrounding The Brutalist and catch up on the status of TikTok’s ban in the US.

Lawsuits dropped, mergers announced, Globes awarded, new streaming services getting Stuck in Development and not launching...now that's a way to start 2025. After their (ehm, quite lengthy) holiday break, Carl and Eitan are back and jump right into analyzing the latest in the world of entertainment business. They start by going through the announced Fubo + Hulu Live TV Merger, and the official...

Come through the wardrobe with us! Eitan and Carl start on Netflixland, where they explore the latest challenges of the streaming giant in managing their relationship with talent. They talk Greta Gerwig's push to have her Narnia adaptation not only be shot in Imax, but also have a *real* theatrical release, as well as Daniel Craig's rant around Knives Out 3. In Movieville Carl shares his thoughts...

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...