With Disney starting to adapt films from their experimental era like Lilo & Stitch, Lion King star Seth Rogen has a pitch for a Disney adaptation that he would like to work on—The Emperor’s New Groove. Check out this clip from DiscussingFilm:

Seth Rogen tells us he wants to see a live-action ‘EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE’ movie.

“I wanna be in it!” pic.twitter.com/kX8UkExemx

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) December 16, 2024

Rogen didn’t say anything about the movie besides, “I wanna be in it!” but at least it’s confirmation that he actually likes the movie—a testament to its quality despite it being considered a disappointment at the box office compared to other Disney animated films.

There is actually a whole big behind-the-scenes story about how The Emperor’s New Groove got made, and it apparently was going through development hell before they got to the comedy film that was eventually released. Originally the movie was supposed to be called Empire of the Sun, and it was supposed to be a dramatic retelling of The Prince and the Pauper. It was all documented in the 2002 film The Sweatbox.

Since the movie is considered a comedy, it’s very possible that’s the same direction that a remake could go, but we don’t know what Disney has up their sleeves. Even Snow White somehow became a freedom fighter story, and even other films like Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan got major story overhauls.

In the meantime, catch Rogen as Pumbaa in Mufasa: The Lion King which comes to cinemas on Dec. 20.

Check out the first look at The Studio starring Seth Rogen:

Here’s the official description for the series:

In The Studio, Rogen stars as the newly appointed head of a movie studio, Continental Studios. Desperate for the approval of celebrities, he and his team of executives at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.

The series is executive produced by Rogen’s longtime creative partner Evan Goldberg, and is said to be a 10-episode half-hour comedy.

Besides Rogen, the series has managed to gather a star-studded cast which includes the likes of Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, and Bryan Cranston. The trailer also teases some big stars like incoming Captain America Anthony Mackie as well as previous Rogen collaborators Zac Efron and Charlize Theron.

There’s even a small scene there with Mythbusters fan-favorite Adam Savage.

Funnily enough, this series does feel somewhat like HBO’s recent comedy The Franchise which also looked to make fun of the big movie making industry while questioning if cinema is dying. Despite the comparison though, it does look like The Studio is its own unique flavor of storytelling—and it doesn’t hurt that they managed to gather a lot of A-listers to make an appearance.

Martin freakin’ Scorsese is in this series. Imagine the cameos that didn’t make it to the trailer.

The Studio is set to premiere on Apple TV+ on March 26, 2025.

Talking to Collider, Rowe likens the direction of future films to high school, with Mutant Mayhem acting as the Turtles’ Freshman year. He explains:

“I had a teacher in high school that told me, ‘freshmen know nothing and know they know nothing; sophomores know nothing but think they know something; juniors know something but think they know nothing; and seniors know something and know they know nothing,’ and I think they just went through the phase where they don’t really know anything and they’re kind of aware of it, and I think they’re probably going to go into a new movie with a lot of confidence that will then be tested by the world and the social ecosystem of high school.”

Interestingly enough, the movie does end with a new teaser for a villain, and it’s possible that the producers already know what direction to take the TMNT with future movies.

It was kind of great that they managed to make a first film that doesn’t focus on characters like Shredder or Kraang; while at the same time really digging deep into the lore of the franchise and breathing new life into existing characters like Genghis Frog, Mondo Gekko, Wing Nut, and more.

So far, reception for the movie has been great, with some saying that the film is actually a contender for best animation against Across the Spider-Verse. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see until the end of the film’s theatrical run to see just how Mutant Mayhem really performed.

Catch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem now showing in theaters.

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Though there have been multiple takes on the Turtles over the years, it has been odd how the stories don’t really engage with the ‘teenage’ element of their title. With Rogen now going for a ‘coming-of-age’ angle with the Turtles, we now have a more interesting direction to take Mutant Mayhem besides the Turtles being brothers who can do martial arts and fight all kinds of bad guys.

The featurette also goes into the art style for the film, who a lot have likened to the look of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. While Spider-Verse does embrace the comic book aesthetic, it’s neat how TMNT goes for the messier, non-symmetrical look; trying to emulate the doodles and notebooks of teenagers in school.

I didn’t really have any issue with the ‘Bayverse’ Turtles who I thought were fun on their own, but I am excited to see this whole new take of the TMNT. Though there are already some who like to stick to the original Turtles they grew up with, I think what’s great about this franchise is that it can keep reinventing itself to appeal to a whole new generation of teenagers.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem comes to cinemas on Aug. 2.

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Though we usually watch the TMNT going up against the Shredder or Krang, this will be one of the first time’s the main villain is another mutant that has the same origin as the turtles, which kind of gives the boys the hard choice of siding with their own kind of fighting for regular people — who even Splinter doesn’t trust.

What’s neat is, while characters like Mondo Gecko and Genghis Frog seem like they were made-up for the movie, Superfly’s entire gang is actually made up of characters created from the original cartoon. Technically Superfly didn’t exist until this movie, but his creator Baxter Stockman was an original character that turned into a mutant fly in the cartoon.

After Barbie taking over July, August is expected to have another movie based on a retro toyline taking over cinemas.

Watch out for the Heroes in a Half Shell when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem comes to cinemas on Aug. 2.

Just in, Paramount has released a new featurette, and it has Seth Rogen emphasizing just how necessary it was to cast actual teens to play the TMNT for the first time in their cinematic history. Watch this:

“I grew up watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the ‘teenage’ part was always the most underexplored part,” says Rogen, “I always thought it would be really interesting to explore them in that way, especially because from my understanding, every version of them has been performed by adults.”

Though the film has managed to nab some A-list actors for the cast including Jackie Chan, Paul Rudd, and Ice Cube, the Turtles are played by mostly newcomers Nicolas Cantu (Leo), Sharon Brown Jr. (Mikey), Brady Noon (Raph), and Micah Abbey (Donnie).

It’s actually interesting how the actors’ chemistry actually informed the characterization of the Turtles, and even the showrunners would allow them to use all the new slang that kids have been using around the internet (like the word ‘rizz’).

While pop-culture references have a tendency to age over time, I always like the idea of the Turtles getting rebooted every generation to represent a new batch of kids. I guess this TMNT is going to be for Generation Alpha.

Watch out for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem when it comes to theaters on Aug. 2.

Just in, we have a new featurette for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and it has Seth Rogen introducing everyone in the cast including the new main Turtles as well as the star-studded supporting cast. Watch this:

Though the movie did cast some smaller names for the main cast of Turtles, they definitely managed to nab a lot of talent when it comes to the secondary characters including Paul Rudd, Ice Cube, Jackie Chan, Rose Byrne, Hannibal Buress, and more.

Admittedly, I think every A-list cast member only has one or two lines of dialogue in the movie, but I am excited to see how the Turtles in the movie will bound off each other, seeing as their chemistry was based on the actual voice actors’ chemistry with each other.

The film is already looking very promising, and I can’t wait for one last trailer.

Here’s the official synopsis for the movie:

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Watch out for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem when it releases in theaters on Aug. 2.

The film is set to come out later this September, and we have our first trailer starring Paul Dano, Nick Offerman, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, and Shailene Woodley. Check this out:

Here’s the story description:

Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich – until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

The film is directed by Craig Gillespie who also brought us movies like I, Tonya and Cruella. While there have already been several documentaries and essays about what went down with the GameStop short squeeze, it’s going to be interesting to see the events actually dramatized in a movie.

I don’t expect them to be 100 percent accurate, but I’m hoping the film manages to easily explain the events without the audience getting lost in a lot of the stock market jargon (looking at you, The Big Short).

Watch out for Dumb Money when it comes to cinemas on Sept. 22.

Check out the new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem featuring Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey with their main adversary, Superfly:

Here’s the official movie description:

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

When it comes to TMNT movies, the brothers are always pitted against a human like Shredder or some kind of alien like Krang, but Mutant Mayhem is probably the first time they’ll come face to face with other mutants like them.

Though I was fine with the Michael Bay turtles, I do love the style they’re going for with Mutant Mayhem, which feels a lot like Into The Spider-Verse’s ‘living comic’ aesthetic. Plus, I’m always excited to see how they change the TMNT formula every few years to see how they appeal to kids at that time.

Watch out for TMNT: Mutant Mayhem when it comes to cinemas on Aug. 2.

Just in, we have a new inside look at the show, and it has Rogen and Byrne talking about the influences of the series and how the two play a couple of strictly platonic adult friends. Check this out:

Here’s the series synopsis:

“Platonic” follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes all consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.

Probably the best thing about Rogen and Byrne is their chemistry, and it really shined when they were paired together in Neighbors. Though they may not have been the most romantic of couples, the two acted like very good friends onscreen, and I think that’s the chemistry that Platonic wanted to bank on.

It’s kind of funny how they mention how When Harry Met Sally was an inspiration for the series, because Harry and Sally did end up together by the end of that film; but I think the film’s message about men and women being friends is the part that outshines everything in that movie.

Let’s hope Platonic manages to dazzle when it premieres on Apple TV+ on May 24.

The film is set to come out in August, and thanks to Empire, we have a new image of Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey. Check this out:

https://twitter.com/empiremagazine/status/1655984832466255874

With the Turtles being reinvented time and again, director Jeff Rowe (The Mitchells vs The Machines) talks about how the film kind of takes inspiration from films like Stand By Me and Lady Bird. He explains that they wanted to make:

“the ultimate teenage coming-of-age film… They’ve got a lot of that inauthentic confidence that teenagers have: when you’re a teen, you don’t know any better, so you operate with this hyped-up sense of, ‘We can do anything!’”

Though the TMNT movies are all focused on fun and selling action figures, it’s actually interesting how this upcoming film is actually going to try and become a coming-of-age tale—which is kind of expected when you have a story about young teens.

With the new photo drop, I imagine a new trailer for the film is going to be dropped soon. With release set for August, a new trailer drop in June makes sense; especially since it’s also said they’ll be releasing the new toys around that time as well.

Catch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem when it comes to cinemas on Aug. 4.

Check out the trailer for Platonic:

The official synopsis reads:

Platonic follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes all consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.

Besides Rogen and Byrne, the series also stars Luke Macfarlane, Carla Gallo, Tre Hale, and Andrew Lopez.

I have to say, the chemistry between Rogen and Byrne has always been fun to watch, and the two have always been portrayed more like friends than a more traditional romantic couple. I don’t know if their Neighbors history will affect the experience of watching the show, but I think the creators of the series are banking on that to have this ‘will-they-won’t-they’ tension between the characters.

With Rogen having been more immersed on producing recently and starring in more serious films like The Fabelmans, it’s always great to see him take on the comedic roles that made him famous. Admittedly, he’s a far cry from his Pineapple Express days, but I’m eager to see how his sense of humor has evolved over the years, especially with all the other projects that he’s managed to work on.

Platonic premieres on Apple TV+ on May 24.

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The official description reads:

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

With Rise of the TMNT having some clear influence from anime, it looks like Mutant Mayhem is going to be embracing the stylized comic book appearance that was made popular by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Though the Shredder is usually the antagonist for every new batch of turtles, it looks like the gang is going to be taking on other mutants like themselves, including Bebop and Rocksteady, as well as a bunch of other weirdos voiced by a star-studded cast which includes Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Hannibal Buress and more.

Did I also forget to mention that Jackie Chan is going to be Master Splinter? This movie is going to be off the hook.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem comes to theaters on Aug. 4.

As per the official announcement, the Super Mario movie has been pushed up by two days, and has been moved from its release on April 7 to April 5. Check this out:

Wahoo! The #SuperMarioMovie is moving from April 7 to April 5 in the US and in more than 60 markets around the world. The movie hits theaters in additional markets in April and May, with Japan opening April 28. pic.twitter.com/CjlikfC3cu

— The Super Mario Bros. Movie (@supermariomovie) February 28, 2023

We don’t have any specific reasons as to why the film was pushed forward, but I can imagine that this could come as a relief for some die-hard fans who want to watch the movie on the first day. Maybe the cinema won’t be as crowded on Wednesday as compared to the crowds that could be expected on a weekend premiere. Then again, I’m just guessing.

So far, it seems that this movie has been showing fans exactly what they want to see out of a Mario movie. The characters are colorful, and the Mushroom Kingdom looks to be magical and vibrant; not to mention there’s all kinds of easter eggs that come from decades of Super Mario games.

Admittedly, the marketing is still being very sparing of Chris Pratt’s Mario voice. There was immense backlash online when it was announced that Charles Marinet won’t be providing the voice like he has in the games, but I think Pratt will do a good job making Mario more of an everyman character.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is now set to release on April 5.

Thanks to Amazon, we have a new teaser, and it features the return of Allen the Alien (Seth Rogen) with some meta update from Steven Yeun reprising Invincible. Check this out:

Welcome to Burger Mart! Enjoy a hot meal along with an update on Season 2 of INVINCIBLE. Featuring Steven Yeun as the voice of Invincible and Seth Rogen as the voice of Allen The Alien.

The first season had ended with the shocking reveal that Mark’s dad, Omni-Man, was actually an alien working toward the domination of Earth, and he ends up killing hundreds in his climactic battle with Mark.

Though the finale did have Omni-Man thinking about his family for once, I think the second season could do without him for a while. Then again, I wouldn’t expect him to be absent for the entire season, seeing that his relationship with Mark is also what kind of makes the series interesting. I’m just curious what kind of story we should expect for the next season; hopefully we don’t have to wait too long for a proper teaser.

No specific release date has been announced for invincible Season 2, but you can watch out for the premiere on Amazon Prime Video sometime later this year. In the meantime, you can check out the complete first season now streaming.

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Transparency has always been our core value at Vought. That’s why ahead of our Q1 earnings call, we’ve prepped this summary for all shareholders to enjoy. Here’s CEO Ashley Barrett, who has the board’s full confidence and was just given a new seven-month contract!

We don’t really have any major plot points revealed, but I guess it does confirm a lot of things that the last season ended with, including the supposed death of Maeve, the trashing of Starlight, and the continuing support for Homelander.

I guess it’s a plot point that we know that Ashley has risen up the ranks, but unlike Stan Edgar who is unfazed with Homelander’s antics, we know that Ashley is terrified of him, and having her in a seat of power means that Homelander is just getting a more powerful grip over Vought—which he honestly has no idea how to run.

So far, things are getting more chaotic as the Vought circle grows, and with Ryan officially embracing Homelander as his father, we could have the potential to see another uncontrollable, needy super sociopath. Let’s hope Butcher and the Boys will be up to the challenge.

No release date has been announced for the next season of The Boys, but fans are hoping for a return sometime later this year on Amazon Prime Video.

This list isn’t in any particular order, and while some entries are stoner classics, we’ve decided to add some newer titles that don’t always make the list.

20. Pineapple Express (2008)

Let’s get the obvious films out of the way first. Pineapple Express is considered to be a memorable weed odyssey that has Seth Rogen and James Franco playing a pothead and his dealer as they find themselves on the run from hitmen.

James Franco may be canceled now, but this film still manages to get a lot of laughs from Rogen as well as the stellar cast which includes Danny McBride, Bill Hader, and Craig Robinson.

19. Friday (1995)

Another stoner classic. Friday features a young ice Cube and a pre-Rush Hour, Chris Tucker, as they play friends Craig and Smokey who have to come up with $200 in a day or pay the consequences. This movie has spawned multiple memes and has remained a cult classic after all these years.

18. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Director David Wain has quite a unique sense of humor, and he goes all out with 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer. This ode to 80s summer flicks like Animal House and National Lampoon includes a star-studded cast of pre-A-listers like Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, and more.

It even spawned a Netflix revival back in 2015 which featured a lot of the original cast coming back to reprise their “younger” roles.

17. 21 Jump Street (2012) and 22 Jump Street (2014)

A reboot of the original 21 Jump Street series starring Johnny Depp, the new 21 Jump Street movie features a surprisingly thin Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as they go undercover as high school students to bust a local drug ring. Not only is the film hilarious, but it also showed everyone that Tatum has fantastic comedic chops and can hold his own against comedy heavyweights like Hill.

I wonder why we haven’t gotten the third movie yet.

16. Dazed and Confused (1993)

While not as wacky or ridiculous as the other movies in this list, Dazed and Confused is considered to be an accurate depiction of teens in the 70s getting high and fooling around. Word also had it that the kids in the movie were actually high when they shot it, hence the authentic reactions in the film.

15. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

The mid ‘00s was a great time for stoner films, and one ‘franchise’ that managed to make its mark was Harold & Kumar. The films are raunchy and full of drugs and sex; plus Neil Patrick Harris plays a ridiculously fictionalized version that acts like Barney Stinson, but he without the parameters of a PG-13 show like How I Met Your Mother.

14. Jackass 1, 2, 3, and Forever (2002-2022)

The perfect films to watch stoned are ones where you don’t have to really think, and the Jackass movies will always have people constantly asking, “What were they thinking?” Follow Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry skaters as they try out the wackiest stunts with the sole purpose of making you laugh, whether it be by hurting themselves, or completely grossing you out.

You might even get sentimental when you check out the latest movie, watching these guys grow old but still be friends after all these years.

13. Good Boys (2019)

We’ve had silly stoner odysseys before, but what about an R-rated film that starred some pre-teen kids? Good Boys follows three young boys who find themselves tangled in a wild ride that involves stolen drugs and some crazy teenage girls. It’s a fun twist on the genre, and it’s fun to watch the kids be so clueless about all the adult things they find along the way.

12. Neighbors (2014)

We know that Seth Rogen is a comedy legend, but who knew that Zac Efron could be able to stand toe-to-toe with him in Neighbors? Watch the two butt heads as they try to kick the other off the neighborhood with increasingly ridiculous hijinks and pranks. The film also has the most stoner thing ever with Efron’s frat pulling off a “Hot House” that I’m sure some college kids are going to try and emulate.

11. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

With biopics like Bohemian Rhapsody wowing audiences with its tried and true musical biopic formula, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story looks to poke fun at all those serious music dramas from Walk the Line to Ray. John C. Reilly absolutely wows with his musical talent, and even though Dewey Cox is a fictional person, you’ll have to admit that a lot of the songs in his made-up discography are absolute bangers.

The film wasn’t a hit at the box office, but it’s steadily grown to be a cult favorite with some iconic lines and hilarious celebrity cameos.

10. Clerks and Clerks 2

With Kevin Smith set to release Clerks III this September, it’s worth checking out the films that made him an icon when it came to the independent movies. Shot in the actual store where Smith worked at the time, Clerks is full of some slick Tarantino-esque dialogue delivered by some of the kookiest characters in cinema.

You’ll understand why Smith always has his huge following, even if he hasn’t made a hit movie in a while.

9. Austin Powers Trilogy

Nowadays, it feels like every raunchy film has to have some kind of gratuitous nudity, but Austin Powers manages to walk that sex-driven line without going past the PG-13 rating. An ode to the classic Bond films, Austin Powers follows the ever-shagadelic Man of Mystery Austin Powers as he goes up against his nemesis Dr. Evil.

Meet some crazy villains and watch Austin hilariously navigate some of the most classic visual gags in comedy history.

8. White Chicks (2004)

The Wayans brothers may not be doing many movies now, but they were a comedy giant in the early 2000s. White Chicks follows two disgraced cops who have gone undercover as white women to solve a case and get their reputation back.

Besides all the great gags in the film, the movie is responsible for making Terry Crews a comedy legend, from him singing along to A Thousand Miles to him getting high and doing the robot on the dance floor—White Chicks is a laugh from the start to finish.

7. Idiocracy (2006)

Speaking of Terry Crews, he probably played the best ever fictional POTUS—President Camacho— in Mike Judge’s Idiocracy. The film essentially plays with the idea that the idiots will eventually take over society and it will lead to one of the bleakest futures for humanity. Though the movie bombed at the box office, the film became a cult hit and has become a somewhat prophetic warning about letting idiots run things unsupervised.

6. Game Over, Man! (2018)

No series has shaped modern stoner humor as Workaholics has, and though the show may be over, Adam, Ders, and Blake had come together to make the Netflix movie Game Over, Man!. The movie is essentially a raunchier version of Die Hard, but it has all of that signature Mail Order Comedy humor that the trio is well known for.

5. Without a Paddle (2004)

Get wet and wild with this mid-2000s comedy where a group of friends decide to go looking for D.B. Cooper and his lost treasure. Watch the trio of Dax Shepard, Matthew Lillard, and Seth Green as they hilariously run from murderous dope farmers and wild bears. Plus, you get to meet a pre-Homelander Antony Starr.

4. The Waterboy (1998)

Essentially every Adam Sandler movie is great to watch on pot, but Waterboy seems to have all the classic Sandler-isms that made him a comedy legend. In this film, Sandler plays a not-too-sharp waterboy who discovers he has a knack for football and becomes a star. The film is filled with some great gags and it essentially contextualizes Sandler’s role in The Longest Yard reboot (which is also great to watch stoned).

3. Booksmart (2019)

Stoner comedies are usually reserved for male audiences, but Olivia Wilde managed to impress with the comedy Booksmart. The movie follows two high-achieving students who decide to go out on a night of fun, drugs, and boys before they graduate.

The film has been called ‘Superbad but girls’ by other critics, but that doesn’t make it any less fun to watch.

2. Step Brothers (2008)

Before director Adam McKay was making sharp political commentary with movies like Vice and Don’t Look Up, he was making absurd comedies with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Building off the pair’s chemistry in Talladega Nights, Ferrell and Reilly go full man-child in Step Brothers.

The two play middle-aged slackers who find themselves becoming roommates after their parents marry. The chemistry between Reilly and Ferrell is just golden, and the film is chockfull of memorable quotes and insane character moments.

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges plays one of the most iconic slackers in cinema with The Big Lebowski from the Cohen Brothers. After he’s mistaken for a millionaire with debt, Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski finds himself on a non-transformative journey to replace his soiled rug.

Lebowski is a cult favorite big, and while it does take a few rewatches to really sink in, you’ll find yourself constantly quoting the movie and its several kooky characters.

Watch the Chip ‘n Dale featurette down here: 

We’ve known for a while that John Mulaney and Andy Samberg were at the center of this movie, but this time we have a look at Erica Bana, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, and Keegan-Michael Key. I guess they didn’t have time in the teaser to give us a look at other actors in the movie like Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Will Arnett (BoJack Horseman).

I have to say, the film actually has a pretty interesting concept and is clearly drawing inspiration from the world of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s kind of a shame that we won’t be able to see the movie in theaters, but if things go well for this release, maybe the sequel could be the one hitting the big screen.

In “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers,” Chip and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was canceled, and Chip (voice of Mulaney) has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale (voice of Sandberg), meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former castmate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers premieres on Disney+ on May 20.

Just in, Disney+ has dropped the trailer for their Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, and it gets so surprisingly meta that you might forget this was a Disney movie.

Though the Space Jam movies have given us live-action with 2D animation, it’s the setting of Roger Rabbit that makes the film so unique—with cartoons existing in the real-world, functioning like actors. It looks like Rescue Rangers is going to be following the same setting, with multiple other animated characters showing up in the world.

It’s also great how the movie manages to address the real-life animation industry, with Dale getting surgery for a “CG upgrade” and the two running into a town filled with animation from the Polar Express era.

Here’s the synopsis:

In “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers,” Chip and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was canceled, and Chip (John Mulaney) has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale (Andy Samberg), meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers comes to Disney+ on May 20.

Watch the trailer for The Boys Presents: Diabolical down here: 

While we have gotten teases of the animation styles before, this time we get a better look at some storylines that the series will follow. Not only could we be getting origin stories for some of the heroes in The Boys, but we could be looking at stories of some normal people who just live in the world of Vought.

What’s also cool is, if you read the comics, there is an iteration of Billy Butcher that’s incredibly close to the source material. We also see one character who looks to be the original Hughie from the comics—and it’s possible he could be voiced by Simon Pegg—who the original character model is based on.

You’ll also notice the familiar art style of the Rick and Morty cartoons, and show co-creator Justin Roiland is also credited as one of the performers. What are the odds that someone from the Vidicators is going to show up? Or maybe Rick or Morty themselves?

This show looks to be a good mix of everything the mainstream superhero properties are trying to avoid, and I’m all for it.

Here’s the official description:

From some of the most unhinged and maniacal minds in Hollywood today comes Diabolical, a collection of eight irreverent and emotionally shocking animated short films. Featuring stories by Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Aisha Tyler, and more, each episode plunges elbow-deep into unseen crevices of The Boys Universe.

Catch The Boys Presents: Diabolical when it premieres on Amazon Prime Video on March 4.