Latest / Lisa & Russell / The Shaw Report - As Long As There's No Magpies In There, We'll Be Safe

Transcript

The Shaw Report - As Long As There's No Magpies In There, We'll Be Safe · Lisa & Russell

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: The Shaw Report. Paramount Plus is the latest network to
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: announce what's coming up in the new year. They all
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: do this. Seven attended it last week. They call it
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: the Upfronts. They do. And the thing that's got most
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: people talking after Paramount's Upfronts is their announcement they're making
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: a drama series about the mushroom murders. And New Zealand
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: actress Melanie Linsky, who you might know from Yellow Jackets,
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: is playing Erin Patterson. I wondered how long it would be.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: Not long. No. Quicker than I thought. They also announced
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: a series inspired by the early days of Sam Kerr
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: called Kicking Goals. Last King of the Cross, the John
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: Abraham story, is returning for Season 3. I've really liked that.
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: It has been a good show. And NCIS Sydney is
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: back for Season 4. They also confirmed there will be
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: a Season 3 of Mobland. Emmy-winning Aussie actress Sarah Snook
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: is set to star in a new take of The Birds,
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: or a new take on, I should say, The Birds.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: The project has been dubbed a visceral, present-day reimagining of
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: both the original Daphne du Maurier gothic horror novella and
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: the very loose 1963 film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock. I
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: keep telling you this isn't a few birds. These are gulls, crows, swifts.
• 1:18
  Speaker 1: I have never known birds of different species to flock together.
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: The very concept is unimaginable. Why? If that happened, we
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: wouldn't have a chance. As long as there's no magpies
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: in there, we'll be fine. Classic Hitchcock left people as
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: afraid of birds as Steven Spielberg did with sharks. The
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: Sarah Snook version is being written by Tom Speziali. Now,
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: he wrote both The Leftovers, which was an awesome series,
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: and Watchmen, which people have told me is also an
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: awesome series. I've heard of it. I haven't seen it.
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: Several attempts have been made to again adapt The Birds
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: over the years with both a Naomi Watts-led film in
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: 2007 and a BBC series in 2017, failing to make
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: it out of development. So... Maybe Sarah Snook will be
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: the one to do it because she is pretty amazing. Now,
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: a year ago, Connor Story was a waiter at a
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: restaurant hoping to crack an acting gig. Then came heated rivalry.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: And now he's set to go toe-to-toe with one of
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: Hollywood's biggest movie stars in one of its biggest franchises.
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: Stories and talks to star opposite Ryan Gosling in Ghost
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: Rider for Marvel Studios. It's presumed that Gosling will be
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: playing Johnny Blaze in the comics. Blaze is a stunt
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: motorcycle rider. who made a deal with the devil and
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: becomes bonded with a demon. Blaze then transforms into a flaming, skull-headed, fiery,
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: motorcycle-riding spirit of vengeance. And one assumes Story would be
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: cast as the villain, possibly Mephisto. Rock veteran Neil Young
• 2:50
  Speaker 1: isn't having it again. Not for the first time, Young
• 2:54
  Speaker 1: has filed a $ 14 million lawsuit over the Trump campaign
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: using this song again. He's suing Donald Trump's fundraising committee,
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: citing unauthorised use. Don't antagonise Neil. God, he's so grumpy. Oh,
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: I know. He's citing unauthorised use of his 1989 song, Rockin'
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: in the Free World. Neil Young sued the Trump re-election
• 3:24
  Speaker 1: campaign back in 2020 over its use of that same song.
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: And he says on that occasion, they settled the matter
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: out of court. Some people don't get the message. No,
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: they don't. But it's a nice... Neil won't be that upset.
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a nice little earner for him. Yeah.
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: Settle out of court every time. Yes. Use it again
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: in 2028. I mean, what is it? It just doesn't
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: matter to them because it's just loose change. It's fine.
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: So whatever. Exactly. Yeah.