Shows / The Weekly Planet

The Weekly Planet
The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The Weekly Planet617 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie & Supergirl Trailer
Nintendo and Illumination are back with their second animated feature, Super Mario Brothers 2 the Galaxy the movie. As with the last, this one looks to be a…
The Weekly PlanetReady Player One - Caravan Of Garbage
In our final entry in our "movies about video games that aren't based on video games" we take a look at the be all and end all entry defined by those very…
The Weekly Planet616 Ready or Not 2/They Will Kill You & Trailers for Awful Remakes
It’s a great week for remakes of things that we’re already beloved that are now back in a seemingly worse way. That’s right we’re taking a look at brand new…
The Weekly PlanetSerenity - Caravan Of Garbage
Stop what you're doing everyone. It's time to continue our look at videos about video games that aren't actually based on video games. And you might be…
The Weekly Planet615 Project Hail Mary & Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer
This week we talk about the latest movie about a guy is trapped in space and he's lonely or whatever in Project Hail Mary, based on the book Project Hail Mary…
The Weekly PlanetGamer - Caravan Of Garbage
It's time for another look at a movie about and featuring video games but not actually based on a video game. This time it's 2009's Gamer starring Gerard…
The Weekly Planet614 How to Make a Killing & Supergirl First Reactions
New podcast and big(?) movie! James and Maso review Glen Powell's new film How to Make a Killing (with Murder) plus some DCU casting news, the first reactions…
The Weekly PlanetThe Last Starfighter - Caravan Of Garbage
Video game movies are bigger than ever! But do you know what used to be bigger than video game movies? Movies about video games that aren't based on a real…
The Weekly Planet613 The Bride! & Lanterns Trailer
Welcome one and all to a very important podcast! This week we discuss both The Bride! And also War Machine, a movie only one of us has seen. Plus we talk the…
The Weekly PlanetSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Caravan Of Garbage
Sherlock Holmes is back and this time it's A Game of Shadows! In this highly anticipated 2011 sequel we seen Robert Downey Jr's and Jude Law return as both…
The Weekly Planet612 Scream 7 & Paramount Wins Warner Bros
In a disappointing turn of events Paramount, a company purchased by ghouls, has now squashed the Netflix deal to buy Warner Brothers. We get into all that this…
The Weekly PlanetSherlock Holmes - Caravan Of Garbage
Like Batman, Sherlock adaptations are always and forever. And now that a new Young Sherlock series has debut in 2026 it's time to take a look back at the Guy…
The Weekly Planet611 Best/Worst Crossovers & Wuthering Heights
It's been a while since a topic episode. And I blame the neverending barage of content QUITE FRANKLY. But this week we're discussion the best and worst…
The Weekly PlanetReturn of the Jedi - Caravan Of Garbage
The anticipation for what was to be the final Star Wars film, Revenge/Return of the Jedi was at an absolute boiling point in 1983. What was to become of Han…
The Weekly Planet610 Crime 101 & Marvel vs Star Wars Crossover
It was always an enevitability but a Star Wars vs Marvel crossover is on the horizan! According to some rumours but not other rumours. We tak that plus a…
The Weekly PlanetThe Empire Strikes Back - Caravan Of Garbage
It's time to talk what many still consider the pinacle of Star Wars media, The Empire Strikes Back. Released three years after the first movie in 1980 it also…
The Weekly Planet609 Super Bowl Trailers & Most Anticipated Movies 2026
We’re back! Not only to talk about the most anticipated movies and tv shows on the back end of the year but also the wonderful commercials that have been…
The Weekly PlanetStar Wars - Caravan Of Garbage
To kick off Caravan Of Garbage in 2026 we've decided to celebrate the release of Star Wars' 49th anniversary. We're talking the original movie as it was first…
The Weekly Planet608 Most Anticipated Movies & Shows 2026 Part I
Amazing news! The Weekly Planet is back for 2026 and we’re looking at the biggest releases for 2026. The first half at least because Mason has to go to real…
The Weekly PlanetBest of The Weekly Planet 2025
It’s our yearly best of the year clip show episode! And in honour of all the BIG MOVIE that came out in 2025, we’ve got the biggest and longest episode ever…
The Weekly PlanetX-Men (2000) - The Weekly Planet Movie Commentary Track
Hello everybody and welcome to another free bonus thing while the main podcast is on break until Feb 2nd! This week, we're getting ready for another Avengers…
The Weekly Planet607 The Best & Worst of 2025 Awards
Welcome everyone to the final Weekly Planet episode for the year where we celebrate the best, worst and everything in between of the year when it comes to…
The Weekly PlanetWrath of the Titans - Caravan Of Garbage
Two years after the success of the Warner Brothers Clash of the Titans reboot Sam Worthington returned to the role of Perseus for WRATH of the Titans. This…
The Weekly Planet606 Avatar: Fire & Ash
Big movie alert! Maybe biggest movie of the year with the release of Avatar: Fire & Ash. We review that plus we talk the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and…
The Weekly PlanetClash of the Titans - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2010 two things were big. 3D films and Sam Worthington, both a result of Avatar from 2009. And whilst that franchise continues on Clash of the Titans (which…
The Weekly Planet605 Supergirl Trailer & Paramount vs Netflix for Warner Bros
Welcome back! To The Weekly Planet podcast! This week we talk about Paramount's derailment of the Netflix/Warner Brothers buyout, Disney investing 1 billion…
The Weekly PlanetTomorrowland - Caravan Of Garbage
Here we are at the conclusion of our Disney's Biggest Bombs series, rounding things out with Tomorrowland from 2015. Brad Bird who made a name for himself with…
The Weekly Planet604 The Netflix Warner Bros Deal
In fantastic news for big business Netflix has officially purchased Warner Brothers Discovery for a staggering $82.7 billion. We talk that and the potential…
The Weekly PlanetThe Lone Ranger - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2013 Disney were still looking for the next Pirates of the Caribbean so they thought, alright fine. Let's again get Johnny Depp in a dumb hat and have him…
The Weekly Planet603 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (with Dave Warneke)
This is the episode description. I write them when Mason wraps up the show because I don’t really need to pay attention. You can really tell if you listen that…
The Weekly PlanetJohn Carter - Caravan Of Garbage
We're back with another huge Disney bomb! This time it's 2012's John Carter o̶f̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶s̶ which aimed to cash on the populatiry of Avatar, Star Wars, Pixar…
The Weekly Planet602 Wicked: For Good & Moana But Worse
It’s big movie time again! Maybe biggest movie of the year time with Wicked: For Good. Plus we talk a Black Panther 3 update, another Star Trek reboot, the…
The Weekly PlanetThe Sorcerer's Apprentice - Caravan Of Garbage
Modern Disney is in a very precarious situation, their previously successful propeties like Marvel and Star Wars arn't landing and the newer ideas Wish and…
The Weekly Planet601 The Running Man
WELCOME. To another episode of The Weekly Planet where this week we discuss the latest Steven King adaptation, The Running Man. Plus news of a new DCU tv show…
The Weekly PlanetThe Predator - Caravan Of Garbage
We've reached the end of the 20th Century Fox era of Predator movies, right before the Disney purchase in 2019. This particular entry had a lot going for it…
The Weekly Planet600 Predator: Badlands & Pluribus
Predator is back in cinemas for the first time since 2018 with Predator: Badlands. We review that plus we talk about Star Trek 4 being officially dead, The…
The Weekly PlanetPredators - Caravan Of Garbage
After one sequel in 1990 and two lackluster Alien VS Predator movies Predators took the franchise back to its roots in 2010. We get the return of a rag tag…
The Weekly Planet599 Frankenstein 2025 & IT: Welcome To Derry
It's still the spookiest time of year! We've got new big movie with Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein plus the first couple eps of Stephen King's IT prequel…
The Weekly PlanetPredator 2 - Caravan Of Garbage
With the massive success of the first film and massive amounts of franchise potential a sequel to the original Predator, Predator 2 released in 1990 was…
The Weekly Planet598 Cancelled Kylo Ren Movie & Gen V Season 2
HUGE week for corporate nonsense. Just unbelievably bad decision. We're talking one company buys another company with Warner Brothers officially up for sale…
The Weekly PlanetPredator - Caravan Of Garbage
Over the next four weeks we'll be tackling the first four movies in the Predator franchise, starting with the 1987 original starring Arnold…
The Weekly Planet597 The Mattel Cinematic Universe & Why Tron: Ares Bombed
It’s a big news week at The Weekly Planet hq! We’re getting into the reasons behind the bombing of Tron: Ares, trailers for Wonder Man, Invincible Season 4 and…
The Weekly Planet596 Tron: Ares & Peacemaker S2 Finale!
Big movie alert! It’s about that time again, when Disney dusts off the Tron series in the hope of striking box office gold! We talk that plus the ending of…
The Weekly PlanetTron: Legacy - Caravan Of Garbage
The trontent (Tron content) train trontinues (Tron continues) on Tron week! This time we're looking at the culmination off all good things Tron in 2010's Tron…
The Weekly PlanetTron - Caravan Of Garbage
It's that time again. When Disney decides it's time to wring more money out of the Tron franchise with the release of Tron: Ares. So to celebrate (🫠) we're…
The Weekly Planet595 New AI Actor Controversy & The Smashing Machine
This week we discuss The Smashing Machine where The Rock takes a straight shot at doing a series role with a big time Hollywood transformation and all! Plus we…
The Weekly PlanetThe Mummy 2017 - Caravan Of Garbage
Like The Mummy 2017, everything we've been covering up to this point has lead us here. The Dark Universe has had its fair share of failures but none quite as…
The Weekly Planet594 One Battle After Another & Stan Lee Returns!
Fantastic news! There's a new movie and it's good. We review One Battle After Another, the latest from director Paul Thomas Anderson. Plus we discuss the…
The Weekly PlanetDracula Untold - Caravan Of Garbage
We've all been having the best time revisiting different failures within the Dark Universe. This week it's Dracula Untold, a thinly veiled attempt to turn…
The Weekly Planet593 The Batman 2 Villain Speculation & Gen V Season 2
Welcome back to podcasting, The Weekly Planet podcasting. This week we’re talking the return of Gen V with a look at the first three episodes of Season 2. Plus…
The Weekly PlanetThe Wolfman - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2010 Universal took another step towards rebooting the Dark Universe with a straight shot at a remake of the 1941 classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney…
The Weekly Planet592 New Doctor Doom First Look & The Long Walk
Stephen King adaptations are back and bigger than ever with The Long Walk, a movie about a long walk but if you don’t walk good enough Mark Hamill will kill…
The Weekly PlanetVan Helsing - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2004 Universal attempted the impossible, recreate the success of The Mummy reboot from 1999 using the classic monsters of old. At it turns out that was…
The Weekly Planet591 Man Of Tomorrow & Best Actors Who Pivoted
The important thing in the world has happened. The Rock doesn't have as many muscles and now he's serious and has glasses. And in celebration of that we talk…
The Weekly PlanetPercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Caravan Of Garbage
To the surprise of most, Percy Jackson 2010 actually got a sequel in 2013's in Sea of Monsters. Sure the originally director didn't come back or a bunch of the…
The Weekly Planet590 Caught Stealing & Kpop Demon Hunters vs Red Notice
You're not going to believe this but there might be a bigger movie in the world than Red Notice. We get into the success of Kpop Demon Hunters plus a look at…
The Weekly PlanetPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Caravan Of Garbage
In the midst of Harry Potter fever every studio was looking for their own potential young adult franchise to bring to the big screen. In 2010 20th Century Fox…
The Weekly Planet589 Peacemaker Season 2 & The Naked Gun
This podcast has returned along with Peacemaker who has returned for a second season and The Naked Gun has returned for another The Naked Gun. We also talk the…
The Weekly PlanetAlien: Covenant - Caravan Of Garbage
If there's one this 2012's Prometheus needed, it's some explanations for what the hell just happened. And if there's one other thing it needed was to be…
The Weekly Planet588 Alien: Earth
It's Monday again and that's bad. But podcasts are good and maybe that's even true for this one. This week we're talking the first two episodes of Noah…