Warner Bros nearly buried Coyote vs. Acme. It made $85 million anyway. Chris, Daniel, and James Blevins on a record summer nobody in charge saw coming.

Keywords: Coyote vs. Acme, 2026 box office, Warner Bros, A24, SCP Foundation, Paramount Warner Bros deal, AI in Hollywood, virtual production, VFX podcast, indie film

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Sponsors
3:13 Catching Up: Fishing Trips and What's Playing
16:05 A Summer at the Movies: Buddy, Hope, and Digger
16:54 Warner Bros Almost Buried Coyote vs. Acme
23:12 Why the Studios Can't Pick Winners Anymore
23:32 Sony Almost Dumped K-Pop Demon Hunters Too
29:14 A Record $4.7 Billion Box Office Summer
31:05 Large Format Tickets and the Premium Line Problem
34:04 Film Grain vs. Digital: The Projection Debate
38:03 How A24 and Neon Became the New Mini-Majors
40:51 A24 Takes On V/H/S: SCP
44:31 Backrooms, SCP, and Liminal Space Horror
46:55 The Studio System Forgot to Plant for Next Season
52:28 Inside the AI Film Festival at Venice
1:01:09 SAG-AFTRA and the WGA Cut AI Deals
1:06:20 Can AI Only Make Mediocre Art?
1:17:57 Paramount, Warner Bros, and California's Multibillion-Dollar Standoff
1:30:46 Nobody Knows What Makes a Good Movie Anymore
1:37:23 Announcing the Monstrous Moonshine Film Festival

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