April 2025 News Round-Up (294)

Kneel Before Pod

April is over so Kneel Before Pod once again checks in on the news and trailers the month provided. The conversation covers Sydney Sweeney owning the video game adaptation market, the year of the Predator and sentient shoes.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.

Show Notes TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 1
• Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 2
• Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 3
• Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 4

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
• Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
• Craig’s review of Prey
• Craig's review of Power Rangers (2017)
• Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
• Craig's review of Uncharted
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Craig’s review of Fant4stic
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Podcasts

• Craig's interview with Paul Raschid
• Andor season 1
• Superman & Lois season 1
• Superman & Lois season 2
• Superman & Lois season 3
• Superman & Lois season 4
• Our Alien Day coverage
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
• Power Rangers (2017)

Trailers

• Sneaks
• Karate Kid: Legends
• Fountain of Youth
• Mountainhead
• The Naked Gun
• Heads of State
• M3gan 2.0
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• HIM
• 28 Years Later
• Tron: Ares
• Predator: Killer of Killers
• Predator: Badlands
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
• Superman: Extended Sneak Peek
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps

News

• Spider-Man 4 title confirmed
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date confirmed
• Star Wars Celebration announcements
• Live action Power Rangers in the works for Disney+
• Harry Potter series casting
• How To Train Your Dragon 2 live action remake confirmed
• David Fincher to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel
• Michael Sarnoski to direct Death Stranding adaptation
• Sydney Sweeney cast in Split Fiction adaptation
• Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney team on Outrun adaptation
• Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Ready or Not: Here I Come
• Robert Pattinson in talks for Dune: Messiah role
• Taylor Lautner to play himself in TV series

Misc

• The referenced play through of Split Fiction

Music

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Mission Impossible theme", The "Power Rangers theme" and his YouTube channel.

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