Summer Movie Predictions with Sam Sanders, Plus Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on Wonder Man’s Vision of Hollywood
5/12/202648 min
The host of KCRW’s Sam Sanders Show joins Katey to look ahead to some unexpected highlights of the summer movie calendar. Then Chris Rosen talks to Wonder Man’s star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II about making a very different kind of Marvel show, and one with a lot to say about Hollywood itself. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Why Summer Movies Still Matter 03:15 Devil Wears Prada 2 Surprises 04:41 What Makes a Movie a Hit 05:54 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma 06:53 Cannes and the Endless Awards Tour 08:39 Enough With the Star Wars 09:16 Toy Story 5 Backlash 11:00 Is God Is Breaks the Mold 12:13 Amazon Bets on Theatrical 13:54 Seth Rogen Enters Clooney Territory 15:44 Keke Palmer Deserves Better 17:22 Josh O'Connor's Big Summer 18:37 The Academy's Instagram Revenge Tour 19:50 One Night Only's Rules? 22:02 Zendaya Needs a Central Role in a Movie 24:35 The Odyssey Will Start the Biggest Fights 26:08 Power Ballad 28:01 Next: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 29:08 Joining the Marvel Universe 31:10 Playing an Actor on Screen 32:40 The Struggle to Be Seen 35:05 Acting Origins 36:39 Building the Relationship With Ben Kingsley 39:24 Pulling Back the Curtain on Acting 42:08 What's Next for Simon 43:41 Staying Humble 45:14 Building a Production Company Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes for just $5 a month. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
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First 90 secondsKatey Rich· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hi, everybody. It's The Prestige Junkie podcast. I am Katie Ritt, and today we are talking summer movies, and bringing in a very special and delightful guest, Sam Sanders, host of The Sam Sanders Show on KCRW. Sam, are you ready to talk about summer movies?
Sam Sanders· Guest0:17
I'm so ready. I was going through your list in advance of our chat, and I was like, "Oh, I already know which ones I'm amped to see."
Katey Rich· Host0:25
Oh, yeah.
Sam Sanders· Guest0:26
And there's a few on there where I'm just like, "That's for someone else. That's not for me."
Katey Rich· Host0:30
[laughs] Well, we're gonna figure out what's for us and what's for other people.
Sam Sanders· Guest0:33
[laughs] Yes, yes.
Katey Rich· Host0:33
We're gonna get into all of it. After Sam and I talk summer movies, including Devil Wears Prada 2, which is our first summer movie hit. What a delight. Uh, we'll bring back in my colleague Chris Rosen. He has today's interview with Yahya Abdul-Mateen, the star of Wonder Man. So we'll get into all of that and more. Welcome to the show. [upbeat music] Okay, Sam, I do kinda feel like when... In the conversations you and I had, we talked during Oscar season, and there was- Yes ... kind of this sense of like, "Oh, but summer movies are gonna come around the corner soon."
Sam Sanders· Guest1:01
Mm-hmm.
Katey Rich· Host1:01
And then we really get [laughs] to come back to life.
Sam Sanders· Guest1:03
You really get to do it, yes.
Katey Rich· Host1:04
Is this just, like, a childhood nostalgia thing that, like, we still believe deeply in summer movie season? Or is it... Do, do you feel like it's important that, like, the movie calendar comes around, and we get ready for, like, big spectacles, sitting in air conditioning? Is there something deep and psychologically important about that?
Sam Sanders· Guest1:17
I think so. I remember as a kid when everyone was going to the movies to see whatever Will Smith movie or Julia Roberts movie was the summer blockbuster that year. It felt as communal