Sports Movies: Movie Madness - a podcast by Back Lot 605

In honor of March Madness we set up a bracket style tournament to determine the greatest sports movie of all time! What are some of your favorite sports movies? Did we miss any that should have been in the tournament?







The Box Office







Jordan Peele’s Us tops the box office with a $70 million opening. Us opens as the highest grossing original horror film ever. Captain Marvel stays strong with $35 million in it’s third weekend out. The Brie Larson lead film has now grossed over $300 million domestically.







The News







The first trailer for the live action Dora the Explorer leaves us wondering “Who was this movie for?” Nickelodeon Movies’ Dora and the Lost City of Gold hits theaters August 2nd.







Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood dropped it’s first trailer. The trailer shows glimpses of Margot Robbie’s Sharon Tate and Damon Herriman’s Charles Manson. The film hits the big screen July 26th.







Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) has been cast as Prince Adam aka He-Man in Masters of the Universe. Will this film ever get off the ground? Only time will tell.







Unicorn Store marks Brie Larson’s directorial debut. The film sees her reunite with Captain Marvel co-star Samuel L. Jackson in this Netflix original film.







Bill and Ted Face the Music has been confirmed by stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves. After a nearly 30 year hiatus Bill and Ted will reunite on the big screen in the summer of 2020.







Sports Movies: The Main Topic







The Schmuck Club battles it out to determine the greatest sports movie of all time. Could Moneyball top Field of Dreams? Could Space Jam pull an upset and win the entire thing? Listen and find out!







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