Authorized Novelizations Podcast
A loose coalition of film enthusiasts host a book club about the novelizations of your favorite movies. New episodes every Thursday!
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ORIGINALLY AIRED 1/27/2022
NEW GAME AT 1:58:30
Lord of the Rings WHOM? This week on Authorized, we tackle Wayland Drew's novelization of Willow, which, frankly, rules. It's so dang good. Where some authors see novelizations as homework, Wayland Drew is enthused to expand a goofy Ron Howard film into an outright epic. This is the best book we've covered, maybe. Honestly. It's so wonderful.
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There was a time we swore off the junior novelization. And every time we backpeddle, we immediately remember why we made them verboten.
Dani Dartnell joins!
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ORIGINALLY AIRED 1/24/2022
Remember that throwaway line about how there's a Sixth Sense spinoff trilogy? Well, we read 'em. In the first full episode of Tertiary Tomes, Overbye assembles a Wolf Pack of guest readers to dive into the further adventures of the precocious Cole Sear. And then after all that, Hannah read them anyways!
The books covered in this episode are the Sixth Sense: Secrets From Beyond books Survivor, Runaway, and H...
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ORIGINALLY AIRED 1/20/2022
The Sixth Sense- famously a hit with children. Thank god Scholastic book fairs peddled a (junior?) novelization of this very chill and normal movie. This week we're joined by Annie Kelly, the UK correspondent for QAnon Anonymous, to discuss Peter Lerangis' PG take on a classic. Surprisingly? It really works.
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We tackle the patron saint of novelizations' memoir. It's a real fun time! Patrick Willems and John Cribbs return!
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On a surprise BONUS episode, Overbye and Kris go back over to Hannah's house to play more of this absolutely impossible mid-90s N64 game.
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Next on Authorized: Patrick Willems and John Cribbs read Alan Dean Foster's memoir
ORIINALLY AIRED 1/13/2022
The Nickelodeon novelizations, why do they beckon to us?? Today on Authorized, we try to get some of that Rugrats magic back by diving into Joseph Locke's Good Burger novelization. We discuss whether Dexter is a child savant, what Kurt's whole deal is, and debate whether Triampathol is real. Then Overbye ambushes his friends with a full-on book report on the direct-to-book sequel Good Burger 2 G...
An episode no one asked for.
Interview with Tim around 2 hours in!
We wrap up our Bond multipath series by discussing R.L. Stine’s Win, Place or Die with Andrew Jupin. It’s a blast!
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Next on Authorized: They don’t call it the X trilogy because it has two installments
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Next on Authorized: A fun bonus
ORIGINALLY AIRED JANUARY 6TH 2022
Happy Season 2 of Authorized! Get ready to swap out riddles for ice puns as we reconnect with Batman, whose face, line delivery, and acting chops all seem way different suddenly. Don't worry, though, he's still doing his usual sad boy schtick. I Read Movies host Paxton Holley tells us about his journey with the caped crusader and novelizations at large. It's Joel Schumacher's Bat...
You are James Bond, and Max Zorin is still causing a whole problem. Hope you aren’t tired of A View to A Kill!
ORIGINALLY AIRED DECEMBER 8TH 2021
Should people who like each other kiss? Or is some ages old business rivalry worth not kissing? On today's bonus Authorized, we talk about Alexis Bledel doing the lowest rent version of Romeo and Juliet possible while her "sisters" undergo emotional traumas. It's 2005's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! Come hear Overbye trip over Ken Kwapis' biography repeatedly before forcing everyone to talk a...
Let's get this multipath ball rolling. Strike it Deadly! No guest!
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Next on Authorized: James Bond is Programmed for Danger
Buckle up for a month of James Bond multipath books!
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