New Hunger Games Casting, Revenge of the Sith Completes the Prequel Trilogy Redemption Tour, and More

On the April 29, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.

In The News: 

• Box office top 10
• Sinners Just Did Something No Horror Movie Has Ever Done At The Box Office
• Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith Is A Box Office Smash Hit Again 20 Years Later
• The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping Has Found Its Young Haymitch Abernathy — And Another Very Important Character
• New The Hunger Games Prequel Has Found The Young Plutarch Heavensbee – And It's Perfect Casting
• Kevin Smith Has Been Writing Dogma 2, But There Will Be Two Major Changes In The Sequel
• How Kevin Smith Hilariously Failed To Give Alan Rickman A Line Reading In Dogma
• Call Your Dad: Apple And Tom Hanks Are Making A Greyhound Sequel
• 2025's Best Video Game So Far Becoming A Movie With Wicked Director & Sydney Sweeney

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• You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.
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