Hype Podcast brings you the latest entertainment news, from Thor: Ragnarok and Lion King casting news to Lord of the Rings and Taylor Swift!

We’re baaaack! Or rather, we’re here at the same time for the first time in ~forever.

This week’s Hype Podcast is full of fun news stories and TV/movie/music reviews. We also bring an update to our Patreon: from here on out, we’re going to disband the tiers and make everything available at the $2 level! More details in the show.

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How We Hype:
– Pam reviews Sam Smith’s “The Thrill of it All”
– We have mixed thoughts on Thor: Ragnarok

News:
– Disney’s live-action Lion King cast has been revealed
– Amazon could launch a Lord of the Rings TV show
– Mindy Kaling is developing a Four Weddings and a Funeral miniseries
– The 100 showrunner signs multi-year deal with Warner Bros. TV
– Twitter rolls out 280 character tweets
– Taylor Swift reveals full track list for Reputation.

TV Show of the Week:
– The Good Place is going on hiatus, booo.

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