In this episode of The Discourse Podcast, we talk to screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Known for being the writers behind the “Zombieland” and “Deadpool” franchises, Reese and Wernick’s latest movie is “Spiderhead,” an adaptation of a George Saunders dystopian sci-fi short story directed by Joseph Kosinski for Netflix.

The film, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett, is set in a near future, where convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects in exchange for shortening their sentence.

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Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (“Oblivion,” “Only The Brave”) is having a hell of a year. His first film of 2022, a little movie called, “Top Gun: Maverick” had been the number one movie in the world at the box office, and is currently the #1 domestic movie of the year, having grossed over $400 million stateside, even beating out Marvel’s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness.” Having grossed $755 million so far and maybe on its way to cracking $1 billion, Kosinski has yet another movie on the way.

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Chris Hemsworth can hide so much behind a smile. Best known for his brawny role as Thor in the MCU, Hemsworth has quietly built himself a multifaceted, character-driven niche playing morally ambiguous manipulators initially mistaken as harmless buffoons. From playing Formula One racer and playboy James Hunt in Ron Howard’s “Rush” to portraying a cult leader in Drew Goddard’s “Bad Times at the El Royale,” he works wonders, both comedically and dramatically, with this unsuspecting persona.

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Marvel hero Chris Hemsworth puts away the cape and hammer and puts on his mad scientist persona for his next movie, “Spiderhead.” Hemsworth plays Steve Abnesti, a dubious scientist who tests experimental drugs on convicts at a remote prison. 

READ MORE: ‘Spiderhead’ Trailer: Chris Hemsworth & Miles Teller Go On A Trippy Mindbender For Director Joseph Kosinski.

“He has noble intentions, but there are some darker things lurking underneath the surface with him,” director Joseph Kosinski told Entertainment Weekly recently, “He is the genius visionary behind the whole Spiderhead program.”

Konsinksi recently directed the massive “Top Gun: Maverick” hit, where he partnered with Miles Teller, who stars as Hemsworth’s lab rat Jeff.

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Netflix’s Geeked Week is about to kick off this week and tomorrow, the streaming giant will be showing off some more of “Spiderhead,” a brand new futuristic mindbender from “Top Gun Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski, about convicts who are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence and then subject to experimental drugs that affect their emotional behavior.

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While we’ve already hit some massive blockbuster tent poles for the summer season with superhero releases such as “Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness” and the Memorial Day showstopper “Top Gun: Maverick,” summer starts to hit its stride with June’s lineup of eclectic releases. Right off the bat, we’ve got heavy hitters such as the latest from Andrew Ahn and the buzzed-about David Cronenberg film, “Crimes of the Future” which just premiered at Cannes.

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In a world continuing to be ravaged by a pandemic, who doesn’t want a little more dystopian escapism? Look no further than Netflix’s upcoming film “Spiderhead.” The upcoming film finds a way to marry post-apocalyptic tension with romance. The movie is based on the George Saunders short story that originally ran in the New Yorker called “Escape from Spiderhead.” It was later collected in his bestselling anthology, Tenth Of October.

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It’s been almost half a year since Netflix’s big flex. At the beginning of this year, the streamer unveiled its big 2022 teaser video, highlighting many of their upcoming films. Now that we’re almost at the beginning of summer, the company has unveiled its summer line-up: 36 films between May and August, with a cherry on top of Labor Day and September 1.

Watch: Netflix 2022 Teaser Includes First Looks At ‘The Gray Man,’ ‘Knives Out 2,’ ‘Spiderhead’ & More.

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Every year, Netflix releases a preview teaser of its film slate. And it seems that every year, it gets more and more ridiculous. The 2022 teaser is nothing short of ludicrous when you take into account just what the streaming service is putting on screens in one calendar year. 

In the teaser, we get first looks at films with the stars of those features talking directly to the camera to promote.

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Joseph Kosinski has found his next project after “Top Gun: Maverick” and it seems he’s returning to the sci-fi genre, and he’s got company. Jurnee Smollett, Chris Hemsworth, and Miles Teller are set to star in Kosinski’s adaptation of the short story “Spiderhead” for Netflix.

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Deadline has the scoop, with a report on the casting for the latest Netflix sci-fi film which sounds a bit like “12 Monkeys” meets the vastly underrated “Equilibrium.” “Spiderhead” is based on a short story by George Saunders which appeared in the New Yorker (and you can read right here).

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