The ‘X-Men’ Cast, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Footage, and More D23 News. Plus, ‘Lanterns’ Series Premiere and ‘Furious’ Episode 6.
The Watch

The ‘X-Men’ Cast, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Footage, and More D23 News. Plus, ‘Lanterns’ Series Premiere and ‘Furious’ Episode 6.

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 17, 20261 hr 13 min

Chris and Andy talk about the official casting announcement of the upcoming ‘X-Men’ reboot (2:54), additional ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ footage (16:18), and more news from D23 (23:31). Later, they discuss the series premiere of ‘Lanterns’ (31:19) and ‘Furious' Episode 6 (55:21). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Studio Production: Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I need support staff to clear the room. Stand up and walk now. Hello and welcome to the watch. My name is Chris Ryan.

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I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me in the studio having just received a hologram to inform him that Andy Dalton is now their QB2 for the Eagles. It's Andy Greenwald! I like this because it's both very specific to my interests,

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but also is something that could have been communicated from 2016. Sure. Yes.

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