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The Pod Universe with Dylan & DaltonAuthor: Dalton Deschain & Dylan Roth
Writers Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth first joined together to create Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? a podcast in which they pitched new installments of the canceled Dark Universe of monster movies. After completing their 30-part saga, they've set out to do something new - an all-original cinematic universe of imaginary movies, written, workshopped, and performed on all podcatchers and YouTube. To listen from the beginning of Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe, start with THE MUMMY from October 2022. To jump onboard for The Pod Universe, start with WELCOME TO THE POD UNIVERSE, from September 2025. Language: en-us Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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The Unfriended Cinematic Universe with Pete Volk
Episode 20
Sunday, 12 April, 2026
CONTENT WARNING: This episode centers around a movie whose inciting incident is a teen suicide.We're shaking up our guest episode format beginning with this pitch from PV Guide's Pete Volk — instead of outlining one remake or reimagining, guest storytellers will have to figure out how to expand a dead or dying intellectual property into a fully-fledged cinematic universe! Critic and journalist Pete Volk kicks us off with his plans to revitalize Unfriended, the horror film series set entirely in the digital world.PLUS: An announcement about our upcoming full-script, full-cast crossover extravaganza, War of the Worlds!Join us at Patreon.com/DylanAndDalton for bonus episodes and access to our wonderful and welcoming creative community.CHAPTERS00:00:00 - Introducing our new show format00:05:18 - Introducing Pete Volk and Unfriended00:08:54 - What is Screenlife?00:13:24 - Recapping Unfriended00:17:26 - Why Unfriended works00:23:18 - Why Unfriended: Dark Web is better00:33:38 - Dalton's big problem with Unfriended00:34:53 - Unpacking the overarching themes00:41:11 - Unfriended: Like & Subscribe00:52:03 - What other screens can we do this on?00:54:07 - Establishing our mytharc / MUTUALS01:02:32 - Unfriended: Dead Web01:06:55 - Unfriended: Headspace01:19:55 - Where can you find Pete Volk?01:22:09 - Updates and acknowledgements
