Summer movie season 2026 is here and it's like Hollywood looked at the release calendar and chose violence.<br /><br />This week on Pop Culture Weekly, <b>Rotten Tomatoes</b> editor and <a href="https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/seen-on-the-screen-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b><i>Scene on the Screen</i></b></a> host <a href="https://podcast.popcultureweekly.com/guests/jacqueline-coley/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>Jacqueline Coley</b></a> joins me to break down the absolutely stacked, mildly chaotic, and potentially billion-dollar-filled summer movie lineup. We’re talking <i>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</i>, Christopher Nolan’s <i>The Odyssey</i>, Spielberg’s new alien movie <i>Disclosure Day</i>, <i>Toy Story 5</i>, horror movies born from internet lore, the return of theatrical re-releases, and why movie theaters might actually be having a major comeback moment.<br /><br />We also get into:<br /><br />• Which movies could completely dominate the summer<br />• The surprise titles nobody should underestimate<br />• Why fandoms are basically running Hollywood now<br />• The future of blockbuster movies<br />• Why some sequels crash and burn while others explode<br />• And why I will absolutely continue defending terrible movies if they entertain me enough<br /><br />Plus, Jacqueline explains why “the summer box office season is nicheifying,” which honestly sounds fake but is somehow completely accurate.<br /><br />If you love movies, movie theaters, pop culture chaos, or just hearing two film nerds spiral about the future of Hollywood for an hour, this episode is for you.<br /><br /><b>If you dig the show, subscribe, rate, and share - and tell your friend who's always stealing your streaming passwords.<br /><br />📍 Watch now <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@popcultureweekly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on YouTube</a> or listen on your favorite podcast platform<br /><br />🎧 Subscribe for more celeb interviews, streaming picks and pop culture deep dives!<br /><br />🗣️ Want to be featured on the show? 📱 <a href="https://podcast.popcultureweekly.com/voicemail/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leave a voicemail here</a>!<br /><br />📧 Become a degenerate and join the newsletter to get exclusive content, interviews &amp; more once a week! <a href="https://podcast.popcultureweekly.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Subscribe here</a>!<br /><br />--------------------------<br /><br />Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief &amp; Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming. <a href="https://www.deathandgrief.show/Chapter-One-The-Diagnosis-AKA-WTF/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen here</a>!<br /><br />--------------------------<br /><br />Get all the Pop Culture Weekly podcast info you could want including extra content, uncut interviews, photos, videos &amp; transcripts at <a href="https://podcast.popcultureweekly.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Podcast.PopCultureWeekly.com</a><br /><br /><br />Read the latest at <a href="http://www.PopCultureWeekly.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PopCultureWeekly.com</a><br /><br /><br />Get Social with Kyle on:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/realkylemcmahon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kyle McMahon Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/realkylemcmahon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kyle McMahon Instagram</a><br /><a href="http://www.tiktok.com/@realkylemcmahon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kyle McMahon TikTok </a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@popcultureweekly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pop Culture Weekly YouTube</a><br /><a href="http://www.kylemcmahon.me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kyle McMahon Website</a></b>