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The 2022 Movie Auction!

January 21, 2022/ 83 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan

The fake-money movie auction returns for 2022, after a heated pre-show fight over what happens to last year's unreleased picks. Sean, Amanda, and Chris Ryan each get $1,000 to draft five upcoming films.

A sale of 15 lots across 3 paddles, $2,877 at the hammer.

Top lot: Killers of the Flower Moon, to Paddle 3, $450.

AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.

Screamquick hit before the auction

Scream poster

Scream 2022

the fifth entry, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette; a requel, not a reboot.

Recapping the 2021 auctions what each host got last time, and what never came out

Dune poster
Picked by Sean Fennessey

Dune 2021

Black Widow poster
Picked by Sean Fennessey

Black Widow 2021

a pick Sean now regrets.

Licorice Pizza poster
Picked by Sean Fennessey

Licorice Pizza 2021

drafted under its working title, Soggy Bottom.

Blonde poster
Picked by Amanda Dobbins

Blonde 2022

still had no release date at auction time.

The Guilty poster
Picked by Chris Ryan

The Guilty 2021

Chris admits he never actually watched it.

Eternals poster
Picked by Chris Ryan

Eternals 2021

Chris later trashed it on the podcast.

Spiderhead poster
Picked by Chris Ryan

Spiderhead 2022

drafted as 'Escape From Spider-Head'; nobody was sure it had even been shot yet.

Causeway poster
Picked by Chris Ryan

Causeway 2022

drafted as 'Red, White and Water'; an unreleased Jennifer Lawrence project Chris paid $490 for, released later that year (Oct. 2022) as Causeway.

The paddles who spent what

Paddle 1
Sean Fennessey
$907
5 lots · $93 unspent
Paddle 2
Amanda Dobbins
$970
5 lots · $30 unspent
Paddle 3
Chris Ryan
$1,000
5 lots

The board this sale, by hammer price

  1. 01
    Killers of the Flower Moon poster
    Killers of the Flower Moon 2022
    No.3 Chris Ryan
    $450

    Martin Scorsese adapts David Grann's book; Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Jason Isbell.

  2. 02
    Nope poster
    Nope 2022
    No.1 Sean Fennessey
    $410

    Jordan Peele; won a long bidding war with Chris.

  3. 03
    Top Gun: Maverick poster
    Top Gun: Maverick 2022
    No.2 Amanda Dobbins
    $375

    rolled over from last year's auction after a rules fight; Amanda says she'd have paid more.

  4. 04
    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One poster
    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2022
    No.2 Amanda Dobbins
    $330

    referred to on air as 'Mission Impossible 7'.

  5. 05
    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery poster
    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022
    No.3 Chris Ryan
    $250

    called 'Knives Out 2' on air; set in Greece, with Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, and Ethan Hawke.

  6. 06
    White Noise poster
    White Noise 2022
    No.3 Chris Ryan
    $200

    Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo's novel; Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle.

  7. 07
    Babylon poster
    Babylon 2022
    No.1 Sean Fennessey
    $180

    Damien Chazelle; Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie.

  8. 08
    The Killer poster
    The Killer 2022
    No.1 Sean Fennessey
    $170

    David Fincher; Michael Fassbender.

  9. 09
    Maestro poster
    Maestro 2022
    No.2 Amanda Dobbins
    $100

    Bradley Cooper directs and stars as Leonard Bernstein; Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Strong.

  10. 10
    She Said poster
    She Said 2022
    No.2 Amanda Dobbins
    $100

    adaptation of the Jodi Kantor/Megan Twohey book on the Weinstein investigation; Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan.

  11. 11
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2022
    No.1 Sean Fennessey
    $81

    billed at the time as 'Part 1'; Amanda bid it up despite her no-animation rule.

  12. 12
    The Northman poster
    The Northman 2022
    No.1 Sean Fennessey
    $66

    Robert Eggers; outbid Chris by a dollar over his ceiling.

  13. 13
    Don't Worry Darling poster
    Don't Worry Darling 2022
    No.2 Amanda Dobbins
    $65

    Olivia Wilde; Florence Pugh, Harry Styles.

  14. 14
    Men poster
    Men 2022
    No.3 Chris Ryan
    $65

    Alex Garland's follow-up to Annihilation; Jessie Buckley.

  15. 15
    Bullet Train poster
    Bullet Train 2022
    No.3 Chris Ryan
    $35

    David Leitch; Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon.

Titles link to TMDb where a confident match exists. Unlinked entries are too new to be cataloged or aren't films.

Passed in raised, no bid

Avatar: The Way of WaterBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessThor: Love and ThunderCreed IIIMinions: The Rise of GruNapoleonThe FabelmansAsteroid CityHalloween EndsAmsterdamArmageddon TimeThe Super Mario Bros. MovieBeau Is AfraidThe BatmanTurning RedChip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersTrolls Band TogetherDC League of Super-PetsLyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Also mentioned raised along the way

Scream talk Halloween KillsClerks

Scorsese rewatchables, name-checked The Color of MoneyCasinoGoodfellasThe DepartedThe Age of InnocenceThe Wolf of Wall Street

Comparisons and asides Get OutShutter IslandMarriage StoryNightmare AlleyA Star Is BornThe Lost City of ZGood TimeCosmopolisGame 6

Teased for the Sundance retrospective Reservoir DogsIn the Soup

Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads

TV VigilThe Book of Boba FettMoon KnightHacksOzarkThe Beatles: Get Back

Games FIFA World Cup Launch Edition

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