This week, Phill and Nick review Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 in No Time to Die.

Other news includes the cast of the Mario Movie, the PlayStation 5 showcase and the remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

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Show Outline and Time Stamps:
Intro 0:00:39

TV/Film news 0:02:25
- Shang-Chi breaks domestic US box office Labor Day record (and our mini-review of the film)
- Disney settle lawsuit with Scarlett Johannson
- What If Episode 7 very short non spoiler discussion
- Fantastic Beasts 3 coming 15 April 2022; gets subtitle “Secrets of Dumbledore”
- Broccoli: Search for a new James Bond will begin next year
- Super Mario animated movie gets its cast announced
- First look at The Last of Us HBO show with Pedro Pascal
- Haylee Atwell will voice Lara Croft in Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime
- Russell T Davies returning as showrunner to Doctor Who
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett gets 29 December release date
- Weird Product of the Week:

Gaming news 0:38:04
- Apple v Epic case concludes
- Blizzard’s Chief Legal Officer departs the company
- PS5 showcase gives updates on key new titles
- New look at Guardians of the Galaxy game
- Insomniac announce Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine, the former coming 2023 and due to be a “darker sequel”
- Gran Turismo 7 getting 25th anniversary steelbook
- Current console manufacturing shortage to last until 2023; Phil Spencer says earliest in 2022
- More shown of God of War: Ragnarok
- Remake of Knights of the Old Republic announced for PS5 and PC
- Star Wars: Hunters coming to iOS, Switch and Android
- Port of Knights of the Old Republic announced for Nintendo Switch
- September Nintendo Direct
- New 3D Kirby announced
- Bayonetta 3 and Splatoon 3 receive new trailers
- Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online under the “Expansion Pack”
- Nintendo denies rumours of 4K Switch dev kits
- Nintendo Switch base model receives price cut in Europe and UK
- Paradox Interactive employee survey alleges claims of gender discrimination and mistreatment
- Bandai Namco reveal new rebrand and slogan
- Capcom to focus on PC as main platform
- Gotham Knight shows teaser at DC Fandome
- Cool Product of the Week: LEGO Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block
- Universal Studios Japan expanding to include Donkey Kong themed area in 2024
- Weird Product of the Week: IKEA creating new line of gaming furniture including desks, chairs and accessories



Discussion: No Time to Die 1:12:34
Phill, Nick and Jacques discuss the new James Bond film, No Time to Die. (Spoilers from 01:24:50).


Outro 1:49:18

No Time to Die, Mario Movie Cast, Sony Spider-Man 2, Nintendo Direct, RTD return to Doctor Who (#86)

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The Cynical Optimists (or "CynOpt") is a completed fortnightly podcast which covered the film, TV and gaming news of the week as well as a discussion about a new release film or game, or a discussion about something prevalent in pop culture at the time of recording. It ran from 2015 to 2022.

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The Cynical Optimists theme and stingers were created by Idris Hayward.

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