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Episode 547: Street Fighter (Films of 2026)

Podcast: Life's a Pitch Podcast
Published: Jan 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 3009
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Summary

The hosts take upcoming 2026 film titles provided by listeners and reimagine them as absurd, high-concept cinematic pitches. From cloning John Cena to football-themed dystopias, no existing IP is safe from being completely ruined.

Topics

Film Pitching
2026 Movies
John Cena
Nicolas Cage
Dystopian Cinema
The Beatles
Pop Culture Parody
Sci-Fi Tropes

Highlights

Main idea: Reimagining real 2026 film titles through a lens of high-concept absurdity
Failure mode: The danger of turning a sports biopic into a comet-driven madness thriller
Practical takeaway: Using existing pop culture tropes like 'The Running Man' to ground wild sci-fi premises
Main idea: Exploring the 'Paul is Dead' conspiracy through a play on Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal'
Creative pivot: Transforming a simple football title into a dystopian cloning experiment featuring John Cena

Chapters

1:00 The 2026 Slate: The hosts introduce the mission to ruin upcoming 2026 film titles provided by social media followers.
5:00 Madden: The RIP: A pitch for a John Madden biopic starring Nicolas Cage, involving a comet and a descent into madness.
12:00 Waiting for Godo: A discussion on existentialist film pitches and the intersection of sci-fi and drama.
27:00 The John Cena Dystopia: A high-stakes pitch involving a dystopian street lottery, electrified barriers, and a cloning program for John Cena.
38:00 The Cena Multiverse: Rapid-fire ideas for various iterations of John Cena, including dinosaur and pirate versions.
45:00 The Seventh Beetle: A play on 'The Seventh Seal' involving the Beatles and the 'Paul is Dead' urban legend.