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Authorized Novelizations Podcast

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A loose coalition of film enthusiasts host a book club about the novelizations of your favorite movies.

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  • Yesterday · 1 hr 59 min

    Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig ( w/ Mark Stay )

    Join our bonus Patreon podcast: patreon.com/authorizedpod Join us TODAY (Thursday, 10/15) at 8PM EST / 5 PM PST to watch Kris play Waterworld for the NES: https://www.twitch.tv/krisluvspixels Check out Mark’s Writing: markstaywrites.com This week on Authorized, Mark Stay joins to discuss a book Overbye thought might be cool, but really isn’t. We break down Chuck Wendig’s thankless assignment of providing Disney with a cursory history text to support The Force Awakens. Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: We rank the Darkman novels

  • Monday · 2 hr 25 min

    Darkman: In the Face of Death by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )

    Join our Patreon to hear our new episode discussing Coyote Vs. Acme with guest Branson Reese!: ⁠patreon.com/authorizedpod⁠ In our final Darkman book (but far from our final Darkman episode), Darkman and his new femme fatale Darla Dalton must contend with a CIA nepo baby who is obsessed with harnessing Darkman’s mask-making technology to take over the US government. Mostly unrelatedly, Darla’s brother enacts a thrilling escape as a South American terrorist hostage. These Boyll books only got weirder and weirder, and this last one is a ton of bizarre fun. Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Johnny- letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: Ever wonder what the Aftermath of Star Wars was? Mark Stay wonders.

  • October 9 · 6 min

    Patreon Preview: Coyote Vs. Acme ( w/ Branson Reese)

    Join our Patreon: patreon.com/authorizedpod Intro music is "Cold Funk" and outro music is "Surf Inspector", both by Kevin MacLeod. They are presented in unaltered segments. View the license here: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Music copyrighted by Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency

  • October 8 · 3 hr 30 min

    Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White ( w/ Alex White )

    Join our Patreon to hear our new episode discussing Coyote Vs. Acme with guest Branson Reese!: patreon.com/authorizedpod This episode was commissioned by Patreon member Marcus! To commission an episode yourself, join the Joan D. Vinge tier of our Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership This week on Authorized, Hannah and Overbye read Alien: Into Charybdis, and then interview its author Alex White. Alex walks us through hoe modern political movements influence their writing and presents us with their ironclad bible for the rules of writing an Alien book. Check out Alex’s writing here: https://www.alexrwhite.com/ Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: Darkman finds himself In the Face of Death

  • October 6 · 24 min

    Patreon Preview: Digger [2026] Discussion

    Join our patreon: Patreon.com/authorizedpod Intro music is "Cold Funk" and outro music is "Surf Inspector", both by Kevin MacLeod. They are presented in unaltered segments. View the license here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music copyrighted by Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency

  • October 5 · 2 hr 52 min

    Darkman: The Price of Fear by Randall Boyll ( w/ Gus Spelman and John Cribbs )

    Join our $6 Patreon tier “Authorized…For Money” to hear Hannah and Overbye discuss the new film Digger: https://www.patreon.com/authorizedpod/membership We turn back time to read the Darkman book we skipped, and are helped along by Gus Spelman. Darkman puts Durant’s face back on and starts messing with his goons. Meanwhile, Julie deals with corrupt real estate gangsterdom. To Top it all off, one guy did past life regression and now he’s burning women alive. The D-Man has a lot on his plate! Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing.

  • October 1 · 2 hr 21 min

    Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White

    Listener Marcus commissioned an episode on Alien: Into Charybdis, and we wanted the whole picture, so we decided to read the book before it first. To commission an episode yourself, join the Joan D. Vinge tier of our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membership Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: Gus Spelman and Darkman go Dutch on The Price of Fear

  • September 28 · 2 hr 59 min

    Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre ( w/ Matt Fisher and Mark Stay )

    Matt Fisher picked Star Trek 4 to follow up his wheel spin, and Mark Stay joined for the fun. Good book! Good friends! Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Next on Authorized: We go to Weyland-Yutani’s Cold Forge

  • September 21 · 2 hr 32 min

    Darkman : The Gods of Hell by Randall Boyll ( w/ William Mendoza and John Cribbs )

    Darkman goes up against a cult of geriatric p*d*ph*l*s. And at the he end he beats the daylights out of them. Listen to William’s Podcast Men on Film: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GbKK8aCZDBBtEAA5UOOCT Follow Men on Film on X: https://x.com/menonfilmpod Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠ Johnny- letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto John Cribbs- letterboxd.com/solongyoubastard William- https://letterboxd.com/oedipusorca/ Next on Authorized: Matt Fisher and Mark Stay help a Klingon Bird of Prey Voyage Home

  • September 17 · 2 hr 26 min

    Resident Evil [2002] by Keith R. A. DeCandido ( w/ Jesse Hassenger )

    In celebration of the new Resident Evil film, we invited Jesse Hassenger back to discuss one of Hannah’s favorite movies: Resident Evil! Commissioned in advance of the second film, this novelization gives SO much backstory on the characters from the film. It’s fun! Check out The New Flesh podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1LdspeZxoCWlb25nIuCAqw Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye Hannah- ⁠letterboxd.com/hsblechman Jesse- https://letterboxd.com/rockmarooned/ Next on Authorized: William Mendoza joins Darkman in a quest to meet The Gods of Hell

  • September 10 · 2 hr 38 min

    Gorgo by Carson Bingham ( w/ Mark Stay and Rusteen Honardoost )

    This week on Authorized, Mark Stay returns to make good on his wheel spin and discuss GORGO. We also recruit Andorks’ Rusteen Honardoost as our Kaiju correspondent. Check out Mark’s Writing Here: https://markstaywrites.com/ Listen to Mark’s podcast Mark Stay’s Creative Differences: https://markstaywrites.com/the-creative-differences-podcast/ Listen to Rusteen’s Star Wars podcast Andorks: https://www.andorkspod.com/ Check out Rusteen’s short film Kaiju Kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1spyTGpeG0 Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠⁠ Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Johnny- letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto Rusteen- https://letterboxd.com/rusteenh/ Next on Authorized: Jesse Hassenger returns to discuss Resident Evil [2002]

  • September 3 · 1 hr 54 min

    Masters of the Universe [2026] by Steve Behling

    Hannah and Overbye tackle the junior novelization of the new Masters of the Universe. Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠⁠ Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Next on Authorized: Darkman II: The Return of Durant

  • August 31 · 2 hr 16 min

    Darkman : The Hangman by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )

    In our first Darkman Tertiary Tome, Darkman takes on a gang of teen pickpockets. Sound exciting? We didn't think so either! Check out The Pink Smoke podcast!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pink-smoke-podcast/id1529803112 Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠⁠ Johnny- https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/ Next on Authorized: Overbye and Hannah Master the Universe [2026]

  • August 27 · 3 hr 22 min

    Darkman by Randall Boyll ( w/ John Cribbs )

    This week on Authorized, we kickoff our Darkman season by discussing the novelization of the movie with John Cribbs. This author wrote four (4!) original Darkman sequels that we will be discussing. And his love for the franchise is very apparent in this inventive, silly book. Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠ Hannah- ⁠letterboxd.com/hsblechman⁠ Johnny- https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/ Next on Authorized: Darkman- The Hangman with (you guessed it!) John Cribbs

  • August 20 · 3 hr 13 min

    Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster ( w/ Sarah Welch-Larson )

    This book was requested by a listener! Request books at patreon.com/authorizedpod Check out Sarah’s book about the Alien Franchise, Becoming Alien! : https://www.amazon.com.au/Becoming-Alien-Second-Beginning-Idiosyncratic/dp/B0GVGKFTNG This week on Authorized, patreon member Jon paid to have us cover Alan Dean Foster’s Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. We recruited ADF veteran Sarah Welch-Larson to help us break down the low-budget sequel to Star Wars that never was. Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - ⁠letterboxd.com/aoverbye⁠ Hannah- ⁠letterboxd.com/hsblechman⁠

  • August 17 · 3 hr 30 min

    Ranking the Beatles Novelizations ( w/ Mark Stay )

    In season-ending tradition, Hannah and Overbye discuss their lives, the novelizations they’ve covered, and what’s on the horizon. But what’s this? Mark Stay and Johnny Pomatto are here, too! It’s time to rank The Beatles. Check out Mark’s writing: https://markstaywrites.com/ Follow us on instagram: ⁠instagram.com/authorizedpod⁠ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social⁠ Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod⁠ The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Follow us on letterboxd: Overbye - letterboxd.com/aoverbye Hannah- letterboxd.com/hsblechman Johnny- https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/

  • August 13 · 1 hr 58 min

    Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell Black ( w/ Mike Mitchell )

    See Overbye’s Drawings Here: Instagram.com/authorizedpod Listen to Doughboys!: https://headgum.com/doughboys Check out the Doughboys Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/doughboys Watch Mitch’s new movie The Napa Boys! : https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-napa-boys/umc.cmc.1g2gxe3rpfththk63iq5ey4hi This week on Authorized, we break open our Vault to access Raiders of the Lost Ark. It’s our 5-year anniversary! And for this special occasion, we are joined by Mike Mitchell of The Doughboys, Love on Netflix, The Comeback, and the new film The Napa Boys. Mitch is dismayed at the extra information novelizations can contain, specifically how much Indiana Jones is into underage women. Follow us on instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social Check out our Patreon, where you can throw us a few bucks to help us afford these books, pay us to cover a specific novelization, or send us to the Hayden Library at ASU to read Alan Dean Foster’s unpublished manuscript for a two-part episode of Maude called “Maude’s Dilemma”, in which Maude gets unexpectedly pregnant and has to decide how to proceed: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod The patreon also has a community chat where you can chat with Overbye and Hannah directly, if you desire such a thing. Next week on Authorized: Sarah Welch-Larson joins us for ADF’s Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

  • August 10 · 1 hr 42 min

    KPop Demon Hunters by Jessica Yoon ( w/ Jessica Yoon )

    Interview with Jessica Yoon begins around 52 minutes in!! Check out Jessica Yoon’s work here: https://www.jessicayoon.com/ This week on Authorized, we discuss the deluxe junior novelization of Kpop Demon Hunters, and then interview its author Jessica Yoon! Check out our pattern: pattern.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social

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