A loose coalition of film enthusiasts host a book club about the novelizations of your favorite movies. Featuring Hannah Blechman, Andrew Marco, Andrew Overbye and Johnny Pomatto. New episodes every Thursday! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/auth
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Some are born to good book. Some are born to endless suck. Check out Adam's film Drink and Be Merry! : https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Drink-And-Be-Merry/0Q89IR12BWWQND37C03UUI0SVNListen to Eye of the Duck: https://eyeoftheduckpod.com/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450
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A book that will make you think "Bioshock absolutely rips."
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Completing the force dyad of Baldur's Gate episodes.
Interview with William C. Dietz at 1:49:00Why does the Halo look metal far away but it's all dirt and grass and stuff up close?This week we're joined by The Library: Halo Lorecast to talk more Halo lore than a human brain can process.Then, we interview the book's author!Check out William C. Dietz's books!: https://williamcdietz.com/index.htmlListen to The Library: Halo Lorecast: https://jumperscape.com/halo/thelibraryJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
Someone call Harvey Keitel from Holy Smoke, we got a cult on our hands. This week, we're joined by author Mark Stay to discuss the new tertiary tome Alien Cult! There's something weird going on with this cult. Could it be aliens? Then, we interview the book's author, Gavin G. Smith! Gavin G. Smith Interview at 1:37:00Check out Mark Stay's Books: https://markstaywrites.com/Check out Mark Stay's Podcast: https://markstaywrites.com/the-creative-differences-podcast/Check out Gavin's books: https://www.gavingsmith.com/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
Could the true spiritual sequel to the original 1978 Alien be a video game? We say maybe. This week on Authorized, we discuss the 5-years-later novelization of Alien: Isolation and then interview its author Keith R. A. DeCandido. Interview at 2:02:00We're also joined by Overbye's college buddy Trevor Thomas, who introduced him to the game and is way better at it than all of us. Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
No podcast episode is ever good. But OURS is the exception.
Christmas either came a little late or very early this year.
See you in the episode
This episode contains spoiler discussions of Marty Supreme, The Housemaid, and One Battle After Another.The first ~ 23 minutes are the hosts voting on which trilogy to release from the vault in 2026. Hannah and Overbye start ranking around 23 minute mark.
Dan Friesen's back. DK's back. Dixie Kong is here. We're having a ball.heck out Dan's podcast Knowledge Fight: https://knowledgefight.com/Check out Dan's substack: https://stackies.substack.com/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
Happy New Year! At long last, the video game season begins. We had Dan Friesen on to talk about growing up with Donkey Kong Country, as well as the emotional arcs of this book for babies. Check out Dan's podcast Knowledge Fight: https://knowledgefight.com/Check out Dan's substack: https://stackies.substack.com/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
ORIGINALLY AIRED 6 / 22 / 2022It's revenge of the nerd this week on Authorized. Forget The Hunter, Big Red, or Mitch Devers: This week Jason Voorhees' mask is taking a scrawny bullied teen and hulking him the heck out. We're joined by returning guest Annie Kelly to discuss haunted mechanical bats, cheating spouses and Jason copycats. Also, Hannah isn't here for the first time since Gremlins, so all of Overbye's worst opinions go completely unchallenged. Check out Annie Kelly's series Vaccine: The Human Story: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vaccine-the-human-story/id1569810932Check Out Annie Kelly on the QAA podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/qanon-anonymous/id1428209307Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: Instagram.com/authorizedpod
ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/10/2022In celebration of Jurassic World: Dominion, we're reading another Jurassic Park 3: Jurassic Park 3! Join us as we discuss feather placement on raptors and basically write slash fanfic for Alan Grant and Billy. Also, Marco and Overbye read Jurassic Park: Survivor, a book detailing how Eric Kirby survived his eight weeks on Isla Sorna. Thematic resonance between these two volumes abounds.Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod
Play the game here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQPT_59cEZDAMvXdPbdvy1aieceRLQyOKU8IXm9L8H7_BumC9xRX2OX3Aw2R0KADTjL1VDTuRA_2hrR/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000I brought a murderer's row of guests together to play a game that no one knew was coming. Happy Holidays!Check out Patrick Willems' new movie The Dinner Plan! : https://nebula.tv/dinnerplanJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
Gavin Zalinger returns, and so does Star Trek: Generations! That's right, we are covering a second novelization of a movie we just covered. Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/9/2022The Carnival has come to Crystal Lake, and unsurprisingly, it's not very chill. We're joined by returning guest John Goodman of Exit Interview to discuss possessed Jason dogs, evil wax figures, and way too much inexplicable predatory behavior towards minors. Our third outing at Camp Crystal Lake is the most divisive yet- It's nice to have Overbye and Hannah back at odds.Check out John's podcast Exit Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exit-interview/id1534899949Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: Instagram.com/authorizedpod
Today on Authorized, we celebrate (???) the release of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 by reading the first movie's novelization. This author definitely has some quirks we haven't encountered before. Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membershipJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Instagram: instragram.com/authorizedpod
**Bill O'Reilly voice** : F**king thing sucks
Happy Thanksgiving! Patrick Willems and Sarah Welch-Larson return to whip up some atrocities from Scrounging: The Cookbook by A24. This stuff is nasty.Check out Sarah's Writing: https://www.dodgyboffin.com/Check Out Patrick's videos on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/patrickhwillemsListen to Hannah and Overbye discussing The Running Man on The New Flesh! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-running-man-2025/id1050862266?i=1000738067957Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membershipJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Instagram: instragram.com/authorizedpod
The deaths keep on racing. Our new social media Czar Danny Cohen joins to talk things going crash and kablam. Check out Danny's Music! : https://mremotion.bandcamp.com/musicListen to Hannah and Overbye discussing The Running Man on The New Flesh! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-running-man-2025/id1050862266?i=1000738067957Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membershipJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Instagram: instragram.com/authorizedpod
Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membershipSarah Kurchak (I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder) joins to discuss the most disappointing U.N.C.L.E book yet! The agents are downright lazy in this. Realistic? Sure! Entertaining? No! Buy Sarah's book! : https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622462?srsltid=AfmBOooClxH7Cn5OfRePaVV0d3nkdWhUfwp0svJM_NgUHgEq1K8p7uTUJoin our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Instagram: instragram.com/authorizedpod
ORIGINALLY AIRED 6 - 1 - 22Ponds...they're not great at keeping things locked up. Join us this week as we discuss the story of Big Red, a fisherman who snares the mask of Jason Voorhees and turns pretty mean! We're joined by Matt Dartnell, who, like everybody else on this show, knows way more about this series than Overbye and actually gets what's going on. Must be nice! Follow Matt on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/mattchstickman/Follow Authorized on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: Instagram.com/authorizedpod
Contribute to the new Slow Maude Tier: https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpod/membershipWe Hate Movies' Andrew Jupin returns to discuss the YA novelization of Star Trek: Generations. We think maybe it's time for a reclamation of this movie. It's great! Check out We Hate Movies: https://www.whmpodcast.com/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
More UNCLE! We love it. Author Morgan Richter joins. Buy Morgan's new thriller The Understudy! : https://morganrichter.net/blog/the-understudy/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
Our yearly tradition continues! This time: Jesse Hassenger actually DEFENDS Halloween Kills. Check out Sportsalcohol.com! Check out The New Flesh podcast! : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-flesh-horror-movies-horror-news-scary-movie/id1050862266Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/
2008's Death Race! Jason Statham! Paul WS what were you thinking
The Toxic Avenger Vol. 1's writer Matt Bors joins to discuss the novelization of the new film!Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/
Check out Josh LaRue's youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuURU23bMiyKVgZkc8tWOHwORIGINALLY AIRED MAY 29 2022Well, well, well. Look what all those little crumbs lead you to. Welcome to the first miniseason of Tertiary Tomes! We're tackling the five Camp Crystal Lake spinoff books that filled The Dead Years of the Friday the 13th series. We talk about whether Jason should have a gun, whether this series works as a book, and we say Boone approximately two thousand times. It's good to be back.Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: Instagram.com/authorizedpod
In preparation for the novelization of the 2025 remake, we discuss The Toxic Avengefr [1984] plus Matt Bors' new Toxie comic. Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ https://letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto/
The Cannoball Run...by Michael Avallone...with John Cribbs.
ORIGINALLY AIRED MAY 22, 2022Did you know that sometimes new stuff is based on old stuff? On the final CRUMB before our Friday the 13th mini-season, we're joined again by Max Fitzpatrick to discuss the 1965 television series The Wild Wild West. Specifically, we tackle the pilot (boo!) and the season 2 episode The Night of the Green Terror (Yay!). We're obsessed with Jim West and Miguelito Loveless, and a bit unclear on what exactly Artemis Gordon does around here. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: instagram.com/authorizedpodNext Week: Friday the 13th: Mother's Day by Eric Morse!
50 years after the original Death Race, Corman remakes the film and calls it a sequel. It's a hoot in its own right! Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
We start off our Cannonball Run run with CARQUAKE. Can the book live up to the title? No!!Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/
ORIGINALLY AIRED 5 / 13 / 2022Okay, one more CRUMB on junior novelizations. We saved the worst for last! Today we tackle The Emoji movie and all its upsetting implications.Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod
Bill Bria joins as we intro our Cannonball / Cannonball Run novelizations with Roger Corman's Death Race 2000! Tune in Thursday for CARQUAKE by Michael Avallone!
It was really written by Philip Rock tho
ORIGINALLY AIRED 5 / 4 / 2022Okay, at this point, what even is a CRUMB? This episode is 1 hour 50 minutes. Oh well.Today on Authorized, we're joined by Mike Duquette, purveyor of novelization newsletter Hollywood and Spine, to discuss Terry Collins' 20-year anniversary junior novelization of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial. This Collins guy...takes liberties! It's a fun read.Check Out Hollywood and Spine! : https://tinyletter.com/HollywoodAndSpine/letters/hollywood-spine-back-to-back-vol-1Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/authorizedpodInstagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod
Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Join our new Community Chat on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/c/authorizedpodLeave us a 5-star review!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authorized-novelizations-podcast/id1581002450Follow us on letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ This week on Authorized, the Hannah season tackles a Tertiary Tome by one of our go-to authors. It's a hoot!
ORIGINALLY AIRED 4 / 11 / 2022Well, wouldn't you know that ANOTHER major event in American history involved a heretofore undiscovered stash of treasure? On a special BONUS Authorized, costume technician Annie Ulrich talks with us about the riveting sequel to National Treasure. From the Lincoln assassination to pitching potential National Treasure 3 premises, we're all over the place. Honestly, we spend a ton of the episode talking about the Ocean's 11 series. That's podcasting, folks! Go to www.annieulrich.com for all your costume and wardrobing needs. Annie is good as hell at what she does!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorizedpod/
Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Hannah picked a man from U.N.C.L.E. tertiary tome to tackle, so first she gives Overbye a crash course in the TV series that started it all. We cover:1x01 : The Vulcan Affair 1x20: The Bow Wow Affair2x05: The Discotheque Affair2x18: The Birds and the Bees AffairSubscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on letterboxd: letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ letterboxd.com/johnnypomatto
Listen to Hannah and Overbye talking Flatliners on Cows in the Field! : https://cowspod.com/2025/09/12/flatliners-1990/Listen to Suddenly: https://open.spotify.com/show/5HqN0UPXcyOE473DDs02M0
ORIGINALLY AIRED 4/ 14 / 2022It was a mistake to try to talk about all of High School Musical in a Crumb! We are BRIMMING with HSM thoughts. We're joined by actor Allie Freed to try to encapsulate these modern classics. Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod
We love Species! And even though this one is abjectly terrible, it is still fun to discuss with some nice buddies.
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