David Reads The Trades, 12/20/24

Mufasa can’t keep up with Sonic… The most serious Jarecki pulls his Assange movie from Sundance for extreme but unnamed reasons… Better Man has its Oscar song sung by Jim Croce’s ghost… Sugarcane goes to the White House… Universal’s monster reload remains on the down and dirty Blumhouse track… Jack Black and Paul Rudd ride a giant snake, but the most dangerous element might be the director… Prime Video’s On Call floats an angle, but is so strong, it should be greenlighting more episodes for this season…