Podrassic Cast is a miniseries on the early films of Steven Spielberg beginning in January 2025. The later Dreamworks years were previously covered in Pod Me If You Cast.
Summary[]
An Adventure 509 Episodes In The Making.
Early Spielberg has appeared twice in March Madness: 2018 and 2022. In 2018, he was seeded 5th and lost in Round 1 to 28th seed Martin Brest. In 2022 he was the number 1 seed and the winner on the 1970's to 2000 region, defeating Dutch (Paul) Verhoeven, Albert Brooks and Mel Brooks, before losing to Orson Welles in the Final Four.
The titular inspiration of the miniseries is the film Jurassic Park. The miniseries art by the great Pat Reynolds features Griffin as Captain Hook from Hook and Short Round from Temple of Doom; David as Peter Pan from Hook and Henry Jones Sr. from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; and Ben as Indiana Jones from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Smee from Hook.
The series was preceded by Twin Pods: Fire Cast With Me on the films of David Lynch. The series will be succeeded by Pod Times at Ridgemont Cast on the films of Amy Heckerling.
Milestones and Ephemera[]
- Ben nickname: Bendiana Bones
Episodes[]
The timeline is based on the schedule in the announcement post, but is, of course, subject to change!
Ranking His Filmography[]
This ranking is a full ranking of Steven Spielberg's filmography, including all films covered during this miniseries, the prior Spielberg miniseries, and all films released between the two which were covered in one-off episodes. Prior to this Griffin and David only ranked their top five at the conclusion of Pod Me If You Cast.
| Rank | Griffin | David (Sims) | David (Ehrlich) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
| 2 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Schindler's List |
| 3 | Schindler's List | Minority Report |
Jurassic Park |
| 4 | Catch Me If You Can | Schindler's List | Catch Me If You Can |
| 5 | Empire of the Sun | Jaws | Jaws |
| 6 | Bridge of Spies | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 7 | Jaws | Jurassic Park | Munich |
| 8 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Saving Private Ryan | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 9 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 10 | The Fabelmans | Lincoln | Saving Private Ryan |
| 11 | Saving Private Ryan | The Fabelmans |
The Fabelmans |
| 12 | Jurassic Park | West Side Story | War of the Worlds |
| 13 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Bridge of Spies | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
| 14 | Lincoln | Catch Me If You Can | The Adventures of Tintin |
| 15 | The Adventures of Tintin | War of the Worlds | Bridge of Spies |
| 16 | Duel | Munich | Minority Report |
| 17 | The Sugarland Express | Ready Player One | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
| 18 | Minority Report | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Empire of the Sun |
| 19 | West Side Story | The Adventures of Tintin | The Post |
| 20 | Munich | The Post | West Side Story |
| 21 | War of the Worlds | Empire of the Sun | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| 22 | Amistad | Duel | The Color Purple |
| 23 | The Post | The Sugarland Express | Lincoln |
| 24 | The Color Purple | The Color Purple | Hook |
| 25 | Always | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Duel |
| 26 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Amistad | The Sugarland Express |
| 27 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Amistad |
| 28 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | War Horse | The Terminal |
| 29 | War Horse | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 30 | Ready Player One | The BFG | 1941 |
| 31 | The BFG | Hook | Ready Player One |
| 32 | The Terminal | Always | War Horse |
| 33 | 1941 | The Terminal | Always |
| 34 | Hook | 1941 | The BFG |
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