The Direct Podcast is sending you into the weekend with some sizzling comic book movie chatter.For starters, we have clean up! Since Wednesday's episode, three major pieces of news dropped from three different universes. Russell Crowe has been cast in Sony's Kraven movie! Anthony Ramos is joining Ironheart! Obi-Wan Kenobi has a release date!From there, we dive into Peacemaker's penultimate episode. How did John Cena and company set the stage for the season finale?Finally, we venture inside Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. We begin this three week retrospective series with Batman Begins, and look back at the Bruce Wayne movie that changed the comic book genre forever.Thank you all for rocking with us. Drop a five star review on iTunes or Spotify!TIMECODES6:37 - Russell Crowe Joins Kraven13:44 - Anthony Ramos Cast in Ironheart18:39 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Release Date and Poster24:43 - Peacemaker Ep7 Review49:47 - Batman Begins Retrospective1:37:43 - Direct Discourse: Origin Stories1:54:12 - Weekly Recs