It Was A Sh*t Show

Making a movie trailer is hard. Let’s talk about how some trailers can actively mislead their audience, from removing main characters in Frozen and Inglorious Basterds to changing the film’s genre in…

Animating Patrick Warburton is hard. Let’s interview director and animator Tony Bancroft about his time on The Emperor’s New Groove, from why he thought Roger Allers' Kingdom of the Sun wasn’t finish…

Making an underwater movie is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Abyss, from the logistical nightmare of all involved during filming to dealing with James Cameron’s perfectionism…

Finding the Death Star plans is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, from the multiple script revisions during filming to the enormous amount of reshoots.

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Paying someone to be your family is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Surviving Christmas, from the production ruining a suburb, to releasing the film a week before Halloween.

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Rebuilding a model home is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the revival of Arrested Development, from the scheduling conflicts of Season 4 to the actor fights during Season 5.

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Making a vanity project for a Chinese billionaire is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Empires of the Deep, from the musical chairs of frustrated directors to the harrowing journey …

Pretending you’re a pod person is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to adapt The Body Snatchers, from the 1956’s Invasions of the Body Snatchers to 2007’s The Invasion where both films chan…

Making a film after 18 years of television is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Simpsons Movie, from finding an idea after 400 episodes to the endless last minute changes to the…

Making a model home is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Arrested Development, from a studio head who didn't understand the tv series to the failed marketing that doomed it to cance…

Finding your son on an island full of dinosaurs is hard. Let's talk about how difficult it was to make Jurassic Park III, from the multiple script revisions that remained unfinished during filming, t…

Writing a Batman is hard. Let’s interview screenwriters Lee Shapiro and Stephen Wise about how difficult it was to write and sell Batman: DarKnight, the unproduced script that attempted to revive the…

Designing the Blue Blur is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Sonic The Hedgehog, from the early attempts to make a film in the 90s, to the fallout of the CGI Sonic that no one liked…

Being removed from a movie is hard. Let’s talk about famous actors removed from the movies they had already filmed, from Eugene Levy in Ghostbusters 2 and Ana de Armas in Yesterday, to Harrison Ford …

Rebooting the Batman is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Batman Begins, from picking up after the disaster of Batman & Robin, to the multiple failed projects of Batman Unchained (J…

Making a video game into a movie is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Super Mario Bros., from the dozen attempts to adapt a video game for the first time, to the on-set chaos caused…

Romancing a second stone is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Jewel of the Nile, from suing Kathleen Turner $25 million to star, to Michael Douglas’ endless problems in the Moro…

Making a third movie as a video game is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Ghostbusters: The Video Game, from the troubles getting Bill Murray to record his part to the Vivendi-Activ…

Busting ghosts is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make sequels to Ghostbusters, from the decades of Dan Aykroyd attempting a follow-up to the disappointing second one, to the rise of o…

Making James Bond films is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Quantum of Solace (from starting the film with a barebones script, to the multiple injuries and accidents that occurred …