Why did it take so long to make a Simpsons movie? Did Ed Harris really almost drown on The Abyss? How many times have they attempted to reboot Batman? And who thought Ugly Sonic was a good idea?
Well, making stuff is hard. Especially in the entertainment world where big egos, bigger budgets, and just plain bad luck can make things go horribly wrong. In each episode of It Was a Sh*t Show, hosts Ian, Rae, and Clint dive into the unbelievable behind-the-scenes stories of disastrous, never-ending, and often dangerous productions.
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Exorcising someone multiple times is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the sequels to the Exorcist, from the nonsense that is Exorcist II: The Heretic, to the studio forced changes …
Exorcising a little girl is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Exorcist, from William Friedkin’s manic directing style to the endless rumors about how cursed the movie was.
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Making Batman sell Happy Meals is hard. Join us for our first live show (via Utah Remote-Con, with moderator Steph Lisman from Cutscenes & Cupcakes), as we talk about how difficult it was to make Bat…
Making a sequel decades later is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to finally make sequels to Dumb and Dumber, Blade Runner, Crocodile Dundee, and Wizard of Oz.
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Making sequels to a pop culture classic is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the Back to the Future sequels, from Universal forcing them to be made to the tense negotiations with Cr…
Traveling through time is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Back to the Future, from the years it took convincing a studio to make it to replacing an overly serious actor weeks into…
Releasing a movie with a creep is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make All The Money In The World, from reshooting every scene Kevin Spacey was in to kickstarting the debate about the …
Replacing an actor is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was on Lord of the Rings, V for Vendetta, Life of Pi, X-Men and many more.
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Making movies with Kemo Sabe is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make two different Lone Ranger movies, from the failed franchise starter with the stubborn actor in 1981 to the failed f…
Making dogs and cats live together is mass hysteria. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Ghostbusters, from the incredibly short deadline to the hope-it-works attitude of making fake ghosts…
Making one movie over a decade is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mad Max: Fury Road, from its numerous delays that started in 1998 with Mel Gibson, to the risking life in limb st…
Talking in movies is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to talk in Superman, Hercules in New York, Singin’ in the Rain, Star Wars, most musicals and so many Bond movies.
Making a movie twice, is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Good Dinosaur, from recasting every voice actor to changing directors mid production.
Making puppets act is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Team America: World Police, from getting marionettes to drink scotch to removing a NC-17 rating.
Making Superman sequels are hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, from stunt casting Richard Pryor to slashing a budget in half, days …
Making a movie with your enemy is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Star Wars, Batman Forever, Terms of Endearment, Castle, The Notebook, and many more.
Making a movie with 70 lions is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Roar, from taking 5 years to film to getting dozens of people mauled by giant cats.
Making the DCEU is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Justice League, from Zack Snyder leaving the film and Joss Whedon reshooting 90% of it, to removing Henry Cavill’s mustache.
Making the MCU is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Iron Man, from getting the film rights to The Avengers, to the casting of Robert Downey Jr.
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Making stuff is hard, especially in the entertainment world when there are millions of dollars on the line. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous prod…