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Film Stories with Simon Brew

Aug 5, 2022

In a Film Stories special episode, Oscar-nominated director John Madden reflects with Simon on the release of his latest film, Operation Mincemeat. The pair look at its changing release plans, and its eventual success. Plus the perils of bringing a true story to the screen.

They also touch on the release of Madden's...


Jul 25, 2022

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that delayed production to get their star of choice on board.

The Living Daylights - the 15th James Bond film - ended up with around 18 months start to finish to get made. And it was complicated by the fact that the search for a new 007 wasn't going entirely to...


Jul 18, 2022

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of sequels that both did well at the box office, but faced other problems.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer should have been fan gold, and was planned to set up a couple more movies. But the Fantastic Four sequel found itself looking a little out of time -...


Jul 11, 2022

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a high budget sequel, and Kevin Costner's first box office disappointment.

The original Speed movie was lean, relatively modestly costed and a big, surprise hit. Speed 2 was pretty much the opposite - and its story ended up being reverse-engineered from a dream its...


Jul 4, 2022

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a deeper look at a sequel that took a while to happen, and a film that spawned no shortage of sequels itself.

The wheels of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) started moving nearly a year before the 2009 reboot of the franchise hit the big screen. Yet it'd have to wait, not...