Feb 28, 2019
In an extra episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon welcomes a special guest: the creator of Peaky Blinders and writer/director of Serenity, Steven Knight.
They talk about his directing career, about developing Serenity, the changing release pattern, and Steven's plans for UK film production away from...
Feb 24, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at two films with independent backgrounds!
Terminator 3 led to a delay in Arnold Schwarzenegger's political ambitions, and just getting the film made involved rights problems, and getting James Cameron's blessing.
Paul Hogan, meanwhile, was already a...
Feb 18, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a much-loved trilogy closer, and a very quickly produced British movie!
Back To The Future Part III was caught up in the post-production for Back To The Future Part II a little, and also working to a tight deadline imposed by its creative team.
Spice...
Feb 11, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon at two very different British institutions on the big screen.
2000AD's legendary lawgiver Judge Dredd had struggled to get to the big screen for some time - and then Sylvester Stallone took an interest. But problems weren't far behind.
For 1969's Carry On...
Feb 4, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a sci-fi movie that ran out of time, and a smaller animated project that proved anything but small in the end.
Off the back of his success with Mortal Kombat, Paul W S Anderson had quite a lot of freedom with his next film, Event Horizon. But the...