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Film Stories with Simon Brew

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...


Jul 1, 2022

This episode contains spoilers.

In a Film Stories special episode, director Scott Derrickson joins Simon to chat about his new film, The Black Phone. They talk about adapting and changing the source short story, one or two moments within the film itself, right through to overseeing the release of the film.

Note that the...