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 Batman Forever, from the backlash against the overly kinky Batman Returns to the egotistical actor troubles of Val Kilmer and Tommy Lee Jones. 

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo - Batman
• Box Office Mojo - Batman Returns
• Box Office Mojo - Batman Forever
• Den of Geek
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• Entertainment Weekly 3
• Hollywood Reporter
• io9
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Variety
• Vulture
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AV Club
• CNN
• Collider
• Deadline
• Film Freak Central
• How Did This Get Made? - Episode 69: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
• Independent
• LA Times 1
• LA Times 2
• Wall Street Journal

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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 Crispin Glover.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AV Club
• Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History
• Box Office Mojo 1
• Box Office Mojo 2
• Collider
• The Guardian
• The Hollywood Reporter 1
• The Hollywood Reporter 2
• Huff Post
• IGN
• Rotten Tomatoes 1
• Rotten Tomatoes 2
• The Telegraph

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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 filming.

You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube!

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• AFI 1
• AFI 2
• AV Club
• Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History
• Box Office Mojo
• Collider
• Deadline
• The Guardian
• Michael Douglas: A Biography
• Reunited Apart
• Rotten Tomatoes

Music:

• Alan Silverstri - Back To The Future (Original Soundtrack)
• Alan Silverstri - Back To The Future: Part II (Original Soundtrack)
• Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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 gender pay gap in Hollywood.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• ABC Nightline
• Box Office Mojo
• Deadline
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• The Hollywood Reporter 1
• The Hollywood Reporter 2
• The Hollywood Reporter 3
• Rotten Tomatoes
• USA Today 1
• USA Today 2

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• ComicBookMovie.com
• The Daily Telegraph
• Entertainment Weekly
• The Hollywood Reporter 1
• The Hollywood Reporter 2
• Insider
• Vanity Fair
• Variety

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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 franchise starter with the stubborn budget from 2013.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo
• Chicago Tribune
• Deadline
• Entertainment Weekly
• The Hollywood Reporter 1
• The Hollywood Reporter 2
• National Post
• Paint Square
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Team Coco
• Total Film
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• Variety 3
• Variety 4
• Variety 5
• The Wrap

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Box Office Mojo
• Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History
• The Hollywood Reporter
• Vanity Fair

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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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 stunts in the unruly deserts of Africa that caused Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy to nearly kill each other.

You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube!

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Ain’t It Cool News 1
• Ain't It Cool News 2
• Australian Screen
• Box Office Mojo
• CBS News
• The Daily Telegraph
• Entertainment Weekly
• Esquire
• Festival de Canne
• The Hollywood Reporter 1 
• The Hollywood Reporter 2 
• IndieWire
• MTV
• New York Post
• New York Times
• Oscars 2016
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Variety
• The Wrap

Music:

• David Schwartz - Face Blindness (L&M)
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
• Tom Holkenborg - Mad Max: Fury Road (Original Soundtrack)

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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.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• The Daily Show
• The Hollywood Reporter
• New York Times
• SupermanHomepage.com

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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