Paying someone to be your family is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Surviving Christmas, from the production ruining a suburb, to releasing the film a week before Halloween.

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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?, It Was A 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:

• Chicago Tribune
• MovieHole
• New York Post
• Variety
• Variety

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #survivingchristmas #bennifer

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Rebuilding a model home is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the revival of Arrested Development, from the scheduling conflicts of Season 4 to the actor fights during Season 5.

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?, It Was A 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 News: https://ab.co/3Bx50oT
• Comes With A Smile: https://bit.ly/3d6C9yn
• Daily Beast: https://bit.ly/3RzxROS
• Deadline: https://bit.ly/3U2gdox
• Deadline: https://bit.ly/2HLQudJ
• Deadline: https://bit.ly/3QBno4b
• Digital Spy: https://bit.ly/3RFRIfh
• Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3QFhOh4
• Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3B9Icdw
• Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3BaDyMb
• Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3BAb9Az
• Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3BAb7IX
• The Guardian: https://bit.ly/3BBlSuP
• The Guardian: https://bit.ly/3Qylrp3
• The Guardian: https://bit.ly/3RFKasZ
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3RHN40y
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3xjQIoW
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3d6w6cX
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3qtvVvz
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3eKpiSF
• Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/3RKPA6g
• IndieWire: https://bit.ly/3BAXo4G
• New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2IGMq3R
• The Television Will Be Revolutionized: https://amzn.to/3LLLXL3
• Variety: https://bit.ly/3Bdmsxa
• Vice: https://bit.ly/3RJh77V
• Vulture: https://bit.ly/3xituzv

• ABC News
• AP: https://youtu.be/WLM7ZEsTzgM
• Drexel University: https://youtu.be/4qbTdWrXDgQ
• Jim and Sam Show: https://youtu.be/qRbc7Qn1Bp4
• The New Yorker Festival: https://youtu.be/kRkSrlG-pNs
• Pretentious Film Majors: https://youtu.be/5448baj0M30
• SirusXM: https://youtu.be/rP5A1ly4DlY

Music:

• David Schwartz - Arrested Development (Original Soundtrack)
• LeRoy - Gonna Get Together
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #arresteddevelopment #mitchhurwitz

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Making a vanity project for a Chinese billionaire is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Empires of the Deep, from the musical chairs of frustrated directors to the harrowing journey of one actor attempting to leave the production.

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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?, It Was A 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:

• Atavist Magazine
• Hollywood Reporter
• New York Times
• SlashFilm
• Vice

#itwasashtshow #empiresofthedeep #releasethedeep

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Pretending you’re a pod person is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to adapt The Body Snatchers, from the 1956’s Invasions of the Body Snatchers to 2007’s The Invasion where both films changed titles, suffered reshoots, and altered endings.

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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?, It Was A 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 Baltimore Sun
• ComingSoon.net
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Hollywood Reporter
• LA Times
• SciFi Wire
• USA Today
• Variety
• Variety
• Variety

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #invasionofthebodysnatchers #halloween

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Making a film after 18 years of television is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Simpsons Movie, from finding an idea after 400 episodes to the endless last minute changes to the final movie.

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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?, It Was A 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
• Coming Soon
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Movies Online
• New York Times
• New York Times
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Time Out
• USA Today
• Variety
• Vox

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #thesimpsons #thesimpsonsmovie

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Making a model home is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Arrested Development, from a studio head who didn't understand the tv series to the failed marketing that doomed it to cancellation.

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?, It Was A 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 News
• Comes With A Smile
• Daily Beast
• Deadline
• Deadline
• Deadline
• Digital Spy
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• Entertainment Weekly
• The Guardian
• The Guardian
• The Guardian
• Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Reporter
• IndieWire
• New York Times
• Variety
• Vice
• Vulture

Featured Audio/Footage:

• AP: https://youtu.be/WLM7ZEsTzgM
• Conan: ​​https://youtu.be/y5Wr_BpeBKc
• Drexel University: https://youtu.be/4qbTdWrXDgQ
• Film Independent: https://youtu.be/gQYiPsuAIvU
• Jim and Sam Show: https://youtu.be/qRbc7Qn1Bp4
• The New Yorker Festival: https://youtu.be/kRkSrlG-pNs
• Pretentious Film Majors: https://youtu.be/5448baj0M30
• SirusXM: https://youtu.be/rP5A1ly4DlY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-EjWUpDL6k
• https://youtu.be/c3u1qDFjuCU
• https://youtu.be/TJ0i_zyXXgc

Music:

• David Schwartz - Arrested Development (Original Soundtrack)
• Europe - The Final Countdown
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #arresteddevelopment #mitchhurwitz

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Finding your son on an island full of dinosaurs is hard. Let's talk about how difficult it was to make Jurassic Park III, from the multiple script revisions that remained unfinished during filming, to a production that director Joe Johnston called 'a living hell.' Recorded live for Reddit Talks.

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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?, It Was A 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
• BBC
• BBC
• Box Office Mojo
• Chicago Tribune
• DVD File
• Hollywood Reporter
• IGN
• IGN
• IGN
• Jurassic Outpost
• Movieline
• The Numbers
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Starlog Magazine
• Sun Sentinel
• Time
• TV Guide

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #jurassicpark #joejohnston

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Writing a Batman is hard. Let’s interview screenwriters Lee Shapiro and Stephen Wise about how difficult it was to write and sell Batman: DarKnight, the unproduced script that attempted to revive the Caped Crusader before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins.

Follow Stephen Wise:

• Twitter: @stephenjwise
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenwisefilmmaker
• Website: https://stephenjwise.com/
• Buy “The Melting Man”: https://www.amazon.com/Melting-Man-Stephen-Wise/dp/B09GZM9GDX/

You can also listen to this episode (and more) in podcast form!

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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?, It Was A 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:

• Batman on Film
• Hollywood Reporter
• Tales From Development Hell

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #batman #darknight

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Designing the Blue Blur is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Sonic The Hedgehog, from the early attempts to make a film in the 90s, to the fallout of the CGI Sonic that no one liked.

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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?, It Was A 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
• Forbes
• Hollywood Reporter 1
• Hollywood Reporter 2
• IGN
• IndieWire
• Insider
• Kotaku
• Saturday Morning Sonic
• Vancouver Sun

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #sonicthehedgehog #sonic

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Being removed from a movie is hard. Let’s talk about famous actors removed from the movies they had already filmed, from Eugene Levy in Ghostbusters 2 and Ana de Armas in Yesterday, to Harrison Ford in E.T. and Shailene Woodley in The Amazing Spider Man 2. Plus, how Twitter took over the Oscars!

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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?, It Was A 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:

• CNN
• Entertainment Weekly
• Facebook
• LA Times
• LA Times 2
• Moviehole
• Spook Central

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #actors #anadearmas

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