Invading Earth is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Independence Day, from fighting 20th Century Fox to cast Will Smith, to reshooting most of Randy Quaid’s scenes.

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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:

• Hollywood Reporter
• The Numbers
• Rotten Tomatoes

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #independenceday #randyquaid

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Making a family is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Fast and the Furious Saga, from Vin Diesel walking away from the franchise (2 Fast 2 Furious), to Justin Lin fighting for a diverse cast (Tokyo Drift), or James Wan overcoming the death of Paul Walker (Furious 7), and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s feuds with Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson (The Fate of the Furious).

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

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
• Box Office Mojo
• Buzzfeed
• CNN
• ComingSoon
• Deadline 1
• Deadline 2
• Digital Spy
• Empire
• Entertainment Weekly
• GamesRadar+
• Grantland
• Hollywood Reporter 1
• Hollywood Reporter 2
• Hollywood Reporter 3
• Hollywood Reporter 4
• Hollywood Reporter 5
• Hollywood Reporter 6
• Hollywood Reporter 7
• Hollywood Reporter 8
• Hollywood Reporter 9
• Hollywood Reporter 10
• IGN
• LA Times 1
• LA Times 2
• LA Times 3
• LA Times 4
• LA Times 5
• Men’s Health
• People
• Rolling Stone
• Rotten Tomatoes
• SFGATE
• TMZ 1
• TMZ 2
• Uproxx
• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal

Audio:

• ABC 1
• ABC 2
• CBS
• CNN
• Collider
• Entertainment Weekly
• The Graham Norton Show
• Hollywood Film Awards
• The Jonathan Ross Show
• MTV
• SNL
• Vanity Fair

Music:

• BT - The Fast and the Furious (OST)
• David Arnold - 2 Fast 2 Furious (OST)
• Brian Tyler  - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (OST)
• Fast & Furious (OST)
• Fast 5 (OST)
• Fast & Furious 6 (OST)
• Furious 7 (OST)
• The Fates of the Furious  (OST)
• The Muppets - Movin’ Right Along

#itwasashtshow #fastandfurious #vindiesel

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Fighting trolls is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign was, from critics receiving death threats for not liking DCEU movies, to rewarding toxic fandom with Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

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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:

• BuzzFeed
• Change.org
• CinemaBlend 1
• CinemaBlend 2
• The Direct
• Movieweb
• Entertainment Weekly
• Gizmodo 1
• Gizmodo 2
• GoFundMe
• Hollywood Reporter
• Medium
• Newsweek
• Polygon
• The Ringer
• Uproxx
• Vanity Fair 1
• Vanity Fair 2
• The Verge
• Vox 1
• Vox 2
• Vox 3
• Yahoo
• Your Money Geek

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #releasethesnydercut #zacksnyder

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Making fairytale creatures leave your swamp is hard. Let’s talk (LIVE via Utah Remote-Con) about how difficult it was to make Shrek, from Jeffery Katzenberg making it a revenge film against Disney, to the sudden loss of original voice actor Chris Farley.

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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:

• Animation Magazine
• Chicago Tribune
• DisneyWar
• Empire
• Film.com
• The Guardian 1
• The Guardian 2
• The Men Who Would Be King
• Today
• Vice
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #shrek #dreamworks

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Throwing off someone's groove is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Emperor’s New Groove, from throwing away four years of work by director Roger Allers, to the film ending Disney’s Renaissance by becoming their first bomb in over a decade.

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:

• Box Office Mojo
• DisneyWar
• Entertainment Weekly
• The Guardian
• Fumettologica
• LA Times
• Laughing Place
• The Men Who Would Be King
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Vulture
•  
• The Lonely Island - Jack Sparrow

Music:

• John Debney - The Emperor’s New Groove (Original Soundtrack)
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
• Tom Jones - Perfect World

#itwasashtshow #emperorsnewgroove #kingdomofthesun

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Restoring your original vision is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Zack Snyder's Justice League, from Ray Fisher’s revelations about Joss Whedon’s cruel treatment, to Warner Bros reviving and completing a film they buried in 2017.

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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:

• Deadline 1
• Deadline 2
• /Film 1
• /Film 2
• Forbes
• Instagram 1
• Instagram 2
• The Hollywood Reporter 1
• The Hollywood Reporter 2
• The Hollywood Reporter 3
• The Hollywood Reporter 4
• IGN 1
• IGN 2
• IGN 3
• LA Times
• Vanity Fair 1
• Vanity Fair 2
• Vanity Fair 3
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• Variety 3
• Variety 4
• Variety 5
• Variety 6
• The Wrap 1
• The Wrap 2

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #justiceleague #releasethesnydercut

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Making a monster universe is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the sequels to Cloverfield, from making 10 Cloverfield Lane fit the franchise after the movie was finished, to forcing reshoots into The Cloverfield Paradox and selling it to Netflix.

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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:

• Collider
• Entertainment Weekly
• /Film
• Hollywood Reporter
• Movies Online
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• The Verge

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #cloverfield #cloververse

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Making a superhero film universe is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; from Avi Arad leaving Marvel & Edward Norton fighting for a final edit (The Incredible Hulk), to firing Terrence Howard & forcing script changes on Jon Favreau (Iron Man 2) or casting troubles with Chris Hemsworth & Chris Evans (Thor, Captain America), and overlooking Favreau for Joss Whedon (Marvel’s The Avengers).

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:

• Box Office Mojo - MCU
• Business Insider
• Cinema Blend
• Collider 1
• Collider 2
• CraveOnline
• Deadline 1
• Deadline 2
• Earth’s Mightiest
• Entertainment Weekly 1
• Entertainment Weekly 2
• Entertainment Weekly 3
• Entertainment Weekly 4
• Financial Times
• HitFix
• Hollywood Reporter 1
• Hollywood Reporter 2
• Huff Post
• IESB
• IGN 1
• IGN 2
• IGN 3
• IndieWire
• MTV
• New York Times
• Rotten Tomatoes - MCU
• Superhero Hype 1
• Superhero Hype 2
• SYFY
• Thrillist
• Variety 1
• Variety 2

• Bravo
• Comedy Central
• GQ
• MTV
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Vice

Music:

• Alan Silvestri - The Avengers (Original Soundtrack)
• Alan Silvestri - Captain America: The First Avenger (Original Soundtrack)
• Brian Tyler - Marvel Studios Fanfare
• Craig Armstrong - The Incredible Hulk (Original Soundtrack)
• John Debney - Iron Man 2 (Original Soundtrack)
• Patrick Doyle - Thor (Original Soundtrack)
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #mcu #avengers

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Making a dark version of The Jungle Book is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, from competing with Disney’s massive Jungle Book in 2016, to Warner Bros. selling the film to Netflix.

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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:

• Associated Press
• CNET
• Deadline 1
• Deadline 2
• Deadline 3
• Deadline 4
• The Guardian
• Hollywood Reporter 1
• Hollywood Reporter 2
• Hollywood Reporter 3
• New York Times
• Variety 1
• Variety 2
• The Wrap

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

#itwasashtshow #mowgli #junglebook

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Being the master of your domain is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Seinfeld, from Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s rocky first episode to battling the network about being a show about nothing.

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:

• Fox News
• Hollywood Reporter
• Seinfeld FAQ
• Seinfeld: How It Began
• Yahoo

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
• Jenirae & Clint - Seinfeld Theme

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