In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a huge sequel and what was supposed to be the start of a franchise.

The Lost World Jurassic Park was Steven Spielberg's first film as director following Schindler's List - but his interest in making it would slowly wane.

In the case of Salt, it went through several directors with Tom Cruise for a long time linked with starring. And then the script made its way to Angelina Jolie.

Stories of both are told in this episode.

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