296: Remembering Rob Reiner with Nat Cassidy and Drew McWeeny

The Kingcast

FANGORIA Podcast Network

Tv & Film

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were tragically murdered over the weekend and the film community is still reeling. Reiner was not only a kind man, someone dedicated to protecting the rights and freedoms of everybody, and a talented filmmaker, he was one of the very few filmmakers that understood exactly how to translate Stephen King to the big screen.

Author Nat Cassidy (The Wolf at the Door) and film commentator Drew McWeeny (The Hip Pocket Podcast) join Beznican and Vespe to discuss the tragic loss of Reiner and celebrate his massive contributions to the world of cinema, from his King adaptations Stand By Me, Misery, and The Shawshank Redemption (which he produced for Frank Darabont) to the genre defining classics This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, and A Few Good Men.

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1:47.6	Yeah,
1:47.9	Oh, yeah.
1:52.0	Hi.
1:54.0	My name is Stephen King.
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