Drive (2011), plus director Christopher Landon on Drop, James Bond, Happy Death Day and more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

There was a brief period in time when the movie Drive was set to star Hugh Jackman, and be backed by a Universal Studios budget. But when they fell through, the movie became an lower budget independent, and for the first time, Ryan Gosling was able to hand-pick a director. He made an unusual, yet very successful choice. For the second half of this episode, director Christopher Landon joins Simon to chat about his latest film, Drop. In the course of the conversation, they also end up nattering about Happy Death Day, the James Bond saga, and a whole lot more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:03.2	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:08.9	Let's get going.
0:14.8	Come with me.
0:21.2	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:24.4	And movies.
0:25.5	Movies that had stories.
0:27.2	That the story just sucks a man.
0:29.6	This is just the beginning.
0:32.2	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:39.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:43.4	I am Simon Brewers.
0:44.8	That's always that's everything you need to know about me.
0:47.0	The aim of the podcast though, I'm here to talk as the title suggests,
0:49.9	are the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories, marketing stories,
0:53.5	production stories, release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know and sometimes love. Just that, the films that we know and sometimes love.
1:03.0	The films I tend to cover on this podcast, they live more towards the mainstream than anything else there, films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to do snark. I try not to
1:12.2	punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation that somehow, somehow
1:18.3	films managed to get made. Film Stories is a very proud part of the Film Stories podcast network,
1:24.8	which if you search film stories at your podcast home of choice,
1:27.8	you will see over 40 different shows covering films, TV and such like. Film Stories is also
1:33.3	print magazines. Imagine those in the modern era, print film magazines. There's Film Junior for youngsters.
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