Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor: Hocus Pocus: The Halloween Hit That Left Spielberg Feeling Betrayed (Ep. 452)

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode of Fine Tooning, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor take you behind the scenes of Disney’s beloved Hocus Pocus and its unexpected connection to Steven Spielberg. Discover the untold story of how the Halloween classic was pitched, nearly lost, and ultimately stolen away from Spielberg. Tune in as we explore: The Spielberg-Kirschner Drama: How did the An American Tail creator’s decision to pitch Hocus Pocusto Disney instead of Spielberg create tension in Hollywood? Disney's Billion-Dollar Halloween Gamble: What convinced Jeffrey Katzenberg to greenlight Hocus Pocus after an unconventional pitch? South Park Hiatus: Why Trey Parker and Matt Stone are putting South Park on pause until 2025 and how the Paramount-Skydance merger affects its future. The Wild Robot World Premiere: DreamWorks’ adaptation of The Wild Robot hits the Toronto International Film Festival, and Jim & Drew dive into the excitement leading up to its wide release, including a sneak peek at The Art of DreamWorks The Wild Robot. The Animated Opener of Joker: Folie à Deux: Learn how Sylvain Chomet brings a Looney Tunes-style sequence to life for the Joker sequel’s Venice Film Festival debut. Join Jim and Drew for an inside look at one of Halloween’s most iconic films, plus the latest in animation news and commentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.
0:06.0	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the ramp and his musings on the Mission
0:14.9	Impossible movies you can listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible
0:20.5	podcast.
0:21.5	He and I are recording this week's show on Sunday, September 8th,
0:25.7	2024 and how long has the Heat Wave been going on at this point?
0:31.0	It's been going on since you know late last week and it's
0:35.1	going until Tuesday Jim so I am just trying not to melt until then. Okay so
0:40.4	again I just to get the picture right here, Drew is in a small un-air conditioned space in his home recording this.
0:49.2	So we're going to move at speed today folks because we don't want to kill Drew.
0:53.7	All right, so anyway...
0:55.7	Yes, if you want there to be a show for next week, we will be quick this week.
0:59.8	That's how I look at it, you know?
1:00.8	There we go.
1:01.8	Okay, so anyway, as we mentioned on last week's show, today, Sunday, September 8th, 2004,
1:09.4	very same day that Chris Sanders, the Wild Robot, is having its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
1:17.3	And I want to say Drew, you mentioned last show, you got to see good chunks of this is at Anisee and
1:25.1	and seem pleased with what you'd seen. Yes. All right I have to say I too very very
1:30.9	much looking forward to this DreamWorks Animation adaptation of
1:34.7	Peter Brown's best-selling book which by the way goes wide in theaters two and a
1:39.4	half weeks from now on Friday, September 27th.
1:42.7	In fact, I am so looking forward to this animated feature
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