Hidden Figures (2016) and The LEGO Movie (2014)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two very successful films - one of which nearly lost the confidence of its parent studio The tale behind Hidden Figures had seemingly been all but lost to history. That was until one writer went digging, and then a producer won a bidding war for movie rights in which barely anyone else was interested. A late release date change also would prove inspired. The LEGO Movie meanwhile would take some negotiating to even get off the ground. And when it did? Warner Bros brought in two funding partners and sold off a sizeable percentage of its box office receipts too. It was not the studio's wisest move... Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support this podcast: www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.1	Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:26.4	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:32.2	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:56.0	I'm Nidt of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the rabbit hole goes. And movies. Movies that had the stories.
0:59.0	That the story just sucks a man.
1:01.0	This is just the beginning.
1:03.0	We would be honored if you would join us.
1:10.9	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:14.9	I am Simon Brew as always. It's all you need to know about me.
1:18.1	But the aim of the podcast, well, title gives it away. I'm here to talk of the stories of film.
1:22.4	And I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing stories, release stories.
1:26.8	All the ingredients that go
1:28.1	towards making the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and
1:32.3	sometimes love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast have more of a mainstream leaning to
1:37.2	them than anything else. They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I really try
1:41.5	hard not to do snark. I really try hard not punch down. This podcast
1:45.5	is a celebration of cinema and an absolute appreciation of the fact it's really hard to get a
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