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Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome

to a very special episode of the film stories podcast

come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes and movies movies that had stories

that the story just sucks a man this is just the We would be honoured if you would join us.

Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.

I am Simon Brew. As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.

The aim of the podcast, though, is given away by the title. I'm here to talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories,

production stories, marketing 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. The films I tend to cover on the podcast, they lead more towards the mainstream than anything

else. They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to do snark. I try

not to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation that somehow,

somehow films managed to get made. Film Stories is also a proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network,

a network of over 40 podcasts covering film, TV, gaming. If you just search for Film Stories

Podcast Network, there's a sporting chance. You'll find something that's up your street.

And also Film Stories is print magazines. If you go to store.com.com.com. UK, you can find Film Stories magazine for order as well as Film Junior, a print film magazine for youngsters. Imagine the madness of that. On the latest issue, actually, of the new film Junior is an interview with writer-director Dean de Blas of How to Train Your Dragon. And separately to that,

I had the opportunity to have a long chat with him about his work, his career and his latest film.

So he's written and directed the new, inverted commas, live action, How to Train Your Dragon, which is

heading into UK cinemas on the 9th of June

2025. He co-directed the original How to Train Your Dragon with Chris Sanders, with whom he co-directed

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