In conversation with Paul Feig - The Housemaid, Bridesmaids at the Oscars, Ghostbusters and more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Paul Feig returns to the Film Stories podcast, to chat with Simon about a whole bunch of stuff. There's The Housemaid - with a clearly marked spoiler! - and The Housemaid 2. There's also Bridesmaids at the Oscars, an attempt get Spy 2 moving, the long-lost idea of a Play-doh movie, and a whole lot more. Bit sweary this one. Please like and subscribe and stuff! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon from Film Stories. I'm delighted to tell you that this podcast is brought to you
0:05.5	in association with Prop Store. Our friends at Prop Store are putting on a new entertainment memorabilia
0:11.9	live auction, which is kicking off on March the 25th, 2026. You can view the catalogue and start bidding now.
0:21.4	Some choice lots that I've found.
0:23.7	Right, don't bid against me for any of these.
0:26.6	So, 1989's Batman, there is a full size of the Gotham City Cathedral Bell is going up for auction.
0:35.3	Staying on the Batman theme, meanwhile, I mean, the mightiest of all Batman films is clearly
0:40.6	1997's Batman and Robin.
0:43.3	Right, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Mr. Freeze, his light-up freeze gun is also going up for
0:49.9	auction.
0:50.7	And then if you want some of it particularly niche, any fans out there of 1995's Crimson Tide from the late great Tony Scott?
0:58.2	Yep, you can have the launch key with a pair of nuclear launch codes.
1:03.6	That prop from the film is included in the auction.
1:07.8	It's a four-day auction. You can bid on it online.
1:10.6	You just need to get yourself to www.propstore auction. It's a four-day auction. You can bid on it online. You just need to get yourself to
1:12.0	www.propstore auction.com and sign up there and there's lots across film, TV and animation
1:20.0	just waiting for you. The golden rule of all of this, the biggest rule of all, when you're at
1:25.5	propstore auction.com, don't bid against me.
1:29.5	Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the founder of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome
1:35.3	to a very special episode of the Film Stories podcast.
1:39.6	Come with me. And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
1:45.1	And movies.
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