Predator 2 (1990) and Ratatouille (2007)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that needed some fast recasting, and an animated film that needed some fast retooling. When Fox restricted the budget for 1990's Predator 2, both Arnold Schwarzenegger and director John McTiernan were out. And that wasn't the only problem. Pixar's hugely acclaimed Ratatouille, meanwhile, was in such trouble that a new director was needed, with just 18 months to totally turn the film around. Stories of both are discussed in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. You can find the Film Stories website here. Support our work at 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	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:01.9	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:03.4	and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:07.0	Come with me.
0:09.3	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:12.6	In movies.
0:13.7	Movies that had stories.
0:15.4	The story just sucks a man.
0:17.8	This is just the beginning.
0:20.4	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:27.2	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew. I am Simon Brew. That's
0:32.1	everything you need to know about me. The aim of this podcast is to tell, as the title suggests, the stories of films.
0:39.4	And I tend to look into development stories, production stories, behind the scenes, filming stories, marketing stories, distribution stories, stories of stars who wouldn't return for a film because the budget was frozen at the level of the previous movie.
0:51.8	Little things like that, really. I tend to veer towards films in the
0:55.5	mainstream. I tend also to veer towards films that I have some interest in. I don't really do
1:00.9	snark and I'm quite happy that I don't do snark. The two films I'm covering in this episode of
1:07.7	film stories. I like to differing degrees. But the first of the films I'm
1:12.2	going to talk about, it was a slightly troubled sequel that came about relatively quickly. I'm going
1:16.7	to play you a little snippet from it, and then I'll pick up the story, the other side of this.
1:24.4	Los Angeles 1997. It's the hottest summer on record.
1:29.6	Pollution is choking the city.
1:32.4	The gangs control the streets.
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