Superman II (1980) and Toys (1992)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Two twisty behind the scenes stories here. Originally, 1980's Superman II was being shot alongside the original Superman, with Richard Donner directing both. But frictions behind the scenes led to an eventual parting of the ways, a retooling of Superman II, and an eventual emergence of a second cut of the film. Toys meanwhile? From the director of Rain Man and starring Robin Williams? It should have been huge, not least because its script had been revered for over a decade. In fact, the film was supposed to have been made nearly a decade before. And when it did eventually happen? The challenge turned out to be how to sell it... The behind the scenes stories of both are told in this episode... Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome
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0:50.1	And movies. Movies that had stories.
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1:04.9	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
1:09.4	I am Simon Brew as always. There's absolutely everything
1:12.1	you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast though, well, it's given away by the title. I'm here to talk of
1:16.8	the stories of films and I tend to talk about production stories, development stories, marketing
1:21.1	stories, release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know
1:25.8	and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love, just that. The films I tend to cover on this 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,
1:45.3	somehow, films managed to get made. In each regular episode of film stories, this is a regular
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