The Mummy (2017) and Notting Hill (1999)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, an attempt to launch a cinematic universe, and an attempt to not directly follow-up an earlier success. The Mummy (2017) was the starting point for Universal's planned Dark Universe of movies. Things changed a little when Tom Cruise was cast - but it became clear too late the project was in trouble. Following the success of Four Weddings & A Funeral, there was an assumption that 1999's Notting Hill would be a sort-of follow up. Not so, the filmmakers insisted - as they faced the challenge of bringing a huge movie star to the streets of London. 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	Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm editor of Film Stories magazine and what stories we've got for you this episode.
0:09.3	Look, look and wonder.
0:14.8	I shall awaken memories of terror and triumph.
0:21.7	Come with me.
0:23.9	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:27.2	And movies.
0:28.4	Movies that had stories.
0:30.1	That the story just sucks a man.
0:32.5	This is just the beginning.
0:35.1	We would be honored if if you join us.
0:42.0	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew. I am Simon Brew as always
0:47.4	that's absolutely everything you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast though,
0:51.4	well title gives it away really. I'm here to talk of the stories of films, and I tend to talk about development stories,
0:57.0	production stories, marketing stories, behind the scenes stories, release stories, all the ingredients
1:01.3	that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love, just that, the films that we know
1:05.6	and sometimes love.
1:07.3	The films I tend to cover on this podcast, are they more mainstream-leaning than anything else.
1:11.9	They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree.
1:15.5	I try not to do snark. I try not to punch down.
1:18.3	I just find it a miracle really that films get made and I want to celebrate that.
1:23.7	Now the clip I played you right at the start was part of Universal Pictures' promo for its dark universe of movies
1:30.3	and the one that was supposed to kick it all off is the first of the two films I'm talking about in this episode of film stories.
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