Wonka (2023), with writer/director Paul King and co-writer Simon Farnaby

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Paul King (director/co-writer) and Simon Farnaby (co-writer) join Simon to talk about their latest movie: Wonka. The conversation covers the writing process, how they felt after The Bunny & The Bull struggled to find and audience, a bit of Paddington 2, and a tiny dab of The Phantom Of The Open. But also: the challenges of making a Willy Wonka prequel story.. Complete with Paul King's phone going off, and Simon Farnaby trying to give Simon the giggles... 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	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.1	Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:26.4	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:32.1	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:39.6	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
0:48.3	that the story just sucks a man this is just the beginning
0:54.0	we would be honored if you would join us.
1:00.4	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:04.5	I am Simon Brew. As always, that's all you need to know about me.
1:07.6	The aim of the podcast, though, is as given away by the titles, tell the stories
1:11.0	of films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing stories,
1:14.4	release stories, all those ingredients that go towards making the films that we know and sometimes
1:19.0	love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love. What you've happened upon here,
1:24.7	though, is one of my occasional special episodes at the podcast
1:27.9	where I bring in filmmaker, or filmmakers, in this case, to talk about their latest movie or
1:33.5	their body of work, a little bit of both in this particular instance.
1:37.4	So I'm joined for this episode by the writers of the new film Wonka, which is playing in
1:43.3	UK cinemas from the 8th of December.
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