X-Men (2000), and how it changed superhero cinema

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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No two ways about it, 2000's X-Men movie was a massive gamble. At a time when studios needed movie star vehicles, 20th Century Fox found itself without a summer blockbuster due to a delay on a Tom Cruise film. It'd already greenlit and backtracked on X-Men once. When the film finally got going? Well, there'd be well-reported behind the scenes problems. A star who wasn't cast until shooting began. And a story that requires a fair amount of use of the word 'allegedly'... 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
1:11.7	to www.propstore auction.com and sign up there and there's lots across film, TV and
1:19.4	animation just waiting for you. The golden rule of all of this, the biggest rule of all, when
1:25.2	you're at propstore auction.com, don't bid against me.
1:29.6	Get a free bet when you bet
1:31.2	five pounds every week of the Premier League season
1:33.6	and a big boost every day. That's
1:35.6	satisfaction from Labbrooks and for extra
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