Development Hell

It's THE DEVVIES!! This week, we look back on 2023 as a year of coulda's, woulda's, and shoulda's in movies, music, games, movies... Who will win, but more over, who already lost??

If you're going through the first week of football withdrawals, you're exactly who Vince McMahon and Dick Ebersol were looking to please with the ill-fated XFL. Listen in to learn about this absolute car crash of athletes, executives, and blimps - yes, blimps.

This episode is chock full of fun times and MTN DEW ACTION RANCH! We dive headfirst into the baja of the Mtn Dew Game Jam, a failed reality TV Pilot, Spike's secret addiction and Richard's ideal action ranch. Follow us on IG: @devhellpodcast

Today Richard brings Spider-Man Lotus to the alter, the highly controversial fan-film made by a highly controversial filmmaker. We also examine fan fims at large and their place in the current IP driven media landscape. Follow us on instagram @devhellpodcast @kyleandersoncomedy @hgspike and @richiehumps

This episode we catch up with a wild summer of movies, the strike, and of course Krakens.

Troy Duffy, step aside, as we go on the journey of "bob's game" and its sole developer, Robert Pelloni. Release date delays, delusional egos, and Spike needing things explained to him. Yet another classic video game episode.  As a side note, buried in this episode description, written late at night: If you want to make something, do what you can to make it with friends, because doing things -...

Obsessive nerds, corrupt investors, Jack Kirby, and, of course, a 300-foot building with 1000 bowling lanes in it. Science Fiction Land could've had it all, but instead it crumbled, ruining (and literally saving!) lives along the way.

Our first repeat Development Hell director appears in the form of George Miller and his ill-fated 2009 attempt at "Justice League: Mortal". Richard takes us through the leaked script, the bonkers cast, and tries to get Kyle and Spike to calm down about "car jar".

We're kicking off 2023 with a series of unfinished and unreleased projects, starting with Roger Corman's "The Fantastic Four". Never seen it? That's on purpose. 

"Little Italy" is a nightmare, but watching it 8 times in a day? A dream! Joined by "Cabin Boys" Mitch Holleman, JP Noda, and Jacob Borja, we dive into not just the horrifying 2018 film, but also why we'll unfortunately never forget a frame of it. TOPICS INCLUDE: favorite pizzas, prison reform, and Minions!!

The Jeddak of Zodanga means to quash Helium this very night, and if Helium falls, so does Barsoom. In today's episode we examine one of the oldest IPs we've looked at John Carter of Mars, and think about why it had such a bland 2012 adaptation. By Issus, this episode is a ton of fun! We ride for Zodanga!

Today we dive deep into the worst Brony convention of all time, las pegasus unicon, held in Las Vegas at the Riviera Casino! This episode is a wild ride, so get ready.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

In this episode of Development Hell we take a look at the big screen adaptation of the Stephen King dark-science-fantasy-horror-western The Dark Tower. As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

Today Richard takes us through a development hell for the fans, as we take a trip through the Square Enix and Disney collab known as Kingdom Hearts.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

Today we unpack the 2000 animated comedy The Emperor's New Groove, and the behind the scenes documentary about the production slog, The Sweat Box. From Sting to Goodman, this one is a hoot.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

Today we finish our "go-fast" themed month, with George MIller's masterpiece, Mad Max: Fury Road. A testament to world-building, action and detail, the world of Mad Max is an incredible achievement, and we examine the long dusty road to its development.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode source...

Speed: Racing hasn't changed, and it never will .  Racer X : It doesn't matter if racing never changes. What matters is if we let racing change us. Think about that quote, but instead of racing it's about a podcast being on hiatus.  WELL NOT ANYMORE! For the next ten weeks we'll be bringing you SEASON 2 of Development Hell! Today we start off hot with a Richard pick, and a great one at t...

Today we cover the anime film from 2009, Redline. One of Madhouse's last efforts as an original IP feature, Redline contains over 140,000 frames of hand drawn animation, with no CGI being used. With a long, yet rewarding production cycle, Redline is an incredible achievement, yet wasn;t a financial success. Today we race into the development hell behind, Redline.  

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is a 2018 adventure-comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam -- we explore the long and winding road this film took to completion.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

Today the boys take a week off the research (sorta) and bring some fun stories of movies currently going through interesting development. A cool round up of some more topical film news stories. Hope you enjoy, and we'll be back to the normal format next week. As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode source...

Today we break down Universal's failed attempt at "The Dark Universe" with the Tom Cruise lead The Mummy from 2017. Initially intended to kickstart Dark Universe , an attempt to create a modern cinematic universe based on the classic Universal Monsters film series, the film's poor box office performance led to the discontinuation and cancelation of the Dark Universe As always follow us on IG,...

Today we cover the never-produced Tristar 1994 attempt at a Godzilla movie. While a much closer adaptation than what we eventually got with the Emmerich version, the film's production would be marred with massive technical hurdles and Son'y executives out to morph the project into something it was never meant to be.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://dis...

From his 1954 debut, to facing the mighty Desotroyah in 1995, we cover the Godzilla films produced by Japan's Toho FIlm Studios up until the release of the 1998 american Godzilla film. Spike also falls in love with Godzilla.  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures, videos, and episode sources! Plus chat with us!

Spike continues our monster themed month with this monstrous pile of shit, "Foodfight!" With over 5 years in development hell, this is literally a movie created on the idea of using product placement as characters, Foodfight! sets the bar for horrible CGI garbage movie. Strap in, this one is fun.   As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz...

Twas beauty, killed the beast. This week we talk Peter Jackson's King Kong, as he comes hot off the heels of making Lord of the Rings and gets his passion project, King Kong, greenlit. A rare case of almost a development heaven on this show. How lovely!  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast  and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures and videos we talk ab...