Going Rogue

Without the edit, there is no film. Without Marcia Lucas, there is no Star Wars. Sideway’s video Why the Music of Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading is absolutely fantastic - also give his video on Cats a watch too if you were raised Catsolic by a Cats loving mother and have a lot of thoughts about the musical crimes of that film which are hard to share in polite company. We have a Patreon — if you...

Star Wars Episode IX is often dismissed as a film made by committee, but with its constant on-set rewrites, loose improvisational style and hyperactive camera movement, it’s very much a J.J. Abrams film. All hail the Oracle, my horrible beautiful boy. We have a Patreon - if you like what we do, you can be part of it! There are bonus episodes too - I’m seeing Mando like right after this episode goe...

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that any criticism of J.J. Abrams’ work must discuss the Mystery Box. Check out Jon McCoy’s Episode IX Visual Sketchbook - it’s really fuckin cool! Also while you’re at it, Phil Saunders has also shared a heap of his work on the film with explanations of the process AND exact dates that really helped me piece together the timeline on this one. We have a Pat...

When he first heard that Lucasfilm would be making new Star Wars films, Colin Trevorrow knew he had been put in this earth to direct one of them... Guest Starring David Chen as Colin Trevorrow Alexei Toliopolous as George Lucas Abigail Nussbaum as Kathleen Kennedy Asher Elbein as the Crawl Jackson Ryan as the disembodied voice of the Lucasfilm PR department CLIPS USED:  Happy Sad Confused: Colin T...

Artemis Fowl is many things: a character, a book, a best-selling children's series, a long resident of development hell and a massive investment in a potential franchise. But as a film, it basically doesn’t exist. If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and the ongoing production of the show in general! Don't...

2012’s Dredd is a nexus of pop culture rumours, mysteries and intrigue: but are we asking the right question when we ask who actually directed it? If you wish this episode had been about the 1995 film, it wasn't because Jason Jenkins already wrote a much better breakdown of that breakdown than I ever could . If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon ! You can subscribe for bonus episo...

This is a preview of a bonus episode: you can listen to the full thing by subscribing to the Going Rogue Patreon . It's good I promise. And it's a couple of bucks a month what else are you doing with that money? If you can't afford it just hit me up on socials I'll send you a code but you do have to ask for it that's the social contract.

From The World Of John Wick: Ballerin a boldly asks the question: what if a 23 year old wrote a script inspired by the trailer for John Wick Chapter 2, and that script then got turned into a John Wick spin-off? If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon ! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and semi-regular Q&As when Tansy bleacher her hair. Just don&#3...

Kung Fu Panda 4 did not set the world on fire: but if Dreamworks had gone ahead with the original idea to plonk an unchanged CGI Po into the real world, it might have. If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and my eternal love and gratitude. Just don't do it through the iOS app. You can follow the show on Bluesky...

This is a preview of our Patreon bonus episode on Josh Zetumer's Gambit script - you can check out the full episode here wooimmabouttamaykeaNAYMEfomaselth.wav

The disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special aired exactly once, on November 17th 1978. For decades, George Lucas attempted to erase all trace of it from pop culture, and very nearly succeeded. So here’s an exhaustive history of how and why it happened. If you want to support the show, we now have a ⁠⁠ Patreon⁠⁠! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and my eternal love...

In 1950, Cinderella saved Disney from destruction. In 2015, Cinderella went on a wild journey from swashbuckling adventure to a visually sumptuous but emotionally vacuous film that set the template for the Live Action Remakes that now threaten to swallow cinema whole. If you want to support the show, we now have a ⁠Patreon⁠ ! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and...

This is not the story of the Gladiator II that you will see in cinemas. This is the story of the time Russell Crowe went rogue and commissioned a script for a Gladiator sequel where Maximus returns from the dead to save the early Christian Church from annihilation and is cursed by the gods to live forever. FOGHORN: Sound of Freedom is real bad y'all! If you want to support the show, we now have a...

Francis Ford Coppola is undeniably one of the greatest filmmakers who has ever lived. Megalopolis is the film he has been chasing for nearly 40 years. But when the posters declare “From The Man Who Brought You The Godfather and Apocalypse Now”, they should probably add “And Live Cinema and Tetro.” CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses fictional depictions of sexual assault and sexual violence fr...

Zack Snyder has a reputation as a Director’s Cut director: but what does that actually mean? And what happens when he’s given the chance to simultaneously make a Directors Cut and a ‘theatrical’ cut that will never go to theatres? CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses fictional depictions of sexual assault and sexual violence from 44:55 - 47:28 If you want to support the show, we now have a Patr...

Zack Snyder first pitched the idea Seven Samurai in Space when he was in college. In 2012, he pitched it to Kathleen Kennedy as his way of “fixing” Star Wars. In 2023, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire was released on Netflix. This is the story of how one idea becomes ten hours worth of movie. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide at 16:10. There is also discussion of fictional depi...

At World’s End was once the most expensive movie ever made. But at what cost? You can follow the show on Twitter (@goingrogue_pod), Instagram (@goingrogue_podcast), or tumblr or bluesy (@goingroguepod) or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky. If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com CLIPS USED: Pirates of...

Almost everything that could go wrong went wrong on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest . I still really like it. You can follow the show on Twitter (@goingrogue_pod), Instagram (@goingrogue_podcast), or tumblr or bluesy (@goingroguepod) or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky. If you want to get in touch, you can email go...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl has gotta be the only good film to come out of IP mining. I cannot recommend Dan Golding’s video essay A Theory of Film Music enough, and also highly recommend his book Star Wars After Lucas (he also has a great talk on Nostalgia Piano, but I think that one might have just been a conference exclusive) You can follow the show on Twitter (@going...

Nottingham was a high concept spec script that reimagined the Robin Hood legend from the perspective of the Sheriff of Nottingham that asked whether we should follow the law, or our heroes. Robin Hood is a movie where Robin Hood does not rob from the rich or give to the poor, but his dad did write the Magna Carta. This is the story of how Nottingham became Robin Hood. You can follow the show on tw...

This is not the first podcast about Don’t Worry Darling. But this is one of the few that discusses the film, and its transformation from a Black Mirror-esque spec script written by Dick Van Dyke’s grandsons into a beautiful but poorly paced film with a confusing message. And somehow, between those two, there was a solid, compelling script. But it was paired with a directorial intention that was fu...

In October 2008, Chris Sanders was asked to take over a troublesome film with a March 2010 release date. He immediately called his old co-director Dean Deblois. Somehow, despite everything we've ever discussed on this podcast, the film they made is good. How To Train Your Dragon is the opposite of almost every film we've covered before - an instant classic that pushed the animation form an...

Seven years after Rogue One, Gareth Edwards is back with his new film The Creator , an original science fiction blockbuster about robots, AI and true love. The film has been surrounded by breathless reporting of its $86 million budget, the $4000 camera it was shot on and the future of blockbuster filmmaking - but, like most film reporting, the truth is far more complicated than the headlines. And...

Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog was born from the 2007 Writers Strike as a bold new way to take power back from the studios. Or at least, that’s one version of the story. Another involves a long-gestating podcast project. Yet another involves Jeff Bezos. A 42 Minute webseries that apparently earned Joss Whedon more money than The Avengers, Dr Horrible was released almost six months after the Writers...

The South Park episode Canada on Strike first aired in April 2008 - a “biting” “satire” released well after the Writers Strike had left the news cycle, and one of many media pieces that helped cement the legend that the entire strike had been about The Internet. But one of the many issues that the WGA had brought to the table was the very reason that the South Park team were so annoyed with the Gu...