Life's a Pitch Podcast

This week we make our pitches for three new episodes of Black Mirror we'd like to see in season three! Other movies pitched: Dark Mode Cancel Cleethorpes

We chat about film noir, toon town, streaming services and pitch a breakfast club inspired film noir detective masterpiece! Enjoy!

We explore the milky depths of the fine line between the law any doing what's right in this week... Or do we? Honourable mentions Burglary at the Burger Shop - Ray Winston learns how to do an American accent The Light on the 2nd Floor Stairwell - There's something strange about that apartment building...

We pitch a movie about Lin Manuel Miranda time travelling, Tom tries to remember the cast of Hamilton, and we do a movie treatment of the worst part of Labyrinth. This is the Deleted Scenes for episode 427 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast, if you feel like you've been shoved through a weirdo portal, then probably go back and listen to the main episode for context. Or don't, we're not the Goblin King

In this episode we pitch some Magic Portal fantasy movies which turn out to be less fantastical and more utterly bizarre, dimension hopping nonsense. Par for the course at this point though, right? Other movies pitched: To me, to you, to another world The Elevator to the Nth floor

In this weeks deleted scenes we go through a lot, and I mean A LOT of UK specific 90s/2000s reality TV show references. This is the deleted scenes for episode 426, it's worth listening to that because it's much funnier and less serious than this...

We're back pitching some Reality TV shows this week with Riley Routh. There are too many pitches to list here so listen to the full episode!

We pitch some more space opera movies and talk the genre with Stuart! This is the Deleted Scenes for episode 425 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast. If you have a void of context in your deep space, please listen to the main episode. Or don't, we're not Prince Vultan.

This week we are joined by comedian Stewart Dunlop to pitch some Space Opera movies! 90s Chef and Broadcaster Lloyd Grossman has been called in as the only one who can observe the interior of a space pod and describe it coherently! *After* that it gets weird... Also pitched this week: Have Rocket - Will Travel A Sacrifice for the Entity

In this grab bag deleted scenes... we discuss the alien genre and just have some chat.

Episode 424: Grab Bag Volume 2 - U.F.O.M.G by Matt and Tom

Deleted Scenes: Harold Bishop Loves Halo (With Jehan Ranasinghe) by Matt and Tom

This week we're pitching game movies. And to do so we're joined by Jehan Ranasinghe of Serious Disness and a mysterious unannounced project! We had a great time pitching game movies, but Michael Douglas had a much worse time in VR when he gets trapped in the Metaverse! Go follow Jehan on twitter @maustallica for updates, opinions and sun bear videos!

We pitch Hocontest Pocontest, which is another movie in our long "Hugh Jackman is an obsessive magician like in The Prestige" series. Then we talk at length about Dewy Finn's motivations in School of Rock, and whether he should be in jail. These are the deleted scenes for episode 422 of the Life's a Pitch podcast, if you'd like a single minim of context, then we recommend that you go listen to the...

In this episode, we try to create some great rags-to-riches stories in the genre of performance competition! Pavarotti Smith is going to be the next big NFL star, or at least his dad thinks so! But when an encounter with a Very Hot Pizza reveals that he has a great set of pipes, he becomes trapped between two worlds of pressure! Other movies pitched this week: I may be a bear, but I'm still going...

We pitch the modern western film "The Hype Train" and workshop a new radio gameshow "Is It Wiki Or Wookie" let us know your thoughts!

We're joined by Shannon to pitch some modern day western movies! Honourable mentions The Zorro of Tomorrow: A robot Zorro in the future? Robert Rodriguez to direct? We're in! Your Robots Can't Graze Here: We explore a horrific world where cows have taken over

We pitch another spooky (not scary) movie, and talk all manner of nonsense about casting the Addams Family now. This is the deleted scenes from episode 420 of the Life's a Pitch podcast. If you'd like any context, we recommend that you listen to the main episode. Or don't! We're not your uncle Fester.

This week we pitch non-scary but spooky movies involving perfectly goofy ghosts and perfectly pleasant poltergeists. A star real-estate agent who dreams of the stage transfers to London, but will one unsaleable property put her in more danger than she realises? Other Movies Pitched: Help My Piano Teacher is a Zombie The Ghosts of Safety Violations Past

We pitch an animated film in Ikea, and talk about generational trauma! Whoo! This is the deleted scenes for episode 419, you might want to listen to that before listening to this.

We're joined by Ash Routh to pitch some trauma filled family animation movies! Honourable mentions Fishticuffs: The improbable Tale Of Jack The Attack Mackerel - Shark Tale meets Rocky meets 2001: A Space Odyssey in the is underwater fun movie! Poop!: Timothee Chalet plays a little shit

We pitch a movie in which some monsters inc tattoos misbehave greatly, and talk with Julian Bentham about his love of Martial Arts movies, and that kind of movie that feels martial artsy even when it's not. This is the deleted scenes from episode 418 of the Life's a Pitch podcast. If you would like a tiny quantum of context, we recommend listening to the main episode. Or don't, we're not Margit th...

This week we're joined by Julian Bentham to pitch some very strange martial arts movies! But how likely was it that we pitched normal ones, really? A "kid" who discovers he's a werebear at summer camp finds that his camp counselor is becoming less friendly by the moment. And that's before he bumps into Bigfoot in the woods! Also pitched this week: Bishop Bash Bosh No Pain, No Grain (Pas de Pain, P...

We talk about the films we're excited for this year and talk about Barbie's new friend "Sneed". We also pitch "Pain Hustlers". Enjoy! This is the deleted scenes for episode 417, might be worth listening to that before listening to this... Just saying....

We look forward to the coming year and pitch films that are going to be release later in 2023. Wes Anderson directs "Next Goal Wins" a film about the longest soccer match ever recorded. Honourable Mentions Asteroid City: This city is about to crash into a planet, but there's a twist! Another Remake of "The Crow": A dive into the Hollywood landscape as some guys are tasked with remaking a film they...