Life's a Pitch Podcast

We try to artificially add some hardship into the past of a very safe and middle-class director. while chatting about what makes a good Historical Epic. In addition, Matt tells the story of how they went to buy some second-hand Warhammer, and came away with an imaginary 6-year-old son.

We take on the genre of "Historical Biopics" following the success of movies like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We decided to expose (Read: Invent wholesale) a seedy underbelly of the TV industry in the 60s through the story of one man who's scheme spiralled out of control. Also pitched this week: The First and Last Earl of Stratford Under Avon Charlie Chaplin: Big Shoes to Eat

We talk about board game movies and Batman and everything in between in this instalment of Deleted Scenes This is the deleted scenes for episode 415, so if you haven't listened to that yet, it's highly recommended

We're joined by Eden again to pitch some real life toy movies! Honourable Mentions Army Men: A gritty tale about the horrors of war

We talk about our own high-school hijinks, Matt and Tom reminisce about the time they were in an election race against one another, and we pitch a movie where everyone poor is a prisoner, and only the children can subvert the constant gaze of a giant Jack Black.

This week we're again joined by Dave Bulmer to pitch Young Adult Dystopia with a sprinkling of School Hijinks! Three students are given detention via a brand new punitive system in which they're trapped in detention for what feels like days. Can they escape their own personalised torture and bring freedom to the school? Also pitched this week: Cubicles of the Mind Upgrade Girl

We pitch a rubbish BBC police drama and talk about some political thriller movies, you know like Fast and the Furious and Back to the Future... This is the deleted scenes for episode 413 so it might be worth listening to that episode before this... or it could work the other way round, who knows!

We are joined by improviser Alex Keen to pitch some political thrillers this week. Honourable Mentions The Pentagon is Now a Hexagon: If you think we're going to pitch a film out of this title, you're half right Manifesto Destiny: Elon Musk really wants to get to Mars, but not for the reasons you'd expect.

We pitch another Franchise Reboot with Aiden, making the Flintstones into a gritty Mad Men tale of excess and betrayal. Then we talk about other reboots including some blasts from the past with Thunderbirds Are Go and its strange Busted soundtrack.

This week we reboot some franchises with Aiden Pyne. Godzilla is back and bigger than ever but its new insidious enemy is going to scale up to size! Other movies pitched: The Truman Show: Worlds Collide My Parents Are Aliens: Invasion Action Man: Operation, Kill Hitler, Go

We talk about the new Disney+ series Willow and pitch a fantasy film set on the mysterious Isle of Wight! Enjoy! This is the deleted scenes for episode 411 so it might be worth listening to that before listening to this... or not, up to you really init...

We disregard all world building techniques as we delve into the world of swashbuckling fantasy with "The Five Fencing Frogs Of Freedonia!" Honourable Mentions All Aboard The Goblin Rowboat - A bunch of goblins get rich quick while also exploiting a gambling law loophole Fun Guy - Ever wonder what a fantasy Seinfeld would be like? Well here it is!

In this week's deleted scenes, Matt and Tom go off into a reverie about book adaptations. Then we turn a thought-provoking (as we understand) book into a mystery about a mean old dog catcher and spend ten minutes figuring out if we want the dogs' mouths to move when they talk. Prime Deleted Scenes content.

We pitch the movie adaptations of what we *assume* are the plots of a bunch of your favourite books. That's Not My Squirrel by Fiona Watt: Hugh Jackman stars as a stage magician who turns to dark powers (David Bowie) to discover the secrets of Christian Bale's stage show, in which he resurrects a squirrel from the dead. But can he put them back once the squirrels start weighing in on the matter? A...

In our last podcast of the year Tom gets too emotional about Avatar: The Way of Water so he calls his best friend to review it for him. We talk Christmas action movies and pitch a christmassy cosmic horror. Have a happy new year everyone!

It's the holiday season! And it wouldn't be complete without some gun shooting action would it! Honourable mentions A Stocking Full Of Bullets - Two gangs of Bandits fight over who gets their gifts from Santa first. Ho Ho Hold on a Second... Why Do You Have a Gun? - A kid and a Mall Santa stop a robbery at the Mall

A bumper dose of chat and pitching, from the animated ad series Kiwi Airlines, through tom's excitement about avatar, all the way up to how long it'll take the internet to replace the audio in the Mario Movie.

We pitch some Animated Animal Antics as a bunch of pets and zoo animals wreak havoc on the human world! The pet of an earl unwittingly becomes his next of kin, and ends up having to fight for animal food safety rights in the lesser known house of parliament, the Gazebo of Earls. Also featured: Ghost Zoo The Fleas!

We discuss the mystery genre and pitch a film based around a classic parlour game.

We come up with some puzzling murder mystery films this week! Honourable Mentions Scouts Honour - A murder occurs at a scout camp and it's down to that kid from home sweet home alone so solve the mystery. The gun that smoked twice - A gun sets a smoke alarm off twice in a house, the reason for the second alarm may shock you.

Deleted Scenes: Excited For Next Corporate Blockbuster by Matt and Tom

This week we dive into Space Adventures, with sci fi strangeness and journeys to other planets! In an age of labour shortages and AI rebellion, a brand new piece of technology promises to teach school children everything they need to know to find valuable elements out in the galaxy. But what is it they're really looking for? Also featured: What if we hid the Pope on the Moon? Neil and Buzz are Out...

We talk those film you haven't seen and pitch a Kelloggs advert!

We open a magic portal to all kinds of romantic possibilities as James and Emma from the Sheffield University Improv society help us pitch magical romance movies! Honourable mentions I now Pronounce You Man And Frog - A Cheeky Frog tries to get a prince to marry him. Everyone Loves me as soon as I put this sweater on - Ray Ramano has a crisis of identity when he wears this particular sweater.

We talk about unnecessary sequels and then add to the problem by creating Casablanca 2, where aliens have invaded earth. These are the deleted scenes for the Life's a Pitch Podcast episode 404. If you would like any context at all, please listen to the main episode, or don't we're not the Sergeant at Arms of your local toastmasters.