Movies In Trouble

Before Tim Burton & Guillermo Del Toro brought their dark visions of fantasy to the big screen, Academy Award winning Sound & Film Editor Walter Murch attempted to deliver a dark sequel to a technicolor masterpiece from the 1930's unto the world, and failed miserably. Listen as we take a look at how a troubled production completely missed the mark for Disney and one of the biggest lit...

Before there was  Star Wars, Alien, and even Battlestar Galactica, there was Logan's Run . In this episode, learn how this movie is so ahead of its time, that it languished in development hell for nearly a decade, and how this movie became so influential that it's been next to impossible to get a 21st century remake off the ground. 

After the success of the  Scream Trilogy,  Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson re-teamed for what was originally supposed to be "The Silence of the Lambs" meets "The Wolf Man," which is light years from what we got. Listen as we find out what truly makes the early 2000's era Dimension Films release a "Movie In Trouble."

Find out how a movie with a budget that was hemorhaging out of control, and was in production for almost a decade, became one of the most expensive, and most successful zombie movies of all time, starring Brad Pitt. 

Originally modeled after the likes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Top Gun, and elements from the height of the "Cold War," Solo: A Star Wars Story originally had a completely different look, from a completely different set of directors, with a completely different villain… Let’s find out why it was a “Movie In Trouble.”

Not all 1980's action movies have aged very well, and particularly those mega-budget spectacles that were seemingly controlled by "Action Heroes" Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sylvester Stallone. In our return episode, find out how passing on 'Beverly Hills Cop,' and the commercial failure of Stallone's passion project 'Cobra ,' lead us to this Frankenstein of...

As the show's format continues to evolve, we passionately discuss Johnny Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer's actiion, comedy, western vehicle, "The Lone Ranger," and how Gore Verbinski sought to turn the classic genre on its head. 

On our premiere episode, we visit Stanley Kubrick's 1987 classic Vietnam war film, "Full Metal Jacket," and discuss the trials and tribulations on what became a tumultuous 13 month journey, from the time the cameras started rolling, to it's  theatrical release.