Show Notes
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Making movies for toys is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man 3 changing scripts to sell more toys to Thor: The Dark World changing scripts to sell more toys or choosing to make Guardians of the Galaxy… to sell toys.
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are going behind-the-scenes on these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Avengers Changes the Film Industry 02:01 - Establishing the Marvel Writers Program 02:52 - Drew Pearce’s Runaways 03:19 - Shane Black Replaces Jon Favreau 04:35 - Reconceiving The Mandarin 05:35 - Broken Ankles & Bankrupt Effects Houses 06:48 - Marvel Entertainment vs Marvel Studios 07:21 - Ike Perlmutter’s Creative Committee 08:26 - Superheroes in Toyland 09:31 - Rebecca Hall Can’t Sell Toys 10:26 - Iron Man 3: May 3, 2013 10:56 - Retconning The Mandarin 11:56 - Finding a Kenneth Branagh Replacement 12:40 - Patty Jenkins’ Thoromeo & Juliet 14:28 - A Livid Natalie Portman 14:58 - Alan Taylor Needs a Better Script 15:48 - Every Sh*t Show Trope 16:28 - Marvel Doesn’t Like Taylor’s Thor 17:04 - Marvel’s Reshoot Process 17:41 - 35 Days of Changes 19:17 - Thor: The Dark World: November 8, 2013 20:08 - Nicole Perlman Gets Her Shot 21:18 - Perlman’s Guardians of the Galaxy 22:43 - James Gunn Gets Superheroes 23:17 - Gunn’s Connection to Rocket Raccoon 25:05 - Tuning Guardians for Marvel 25:58 - A Production Left Alone 27:03 - Marvel Branded Kool-Aid 27:36 - Nicole Perlman vs James Gunn 28:29 - Guardians of the Galaxy: August 1st, 2014
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