In this latest episode of Film Stories, we start with sharks. Very big sharks. A story imagined by a young screenwriter's memory of a childhood incident, that he eventually turned into a script. Then that script would go on to become Deep Blue Sea.
There were challenges, though: should the tone be Jaws-like? Or Jurassic Park? Or Alien? And then the very late ... Show More
Jan 30
In conversation with Ric Roman Waugh | Shelter, Statham, the freezing cold and more
Ric Roman Waugh has directed films such as the newly-released Shelter, along with Greenland, Greenland: Migration, Kandahar and more. And in this far-reaching conversation with Simon Brew, he takes us through his latest film and body of work. Not least the unusual connection betw ... Show More
46m 13s
Oct 2022
Donnie Darko with Richard Kelly
“28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end.” In October 2001, a six-foot demonic rabbit named Frank materialised in front of a teenage Jake Gyllenhaal to issue that grave warning, setting in motion the plot of one of one of the great Halloween movi ... Show More
1h 1m
Jan 2021
Terminator 2: Judgement Day with William Wisher
<p>It’s the final episode of Script Apart season one, and here to help us say “hasta la vista” is William "Bill" Wisher, co-writer of the timeless Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Released thirty years ago this summer, the film was the most expensive blockbuster in Hollywood history ... Show More
1h 24m
Jun 2023
Jurassic Park with David Koepp
Life found a way – Script Apart is back! Season four begins with an episode 65 million years in the making, about a movie lauded as one of the greatest blockbusters of all time. Yes, today on the show, we're venturing into Jurassic Park, with the film’s brilliant screenwriter, Da ... Show More
1h 30m
May 2024
#618 — George Miller
On this week's episode of the Empire Podcast, the doctor is in. Doctor George Miller, that is, as the MD turned visionary director returns to the big screen with his latest slice of post-apocalyptic madness, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. So, naturally, our Chris Hewitt went along and ... Show More
1h 43m
Oct 2019
Eyes Wide Shut, l’odyssée de l’énigme
<p>Comme tous les films qui ne se révèlent qu’avec le temps, le cultissime « Eyes Wide Shut » de Stanley Kubrick provoque encore interrogations, théories conspirationnistes et enquêtes minutieuses. Comme celle du journaliste Axel Cadieux, qui signe l’ouvrage « Le dernier rêve de ... Show More
45m 53s
Nov 2020
Zodiac with James Vanderbilt
<p>This week we’re joined by the excellent James Vanderbilt, screenwriter of the 2007 David Fincher thriller, Zodiac. James has had an impressively eclectic Hollywood career: on top of writing action adventures like White House Down, detective comedies like Murder Mystery, sci-fi ... Show More
1h 5m
<p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/89428/Marooned.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="188" />Jim reflects on one of the first "Monster Movies" he saw after his family moved to North Carolina - "Marooned, ... Show More