In a special episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon is joined by multi-award-winning lyricist and composer, Stephen Schwartz.
They talk about The Prince Of Egypt, the making of the film and the new West End musical version. How Schwartz came to work on Disney films, and his aborted time on Mulan. Plus the status of the Wicked movie.
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Nov 24
The story of the unmade Die Hard 6, plus an update
After the, cough, 'underwhelming' A Good Day To Die Hard in 2013, the assumption was that the Die Hard saga had run aground. But for a while, that wasn't the case, and by 2015, there was a plan hatched for one final movie in the series.
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37m 17s
Nov 21
In conversation with Nathan Crowley - Wicked For Good, Coppola, Nolan, Spielberg, and monkeys
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by Oscar-winning production designer Nathan Crowley. He won his Oscar for Wicked, and you can now see his work in Wicked For Good on the big screen.
This chat takes in those films, as well as Christopher Nolan's ... Show More
51m 36s
Nov 18
In conversation with Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson | Recorded live in Birmingham
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon brought Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson to his home town of Birmingham in the UK. There, Mark and Jenny were on stage to talk about movie music, as they talked about their new book, Mark Kermode's Surround Sound.
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1h 26m
Aug 2018
The Power of Song: an Interview with Disney Music President Chris Montan (Part II)
In part 2 of our interview with former Disney Music President Chris Montan, we discuss his work with legendary film composers like Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, Randy Newman and more. Mr. Montan takes us back to the early days of Pixar, and describes how Toy Story invented their ... Show More
43m 35s
Nov 2021
#491 — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy Renner & Hailee Steinfeld
It's a very musical episode on the Empire Podcast this week. First up, Ben Travis geeks out over Disney musicals with the great Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the songs for the new animated musical Encanto, which debuts next Wednesday (November 24). Then Chris Hewitt sits down wit ... Show More
1h 48m
Sep 2022
Timothy Spall, It Snows in Benidorm, The Forgiven, Blackbird and Three Thousand Years of Longing
Simon and Mark are back from their cruise and joined by very special guest Timothy Spall to discuss his new drama ‘It Snows in Benidorm’. Mark reviews the new drama ‘The Forgiven’ - starring Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith and Ralph Fiennes, ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ - Georg ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2021
A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for The Lion King
The Talking Simpsons Network ends its summer of Disney Renaissance films in stirring fashion with the biggest film of that era, The Lion King. In this extended preview, we dig into how this film came to be over a veeeerry complicated development, how it is entwined with the caree ... Show More
47m 43s
Jul 2021
Disney's Live-Action Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary
Disney has already pulled on our nostalgic heartstrings with live-action versions of classic animated movies like Aladdin, Cinderella, and The Lion King (just to name a few), and many more are in development. On this week's episode, we're taking a closer look at these remakes and ... Show More
40m 38s
Sep 2017
Why We Love Disney - Episode 1
In the first episode of Married with Mouse Ears, Michael and Zara discuss why Disney is the most magical place on earth (1:30), recap their recent Cancun vacation (16:00), discuss their newest favorite Netflix show (24:00), and rant on the current state of movies in theaters (30: ... Show More
39m 43s
Jun 2024
David Koepp (Jurassic Park; Spider-man; Mission Impossible)
Jurassic Park, Spider-man, Mission: Impossible, Carlito's Way, Indiana Jones, Bad Influence, Kimi, Snake Eyes, Panic Room, Presence, Black Bag, and even more. We're lucky to have David Koepp on today's episode. Want to participate in a writing workshop this summer with Ben Blacke ... Show More
1h 4m