About this episode
Watch Part 4 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98002216 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. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube ! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! 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 Sources: Badass Digest : https://bit.ly/3v9FPYE Box Office Mojo : https://bit.ly/3OIzWIj BuzzFeed : https://bit.ly/47lodYp BuzzFeed : https://bit.ly/3Srd3fB CGSociety : https://bit.ly/3Oxiwz7 Cinema Blend : https://bit.ly/44BOGPQ Cinema Blend : https://bit.ly/3u5uNTX Collider : https://bit.ly/3McKSxd Collider : https://bit.ly/49tMIDP Cosmic Book News : https://bit.ly/471gHl4 Entertainment Weekly : https://bit.ly/3Ov0MEB Entertainment Weekly : https://bit.ly/3swt1e2 Film Divider : https://bit.ly/3QM8z1U Forbes : https://bit.ly/466WIQv GQ : https://bit.ly/45HKIou Guardian : https://bit.ly/46Ur6OP Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/3bQtTPC Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/44JGQ6C Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/3MePcvT Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/3Kx66VK Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/3FnHwn5 Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/3FRyxLh Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/47oWUvx Hollywood Reporter : https://bit.ly/47mfVil Huff Post : https://bit.ly/495Esty Inverse : https://bit.ly/3Mftg3U Inverse : https://bit.ly/3SmcxzH LA Times : https://bit.ly/3KbFU2J LA Times : https://bit.ly/3YlYECo MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios : https://bit.ly/3u9Bvbx Metro UK : https://bit.ly/3FpouwW Page Six : https://bit.ly/46DYwS4 Rotten Tomatoes : https://bit.ly/3Yv0LUD Script Magazine : https://bit.ly/3Qy05tV SFX Magazine : https://bit.ly/45ozhCe /Film : https://bit.ly/3s0fkTT /Film : https://bit.ly/47h2oIq The Story of Marvel Studios : https://bit.ly/46dfEx0 The Telegraph : https://bit.ly/46U2Mww Toronto Sun : https://bit.ly/3KaJkmf Uproxx : https://bit.ly/3KcwaoU Uproxx : https://bit.ly/3S7sR7h Vanity Fair : https://bit.ly/40Ad6I6 Variety : https://bit.ly/3QDX90u Variety : https://bit.ly/4031TQ0 Variety : http://bit.ly/40HvD5g Vox : https://bit.ly/3SNppz8 Vulture : https://bit.ly/3uTeHgA WTF with Marc Maron : https://bit.ly/48iSaZe Video: Digital Spy : https://bit.ly/46X8yhx GQ : https://bit.ly/46TDEpN Hollywood Dosyasi : https://bit.ly/3FGKvYb New York Film Academy : https://bit.ly/3FK8C8a Rotten Tomatoes : https://bit.ly/474ARut ScreenSlam : https://bit.ly/3QzDTje TheWrap : https://bit.ly/3Qo8uQL Music: Brian Tyler - Iron Man 3 & Thor: The Dark World OST The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Redbone - Come And Get Your Love Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme Tyler Bates - Guardians of the Galaxy OST #itwasashtshow #mcu #avengers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.