It Was A Sh*t Show

It Was A Sh*t Show

Why did it take so long to make a Simpsons movie? Did Ed Harris really almost drown on The Abyss? How many times have they attempted to reboot Batman? And who thought Ugly Sonic was a good idea? Well, making stuff is hard. Especially in the entertainment world where big egos, bigger budgets, and just plain bad luck can make things go horribly wrong. In each episode of It Was a Sh*t Show, hosts Ian, Rae, and Clint dive into the unbelievable behind-the-scenes stories of disastrous, never-ending, and often dangerous productions. New episodes on Wednesdays. Full video versions of Deep Dives can be seen on YouTube. Follow us on on social media @ItWasAShtShow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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June 3, 2026 128 mins

Making a Star War is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Solo: A Star Wars Story, from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller fighting with Lucasfilm, to Ron Howard replacing them.


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Making the perfect B-movie is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Samurai Cop, from shooting a movie with virtually no budget, to doing reshoots in an obvious wig.


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April 22, 2026 33 mins

Shrinking is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Ant-Man, from the near decade of development with Edgar Wright, to the last minute overhaul by Peyton Reed and Paul Rudd.


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March 25, 2026 91 mins

Making propaganda is hard. Let’s talk about how stupid it was to make Melania, from giving Brett Ranter an undeserved second chance, to Amazon purchasing the “documentary” as a bribe.


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February 25, 2026 101 mins

Making a werewolf movie four times is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Cursed, from reshooting 90% of the film, to the Weinsteins’ cutting it down to a PG-13 rating.


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February 4, 2026 90 mins

Making Peter Pan grow up is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Hook, from the film starting out as a musical, to the rumored feud between Steven Spielberg and Julia Roberts.


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January 14, 2026 25 mins

Making Mad Max on water is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Waterworld, from the budget spiraling out of control, to the recurring feud between Kevin Costner and Director Kevin Reynolds.


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November 26, 2025 92 mins

Fighting trucks is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Maximum Overdrive, from Director Stephen King admitting he was on cocaine throughout production, to the cinematographer losing his eye.


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Cloning Ellen Ripley is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Alien: Resurrection, from the feud between the writer and director, to the long grueling underwater shoot.

Special Guest: Sequoia Simone from FX's Alien: Earth - The Official Podcast


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October 8, 2025 107 mins

Testing your might is hard. For our 100th episode (!), let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mortal Kombat, from the multiple actor injuries, to the possibility of a plagiarized theme song.


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October 1, 2025 38 mins

Making a mechanical great white is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Jaws, from the never ending problems with the film’s shark, to the chaos of filming on the open ocean.

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00:00 - Intro

00:52 - Peter Benchley’s Jaws

03:48 - Real Sharks Won’t Work

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August 20, 2025 117 mins

Making superpowers gritty is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make 2015’s Fantastic Four, from director Josh Trank’s erratic behavior to reshooting a third of the film months before releasing.


Special Guest: Alan Seawright from Cinema Therapy


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Making promotional art is hard. Let’s talk about how some movie posters dealt with controversies, from the royalties for Pulp Fiction, to the whitewashing on Couples Retreat.

Special Guest: Jonathan Giesbrecht from Paper and Light


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June 18, 2025 117 mins

Making Blade act is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Blade: Trinity, from Wesley Snipes refusing to show up on set, to him suing New Line Cinema for taxes.


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May 28, 2025 24 mins

Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin.


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May 7, 2025 55 mins

Stealing from drug lords is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Triple Frontier, from its decade long journey to existence to the endless rotation of big name stars.


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April 9, 2025 87 mins

Making a video game into a movie is hard… still. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Uncharted, from the decade long quest to film it to being shut down by COVID as soon as they started.


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March 19, 2025 91 mins

Dealing with fascism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Starship Troopers, from the years it took to get the film financed, to the initial response not understanding Paul Verhoeven’s satire.


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February 12, 2025 90 mins

Making Benecio del Toro a wolf is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wolfman remake, from replacing the director one month from filming to Rick Baker’s make-up being replaced with CGI.


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January 29, 2025 31 mins

Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland.


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