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/