
Batman: DarKnight (Unproduced) w/ Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise
06/15/22 • 58 min
Writing a Batman is hard. Let’s interview screenwriters Lee Shapiro and Stephen Wise about how difficult it was to write and sell Batman: DarKnight, the unproduced script that attempted to revive the Caped Crusader before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins.
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about 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.
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#itwasashtshow #batman #darknight
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Writing a Batman is hard. Let’s interview screenwriters Lee Shapiro and Stephen Wise about how difficult it was to write and sell Batman: DarKnight, the unproduced script that attempted to revive the Caped Crusader before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins.
Follow Stephen Wise:
- Twitter: @stephenjwise
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenwisefilmmaker
- Website: https://stephenjwise.com/
- Buy “The Melting Man”: https://www.amazon.com/Melting-Man-Stephen-Wise/dp/B09GZM9GDX/
You can also listen to this episode (and more) in podcast form!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and subscribe to our YouTube channel!
In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about 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.
Sources:
Music:
- Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
#itwasashtshow #batman #darknight
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about 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.
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Music:
- Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about 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.
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- Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
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