1 00:00:15,356 --> 00:00:23,436 Speaker 1: Pushkin. Hello, Hello listeners, Malcolm here to let you know 2 00:00:23,756 --> 00:00:28,996 Speaker 1: that next week we're bringing you something completely Now. Many 3 00:00:29,076 --> 00:00:31,996 Speaker 1: years ago, I had an adventure in Hollywood. Me and 4 00:00:32,036 --> 00:00:34,676 Speaker 1: my friend Steve pitched a movie idea. The whole list 5 00:00:34,716 --> 00:00:38,836 Speaker 1: of studio bosses and fancy offices all across Los Angeles. 6 00:00:39,076 --> 00:00:40,996 Speaker 1: We waved our fingers in the air, We jumped up 7 00:00:41,036 --> 00:00:43,916 Speaker 1: and down. Agents called us from their cars. We put 8 00:00:43,916 --> 00:00:47,716 Speaker 1: them on speaker. There were offers, there were stars, was 9 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:54,236 Speaker 1: a deal, and then nothing happened. And I got my 10 00:00:54,276 --> 00:00:58,116 Speaker 1: first lesson in Hollywood, which is that most things never happen. 11 00:00:58,356 --> 00:01:01,596 Speaker 1: In fact, maybe the best things never happen. There's a 12 00:01:01,596 --> 00:01:04,036 Speaker 1: phrase they use out in Los Angeles to describe the 13 00:01:04,116 --> 00:01:08,796 Speaker 1: purgatory where once promising scripts go to die development hell. 14 00:01:12,396 --> 00:01:15,196 Speaker 1: And our idea here a vision's history, is to do 15 00:01:15,276 --> 00:01:18,276 Speaker 1: a little mini series, half a dozen or so episodes 16 00:01:18,436 --> 00:01:22,196 Speaker 1: where we tell development hell stories. Call up a screenwriter 17 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:25,036 Speaker 1: or a director and ask them to tell the story 18 00:01:25,116 --> 00:01:27,716 Speaker 1: of the story that got away. And it turns out 19 00:01:28,156 --> 00:01:32,076 Speaker 1: there are a ton of great stories about great stories 20 00:01:32,556 --> 00:01:37,596 Speaker 1: that got away. You know what. The analogy, the best 21 00:01:37,596 --> 00:01:40,156 Speaker 1: analogy to your world is if you work in the 22 00:01:40,196 --> 00:01:44,476 Speaker 1: drug industry. Most people who are researchers for drug companies 23 00:01:44,836 --> 00:01:47,636 Speaker 1: will spend their entire career working on drugs that will 24 00:01:47,636 --> 00:01:49,396 Speaker 1: never make it to the market. It's the same thing. 25 00:01:49,436 --> 00:01:51,836 Speaker 1: So it's like this weird thing whether these incredibly smart 26 00:01:51,836 --> 00:01:54,636 Speaker 1: people who are doing all of this brilliant work and 27 00:01:54,836 --> 00:01:58,196 Speaker 1: nothing they do will ever see the lot of day. 28 00:01:58,716 --> 00:02:04,316 Speaker 1: I find that, Yeah, it's a little bit heartbreaking. Oh 29 00:02:04,636 --> 00:02:07,956 Speaker 1: it's heartbreaking all right, and funny and weird and fascinating. 30 00:02:08,156 --> 00:02:11,596 Speaker 1: It's a glimpse into the Hollywood that never happened. We're 31 00:02:11,596 --> 00:02:13,196 Speaker 1: going to start with the story that got me going 32 00:02:13,236 --> 00:02:17,636 Speaker 1: on this adventure, my wild ride around Los Angeles years 33 00:02:17,676 --> 00:02:19,916 Speaker 1: ago with my friend Steve. I must say, the entire 34 00:02:19,956 --> 00:02:22,956 Speaker 1: time we were with Leo, I was like so hopelessly starstruck. 35 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:25,516 Speaker 1: And from there, we're going to talk about a sci 36 00:02:25,556 --> 00:02:27,756 Speaker 1: fi story with a twist that was a little too 37 00:02:27,796 --> 00:02:30,396 Speaker 1: twisty for the movie business. He kicks down the door 38 00:02:30,676 --> 00:02:33,196 Speaker 1: and he points his gun, and then the hacker turns 39 00:02:33,236 --> 00:02:38,316 Speaker 1: around and it's a child. We've got an amazing biopic 40 00:02:38,516 --> 00:02:43,996 Speaker 1: about the world's most famous chimpanzee, an utterly insane musical 41 00:02:44,036 --> 00:02:48,116 Speaker 1: about Elvis as a cab driver, and so much more, 42 00:02:48,316 --> 00:02:53,156 Speaker 1: not to mention an unhealthy amount of name dropping, celebrity gossip, 43 00:02:53,716 --> 00:02:58,316 Speaker 1: and endless digressions. Oh my god. At one point during 44 00:02:58,356 --> 00:03:00,836 Speaker 1: one of these interviews, I looked across at my producer 45 00:03:00,916 --> 00:03:04,916 Speaker 1: Nina and realized she was crying. And then I realized 46 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:08,116 Speaker 1: I was crying. And guess what when you listen to 47 00:03:08,116 --> 00:03:11,596 Speaker 1: that little bit, My guess is that you'll be crying too, 48 00:03:12,516 --> 00:03:15,716 Speaker 1: unless you have a heart of stone. And if you 49 00:03:15,716 --> 00:03:22,076 Speaker 1: have a heart of stone, maybe this podcast isn't for you. 50 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:24,676 Speaker 1: You can hear development hell right here in this feed 51 00:03:24,796 --> 00:03:27,716 Speaker 1: starting February twenty ninth, when we'll be dropping the first 52 00:03:27,756 --> 00:03:31,116 Speaker 1: two episodes two for the price of one, then weekly 53 00:03:31,116 --> 00:03:34,796 Speaker 1: after that, and as always, you can hear all of 54 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:43,996 Speaker 1: Revision's history add free by subscribing to pushkin Plus. So 55 00:03:44,636 --> 00:03:52,396 Speaker 1: it's actually, it's actually an incredible story.