{"podcast":{"title":"Film Stories with Simon Brew","slug":"film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292","podcast_index_feed_id":606292,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WHYNOW9690202599","website_url":"https://www.filmstories.co.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a124f724-f565-11ee-9b07-eb88e20847a5/image/bf3309cce106a7d399248fe48280f173.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Simon Brew","episode_count":467,"summary":"Film Stories with Simon Brew is a podcast that looks to dig into the stories behind popular movies.From troubled productions, to rights issues, to difficulties with release to films nearly falling apart, the podcast will be looking at the stories that don't always seem apparent when watching a movie! The podcast is hosted by Simon Brew, the founder of Den Of Geek. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Thank you!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292"},"episode":{"title":"Hulk (2003), plus the ongoing sequel problem","slug":"hulk-2003-plus-the-ongoing-sequel-problem","published_at":"2026-02-16T07:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292/hulk-2003-plus-the-ongoing-sequel-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WHYNOW5518885428.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WHYNOW5518885428.mp3","summary":"It was very different times for Marvel when, in the 1990s, it struck an assortment of deals over screen rights for its characters. For the purposes of this tale, the Incredible Hulk, for whom Universal snapped up the rights. The deal done then continues to have some ramifications now, but the first fruits of it? Ang Lee's 2003 movie Hulk, starring Eric Bana. Arriving the year after Sam Raimi's Spider-man, it turns out there was an early alarm bell that they might have got the tone a little wrong... More on the film, and the ongoing sequel issues, in this episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"It was very different times for Marvel when, in the 1990s, it struck an assortment of deals over screen rights for its characters. For the purposes of thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292/episodes/hulk-2003-plus-the-ongoing-sequel-problem/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292/hulk-2003-plus-the-ongoing-sequel-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}