{"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":"Wild Wild West (1999), plus how it affected The Matrix and The Iron Giant","slug":"wild-wild-west-1999-plus-how-it-affected-the-matrix-and-the-iron-giant","published_at":"2026-04-13T05:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292/wild-wild-west-1999-plus-how-it-affected-the-matrix-and-the-iron-giant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WHYNOW6699545694.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WHYNOW6699545694.mp3","summary":"The summer of 1999 brought with it some huge successes, and also the combination of Will Smith, Salma Hayek and Kevin Kline in Wild Wild West. Based on the TV show from the 1960s, this became a hugely expensive Warner Bros blockbuster, one that George Clooney saw the problem with and duly dropped out of fairly late in the day. In this episode of Film Stories, Simon digs into the story of the movie, and how Will Smith faced a choice: does it take the lead role in this, or does he make The Matrix instead...?! Please subscribe and leave nice reviews! Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The summer of 1999 brought with it some huge successes, and also the combination of Will Smith, Salma Hayek and Kevin Kline in Wild Wild West. Based on th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2660,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-stories-with-simon-brew-606292/episodes/wild-wild-west-1999-plus-how-it-affected-the-matrix-and-the-iron-giant/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/wild-wild-west-1999-plus-how-it-affected-the-matrix-and-the-iron-giant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}