{"podcast":{"title":"Popcorn Podcast","slug":"popcorn-podcast-640780","podcast_index_feed_id":640780,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400","website_url":"https://www.popcornpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400/1751837291167-cf736706-5580-4668-8897-7ef893e3051b.jpeg","author":"Leigh Livingstone","episode_count":588,"summary":"Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim. Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:35.231471+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780"},"episode":{"title":"Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid on his made for IMAX sequel and the tournament’s dirty fighting","slug":"mortal-kombat-ii-director-simon-mcquoid-on-his-made-for-imax-sequel-and-the-tournament-s-dirty-fighting","published_at":"2026-05-08T07:05:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/mortal-kombat-ii-director-simon-mcquoid-on-his-made-for-imax-sequel-and-the-tournament-s-dirty-fighting","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780","url":"https://shows.acast.com/popcornpodcast/episodes/simon-mcquoid-interview-mortal-kombat-ii","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62e06099a16d940014076400/e/69fd75582ba0ef2ccac1cc1a/media.mp3","summary":"Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid returns to Popcorn Podcast! The ultimate battle that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders is the big, loud and camp sequel director Simon McQuoid set out to make and he is here to share insights into how he achieved just that. In our chat, Simon shares his goal to create a maximalist world, how the IMAX experience levelled up the sequel in big ways, why dialling up the female representation was a must for the story and the dirty fighting he revelled in bringing to live. All this and much more. More Popcorn: Return to our interview with Simon McQuoid for Mortal Kombat Karl Urban, Jessica McNamee and Josh Lawson on improv battles, strong female characters and Voldemort’s nutsack? Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by  shouting Leigh and Tim a movie snack . Visit  popcornpodcast.com  for movie reviews, celebrity interviews and giveaways. Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars on YouTube:  Popcorn Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid returns to Popcorn Podcast! The ultimate battle that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defend…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-podcast-640780/episodes/mortal-kombat-ii-director-simon-mcquoid-on-his-made-for-imax-sequel-and-the-tournament-s-dirty-fighting/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/mortal-kombat-ii-director-simon-mcquoid-on-his-made-for-imax-sequel-and-the-tournament-s-dirty-fighting.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}