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Making movies for toys is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man 3 changing scripts to sell more toys to Thor: The Dark World changing scripts to sell more toys or choosing to make Guardians of the Galaxy… to sell toys.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are going behind-the-scenes on 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.

Chapters:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:29 - Avengers Changes the Film Industry
• 02:01 - Establishing the Marvel Writers Program
• 02:52 - Drew Pearce’s Runaways
• 03:19 - Shane Black Replaces Jon Favreau
• 04:35 - Reconceiving The Mandarin
• 05:35 - Broken Ankles & Bankrupt Effects Houses
• 06:48 - Marvel Entertainment vs Marvel Studios
• 07:21 - Ike Perlmutter’s Creative Committee
• 08:26 - Superheroes in Toyland
• 09:31 - Rebecca Hall Can’t Sell Toys
• 10:26 - Iron Man 3: May 3, 2013
• 10:56 - Retconning The Mandarin
• 11:56 - Finding a Kenneth Branagh Replacement
• 12:40 - Patty Jenkins’ Thoromeo & Juliet
• 14:28 - A Livid Natalie Portman
• 14:58 - Alan Taylor Needs a Better Script
• 15:48 - Every Sh*t Show Trope
• 16:28 - Marvel Doesn’t Like Taylor’s Thor
• 17:04 - Marvel’s Reshoot Process
• 17:41 - 35 Days of Changes
• 19:17 - Thor: The Dark World: November 8, 2013
• 20:08 - Nicole Perlman Gets Her Shot
• 21:18 - Perlman’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• 22:43 - James Gunn Gets Superheroes
• 23:17 - Gunn’s Connection to Rocket Raccoon
• 25:05 - Tuning Guardians for Marvel
• 25:58 - A Production Left Alone
• 27:03 - Marvel Branded Kool-Aid
• 27:36 - Nicole Perlman vs James Gunn
• 28:29 - Guardians of the Galaxy: August 1st, 2014

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