Twas beauty, killed the beast. This week we talk Peter Jackson's King Kong, as he comes hot off the heels of making Lord of the Rings and gets his passion project, King Kong, greenlit. A rare case of almost a development heaven on this show. How lovely!  As always follow us on IG, @devhellpodcast  and join our discord: https://discord.gg/VgYggPWMbz for cool pictures and videos we talk about and chat with us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...

Today we cover Rockstar's and Team Bondi's LA Noire, the 1940s detective cinematic game notorious for its facial capture tech and it's 7 year development cycle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today Spike brings Guns N' Roses' long awaited album Chinese Democracy to the development hell alter. We learn all about Axl, Slash and of course -- BucketHead's Chicken Coop. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today Richard opens a can of spinach in the form of Robert Altman's 1980 Popeye live action musical. This film is a trippy fever dream, and works as an incredible adaptation of animation.

Today we have a SUPER fun episode where we cover the rise from Minecraft growing from a one man operation to one of the biggest games in the world. We then dive into the development hell around trying to finally get the Minecraft movie off the ground, and the various teams that have tried and failed.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

(sorry about the couple audio glitches, a few minutes into the episode it sounds great! We promise!) Today the boys finish up the Bladerunner story, along with discussing the shark issue. 

Today we take on Blade Runner, a project with too much development hell to contain in a single podcast! Let's dive into Ridley Scott's cyberpunk epic and learn why god is a shark in a fish tank. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week we dive into the nerdiest movie Directed by Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York -- and the development hell that comes along with Daniel Day-Lewis.  (this episode is super fun, but has some slight audio issues because of the website we use to record, we apologize and future episodes will be much more clear)

POP QUIZ HOT SHOT. Today those development boys tackle 2 movies (for the price of one!) as we don't let the audio-level drop below screamingly loud or the podcast explodes.  We cover the development hell that lead to Speed, one of the the most iconic action movies of all time, to get maybe the most forgettable sequel of all time. 

Hey brother -- this week the boys talks about The Boondock Saints and the descent into madness of Troy Duffy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What an awful movie! Wow! Dungeons and Dragons from 2000 is a prime example of why high-fantasy was a genre plagued with development hell.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The gang swings into Broadway for the first time to cover the biggest flop in musical history, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark! We also touch on the never-produced James Cameron Spider-Man film, and have a ton of fun! 

The boys talk about maybe the most hellish and agonizing production of all time -- Apocalypse Now. Enjoy! 

We dive deep into the sever dream that was Battlefield Earth, John Travolta's passion project he made for L. Ron Hubbard. 

Guess what? We know we're in a podcast.  We're covering the merc with a mouth's first journey to the silver screen. Deadpool was Ryan Reynold's passion project, and we follow the it from 2004-2016. 

The boys face off against 2004's Alien vs Predator. Spoiler: this movie f***s and we enjoied it. 

In our first episode we remember to be excellent to each other -- and to party on dudes, as we examine the long road Bill and Ted took to their 3rd Adventure.