Armageddon (1998) and Misery (1990)
How Disney greenlit its then most expensive film ever without reading a script, and the Stephen King adaptation the author didn't want to sell the rights to.
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Show Notes
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, the asteroid movie in a race against time, and the Stephen King adaptation with a casting nightmare.
Three similar films were in the race when Disney greenlit Armageddon - but it committed to spending over $100m on the film without a script in place.
Actor after actor turned down Misery meanwhile, a film that took over half a year to nail down its two leads - and rewrite a key moment from the source novel too.
Stories of both are told in this episode.
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