Podcast | Passengers (2016) and Flashdance (1983)

2016’s Passengers came from a much-lauded script that for years, was Hollywood’s most famous unmade original movie…

When the script for Passengers turned up on the famous Hollywood black list of the best unproduced screenplays, it seemed it’d be just a matter of time before it got made. Keanu Reeves and Reece Witherspoon were attached, a director was in place – what could go wrong?

Well, a few things. And when the movie did get made? More problems weren’t far behind.

The 1983 hit Flashdance meanwhile launched numerous careers – but also had its fair share of behind the scenes dramas. That, and some Hollywood executives watching a hosepipe…

Stories of both are told in this episode….