Podcasts by WTF Happened To....?!
Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions and actors/actresses that were "hot" one minute and gone the next. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, many films had such behind the scenes issues that we will discuss in our shows. We'll also delve into the lives of some Hollywood folk who seemed to have disappeared after striking it big at first. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To....?!
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Poltergeist - WTF Happened to this Horror Movie from 2022-02-25T10:00
WTF Happened to this Horror Movie is a series that digs into the backstories of all your favorite (and sometimes most hated) horror films. The idea has always been to provide an inside look at w...
ListenKane Hodder (Jason Voorhees) - WTF Happened to this Horror Celebrity? from 2022-02-21T10:00
Lugosi, Chaney, Karloff…these are the original icons of horror entertainment. They were the pantheon of the macabre and were followed by actors like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cu...
ListenJames Cameron's Spider-Man - WTF Happened to this (Unmade) Movie?! from 2022-02-18T10:00
With so many epic and awesome movies at our disposal, how could we ever lament not having more? Well, that's what we explore in our new series, WTF Happened to this (Unmade) Movie, where we...
ListenJean-Claude Van Damme from 2022-02-07T11:00
In the 1980s and 90s, Jean-Claude Van Damme used his impressive martial arts skills to become a major action star with movies like BLOODSPORT, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, John Woo's HARD TARGET, and...
ListenTeam America: World Police from 2022-01-31T11:00
After their success with SOUTH PARK, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker decided to make a big-screen post-9/11 action movie… using puppets. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE is celebrated for its sati...
ListenPhil Hartman from 2022-01-24T11:00
We examine the life and legacy of beloved Saturday Night Live funny-man Phil Hartman. One of the most valued players in the show's history, he was also a beloved star in movies like JINGLE ...
ListenGreen Lantern from 2022-01-17T11:00
While DC Comics superheroes Batman and Superman had already each made several appearances on the big screen, it took until 2011 for their fellow Justice League member GREEN LANTERN to find his w...
ListenChris Tucker from 2022-01-10T11:00
After his breakout role in 1995 with FRIDAY, comedian Chris Tucker became a household name from a memorable appearance as space deejay Ruby Rhod in THE FIFTH ELEMENT and his Jackie Chan team-up ...
ListenThe Untouchables from 2022-01-04T11:00
In the 1987 crime thriller THE UNTOUCHABLES, director Brian De Palma depicts the efforts of Eliot Ness and his colleagues as they try to take down gangster boss Al Capone in Prohibition-era Chic...
ListenChristian Slater from 2021-12-28T10:00
In the 1990s, Christian Slater was at the height of his fame thanks to memorable movies like HEATHERS, TRUE ROMANCE and BROKEN ARROW, but he also gained notoriety after some trouble with the law...
ListenThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 from 2021-12-20T11:00
Not long after Sam Raimi's blockbuster SPIDER-MAN movie trilogy, Marvel's most popular comic book character got rebooted on cinema screens. And while the wall-crawler's first rela...
ListenThe New Mutants from 2021-12-06T11:00
At one point, THE NEW MUTANTS was poised to take Fox's X-MEN movie franchise in an interesting new direction with a horror-themed spinoff… before creative differences, a studio merger, vari...
ListenChristina Ricci from 2021-11-29T11:00
After making a wonderfully morose mark on cinema as Wednesday Addams in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Christina Ricci went on to become an indie darling (BUFFALO 66, THE OPPOSITE OF SEX) while also appeari...
ListenThe Revenant from 2021-11-22T11:00
Director Alejandro Iñárritu's award-winning period epic THE REVENANT is an impressive achievement. But what's even more remarkable is that the film is based on the exploits of real-lif...
ListenBrandon Lee from 2021-11-15T11:00
We examine the life and work of the great Brandon Lee (1965-1993). The son of the iconic Bruce Lee, Brandon had to struggle with his father's legacy to establish himself as a leading man in...
ListenGhostbusters (2016) from 2021-11-08T11:00
After two huge GHOSTBUSTERS movies in the 1980s, fans greatly anticipated a third adventure of their favorite spirit-collecting heroes. Finally in 2016, instead of the return of Venkman, Stantz,...
ListenNicolas Cage from 2021-11-01T10:00
Nicolas Cage has had one of the wildest careers in Hollywood history. From modest beginnings (for someone in the Coppola family, anyway) and noteworthy early movies, Cage gained notice and event...
ListenGREMLINS (1984) from 2021-10-25T11:00
Director Joe Dante's 1984 horror-comedy GREMLINS is a uniquely twisted Christmas classic. But it could have been a very different movie, with the beloved Gizmo nearly transforming into the ...
ListenHeath Ledger from 2021-10-18T12:00
Welcome to WE REMEMBER edition, a brand new show here on JoBlo Videos (WTF off-shoot), examining the life and work of some of our favorite celebrities who, sadly, are gone way too soon. For our ...
ListenChevy Chase from 2021-10-04T11:00
From his Saturday Night Live pratfalls to his iconic roles like ace journalist FLETCH and the VACATION series’ hapless dad Clark W. Griswold (opposite fellow WTF inductee Randy Quaid), Chevy Cha...
ListenDune (1984) from 2021-09-27T11:00
In the 1980s when studios were all desperately chasing "the next STAR WARS", filmmaker David Lynch tackled a big-screen version of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel DUNE. Lynch...
ListenGary Busey from 2021-09-20T11:00
Gary Busey is now perhaps better known for his larger-than-life public persona than his actual filmography. In the years since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Buddy Holly, the actor has survived ...
ListenBill Murray: Scrooged from 2021-09-13T10:00
The 1988 Bill Murray comedy SCROOGED is now considered a holiday classic... But the production of the movie was anything but cheerful, with a miserable and unpredictable star, script changes, an...
ListenMickey Rourke from 2021-09-07T09:00
Not many actors have a rollercoaster career quite like Mickey Rourke, a boxer who caught the acting bug in his 20s. Over several decades, Rourke filled his time with acclaimed performances like ...
ListenOwen Wilson from 2021-08-09T10:00
Wow, what has Owen Wilson been up to lately? After indie beginnings with collaborator Wes Anderson, Wilson and his prominent nose appeared in minor roles in major movies (and major roles in mino...
ListenJohn Cusack from 2021-07-26T10:00
From early favorites like SAY ANYTHING to cult classics like GROSSE POINTE BLANK and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, actor John Cusack certainly seemed like he could do it all -- whether in a romcom, dram...
ListenThe Amityville Horror from 2021-07-19T10:00
In this episode we spend some time at 112 Ocean Avenue, the site of cold-blooded murders, and the “haunting” of the home’s subsequent residents that led to the book and 1979 movie THE AMITYVILLE...
ListenMacaulay Culkin from 2021-07-12T11:00
As far as child stars go, none have ever been bigger than Macaulay Culkin, who dominated the U.S. box office in the early nineties with the two mega-hit HOME ALONE movies, plays other hits like ...
ListenBram Stoker's Dracula from 2021-07-05T10:00
Francis Ford Coppola crafted a unique and gorgeous twist on the legendary vampire with the 1992 horror-romance BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (the inadvertent result of a GODFATHER PART III misfortune). ...
ListenGeena Davis from 2021-06-28T10:00
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Geena Davis went from modeling to becoming an acclaimed actor in hits like BEETLEJUICE, THE FLY, THELMA & LOUISE and A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. But after starri...
ListenThe Wolfman from 2021-06-21T10:00
As one of the ever-popular classic Universal Monsters, The Wolfman seemed like an obvious choice to claw his way onto screens in a modern-made movie. And with Oscar-winning talent like Benicio d...
ListenWesley Snipes from 2021-06-14T10:00
During the 1980s and 1990s, Wesley Snipes established himself as a reliable dramatic actor and action star, and launched the modern comic book movie renaissance with BLADE. But not long after th...
ListenSteven Seagal from 2021-05-31T09:00
With hits like ABOVE THE LAW, HARD TO KILL and UNDER SIEGE, Steven Seagal punched and shot and flipped his way to becoming an A-list Hollywood action star in the early 1990s. But over the 2000s,...
ListenStreet Fighter from 2021-05-24T10:00
In the mid-nineties, Capcom's "Street Fighter 2" was the hottest video game in the world. Introducing the one on one fight game, it was only a matter of time until Hollywood came ...
ListenM Night Shyamalan from 2021-05-17T10:00
This episode has a twist ending! Of course you might expect that with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, whose movies became known for inevitable third-act surprises after the gargantuan success of T...
ListenKevin Costner from 2021-05-03T10:00
Over the course of his lengthy career, Kevin Costner has traveled through some serious peaks and valleys. The multi-talented A-lister gained considerable Hollywood power from 80s and 90s smashes...
ListenGroundhog Day from 2021-04-26T10:00
Of course, this week's movie is one of the HUGE HITS we're talking about, with Groundhog Day being a top-tier classic in Bill Murray's filmography. Brilliantly directed by the lat...
ListenCameron Diaz from 2021-04-19T10:00
This week, we take a look at the career of the amazing Cameron Diaz. From her first appearance in THE MASK, to her turn as an action star in CHARLIE'S ANGELS and its sequel, Diaz has been a...
ListenRussell Crowe from 2021-04-05T10:00
This week, we take a look at the career of the great Russell Crowe. Still the guy Hollywood has to go to if they want someone to lead a great historical epic (GLADIATOR, MASTER & COMMANDER, ...
ListenShia LaBeouf from 2021-03-22T10:00
Shia LaBeouf is one of those guys you can't help but root for. While he's had his off-screen troubles, but on-screen he's delivered a slew of incredible performances that suggest,...
ListenGame of Death from 2021-03-15T10:00
So what do you do when you've got forty minutes of amazing Bruce Lee fight footage on your hands but your leading man just happens to be...well...dead? If you're Golden Harvest you hir...
ListenUma Thurman from 2021-03-08T10:00
Uma Thurman is up there with the most iconic screen personalities of all time. When many movies of this era are dead and gone, KILL BILL VOLUME 1 & 2 will still be considered classics, and t...
ListenGene Hackman from 2021-02-22T10:00
For awhile, Gene Hackman was omnipresent in film. There's a joke in the movie PCU, where one of the frat boys is obsessed with proving that there's always a Michael Caine or Gene Hackm...
ListenHellraiser Bloodline from 2021-02-15T10:00
So what exactly went wrong, and is there a version out there of HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE that’s in line with what was originally intended? And would such a version even be worth the effort to track...
ListenBruce Willis from 2021-02-08T10:00
There's no doubt that Bruce Willis ranks with the greatest movie stars of all time. From his time as the fast-talking private eye on "Moonlighting" to his breakthrough in DIE HARD...
ListenMad Max: Fury Road from 2021-02-01T10:00
In this episode we get all shiny and chrome for Mad Max: Fury Road and figure out how this movie went from development hell to production hell to becoming one of the greatest action films ever m...
ListenJohn Travolta from 2021-01-25T09:00
John Travolta is the king of the comebacks. Initially rising to fame as one of the "Sweathogs" on "Welcome Back, Kotter", he blasted into superstardom in the disco classic SA...
ListenMasters of the Universe from 2021-01-18T10:00
In this episode, we take a look at 1987's adaptation of the popular toy line, Masters of the Universe. Starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as his arch nemesis, Skeletor, th...
ListenTobey Maguire from 2021-01-11T10:00
This time out we take a swing with Tobey Maguire to find out just WTF happened to the elusive actor who dazzled us as the first live-action feature film Spider-Man (and did it two more times aft...
ListenWorld War Z from 2021-01-04T10:00
In this episode, we take a look at the zombie action flick World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, Peter Capaldi, David Morse, Ruth Negga and Daniella Kert...
ListenSean Connery from 2020-12-28T10:00
This time out we take a look at the career of the legendary Sean Connery!
Flash Gordon from 2020-12-21T10:00
In this episode we look at 1980's FLASH GORDON, based on the old comic strip serials (which eventually inspired George Lucas to make STAR WARS) and starring Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow, Bri...
ListenJohnny Depp from 2020-12-14T10:00
You knew he was inevitable for this series and we've finally gotten to the legend that is Johnny Depp for the WTF series. The once fresh-faced lad from 21 Jump Street has come a long way si...
ListenX-Men: The Last Stand from 2020-12-07T10:00
In this episode we take a look at X-Men: The Last Stand, which was directed by Brett Ratner in lieu of usual franchise director Bryan Singer and ended up being the most critically loathed of the...
ListenCatherine Zeta-Jones from 2020-11-30T10:00
This week we look back at what happened to one of the biggest rising stars of the 90s and early 2000s, the lovely and talented Catherine Zeta-Jones. After a brief, but memorable appearance in TH...
ListenPoltergeist from 2020-11-23T10:00
For our first installment, we're looking at a movie that I'm sure left a huge mark on all of us as kids, POLTERGEIST. Hollywood has had its share of "cursed" productions, me...
ListenVal Kilmer from 2020-11-16T10:00
In this episode we look at the career of the Iceman himself, Val Kilmer! Kilmer broke onto the scene with the comedy flicks TOP SECRET! (see our Best Movie You Never Saw of that HERE) and REAL G...
ListenTango&Cash from 2020-11-09T10:00
For our latest episode we explore the late 80s actioner TANGO & CASH, which stars Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance and a dude with a really big chin. The producti...
ListenMike Myers from 2020-11-02T10:00
In our latest episode we take a look at the funnyman genius that is Mike Myers, who has had a long career of hilarious and memorable characters (and a few not-so-memorable ones) throughout his f...
ListenCharlie Sheen from 2020-10-19T10:00
It was inevitable that we'd find our way to Charlie Sheen, son of Martin, brother to Emilio and all around wild and crazy, Tiger-Blood drinkin' actor that's as much a cultural ico...
ListenThe Fountain from 2020-10-13T11:00
In this episode, we take a look at director Darren Aronofsky's 2006 film, THE FOUNTAIN, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. What was originally set with a much bigger budget and a lead ...
ListenFrancis Ford Coppola from 2020-10-05T10:00
In this episode, we look at legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who gifted us with such cinematic gems as The Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The Outsiders and Bram Sto...
ListenBen Affleck from 2020-09-21T10:00
In our latest WTF series, we take a look at some of our favorite stars and filmmakers who have seemingly disappeared or altered their careers over the years to the point that begs the question; ...
ListenLast Action Hero from 2020-09-14T09:00
In the latest episode we look back at what happened to director John McTiernan's meta-satirical "family" 1993 action flick LAST ACTION HERO, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charle...
ListenJim Carrey from 2020-09-08T11:00
In our latest episode we tackle the ultra funnyman Jim Carrey, who has built an empire out of his rubber-faced comedic antics, leaving a long list of fan-favorite films in his wake. Carrey start...
ListenGalaxy Quest from 2020-08-31T11:00
In our latest episode we explore the 1999 surprise hit GALAXY QUEST, which had a long road to making it to the big screen. Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Tony ...
ListenRandy Quaid from 2020-08-24T10:00
This week we take a look at the strange journey of actor Randy Quaid, who has made a career out of being a goofy, obnoxious, yet affable character actor, occasionally dipping his toe into more s...
ListenJack Nicholson from 2020-08-10T10:00
his time out we explore the career of the legendary Jack Nicholson, who has graced us with a plethora of scene-stealing performances in some truly great and iconic films that have helped define ...
ListenThe Wizard of Oz from 2020-08-03T10:00
In our latest episode we take a trip waaaay back to 1939 in the Land of Oz, where the adaptation of Frank L. Baum's Wizard of Oz swept audiences away in a storm of cinematic fury. Or did it...
ListenRenee Zellweger from 2020-07-27T10:00
In our latest episode of WTF Happened To... we take a look at the career of the multi-talented actress Renee Zellweger, who won our hearts (and had us at hello) with Jerry Maguire, took the romc...
ListenBrendan Fraser from 2020-07-20T09:00
This entry in the series focuses on the beloved Brendan Fraser, who has seen a wild ride of ups and downs throughout his career and we shed some light on how that all went down. You may very wel...
ListenEddie Murphy from 2020-07-13T10:00
In our latest episode of WTF Happened To... we take a look at the career of Eddie Murphy, who got his start doing stand-up comedy before graduating to SNL where he put a stamp on his brand of co...
ListenAdrien Brody from 2020-07-06T11:00
In our latest episode of WTF Happened To... we take a look at the career of Adrien Brody, who appeared mostly as a supporting actor in films like The Thin Red Line and Summer of Sam, until takin...
ListenStarship Troopers from 2020-06-29T09:00
In the latest episode we look back at what happened to director Paul Verhoeven's now-classic sci-fi romp, STARSHIP TROOPERS! Originally released in 1997, the film was skewered by critics an...
ListenSolo: A Star Wars Story from 2020-06-22T10:00
In the latest episode we look back at what happened to the Star Wars spinoff effort SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, which ended up being a financial disaster and critical flop for the usually cast-iron...
ListenBig Trouble in Little China from 2020-06-08T12:00
In the latest episode we look back at what happened to John Carpenter's 1986 martial arts fantasy action pic Big Trouble In Little China starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrell, Dennis Dun, Jam...
ListenThe Shining from 2020-06-01T09:00
In the latest episode we venture back to the Overlook Hotel for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. The film has bee...
ListenBack To The Future from 2020-05-25T14:00
In the latest episode of WTF Happened to this Movie? we take a trip back to 1985 to explore the making of Robert Zemeckis' classic sci-fi phenomenon, Back To The Future, starring Michael J....
ListenCuba Gooding Jr.? from 2020-05-07T12:00
Our newest entry in the series centers on Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. who, if you believe his Oscar speech for JERRY MACGUIRE, loves...well ...everyone. Gooding has experienced a dynam...
ListenCuba Gooding Jr.? from 2020-05-07T12:00
Our newest entry in the series centers on Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. who, if you believe his Oscar speech for JERRY MACGUIRE, loves...well ...everyone. Gooding has experienced a dynam...
ListenCuba Gooding Jr.? from 2020-05-07T12:00
Our newest entry in the series centers on Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. who, if you believe his Oscar speech for JERRY MACGUIRE, loves...well ...everyone. Gooding has experienced a dynam...
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