Going Rogue

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An A-list Japanese cast. An international action star. A budget somewhere between $175million and $225 million. A director making his first feature film. A box office b

The Fall of Skywalker V: The End

Endings are tough. But they tell us a lot about what a storyteller, or a company, values. Guest Starring: Alexei Toliopoulos as George Lucas Patrick Tomasso as J.J. Ab

The Fall of Skywalker IV: Fix It In Post

Without the edit, there is no film. Without Marcia Lucas, there is no Star Wars. Sideway’s video Why the Music of Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading is absolutely fantast

The Fall of Skywalker III: TrIXie

Star Wars Episode IX is often dismissed as a film made by committee, but with its constant on-set rewrites, loose improvisational style and hyperactive camera movement, i

The Fall of Skywalker II: The Mystery Box

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that any criticism of J.J. Abrams’ work must discuss the Mystery Box. Check out Jon McCoy’s Episode IX Visual Sketchbook - it’s

The Fall of Skywalker I: Duel of the Fates

When he first heard that Lucasfilm would be making new Star Wars films, Colin Trevorrow knew he had been put in this earth to direct one of them... Guest Starring David

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is many things: a character, a book, a best-selling children's series, a long resident of development hell and a massive investment in a potential franchise.

Dredd

2012’s Dredd is a nexus of pop culture rumours, mysteries and intrigue: but are we asking the right question when we ask who actually directed it? If you wish this episo

PREVIEW: How To Train Your Dragon (Bonus Live Action)

This is a preview of a bonus episode: you can listen to the full thing by subscribing to the Going Rogue Patreon. It's good I promise. And it's a couple of bucks a month

Ballerina

From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina boldly asks the question: what if a 23 year old wrote a script inspired by the trailer for John Wick Chapter 2, and that script the

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4 did not set the world on fire: but if Dreamworks had gone ahead with the original idea to plonk an unchanged CGI Po into the real world, it might have. I

PREVIEW: Gambit (Bonus Episode)

This is a preview of our Patreon bonus episode on Josh Zetumer's Gambit script - you can check out the full episode here wooimmabouttamaykeaNAYMEfomaselth.wav

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special aired exactly once, on November 17th 1978. For decades, George Lucas attempted to erase all trace of it from pop culture, and ver

Cinderella

In 1950, Cinderella saved Disney from destruction. In 2015, Cinderella went on a wild journey from swashbuckling adventure to a visually sumptuous but emotionally vacuous

Gladiator II

This is not the story of the Gladiator II that you will see in cinemas. This is the story of the time Russell Crowe went rogue and commissioned a script for a Gladiator s

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola is undeniably one of the greatest filmmakers who has ever lived. Megalopolis is the film he has been chasing for nearly 40 years. But when the poster

Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Cutgiver

Zack Snyder has a reputation as a Director’s Cut director: but what does that actually mean? And what happens when he’s given the chance to simultaneously make a Director

Rebel Moon: Part One - A Compromise of Filmmaking

Zack Snyder first pitched the idea Seven Samurai in Space when he was in college. In 2012, he pitched it to Kathleen Kennedy as his way of “fixing” Star Wars. In 2023, Re

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

At World’s End was once the most expensive movie ever made. But at what cost? You can follow the show on Twitter (@goingrogue_pod), Instagram (@goingrogue_podcast), or t

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Almost everything that could go wrong went wrong on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. I still really like it. You can follow the show on Twitter (@goingrogue_p