The Making of the MCU was a Sh*t Show (Pt 1: Forging Iron Man)
Making the MCU is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Iron Man, from getting the film rights to The Avengers, to the casting of Robert Downey Jr, and filming a movie without a script.
In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:41 – Marvel’s First Comic Book Movies
01:58 – Marvel’s New Management: Isaac Perlmutter & Avi Arad
03:49 – David Maisel Establishes Marvel Studios
04:37 – Kevin Feige’s Dream of a Shared Marvel Universe
06:35 – Collecting the Film Rights for the Avengers
08:11 – Jon Favreau Signs on to Direct Iron Man
10:11 – Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
12:06 – Writing Troubles with the Marvel Creative Committee
14:43 – Filming Iron Man without a Script
17:00 – Iron Man Releases May 2, 2008
Featured Footage:
Captain America (1944)
Iron Man (1966)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Less Than Zero (1987)
The Punisher (1989)
Captain America (1990)
Chaplin (1992)
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)
Volcano (1997)
Blade (1998)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
X-Men (2000)
Made (2001)
Spider-Man (2002)
Big Fish (2003)
Elf (2003)
Gothika (2003)
The Notebook (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Iron Man (2008) and special features
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)
Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop (2014)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019) and special features
Music:
John O’Brien and Rick Boston – Iron Man (2008 version)
Ramin Djawadi – Iron Man (Original Soundtrack)
Ryan Hudson – Sh*t Show Theme
Making stuff is hard, especially in the entertainment world when there are millions of dollars on the line. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. With video documentaries and a companion conversational podcast, It Was A Sh*t Show is an entertaining look at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?
