124 - SPEED RACER

Jeremy is joined by author and scriptwriter Paul Morris for a dissection of the 2008 sports adventure Speed Racer, written for the screen and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox and Roger Allam and based on the anime series of the same name. Their discourse on the subject takes in such subjects as varied as Dick Tracy, the lore of Godzilla, a world created by designers and skinning Danny DeVito.

Paul's latest Doctor Who audio productions for Big Finish - The White Ship from The Companion Chronicles: Families and full-length audio novel The Lord of Misrule, read by Jon Culshaw - are available here.

Below are the film’s trailer, the first episode of the original anime series, Michael Giacchino’s terrific soundtrack and, as mentioned during the discussion, the behind-the-scenes reel of Godzilla Minus One’s Oscar-winning visual effects.

108 - CLOUD ATLAS

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to discuss Cloud Atlas, the 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer and starring an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Wishaw, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Their all-encompassing conversation covers topics from sense triggers, standing ovations and brawling writers to Leonard Nimoy, David Hasselhoff and failing the world's easiest job interview.

Below are the epic trailer discussed in the podcast, as well as an excerpt from Maidstone, the misremembered film in which Norman Mailer fights with Rip Torn rather than Gore Vidal, an interview featuring the actual Mailer/Vidal feud and the moment Michael Knight saved Europe.