At Beyond The Box Set, we believe every great movie deserves a questionable sequel. Each week, we take a stand-alone cinema classic and compete to come up with the best, worst and most bizarre pitches to bring them back to the big screen.
Episodes
Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 2019
As an icy fashion queen who definitely isn't Anna Wintour, Meryl Streep delivers one of the most iconic performances of her career in The Devil Wears Prada. But could she ever be convinced to revisit the role?
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada stars Anne Hathaway as an aspiring journalist who gets a crash course in the fashion industry while working as an assistant for fearsome magazine editor Miranda Priestley (Streep). The film was a surprise smash hit on release in 2003, grossing over $300 million worldwide and helping to introduce Streep to a new generation of moviegoers.
On this week's podcast, we discuss Emily Blunt's aggressive eye shadow, Anne Hathaway's superhuman speed, Stanley Tucci typecasting himself for life and more. After some good old fashioned drinking games, we move briskly on to pitching our own fantasy sequel ideas.
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we discuss a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequels, prequels and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen.
We're proud to have been listed as a 'Podcast of The Week' by The Guardian and Podbean, and as a 'Binge-Worthy Podcast' by Apple. We release a new episode every Friday morning, so subscribe for free to make sure you never miss an episode.
Beyond The Box Set is also a founding member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Emily Blunt would make an excellent super-villain
28.30: The Devil Wears Prada Drinking Games
35.30: Revenge Wears Prada
45.55: The Devil Wears Prada 2: Devil's Daughter
54.55 Listener Submissions & Episode 116 Preview
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
After our Dangerous Liaisons disaster last week, we clearly needed a change of pace to keep this Glenn Close mini-series on the rails. Enter Mars Attacks! - Tim Burton's campy love letter to 50s B-movies, and a very different role for our current featured actress.
Mars Attacks! unites an impressive ensemble of 90s A-listers who prove more than willing to embrace the silliness - from Jack Nicholson as an opportunistic US President to Sarah Jessica Parker as a ditzy journalist who undergoes a startling canine transformation.
The real stars of the show are Burton's Martians, though. Delightfully vindictive and with no obvious motive beyond causing chaos and destruction, these little green monsters are movie villains for the ages - which makes it a shame that this movie turned out to be a one off. Could our sequel pitches inspire a long overdue revival? One thing's for sure, it couldn't be any worse than Burton's recent Dumbo remake...
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Each week on Beyond The Box Set, we feature a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequels, prequels and spin-off ideas we can think of to bring them back to the big screen.
Our show has been listed as a 'Podcast of The Week' by The Guardian and Podbean, and as a 'Binge-Worthy Podcast' by Apple. We release a new episode every Friday morning, so subscribe for free to make sure you never miss an episode.
Beyond The Box Set is also a proud member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Annette Bening's 90s Madonna Vibes
30.40: Mars Attacks! Drinking Games
38.00: Mars Attacks 2: Attack on Mars!
48.45: Mars Attacks 2: Cat Women From Venus!
1.00.00 Listener Submissions & Episode 114 Preview
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Like most moviegoers, the last couple of years have kind of soured us on the screen talents of Matt Damon. Movies like Downsizing and Suburbicon haven't exactly made the best use of his talents, to put it mildly. So revisiting The Martian was a timely reminder that he can actually be pretty damn charming when he's actually given decent material to work with.
Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian stars Damon as Mark Watney, a dry-witted space botanist accidentally stranded on Mars during a mission. While awaiting rescue he's forced to face off against exploding potatoes, a diminishing food supply and a lot of disco music. It's a lot of fun, which is a pleasant surprise for a modern Sci-fi movie.
Join us as we discuss key plot points such as Sean Bean's complete lack of accent effort, Jessica Chastain's questionable leadership skills and what the hell Kristen Wiig is doing in this movie. As usual, we also attempt to come up with some plausible sequel ideas to send this movie back into orbit.
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, hosts Harry and John take a look at a classic standalone movie, and then compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. It's all the fun of a grim Hollywood board meeting, with more booze and sarcasm.
Our show has been listed as a 'Podcast of The Week' by The Guardian and Podbean, and as a 'Binge-Worthy Podcast' by Apple. We release a new episode every Friday morning, so hit subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode.
Beyond The Box Set is also a proud member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Jessica Chastain would kill it on Star Trek
37.35: The Martian Drinking Games
46.45: The Martian 2: Adventures In Typecasting
56.30: The Martian 2: Life On Mars?
1.07.20 Listener Submissions & Episode 109 Preview
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
We're back, you bastards! This week's episode may be arriving slightly late, but we hope the choice of movie justifies the wait. The Dressmaker is a real curio - a hilarious Australian revenge comedy/drama starring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth and a lot of hats, wigs and fabulous evening gowns!
If you've never seen this movie before, we strongly recommend that you seek it out before listening to this episode - it's an absolute riot, and some of the plot twists are so out-there that we'd hate to ruin them for you! But do make sure you come back, because we have a *lot* to talk about...
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Beyond The Box Set is a movie podcast with a difference. Every week, our two hosts watch a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. It's a journey through cinema with a dash of creativity and a healthy dose of humour.
Our show has been featured in numerous Podcast best-of lists, including The Guardian, Podbean, the Apple Store and more. Hit subscribe for a new episode every Friday morning and be sure to reach out to us on our website or on social media to keep in touch with the show.
Beyond The Box Set is a proud member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Hats, Golf Balls and Incongruous Age Gaps.
35.25: The Dressmaker Drinking Games
43.45: The Dressmaker In Paris
52.35: The Dressmaker 2: The Hemsworth Curse
1.00.15 Listener Submissions & Episode 108 Preview
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Was it Mr Green in the Hall with the Revolver? Or perhaps Mrs Peacock in the Billiard room with the Lead Pipe? All the cards are on the table this week, as we conclude our 'movies based on games' mini-series with an episode dedicated to the classic murder mystery farce 'Clue'.
Friend of the show Julio Olivera from The Contrarians Podcast joins us this week as we compare notes on convoluted plotting, scenery-chewing character actors, Yvette's ridiculous cleavage and much more...
Inspired by the forthcoming reboot starring - sigh - Ryan Reynolds, we also pitch our own sequel ideas for this classic board game adaptation, featuring re-castings and plot twists galore!
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Each week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the best, weirdest and most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. We've been featured in The Guardian, on the front page of Apple Podcasts and as a Podbean 'Podcast of the Week among others, so check us out right now to discover what the fuss is about.
If you like the show, please hit subscribe and consider rating, reviewing or recommending us to a friend. It all helps us to infiltrate the ears of new listeners. You can also join our VIP listener group on Patreon for as little as $2 per month, where we offer a host of exciting bonus content including our weekly movie review show Beyond BTBS.
00.00: Scenery chewing with Tim Curry
24.15: Clue Drinking Games
35.00: Clue: The Movie
42.40: Clue 2: Clueless
51.45: Clue 2: Discover The Secrets
1.09.00: The Friends Game - Clue Edition
1.13.55 Listener Submissions & Episode 106 Preview
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
It's the most wonderful time of the year - Oscar Season! Eight movies have been nominated for the prestigious title of Best Picture of 2018... and having watched them all, we have some opinions!
In this very special bonus episode of Beyond The Box Set, we rank this year's Best Picture nominees from worst to first, and predict who we think will be taking home Oscar Gold on Sunday night...
The contenders (in alphabetical order)
- Black Panther
- Blakkklansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Roma
- A Star is Born
- Vice
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
In our recent year-end review, Harry put forth the controversial opinion that Skyscraper is a perfect action movie. This week, John attempts to unpick that theory with a look at one of the ultimate dumb-action classics, James Cameron's True Lies...
True Lies stars accent-challenged action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, trigger-happy secret agent by day, loyal husband and father by night. However, his worlds begin to collide when he suspects his wife of having an affair with an enemy agent, and a terrorist plot threatens to tear his family, and the world apart!
In this week's episode, we discuss silly action vs stupid action, the icky racism (and sexism) at the heart of this movie, and debate whether 90s action truly peaked when Arnold chased a motorcycle-riding terrorist through a luxury hotel... on horseback.
James Cameron famously cancelled plans for a sequel on the grounds that terrorism was no longer funny in a post 9/11 world. He's probably right, but would it be possible to extract the best elements of this movie and leave the more problematic parts on the cutting room floor? That's the challenge we're setting ourselves this week as we pitch some sequels to bring Arnie out of semi-retirement, finally show Jamie Lee Curtis some goddam respect and give the awesome Eliza Dushku the big screen action epic she deserves...
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Beyond The Box Set is a movie podcast dedicated to pitching sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to classic standalone movies that don't have any. From Titanic to True Lies, we're 99 episodes deep and we're not planning on slowing down anytime soon.
We release new episodes every Friday morning, so hit subscribe now on your preferred podcasting app to make sure you never miss an episode. You can also rate and review us, which makes us very happy and helps the show to attract new listeners. Bonus content also available on Patreon.
00.00: Why would anybody ever trust Arnie to go undercover?
41.30: True Lies Drinking Games
50.40: True Lies 2: Dana-nother Day
1.03.20: True Lies II: Meet The Taskers
1.13.30: Listener Submissions & Episode 100 Preview
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
The holiday season is over and frankly we could all use a little joy in our lives right now. So we decided to kick-start 2019 with a heartwarming Pixar animated classic... and some sequel pitches that are strictly for grown-ups...
Tune in to hear our thoughts on non-objective fragmentation, the melancholy death of Bing Bong, the emotional makeup of cats and more, plus a collection of adult-only Inside Out drinking game suggestions and some hilarious, creative and downright disturbing sequel ideas from our loyal listeners.
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Beyond The Box Set is the hit British podcast that creates fantasy franchises from classic standalone movies. Each week we get together to pitch sequels, prequels and spin-offs to movies that don't have any. We're closing in on 100 episodes, and our well of imagination isn't even close to going dry, so dive in to see some of your favourite films in a whole new light...
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00.00: OK, fine, we cried.
24.30: Inside Out Drinking Games
27..55: The Inside Out Friends Game
33.00: Inside Out 2: This Is Your Brain On Drugs
41.00: Inside Out 2: Freaky Friday
57.00: Listener Submissions & Episode 99 Preview
Friday Jan 04, 2019
Friday Jan 04, 2019
In the second half of our epic 2018 review, we look back at the movies we watched between July and December and deliver our final verdicts - complete with increasingly drunken and dissolute sequel ideas... enjoy!
Remember, you can enjoy full-length reviews of all of these movies by signing up to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/beyondtheboxset
0.30: Skyscraper
4.45: Incredibles 2
8.50: Mission Impossible - Fallout
13.00: Mamma Mia 2
16.00: Hotel Artemis
20.05: The Meg
25.55: BlacKkKlansman
27.10: Crazy Rich Asians
31.30: Searching
37.50: The Predator
44.20: Venom
48.45: Bad Times At The El Royale
57.15: First Man
1.04.25: A Star is Born
1.12.50: Bohemian Rhapsody
1.19.10: Widows
1.25.10: Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald
1.30.15: Robin Hood
1.33.15: Spiderman - Into The Spiderverse
1.35.55: Mortal Engines
1.38.00: Mary Poppins Returns
1.40.35: Final Rankings + 2019 Preview
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
In addition to pitching sequels to old films, we also watched a lot of new releases in 2018. So we thought we'd end the year with a look back at everything we caught at the cinema over the past 12 months, while also attempting to pitch some very quick sequel ideas for them.
This was a very silly idea that turned into a literal all-nighter, so we've split the results into two parts. Here's part one, in which we ran down everything we saw between January and June. Spoilers abound, obviously!
You can listen to full-length review episodes for all of these films by subscribing to our Patreon for as little as $2 per month.
00.00: Molly's Game
04.55: The Post
07.25: Downsizing
12.35: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
16.08: The Greatest Showman
20.50: Phantom Thread
25.40: Call Me By Your Name
30.55: Black Panther
36.45: Darkest Hour
38.25: The Shape of Water
41.25: Coco
45.30: Ladybird
49.00: I, Tonya
52.35: Red Sparrow
55.30: Tomb Raider
58.30: Ready Player One
1.05.55: Love, Simon
1.08.50: Isle of Dogs
1.11.30: A Quiet Place
1.13.40: Deadpool 2
1.19.45: Avengers: Infinity War
1.24.40: Solo - A Star Wars Story
1.26.10: Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom
1.29.30: Hereditary
1.33.55: Ocean's Eight
1.36.30: Leave No Trace