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.
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Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
This time last year, The Shape of Water was crowned Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards. Twelve months on, has the movie lost any of its lustre?
As we bid adieu to another year of Oscar-watching, we decided to revisit Guillermo del Toro's fantastical passion project in our own unique way. Which of course means only one thing - sequels!
From an underwater origin story to an Arrival-inspired sci-fi romance, check out our ideas in this week's podcast - in which we also discuss the benefits of practical effects when depicting inter-species romance, enjoy the cartoonish villainy of Michael Shannon, mourn the tragic death of Pandora the cat and much more...
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Beyond The Box Set is a British movie podcast dedicated to creatively celebrating classic standalone movies... before desecrating them completely. Each week we take a notable one-off film and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen.
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00.00: Michael Shannon is Toxic Masculinity Personified
35.25: The Shape of Water Drinking Games
39.30: The Shape of Water 2: The Shape of Redemption
53.00: The Shape of Water 2: The Sea-quel
1.06.15 Listener Submissions & Episode 107 Preview
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