Life's A Pitch Podcast

This week we pitched a bunch of insect movies. Is that a genre? It is now! Nic Cage and Jeff Goldblum tag-team the lead role as expert apiarist Dr Beefy Chappo delves into a hidden world hidden within the papacy, and a secret that's been buzzing around for the last 200 years! Honourable Mentions: A game of crickets - Mr Baseball, CEO of baseball (Jerry Seinfeld) has noticed his viewing figures are dropping, and he'll do anything to get them back, even if it means adding aspects of that sport that's so popular worldwide, crickets, was it? Dung Beetle Woman - A modern retelling of the classic folk-tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", Dung Beetle Woman (Liz Hurley) is the only one who can clean up the 70s disco streets of all the organised crime, and literal dung. But when those disco dudes don't decide to pay up, Dung Beetle Woman will have the last laugh.

We pitch Hollywood's idea of a feminist adaptation of a Margaret Atwood movie, then talk about celebrity rants and book adaptations. If this is your first time listening, these out-of-context clips aren't going to make much sense, we recommend you go back and listen to the main episode first!

This week we pitch movie adaptations of books that we haven't read! Catcher in the Rye is definitely about Baseball and eldrich monsters, right? Honourable Mentions: I hated, hated, hated this movie by Roger Ebert - It's the grinch for Hollywood, Roger (Squintin' Tarantino) doesn't think that anyone should win an award this year, so he's stealing the one thing the Oscars can't go ahead without. The Giant Gold Oscar (Patrick Stewart). This Book Could Save Your Life - Macauley Culkin finds a magical sentent book that can do anything, But will it use its powers to help the world? Or will it get preoccupied with Happy Days?

We talk a little more about the rivalry of the various 3D cinematic animation houses, pitch a movie about a very strong baby, and explore some more of your knock-off Pixar movie titles. If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back to the main episode, to give this nonsense some context!

This week we try to make knock-off Pixar movies a-la ANTZ. Danny Devito is obsessed with floating his house into space because he bought some land there. Honourable Mentions: Save Us, Silent Robot! - Where Wall-e had an environmentalist message, this guy's got guns! Land of Talking Motorised Conveyances - A very silly tale about the cars of earth trying to flee the planet and the shackles of human rule, all with the help of Sir Paul McCartney

This week we pitch another Hallmark style Christmas movie called Aurora Borealis I love you with Eden MW (edensthings)

For our second Christmas episode this year, we were joined by Eden MW (Edensthings)to pitch some Hallmark-style Christmas movies. A big-shot tv producer (Kristen Wiig) of Guy Fieri's Diners Drive-Ins and Dives is scouting locations for a UK series when she stumbles across a bistro like no other. Can she save an ailing eatery in the hostile climate of future-Dickensian London? And will she learn to love the season or a special someone along the way. Honourable Mentions: A town called "we hate Christmas" - In a sequel to "Deck the Halls" Danny Devito continues his crusade to light up the world for Christmas. But will this coal-fuelled town of scrooges take him into their hearts? In a way... we suppose. I fell for you like a person on ice - Amanda Bynes is back, and she's EXACTLY like other girls. She wants to get on with her new internship but the company policy of corporate ice-skating parties could damage her career. Only a chance encounter with a mystery Christmas hunk (John Leguizamo) can help her turn t

We talk about the genre of Christmas mystery and get very sidetracked by a dumb joke then we pitch a brand new xmas franchise with "Detective Claus" in which Mrs Claus does the hard research to find out who's on the naughty list. If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode first, it'll give these deleted scenes some context!

This week we're joined by our regular Christmas correspondent Dave Bulmer to pitch some Chris-Mys-teries! A seasoned detective (Idris Elba) has been hoping to crack a big case, and just as some mysterious Christmas-themed killings begin to happen, he gets saddled with a journalist (Emma Watson) who's documenting his every move! Honourable Mentions: Spies Among the Pies - A precocious child hatches a plan to spy on Santa using a camera hidden in a mince pie, but what she discovers will send her and her surgeon mother on a whirlwind mystery with implications beyond the furthest reaches of their imagination. No More Sleeps - When you're on the naughty list, the last thing you want is for Christmas day to come. One child's guilty conscience causes them to try to keep everyone up all night so Santa doesn't arrive, but can they learn to forgive themself before the night is out?

We pitch some more Star Wars stories, including another backstory for an obscure background character. This week, the force-sensitive droid R5D4, as chosen by our patrons! If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode, it'll give context to these deleted scenes!

This week we're joined once again by Ash Routh. She helped us pitch the best new Star Wars property to be announced this week. Honourable Mentions: Straight outta Mos Eisley - A gritty drag racing drama about trying to escape that hive of scum and villainy. The Last Life Day - Many different strings come together to create a true spiritual sequel to the Star Wars Holiday Special.

We pitch a western about a very tall messenger delivering a very short message for a very long time. We also talk about the Parisian gun epidemic depicted in Ratatouille and our latest movie obsession CITY HUNTER. This is the deleted scenes for episode 303 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast. If you're new to the show, we advise going back to listen to the proper episode to give these bits some context!

This week: A local warlord (Willem Dafoe) has been betrayed by his favourite donkey, and now he want's it dead. It's on the run, but will the top bounty hunters in the country indulge his wild instructions to get the bounty? Honourable Mentions: A Fish Full of Bullets - Keanu Reeves' bandits are troubling the local fishing town, but their strange tradition of shooting fish in a barrel might just save them. A Hip Full of Vengeance, the Return of Big-Eyed Ron - The chilling tale of a transatlantic cryptid!

We're joined by Dave Bulmer to pitch some more martial arts movies and to discuss all manner of instruments including big bells and school claves! This is bonus content from episode 302 for the Life's a Pitch Podcast, if it's your first time listening, we recommend listening to the main episode first!

This week we're joined once again by Dave Bulmer to pitch some Martial Arts movies! This week state secrets are hidden in the most unlikely place, a labyrinth of ladders! But will the sneaky Russian agent (Willem Dafoe) steal them or can night watchman (Jackie Chan) stop him? Honourable Mentions: I'm not afraid of Death because I want to date him - An adaptation of the famous manga, Anna Kendrick plays a lawyer who can only see her one true love when locked in deadly combat, will she ever get her date with death? Monk Fighter, Fighting Friar with Friar: Dwayne Johnson plays a security contractor who needs to help these hapless monks fight off the dark sect of... other monks, but they're all hopeless! It's a bit like Sister Act!

We pitch another adventure story in which the strange goblin man (Tom Hiddleston) tries to lead a teen girl (Millie Bobby Brown)into a whimsical adventure. But... well, she's having none of it, and she's taking some of his whimsical world with her when she leaves. We also chat about the adventure genre in general and how wide and varied it can be. This is the Deleted Scenes for episode 301 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast, if this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode, these out-of-context bits will have a bit more... context!

This week we pitch some Adventure movies, but I guess there's a hangover from the product placement movies last week, because we pitched an ad anyway. Honourable Mentions: Johnny Johnny Eating Stars - The stars of hollywood are going missing, but will Dad from youtube be dragged into it? Find out the value of immersive narrative in this self-aware short film. The Great Ad-Venture - Madison Avenue is haunted by the ideas of ad men past. If Elijah Wood is to renovate the old offices into luxury apartments, he needs to get to the 'bottom' of this ass-spankin' ghost problem.

We try to delete one of the worst ad campaigns in history by making everyone associate it with a tragic death, then we talk about eating the rich and selling out in movies! This is the deleted scenes from episode 300 of the Life's a Pitch podcast. If this is your first time listening, we recommend that you go back and listen to the main episode, then all this will make a bit more sense.

This week, we're finally bowing to our corporate overlords and pitching ideas for product placement movies! Tom Holland and Keanu Reeves clash as the battle for the nation's identity comes into question. Honourable Mentions: The Dragon Who Gave Up Smoking - Big Tobacco the Dragon says "Don't give up" Is Pepsi ok? - An origin story to Pepsiman, little Max Pepsi is in a horrible accident, and someone's bought up the whole supply of sugar and is threatening to shut down Ma and Pa Pepsi's little family business. If only there was a sugarfree solution!

We talk about Biblical movies, or "Bible Fanfic" and pitch a weird allegory about planned obsolescence in prophecies. This is the Deleted Scenes for episode 299 of the Life's a Pitch podcast. If this is your first time listening, it might make sense to go back and listen to the main episode, so this all has context!