A podcast about the film industry that looks at both the films, and the industry. The show covers the writing, shooting, editing and reshooting of troubled films and tries to not only find out what happened, but why, sometimes in a single episode, sometimes over an entire season. Hosted by film writer Tansy Gardam, Going Rogue is all about the context and complications of making movies, and the often wild reasons that films are... like that.
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An A-list Japanese cast. An international action star. A budget somewhere between $175million and $225 million. A director making his first feature film.
A box office bomb so bad the studio wrote it off the day after it was released.
The story of the 47 Ronin is a fixture of Japanese culture, but this is the story of 47 Ronin (2013), and what came after.
We have a Patreon if you want to support the show with extra contractual discretionary funding. If you want to email someone to ask for $5million, best avoid goingroguetansy@gmail.com
Endings are tough. But they tell us a lot about what a storyteller, or a company, values.
Guest Starring:
Alexei Toliopoulos as George Lucas
Patrick Tomasso as J.J. Abrams
Josh Boerman as Bob Iger
Andrew Levins as Adam Driver
Christian Byers as Chris Terrio
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We have a Patreon if you want to support future episodes of the show, and get monthly bonuses. Matt Smith can always email me at goingroguetansy@gmail.com
Please jakonka responsibly.
CLIPS
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
The Skywalker Legacy
Charlie Rose’s 2015 Interview with George Lucas I will not be linking it on account of the foghorn.
The Art of the Cut Episode 28: “Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker” Editor Maryann Brandon, ACE
Happy Sad Confused: Oscar Isaac Vol. II
The Fall of Skywalker IV: Fix It In Post
Friday, June 12, 2026 • Duration 01:27:46
Without the edit, there is no film. Without Marcia Lucas, there is no Star Wars.
Sideway’s video Why the Music of Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading is absolutely fantastic - also give his video on Cats a watch too if you were raised Catsolic by a Cats loving mother and have a lot of thoughts about the musical crimes of that film which are hard to share in polite company.
We have a Patreon — if you’re a hog and this is your slop, step up to the trough and full your snough.
Star Wars Episode IX is often dismissed as a film made by committee, but with its constant on-set rewrites, loose improvisational style and hyperactive camera movement, it’s very much a J.J. Abrams film.
All hail the Oracle, my horrible beautiful boy.
We have a Patreon - if you like what we do, you can be part of it! There are bonus episodes too - I’m seeing Mando like right after this episode goes up so there’ll probably be a bonus on that by the time you read this.
We have a Patreon - if you like what we do, you can be part of it! There are bonus episodes too. I dunno how to promote stuff I don’t like ads either that’s why we don’t run any and instead rely on the generosity of our Patreon Subscribers!
Guest Starring:
Patrick Tomaso as J.J. Abrams
Christian Byers as Chris Terrio
Angus Truskett as Rian Johnson
Josh Boerman as Bob Iger
Abigail Nussbaum as Kathleen Kennedy
Asher Elbein as Phil Saunders
Grace Koh as Maryann Brandon
Kobi Omenaka as Vincent Canby
Jackson Ryan as Brian Hiatt
Andrew Levins as Fredrick S Clarke (the Cinefantastique reviewer who hated Empire)
The Great Jamie Tram as Kelly Marie Tran
CLIPS
Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
The Fall of Skywalker I: Duel of the Fates
Season 1 · Episode 1
Thursday, April 23, 2026 • Duration 01:26:43
When he first heard that Lucasfilm would be making new Star Wars films, Colin Trevorrow knew he had been put in this earth to direct one of them...
Guest Starring
David Chen as Colin Trevorrow
Alexei Toliopolous as George Lucas
Abigail Nussbaum as Kathleen Kennedy
Asher Elbein as the Crawl
Jackson Ryan as the disembodied voice of the Lucasfilm PR department
CLIPS USED:
Happy Sad Confused: Colin Trevorrow, Sam Richardson
Jurassic World (dir. Colin Trevorrow, 2015)
Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi (dir. Rian Johnson 2017)
Duel of the Fates, Main Title, Jurassic Park Theme & A New Home by John Williams
“Stringed Disco”, “Backed Vibes Clean”, “Lithium”, “Rolling At 5”, “Phantom From Space”, “Evening Melodrama”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Morgana Rides”, “Raw", “Chill Wave”, “Martian Cowboy”, “Prelude & Action”, “Echoes of Time v2”, “Controlled Chaos - no percussion", “Marty Gots A Plan”, “Dark Times", “Black Vortex”, "Peace of Mind", “This House”, “Quirky Dog”, “Drums of the Deep”, “Hero Down”, “The Dread”, “Mystery Sax", "The Chamber", "Intrepid", "The Dread", "The Descent", "Lost Time", "Mistake the Getaway", "Hiding Your Reality", “Night Vigil”, “That Zen Moment”, "Deep Haze", "Covert Affairs", "Lost Frontier", "Hall of the Mountain King", "Leaving Home", & “Ever Mindful”
Artemis Fowl
Monday, October 6, 2025 • Duration 01:14:14
Artemis Fowl is many things: a character, a book, a best-selling children's series, a long resident of development hell and a massive investment in a potential franchise. But as a film, it basically doesn’t exist.
If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and the ongoing production of the show in general! Don't do it through the iOS app! Cannot stress that enough!
If you have any questions about this insane film please ask them! I will do my best to answer since I had to cut of lot of very minor details because they "sounded unhinged", "were visual nitpicks on an audio medium" and "made the episode longer than the movie".
You can follow the show on Bluesky or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky. If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com but please don't do that if you don't like the show just keep that to yourself!
CLIPS USED:
Artemis Fowl (dir. Kenneth Branagh, 2020)
Artemis Fowl Teaser Trailer & Deleted Scenes
Sir Kenneth Branagh interviewed by Simon Mayo
D23 Official Podcast: Behind the Magic of Artemis Fowl With Director Kenneth Branagh
The Art of Racing In The Rain Trailer
MUSIC
“Loopster”, “Crypto”, “Groove Grove”, “Shadowlands 1 - Horizon”, “Vibe Ace”, “Waltz Tchaikovsky Op. 40”, “Bicycle”, “Synapse”, “Cut Trance”, “Backed Vibes Clean”, “Floating Cities”, “The Path of the Goblin King”, “Path of the Goblin King v2”, “Bossa Antigua”, “Marty Gots A Plan”, “The Chamber”, “Screen Saver”, “Divertissement”, “Morgana Rides”, “Black Vortex”, “Lost Frontier”, “Unanswered”, “Enter the Maze”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “I Can Feel It Coming” & “Ever Mindful”
Dredd
Sunday, June 29, 2025 • Duration 01:13:43
2012’s Dredd is a nexus of pop culture rumours, mysteries and intrigue: but are we asking the right question when we ask who actually directed it?
If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and the ongoing production of the show in general! Don't do it through the iOS app! Cannot stress that enough!
You can follow the show on Bluesky or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky. If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com but please don't do that if you don't like the show just keep that to yourself!
CLIPS USED:
Dredd (dir. Pete Travis, 2012)
Day of Chaos: The VFX of Dredd
Mega City Masters: 35 Years of Dredd
Empire Podcast #146: Alex Garland, Paul Thomas Anderson
Alex Garland Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films (GQ)
Alex Garland Interview - TIFF 2012
Alex Garland: How We Made Ex Machina (BFI)
Page One Podcast Ep 53 - Alex Garland
Born Free (M.I.A)
Justin Bieber 800% Slower
The Raid: Redemption (dir. Gareth Evans, 2012)
DP 30 The Raid: Redemption, writer director Gareth Evans
PREVIEW: How To Train Your Dragon (Bonus Live Action)
Sunday, June 29, 2025 • Duration 05:44
This is a preview of a bonus episode: you can listen to the full thing by subscribing to the Going Rogue Patreon. It's good I promise. And it's a couple of bucks a month what else are you doing with that money? If you can't afford it just hit me up on socials I'll send you a code but you do have to ask for it that's the social contract.
Ballerina
Sunday, June 8, 2025 • Duration 01:03:58
From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina boldly asks the question: what if a 23 year old wrote a script inspired by the trailer for John Wick Chapter 2, and that script then got turned into a John Wick spin-off?
If you want to support the show, we have a Patreon! You can subscribe for bonus episodes, plug-free versions of the show and semi-regular Q&As when Tansy bleacher her hair. Just don't do it through the iOS app.
You can follow the show on Bluesky or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky. If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS USED:
From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina (dir. Len Wiseman, 2025)
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (dir. Chad Stahelski, 2019)
John Wick Chapter 4 (dir. Chad Stahelski, 2023)
Wick is Pain (dir. Jeffrey Doe, 2025)
From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Trailers
From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Full Cast and Crew Interviews
Chad Stahelski: ‘John Wick’ - It Happened In Hollywood
The Empire Podcast #24 (2013) - Len Wiseman & Robert Webb
Ballerina’s Norman Reedus & Director Len Wiseman Talk Reshoot l Interview
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