Making a vanity project for a Chinese billionaire is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Empires of the Deep, from the musical chairs of frustrated directors to the harrowing journey of one actor attempting to leave the production.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Chapters:
00:00 - Teaser
00:53 - Intro
03:30 - Empires of the Deep (Unreleased)

Sources:
Atavist Magazine: https://magazine.atavist.com/sunk/
Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/mo...
SlashFilm: https://www.slashfilm.com/523519/empi...
Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpej...

Featured Footage:
Empires of the Deep (Unreleased)
Good Boys (2019)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Music:
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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