Merry Christmas! We've put together a little bonus episode for Christmas Day as a treat, if you can call it that, for anyone who needs a bit of company this year. This episode also brings to a close the first series of Fantasy Reboot Podcast and it has been quite an experience creating our first podcast. Today we're doing something a little bit different. We're casting THIS PODCAST ! So, who would play Leo, Roger, Lorra & Simon? As usual there are arguments, laughs and some BIG surprises. We...
Dec 25, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, the team are back together in the same room after a Covid-related hiatus. It was really nice to get the band back together, especially to talk about this... The fourth of our CHRISTMAS SPECIALS ! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about the brilliant IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE ! The five characters being recast are: UNCLE BILLY MR POTTER MARY CLARENCE GEORGE BAILEY The team make their suggestions and nar...
Dec 23, 2020•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, The third of our CHRISTMAS SPECIALS ! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about the brilliant HOME ALONE ! The five characters being recast are: OLD MAN MARLEY KATE (KEVIN'S MUM) MARV HARRY KEVIIN The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts and bouquet of bickering. Plus we'll have the public votes on our choices for NATION...
Dec 16, 2020•2 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, The second of our CHRISTMAS SPECIALS ! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about possibly the funniest festive film ever... NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION! The five characters being recast are: UNCLE LEWIS (Originally played by William Hickey). AUNT BETHANY (Originally played by Mae Questel). COUSIN EDDIE (Originally played by Randy QuaId). ELLEN GRISWOLD (Originally played by Beverly ...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, The first of our CHRISTMAS SPECIALS ! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about the "is it/isn't it?" of Christmas movies (it is)... DIE HARD! The five characters being recast are: KARL SGT AL HOLLY HANS GRUBER JOHN MCCLANE The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts and bouquet of bickering. Plus we'll have the public votes on ...
Dec 02, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, Simon (Birthday Boy, which he might mention once or twice), Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting the most watched movie of all time... THE WIZARD OF OZ! The five characters being recast are: WICKED WITCH COWARDLY LION TIN MAN SCARECROW DOROTHY The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts and bouquet of bickering. Plus we'...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting 'the Star Wars of rom-coms'... FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL! The five characters being recast are: Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman) Matthew (John Hannah) Gareth (Simon Callow) Carrie (Andie MacDowall) Charles (Hugh Grant) The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts about the film. T...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting one of the biggest and most iconic films of the 80s... TOP GUN! The five characters being recast are: Viper (Tom Skerritt) Goose (Anthony Edwards) Charlie (Kelly McGillis) Ice Man (Val Kilmer) Maverick (Tiny Tom Cruise) The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts about the film...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting the musicalwe all know every word to... GREASE! The five characters being recast are: Principal McGee Coach Calhoun Rizzo Sandy Danny The team make their suggestions and narrow it down to their perfect cast and, as usual, we'll have a bucket full of facts about the film. Plus we'll have the public votes on our choices for The Exorcist in episode 3 ...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! This week, for our HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ... Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting 1973 bar-setting horror... The Exorcist . The five characters being recast are: Chris MacNeil (Regan's actress mother, originally played by Ellen Burstyn). Lt. Kinderman (Film loving detective, originally played by Lee J Cobb). Father Merrin (Long-suffering priest & exorcist, originally played by Max Von Sydo...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting 1994 epic... Forrest Gump . The five characters being recast are: Bubba (Forrest's shrimp-loving army friend, originally played by Mykelti Williamson). Mrs Gump (Forrest's mother, originally played by Sally Field). Lt. Dan (Forrest's platoon leader and best friend, originally played by Gary Sinise). Jenny (The unrequited love of Forrest's life, originally played by Robin...
Oct 21, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The show which reimagines your favourite films being remade NOW! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting 1997 Oscar behemoth... Titanic . The five characters being recast are: The larger-than-life (and unsinkable) Molly Brown (originally played by Kathy Bates). Misogynistic, posh-boy bully (and Rose's squeeze), Cal Hockley (originally played by Billy Zane). Yarn-spinning, necklace-chucking centenarian, Old Rose (originally played by Gloria Stuart). Posh-yet-rebellious leadi...
Oct 14, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
FANTASY REBOOT PODCAST SERIES 1 EPISODE 1 The show which reimagines your favourite childhood films being remade NOW! Simon, Lorra, Leo & Roger fantasise about rebooting Back to the Future . The five characters being recast are: Marty's dad & über nerd, George McFly (originally played by Crispin Glover). Marty's fruity mum, Lorraine Baines/McFly (originally played by Lea Thompson). One of cinema's greatest bullies, Biff Tannen (originally played by Thomas F. Wilson). Morally dubious tinke...
Oct 07, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Coming soon... Fantasy Reboot Podcast . A bunch of friends and family fantasising about recasting some of cinema's greatest moments... Or, at least, the most popular. We take some of the big screen's most iconic characters, who made the part their own... Then we give it to someone else... But first we have to get past each other. Like and subscribe to Fantasy Reboot Podcast . Episode one is coming soon! Want to get in touch? Follow us on Twitter - @fantasyreboot Email us - [email protected]...
Sep 29, 2020•2 min
