'WWW' on 'No Such Thing': Why Are There so Many Twin Films?

About this episode

The episode discusses the phenomenon of twin films in Hollywood and debates the merits of A Bug's Life versus ANTZ.

On this week's episode, the boys chat with Chris and Lizzie, the hosts of the What Went Wrong podcast about why Hollywood produces so many "twin films," movies that have very similar concepts and that release within a year of each other. They also debate whether A Bug's Life or ANTZ is the better movie, and talk through some controversial Hollywood development rumors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guests: Chris, Lizzie

Topics covered

• twin films
• Hollywood
• movie comparisons
• film development
• animation

Keywords

• twin films
• Hollywood
• A Bug's Life
• ANTZ
• film development
• animation
• movie comparisons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: What Went Wrong

Books & works: A Bug's Life, ANTZ

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