The Load Bearing Beams podcast covers the history of Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" (2002), starting with the original short story by Philip K. Dick, to its development under original director Jan De Bont, to Spielberg and Cruise coming aboard, to the movie slightly underwhelming at the box office. All that, plus Steven Spielberg partners with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to launch a brand-new studio in Dreamworks SKG. This studio was supposed to have a Jurassic Park and a Lion King every year, but Spielberg's wandering eye kept finding scripts owned by other studios that he wanted to make, so even their biggest hits had to be shared with other studios.
This is the history segment from Load Bearing Beams episode 120. Catch the full episode: https://youtu.be/MiEkZQEiEDI?si=o1NFRQpGWckf-qLN
Time stamps:
0:00 - Philip K. Dick's "The Minority Report"
0:28 - Steven Spielberg launches Dreamworks SKG
4:36 - Jeffrey Katzenberg's many business ventures, including Quibi
7:36 - Spielberg and his wandering eye
10:18 - Dreamworks struggles
12:59 - Jan De Bont develops "Minority Report" for 20th Century Fox, and he asks Spielberg to help land Tom Cruise to star in it; Fox wants Spielberg to direct, and De Bont steps aside
18:55 - A script is written by Scott Frank, but it's a long and arduous journey to the screen
Sources:
The Men Who Would Be King by Nicole LaPorte - https://amzn.to/3XGCD2V