A Documentary Podcast About Overlooked Movie History

The Cannon 60

At the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, the men behind Cannon Films showed up with a grand vision of their future. A 60 page was distributed throughout Cannes announcing their line up of movies for the coming year. A staggering 60 films!
A good portion of the list did get made. Movies like Superman IV, Over The Top, Street Smart, and 52 Pick-Up. But what happened to the rest?
We go over this mammoth list with The Cannon Film Guide author, Austin Trunick, and find out about what it what like to write for Cannon at the time from screenwriter John Brancato.