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The podcast where film-fans, Sol Harris and Allen Turing, take a weekly journey to Development Hell to discuss a film, then pitch their ideas for the sequel.

A Diminishing Returns spin-off featuring looser and more experimental episode content, often tying into episodes of the main show.

Each week, hosts, Sol and Conor, take a trip to Development Hell in order to explore the history of film projects that never got made.

Wilson the Volleyball is awoken, one night, by the ghosts of his past.

Pilot for series in which host, Sol Harris, explores the history of the most exciting and outrageous movie-projects that never finished being made. This episode looks at unmade film spin-offs of The Simpsons.

A stick man turns himself into something more complex.

The adventures of an anthropomorphic tree who is a cop and is also super.

A robot travels back in time to build itself.

A man dances at Sea Land.

The debut episode of Diminishing Returns. Calvin, Sol and Allen take turns pitching sequels to Dr. No, the first film in the James Bond franchise.

Independence Day: Resurgence, the 20-years-too-late sequel to 1996's Independence Day, is out this week. What would the film have been like had Allen, Calvin or Sol been in charge? Listen to find out.

Calvin, Sol and Allen are back with sequel ideas for Finding Nemo. As usual, Dreamworks manages to get in on the act, too.

In a slightly mould-bending episode, the Diminishing Returns trio chime in with their thoughts on classic television series Absolutely Fabulous and discuss Britcoms making the leap to the big screen.

Diminishing Returns take some time to discuss human-diminishing-returns (i.e. ghosts). They also find the time to discuss Ghostbusters and how they would have handled the third film in Sony's supernatural comedy franchise.

Diminishing Returns discuss Star Trek before pitching their ideas for the 13th film in the franchise.

Diminishing Returns go back to their spy-movie roots and take on the Bourne franchise, consisting of The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy.

This week, Diminishing Returns use Frankenstein as a jumping-off point, with Calvin, Sol and Allen each taking ideas from elsewhere and cobbling them together to create ambitious, grotesque and ultimately doomed pitches for the sequel.

Allen, Calvin and Sol embark on a whistle-stop tour of the screen iterations of Batman, covering everything from the 1943 movie serial to the upcoming Suicide Squad. Oh, and Superman also.

Diminishing Returns discuss all things The Office in anticipation of Ricky Gervais' film David Brent: Life on the Road.

Diminishing Returns follow their last episode with an episode about how they'd follow It Follows.

In which Diminishing Returns have a religious awakening thanks to the 1959 cinematic epic Ben-Hur.

Diminishing Returns return (without diminishing) to the James Bond franchise in order to pitch sequels to 1963's From Russia with Love.

They at Diminishing Returns decided to take control of their lives and start a podcast (an aural diary, if you will). In this, the 15th episode, they take on fellow diarist, Bridget Jones and, as always, pitch ideas for the future.

If you're not familiar with Pink Flamingos, then be warned: this episode sees Diminishing Returns discuss things as repulsive as cannibalism, incest and Donald Trump.

Season 2 of the wonderful Ash vs Evil Dead will soon be upon us. In anticipation, the gang take a whistle-stop tour of the franchise, then pitch their own ideas for new Evil Dead movies. Groovy.