Hey, what gives?! Why do creatives get boxed into corners of the industry?
Things we talked about include:
- Deadpool 3 writers are Bob Burger’s Writer/Producers - Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin aka The Molyneux Sisters.
- Fox animated series - The Great North (coming 2021) and Bless the Hearts
- Jillian Bell, actress (Workaholics, Godmothered!, 22 Jump Street)
- Scriptnotes, John August and writing GO (1999) on spec
- Why aren’t comedies recognized at awards shows?
- Jim Carrey’s performance as “The Grinch”
- Why is it so hard to be known for multiple genres as creators?
- How we connect the lines from our “brand” to our body of work
- Lord and Miller switching to directing live action with 21 Jump Street (2012) after Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (2009)
- Patty Jenkins, Monster (2003), Wonder Woman (2017), and Cleopatra (upcoming with Gal Gadot)
- TNT’s “I Am The Night” (2019) a series about a suspect in the infamous Black Dahlia murder.
- Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems (2019) and Mo’Nique in Precious (2009)
- Post-Mad Men Jon Hamm doing comedy in Bridesmaids, TAG, 30 Rock, Kimmy Schmidt, etc.
- We hired a career coach! They asked us a lot of hard questions. Lol.
- Are there more opportunities in streaming? Should you write tv over features?
- Netflix’s original programming in 2013 - OITNB and House of Cards (which is the first netflix original series.) And their investment in features like The Old Guard (2020) and Extraction (2020).
- Brittany’s favorite Hollywood lingo - “Is there a world in which…”
- Expanding a feature to a series
- The House of Mouse aka Disney
- Quentin Tarantino got a book deal. (Also check out his movie theater in LA - The New Beverly Cinema.)
- Phoebe Waller Bridge, creator and star of Fleabag. Also known for her acting, producing and writing - Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), BBC’s Killing Eve series and No Time to Die (2021).
- Shocking! The Crown’s Emerald Fennell - scene stealing Camilla and ALSO the showrunner for the second season of Killing Eve. The talent!
- Lulu Wang, director (The Farewell)
- Shadowing directors and diversity programs
- Rian Johnson sweatshirts
- Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club YA selection - “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow” by Laura Taylor Namey
- “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez
- Serial killer doc on HBO “Crazy, Not Insane” (2020)
- Helter Skelter, 1974 book by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
- Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Murder She Wrote, Law & Order: SVU, Dateline
