126 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Co-Writer Joe Robert Cole: Letting Emotions Guide Our Writing

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Joe Robert Cole, known for marathon writing sessions, has a simple litmus test to assess his own work: how does this make me feel? He calls it "Method Writing," and it's an essential part of his process. Joe Robert Cole is an award-winning writer/director of both television and features. He has co-written two Oscar-nominated movies with Ryan Coogler for Marvel, BLACK PANTHER and last year's BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. On the TV Side, Cole worked as a co-producer on Murphy's widely-acclaimed People v. OJ miniseries, earning an Emmy nomination for writing the episode "The Race Card." He has also directed two features, including ALL DAY AND A NIGHT. JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheScreenwritingLife

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we jump into the show, two quick episode notes.
0:03.2	One, we talk in depth about Wakanda Forever on today's show.
0:06.7	So specifically around a minute 39, you might want to skip forward to when we resume the conversation about Joe's time on American crime story if you want to stay spoiler free.
0:15.8	And secondly, Meg had some internet issues this week, so you'll hear that her audio is sometimes on a nice studio microphone and sometimes on her phone.
0:23.8	We did our best and I think we did a pretty good job.
0:25.8	So hopefully you all enjoy today's show.
0:27.4	Let's jump in.
0:28.6	Hi everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life.
0:32.3	I'm Meg Lafov and I'm
0:34.2	Lorian McKenna and today we're thrilled to be joined by award-winning writer director Joe
0:39.0	Robert Cole. Joe's an award-winning writer director of both television and film. He co-wrote two Oscar-nominated movies with Ryan Cougler,
0:48.0	2018's Black Panther, and last year's Black Panther Wakanda Forever which is nominated for five Oscars.
0:55.0	On the TV side Joe worked as a co-producer on Ryan Murphy's People versus OJ
1:00.7	mini series earning an Emmy nomination for writing the episode the race card.
1:04.8	Hi Joe and welcome.
1:06.1	Hey, how are you?
1:08.1	Good.
1:09.1	Hey Joe.
1:10.1	So glad you're here with us tonight.
1:12.8	Yeah.
1:13.8	Okay, but before we chat, which you can't wait,
1:17.8	Joe did agree to dive in with us on our adventures in screenwriting or what happened to us this week. So we'll let
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