216 | Only Murders In The Building Showrunner John Hoffman: "Write What Delights You"

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.so John Hoffman is the first to admit his surprise at just how comfortable he felt directing Meryl Streep on his set for Only Murders In The Building. She's not the only legend to have appeared on the show...Steve Martin, Martin Short, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nathan Lane: it's a murderers' row. And yet, it's been decades of hard work, ups and downs, passes, "almost-greenlights" and visits from Moetta...John's imaginary muse, that have earned him the confidence to showrun one of TVs most beloved comedies. Learn about how he built that confidence in today's lovely conversation.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the screen ready life. I'm Meg Lafouve.
0:07.0	And I'm L'Orian McKenna, and today we're super excited to be talking to John Hoffman, whose long writing career includes plays, features, television,
0:14.4	and most recently show running, who lose only murders in the building.
0:17.6	The show, which he co-created with Steve Martin, follows an unlikely trio whose obsession with
0:22.3	true crime wraps them up in the middle of the cases.
0:25.4	The first three seasons have garnered 49 Emmy nominations with hundreds of other industry
0:29.9	knobs, and the fifth season was just announced.
0:32.5	So hello, and congratulations, John.
0:35.1	Thank you.
0:35.7	What a lovely day to be talking with anybody
0:38.5	about anything regarding screenwriting,
0:40.5	but particularly only murders in the building.
0:42.3	Yes, a new season.
0:44.4	I'm so excited for it.
0:46.2	We can't wait to talk about the show,
0:47.7	but before we do, we're going to take a bit moment here
0:51.3	to talk about Adventures in screenwriting, basically how was our week.
0:55.3	We'll let Lorian go first.
0:56.8	Lorian, how was your week?
0:58.0	Well, it started off with a big old fat pass on something I really, really wanted.
1:02.8	So it was my second pass in August,
1:06.2	which kind of blows.
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