253 | Producing a Hit Studio Movie: What Writers Should Know ft. Sheila Hanahan Taylor (Final Destination: Bloodlines)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Fresh off the massive critical and commercial success of FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, friend of the show Sheila Hanahan Taylor is back to share the ins and outs of producing a studio movie. What can writers do to develop a good relationship with a producer? How does a producer serve both the studio's voice and the writer's voice? On today's episode, Sheila unpacks it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the year 2000.
0:02.0	Everyone, everywhere is having fun, except me.
0:06.0	On BBC Eye Player.
0:08.0	I worry you're growing up too fast.
0:10.0	Yeah, we can't be your little duck here forever, can I?
0:13.0	Inspired by a true story.
0:15.0	You walk out this house a boy, one day you'll come back.
0:17.0	When you do, you will be a man.
0:20.0	Oh, and hard your breath.
0:21.5	What it feels like for a girl. I wish I could look like you. Baby, you can. Why don't you?
0:27.1	Watch on BBC Eye Player.
0:34.1	Hey, welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg LaFove. Today we're joined by one of our favorite returning guests and my friend, producer Sheila Hanahan Taylor.
0:42.7	Sheila's newest film Final Destination Bloodlines is the latest in the iconic horror franchise.
0:48.3	And it's already a favorite of both critics and audiences.
0:51.7	She's been part of this franchise since the beginning, alongside her producing
0:55.4	partner, Craig Perry, and she's here to pull back the curtain on what it actually means to produce
1:00.9	a studio movie, from collaborating with the writer to shaping the story and tone to balancing
1:05.4	the creative with the commercial. I can't wait. It's going to be super fun. Sheila, welcome back
1:10.3	to the show. I am so honored to be super fun. Sheila, welcome back to the show.
1:10.9	I am so honored to be invited back. This is one of my favorite ways to spend my morning.
1:15.7	So thank you. Oh, wow. Whoa. Let's see if you say that at the end of the show.
1:19.4	Ha ha! Well.
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