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
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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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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