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Scriptnotes Podcast

603 - Billion Dollar Advice

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

Screenwriter, Tv & Film, Writing, John, Screenwriting, August, Craig, Screenplay, Mazin

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

John and Craig welcome Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant) to help offer guidance to billionaires looking to put their money in the safest place they can: the film and television industry. The trio looks at the upsides of investing in productions, which business models already exist and what we can learn from the independent television studios of the past.

We also chart Akela’s career from USC student through to this year’s hit film M3GAN. We then answer listener questions on planting easter eggs and nameless characters.

In our bonus segment for premium members, Akela tells us about her experience in two different studio training programs and whether they’re useful for new writers.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is John heads up that today's episode has just a little bit of swearing in it

0:06.6

Hello, and welcome my name is John August

0:10.0

My name is Greg Mason and this is episode 603 of script notes a podcast about screaming outing at things that are interesting to screenwriters

0:18.1

Craig you and I both know that it's never been easy to be extraordinarily wealthy in America

0:23.6

You've been up a lot of the railroads you're called a robber baron

0:26.6

From a few hostile takeover some public companies

0:29.2

Bankrupt them after laying off thousands of workers and somehow you're the bad guy

0:33.6

I know it's not a share it is but into many split-in-airs

0:36.8

I think maybe have it even worse because they could drive it on Twitter for

0:40.2

buying Twitter and ruining Twitter

0:42.5

Work is to finally learn how to capsize their yachts today

0:46.3

I thought maybe we could offer some guidance for the billionaires and other folks who are looking for a safe and

0:51.5

Tranquil place to put their money which is the film and television industry right?

0:56.1

Yeah, so this episode is for the dreamers the builders the doers the absurdly rich

1:00.4

It's also a history lesson the way things used to work and could maybe work again with independent studios making things for distributors

1:06.9

Tell us looking to all of this we have a very very special guest Craig

1:11.2

Kelly Cooper fantastic. Hi, hey, I'm the writer. Hey, hey, I can't remember you are a writer for film a TV

1:18.4

Credit include Malignant Star Trek Strangely Worlds

1:21.4

Luke Cage and the break out hit Megan. That's pronounced me and three again

1:26.4

Three guys the three again. That is my three again if if I know one thing in this world

1:32.0

It's that that movie would have done even better

1:35.5

Had it been pronounced mithrigan

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