An Interview With ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Director Scott Frank. Plus, the Major HBO Max News and ‘Industry’ Episode 4.

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4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In industry-shaking news, Warner Bros. announced this week that they will send their entire 2021 movie slate, including movies like ‘Dune’ and ‘Matrix 4,’ to HBO Max. Chris and Andy break down what this means for movies, as well as how it might affect the TV industry (1:19). Also, they discuss Episode 4 of ‘Industry’ (21:23) before being joined by ‘Queen’s Gambit’ director Scott Frank to talk about what went into making one of the most popular shows of the year (34:58). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Scott Frank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need support to have to clear the room.
0:04.1	Stand up and walk now!
0:06.5	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:08.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:09.0	I am editor at Derriger.com and joining me on the other line from the dual window.
0:14.9	It's Indigree Walt!
0:16.6	That works on so many levels because you're talking about Warner Bros. radical new plan
0:21.1	that is completely in one day upended everything we thought about the movie industry.
0:25.5	But also, Chris, I don't know if our listeners know this, but there's a pandemic going on.
0:29.4	So we're recording on Zoom and there are two windows.
0:32.2	That's right. That's a dual window.
0:33.6	I can see you. I would like to see me.
0:35.1	I just, they're levels to this.
0:36.8	We also have one of my favorite interviews of the year today.
0:39.7	Andi and I talked to Scott Frank, the co-creator, the writer, the director of Queen's Gambit.
0:43.9	Second time, Scott came back, came back for the first time.
0:47.7	It's his second appearance on the show after he came by and talked to us about Godless.
0:51.4	Scott was awesome.
0:52.9	He talked a lot about Queen's Gambit.
0:54.4	He also talked a lot about what he's got coming up, which I think I saw Greenwald's eye,
0:59.1	like slightly fall out of his head.
1:00.9	Maybe you got it back up in there so that we could do this.
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