Black Sails
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Creators Jonathan Steinberg and Robert Levine (Jericho; Human Target) and executive producer Dan Shotz discuss the creation and execution of the Starz pirate action-drama, finding the show's tone, their insane production schedule, their collaborators, and more.
The third season of Black Sails premieres on Starz on January 23rd.
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| 0:00.0 | We've got an amazing live panel coming up on Sunday, January 24th from 5 to 7 p.m. at the 826 |
| 0:07.7 | LA spot in Echo Park. We've got Kenya Barris, the creator of Blackish, his co-shore |
| 0:14.3 | runner Jonathan Groff, Mike Scully, who has worked on The Simpsons, Parks and Rec, and a million |
| 0:20.0 | awesome things, and Lilla Zuckerman and Nora Zuckerman writing team who have worked on the Simpsons, Parks and Rec, and a million awesome things, |
| 0:21.6 | and Lilla Zuckerman and Nora Zuckerman writing team who have worked on Haven, suits, and fringe. |
| 0:26.7 | This should be a really fun panel. |
| 0:29.5 | Please join us by finding a link for tickets at writerspanel.tumbler.com. |
| 0:36.8 | Or follow me on Twitter at Ben Blacker. I'll be posting the link for tickets |
| 0:40.7 | constantly. Don't unfollow me. Now entering nerdist.com. Welcome to the writers panel. I'm Ben Blacker, |
| 0:50.5 | the creator and moderator of the podcast. I created the show because I wanted to talk to |
| 0:54.3 | writers about the business and process of writing. I've had more than 400 writers on the show, |
| 0:59.5 | so go back and check the archives. I'm sure you'll find more creators and more shows that you're |
| 1:04.3 | interested in. I'm a writer myself, having written with my partner, Ben Acker, for supernatural, |
| 1:10.2 | Puss and Boots, FX's, |
| 1:11.7 | Cassius and Clay, among others. We've also written comics from Marvel, Image, Dynamite, |
| 1:16.5 | and more. We created a show called The Thrilling Adventure Hour. Maybe you'd like it. Go to |
| 1:20.9 | thrillingadventurehour.com for more info. Let me know who you want to hear in this podcast by |
| 1:25.9 | following me on Twitter at Ben Blacker, |
| 1:29.2 | like the color, only more so, |
| 1:31.1 | and follow me on Tumblr at writerspanel.tumbler.com. |
| 1:35.7 | And if you enjoy the show, please leave a review on iTunes. |
| 1:38.0 | It always makes me feel good about myself. |
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