Hey everyone, welcome back to TSL. This is Joe Forte. Today we have a really fun action-filled

conversation with writer-producer, Jeremy Slater. Jeremy is known for his work on films such as the

2015 Fantastic Four, Death Note, and Godzilla versus Kong, the new empire. For the small screen,

he created the umbrella academy, the Exorcist

series, and he was the head writer and executive producer for the Disney Plus miniseries, Moon Night.

Jeremy's latest film Mortal Kombat 2, which he wrote and produced, based on the ever-popular

video game series and previous film is out in theaters everywhere.

Jeremy, welcome to the show.

Thank you for having me.

We're happy to have you here.

So the first thing I want to talk about with you is what's really unique about you is that you're a writer and producer.

And I find that fascinating. And, you know, when you're a writer and producer. And I find that fascinating. And, you know,

when you're a writer and producer, you wear two hats. Can you talk about wearing those two hats?

And we're going to get into a whole bunch of other stuff about where you're from and why you like the

genre and how you got involved. But I'm just really stuff about where you're from and why you like the genre and how you

got involved. But I'm just really curious about, you know, wearing two hats and when you have

to take one off, which one do you take off? Yeah, I think a lot of it came from probably being

thrust into a co-show runner position on The Exorcist when I did that show

for Fox about 10 years ago at this point. Before that, I was pretty much exclusively just a

screenwriter, which meant I had very little set experience. It was like, you know, most of the

things I had filmed, it's like, okay, come visit for a day and sit in Video Village for a couple hours, take a picture with the actors. And then, you know, most of the things I had film is like, okay, come visit for a day and sit

in Video Village for a couple hours, take a picture with the actors, and then get the hell

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