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The Town with Matthew Belloni

Film Producer Neal Moritz on Video Games as Movies, the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise, and Theaters vs. Streaming

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Matt is joined by long-time film producer Neal Moritz ('Fast and Furious', '21 Jump Street', 'I Am Legend') to talk about the success of his newest film, ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’, why most video game adaptations flop, what will bring people back to theaters, the evolution of the 'Fast & Furious' franchise, and the secret to his longevity as a producer. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Neal Moritz Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, today is Wednesday, April 13th. And today we are talking to a legendary film producer.

1:02.6

His name is Neil Moritz. He's produced 60 or so movies that you know. Most of them are hits.

1:08.8

Everything from Fast and Furious to 21 Jump Street,

1:12.1

SWAT, I Am Legend, Cruel Intentions, Volcano, one of my favorite disaster movies. I think that was

1:17.3

a bomb. I'm not sure. But he is here today to talk about video game movies. He's the producer

1:24.6

of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies. And what struck my eye was the fact that we've now had two video game movies. He's the producer of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies. And what struck my eye was

1:28.4

the fact that we've now had two video game movies in a row, uncharted last month, and then

1:35.2

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 this past weekend, that have both been big hits. And that kind of flies

1:41.1

in the face of the history of video game adaptations, everything from Assassin's Creed to Super Mario Brothers to Doom, had tons of video game movies that have not worked over the years.

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