Interview With "Together" Filmmaker Michael Shanks

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

"Together" is a new supernatural body horror film written and directed by Michael Shanks, making his directorial debut. The film stars real-life married actors Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple who move to the countryside but find themselves encountering a mysterious force that horrifically causes changes in their bodies. Shanks was kind enough to speak with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to or watch below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on July 30th from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.3	Nice to meet you, Matt.
0:17.0	Did I see you at the death of a unicorn after party at South by Southwest?
0:20.9	That's pretty accurate. I'm pretty positive. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I walked in. I'm like, I'm pretty sure. I know that guy. He's a critic. Matt. Yeah. I saw you there. I was like, oh, cool. You know, it's funny because I had heard you were there and I never actually saw you. And so I was upset because, you know, I saw the film at Sundance and I
0:39.7	would have told you, hey, amazing time. Amazing film. Oh, thank you. Yeah. So let's get into it.
0:45.3	I was lurking near the bar having the unicorn themed drinks. All right. So let's get into it here.
0:51.3	In three, two, and one. You were listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast,
0:56.4	and this is my interview of the director and writer for Together, Michael Shanks.
1:01.2	I love you.
1:04.7	Okay.
1:10.5	What's going on?
1:11.6	I don't know.
1:15.6	Since the move, Tim and I haven't been on the same page.
1:19.6	Please.
1:21.6	Do you love each other?
1:23.6	Maybe we're just complacent.
1:27.8	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Next Best Picture Podcast,
1:30.2	where I'm being joined right now by the writer and director of the film together, Michael Shanks.
1:35.5	Michael, thank you so much here for joining us.
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