Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Longevity in Hollywood

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are the Oscar winning director and producer behind some of Hollywood's most memorable movies like A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 and The Da Vinci Code. The duo, who co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1985, sat down with WSJ's Ben Fritz at the Future of Everything Festival to talk about longevity in Hollywood, AI in movie production and the future of movies. Further Listening: - Why Hollywood Is Betting Big on ‘Wicked’ - With Great Power, Part 1: Origin Story Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jessica Mendoza, one of the hosts of the show.
0:08.7	Today's episode comes to you from the Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival, where we recorded live in front of an audience.
0:15.9	Hollywood reporter Ben Fritz sat down with legendary director Ron Howard and powerhouse producer Brian Grazer.
0:22.7	They're the award-winning duo behind Imagine Entertainment. Together, they've shaped some of the
0:27.2	most iconic stories in film and television. And you can watch the interview as a video
0:31.6	episode on Spotify. Enjoy.
0:39.4	Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have some of the longest careers in Hollywood.
0:45.0	Howard even acted as a child star in the 60s.
0:48.3	One of Ron and Brian's earliest collaborations was the Tom Hanks classic splash in 1984.
0:53.9	All my life, I've been waiting for someone, and when I find her, she's a fish.
1:01.7	The next year, they founded Imagine Entertainment, which quickly became one of the most prolific
1:06.1	production companies in modern Hollywood. In 2002, their film A A Beautiful Mind, won the Oscar for Best Picture.
1:13.0	This isn't math.
1:14.3	You can't come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world.
1:17.5	All I have to do is apply my mind.
1:19.5	And Imagine has been behind other projects, like the cult hit sitcom Arrested Development.
1:23.9	Do you want to go out or?
1:25.3	Why are you trying to get me out of the house?
1:27.5	And just thought that we could hang out.
1:33.1	The adaptation of Vice President J.D. Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegie.
1:37.1	But you, you got to decide you want to be somebody or not.
1:44.5	And a whole lot more.
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