The Next Best Series Podcast - Interview With "Black Bird" Executive Producer & Writer, Dennis Lehane

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

"Black Bird" is a true-crime miniseries on AppleTV+, with two episodes coming out July 8th and the rest debuting on the streaming platform weekly). It stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, a young convict who is transferred to a maximum-security prison so he can get close to Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) to determine if he's the one behind a series of murders. With his ten-year prison sentence on the line, the closer Jimmy gets to Paul, doubts about the man's innocence not only comes into play but Jimmy's safety as well. The series is adapted from the true-crime memoir "In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption" by James Keene and Hillel Levin and also stars Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi, and Ray Liotta in his final on-screen role as Jimmy Keene's father, Big Jim Keene. Executive producer and writer Dennis Lehane was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with me about his work on the show, what drew him to the story, and working with the actors. Please take a listen down below and enjoy! Thank you. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Series podcast, and this is my interview with the executive producer and writer for the Apple TV series Blackbird, Dennis Lahane.
0:10.6	I never wanted this for you. I wanted a totally different life. A steady paycheck, kids, a family.
0:27.6	Dead. Tell me there's your way out of this.
0:31.6	Not a quick one.
0:43.6	We would like you to transfer to another prison and befriend someone to elicit a confession.
0:53.1	We suspect that this man killed 14 women, but we only have one of the bodies.
0:59.0	Larry has vivid dreams. Tell me about him.
1:00.0	In my dreams, I kill women.
1:04.0	They're just dreams.
1:06.0	And this prison were the guys?
1:09.0	Maximum security specializing in the criminally insane.
1:15.7	You want me to check into hell and befriend the demon.
1:21.3	Not for all the money in the world.
1:24.5	How about freedom?
1:29.3	Paul's convictions on appeal.
1:32.3	He could win and walk.
1:34.3	You have the chance to stop him.
1:37.3	Don't approach him too early or he'll know we sent you for him.
1:41.3	Why are you looking at me like that?
1:45.0	Like you know me? If it gets out that you're here to snitch, that's gonna be a very unfortunate day.
1:54.0	Accelerate your time table.
1:57.0	If he walks, he'll kill again and again.
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