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The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys

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February 2, 2016 Adaptation, Directors, Scriptnotes, Television, Transcribed

With a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, Craig and John welcome actor/director Jason Bateman to discuss what he looks for when considering a script, and how to best work with a writer on a script.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, co-creators and showrunners of Game of Thrones, join us to reveal the challenges of writing the show so far in advance, working through arguments, and Craig’s secret backstory on the pilot.

Screenwriter John Gatins tells us his history with Hollywood Heart, the charity organizing the event. Our thanks to them, our sponsors and everyone who came. The night raised thousands of dollars to help disadvantaged kids across the country experience summer arts camp.

You can find more info about Hollywood Heart in the links below.

Links:

  • Hollywood HEART
  • The Lazarus Experience, our venue
  • John Gatins on IMDb and Wikipedia
  • Jason Bateman on IMDb, Wikipedia and a Golden Grahams commercial
  • David Benioff on IMDb and Wikipedia, and D.B. Weiss on IMDb and Wikipedia
  • Outlook for iOS, and The Office Blog on Outlook’s new look
  • crysknife007’s Ambient Scifi Sleep Sounds Playlist on YouTube
  • Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 2-4-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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