Adi Shankar, the mastermind producer of films such as Dredd, The Grey, and Killing Them Softly joins us this week to talk about his early start in the industry, the complicated business of financing a film, handling peer pressure and the importance of being your authentic self.

Adi also shares a lot of wonderful details about his Bootleg Universe, which independently recently released a very R-rated POWER/RANGERS reboot, as well as a Punisher short starring Thomas Jane, and a Dredd cartoon series.

GUEST LINKS:

Adi Shankar on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankar

Adi Shankar on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021774/

Dredd: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

Machine Gun Preacher: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586752/

Judge Dredd: Superfiend: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIEIzxlknp8ozNEJ4bYD4lYt4skpfqFmh

Dirty Laundry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpK0wsnitc

Indie Film Finance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWP88WKVBKs

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SHOW NOTES:

Dave Rapoza: http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/

Project Almanac: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/

Sacha Baron Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen

American Sniper: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/

Primer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/

Upstream Color: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084989/

“I don’t have time to lie.”

-Adi Shankar

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