Life, the Cineverse and Everything

Nick and Jazz talk some more about screenwriting, and some methods they share with our studio audience.

Nick talks with Jasmine, a recent grad of Loyola Marymount University in California with a masters in Screenwriting - and how they are both selling their souls for the entertainment industry. They talk the history of screenwriting as well as personal tactics.

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome & Guest Host 03:04 - Seen anything good recently? Writing & Fellowships 'Black k Klansman' (in theaters) 'Christopher Robin' (in theaters) 05:57 - Extinction (Netflix) 07:04 - 'Disenchantment' (Netflix) 07:45 - 'Saga' (Image comics) 11:05 - News Scarlett Johansson is the highest paid actress of 2018 12:58 - Jasmine submits script for the Nichols Fellowship 14:16 - Academy Awards adds a new category for Achievement in Popular Film 18:40 - Main Topic: Screenwriting20:14 - Reading/ purchasing scripts 23:44 - Different types of scripts 25:36 - Breaking screenwriting rules 27:33 - Writing specific Genres 31:19 - Case Study: 'The Princess Bride' 34:09 - # of scripts written 36:10 - Screenwriting resources 42:06 - Inspirational writers 44:33 - Favorite movies 48:50 - Director vs Writer (who should get credit?) 51:02 - Original vs Adapted screenplays 54:38 - What are you looking forward to? 'Beautiful Boy' (Oct 12) 'Boy Erased' (Nov 2) 'Mary Queen of Scots' (Dec 7) 56:30 - 'First Man' (Oct 12) 'Jurassic Park' rerelease (Sep 16) 'Jack Ryan'/ 'Ozark' S2 (Aug 31) 01:01:30 - Sign off

Nick and Alex play games with each other (no, seriously) in a couple cut for time segments from our "Mission: Improbable" episode. Thanks for listening!

Nick and Alex talk about the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise in detail, Alex defends Equalizer (against John Wick) and Nick watches new shows on Hulu. But we have a lot of fun so check it out! Even more coming on Extras next week!

00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Welcome and Guest Host (Alex Betz) 02:50 - Seen Anything Good Recently? 'Equalizer II' (vs John Wick) 07:35 - 'Ant Man & the Wasp' where Michael Peña shines 08:17 - Nate Bergatze ('The Standups' on Netflix) 10:16 - 'Gran Torino' 11:38 - 'Murder on the Orient Express' 12:44 - 'Terminal' on Hulu 13:48 - 'Castle Rock' on Hulu 14:31 - 'House on Haunted Hill' (1959) 17:39 - Artemis by Andy Weir 18:57 - New News All Marvel films on Imax screens (30 Aug - 3 Sep) 21:28 - Harry Potter movies in theaters (31 Aug - 6 Sep) 22:57 - Antoine Fuqua meets with Marvel 24:16 - Moviepass swirls the toilet 26:05 - House of Cards' final season with Robin Wright 27:45 - Patrick Stewart comes back to Star Trek on CBS All Access 32:26 - Mission Improbable TV Series (1966 - 1973) 33:56 - Mission: Impossible (1996) directed by Brian De Palma 37:03 - Mission: Impossible II (2000) directed by John Woo 42:13 - Mission: Impossible III (2006) directed by J.J. Abrams 44:18 - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) directed by Brad Bird 47:20 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) directed by Christopher McQuarrie 49:48 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) directed by Christopher McQuarrie 52:23 - What Are You Looking Forward To? 'Jack Ryan' on Amazon 55:40 - 'Glass' and Alex's disdain that Nick hasn't seen 'Split' 58:21 - Jim Carrey in 'Kidding' on Showtime 59:13 - 'Maniac' on Netflix (Jonah Hill & Emma Stone) 01:02:08 - Nick on "The Force Sports" Podcast coming up 01:02:45 - Sign off

Jared brings a new segment called 'Five for Fighting' (no relation to the band, kind of) and we finish talking about John Wick and The Equalizer. This could be the funniest episode ever. Or at least the one where we laugh the most. I swear, we weren't drunk. Enjoy!

The Asylum Production company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum

Nick and Jared talk all manner of things pertaining to the Equalizer series, Skyscraper, Men in Black remake, Shazam! & Aquaman, Venom and much much more! Oh, there's so much more.

Misfits and Monsters - https://www.trutv.com/shows/bobcat-goldthwaits-misfits-and-monsters/index.html

James Gunn firing - https://deadline.com/2018/07/james-gunn-fired-guardians-of-the-galaxy-disney-offensive-tweets-1202430392/

The Equalizer (TV Show) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer

John Wick vs Robert McCall on Quora - https://www.quora.com/Who-would-win-a-fight-between-John-Wick-and-Robert-McCall-from-The-Equalizer-and-why

Stay tuned next week for our Extras episode, which will wrap up our John Wick/Equalizer talk and give birth to a brand new segment which Jared created called "Five for Fighting"! It's gonna be fun!

Nick and Jason are reunited to complete this episode of Life, The Cineverse & Everything. Talking about 'Ant Man & The Wasp', the future of the MCU (including 'Captain Marvel') and their secret special project. Also, BIG NEWS for Nick and his family in the coming months! Thanks for listening.

Listen, the episode's late and I don't got time for timecodes. SPOILERS for 'Ant Man & The Wasp' if you haven't seen it yet. Enjoy this cliffhanger episode!

Nick and Chris are talking all things Jurassic, ranging from the original Michael Crichton novel that kicked off a series to the newest addition to the film franchise with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome & Guest Host 01:40 - Seen anything good recently? 'Upgrade' / 'Hereditary' / 'Solo' 'Seinfeld' (Hulu) / 'Love' (Netflix) 07:09 - News Moviepass & AMC A-List 12:21 - Disney buys Fox 15:39 - 'Spider-Man Homecoming' Sequel 17:06 - 'Solo' underperforms, Star Wars spinoffs on hold? 19:09 - Jurassic Galaxy19:58 - 'Jurassic Park' by Michael Crichton 21:03 - 'Jurassic Park' (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg 24:19 - 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' (1997) Directed by Steven Spielberg 27:04 - 'Jurassic Park III' (2001) Directed by Joe Johnston 31:30 - 'Jurassic Park IV' Development Hell 32:16 - 'Jurassic World' (2015) Directed by Colin Trevorrow 36:43 - 'Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom' (2018) Directed by J.A. Bayona **MILD SPOILERS** 51:50 - What are you looking forward to? 'Hereditary' / 'Upgrade' 'Welcome to Marwen' (Nov 21) / 'Ant Man & The Wasp' (July 6) / 'Dumbo' (Mar 2019) 'Disenchantment' (Aug) on Netflix 54:48 - Sign off

Nick and Megan continue rambling about various subjects such as: sexual assault in the entertainment industry, the Pixar theory, and more!

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Chris Hardwick/ Morgan Freeman allegations 08:42 - Roseanne is a racist and her show is cancelled 12:39 - 'Infinity War' writers want to fix the DCEU 16:31 - The Pixar (Universe) Theory 22:01 - Andy's mom is Jessie's owner? (in 'Toy Story') 23:41 - Outro