When it comes to movies, TV, and all things entertainment, Leonard Maltin’s opinion matters. Famed historian and critic, Leonard is an encyclopedia of knowledge on the history of Hollywood. On this special episode of Live From Saturn, Leonard shares memories of his childhood and the major role genre played in shaping his career. He shares intimate stories of his time with Dr. Donald Reed, founder of the Saturn Awards, and his opinion on how science fiction, fantasy, and horror came to rule the box office…when for years genre was a space left for the outsiders and “fanboys”. Please enjoy this thoughtful, insightful conversation with legendary critic and historian Leonard Maltin.

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Star Trek. Transformers. Mission Impossible. Hercules. Xena: Warrior Princess. Hawaii 5.0. These are just a few of the massive list of credits screenwriter Roberto Orci is behind. Becoming a showrunner in his early 20s to being responsible for bringing Star Trek back into the modern era, Bob Orci has accomplished a lot. An immigrant to this country and true nerd, Bob was forced to be a student of pop culture, which helped shape his career in Hollywood.

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John August, the man who penned Big Fish and the live action re-make of Aladdin, sits down and talks about his career as a Hollywood screenwriter. With a laundry list of iconic credits under his belt, including Go, Charlie’s Angels, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Frankenweenie, and Corpse Bride, August has established himself as one of the go-to-writers for genre fiction, especially if Tim Burton is involved.

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Peter Ramsey, one of the directors of the break-through animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, joins the podcast to talk about his latest film and the unexpected influence the feature had on the world. As the first African American to win an Oscar for directing an animated feature, Peter’s accomplishments stretch over a long career in film and animation. He shares stories with our hosts about his intimate time working with some of the most creative minds in the business, including Jeffrey Katzenberg.

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Cameron Cuffe from KRYPTON sits down and talks about what it’s like playing his favorite superhero’s grandfather, Seg-El, and how he never turns away a fan who wants to talk comics with him, something he couldn’t do as a kid without being made fun of. Growing up in Ireland, Cameron saw Hollywood as a distant, unattainable dream. To live here now and be a part of the Superman franchise, Cameron feels like the luckiest fanboy in the world. He idolizes Superman’s humanity – how he doesn’t always do things perfectly, but he always tries. This is an ethos Cameron has built his own lifestyle and career around. From reading about Comic-Con to now brushing shoulders with some of genre’s biggest icons, Cameron is living a real-life nerd fantasy.

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