Write On: 'Mussolini: Son of the Century' Director Joe Wright
On today's episode, we speak with director Joe Wright whose new limited TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century, explores fascism through the early political career of Italy's Prime Minister Mussolini...
17 Sep 202537min
Write On: 'The Toxic Avenger' Writer/Director Macon Blair
"The thing that started it all off was me saying [the character Toxie] should be a guy in a suit. In other words, let's not do a computer-generated creature, let's have a person in a suit and have tha...
28 Aug 202540min
Write On: 'Sirens' Creator/Showrunner Molly Smith Metzler
"Our goal in writing [Sirens] was to write something that makes you think, and offers the opportunity to re-examine your own assumptions that you made about these characters. And it's taxing. We ask s...
12 Aug 202540min
Write On: 'The Home' Director/Co-Writer James DeMonaco and Co-Writer Adam Cantor
"Write your own anxieties. Get into your own psyche. I think if it scares you – like, I'm terrified of guns, and that's where The Purge came from. But here, there were various generational fears and w...
25 Jul 202544min
Write On: 'Abraham's Boys' Writer/Director Natasha Kermani
"Vampires hold incredible destructive power, and so we're very drawn to them, sort of like moths to a candle, right? I think that's sort of eternal, and that's the reason every culture, pretty much ar...
14 Jul 202536min
Write On: 'Countdown' Creator/Writer Derek Haas
"One thing I've found in the crime genre is that homicides are always interesting. When somebody's killed, whatever that case may be, it's usually compelling drama. So then it's up to you as the write...
30 Jun 202537min
Write On: 'Apple Cider Vinegar' Creator and Showrunner Samantha Strauss
"In my mind, Belle is going through life, at least our version of Belle – I've never met the real Belle – she's going through life with this hole inside, this overwhelming need for approval, that soci...
16 Jun 202540min
Write On: 'Matlock' Creator & Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman
"The most important thing that I've learned as a storyteller is that I have to treat every character in the show as though they're the lead in the show, and they are never doing anything so that I can...
9 Jun 202537min
