Jun 12, 2018
Craig welcomes Leigh Whannell, writer of the Saw and Insidious franchises, to discuss low-budget filmmaking, sequels on sequels, the horror landscape and his new movie, Upgrade.
We also answer listener questions about sharing an agent with your writing partner and the ethics of hiring someone to punch up your own script.
Links:
* Thanks for joining us Leigh
Whannell!
* Leigh wrote
Saw,
Insidious,
and, most recently, Upgrade, (here’s the fairly violent trailer).
* I’ll Be
Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
* Matthew Lillard’s company, Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium
Warehouse, is releasing a luxury Dungeons and Dragons campaign
called Platinum
Edition Dungeons & Dragons: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, which
is available to pre-order.
* The Scriptnotes Listeners’
Guide!
*
The USB drives!
* John August on
Twitter
* Craig Mazin on
Twitter
* Leigh Whannell on
Twitter
* John on
Instagram
* Find past episodes
* Outro by
Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.