You Can't Make This Script Up
A screenwriting and entertainment podcast by and for people who are making it up as they go. Join hosts Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris as they navigate the ins and outs of writing in Hollywood.
You Can't Make This Script Up
Don't Judge a Book by It's On Screen Adaptation
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Season 1
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Episode 14
Note: This episode was recorded November 2020, AKA before the Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Oprah interview. Let it be known - we stan Josh O'Connor, we pan Prince Charles.
MARKLE HIVE, RISE UP!
MARKLE HIVE, RISE UP!
Things we talked about in the episode include:
- “Modern Austen” Deadline press release (Y'all are not ready for Caitlin's RANT here, whew apologies!)
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen and her body of work
- Clueless (1995)
- “Modern Austen” writer, Eleanor Burgess (Perry Mason)
- Optioning books for development in film and tv
- “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” by Judy Blume
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- “Royal Holiday” by Jasmine Guillory
- Carve outs in options and contracts
- The immense talent of Octavia Spencer (and Idris Elba)
- “One to Watch” by Kate Stayman-London
- Plus size actresses and casting
- Our Mamas and Papas biopic - People Like Us
- “You Should See Me in a Crown” by Leah Johnson
- Reese Witherspoon book club and spinoff YA book club
- Queer/gay high school love stories on screen
- “All American Girl” by Meg Cabot
- Teri Weinberg, tv producer (The Office, The Tudors, Ugly Betty)
- Charlaine Harris, author (Southern Vampire Mysteries)
- Meg Cabot’s “The Princess Diaries” novels and movie adaptations
- Party of Five reboot with ICE deportation circumstances
- Shonda Rhimes and “The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement” (Note: Shonda wrote PD2 featuring Chris Pine - he did not work on the script. Caitlin realizes her word choice was... confusing.)
- Attaching IP to pitches/scripts
- Optioning books, articles, etc.
- Women in Film mentoring circles
- What is IP aka Intellectual Property?
- “The Serpent King” by Jeff Zentner and Brittany’s personal option and adaptation journey
- Entertainment lawyers and option agreements
- Brian Grazer’s epic quote on people in Hollywood
- Learning from adapting books - try it yourself!
- Public domain aka FREE IP!
- Sonya Sklaroff, artist
- The Crown Season 4 - Prince Charles, yay or nay?
- Prince William and Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and Princess Diana - life, death and legacy.
- Christopher Jackson, Getty Images photographer
- Peter Morgan, creator and writer of The Crown
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and the epic black outfit