You Can't Make This Script Up
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA 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.
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Build, Baby. Build!
August 10, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBThis week we’re talking about world building - from the minutiae to the BIG ideas. We discuss the ones who did it best and our strategies for recreating that magic. Pod Racing, George Lucas and the Star Wars prequels Kathleen Kennedy - President of Lucasfilm and patron Saint of our career endeavors The 2021 Cannes Film Festival and Brit’s fave - the red carpet fashion Pink suits are in! Spike Lee in Vuitton, Olivia Rodrigo in vintage Chanel, Kamala Harris in Sergio Hudson! (Even Kate M...
Sequels: Second Time's the Charm!
July 16, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBHi! We are very burnt out and discussing sequels. This episode may be best consumed with cold medicine. (Kidding. Exhaustion is a drug in and of itself! Let's party!) Pixar’s newest film - LUCA (2021) The most recent DC/Twitter discourse re: Harley Quinn’s animated series on HBOmax - does Batman give head? Funniest tweets from that day. The Room (2003), The Disaster Artist (2017) and Tommy Wiseau Audrey Hepburn’s best quotes - “The mind reels!” 2022 sequels coming down the pipeline - ...
We're back, babyyy!
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBOur unplanned hiatus is OVER and we are ready to RAMBLE! Err... rumble? Screenwriting competitions, festivals, fellowships Spreadsheets are our savior. (Even if Caitlin is a psycho about it!) Reflecting on our pre-2021 episodes and our predictions and excitement (Inauguration fashion, Disney+ Marvel shows!) Amazon buys MGM for $8 Billion Wizard of Oz sequels - Return to OZ (1985) John Chu - Director (Crazy Rich Asians, In The Heights, Wicked) Our college days in NYC circa 2007-2012 an...
~ INSPO ~
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBWe're pulling inspiration from Pinterest boards, Spotify playlists, Google street view - anything we can get our grubby little hands on 'cause this shit is hard, okay?! (Recorded November 2020) Things we talked about in the episode include: Our creative process - research and development Pinterest boards Spotify playlists Google Street View Tudor England and British Invasion classic rock Bad habits we had as young writers Jane the Queen, our Lady Jane Grey adaptation Princess Le...
Don't Judge a Book by It's On Screen Adaptation
March 23, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBNote: 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! 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 ...
The Movies that Made Us
February 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB*insert Keanu's "gosh I love movies!" meme here* (Recorded November 2020) Ryan Murphy’s AHS spinoff series American Horror Story, Ratched & Six Feet Under WandaVision release date set for Jan. 15th, 2021 “I Love Dick” tv show, Marfa, TX & the glory of Kathryn Hahn “The Shrink Next Door” - new project with Paul Rudd/Will Ferrell The Wizard of Oz (1925), Aladdin (1992), Toy Story (1995), Jumanji (1995), The Land Before Time (1988) Jurassic Park (1993) - plus the tours you can go on in H...
SCORE! Music in Movies
February 09, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBWe only scratched the surface but don't worry - Brittany still found a way to bring up Almost Famous! (Recorded November 2020) Things we talked about in the episode include: The Queen’s Gambit TV show (2020) and novel (1983) Cuban Chess prodigy from 1922 - Maria Teresa Mora Pride & Prejudice (2005) Dir. Joe Wright. Score by Dario Marianelli Love Actually (2003) Dir. Richard Curtis. Score by Craig Armstrong. Cameron Crowe and Almost Famous (2000) Steven Spielberg and the John Williams...
Writing from Personal Experience 101
February 02, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBWe’re diving deeeeeep. Gird your loins! (Recorded November 2020) Hillbilly Elegy (2020 film and 2016 book by J.D. Vance) Caitlin brings up ~ screenwriting twitter ~ YET AGAIN. A Million Little Pieces (2003 book by James Frey) Why does having a personal connection to the story make a script more desirable? Sketchy Hollywood Nonsense! The “White Trash Narrative” and male, southern writers An ode to Ron Howard, director of our hearts. White Trash: The 400 Year Old Untold History of Clas...
Writing from Personal Experience 101
February 02, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBWe’re diving deeeeeep. Gird your loins! (Recorded November 2020) Hillbilly Elegy (2020 film and 2016 book by J.D. Vance) Caitlin brings up ~ screenwriting twitter ~ YET AGAIN. A Million Little Pieces (2003 book by James Frey) Why does having a personal connection to the story make a script more desirable? Sketchy Hollywood Nonsense! The “White Trash Narrative” and male, southern writers An ode to Ron Howard, director of our hearts. White Trash: The 400 Year Old Untold History of Clas...
I Survived: Being a Hollywood Assistant
January 29, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBFew things scarier than working for rich, high-powered narcissists! (Recorded November 2020) THR’s article on Hollywood assistants in the pandemic Personal anecdotes on being assistants in entertainment Luddite bosses, boomers, narcs - the works. Catholic, Jewish and Southern Baptist guilt. Hollywood is dead from Thanksgiving through New Years Day - just accept it! Vaccines! A new administration! The hope of 2021! “No one wants to be first in Hollywood - they want to be second!...
Ripped from the headlines!
January 08, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBExtra, Extra - read all about it. We’re talking current events and adaptations. (Recorded November 2020) Things we talked about in the episode include: Disney+ Press Release re: subscribers Disney+ Press Release re: restructuring John Malone wanted to buy Netflix apparently Mulan (2020), Hamilton, Soul (2020) releasing on Disney+ Netflix model versus Disney+ model Examples of Onboarding on apps What is user experience? Netflix Trending Bar Haunting of Bly Manor is #1 2019 Varsity ...
We love you, DC.
December 11, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBDisclaimer: We love DC Comics! We just have… a lot of questions! Things we talked about in the episode include: The Batman spinoff TV series “Gotham Central” on HBOMax The DC Universe - highs and lows Marvel Cinematic Universe versus the DC Cinematic Universe: an impossible but inevitable comparison The messy rights ownership of X-Men, Spider-man and Fantastic Four Chris Evans’ journey to becoming Steve Rogers aka Captain America (Listen to the story here in THR’s podcast “Awards Cha...
If music be the food of biopics - green light!
December 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBSurprise! Nelly’s gonna play Chuck Berry... only in Hollywood! Things we talked about include: Breaking on camera and Caitlin’s bad audition Ellen Chenoweth, casting director (True Grit, A Bronx Tale, Meet the Parents, Doubt - the list goes on!) The Buddy Holly biopic “Clear Lake” with Colin Hanks, Ruairi O'Connor and Nelly That Thing You Do! (1996) Our endless ongoing discussion of Almost Famous (2000). What a biopic? Franklin Leonard and The Black List Elizabeth Shapiro, actr...
If music be the food of biopics - green light!
December 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBSurprise! Nelly’s gonna play Chuck Berry... only in Hollywood! Things we talked about include: Breaking on camera and Caitlin’s bad audition Ellen Chenoweth, casting director (True Grit, A Bronx Tale, Meet the Parents, Doubt - the list goes on!) The Buddy Holly biopic “Clear Lake” with Colin Hanks, Ruairi O'Connor and Nelly That Thing You Do! (1996) Our endless ongoing discussion of Almost Famous (2000). What a biopic? Franklin Leonard and The Black List Elizabeth Shapiro, actr...
What's in the box?!
December 04, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBHey, what gives?! Why do creatives get boxed into corners of the industry? Things we talked about include: Deadpool 3 writers are Bob Burger’s Writer/Producers - Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin aka The Molyneux Sisters. Fox animated series - The Great North (coming 2021) and Bless the Hearts Jillian Bell, actress (Workaholics, Godmothered!, 22 Jump Street) Scriptnotes, John August and writing GO (1999) on spec Why aren’t comedies recognized at awards shows? Jim Carrey’s...
A Pirate's Life For Me
December 01, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBYo, ho, yo, ho - let’s talk about sequels, reboots and spinoffs! Things we talked about include: STARZ's historical women anthology series The definition of “novel” “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, composed by Klaus Badelt The original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy “The Pirate King”, Gilbert and Sullivan and British operetta Hunter Harris - Instagram, Twitter and the Vulture article Super Yaki, the clothing brand that we always talk about The tweet abo...
It Takes Two
November 27, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBOnce upon a time… Our Origin Story! Things we talked about in the episode include: Cedartown, Georgia (Brittany’s hometown) Pacific Palisades, California (Caitlin’s hometown) The baby born on the Mayflower (Oceanus, NOT Americus - sorry! #correction) The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) YA aka the genre of Young Adult Contact, the dance show Missed Connections on Craigslist Ripley Grier is OPEN! (Chelsea Studios however is closed.) The New School The OC and Gossip Gir...
Martha, My Dear
November 24, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBTwitter got into it re: Iron Man 2 versus Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Naturally, we had ~thoughts~! Things we talked about in the episode include: Hot tweets on the topic at hand A Tale of Two Marthas - The clip and the Zack Snyder BTS intel All the DC features are available on HBOMax - go watch em! Kevin Feige, president and CCO of Marvel Correction: Caitlin called phase 1-4 of the MCU just phase 1... obviously that's wrong. Wonder Woman (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), ...
Martha, My Dear
November 24, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBTwitter got into it re: Iron Man 2 versus Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Naturally, we had ~thoughts~! Things we talked about in the episode include: Hot tweets on the topic at hand A Tale of Two Marthas - The clip and the Zack Snyder BTS intel All the DC features are available on HBOMax - go watch em! Kevin Feige, president and CCO of Marvel Correction: Caitlin called phase 1-4 of the MCU just phase 1... obviously that's wrong. Wonder Woman (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), ...
This Is Us
November 18, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBPlucked from obscurity! An overnight success! But… not really! Things we talked about in this episode include: Day jobs and being support staff in Hollywood (Here’s a pretty good idea of what a typical day as an assistant looks like.) Life after AMDA - actors in the wild. Classes, auditions, commercials! Being a casting assistant and a development/production intern Ronnie Yeskel, casting director (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) Teri Weinberg, producer (The Office, The Tudors, Ugly Bett...
Is this thing on?
November 17, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBThe Scorpion King reboot, monster movies and the Tom Cruise coconut cake! Things we talked about in the episode include: Dwayne Johnson reboots The Scorpion King with Universal Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001) Jonathan Herman, screenwriter (Straight Outta Compton, F9, Scarface reboot) Tom Cruise’s The Mummy (2017) Universal Movie Monsters Earwolf’s How Did This Get Made “Van Helsing” Episode Dwayne Johnson’s Tequila - Teremana Dwayne Johnson’s stylist,...
Teaser
November 17, 2020 21:00 - 2 minutes - 1.5 MBWe're Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris. We’d like to introduce our new podcast - You Can’t Make This Script Up. We’re two best friends, born worlds apart - brought together by a need for applause and strong coffee. We live in LA and have been working in various facets of the entertainment industry for the last ten years. We’ve been actors, interns, assistants, development execs, talent reps - the list goes on. But in 2018 we finally decided to go where... many, many have gone before - and...