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The final edit of a movie is treated like the script and broken down for tips and tricks! Featuring Jamie Nash, author of Save The Cat Writes For TV, Jimmy George, Producer/Co-Writer of WNUF Halloween Special, and another guy!

Writers/Blockbusters


    • May 10, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 36m AVG DURATION
    • 136 EPISODES

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    The Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast is a must-listen for any aspiring screenwriter or film enthusiast. With over 100 episodes, this podcast offers detailed script deconstructions that provide valuable insights into the craft of writing and storytelling. The hosts, Bob, Jamie, and Jimmy, have great chemistry and play off each other well, making the listener feel like they're part of the conversation. Unlike other Hollywood-centric podcasts, these hosts are authentic and genuine in their discussions, offering valuable advice without any agenda to sell a false image. The podcast is ad-free, with only brief plugs for their own businesses or classes at the beginning or end.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the depth of analysis and expertise offered by the hosts. They provide tips on what to avoid in your own script and discuss elements that make scripts great. They also offer insights into how readers will interpret your story. As seasoned writers themselves, they bring a wealth of knowledge to each episode. Additionally, the camaraderie between the hosts is evident and makes for an enjoyable listening experience.

    While there aren't many downsides to this podcast, some listeners may find that one host occasionally dominates the conversation or cuts off others. However, despite this minor flaw, the show still delivers amazing craft-centered lessons that are informative and engaging.

    In conclusion, The Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast is an invaluable resource for both professional writers and aspiring screenwriters alike. With expert advice, industry insights, and entertaining discussions on script deconstructions, every episode feels like a mini masterclass in screenwriting. Whether you're looking for tips to improve your own script or simply want to dive deep into the world of storytelling in movies, this podcast is highly recommended.



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    #136 - Sinners (2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 118:30


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob keep dancing with the devil until he follows them home while they discuss Ryan's Coogler's script to his original, hit blockbuster Sinners.

    #135 - Alien³ (1992)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 123:21


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob breakdown the writing in the Theatrical Cut of David Fincher's first, troubled feature film...Alien³.

    #134 - The Sandlot (1993)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 129:45


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob talk FOREVER about the script to the beloved baseball film The Sandlot.

    #133 - The Electric State (2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 147:26


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob travel to the extremely safe Exclusion Zone and thanks to the lack of any real danger they are able to calmly discuss the script to the new Netflix mega-budget blockbuster The Electric State.

    #132 - A Real Pain (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 153:12


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob suffer no pain while discussing Jesse Eisenberg's Oscar nominated script for A Real Pain.

    #131 - The Blues Brothers (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 118:43


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob share four fried chickens and coke while they discuss the script to the first, and most beloved, Saturday Night Live film, The Blues Brothers.

    #130 - Saturday Night (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 126:39


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob all sign their contracts in a timely manner in order to discuss the script to Jason Reitman's Saturday Night.

    #129 - Mulholland Drive (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 96:15


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob have sit down at Winkies Diner and discuss the script to David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive. RIP David Lynch.

    #128 - The Substance (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 111:32


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob ARE ONE as they discuss the script to Coralie Fargeat's THE SUBSTANCE.

    #127 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 115:13


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob play a few reindeer games while they discuss the script to the 1964 Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

    #126 - Longlegs (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 105:39


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob go cuckoo while discussing the Osgood Perkins script to Longlegs.

    #125 - Evil Dead II (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 93:59


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob swallow each other's souls while discussing the script to Sam Raimi's groundbreaking classic Evil Dead II.

    #124 - Beetlejuice (1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 100:57


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob sadly have not seen The Exorcist 167 times, but they have seen Tim Burton's 1988 classic Beetlejuice a few times and decided to breakdown the script.

    #123 - Logan (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 98:36


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob all agree that this is what it feels like...to breakdown the script to James Mangold's Logan.

    #122 - Deadpool (2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 113:33


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob discuss the script to Deadpool but more importantly want you to know that on the Zoom call recording for this episode Jimmy's name was "Crisp High Fiver" and Jamie's name was "Negasonic Gen-X Warhead." Bob was, disappointingly, just "Bob."

    #121 - We Answer Listener Questions!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 123:18


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob take a brake from watching a movie this week and devote an entire episode to answering questions asked by YOU!

    #120 - Godzilla Minus One (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 125:42


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob get radioactive when praising the script to Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One.

    #119 - Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 111:34


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob really, really love sand and to prove it they breakdown the script to Denis Villeneuve's DUNE: PART TWO.

    #118 - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 111:06


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob witness each other breaking down to the script to George Miller's 2015 masterpiece Mad Max: Fury Road.

    #117 - Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 160:21


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob willingly choose to relive the joy and heartbreak they experienced 25 years ago by dissecting the George Lucas script to Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace.

    #116 - The Bad News Bears (1976)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 84:32


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob crack open some non-alcoholic beverages and discuss the script to Michael Ritchie's classic comedy The Bad News Bears.

    #115 - Aliens (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 103:01


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob admit they never trusted that guy from Mad About You and then discuss the script to the James Cameron classic ALIENS.

    #114 - Kung Fu Panda (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 95:51


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob never once say "Skadoosh!" while breaking down the script to the animated Jack Black classic Kung Fu Panda.

    #113 - The Holdovers (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 75:07


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob cross their Rubicon as they breakdown the Oscar nominated script to Alexander Payne's The Holdovers.

    #112 - 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 88:52


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob confiscate each other's Cheetos as they breakdown the script to the 1999 Shakespearean teen-movie classic 10 Things I Hate About You.

    #111 - Oppenheimer (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 110:02


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob all become death, destroyers of words, as they breakdown the script to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

    #110 - Batman Returns (1992)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 121:03


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob try not to confuse their pistols with their privates as they breakdown the script to Tim Burton's classic superhero film Batman Returns.

    #109 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 90:19


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob get their wings while discussing the script to Frank Capra's 1946 masterpiece It's a Wonderful Life.

    #108 - The Killer (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 102:23


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob put their faith in the inherent goodness of mankind as they break down the Andrew Kevin Walker script to David Fincher's The Killer.

    #107 - Halloween (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 142:38


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob all dress in Dr. Loomis costumes as they discuss John Carpenter and Debra Hill's script to the 1978 horror classic Halloween.

    #106 - The Exorcist (1973)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 116:28


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob get very compelled by the power of screenwriting in William Peter Blatty's script to William Friedkin's horror classic The Exorcist.

    #105 - Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 107:14


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob do their best not to yell at Amazing Larry while they breakdown the script to Paul Reubens and Tim Burton's classic comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

    #104 - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 119:39


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob cook up some fava beans to enjoy while they breakdown the Oscar winning script to The Silence of the Lambs.

    #103 - Barbie (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 105:05


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob put aside their obsession with horses to breakdown the script to Greta Gerwig's billion dollar smash hit Barbie.

    #102 - Memento (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 102:34


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob forget everything that just happened while breaking down the script to Christopher Nolan's Memento.

    #101 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 147:23


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob nuke the fridge as they work their way through the script to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

    #100 - Jaws (1975)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 157:40


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob celebrate reaching episode 100 by breaking down the script to the first ever blockbuster, Steven Spielberg's JAWS.

    #99 - The Social Network (2010)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 88:09


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob celebrate the downfall of FaceBook's Metaverse by breaking down the Academy Award Winning Aarson Sorkin script to David Fincher's The Social Network.

    #98 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 112:26


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob roll the dice on breaking down a script for a movie that wasn't totally a "blockbuster" but they really enjoyed anyway, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

    #97 - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 116:04


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob fool around and fall in love with their breakdown of James Gunn's breakthrough Marvel script for Guardians of the Galaxy.

    #96 - A League of Their Own (1992)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 119:14


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob prove there is no crying in podcasting with a breakdown of the script to Penny Mashall's 1992 classic A League of Their Own.

    #95 - John Wick (2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 107:56


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob are thinkin' they're back...to breakdown the script to the original that started it all, John Wick.

    #94 - Rocky (1976)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 109:48


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob go the distance when breaking down Sylvester Stallone's script to the original Rocky.

    #93 - M3GAN (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 103:13


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob dance their way around the working and non-working mechanisms of the script for M3GAN.

    #92 - The Princess Bride (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 97:39


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob have a very conceivable discussion about the script to the beloved Rob Reiner classic The Princess Bride.

    #91 - The Menu (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 124:44


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob will talk less than they desire and more than they deserve as they breakdown the script to The Menu.

    #90 - The Fabelmans (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 112:51


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob record their audio love letter to Spielbergian Cinema by discussing the script his new film The Fabelmans.

    #89 - Willow (1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 131:50


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob attempt to become the greatest wordsmen who ever lived by breaking the classic script to George Lucas and Ron Howard's Willow.

    #88 - Barbarian (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 128:24


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob sit in their respective basements and discuss the script to Zach Cregger's horror head-scratcher...Barbarian!

    #87 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 107:59


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob will be right here...breaking down the script for the 40th Anniversary of the beloved Steven Spielberg classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Support the show on Patreon! Hire Jimmy George the Script Butcher! Buy Jamie Nash's newest Save The Cat book!

    #86 - Hellraiser (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 114:59


    Jamie, Jimmy and Bob each fail to solve the Lament Configuration but decide to have the ultimate experience in pleasure and pain anyway...breaking down the script to Hellraiser (2022), now streaming on HULU!

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