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Screenwriting legend Zak Penn talks about how he got so savvy in the business of show. We talk about how coming to LA and scouting out the city geared him up for his big move after college and his sale of “The Last Action Hero” started him on a 35 year journey of being one of Hollywood's most sought after writers. We talk about the good times with Speilberg, JJ Abrams, Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds, & Dwayne Johnson and we talk about the bad times with others. Bio: Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, LAST ACTION HERO, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-MEN 2 and X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, ELEKTRA, THE INCREDIBLE HULK and THE AVENGERS. He has also dabbled in other genres, writing scripts for disparate films such as P.C.U., BEHIND ENEMY LINES and SUSPECT ZERO.Penn's shift into independent cinema began when he collaborated with his idol, Werner Herzog, on the script for RESCUE DAWN. Penn directed and co-starred with Herzog in INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, his award-winning “hoax” documentary about the legendary director's attempts to make a film about the equally legendary monster. THE GRAND, Penn's second completely improvised film, was his third film with Herzog, and featured an eclectic cast including Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Dennis Farina and Gabe Kaplan.In addition, Penn co-wrote the original story for ANTZ and produced the animated film OSMOSIS JONES. He has also acted in a number of independent films, including STAR MAPS and CHUCK & BUCK. His first foray into television was the critically acclaimed original series ALPHAS starring David Strathairn. Penn directed the documentary ATARI: GAME OVER for Xbox Entertainment Studios.More recently, Penn adapted the New York Times bestselling novel READY PLAYER ONE for Warner Bros. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film was released in 2018. Penn also co-wrote the script for the action comedy FREE GUY, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer. The film is directed by Shawn Levy and was released in August of 2021.
The filmmaker who coined the term "ecstatic truth" becomes the subject of a memorable docu-fiction hybrid in INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (2004), in which Werner Herzog joins forces with Hollywood screenwriter Zak Penn to create a hoax involving the Loch Ness Monster. PLUS: Are these the last days of the Justin Trudeau government? PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/583-bad-producer-118175616
We talk about acclaimed Director Werner Herzog as an actor in this interesting film.
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Jeff Goldblum makes a brief appearance in this mockumentary featuring a collaboration for the ages - Werner Herzog (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD) and Zak Penn (READY PLAYER ONE)! There's not a lot of Goldblum here, but this was a fun discovery!
The boys take another trip down mocumentary lane with Werner Herzog's THE INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (2004). Watch as the overweight screenwriter of Elektra and X-Men 3 takes a tugboat with legendary asshole Werner Herzog to hunt a dinosaur in the Scottish depths. Come ready to absorb a tight 25 of Herzog impressions in this next entry in the ego-failure files of the Movie Blues Podcast.
BDM and Clare watch Incident at Loch Ness, a Zak Penn/Werner Herzog documentary about the making of a documentary that collided with another documentary. "Tell me, who is real and who is not?" Herzog pleads… but we'll never tell. Then in the second half there is discussion of Olivia Rodrigo, the passage of time, the fickleness of memory, whether or not getting over something is possible, internet churn, children getting older while we're getting older too. Full show notes: https://www.patreon.com/stetpod
Today’s guest is Zak Penn, best known as a screenwriter on several big-budget superhero movies like X-MEN 2, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, THE INCREDIBLE HULK and THE AVENGERS. Zak also wrote the 1993 comedy LAST ACTION HERO starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he directed a wonderful mockumentary called INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, in which he, together… The post Talking Pictures #13: Zak Penn, Screenwriter of READY PLAYER ONE appeared first on Talking Pictures.
Join Scott and Danny on this Lockdown Burns Night as we delve deep into the weird and wonderful 'Incident at Loch Ness'.
Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. In this episode we’re talking about 1972’s The Legend Of Boggy Creek and 2004’s Incident At Loch Ness. First and foremost, we want to give a shoutout to our sponsors over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Also, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally grateful for that support. Thanks! We start by talking about what we’ve done involving horror recently. We talk about the new HBO series Lovecraft Country, and Justin talks about She Dies Tomorrow, We Summon The Darkness, Random Acts Of Violence, and Sputnik. Up first is The Legend Of Boggy Creek. We both agree that the poster is somewhat iconic and arguably the best thing about the film. We largely disliked the film, and Liam talks about how it resembles a Disney nature film we used to watch in elementary school back in the ‘80s. Justin gives a little bit of a background on the phenomenon of the Fouke Monster, the creature alleged to exist in the film. Liam talks about how dreary the film is and how it looks like it takes place in a far different time period that it’s supposed to. Justin talks about how it’s painfully obvious the whole thing revolves around a hoax. The entire film feels performative and boring, and even the Sasquatch attacks feel flat and uninteresting. The ADR and dubbing are horrible, and the film presents an uneven tone. We talk about the films presence in the DNA of modern found footage films, as well as kicking off the trend of Bigfoot themed horror films. Up next is Incident At Loch Ness. The film feels a little too “winking and nodding” at the camera over the presence of Werner Herzog; Liam describes it as “loving the smell of its own shit”. We talk about Herzog’s self-awareness and how he is willing to lampoon himself. We touch upon the film would make a great episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and how the filmmakers seem obsessed with showing off how much they know about Herzog’s myth. Justin yells about how the cryptozoologist in the film uses horrible logic and how such logic is a trademark of QAnon bullshit. Despite the films flaws it’s still entertaining. Liam brings up that the film couldn’t decide how “in on the joke” it wanted to be. Thank you for listening. Thank you to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz666, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on iTunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise,
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Episode NotesEntertainment Today, Scripture of the Day, Quote of the DayAs heard on this episode:Entertainment Today: Entertainment Guru is upset with Netflix for renewing Mr. Iglesias' because the show is not entertaining. Both hosts are annoyed with Netflix for not renewing David Steinberg's ‘No Good Nick.' New on Amazon Prime: June 2020 - Available June 1MOVIESDirty Dancing (1987)Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)Fair Game (2010)Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974)Futureworld (1976How To Train Your Dragon (2010)Incident At Loch Ness (2004)Joyride (1996)Kingpin (1996)Nate And Hayes (1983)Sex Drive (2008)Shrek Forever After (2010)The Cookout (2004)The Natural (1984)Trade (2007)Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)TVAir Warriors: Season 1 (Smithsonian Channel Plus)Annie Oakley: Season 1 (Best Westerns Ever)Doc Martin: Season 1 (Acorn TV)Dragnet: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)Finding Your Roots: Season 1 (PBS Living)Forsyte Saga: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)Growing up McGhee: Season 1 (UP Faith & Family)Liar: Season 1 (Sundance Now)Professor T: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)Roadkill Garages: Season 1 (Motortrend)Saints and Sinners: Season 1 (Brown Sugar)Super Why: Season 1 (PBS Kids)SWV Reunited: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague (The Great Courses)The L Word: Season 1 (Showtime)The L Word: Generation Q: Season 1 (Showtime)The Saint: Season 1 (Shout! Factory)Wackey Races: Season 1 (Boomerang)Work in Progress: Season 1 (Showtime)Available June 3Takers (2010)Available June 5Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava (Amazon Original special)Available June 7Equilibrium (2002)Available June 12Child's Play (2019)Knives Out (2019)Available June 15The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)Available June 18Crawl (2019)Available June 197500 (2019) — Amazon Original movieAvailable June 21Life in Pieces: Seasons 1-4Pete the Cat: Season 2, Part 1 — Amazon Original seriesAvailable June 27Guns Akimbo (2020)Available June 30Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)One for the Money (2012)Spy Kids (2001)Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)The Gallows Act II (2019)Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Vulture.com#scriptureoftheday - 2 Corinthians 12:9 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;#quoteoftheday - When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story. - How I Met Your MotherProducts mentioned on this episode:Amazon Prime Video - https://amzn.to/3gUbB09
Mitch, Kyle and Buzi welcome Tyler Baptist of VIDEONOMICON to continue their A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET retrospective series with discussions on THE DREAM CHILD and FREDDYS DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE.Other titles discussed include BLOOD QUANTUM, DONT GO IN THE HOUSE, THEM!, THE INKEEPERS, INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS and MIDSOMMAR. www.videonomicon.com Follow Tyler on Instagram at @tybap This podcast was presented by The Saskatchewan Podcast Network who is currently sponsored by Conexus credit union.
Another week of Documentary Month, another non-documentary. At least this one stars Werner Herzog. For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @funnynicotweets, @zakkcap, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts!
Another week of Documentary Month, another non-documentary. At least this one stars Werner Herzog. For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @funnynicotweets, @zakkcap, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com… The post Incident at Loch Ness (2004) appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.
Award-winning screenwriter, Zak Penn joins us to discuss finding early success at age 23, developing his craft, and working with with Stephen Spielberg on READY PLAYER ONE. Guest Biography Zak Penn’s career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, LAST ACTION HERO, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-MEN 2 and X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, ELEKTRA, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, and most recently, THE AVENGERS. He has also dabbled in other genres, writing scripts for disparate films such as P.C.U., BEHIND ENEMY LINES and SUSPECT ZERO. Penn’s shift into independent cinema began when he collaborated with his idol, Werner Herzog, on the script for RESCUE DAWN. Penn directed and co-starred with Herzog in INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, his award-winning “hoax” documentary about the legendary director’s attempts to make a film about the equally legendary monster. THE GRAND, Penn’s second completely improvised film, was his third film with Herzog, and featured an eclectic cast including Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Dennis Farina and Gabe Kaplan. In addition, Penn co-wrote the original story for ANTZ and produced the animated film OSMOSIS JONES. He has also acted in a number of independent films, including STAR MAPS and CHUCK & BUCK. His first foray into television was the critically acclaimed original series ALPHAS starring David Strathairn. Penn directed the documentary ATARI: GAME OVER for Xbox Entertainment Studios. Penn most recently adapted the New York Times bestselling novel READY PLAYER ONE for Warner Bros. Directed by Stephen Spielberg, the film will be released in March 2018. Penn is currently working on a script for Warner Bros set in THE MATRIX universe. Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/036 In this episode, you will learn: Why adversity can be helpful in your career. How there are so many factors outside of one's control in the life of a screenwriter. The importance of enjoying the process of your work or whatever it is that you do. Find more from our guest: Wikipedia IMDb.com Twitter Mentioned in this episode: Last Action Hero The Incredible Hulk Marvel Studios DC Comics Werner Herzog Incident at Loch Ness Suspect Zero (2004) Ernest Cline Atari: Game Over (2014) Ready Player One (2018) Books: Ready Player One: A Novel by Ernest Cline Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Email me your address, and I'll mail you an autographed copy of Kimo West and Ken Emerson's CD, Slackers in Paradise. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.
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Chris and Sean continue Mockumentary March with a look at a mockumentary film-within-a-film-within-a-film featuring Werner Herzog: Incident at Loch Ness. The film follows Werner Herzog as he is being filmed for Herzog in Wonderland all the while preparing to film his film Enigma at Loch Ness along with Zak Penn. It's written and directed by Zak Penn who also spoke with us about the film, working with Werner Herzog, and his current project Ready Player One.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.
Loch Ness Terror | Incident At Loch Ness – Hello everyone! Welcome to episode #118 of Motion Picture Meltdown! Philip, Dehart, and myself decide to all become certified “cryptozoologists” and roast through a couple of Loch Ness Monster creature feauture-type films. We cover the CGI/bad puppet filled crapfest known as Loch Ness Terror/Beyond Loch Ness as … Continue reading "MPM: Ep. 118 – Required Class: Loch Ness Monster CRYPTO-L440"
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Werner Herzog will eine Dokumentation über Loch Ness und die Geschichten des Monsters drehen. Doch sein Produzent hat andere Vorstellung, so dass man sich schnell in die Haare kommt. Zum Glück gibt es ein Team, das die Dreharbeiten filmt und … Weiterlesen →
Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a host of found footage movies and mockumentaries. The films discussed are Home Movie (2008), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), Lake Mungo (2008), Catfish (2010), 84C MoPic (1989), Behind The Mask -The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) and Incident At Loch Ness (2004). All discussions are spoiler free.
A review of André Øvredal’s TROLLHUNTER (Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen, and Tomas Alf Larsen). Mighty Minute Review of IP MAN. DVD Quick Pick reviews of MAN BITES DOG and INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS
'Incident at Loch Ness': Drunken Commentary Track