Welcome to Zodiac Chronicle. A 24 part investigation into David Fincher's 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac. It is adapted from Robert Graysmith's novel by screenwriter James Vanderbilt. The film, of course, stars an incredible ensemble cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo. I am your host, Blake Howard. This is the sixteenth episode of Zodiac: Chronicle – Leo Part 2. Today, our introduction was the former film critic at the L.A. Weekly, Village Voice turned filmmaker, screenwriter of Black Christmas, and the former host of The Switchblade Sisters podcast, April Wolfe.

Joining me to ransack a trailer are Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt. Online veteran, film critic, screenwriter, industry analyst, the legendary Drew McWeeny. Film critic and journalist for The Tribune News Service and L.A Times, part-time lecturer at Chapman University, and the co-host of the Miami Nice podcast, Katie Walsh. Contributor for Film School Rejects and Stacker, Movies Intern at Paste - Brianna Zigler. Former long-running editor of Time Out New York, editor, critic and writer for hire with bylines at the New York Times, Sight and Sound, Empire, a Zodiac true believer- Joshua Rothkopf. Writer and film critic at Film School Rejects - Anna Swanson. Writer & Director of THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH, contributor to American Cinematographer & Filmmaker, AMPAS historian, the best screening moderator in L.A and probably the greater U.S, Jim Hemphill. Art director, writer and the creator of Cinephile: A Card Game, Cory Everett. Author of Fierce Bitches, Peckerwood, crime fiction aficionado and author of the noir literature and culture blog - Hardboiled Wonderland, Jedidiah Ayres.