The Producer's Guide: Todd Garner and the Future of Hollywood

In honor of AFM this week, we want to celebrate independent cinema by releasing three episodes with expert filmmakers and storytellers.Sometimes you have to believe in the little green chutes of possibility. Mockingbird Pictures partners Bonnie Curtis & Julie Lynn share what brought them together, Julie's career as an independent producer, Bonnie's time working with Steven Spielberg, how they struck an overall deal with Skydance Media, AND an incredible Best Day on Set story about the making of Saving Private Ryan!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In honor of AFM this week, we want to celebrate independent cinema by releasing three episodes with expert filmmakers and storytellers.What is your ministry as a filmmaker? Stephen Love shares his inspiring and entrepreneurial journey from farm life in South Carolina, making short films as a kid, the support he got from Spike Lee while at Morehouse College, getting into USC's Peter Stark producing program, walking the red carpet with Nas, and all the hustle along the way.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tim Burton doesn't do TV... or so everyone said. So Al Gough and Miles Millar used their entrepreneurial producing skills and proved everyone wrong! Today Al and Miles share their journey from USC to becoming show-runner producers on Smallville, to the twists and turns of acquiring The Addams Family IP and creating the hit Netflix show, WEDNESDAY! PLUS: Why all eight episodes in a season HAVE to be good and the importance of finding your voice to create your own projects!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oscar winning producer of Everything Everywhere All At Once JONATHAN WANG joins Todd to address the challenges posed by AI to the movie industry, the differences between what it promises to do and what it can do, and the path forward for producers and storytellers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is the quest for billion dollar profits ruining Hollywood? Beloved friend of the podcast Billy Ray returns to discuss the economic climate of Hollywood INCLUDING the aftermath of the strikes, studio consolidations, and the potential threats posed by AI.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd Save America! HE'S BACK! And ready to tackle the big issues facing the modern movie industry. Today, our veteran guide Todd Garner is joined by AFI Discipline Head and producer of It Follows and I'll See You In My Dreams, REBECCA GREEN, to address the age old question... what exactly does a producer DO?!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we proudly launch Strike Talk with Billy Ray and Todd Garner, a weekly podcast dedicated to dissecting the issues that caused talks to break off between the WGA and the AMPT.  Learn more here: https://deadline.com/2023/05/strike-talk-podcast-billy-ray-todd-garner-deadline-week-1-1235356688/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Warner Bros. shaking up the distribution model, veteran Producer Todd Black talks about studios and streamers, the future of the movie business, his early days in Hollywood, his relationships with Will Smith and Denzel Washington, the making of Antwone Fisher, The Pursuit of Happyness and The Equalizer franchise!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The kingmaker Stephanie Allain shares her journey from her early days as a script reader - to discovering John Singleton and Robert Rodriguez - to producing such hits as Hustle and Flow and Dear White People - to bringing diversity to the production of the Academy Awards!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd catches up with fellow Disney alumn - and head of Burr! Productions - Kristin Burr about working on movies at Disney in the 90’s - how her love of musicals affected her taste later in life - and her current work on Netflix's Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and 2021's Cruella!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.