The Script Doctors: Recent Episodes
The Script Doctors
A podcast showcasing two professional screenwriters at work as they diagnose, prescribe and discuss solutions to common script problems found in feature film scripts and television pilots and series.
You thought we were done with action-packed season 1? Well, just in time for the Holiday Season, the Script Doctors gift you with our very first BONUS EPISODE! This is an episode that continues the discussion about Wanda Maximoff and the Cinematic Universe Storytelling of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by talking about Doctor Strange 2 or Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which picks up right where WandaVision and Spider-Man: No Way Home ends. Enjoy! And Happy Holidays!
Today's patients:
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, directed by Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron (Produced by Marvel Studios, Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; 2022) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
Our season 1 finale has dawned upon us! And it's such a controversial topic for our Doctor Jons that we've had to recruit a third doctor to referee. We welcome on Dr. Samantha Bringhurst, the mother of this podcast as we say, since it was her inspiration to start this educational and entertaining show. Who will win this vs. episode? Will Batman reign supreme? Or will Superman overcome the kryptonite that is this critical misfire? (You can tell who is writing this...) Anyways, tune in to this week's SUPERhero episode...
Today's patients:
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder, written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer (Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, DC Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films, Distributed by Warner Bros.; 2016) - available to stream now exclusively on HBO Max (the Snyder Cut)
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Exposition
About our Guest:
- Samantha Bringhurst is a screenwriter at Cooper Home Entertainment. She has been mentored by Dr. Jon Cooper, and is passionate about creating clean media. She is currently working on two series and an upcoming screenplay for Cooper Home Entertainment.
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
The fans have rebelled! The release of Episodes 8 and 9 have caused a schism among the Star Wars fan base causing nations to collapse, gas prices to rise, and a plague to sweep the globe. Enter the Doctor Jons, Jedi Knights of the Order of Screenwriting. Saviors of Structure. Liberators of Theme. Defendants of Story...will they have what it takes to calm the outburst? Tune in to this week's galactic episode...
Today's patients:
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, directed and written by Rian Johnson (Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; 2017) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, directed by J.J. Abrams and written by Chris Terrio and Abrams (Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. & Bad Robot Productions, Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; 2019) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Mystery Box
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
Who's been fixing up everything? It was The Script Doctors all along! Join Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper on this week's episode as they go through a sitcom wonderland and talk about one of their favorite Marvel TV shows, the ultra-meta sitcom homage show that kicked off Marvel's Phase 4 in 2021! And perhaps a bonus surprise...for a later date?
Today's patients:
- WandaVision, created by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel Studios; 2021) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Sitcom
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
WE SURVIVED! The Script Doctors (Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper) have survived the Upside Down and have managed to escape the clutches of Vecna, the Demagorgens, and the Mindflayer and bring us a bit of information on the Strangest of Things about Season 4 of the hit Netflix sci-fi horror drama!
Today's patients:
- Stranger Things (S4), created by The Duffer Brothers (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre Productions, Upside Down Pictures [S5]; 2016-present) - available to stream now exclusively on Netflix
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Bottle Episode
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
In our first episode dedicated to TV pilots, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle a hit original sitcom and a...sequel? A requel? A reboot? A rebootquel? Ah Hollywood...and that friends, is How I Met Your Script Doctors!
Today's patients:
- How I Met Your Mother, created by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas (Bays & Thomas Productions, 20th Century Fox Television; 2005-2014, on CBS) - available to stream now on Amazon Prime & Hulu
- How I Met Your Father, created by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger (Bays Thomas Productions, The Walk-Up Company, 20th Television; 2022-present, on Hulu) - available to stream now exclusively on Hulu
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Reboot
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
In our first versus episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle one of the most debated questions from the DCEU and its fan base - which film starring a group of the most infamous villains from DC Comic Lore was the better one?
Today's patients:
- Suicide Squad, directed & written by David Ayer (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films; 2016) - available to stream now on HBO Max
- The Suicide Squad, directed & written by James Gunn (DC Films, Warner Bros. Pictures; 2021) - available to stream now on HBO Max
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Ensemble
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
Welcome to The Family Script-Doctors-igal! In this enchanted episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle one of Disney's recent animated musical hit about a very colorful and intergeneration-ally traumatized family!
Today's patient:
- Encanto, directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard, written by Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; 2021) - available to stream now on Disney+
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Theme
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
For our debut episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle two iconic web-swinging superhero movies that predate the MCU as a preparation for the MCU's multiverse spanning & critically acclaimed Spider-Man: No Way Home film.
Today's patients:
- Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi, written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent (Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing; 2007) - available to stream now on Netflix and Hulu
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2, directed by Marc Webb, written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Jeff Pinkner (Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing; 2014) - available to stream now on Starz and Hulu
Screenwriting Word of the Day:
- Protagonist vs. Antagonist
Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Links:
- Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
- Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
- A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.
From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries - this is The Script Doctors Podcast! Join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? Email us at thejons.scriptdoctors@gmail.com
Instagram & TikTok: @thescriptdoctors
The Script Doctors Podcast premieres on Wednesday, November 2 where you get your podcasts!
Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and The Bougie Arab Productions.