Let's Write: Recent Episodes
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Let's Write is about a simple question, "what if?" To which we respond, "I don't know, let's find out!"
On this screenwriting podcast, we develop, pitch, and write our "dream movie" ideas: sequels that never got made, ridiculous crossovers, original high concepts, and everything in between. The resulting scripts, treatments, concept art, and more are posted to our website: www.LetsWritePodcast.com
The Franchise Factory is spinning up once again to further develop our take on a Superman origin story: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? This is a continuation of our previous Speed Pitching episode, listen to that one first!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we’re joined by Adonis Gonzalez to pitch a grim take on a Disney classic, a perspective shift on a Superman origin story, and a crossover between the MCU... and The Hangover?
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
There's plenty to love in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but what if they had gone in a slightly different direction? Today we're embarking on our next major project: a rewrite of Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, but drawing from some of our own thematic and worldbuilding explorations. Catch the full pitch in a few weeks on our YouTube channel!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Picking up from our last episode of Speed Pitching, we enter the Franchise Factory to further develop Cybertron Noir: our Transformers mystery spin-off.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we're joined by Erik W. Barnes to pitch a dip into a new genre for the Transformers franchise, a soft reboot of the MCU, and a sci-fi take on The Lord of the Rings.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Introducing: Franchise Factory! A new companion series to Speed Pitching. On this episode, we take our concept for Legends of the Galaxy, a Star Wars x Batman crossover, and figure out the casting and marketing strategy for the show!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we're throwing Batman into a galaxy far, far away, letting some fast zombies loose on a furious family, and putting a younger spin on an iconic action franchise.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Our first major project of 2021 concludes with the delivery of a pitch package for Age of Monsters, a crossover between the Pacific Rim and MonsterVerse franchises. On this episode, we recap the project and discuss what we learned from the writing process.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
We just watched Godzilla vs. Kong! With it still fresh, we immediately hopped on the phone to discuss how the latest MonsterVerse installment impacts development on our story. The audio quality on this episode is going to be a bit worse than usual, as we weren't on our usual mic setup.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
We're doing our best to battle the backlog of ideas from the High Concept Deck! If you'd like to pitch in and add one of your own, give us a shout on Twitter!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
We're doing our best to battle the backlog of ideas from the High Concept Deck! If you'd like to pitch in and add one of your own, give us a shout on Twitter!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Our Pacific Rim vs. MonsterVerse crossover project continues. This week, we take our initial brainstorm and start laying out the story beats.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we're kicking off our big spring project, a long overdue crossover of the Pacific Rim and MonsterVerse universes! On this episode, we're brainstorming the broad strokes of the story, and trying to crack that crossover concept.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we’re remixing The Fast & The Furious, finding a new direction for The Terminator, and winning the Power Rangers an Oscar.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we’re finding a new direction for James Bond, auditioning the next Indiana Jones, and giving some Star Wars characters a second chance.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Our NaNoWriMo 2020 adventure concludes as we recap the project, discuss the challenges we faced, and prepare to publish our finished script drafts.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Our NaNoWriMo 2020 project continues as we discuss and critique our outlines, and get ready to embark on our rough drafts.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
It's the start of our NaNoWriMo 2020 project: The Arkham Files! We're collaborating with Peter Holmstrom on a trio of TV anthology scripts centering around classic villains from the DC universe... presented entirely in a found footage style. In this episode, we discuss the overall concept and give an elevator pitch for each of our episodes.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we’re saving Disney's live-action adaptations, finding something nightmarish for John Wick to fight, and charting a new timeline for the Pirates of the Caribbean.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we're pitching some new spins on an Aliens movie, Adam Sandler takes on Godzilla, and we find an inspiring sports story set in the Ghostbusters universe.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we assemble pitches on potential Tron spin-off's, a Fast & Furious , and a high-concept story about aliens who invade through dreams.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This is the audio version of a live virtual panel that we ran as part of ForceFest 2020, a Star Wars fan convention. In this episode, we take the Star Wars universe on a genre tour, pitching a time travel story, a romcom, an animal adventure, and a haunted Death Star.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
This week we break the story on an Oscar bait Jurassic movie, found footage Batman, a Marvel anthology, and a community submitted pitch from our High Concept Deck.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Let's Write returns to the deck with three pitches: a sequel to a particularly unique musical, an adaptation of a classic toy line, and a Star Wars prequel.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
In this episode, we recap and debrief on our second annual TV pilot project. For this year's script, we wrote the first episode of an anthology series loosely re-imagining the work of H.P. Lovecraft called Elder State. In addition to a post-mortem on that script, we also dive into a light brainstorm on future seasons of the show.
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
One last brainstorm session before the script is due! Listen to Part 1 and 2 before this one!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
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The video we referenced in this episode (9 Questions Television Writers Must Answer When Developing A Television Show) can be watched here.
We're continuing development on our NaNoWriMo 2019 project: a story bible and episode script for our Lovecraft inspired anthology show. Listen to Part 1 before this one!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
The video we referenced in this episode (9 Questions Television Writers Must Answer When Developing A Television Show) can be watched here.
We're kicking off our annual TV script series! Follow along for the next four weeks as we work towards publishing a full script for the first episode of an original series!
You can find more of our work, including scripts and posters, on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
What would Overwatch look like as a Marvel-style cinematic universe? Let's figure it out!
You can find the slate of logos for the Overwatch CU on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
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A quick preview on what's coming up in the next few weeks!
To submit your idea for our November script, please leave us a reply on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @LetsWritePod. Or, email us at letswrite@villainy.media
Our guest producer Derek wants to find some way to inject a little Agatha Christie into the Star Wars universe.
You can find the poster for this episode on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
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Our guest producer Dana asks us to develop a concept for a high fantasy epic… infused with the DNA of a Fast & Furious action spectacle!
You can find the poster for this episode on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Let's Write returns for a second season with a twist on a classic franchise: what does a Jurassic Park movie look like... with only aquatic dinosaurs?
You can find the poster and treatment for this episode on our website at www.LetsWritePod.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod.
Ryan and Julian chart out a direction for the MCU post-Avengers: Endgame.
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Theme music by Volpe.
It's Speed Pitching: Round 2! Julian and Ryan give their best takes on everything from relaunching Harry Potter to how DreamWorks Animation could tackle a beloved Nintendo property.
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Theme music by Volpe.
The Troublemaker joins the writer's room to take a nostalgic deep dive into the world of Neopets.
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Theme music by Volpe.
Julian and Ryan challenge themselves to pitch on the fly based on prompts submitted by friends and listeners.
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Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write team had such a good time outlining a Spectre rewrite, that it inspired Julian to pitch a concept for launching an entire universe of James Bond films.
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Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write crew drifts into the second and final brainstorming session for our Pacific Rim-Transformers crossover story.
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Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write crew embarks on a writing prompt that can only be described as "ill advised."
On this episode, we attempt to crack the story on what a potential Pacific Rim-Transformers crossover could look like. No, this idea didn't make any more sense in our head. Yes, we decided to jump right in anyways.
You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe.
Returning from our winter break, the Let's Write crew is getting the creative juices flowing again with a writing exercise: rewriting the most recent James Bond movie.
Fair warning to any James Bond fans: Ryan manages to mix up "Q" and "M" way more times than is in any way excusable.
You can follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.LetsWritePodcast.com
Theme music by Volpe.
We conclude NaNoWriMo and our Firefly Season 2 script with a short discussion on the past few weeks, its challenges, and what we ultimately learned from the process.
You can find all of our episodes and treatments at www.LetsWritePodcast.com
You can also follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe.
NaNoWriMo continues as we dive into an extended brainstorm for our Firefly Season 2 script.
You can find all of our episodes and treatments at www.LetsWritePodcast.com
You can also follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
The Let's Write team is kicking off November by participating in National Novel Writing Month. Over the coming weeks, instead of a novel, we'll be writing a full-length TV script for a show that's very close our hearts. Follow us over the next few episodes as we brainstorm ideas for a theoretical Firefly Season 2, and publish an episode one script on November 30.
You can find all of our episodes and treatments at www.LetsWritePodcast.com
You can also follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write team attempts to crack what a sequel to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. might have looked like.
You can follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write team explores an idea for a Black Widow movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
You can follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe.
The Let's Write team explores an idea for a Obi-Wan Kenobi film set in between Star Wars: Episodes 3 & 4.
UPDATE! Read the movie treatment inspired by this episode here: http://letswritepodcast.com/lets-write-treatment-kenobi-a-star-wars-story/
You can also follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our other projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe. Intro music by Dexter Britain.
The Let's Write team explores an idea for a sequel to Neil Blomkamp's District 9.
UPDATE! Read the movie treatment inspired by this episode here: http://letswritepodcast.com/lets-write-treatment-district-10/
You can also follow us on Twitter @LetsWritePod, and find links to all of our other projects at www.Villainy.media
Theme music by Volpe. Intro music by Dexter Britain.