Show Notes
Katey and Chris discuss the new sci-fi adventure, which isn't just a great movie but, thank goodness, a hit. Then Katey talks to screewnriter Drew Goddard about how it all came together, from the friendship he formed with Andy Weir when adapting The Martian to how they navigated the movie through six years, a corporate takeover, and all the tiny rewrites it took to make something this good.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Review & Box Office Expectations
03:45 March Sci-Fi Release Corridor
05:51 Ryan Gosling's Star Power
08:14 Evolution Of Gosling's Comedy
13:30 Chemistry With Sandra Hüller
14:49 Rocky The Alien
16:07 Lord & Miller's Directing
18:40 2027 Oscar Potential
21:28 Winning An Oscar As A Movie Star
23:20 Drew Goddard
25:15 Origins Of The Movie
27:19 Balancing TV And Features
29:28 Developing An Epic During Covid
31:33 Writing The First Draft
34:13 Writing Rocky The Alien
36:20 Teaming Up With Lord & Miller
37:51 Surviving Studio Shuffles
39:27 Writing For IMAX & Theaters
47:13 Sandra Hüller As Stratt
51:16 Are Screenwriters Endangered?
54:27 Managing Big Budget Anxiety
56:25 Opening Weekend Emotions
Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes for just $5 a month.
Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter.
Follow Katey on Letterboxd.
Follow The Ankler.
More from Prestige Junkie
David Canfield joins Katey and Chris to recap the biggest hits of the Montclair and Middleburg film festivals, plus the endless buzz around the new releases You Can See Everything and La Bola Negra. Then Katey talks to Alden Ehrenreich about jumping into his new film A Talent for Murder, how he wound up running an independent playhouse in Los Angeles, and how he’s grown since he started his career as a teenager.
Bringing back our favorite recurring feature, in which we compare this year's Oscar race to previous years and see what we can learn. How is Matt Damon like Peter O'Toole? What if Inde Navarette's Oscar campaign is like Jennifer Lopez's? Joyce Eng joins Katey and Chris to explain it all. Then, Katey catches up with Project Hail Mary directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller about the nerves headed into their springtime box office hit, how they balance earnestness and comedy across their work, and the Hollywood legend who inspired Sandra Huller's unconventional onscreen style.
Katey, Chris and Jacqueline share the ten actresses they think are likeliest to get Oscar nominations — and though they all agree on #1, there's a lot of debate otherwise. Then, Katey talks to Rosalind Eleazar about how she broke all of her own rules about auditioning while trying to get the lead role in Chris Rock's Misty Green.
Richard Lawson joins Katey and Chris as everyone brings in their rankings of the 10 actors most likely to get nominated for best actor — with plenty of surprises, controversy, and movie stars to go around. Then Katey talks to Olivia Wilde about the long theatrical life of her film The Invite, which has had audiences talking — and arguing — since its hit theatrical release this summer.
Katey and Christopher Rosen discuss the Peoples Choice winners from the Toronto International Film Festival, including the big champion La Bola Negra. Then hear the conversation Katey had onstage a day before La bola negra's raucous TIFF premiere with Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, the directing duo also known as Los Javis. In their hourlong conversation they talk about the shared artistic influences that led to their first collaborations, how they created the film's epic scope on a relatively small budget, how they divvy up their roles on set, and some personal influences that made it into La Bola Negra.