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A Conversation with Dan Gilroy

A Conversation with Dan Gilroy

Season 8 Episode 5
26:48
A Conversation with Gale Anne Hurd

A Conversation with Gale Anne Hurd

Season 8 Episode 6
26:48
Script to Screen: Pete's Dragon

Script to Screen: Pete's Dragon

Season 8 Episode 7
26:48
A Conversation with Misha Green

A Conversation with Misha Green

Season 8 Episode 8
26:48
A Conversation with Mark Frost

A Conversation with Mark Frost

Season 8 Episode 9
26:48
The People v. O.J. Simpson

The People v. O.J. Simpson

Season 8 Episode 10
26:48
A Conversation with Robert Townsend

A Conversation with Robert Townsend

Season 8 Episode 11
26:47
Great Adaptations

Great Adaptations

Season 8 Episode 16
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Script to Screen: Arrival

Season 8 Episode 4

Once considered "unfilmable," the movie Arrival scored big at the box office. Screenwriter Eric Heisserer talks about his long road selling Hollywood on his adaptation of the short story by Ted Chiang, working with director Denis Villeneuve, and the challenges of writing a cerebral sci-fi story about love and loss.

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