Our unplanned hiatus is OVER and we are ready to RAMBLE! Err... rumble?

• Screenwriting competitions, festivals, fellowships
• Spreadsheets are our savior. (Even if Caitlin is a psycho about it!)
• Reflecting on our pre-2021 episodes and our predictions and excitement (Inauguration fashion, Disney+ Marvel shows!)
• Amazon buys MGM for $8 Billion
• Wizard of Oz sequels - Return to OZ (1985)
• John Chu - Director (Crazy Rich Asians, In The Heights, Wicked)
• Our college days in NYC circa 2007-2012 and theater school antics at AMDA
• Anthony Ramos - actor and AMDA alum (Hamilton, In The Heights)
• Acting school tries to make every student a “blank slate” but ends up making everyone homogenous when what usually gets you the job is the thing that makes you stick out from the crowd!
• Originating a role versus replacing a role in theater
• Tick, Tick… BOOM! Movie musical trailer. Directed by Lin Manuel Miranda. 
• Andrew Garfield - actor (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Under the Silverlake, Spider-Man, The Social Network)
• *Disney+ SPOILERS* and our collective freak out on Disney’s Shareholder Day announcements
• Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni doing the most (and the best) at LucasFilms.
• Daniel Brühl - actor (Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Alienist)
• Loki, Disney+ series starring Tom Hiddleston
• Brit’s vision for an indie superhero movie a la Logan (2017)
• Brie Larson - actor (Captain Marvel, Room) who is prepping for Captain Marvel 2 with celebrity trainer, Jason Walsh (Rise Movement and Rise Nation - our favorite cardio class in LA!)
• Jurassic World sequel - Bryce Dallas Howard (actor) & Colin Trevorrow (writer/director)
• NOTE: Caitlin calls people by their first names simply because she is lazy. These people are ~ not ~ her friends.
• Dax Shepard’s podcast - Arm Chair Expert, Kerri Russel, and our love of JJ Abrams
• Pacific Palisades - JJ and Caitlin are from the same small town that has recently been dramatically renovated by developer, Rick Caruso
• Pitching! Our two recent pitches - one project to a studio and the other for an OWA at a major production company
• Our career coach, Lee Jessup
• Questions everyone in Hollywood asks about your project: 1. Why are you the person to tell this story? And 2. Why now?
• Adapting a real life event - what about this makes it a movie and not a documentary?
• No matter how specific a story, audiences need an emotional journey to connect to that makes the project feel universal
• Open Writing Assignment - screenwriting work for hire
• A brief interlude on music licensing in podcasting
• General meetings - we’ll cover that soon
• Tent Pole Intellectual Property - example: Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Star Wars
• ISA - International Screenwriting Association
• “Kill Your Darlings”
• Brit’s SKIMS obsession is real. We sidebar to discuss our favorite Kardashians.
• Caitlin’s recent TV binges: Shrill on Hulu and Peaky Blinders on Netflix
• Lindy West’s book - Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
• Our DMs are open! (Not THAT way. Or maybe…)