John and Craig welcome Kevin Feige (President of Marvel Studios), Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World), and Shoshannah Stern (This Close, Weeds, Jericho), to discuss creating an early aughts period piece, working with co-writers, and making genre movies out of comic books.

We also introduce Scriptnotes Premium and play games on Real vs. Fake Awards Shows and literal movie quotes. Stay tuned for our bonus segment after the credits when we answer audience questions about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and creative rituals.

Thank you to the Writers Guild Foundation and the LA Film School for hosting us!

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• Sign up for Scriptnotes Premium
• Thank you to our incredible guests: Kevin Feige, Lorene Scafaria, and Shoshannah Stern, for joining us! And thanks to Robbie Sutton and Elizabeth Green for interpreting the show.
• Scriptnotes, Ep 44: Endings for Beginnings
• Twitter Block Chain Extension
• AI Dungeon
• Bathtubs Over Broadway Soundtrack
• FDA Approves Transparent Surgical Masks
• Dolly Parton’s America Podcast
• Kevin Feige on Twitter
• Lorene Scafaria on Twitter
• Shoshannah Stern on Twitter
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Outro and Intro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli

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You can download the episode here.