Guest: Leigh Whannell is best known for the Saw and Insidious horror franchises. Now he's written and directed the new monster film, The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss.
Leigh chats with me about strengthening your horror protagonist by making your antagonist as vicious as possible, keeping your antagonist mysterious to create suspense, and how Elisabeth Moss helped him write less dialogue and less exposition. We also discuss the difference between creating scares and suspense and why he likes to procrastinate when it comes to writing.
Host: Shanee Edwards graduated from UCLA Film School with an MFA in Screenwriting. She recently won the Next MacGyver television writing competition to create a TV show about a female engineer. Her pilot, Ada and the Machine, is currently in development with America Ferrera’s Take Fountain Productions. You can follow her on Twitter: @ShaneeEdwards
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4-Time Emmy Nominated Writer Simon Rich, Creator of MIRACLE WORKERS
BLOW THE MAN DOWN Writers/Directors Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy
THE HUNT Writer Nick Cuse
SWALLOW Writer/Director Carlo Mirabella-Davis
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: THE MOVIE Writer/Director/Producer Chris Henchy
Andrew Heckler, Writer/Director of BURDEN, Sundance Audience Award Winner
OLYMPIC DREAMS Writer/Director Jeremy Teicher and Real-Life Olympic Athlete and Writer/Star Alexi Pappas
Emmy-Nominated Actor Brian Presley, Writer/Director/Star of THE GREAT ALASKAN RACE
Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter of TROOP ZERO & BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar
Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg — Writer/Director and Co-Writers of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
Krysty Wilson-Cairns — Co-Writer of '1917' with Director Sam Mendes
Charles Randolph — Writer of BOMBSHELL and Oscar-Winner for THE BIG SHORT
Sophia Takal — Director and Co-Writer of Blumhouse's BLACK CHRISTMAS
Tom Harper — Director of THE AERONAUTS starring Felicity Jones & Eddie Redmayne
Minhal Baig — Writer/Director of HALA and BOJACK HORSEMAN + Actress Geraldine Viswanathan
Christopher Pratt — Former Literary Manager Turned Screenwriter
Dan Ewen — Writer of PLAYING WITH FIRE
John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle — YA Authors of the Book that Inspired the New Netflix Film LET IT SNOW
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon — Director of THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT
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