John welcomes back Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) to look at three stories of real people with too much money and ask, How Would This Be a Movie? Stories include strategies for dating Leonardo DiCaprio, the rise-fall-rise of inventor Palmer Luckey, and a council built to give away a fortune.

We also go feral over Marielle’s new movie Nightbitch, as she shares the joys of adapting something that feels personal and her tricks to directing dogs and children. But first, we take a look at a new study on which movies studios are developing, and share exciting news for those joining us at the Austin Film Festival.

In our bonus segment for premium members, Marielle and John remember the terror, nerves and euphoria of premiering your movie at film festivals.

Links:

Nightbitch | Official Trailer
Marielle Heller
Highland Pro Austin launch party – sign up here!
MacGruber on Peacock
Hollywood’s 10 Percent Problem by Matt Belloni at Puck
Dating a Celebrity – Thread by bo.predko
American Vulcan by Jeremy Stern for Tablet
How to Give Away a Fortune by Joshua Yaffa for The New Yorker
You Get to Be Fulfilled Now by Teresa Jusino
Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones by Priyanka Mattoo
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Outro by Spencer Lackey (send us yours!)
Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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