Max & Shayna discuss the strangely poor marketing & box office of Strange World, plus a look at a possible writer's strike & a new a new high for AI creepiness.

Time Codes:
0:00 - Intro - Shayna shot a short!
3:20 - Top Story: Strange World Bombs
7:46 - News: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck launch prod co
9:45 - News: Oscar Contenders
11:42 - News: Upcoming writer strike?
15:35 - Insider: Building your characters
19:00 - Watching: Tim Burton's Wednesday
20:29 - Watching: Dead to Me
21:15 - Watching: Walking Dead finale
22:10 - Watching: Spirited
24:16 - Event: John Truby on genres
25:43 - Event: Upcoming webinar with Max
26:15 - WEIRD News: Creepy AI woman

Links

• Shayna's "Zombie Doll" short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVpy-YLtJU
• Top Story: Disney’s ‘Strange World’ to Lose $100 Million in Theatrical Run - https://variety.com/2022/film/news/disney-strange-world-lose-100-million-box-office-1235442714/
• News: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Launch Production Company Designed to Increase Streaming Profits for Artists - https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/ben-affleck-matt-damon-launch-production-company-artists-equity-1234784373/
• News: The Little Oscar Contenders That Should: Movies the Academy Must Watch Before the End of 2022 - https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/film-contenders-should-be-nominated-close-marcel-the-shell-1235439476/
• News: Oscars Predictions: Best Picture – Catching Up on Screeners During the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend - https://variety.com/feature/2023-oscars-best-picture-predictions-1235306911/
• News: Stockpiling Scripts and Scrapped Hiatuses: Hollywood Braces for Labor Strife Next Year - https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/wga-strike-hollywood-labor-1235429223/
• Insider: Building and Revealing Character - https://www.networkisa.org/screenwriting_articles/view/building-and-revealing-character
• Good (Weird) news: A JOURNEY INSIDE OUR UNIMAGINABLE FUTURE - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-26/loab-age-of-artificial-intelligence-future/101678206