Hollywood New Jersey

Former Apple boss/friend turned actor Steve “Bogo” Bogosian (aka the Dark Rider from 28 Minute Epic) joins GC & Rocco to talk surviving the modern casting gauntlet, self-tapes vs in-person, why prep beats panic, and how resume “stretching” can nuke a gig. We dig into post-strike trickle-down (why name actors are taking smaller jobs), the rise of vertical “soap-operas,” and what actually makes...

From Sopranos diners to Ninja Turtles wisdom, the crew unpacks how New Jersey raised them and D.I.Y. filmmaking nearly killed them. Coop shares his Sopranos story, Rocco watches GianCarlo bleed like Superman, Manny refuses to watch new movies, and everyone relives the train wreck of their first feature. Spoiler: it didn’t make them famous… but it did make them believe captivity was a career path....

We tried to pitch Kevin Smith a movie… a few times. This is our origin story. And maybe our villain arc.

Welcome back to  Hollywood, New Jersey  — the only podcast bold enough to try and fund a $1 million indie Christmas horror Comedy movie  without actually having the money yet … but with plenty of opinions, old scripts, and emotional damage. This week: We fire Coop and Manny (don’t worry, they’ll be back… probably) We accidentally attend a film networking event full of drunk strangers and no money...

Welcome to the first episode of  Hollywood, New Jersey  — a podcast, a documentary, a variety show, and a creative experiment rolled into one. We’re four indie filmmakers from Jersey striving to make our second feature film… while the biggest player in entertainment (Netflix) sets up shop in our backyard. We talk filmmaking, failure, friendship, and the fire that keeps us creating — even when the...