Sasq’et The Story - Road to Streaming

How much of what you see on screen is actually real? Hollywood VFX artist Vinnie Thomas joins us for an insider conversation about how modern visual effects shape today’s biggest movies and streaming series. From his work on Apple TV+’s Greatness Code to motion graphics, title design, rotoscoping, AI-assisted workflows, and cinematic storytelling, Vinnie pulls back the curtain on how visual effect...

In this episode of Sasq'et: The Story, Joe Woolworth and bestselling author Maxim Langstaff pull back the curtain on the real stories behind some of Hollywood's biggest successes, and what those journeys teach them about adapting Sasq'et into a streaming series. From slush piles and countless rejections to option agreements, failed movie deals, changing technology, unexpected casting decisions, li...

What does it actually take to turn a bestselling novel into a streaming series? In Episode 3 of Sasq'et: The Story , Joe Woolworth and bestselling author Maxim Langstaff sit down with their first industry guest, entertainment veteran Lisa Tenner . With decades of experience spanning music, television, artist management, and production—including work with Sir George Martin, The Monkees, and major e...

Using examples from John Denver's conservation work, the Wildlife Concert, films like FernGully and Avatar , and themes embedded throughout Sasq'et , Max and Joe discuss the difference between storytelling and lecturing, message versus agenda, and why the most powerful stories invite audiences to care rather than tell them what to think. The conversation also explores the neuroscience of storytell...

In the first episode of SASQ'ET The Story, podcast producer Joe and author Max introduce their experiment: documenting the attempt to adapt Max’s 676-page novel SASQ'ET into a streaming TV series (or possibly a feature film) with audience participation. They discuss the book’s seven-year creation, strong reviews, national bestseller status, a book trailer nearing a million views, and a 23-hour aud...

What does it actually take to turn a novel into a streaming series? Join Sasq'et author Maxim Langstaff, and host Joe Woolworth as they attempt something most writers only dream about: transforming an independently published novel into a streaming television series. Each episode documents the real journey—the meetings, setbacks, wins, industry secrets, marketing experiments, networking opportuniti...