The Producer's Guide: Todd Garner and the Future of Hollywood

Not every filmmaker can transition from comedy to drama. Paul Weitz talks with Todd about his jump from directing American Pie with his brother Chris - to the creation of Mozart in the Jungle and his latest film - Bel Canto. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Write what you know. Dan Fogelman has made a career adapting personal triumph and tragedy into content for the screen. Dan talks with Todd about how this idea has played into his work as the showrunner for the hit NBC drama This Is Us and his films The Guilt Trip and Life Itelf (in theaters this week)! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...

Survivor host and executive producer - Jeff Probst - chats with Todd Garner about the creation, evolution and chaos of one of the most successful reality shows in TV history! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Director / Producer / Choreographer extraordinaire - Adam Shankman - joins Todd for a rollercoaster conversation about his career - from dancing with Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson - to choreographing countless films in the 90s - to directing the likes of The Wedding Planner, Bringing Down the House and Hairspray! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

United Talent Agency Partner - Jason Heyman - shares how he went from working as a kid in the UTA mailroom in the early 90s to representing the likes of Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, Chris Pratt, Ali Wong, Zach Galifianakis AND MANY MORE! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ten years ago - no one knew how the internet would affect the entertainment industry. That uncertainty led to one of the most disruptive strikes in Hollywood history. Enter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips / Hunger Games screenwriter and 4-time WGA board of directors member / 3-time negotiating committee co-chair for the WGA) to discuss the stories of turmoil, intense negotiations and the strike’s last...

Todd chats with Jon M. Chu about working on the first all Asian cast film in over 20 years and his personal connection to the film - being discovered by Steven Spielberg - and how long he waited to catch his big break with Step Up 2: The Streets. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pretty Little Liars star - Shay Mitchell - sits down with Todd Garner for a clinic on creating content for social media. Shay talks about the role PLL played in getting her on social media, creating an authentic brand, her YouTube travel series - Shaycation! - and the upcoming horror film she and Todd worked on together! Go to GETQUIP.COM/PRODUCERS to get your first re fill pack FREE with a QUIP e...

Todd Garner chats with his buddy and head of Branded Pictures Entertainment - J Todd Harris - about stage production and his work on the musical versions of Heathers, Doctor Zhivago and American Psycho. Get 15 percent off your first pair of underwear and FREE shipping when you go to MeUndies.com/producers   Go to GETQUIP.COM/PRODUCERS to get your first re fill pack FREE with a QUIP electric toothb...

In the modern age of streaming content - what does it mean to be a movie star? Does it require talent and authenticity? Or is content even still reliant on star power? Todd digs into these questions and more with the executive west coast editor of Vanity Fair - Krista Smith! Get 15 percent off your first pair of underwear and FREE shipping when you go to MeUndies.com/PRODUCERS   Go to GETQUIP.COM/...

From Broadway to the big screen to his televsion roles on Scrubs and Stan Against Evil - John C McGinley has mastered it all. Just ask him. Don't miss his conversation with Todd Garner on this edition of The Producer's Guide! Get 15 percent off your first pair of underwear and FREE shipping when you go to MeUndies.com/PRODUCERS   Go to GETQUIP.COM/PRODUCERS to get your first re fill pack FREE with...

The Oscar nominated producer behind Captain Phillips, The Social Network, Moneyball and The 50 Shades Franchise - Mike Deluca - sits down with his buddy Todd Garner to talk about the troubles and triumphs of his career. Get 15 percent OFF your first pair of underwear and FREE shipping when you go to MeUndies.com/PRODUCERS   Go to GETQUIP.COM/PRODUCERS right now to get you r first refill pack FREE...

Todd goes a mile a minute with horror film mastermind - Eli Roth - as they chat about Eli's love of 80's sex comedies, filming in the jungles of Chile, which Disney film served as the inspiration for Hostel and their upcoming film collaboration - Haunt! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Veteran Hollywood producer - Neal Moritz - talks about his early days making movies, his massive success with the Fast and Furious franchise and the role Roger Corman played in it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Actor / writer / producer Jim Rash shares his journey from the Groundlings to Community to winning an Oscar for The Descendants to his latest film Bernard and Huey. ALSO - Todd shares a valuable lesson he learned on the set of Zookeeper! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd chats with the Dean of the AFI Conservatory and Oscar nominated producer, Richard Gladstein, in front of a live audience about Todd’s career and latest film, TAG, starring Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Hannibal Buress, Jake Johnson and former guest Isla Fisher! To receive your first month of treatment for free - go to Keeps.com/PRODUCERS   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Comedian / Actor Marlon Wayans and his partner - Rick Alvarez - stop by for Todd's loudest interview yet. They dig into the roots of Marlon's comedy, the Wayans family tree and developing the Scary Movie franchise. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Actor / Comedian Rob Riggle chats with Todd about their time together shooting True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Rob's upcoming web series - Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy - AND what role Todd was supposed to play in Big Daddy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You have to give movie goers what they want... but what do we really want? Todd chats with Wall Street Journal Reporter and New York Times best-selling author, Ben Fritz, about the shrinking windows theory, Iger vs. Eisner, free beer vs free speech, fear of technology and MUCH more on a very compelling edition of The Producer's Guide. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

Todd chats with the stars of TV Land's Nobodies - Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras - about their early work in the Groundlings, how the 2013 Oscars helped inspire the creation of Nobodies and why they are terrible at social media. Save your hair by going to Keeps.com/Producers for a free month o f treatment See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

The creators of the YouTube Red Series Cobra Kai - Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald & Hayden Schlossberg - regale Todd of how they rose through the Hollywood ranks working on films like Blockers, Harold & Kumar and Hot Tub Time Machine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Marty Bowen - producer of Twilight, The Maze Runner and The Fault in our Stars - sits down with Todd to talk about his early days as a Hollywood agent, recreating best-selling novels on the big screen, and his upcoming film with Kyrie Irving, Uncle Drew. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Write it for the kids. If you have a ship - use it. Garbage is cheap. Just a few tips from indie writer-director, Adam Rifken (aka Rif Coogan), who also shares stories of shooting super 8 movies as a kid, how a cruise dictated the production of Going Overboard and his latest film with Burt Reynolds, The Last Movie Star. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

Todd chats with his former intern turned Hollywood producer Alfred Gough about going from writing spec scripts to producing Shanghai Noon, Smallville and AMC's Into the Badlands. Also - find out who the studios originally wanted to star in Bad Boys. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd chats with Isla Fisher from the set from their most recent film, TAG! Isla talks about her comedic insights, her early days in clown school and what it's like being married to Sacha Baron Cohen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.