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Lord and Miller on ‘Project Hail Mary’ Secrets, Losing ‘Solo,’ and Good Studio Execs

Lord and Miller on ‘Project Hail Mary’ Secrets, Losing ‘Solo,’ and Good Studio Execs
Lord and Miller on ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Losing ‘Solo,’ and Studio Execs
Lord and Miller on ‘Project Hail Mary’ and More
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The Town College Film School is back with a visit to USC, where Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw are joined by writers-producers-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Project Hail Mary, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 21 Jump Street) to discuss making Project Hail Mary, how they work together as a director duo, why the Spider-Verse movies take so long to make, the difference between good and bad studio executives, getting fired from Solo, their thoughts on the state of Star Wars, and more (01:57).

Host: Matt Belloni
Guests: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Stefano Sanchez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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