Patrick Pittis

You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.

Two of my major blind spots. Meant to do the whole run of TCSM films before Halloween, but time has escaped me. Still planning on checking out the first one at least

That’s on me, sorry! Just responded 😊

Jamming to Icona Pop and Charli XCX in Washington DC today

Yes, but I find it frustrating

Hey Rachel! I remember you mentioned it at one point. Happy to talk, feel free to DM 😊

So many great shows that I still love now came from just flipping channels and seeing what I got. Adjacent to that, I feel like kids media used to be more intertextual too. I think my first exposure to New York mob stories was the pigeons on Animaniacs. Feels like that’s largely disappeared too.

Every time I see an odd fashion trend I wish I had Miranda Priestly to break it down for me

It’s funny cuz I’m pretty sure the real flesh and blood creatives still have plenty of ideas for movies/shows that haven’t been made yet. Maybe we could just focus on those

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

I’ve actually got a pretty full afternoon. Maybe if someone reaches out to God, he can send over some more avails

Thanks, man! Glad you’re getting some positive rumblings too. It’s been hard out here!

That was what we first tried a couple years ago! Went out to talent hoping it would lead to financing. Got some interest, but no commitments. Producer has managed to get some financiers excited though, so they’ve given us an initial round of funding to attach talent. Still need to secure the rest!🤞🏻

An excellent reminder. And after months of nothing, I just got a call yesterday that a feature I wrote three years ago now has some financing to go out to talent. Fingers crossed!

One of my all time favorites!

Ash, I’m curious - if a few prodcos have read it, but it’s never been shared publically, is it a world premiere?

In theory, I should love it! Donner, Spielberg and Columbus? Pirate treasure? Very cool stuff! I think I probably I saw it too late. But I’ll take The Monster Squad over The Goonies any day

No, I didn’t see it until I was in undergrad. Think I missed my window on it

I can dig it. I think the second half is fun, but the first half is pretty much unparalleled.

This is similar to what JPIII was (supposedly) originally going to be - Feds investigate a series of murders along the Pacific Coast, discover it’s actually a raptor that escaped from the ship at the end of Lost World. Kind of a Predator 2 sort of deal. Seems like a smart approach, would watch.

Awesome, man! Congrats!

I’m into it.

Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible

Out-of-towners cause a stir during the 4th of July holidays

I found myself humming the theme song the other day and was thinking the same thing.

So truly vile. I was just watching one of his episodes of Parks and Rec and thinking how great it is anytime he shows up in something. RIP Jonathan Joss.

I know this shouldn’t be the takeaway, but that 413% increase sure sounds like one of those numbers you toss out for dramatic effect without actually having any basis in reality

Multi-colored index cards arrayed in a grid pattern over a bulletin board.

Gamifying helps me with so many things! But oddly for breaking features I like to go old school and do a bunch of index cards on a big board.

Rian Johnson’s scrawled outline for the film KNIVES OUT. Major plot points are hastily written along a simple line that has been broken into three arcing segments - indicating the rise and fall of the three acts of the film.

This is essentially how Rian Johnson does it - his outline for Knives Out is one of my favorite writerly things

Maybe I’ll change my name back to HBOMax too

It makes me furious. I’ll never understand why these guys have filled themselves with such hate. Why it’s so hard for them to just treat others with kindness