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Oct 23, 2026
Sophie VershbowHOST
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Rudi GreenbergHOST
before we get to You Can See Everything, I said we wouldn't deceive you, and since this is an adaptation podcast, I thought I'd talk briefly about Whalefall, the new survivor thriller based on the 2023 bestseller by Daniel Krauss.
Rudi GreenbergHOST
Now, I didn't read this book, so I can't really compare this to the book.
Rudi GreenbergHOST
And Sophie, you did not read this book either.
Brian DuffieldGUEST
Hey, I'm Brian Duffield.
Brian DuffieldGUEST
I'm the producer, co-writer, and director of Whalefall.
Brian DuffieldGUEST
And I previously wrote and directed and produced the movies Spontaneous and No One Will Save You.
Daniel KrausGUEST
I am the co-screenwriter of Whale Fall, and I wrote the novel it's based on, as well as a whole bunch of other novels.
Brian MackeyHOST
Today on The 21st Show, Illinois-based writer Daniel Kraus has been having a heck of a year.
Brian MackeyHOST
In May, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel Angel Down.
Brian MackeyHOST
Another, Whale Fall, has been made into a movie that came out in theaters last week.
Brian MackeyHOST
And he's published his first book of nonfiction about how the classic horror movie The Night of the Living Dead saved his life.
Brian MackeyHOST
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
We'll talk with Daniel Kraus for the hour today on The 21st Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.
Brian MackeyHOST
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st Show.
Al HornerHOST
Welcome back everyone to another episode of Script Apart, a podcast about the first draft secrets of great movies and TV shows.
Al HornerHOST
My name's Al Horner and I'm joined today by writer, director and friend of the show, Brian Duffield, as well as the first ever Pulitzer Prize winner to grace us with their presence, Daniel Kraus.
Al HornerHOST
Together they are, of course, the creators of Whalefall, the new oceanic survival thriller in cinemas right now, which offers a twist on the centuries-old myth of a man swallowed alive by a titan of the seas.
Al HornerHOST
In this instance, that man is Jay Gardner, played by Austin Abrams, a 17-year-old still reeling from the death of his complicated father, Mitt, played by Josh Brolin.
Al HornerHOST
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Al HornerHOST
Okay, with all that out of the way, let's dive in to my conversation with Daniel Kraus and Brian Duffield discussing the first draft secrets of Whalefall.
Al HornerHOST
Thanks everyone for being here.
Bill BriaPANELIST
Um, but I was really impressed and I, I think that, you know, the cast is super strong, uh, especially Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin.
Bill BriaPANELIST
Um, the writing is very good and I was pleased to see, you know, Daniel Kraus being involved, uh, who's the author of the book that it's based on.
Bill BriaPANELIST
And I was impressed that, yeah, there was... 'Cause I was expecting or maybe dreading, you know, a sort of dialogue-free experience again once he's in the whale 'cause I was...
Bill BriaPANELIST
Who's he, who's he gonna talk to, you know? [laughs]
9 MINS LATER
Bill BriaPANELIST
... you know, how he's able to get, you know, through the whale and, and deal with the d- uh, drama with his father.
Bill BriaPANELIST
Uh, how did you craft this, both of you, in terms of, you know, the character and also just the script and its tone in general?
Brian DuffieldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, I mean, for the script, a lot of the heavy lifting was done by Daniel Kraus in the, in the novel and-
Bill BriaPANELIST
Mm
Paul DevineHOST
I think that's where they sort of made their name and they've sort of progressed.
Paul DevineHOST
They've done films for, they've done a lot of films since then.
Paul DevineHOST
Are you aware that this is actually based on a book by Daniel Krause? I think it came out in about 2023.
James Edward MortonHOST
Yeah, and I looked it up because I think the premise sort of suggested to me that it might be a sort of, you know, airport novel or a bit of sort of, you know, pulpy fiction type thing.
James Edward MortonHOST
But Daniel Krauss is a Pulitzer winner and I had a read of some of the book.
James Edward MortonHOST
I haven't read the full thing, but I read a couple of chapters and it's brilliantly written, as you'd expect from someone who's won a Pulitzer.
James Edward MortonHOST
But I wonder if the fact that it's coming from a book, it suffers from the same thing that the Gerald's Game movie suffered from.
James Edward MortonHOST
So maybe not a great idea to adapt this one.
CatherineHOST
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CatherineHOST
Whale Fall is based on the 2023 best-selling survival novel Whale Fall by author Daniel Kraus.
CatherineHOST
The story originates from the book written by Daniel Kraus, who also co-write the screenplay.
CatherineHOST
Kraus was originally inspired by a viral November 2020 video of kayakers appearing to be swallowed by a humpback whale.
CatherineHOST
After consulting whale experts, he learned that while most whales cannot swallow a human, a s- sperm whale-
Eve JacksonHOST
This is Whale Fall, directed by Brian Duffield.
Eve JacksonHOST
It's adapted from Daniel Kraus's 2023 novel of the same name.
Eve JacksonHOST
Now, we recently had, um, another film called Heart of the Beast with, uh, Brad Pitt and a dog-
Emma JonesGUEST
[laughs]
Brian MackeyHOST
That is it for us today.
Brian MackeyHOST
Coming up on tomorrow's show, the Illinois-based writer Daniel Kraus has been having a heck of a year.
Brian MackeyHOST
He won a Pulitzer Prize in May for his novel Angel Down.
Brian MackeyHOST
Last week, another movie, or I should say another novel of his, was made into a movie, came out in theaters.
Brandon GrafiusGUEST
Yeah, it, I, I do think there are some really exciting signs in horror.
Brandon GrafiusGUEST
The other big one is, uh, Daniel Kraus winning the Pulitzer Prize for Angel Down.
Brandon GrafiusGUEST
First time a horror novel has ever won, won the Pulitzer.
Brandon GrafiusGUEST
He's got a, um, movie coming out in the theaters just this weekend he's wrote the, the novel that Whale Fall is based on.
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