Franklin Leonard

And I think Lars and the Real Girl was the number one script on the annual blacklist.

And that was one of the reasons that helped get that movie made was the fact that the entire cast community that franklin leonard reached out to and said what are your favorite movies that have not been produced that's what he did he was going away

yeah for

winter break it was like i'm sick of reading these shitty scripts what are some good scripts and so we sent out an email and all these execs and he just simply totaled them up and sent out a pdf and well i think lies on the real girl was the number one script if

13%, 14%, something like that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 50% of the population identify as women.

What's wrong with this picture? Well, you know, Franklin Leonard has...

has made this point over and over again, which is that the suits, the C-suite denizens, the studio heads, are leaving money on the table because they're not making movies for different, like the Asian American or Hispanic, Latino group, they actually go to movies at a higher percentage than Anglo, you know, whites do.

A special thanks to our producers, Claire, Lisa, and Megan for helping make things work behind the scenes.

And a special shout out to Franklin Leonard for the green light on this project.

Thank you all for tuning in and listening.

Thank you to our guests.

[gentle music] Richard asks what new stories fathers need.

Next week on Birth of a Parent, Franklin Leonard helps us think about the stories we tell about parenthood in the first place.

If parenthood is this powerful, why are so many of the stories about it so thin?

What does it mean to become a parent? How does that change your worldview beforehand, and where does it leave you as you sort of begin the process? But, like, to identify those periods of transition, those inflection points, I think that's what capital D drama is.

Oh, my God.

Of course you're Franklin Leonard's ex-wife.

Oh, my God.

I'm so stupid.