Scott Rudin
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Sep 25, 2026
Patrick MallonHOST
It is quite a long...
Casey O'BrienHOST
Who's that horrible Scott Rudin? He's come back.
Casey O'BrienHOST
He's working on stuff.
Patrick MallonHOST
Did he have some things?
Casey O'BrienHOST
Wasn't he...
Casey O'BrienHOST
Scott Rudin? He's a
Patrick MallonHOST
producer of the Coen Brothers movies often, right?
Casey O'BrienHOST
Yeah.
Guy DavisHOST
I think you've got a bit of Harvey Weinstein in there.
Guy DavisHOST
I think you've certainly got some Z- some Joel Silver, and I think you've also got this guy named Scott Rudin-
Charlie ClausenHOST
Right
Guy DavisHOST
... who is notorious for having a volcanic temper, uh, being incredibly bullying to, uh, subordinates, you know, throwing things at people, all that kind of stuff, but also incredibly savvy and, you know, incredibly tasteful.
Guy DavisHOST
I mean, Scott Rudin's got his name on some remarkable productions.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Yeah, right.
Guy DavisHOST
But also, you know, just an absolute bear to work for.
Lydia SmithPANELIST
Yeah.
Lydia SmithPANELIST
In 1998, Scott Rudin optioned it.
Lydia SmithPANELIST
He basically bought the rights.
Lydia SmithPANELIST
He was interested in potentially turning this into a movie.
Danica JuarezHOST
This film is based on Ian Frazier's 1990 New Yorker humorous legal piece, Coyote v. Acme, which imagines Wiley Coyote suing the Acme company for consistently selling him defective and inaccurately labeled products.
Danica JuarezHOST
Scott Rudin Productions bought the rights to Frazier's article in 1998, but could not get permission from Warner Brothers to film it.
Danica JuarezHOST
The options finally lapsed in 2006.
Danica JuarezHOST
James Gunn successfully pitched the film to Warner in 2015.
Aaron SorkinGUEST
And David has been a great cheerleader, a great supporter.
Aaron SorkinGUEST
Often, it's been Scott Rudin is the first person to see it.
Aaron SorkinGUEST
And there are just a couple of people in my life close to me.
Aaron SorkinGUEST
I'll show the pages to you.
Zarin BurnettHOST
Now, there was one producer who showed up over and over and over again in the Sony Pictures email hacks.
Zarin BurnettHOST
His name is Scott Rudin.
Zarin BurnettHOST
Now, if you don't know him, he's a super producer.
Zarin BurnettHOST
Like, he has an EGOT.
Zarin BurnettHOST
He's...
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
wow yeah he makes hits
Zarin BurnettHOST
right as well as he produced eight of wes anderson's movies so he's also into like indie fair like you know artsy or stuff yeah there you go so but apparently scott rudin is a bit of a dick wow i know it's surprising
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
i'm just thinking you know who i'm glad uh didn't live to see this don simpson um
GabrielHOST
So they were really resistant.
GabrielHOST
Obviously, Scott Rudin, the producer... tried to work with them, but eventually Rudin and Fincher decide they ignored all requests.
GabrielHOST
They're just going to make the film.
GabrielHOST
And Fincher called them fucking atrocious, which is a very Fincher quote.
Brendan DeneenGUEST
I just wanted to be an artist and, Um, and, but I thought if I, if I become an assistant at the William Morris agency, maybe I can get an agent out of this.
Brendan DeneenGUEST
Um, and so after that, that led to a job with Scott Rudin, who's this, uh, mega producer, uh, he's been canceled, but he produced some of the biggest movies you've ever seen.
Brendan DeneenGUEST
Um, and, um, I was his book to film executive for, for two years.
Brendan DeneenGUEST
He's notoriously abusive, which is why he got canceled.
Elisa DonovanGUEST
the love of it and the belief.
Elisa DonovanGUEST
And I'm, was very well trained, you know? I went, so I, I felt like I know what I'm doing, but I went in the, for the final audition in Scott Rudin's office at Paramount, which there isn't a lot more intimidating than that.
Elisa DonovanGUEST
I remember feeling like I went in there, and to, in, in my memory, it's, like, a dark hovel.
Elisa DonovanGUEST
You know? [laughs] Like, where he's in the corner, and Amy was there, and I think Twink Caplan was there, too.
ElbiGUEST
i missed it and i've heard it was like i know a tour de force i was so upset that i missed it it was just like every week i was trying to go see it and then something came up and and i i'm so sad i missed Now,
Casey BalshamHOST
are you fine, like, because I know that also people were like, you know, it's the Scott Rudin of it all and all that stuff.
Casey BalshamHOST
Like, is that something where you're like, I won't see it if he's produced or you're like, kind of like, you'd rather see the actors in
ElbiGUEST
the show? No, I know that there's a lot of, there is a lot of people who have a lot of opinions about that.
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