SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 536 – Working With Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx on ‘Collateral’ (2004) With Chuck Russell

On this episode of the podcast host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Chuck Russell about his latest Supernatural Horror movie Witchboard (2024).

On this episode of the podcast, your host, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Chuck Russell about his latest Supernatural Horror movie Witchboard (2024).

Our guest, Chuck Russell talks about how he got his Writer/Director debut with A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).

Topics also include writing remakes or reboots of classic IP Horror movies such as The Blob (1988) and Witchboard (2024). Chuck also tells us about his work on major studio films such as Collateral (2004) starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and The Mask (1994) starring comedy legend Jim Carrey.

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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.