SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 538 – Re-Inventing the Western with Joe Cornet
Joe Cornet discusses his latest movie ‘The Wide West’ and how it takes an original spin on the Western genre.
In this episode of the podcast, your host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with returning guest, Actor/Writer Joe Cornet.
Our guest Joe Cornet talks about his latest movie The Wide West (2025) which he is credited as Actor and Executive Producer. They talk about how The Wide West story takes an original spin on The Western genre by adding Sumo Wrestlers to this world.
Other topics include, the way AI might change filmmaking and how to produce a movie on a budget. AI is recently in the headlines due to news that AI actor Tilly Norwood is about to sign with a Hollywood agent.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Joe Cornet on Facebook
- Joe Cornet on Instagram
- The Wide West Trailer
- The Wide West on IMDb
- Watch SYS Ep 506 with Joe Cornet here
- Watch SYS Ep 531 with Joe Cornet here
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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.