Stay ConnectedFrom the current center of the filmmaking universe, Atlanta, Georgia, producer and screenwriter Chuck Thomas interviews film industry professionals, screenwriters, directors, actors, producers and more. Learn how to make your own projects, navigate set protocols, gain distribution, and much more in this series that’s been running weekly since 2014!
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Chuck talks about clarity in your writing and more!
Friend of the show and David Lynch superfan Liz Manashil joins us to discuss Lynch's influence on cinema history!
Chuck chats with filmmakers from "Clone Cops," which is out in theaters and streaming January 31st and has a special screening at the Tara in Atlanta on Feb. 22nd!
Writer and director Oz Perkins returns to the show to discuss the success of Longlegs, working with Nicholas Cage, and why David Lynch was so important to him. He also gives us insight into the world of The Monkey which comes out February 21st!
Chuck dives deep into his recent ADHD diagnosis and how it affects him both on a human level and also as a writer and filmmaker. PLUS, an ADHD Simulator so you can hear what his noisy brain sounds like so you can compare it to your own brain!
WARNING: McChuck's are usually SFW, but this one is NSFW because Chuck had to let it all out.
Ryan Kruger (Fried Barry) returns to the show to discuss his remake/reboot/sequel to 1987's Street Trash, the future of AI and filmmaking, and more!
Chuck discusses opening up, Bob's Burgers, and more!
Screenwriter James Foye (Revolutionary Spy, Thick as Thieves) talks about breaking into screenwriting, his success in the contest realm including the Nicholl Fellowship, and more!
Jeremy Thao (Wokman) joins Chuck in the studio to talk with film festival strategy guru Melissa Simpson about what we did wrong and how to be better in the future!
Marc Pilvinsky hops on the show to talk about his documentary Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight, taking the movie on the road, his first disastrous meeting with the band, and more!
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