Jarrod Murray
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Literary Manager @EpicenterMgmt, Producer (1BR, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2011
“Hope you’re surviving the fires, have you had a chance to check out my script?”. - an actual email that someone sent today.
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TIL Marlon Wayans has been getting BATMAN FOREVER residuals for 28 years because he was initially signed to play Robin.
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Friedkin did a Q&A after SORCERER at the Aero. Someone asked his advice about what format they should shoot their student film in, to which Friedkin responded “who gives a shit?”.
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Glenn Danzig got kicked out of the VHS 85 screening last night for talking.
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the children don’t remember how bad TV got during the 2007 writers strike.
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In ABSOLUTE POWER, Clint Eastwood plays an impossible-to-catch thief who’s a “master of disguises.”. The disguises:
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Someone did an AI rendition of HOME ALONE 2 set in Soviet Russia and holy shit.
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Client took out a fantastic TV show that had Michelle Yeoh attached right before EEAAO and no one wanted it. We did get a nibble from one streamer, but “we need a bigger name to pair her with,” but then they eventually passed too.
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@GeorgeEftaII If you “support the WGA wholeheartedly” maybe take the time to educate yourself on how long it actually takes to write a script and to get paid for something.
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JUDGMENT NIGHT is my go-to example of this.
It's crazy how the most disposable movie from the 1980's has cinematography that goes harder than most things being produced today. You'll stumble on a piece of shit starring The Two Coreys and the night scenes will look like a fucking Michael Mann movie.
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When my sister in law worked at MGM, she developed a ROAD HOUSE remake that would just use the original 1989 script but would star Will Ferrell as Dalton.
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Since conservatives are loving SOUND OF FREEDOM, a movie about Central and South American families dealing with trafficking, they must be totally on board to help those same families when they’re at the US border begging for asylum, right?.
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The idea of an ad-supported Netflix is even more proof that this next WGA negotiation is gonna be a motherfucker.
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Gets talked into going to first concert in two years:
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Impossible to describe the feeling of taking my dog out for walks multiple times a day and feeding them for ten years, then all of a sudden not doing that anymore.
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My sister-in-law used to work at MGM, and at one point they seriously considered just taking Hilary Henkin’s original ROAD HOUSE script and remaking it with Will Ferrell.
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Conservatives in Hollywood speak up against tyranny, and we get cancelled. The phone stops ringing. That’s all they have to do. Ruffalo, Pearlman and Penn say all kinds of stuff and nothing happens to them. In fact, they will be sought out because of their “ brave stances”.
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Zack Zucker deleted his account. Shit like this is yet another example of why I refuse to give advice on here. Good job, guys.
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My favorite story about Mission Impossible 2 is Tom Cruise flying Fred Durst to Sydney just to tell him he should change the “I know why you wanna hate me” line and Durst just saying “Nah I think it’s good like it is.”.
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Has there ever been a more scuzzier-looking motherfucker in all of film history then Ben Mendelsohn in KILLING THEM SOFTLY?
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Another story: Friedkin was attached to direct a pilot my company was producing, and on a couple of network meetings the writers didn’t even get around to pitching because Billy wouldn’t shut the fuck up.
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I was so broke at one point in my life, I was only able to get food from the 99 Cent store. Pour one out for a place that kept me alive.
99 Cents Only to close all stores and wind down its business operations, company announces
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@brandonmeyer @tonytost “Is everyone okay?”. “Well, the fucking hippies aren’t, that’s for goddamn sure.”.
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I’ve been saying for years that Dave Bautista is going to be the best actor to emerge from wrestling and I’m glad other people are starting to agree.
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Katy Perry once hit on me at a party. she was very drunk, and immediately after she looked at me and said “you’re hot,” she picked up a handful of paper and started eating it. This led to an argument amongst her entourage about whose job it was to keep her from eating paper.
Tell me the strangest interaction you've had with a celebrity.
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This MFer said “letters of recommendation”.
@Alicenwells I'm confident in my preparation to run a show and have letters of recommendation in hand, no thanks to the WGA. Enjoy the donuts, and don't forget to walk more.
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I didn’t imagine what fresh hell i’d unleash on here by asking “how have you managed to not see any Spike Lee movies?”.
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This script first sold back when I was an assistant. No project is ever truly dead.
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Imagine being the PR person for Hallmark Channel this week.
@deborah_knight @fraser_anning I would have knocked that kid cold.
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Legit pissed that we still haven’t gotten an EDGE OF TOMORROW sequel.
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Last fall I bought myself a drum kit and have been very slowly teaching myself to play.
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I forgot that we did have one broadcast network interested, but their sister studio didn’t want to do a co-pro with an indie studio, and the indie studio didn’t want to drop down to non-writing EPs, and that’s where it died. This fucking business, man.
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Imagine thinking James Mangold is a jobber.
@fellawhomstdve I feel like Mangold being attached is a worse harbinger of things to come. I don't think a jobber should get a crack at Moore's Swamp Thing, this is not for the workmen. Honestly, don't know who is that answer, I'll just re-read the comics, why we gotta adapt everything?.
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Man, Edward Norton’s roast of Bruce Willis was masterful.
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Katy Perry once hit on me at a party in 2008, so I am probably the least surprised she has terrible taste.
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You mean the way they came out for GET OUT, IT, SPLIT, and A QUIET PLACE?.
#UsMovie is trying to prove audiences will come out for a movie that's not of the superhero genre
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Almost 15 years ago to the day, I left for my first internship in NYC after saving up money by working construction in Alabama. Today, I’m on my way to NYC for the premiere of my client’s TV series. Crazy.
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Tommy Lee Jones to Jim Carrey while making Batman Forever in 1994: "I cannot sanction your buffoonery". Tommy Lee Jones, three years later:
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This is one of my favorite projects I've worked on over the years. Excited to see it hopefully coming to fruition.
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New from CNBC: Vince McMahon will speak tonight on Smackdown IN CHARACTER as Mr. McMahon to address his temporary absence. Could be a big ratings night for WWE. McMahon has torn up the script for Smackdown, which was written last night, I’m told.
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Congrats to our client Tom Chilcoat!!.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominees Lily Gladstone ('Killers Of The Flower Moon') and Bryan Cranston ('Trumbo') have been set to star in action-thriller 'Lone Wolf'. Mark Pellington ('Arlington Road') is set to direct from an original screenplay by Tom Chilcoat. Ted Hope and his Double
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@JM_Doherty You really cracked this wide open. Journalists have been living off free cake for far too long.
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Execs now when they read any horror script that takes a sharp turn in the middle: . “This is too much like BARBARIAN.”.
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He was given more money?.
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I won this PREDATOR crew jacket at a Carl Weathers double feature at The Egyptian
Question for men:. I recently found out that some men think about cool jackets at least once a day. Like a jacket they once saw. Or a jacket they desire. Or how if they owned a specific jacket, they would wear it to this nice little thing. Menfolk, do you all do this?.
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I thought LINCOLN was a bit dry when I first saw it a decade ago, but man was I wrong. This is one of Spielberg’s best. God-tier performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Why was no one discussing the possibility that Chris Pine was high as fuck yesterday?.
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Congrats to friend and client @SamStefanak, who wrote a killer movie that's going to generate a lot of discussion.
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4 year old asked me to tell him a story so naturally I gave him the plot of American Ninja 2.
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“Who told you to stop cuttin!?”
So there’s literal green sludge bubbling up from the ground next to World Trade Center right now
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Remember when that guy said on here that he’d never heard of DO THE RIGHT THING?.
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Beverly D’Angelo in CHRISTMAS VACATION. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Who has enough time on their hands to “impersonate” someone else in hopes of starting a “Screenwriter War?”.
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BLACK BIRD is one of the most disturbing serial killer stories to ever hit the screen, and 100% of that is because of Paul Walter Hauser’s performance.
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Thinking about Jamie Foxx doing his Denzel impression in front of Denzel.
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The quotes and replies to this are a helpful resource for knowing who to block on here.
As ‘22 gets underway, quick reminder: showrunners and execs who can get you staffed are always perusing Twitter. Many check to see how pleasant, interesting or insufferable you are on here, especially if you’re shortlisted as a prospect. If you’re combative, they move on. 1/2.
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