November 23, 2024 • 49 mins
On this week's episode: James and Jamie discuss Pizza Hut's new wine and dine offering, "Wicked" and "Gladiator 2" are hitting theaters but are no "Barbenheimer," an interview with New England local director/writer Mitch Qualls (Indiegogo: DOGWOOD PASS - short film), 2024's most Google'd Christmas movies in America, and movie trivia.
New England's film industry is booming with multiple projects constantly under production. Projects include commercials, television shows and full-length feature films. Jamie and James are hosts of The Hub on Hollywood, an iHeartRadio podcast.
The Hub on Hollywood discusses New England's growing film industry, as well as entertainment news and reviews. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TikTok! Listen to new episodes of The Hub on Hollywood podcast on the iHeartRadio app!
New England's film industry is booming with multiple projects constantly under production. Projects include commercials, television shows and full-length feature films. Jamie and James are hosts of The Hub on Hollywood, an iHeartRadio podcast.
The Hub on Hollywood discusses New England's growing film industry, as well as entertainment news and reviews. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TikTok! Listen to new episodes of The Hub on Hollywood podcast on the iHeartRadio app!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is the Hub on Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I'm your co host, James Rojas.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm your other co host, Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
On this week's episode, are we going to experience Barbenheimer
two point zero this weekend? The studios behind Wicked and
Gladiator to certainly hope? So i' we chat with a
local filmmaker who's working on a short thriller and he
needs our help the most googled Christmas movies in America,
because it is never too early to talk about Christmas,
(00:35):
and of course some movie trivia. But Jamie, first, I
have to talk about this because there's this new item
on the market that I think just goes well with
you know, just name it peanut butter and jelly, popcorn
and butter, pizza and alcohol.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Okay, have you heard?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, let me ask you. Let me set this up.
What goes better then? You know?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
A movie night, you're on the couch, you figure, hey,
let's let's order some pizza. That'll be a great meal
for a movie. But you know we need something to
wash that down, So why not some tasty alcoholic beverages?
Have you ever thought, have you ever wondered Why can't
I combine these two. I want to experience both of
(01:23):
these at the exact same time. You are in luck
because the folks over at Pizza Hut they've tomato wine.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
What what are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
What am I talking about?
Speaker 4 (01:39):
This is?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
This sounds like a fever dream. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
But Pizza Hut they've come out with a new wine
that that is made from quote, ripe, juicy tomatoes infused
with natural basil. The Tomato wine by Pizza Hut is
made in partnership with a Kansas based winery. This wine
offers an aromatic blend of fresh herbs and spices with
(02:05):
rich some ripe and tomato notes, and a subtle hints
of toasted oak reminiscence of a perfectly baked pizza crust. Jamie, Yeah,
are you already drooling at the mouth?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Oh listen, I would love to eat pizza. I don't
know how I feel about drinking it, Jameson, I'm a
little I'm on the fence about this. I don't know
this is. You're just throwing this at me. You're just
throwing pizza wine in my face. I don't know how
(02:39):
to feel.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I don't know how to feel at how do you
feel about it?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
I'm willing to taste it, so much so that I
have reached out to Pizza Hut and I'm trying to
get us some bottles, some samples so we can taste
tested here for the hop on Hollywood possibly also, but
also for the newsroom here at w b Z. Because
I saw this, and I added, I had to do
a double take. I had to I had to rub
(03:05):
my eyes and really went to the screen to make
sure this was real. And yeah, they are actually selling it. However,
it is so popular that it's hard to get your
hands on them because they're completely sold out. That's why
I've reached out to the PR team and hopefully we
can get a bottle to taste test this. But I
have had no idea. I had no you know, I'm
(03:28):
not molest.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Look, I can give you my diplomatic answer, or I
can tell you how I really feel.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Uh, tell me how you really feel. Honest.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I hate pizza right now. I hate it.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
On look.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I've got a nine year old and a four year old,
and it just feels like every week we're eating pizza, pizza, pizza.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I just can't take I can't handle it.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
From like Papa Gino's and and the other one Domino.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I mean, it's fine, but I'm just I'm so oversaturated
that I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
I feel like if I was drinking a wine and
that smell of pizza just like went up my nose,
like I would just like spit, like might barf, might spit.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I want to like it. I want to like it
for your sake? Can you sound so excited? I am, however,
holding my nose and like, there are a lot of
other things that I would want to be a wine first.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Let's put it that way before pizza.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
But you know what, for the fake, the sake of posterity,
for the fake, the sake of our fans, I will
try it. I will try it posterity, yeah, you know,
for humanity.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, I think it's fair. Ah, there you go. Thank
you again. So hopefully we do get a bottle for
ourselves and we could taste test it, because you know what,
outside anything once and pizza, wine is an now officially
on that list.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And so if you.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
If you're watching or listening to the Hub on Hollywood
and you were the lucky few who were able to
get a bottle or two before they sold out online.
Let us know what you think, and please be very
detailed in your review. But you got to give creativity
points to Pizza Hut for.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
That's what it is.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We're talking about it, so that must be good.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But you know what else people are talking about, Jamie,
do you know what's that?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
What's that? Now?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I guess maybe I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
They're talking about Wicked versus Gladiator too. Both of those
big films are filming to the movie theater this weekend,
and the studios, the marketing teams, they are praying. They're
hoping to have a repeat of the Barbenheimer phenomenon. Of course, Jamie,
you and I are very familiar with that phenomenon. But
(05:55):
I don't think it's working. I don't think this manufactured
market is resonating because again it's it's manufactured seemingly.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah. Well, Barbenheimer was like a moment in time.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
It was these two totally juxtaposed movies that were both
incredible in quality and going head to head on a
huge movie weekend. It's hard to get that lightning in
a bottle again. I mean, like you said, they're trying it.
You've got Gladiator too, which is this continuation of this
(06:29):
huge franchise.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
And they've got you know, Wicked, which.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Was you've got the book, you've got the musical, and
now the movie.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
But you're saying it's it's not quite at that level
right so far.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, the marketing teams, they're trying to make this hashtag
go and make this hashtag go viral. And that is Glick,
the combination of Gladiator and Wicked.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I was gonna ask you, okay, because you were saying Barbenheimer, right,
it was such an amazing moment in time. Right, it
was like lightning in a bottle. You had these two
amazing movies with these two amazing names.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
That went so well together. It had that gravitas that
had that Barbenheimer. But Glicked, ew, I don't see that
working so well.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
I see that, you know, people turning that into into
a joke and you know, and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
My my vote, James, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Be for Glicked. It would be for Wikiator. I think
that sounds more fun, you know, versus Glicked.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
That sounds like a John Wick combination Gladiator movie, which
I'd also be down for.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Right, Wikiator I barely know where.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Uh wikiator anyways, No, I love that. Okay, so maybe
we could get wikiator going and then we could say
these movies. But there's also another hashtag that they're trying
to get, you know, make it go viral, and that
is Wicked Glad, which based movie.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
No, I think that that would do really well in
this in this region, Wicked Glad.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
But when they you know, when you write it out,
you got to like throw some hs in there after
the A in Glad, you know, Wicked Glad.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I think that's that would do very well here. So
Wicked Glad or Glick? What's what? What do you like better? James?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
And I feel like I'm gonna go Waki Eater. I'm
gonna go with you. I like wikiator all right, all right? Yeah,
we feel like it's on T shirts and it'll sell
like hotcakes. Yeah. So but yeah, basically it's not having
the Barbenheimer effects that you know, the studios marketing teams
have been wanting and hoping for, because again, that's like
(08:52):
one of those once in a lifetime kind of moments
where the world unites and says, yes, we will plan
and watch both these movies. I feel like there's crossover
with between the Wicked crew and the Gladiator crew wanting
to see the other film, you know, right after. Also,
like many people did the feature with Barbenheimer. So I
don't know if that is that's gonna work. So we
(09:13):
will wait and see after this weekend. But we'll also
have to wait and see if people abide by some
of these wickedly cruel or necessary rules that are being
displayed for the Wicked film. And you've heard about this, I.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Have, I have, James, and I think it's a MC
theaters that is reminding moviegoers right now to leave the
singing to the stars, right, don't don't quit your day job, people,
let it go. Let it go exactly, don't quit your
day job.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
I know.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
But it's also but it's Indiana Menzel who also sing
in Wicked, who is the wichcked Witch, So you know,
in a way there's a connection there.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Anyways, let's go with that. Let's go with that.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Yes, they are telling people do not sing during the movie.
Let people enjoy the stars, enjoy you know, the film,
and not enjoy your your crusty voice.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Okay, Like yeah, I think I have a beautiful singing voice.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
You know, but I will keep that to myself, you know,
and do that at home, versus subjecting the entire.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Theater to that.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
James, Now, I know you love to sing as well.
I think for the purposes of this segment, let's let's
get your like best wicked voice.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Come on, I don't know any of the songs, and
I will not torture are our listeners and our audience
by doing that.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But if you want to go for it.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Oh, let's see, what's the one.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Defying gravity? Yeah, we'll come back to that. I'll sing
at the under the second.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But but who do want to sing?
Speaker 1 (11:03):
If you do want that opportunity to bolt it out
in the in the theater with an appropriate audience, there
will be a sing along version of the film I'm
starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Arivo that will be hitting
theaters next month, so watch it in silence, appreciate it
when it's out right now, However, if you do want
(11:25):
to sing, there will be a read along version of
the film next month, So that's the proper time and
place to do it, So everyone's happy.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Are you ready for the Are you ready for the
Jamie version of defying gravity. I'll do like a little bit,
just a little bit, okay, because I've got to subject
someone to this, right, and.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Who better than our captive audience? Right, Okay, something has
changed within me, something is not the same. I'm through
with playing but oh my god, this is awful. I'm
through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.
Too late for a second, guessing, too late to go
(12:10):
back to sleep. It's time to trust my instincts. Close
my eyes and lee see. I could be in the movie.
I could see I could be on screen singing that
with everyone else.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I think we got some wires crossed and we actually
we patched in Ariana Grande just right now. I think
that's just what happened, because yeah, that was phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
All right, whoo, I'll be at the sing along people,
I'll be at the sing along.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
You can join me there, there you go.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Well, you know what else looks phenomenal and I'm really
looking forward to This is, of course we mentioned it
last week, is the live adaptation of How to Train
Your Dragon. The official trailer, first teaser trailer of sorts
just came out and it looks really, really, really good. Again, Historically,
I'm not a big fan of the live action adaptations,
(13:01):
but this one has caught my eye, along with Leelo
and Stitch. So if you haven't seen that trailer or
more of the photos that have been released for this film,
I recommend checking that out. However, there are some photos
that have leaked of another movie turned live adapted. Yeah smooth, yeah,
yeah yeah, looking so good or building much confidence?
Speaker 3 (13:27):
You know.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
I love the Rock, but he was not looking too
hot on some of these set pictures from the live
action Malana that is in production right now. It's kind
of crazy because Molana too, coming out in just a
few days. So well, live action Molana is in production.
We've talked about some of the better live actions, like
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One Piece, and the things that we're looking forward to,
like like you mentioned with How to Train Your Dragon.
But James, I don't know if you've seen this picture,
but I mean Dwayne the Rock Johnson.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
He's got his bod. He is the original voice of Maui.
But his hair, what it is, this is his hair.
He's wearing a very obvious wig that in no way
looks like real human hair. And the actress who's playing
Moana also also looks like she's wearing a wig. So
(14:22):
I'm really really hoping that this is just.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
The quality of a really poor picture, you know, looking
in on the on the set, and that it looks
a lot better on screen than it did in these photos.
But it's it's got me a little bit worried about
the character designs and how this movie's gonna turn out.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, I'll go one step further. In addition to just
like my issue with a live action version of Mowana
coming out with the same actor pretty much with The Rock,
Duane Johnson playing Ui, and then and also having Mowana
too coming out like in just a matter of no time.
It's such a weird strategy, such a weird thing to do,
(15:10):
to have these movies overlapping each other, and so that
alone it's weird. But yeah, going back to the photo
of the Rock, and yeah, granted it's not the most
clear photo, it's a little fuzzy, it's taken from very
far away. I didn't notice the hair, so yeah, that
was an issue. But what I think is a bigger
issue is I actually think the Rock, even though he
(15:33):
is you know, a bill like a tank, I think
he's actually wearing a body suit because the proportions to
like his body, like thickness of his arms and chest,
it looks much bigger than his head, and so people
are theorizing that he's actually wearing a body suit to
kind of maybe maybe look more like the thicker MoU
(15:55):
Wei and the animated in the Frat. And then he
has that big necklace that's covering where the body suit
meets actual neck, and again, like just looking at the proportions,
you know, we know what the rock looks like. He
goes shirtless in every film he does, and he's always big,
and you know he looks not how he looks, but
in this one, his head looks proportionately significantly smaller than
(16:19):
what his body looks like. So not only are you
big issue, but you're also looking at possibly a body
suit issue as well, So of a theory, maybe if
that is the case, they may just enlarge his head
with digital effects in post, because Maui has a big
head in in the cartoon, in the animated movies. That's
(16:43):
only yeah, exactly, that's only way I'm I'm thinking or
justifying how this looks because it looks off, it looks weird.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
So again another yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
The skin color is off too, Like the color of
his face and his head are different from the body
and or possible body suit, which is different from the color.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Of his legs. Yeah, something is just something is off.
Something is off. So yeah, a lot like you.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Said, hopefully, like you said, maybe they'll do something in
post to make this more seamless. But even even Milana,
even the actress playing Malana, it looks like she's wearing
a very obvious wig. So I don't know, James, here
here's hoping that this is just a really bad picture
(17:36):
and that things will look a lot better when it
starts coming together post production. I really hope, So, I
really hope. So I don't want a giant body, you know,
Dwayne the Rock Johnson with any bitty head.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Yeah, that's more like the Genie from Aladdin.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
My last theory of adding on to this before we
move on. But I think because Maui has so many
tattoos all over his body that the Rock and and
a lot of story has been recently coming out just
saying how difficult it is to work with the Rock
on set, and so like he's getting a lot of
bad a lot of bad pr bad press. Just by
you know, people just saying how hard it is to
work with him and how unprofessional he seemingly has been.
(18:17):
But so what I'm saying is that, you know, Malui
has a lot of tattoos, so maybe he's just putting
on this body soup so he doesn't have to sit
in a in a chair getting body spray or painted
for hours each and every day. So maybe that's one
reason for the for the for bodies, that he could
just slip in and slip out with some nice quality
by sorts.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
All possible.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But you know what, Jamie, you know what else is
very possible.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
This this local filmmaker succeeding in his quest to come
out with a a thriller movie. And uh and I
think this is really exciting.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Yeah, local filmmaker, writer, and now first time director, Mitchell Qualls.
He spoke to us about his current project, Dogwood Pass.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
So without further ado, here's Mitchell Qualls.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
All right, we are welcoming Mitch Qualls on the Hub
on Hollywood. He is a local base stater and also
a local filmmaker. Mitch, thanks so much for joining us
on the Hub on Hollywood.
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Absolutely, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So let's start off with I guess we'll talk about
Dogwood Pass in a minute, but let's talk about your.
I guess your your your love, your passion for filmmaking.
Where did that originate from?
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:40):
So, honestly, admittedly, I feel like I have a bit
of imposter syndrome because I am very green, I'm super
super new, been writing for a couple of years. Didn't
go to school for filmmaking anything like that. Even though
the college that I attended, Florida State University, has a
great program. I believe that the director of Moonlight came
(20:01):
out of there, so they have a great program. And
so I had, you know, talked to a couple of
the students who were doing that, and you know, was
tangentially related and was able to observe some projects, but
never did it myself. What really, I mean, ever since
I was a kid, just was always plopped in front
of the TV watching movies. I remember I would get
(20:23):
like a DVD for Christmas, and the first thing that
I would do is I would watch the behind the scenes,
like gosh, the Peter Jackson stuff like the behind the
scenes for The Lord of the Rings and his King
Kong film. I mean that was like when I was
like ten years old my my filmmaking school, you know,
so I just was became obsessed with it. It seemed
like magic to me. I really that's that's honestly the
(20:47):
best answer that I have. That's where the passion comes from.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Yeah, and so you said that you're from Plymouth.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
So talk about recently, you know, in the last few years,
talk about your journey of getting into the film industry
in New England.
Speaker 5 (21:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:02):
So, so starting off with the writing, I mean, I,
you know, first and foremost am a screenwriter. In terms
of the filmmaking aspect I started off.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I was originally very hesitant to as everybody is.
Speaker 6 (21:17):
I think when they start, you know, you compare yourselves
to your idols, your heroes, and you say, gosh, I'll
I'll never compare, right, And I think the best Christmas
present I ever got was was my mother. I think
it was three or four years ago for Christmas. She
got me the one of the first drafts of the
Interstellar screenplay, signed by McConaughey, which is my favorite movie.
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And I read through it that like immediately after I
got it, and it really wasn't that great. It was
so different from the actual movie. And that's what made
me want to start writing, is because I was like, wow,
everybody can can do a like a bad first draft,
you know. And so I just started writing, and I
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wrote a bunch of crap and then it started getting better.
You know, I watched a lot of YouTube videos. Most
of my writing education on story structure, aside from the
inherent understanding that you get from watching movies throughout growing up,
came from like YouTube playlists and podcasts and reading books
and stuff like that. So you know, self taught, but
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that was really where the writing started. And yeah, just
kept doing it. Then started posting on Facebook pages local
Boston filmmaking groups and saying, hey, I'm trying to start
out screenwriting, and I'll do a short script for free,
just because I want to see my words get filmed.
So I had a couple of those, a couple of
(22:47):
student films. Actually, I was very fortunate enough to connect
with student filmmakers who for like final projects, they had
to direct short films and some of them weren't great writers,
and so they tried to outsource it.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
So I started off to that.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
One thing I love about you know today the filmmakers
who are coming up, Like filmmaking has become so much democratized,
where all you need to like to really practice and
and to and to get started is like a camera
phone and and you know, like as you mentioned, their
their YouTube videos, tutorials online, and it's never been easier
(23:25):
to try to make a film, to to learn the
craft and and and teach yourself. And so I think
a story like yours really resonates with a lot of
people who have the same passion who maybe ten twenty
years ago would think, oh my goodness, I have to
jump through hoops to to get this ball rolling. Now
you know, you're you're you know you're making you're you're
(23:47):
throwing away the hoops. You're you're rolling that ball yourself.
And it's becoming so much, so much easier, maybe not
easier per ses right word, but a much more likely
to make something yourself.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Maybe.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's really awesome.
Speaker 6 (24:03):
Yeah, lower barrier to entry, I believe. I remember one
of the first films that I wrote the screenplay, like
just Again, completely free for a local filmmaker sitting wanted
to do a short horror and I was like, I
can write that. So I wrote you know, a five
page short horror and he liked it, and funny enough,
they were going to shoot, and the night before they
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were going to shoot in New Hampshire, he texted me
and he was like, hey, so the location that we
had it's changed. You know, they the person who had
the house dropped out, So can you change it from
taking place in an apartment to like a hospital set
because we have access to that. And I'm like, no,
that would change the whole story. But then I said,
you know what, my roommates are out of town, come
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shoot it at mine in Boston. I was living at
the North End at the time, and so they came
the next morning. They just totally changed it up. And
I mean them unloading or talking about you know, barrier
to entry and accessibility and all that, and definitely there
they're is that, but I mean all the equipment they
had and the setup. I was so new to the
actual production part of it. I hadn't really seen that,
(25:09):
and so yeah, just loading up all the equipment and
thirty minutes to set up one shot with the lighting,
and I mean it was a lot, but I found
all in love just looking through the you know, the
viewfinder and watching the director kind of work his magic
and directing the you know, the gaffer to adjust the
(25:30):
lighting to his vision. Like it was just so cool
and I was like, I really want to do this.
And that's when I think knew that beyond writing, I
also wanted to did my toes into directing too.
Speaker 5 (25:41):
Yeah, and that's what you're.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Doing now with Dogwood Us.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
So this is your first time directing. Talk about how
different that is from the writing part. Everything that's going
to go into How are you preparing for your first
foray into directing and tell us a little bit about
Dogwood Pass too.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:03):
The so again from my YouTube college, some of the
consistent advice I've seen is that it's always good to
be over prepared.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
So I am. I'm storyboarding everything myself.
Speaker 6 (26:16):
You know, I'm not even that great of an artist,
but just trying to draw stick figures and the angles
that I'd like because I when I was writing it,
I knew kind of I saw it in my head
as a movie. I mean, there's so much that I
didn't even anticipate going into it that has now become
a factor. For example, most of the film it's a
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short thriller film, but most of It takes place in
a car driving down a road at night, which when
you're writing it, you're like, oh, this is cheap, this
is producible. It's like, you know, one to two locations.
And then we're now getting into the process of it,
and and you know, my producers who are much more
experienced than I am, or saying okay, well, the actors
can't drive while they're acting, so now we need to
(26:58):
get a flat bed to tow the car so that
it looks like it's moving but they're not actually driving it.
And in order to have the flatbed toe the car it,
then we need to have a road closed down, so
we'll need a police escort for that.
Speaker 5 (27:12):
It's like, well, I didn't know that, So it's good.
It's good to learn.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And so right now you're in the fund raising part
of this of this project, right correct? So yeah, where
do people go to learn more about Dogwood Pass and
help you bring this to life?
Speaker 6 (27:33):
Yeah, we have an indiego go. I can share the
link with you after if you'd like. Yeah, we are
very close actually to the goal. Despite so Indiegogo doesn't
allow you to change the amounts we originally had planned
on putting some of the organically raised funds as well
(27:54):
as the funds that I'm putting in myself into the
Indiegogo to show that this is how actually close we
are to the goal. But I didn't know that that
wasn't allowed. So the funds that I have myself as
well as privately raised through you know, other friends and
family aren't in there, so it looks like it's not close.
But we are very very close to the goal, which
is super exciting. A lot of people being very very
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generous and I couldn't be more grateful.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
What's your sales pitch, like, what is the reiterate what
the story is about and why they should be so
excited to see this.
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Yeah, So the log line is when a guilt stricken
mother meets our befriends, a mysterious woman at a bar.
She is unwittingly involved in a revenge plot that forces
her to confront her own past. I took a lot
of inspiration from films like Prisoners, No Country for Old Men,
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Nocturnal Animals, really gritty thrillers, grounded.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
I love story first and foremost.
Speaker 6 (28:55):
And I again, through all of the videos that I watched,
my understanding of story. I think I treat it a
bit differently than a lot of other writers that I've
crossed paths with, in the sense that I treat a
good story as a debate, almost a persuasive essay, where
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you know, you propose a thesis statement or a question
at the beginning, and then the second act is the
kind of conflict, the debate over what is the right
answer to that open ended question, and then the third
act is the conclusion. I think that when you then
have characters who inherently have different opinions on that viewpoint,
that incites natural conflict. It isn't forced, it's just okay.
(29:40):
It makes sense when you put these two people with
such differing viewpoints in a room, they're going to fight.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Last thought before.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
We leave, what is your big dream and your biggest
advice for anyone starting out?
Speaker 6 (29:53):
Big dream I've had. I've had this idea for a
science fiction film script story in my head for a while.
So I suppose, you know, my big dream would be
to be able to one day make that my supposed
magnum opus. My other big dream would hopefully be too.
I've told my mom if I ever and I know
(30:16):
this is such a pipe dream, but if I ever
go to the oscar. She's my first date, so that
would be the other dream.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
And then what was the second question?
Speaker 4 (30:23):
You're one piece of advice that you know it has
helped you the most, that you would pass on to
someone else.
Speaker 6 (30:30):
Yeah, if you are hesitating to do something, you know,
I'll be like passion wise out of out of fear
of inadequacy, just go for it. Just start doing it
because practice makes perfect. So if you never start, then
you never will get better. So just start bad and
then just get better. That's how everybody practices, That's how
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everybody improves.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Love it all right, Thank you Mitch.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Qualls, absolutely, thank you again.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Another big thank you to Mitchell Qualls for joining us
here on the Hub on Hollywood. Very excited about his
project which is underway. So we will have the link
to the Indiego Go below where you can contribute to
that help bring that story to life. And if you
are a filmmaker yourself and you want to be on
(31:25):
the hob on Hollywood, we want to talk to you.
Are you a writer, a director, an actor, a stunt performer?
Let us know we would love to have you. Do
you do background, do you do weapons? Do you anything
and everything in the film industry here in New England.
We want to talk to you on the Hub on Hollywood,
showcase your work and just give as much love as
(31:46):
we can to the local filmmakers and the filmmaking industry
here in New England.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
All right, No speaking of love and spreading that love
and joy to the world, Let's talk about Christmas because
it is right on the corner.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
I'm already listening to Christmas music. I started like two
weeks ago. I'm getting into this season early this year.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
How about you.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Are you one of the ones who are avoiding Christmas
music until December first, or like me, kind of you know,
eager for it to start.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Again.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
I don't want to be a downer normally.
Speaker 4 (32:24):
I am a huge Christmas person normally, like you know,
the second Halloween is over, like that's it. Like I
bring out the Christmas stuff and that's I just don't
feel that jolly this year.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Maybe it's the existential dread, but I think we could
all use some cheer.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I think we could all use some joy and some
hope and some cheer.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
Whatever holiday you celebrate, whether it's Christmas or Hanaka rik
Ones the or whatever you know holiday you celebrate at
the end of the year. At this time, I think
we could all use that boost.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
And so yeah, yeah, James, it's about that. It's just
about that time. What are we looking at here for
Christmas movies?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
So to get into that holiday spirits and to relieve
some stress for those who have it, it is time
to go into holiday movie season. And let's start with
looking at America's most googled Christmas movies of twenty twenty four.
And so we have this list came out from the folks.
(33:26):
I'll put a link down for those who put this
list together, but we have a top ten list of
the most searched Christmas movies and so this is of
course clearly the most definitive list of the best movies
to watch this year.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
We will start at number ten, and some of these
I have not seen, so maybe I will add this
to the playlist this year. But coming in at number
ten is The Family Stone from two thousand and five,
coming in with over ninety thousand searches on average per month.
Have you seen The Family Stone?
Speaker 3 (34:02):
I have not, No, but I've heard good things. No,
what's it about?
Speaker 1 (34:08):
I have no idea who's in it. I have no idea,
no idea who's in it. I did not do that
much research into this list. But it's on the number ten,
all right, So we put that there, yeah, number nine, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
Little drummer boy, roll, drummer, board, drum roll.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
Grumpy Old Men, Grumpy Old Men coming in at ninety
number nine. I feel like I saw that as a
kid and enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
So what's this one about, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
It's about grumpy old guys who find the meaning of Christmas?
Speaker 3 (34:46):
Right, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Know verse.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
So it's a Grumpy Old Men nineteen ninety three looks
like it is an American romantic comedy film directed by
Donald and let's see more. It was followed by the sequel.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Grumpier Old Men.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
That has no details about what it's about though. So anyways,
we're starting off on a on a very good note.
But you know what I have watched and it comes
in at number eight, and that is how the Grinch
Stole Christmas? The two thousand Classics starring Jim Carrey. That
one's really good.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I think that one holds up very much exactly.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
I cannot believe that that's from the year two thousand.
It has not been twenty four years that just came out.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
That just came out.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
I hate it.
Speaker 3 (35:40):
What is happening?
Speaker 5 (35:42):
What's cool?
Speaker 1 (35:43):
At Universal Studios Hollywood, they have that's where the Universal
filmed was a studio behind How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
And they actually have for the Hollywood tours, like you know,
you get onto a tram and they'll take you through
all the studio back lots and film sets and some
of them they still have permanently set up there. And
they have How the Grin Stole Christmas like the village
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of where they shot the film there. So that's really
cool to see if you are ever in Hollywood. Speaking
of Hollywood, let's talk about mister Hollywood, none other than
Arnold Schwarzenegger coming in at number seven with the jingle
all the Way This one. I think when he first
came out, people did not like it that much, but
it has grown so much, like in a cult classic
(36:26):
kind of way, people rewatching it as adults with their kids.
And I will say, Arnold Schwarzenegger and sindbad, what more
do you want?
Speaker 2 (36:34):
This works?
Speaker 1 (36:35):
And this is actually a jingle all the Way movie
that is back in rotation at.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
When we're done with this list, I'm gonna tell you
what should be on the list and what is on
rotation here at Casa deve Blanco slash Goalot. But let's
see next on the list. Number six is four Christmases.
Number five is Bad Santa, which that's not a child
friendly selection, no for the for the holiday season. But
(37:07):
one that is a good child friendly ish selection for
Christmas is The Nightmare Before Christmas, which my kids, my
kids love it, even though it's dark, even though it's creepy,
it is an absolute classic. And yeah, my kids watch
that over and over and over again about this time.
(37:30):
We watch it once a day until Christmas time. So yeah,
you can't go wrong with Jack and Sally. You can't
go to your can't go wrong.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
No, you can't also go wrong with this classic. Coming
in at number three national Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Of course,
that one's a great movie with so many quotable lines
starring Chevy Chase. This one number two. Second place most
googled Christmas movie in America is It's a Wonderful Life
(38:03):
from nineteen forty six. That one I've watched maybe twice
in my life. And maybe I need to rewatch it
as an adult because I've watched it as a kid
and yeah, like it's good, but never really like, oh,
we got to put that back on. But maybe as
a as an adult with a family and and all
that stuff that goes with it, maybe this will be
one to watch once more.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
No one and not entirely surprised by this one, but
we have the most googled Christmas movie in America this year,
and that is none other than the Will Ferrell classic
Elf from two thousand and three.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
Everybody Loves Elf, Will fair This is one of Will
Ferrell's best movies overall, and it's a classic and I
must watch in so many homes. So yeah, that's at
a fitting spot for Elf. But I mean, there are
other ones that I feel like should be on this list,
(39:03):
but I guess this is the most googled list, not
like best Christmas Movies in rotation, but another Will Ferrell
movie that I think is very deserving, an amazing Christmas
movie and should be on this list and everybody's watch
list during the holidays is Spirited. Spirited, which came out
(39:24):
in the twenty twenty two films here in New England
Stars yours truly, Me and my son were in a
scene with the Santa Claus and the mall and the
Santa Line with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell and not
only you know, not only for us, but it really, really,
(39:44):
it is a really good movie. It is solid, it's
a musical, it's fun. I think it's definite Elf level.
So maybe time will tell on this one, but I
think that Spirited should be right up there with Elf
and definitely on the watch list every year.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, And I'm actually surprised because it's just always in
discussion every year as a Christmas movie. But die Hard
it's not on the top ten lists. I'm not sure
if if the people who made this lest consider die
Hard to be a Christmas movie, they should.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
If not, they should be fired.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
But no, very good a lot of Christmas movies and
looking forward to it. As I said, I'm back into
the full I'm fully into the season, listening to music already,
Like my daughter and I will be driving from daycare
to and from Yeah, yeah, I have the I have
the iHeart radio app set up the North Pole station
and we just listen to the same songs over and
(40:38):
over again, because there are only so many good Christmas.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Music songs exactly.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
And you know what else you can find on the
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Speaker 4 (40:52):
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Speaker 2 (41:12):
I'm on blue Sky.
Speaker 5 (41:13):
Yeah, you are Blue.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Sky exactly, James.
Speaker 3 (41:18):
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If you are the three hundredth subscriber, then common down below,
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Speaker 3 (41:47):
Yeah, maybe a sticker if you want to stick you
good years.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
Yeah, we do have do we have stickers?
Speaker 3 (41:54):
I feel like we had at one point, we'll.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Give out leather jackets for sure.
Speaker 3 (41:58):
Wow, whor's mine?
Speaker 2 (42:03):
The go ahead? Follow us.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Thank you so much for the support and love that
you show us every week. For those who are new
to the hop on Hollywood, thank you so much. We
do you know movie reviews. We have a lot of insights,
a lot of interviews with local New England filmmakers. If
you are one of them, please reach out. We'd love
to have you on the show and talk to you
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(42:28):
local talents.
Speaker 2 (42:29):
But you know what else is a talent?
Speaker 1 (42:31):
And Jamie our talents our skill at solving sine quote?
Speaker 2 (42:36):
What all right?
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So we are on today's game is number seven eights.
If those of us are those of you who are
listening or watching want to play along. We are at
squote dot net playing game number seven eights.
Speaker 2 (42:53):
We are on a three game winning streak, which is nice.
Speaker 3 (42:56):
Yes we are, No, it is not so without further ado,
let's get.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Going on that could be considered by some to be
non suitable for work, not safe for work, So be wary,
wary of where you are when you play. But yeah,
let's start with the quote number one and three two one.
I know you're not everything you've seen.
Speaker 7 (43:23):
Don't worry.
Speaker 6 (43:24):
I don't ask a lot of questions.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
I don't want to hear you lie, you take risks.
Just promise me you won't risk for us.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Hmmm any ideas?
Speaker 4 (43:41):
No, not ringing a bell yet, so we can go check.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Yeah, yeah, let's check you next quote the next one
and three to one.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Nine out of ten of.
Speaker 7 (43:54):
War victims today are killed with assault rifles and small
arms like yours. Those nuclear missiles they sit in their silos.
You're ak forty seven. That is the real weapon of
mass destruction.
Speaker 2 (44:05):
Oh, this is a heavy, heavy movie, is it?
Speaker 6 (44:11):
Like?
Speaker 3 (44:12):
It's not Terminators one of the terminators.
Speaker 2 (44:15):
No, no, no, this one's tough.
Speaker 3 (44:26):
No, we can't let it beat us. Yeah, let's go
to the next one.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Okay, hopefully third time is the charm in three two one.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
Even before that night, I started doing a lot of
cocaine in West Africa.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
I never tried brown brown before then.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
I never killed a man either.
Speaker 2 (44:48):
So that's Nick Cage.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
You're the Nick Cage guy. Know.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
Then Nicole my wife or she's let's see. Even before
that night, I had started doing a lot of cocaineo
West Africa. I never tried brown brown before. Oh wait, oh,
oh this is I know what this is.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
I know what this is. It's what is it where
he is?
Speaker 1 (45:16):
Oh, it's a it's a the tip of my tongue,
tip of my brain.
Speaker 2 (45:22):
Give me one second.
Speaker 1 (45:23):
It's it's the one where he is a an arms dealer.
I can imagine just the beginning right now of the film.
It's I got this. Give me one.
Speaker 4 (45:36):
Okay, Okay, he's got it, guys, he's gonna he can
do it.
Speaker 3 (45:44):
We're gonna make it happen.
Speaker 2 (45:45):
I know what this is.
Speaker 1 (45:46):
So like, so I don't want to hit another quote because,
oh my goodness, I know people are watching this right
now listening like, Oh, I know which movie that is?
God of War? I think is it Something of War?
Let me let me see God of God of War
twenty seventeen. Let's try it. Submitting in three two one. No, oh,
(46:12):
that's a different movie.
Speaker 4 (46:14):
Oh gosh, okay, we gotta go to the next thing
to do the next.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
It's something Okay, hey, next quote in three two one?
Speaker 6 (46:23):
Can you bring me the Convento Part one?
Speaker 4 (46:26):
Two or three?
Speaker 7 (46:27):
I've only seen a punch one damn sixteen.
Speaker 6 (46:30):
Would you like the armored person bullets?
Speaker 5 (46:32):
Please?
Speaker 2 (46:34):
Oh? Dogs of war?
Speaker 1 (46:36):
Let me let me see dogs.
Speaker 3 (46:39):
We're trying, folks, we're trying. Let me go ahead and
google it and see how close we are.
Speaker 1 (46:48):
Oh no, no, not go. Lord's a Lord of War,
Lord of War. I'm gonna go with that two thousand
and five, submitting in three two one.
Speaker 2 (47:00):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (47:02):
Should have of War before because I knew it was
like something of war, not God.
Speaker 2 (47:09):
Of War, Lord of War.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
It's gonna be a very very good, very great Nick
Cage movie. So all right again, I'm sure I'm sure
people listening and watching knew that automatically after the first
or second quote, and especially after the third one. But
you know, it's been a long day, Jamie. It's been
a long day with a lot of ups and downs.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
We have.
Speaker 1 (47:32):
We have the ups of how to Train Your Dragon,
and the lows of Mowana too, and the Rock's bad hair,
so quite the roll of the Crusher. But we did
end with a win, and I will count that as
a high note.
Speaker 4 (47:46):
All right, James, James and your wife you are the ringers.
Speaker 1 (47:51):
All right, Well, thank you so much for watching the
hub on Hollywood again. If you are new to the
Hub on Hollywood podcast, thank you so much for joining us.
Please join the conversation calmon down below. We will give
you a shout out, but we want to know exactly
what your thoughts are on these live movie adaptations. Again,
I think How to Train Your Dragon is going to
(48:12):
be a very good one. Malwana two oh sorry, Mowana one,
live action may not be. Are you planning on watching Wicked?
Are you planning on watching Gladiator? Are you gonna combine
them and watch Wicked Aiter this weekend? If so, please
let us know how that experience goes.
Speaker 4 (48:28):
But Jamie, and stay tuned next week for our Wicked
Aiter reviews because we will have that so definitely next
week Wicked Aiter, Wicked, Glad whatever reviews on the Hub
on Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (48:41):
James, Jamie, I think there's a much bigger review that's
on the table right now that people are dying to
know and learn more about, and that is, of course,
the Pizza Hut Tomato wine. We will try to get
the God.
Speaker 2 (48:56):
We will try to taste tested.
Speaker 1 (48:58):
And let you know what you think, well we think
about it, so you can try it out for yourself.
But that's what America wants to know, Jamie. That's the
review they're waiting for, and we're gonna try our fast
to make that a reality.
Speaker 3 (49:11):
I think I'm allergic.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
Lost my mind. Goodness goodness.
Speaker 1 (49:17):
Well, I'll never be allergic to pizza, but you, I
hope you are not allergic to us, because they're pretty catchy,
pretty spicy, and tasty. I don't know what I'm saying anymore.
Thank you so much for joining
Speaker 4 (49:31):
Ye
This is the Hub on Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I'm your co host, James Rojas.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm your other co host, Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
On this week's episode, are we going to experience Barbenheimer
two point zero this weekend? The studios behind Wicked and
Gladiator to certainly hope? So i' we chat with a
local filmmaker who's working on a short thriller and he
needs our help the most googled Christmas movies in America,
because it is never too early to talk about Christmas,
(00:35):
and of course some movie trivia. But Jamie, first, I
have to talk about this because there's this new item
on the market that I think just goes well with
you know, just name it peanut butter and jelly, popcorn
and butter, pizza and alcohol.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Okay, have you heard?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, let me ask you. Let me set this up.
What goes better then? You know?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
A movie night, you're on the couch, you figure, hey,
let's let's order some pizza. That'll be a great meal
for a movie. But you know we need something to
wash that down, So why not some tasty alcoholic beverages?
Have you ever thought, have you ever wondered Why can't
I combine these two. I want to experience both of
(01:23):
these at the exact same time. You are in luck
because the folks over at Pizza Hut they've tomato wine.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
What what are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
What am I talking about?
Speaker 4 (01:39):
This is?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
This sounds like a fever dream. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
But Pizza Hut they've come out with a new wine
that that is made from quote, ripe, juicy tomatoes infused
with natural basil. The Tomato wine by Pizza Hut is
made in partnership with a Kansas based winery. This wine
offers an aromatic blend of fresh herbs and spices with
(02:05):
rich some ripe and tomato notes, and a subtle hints
of toasted oak reminiscence of a perfectly baked pizza crust. Jamie, Yeah,
are you already drooling at the mouth?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Oh listen, I would love to eat pizza. I don't
know how I feel about drinking it, Jameson, I'm a
little I'm on the fence about this. I don't know
this is. You're just throwing this at me. You're just
throwing pizza wine in my face. I don't know how
(02:39):
to feel.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I don't know how to feel at how do you
feel about it?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
I'm willing to taste it, so much so that I
have reached out to Pizza Hut and I'm trying to
get us some bottles, some samples so we can taste
tested here for the hop on Hollywood possibly also, but
also for the newsroom here at w b Z. Because
I saw this, and I added, I had to do
a double take. I had to I had to rub
(03:05):
my eyes and really went to the screen to make
sure this was real. And yeah, they are actually selling it. However,
it is so popular that it's hard to get your
hands on them because they're completely sold out. That's why
I've reached out to the PR team and hopefully we
can get a bottle to taste test this. But I
have had no idea. I had no you know, I'm
(03:28):
not molest.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Look, I can give you my diplomatic answer, or I
can tell you how I really feel.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Uh, tell me how you really feel. Honest.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I hate pizza right now. I hate it.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
On look.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I've got a nine year old and a four year old,
and it just feels like every week we're eating pizza, pizza, pizza.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I just can't take I can't handle it.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
From like Papa Gino's and and the other one Domino.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I mean, it's fine, but I'm just I'm so oversaturated
that I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
I feel like if I was drinking a wine and
that smell of pizza just like went up my nose,
like I would just like spit, like might barf, might spit.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I want to like it. I want to like it
for your sake? Can you sound so excited? I am, however,
holding my nose and like, there are a lot of
other things that I would want to be a wine first.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Let's put it that way before pizza.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
But you know what, for the fake, the sake of posterity,
for the fake, the sake of our fans, I will
try it. I will try it posterity, yeah, you know,
for humanity.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, I think it's fair. Ah, there you go. Thank
you again. So hopefully we do get a bottle for
ourselves and we could taste test it, because you know what,
outside anything once and pizza, wine is an now officially
on that list.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And so if you.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
If you're watching or listening to the Hub on Hollywood
and you were the lucky few who were able to
get a bottle or two before they sold out online.
Let us know what you think, and please be very
detailed in your review. But you got to give creativity
points to Pizza Hut for.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
That's what it is.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We're talking about it, so that must be good.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But you know what else people are talking about, Jamie,
do you know what's that?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
What's that? Now?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I guess maybe I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
They're talking about Wicked versus Gladiator too. Both of those
big films are filming to the movie theater this weekend,
and the studios, the marketing teams, they are praying. They're
hoping to have a repeat of the Barbenheimer phenomenon. Of course, Jamie,
you and I are very familiar with that phenomenon. But
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I don't think it's working. I don't think this manufactured
market is resonating because again it's it's manufactured seemingly.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah. Well, Barbenheimer was like a moment in time.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
It was these two totally juxtaposed movies that were both
incredible in quality and going head to head on a
huge movie weekend. It's hard to get that lightning in
a bottle again. I mean, like you said, they're trying it.
You've got Gladiator too, which is this continuation of this
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huge franchise.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
And they've got you know, Wicked, which.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Was you've got the book, you've got the musical, and
now the movie.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
But you're saying it's it's not quite at that level
right so far.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, the marketing teams, they're trying to make this hashtag
go and make this hashtag go viral. And that is Glick,
the combination of Gladiator and Wicked.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I was gonna ask you, okay, because you were saying Barbenheimer, right,
it was such an amazing moment in time. Right, it
was like lightning in a bottle. You had these two
amazing movies with these two amazing names.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
That went so well together. It had that gravitas that
had that Barbenheimer. But Glicked, ew, I don't see that
working so well.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
I see that, you know, people turning that into into
a joke and you know, and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
My my vote, James, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Be for Glicked. It would be for Wikiator. I think
that sounds more fun, you know, versus Glicked.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
That sounds like a John Wick combination Gladiator movie, which
I'd also be down for.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Right, Wikiator I barely know where.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Uh wikiator anyways, No, I love that. Okay, so maybe
we could get wikiator going and then we could say
these movies. But there's also another hashtag that they're trying
to get, you know, make it go viral, and that
is Wicked Glad, which based movie.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
No, I think that that would do really well in
this in this region, Wicked Glad.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
But when they you know, when you write it out,
you got to like throw some hs in there after
the A in Glad, you know, Wicked Glad.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I think that's that would do very well here. So
Wicked Glad or Glick? What's what? What do you like better? James?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
And I feel like I'm gonna go Waki Eater. I'm
gonna go with you. I like wikiator all right, all right? Yeah,
we feel like it's on T shirts and it'll sell
like hotcakes. Yeah. So but yeah, basically it's not having
the Barbenheimer effects that you know, the studios marketing teams
have been wanting and hoping for, because again, that's like
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one of those once in a lifetime kind of moments
where the world unites and says, yes, we will plan
and watch both these movies. I feel like there's crossover
with between the Wicked crew and the Gladiator crew wanting
to see the other film, you know, right after. Also,
like many people did the feature with Barbenheimer. So I
don't know if that is that's gonna work. So we
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will wait and see after this weekend. But we'll also
have to wait and see if people abide by some
of these wickedly cruel or necessary rules that are being
displayed for the Wicked film. And you've heard about this, I.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Have, I have, James, and I think it's a MC
theaters that is reminding moviegoers right now to leave the
singing to the stars, right, don't don't quit your day job, people,
let it go. Let it go exactly, don't quit your
day job.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
I know.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
But it's also but it's Indiana Menzel who also sing
in Wicked, who is the wichcked Witch, So you know,
in a way there's a connection there.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Anyways, let's go with that. Let's go with that.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Yes, they are telling people do not sing during the movie.
Let people enjoy the stars, enjoy you know, the film,
and not enjoy your your crusty voice.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Okay, Like yeah, I think I have a beautiful singing voice.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
You know, but I will keep that to myself, you know,
and do that at home, versus subjecting the entire.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Theater to that.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
James, Now, I know you love to sing as well.
I think for the purposes of this segment, let's let's
get your like best wicked voice.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Come on, I don't know any of the songs, and
I will not torture are our listeners and our audience
by doing that.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But if you want to go for it.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Oh, let's see, what's the one.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Defying gravity? Yeah, we'll come back to that. I'll sing
at the under the second.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But but who do want to sing?
Speaker 1 (11:03):
If you do want that opportunity to bolt it out
in the in the theater with an appropriate audience, there
will be a sing along version of the film I'm
starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Arivo that will be hitting
theaters next month, so watch it in silence, appreciate it
when it's out right now, However, if you do want
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to sing, there will be a read along version of
the film next month, So that's the proper time and
place to do it, So everyone's happy.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Are you ready for the Are you ready for the
Jamie version of defying gravity. I'll do like a little bit,
just a little bit, okay, because I've got to subject
someone to this, right, and.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Who better than our captive audience? Right, Okay, something has
changed within me, something is not the same. I'm through
with playing but oh my god, this is awful. I'm
through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.
Too late for a second, guessing, too late to go
(12:10):
back to sleep. It's time to trust my instincts. Close
my eyes and lee see. I could be in the movie.
I could see I could be on screen singing that
with everyone else.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I think we got some wires crossed and we actually
we patched in Ariana Grande just right now. I think
that's just what happened, because yeah, that was phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
All right, whoo, I'll be at the sing along people,
I'll be at the sing along.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
You can join me there, there you go.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Well, you know what else looks phenomenal and I'm really
looking forward to This is, of course we mentioned it
last week, is the live adaptation of How to Train
Your Dragon. The official trailer, first teaser trailer of sorts
just came out and it looks really, really, really good. Again, Historically,
I'm not a big fan of the live action adaptations,
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but this one has caught my eye, along with Leelo
and Stitch. So if you haven't seen that trailer or
more of the photos that have been released for this film,
I recommend checking that out. However, there are some photos
that have leaked of another movie turned live adapted. Yeah smooth, yeah,
yeah yeah, looking so good or building much confidence?
Speaker 3 (13:27):
You know.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
I love the Rock, but he was not looking too
hot on some of these set pictures from the live
action Malana that is in production right now. It's kind
of crazy because Molana too, coming out in just a
few days. So well, live action Molana is in production.
We've talked about some of the better live actions, like
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One Piece, and the things that we're looking forward to,
like like you mentioned with How to Train Your Dragon.
But James, I don't know if you've seen this picture,
but I mean Dwayne the Rock Johnson.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
He's got his bod. He is the original voice of Maui.
But his hair, what it is, this is his hair.
He's wearing a very obvious wig that in no way
looks like real human hair. And the actress who's playing
Moana also also looks like she's wearing a wig. So
(14:22):
I'm really really hoping that this is just.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
The quality of a really poor picture, you know, looking
in on the on the set, and that it looks
a lot better on screen than it did in these photos.
But it's it's got me a little bit worried about
the character designs and how this movie's gonna turn out.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, I'll go one step further. In addition to just
like my issue with a live action version of Mowana
coming out with the same actor pretty much with The Rock,
Duane Johnson playing Ui, and then and also having Mowana
too coming out like in just a matter of no time.
It's such a weird strategy, such a weird thing to do,
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to have these movies overlapping each other, and so that
alone it's weird. But yeah, going back to the photo
of the Rock, and yeah, granted it's not the most
clear photo, it's a little fuzzy, it's taken from very
far away. I didn't notice the hair, so yeah, that
was an issue. But what I think is a bigger
issue is I actually think the Rock, even though he
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is you know, a bill like a tank, I think
he's actually wearing a body suit because the proportions to
like his body, like thickness of his arms and chest,
it looks much bigger than his head, and so people
are theorizing that he's actually wearing a body suit to
kind of maybe maybe look more like the thicker MoU
(15:55):
Wei and the animated in the Frat. And then he
has that big necklace that's covering where the body suit
meets actual neck, and again, like just looking at the proportions,
you know, we know what the rock looks like. He
goes shirtless in every film he does, and he's always big,
and you know he looks not how he looks, but
in this one, his head looks proportionately significantly smaller than
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what his body looks like. So not only are you
big issue, but you're also looking at possibly a body
suit issue as well, So of a theory, maybe if
that is the case, they may just enlarge his head
with digital effects in post, because Maui has a big
head in in the cartoon, in the animated movies. That's
(16:43):
only yeah, exactly, that's only way I'm I'm thinking or
justifying how this looks because it looks off, it looks weird.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
So again another yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
The skin color is off too, Like the color of
his face and his head are different from the body
and or possible body suit, which is different from the color.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Of his legs. Yeah, something is just something is off.
Something is off. So yeah, a lot like you.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Said, hopefully, like you said, maybe they'll do something in
post to make this more seamless. But even even Milana,
even the actress playing Malana, it looks like she's wearing
a very obvious wig. So I don't know, James, here
here's hoping that this is just a really bad picture
(17:36):
and that things will look a lot better when it
starts coming together post production. I really hope, So, I
really hope. So I don't want a giant body, you know,
Dwayne the Rock Johnson with any bitty head.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Yeah, that's more like the Genie from Aladdin.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
My last theory of adding on to this before we
move on. But I think because Maui has so many
tattoos all over his body that the Rock and and
a lot of story has been recently coming out just
saying how difficult it is to work with the Rock
on set, and so like he's getting a lot of
bad a lot of bad pr bad press. Just by
you know, people just saying how hard it is to
work with him and how unprofessional he seemingly has been.
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But so what I'm saying is that, you know, Malui
has a lot of tattoos, so maybe he's just putting
on this body soup so he doesn't have to sit
in a in a chair getting body spray or painted
for hours each and every day. So maybe that's one
reason for the for the for bodies, that he could
just slip in and slip out with some nice quality
by sorts.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
All possible.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But you know what, Jamie, you know what else is
very possible.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
This this local filmmaker succeeding in his quest to come
out with a a thriller movie. And uh and I
think this is really exciting.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Yeah, local filmmaker, writer, and now first time director, Mitchell Qualls.
He spoke to us about his current project, Dogwood Pass.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
So without further ado, here's Mitchell Qualls.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
All right, we are welcoming Mitch Qualls on the Hub
on Hollywood. He is a local base stater and also
a local filmmaker. Mitch, thanks so much for joining us
on the Hub on Hollywood.
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Absolutely, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So let's start off with I guess we'll talk about
Dogwood Pass in a minute, but let's talk about your.
I guess your your your love, your passion for filmmaking.
Where did that originate from?
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:40):
So, honestly, admittedly, I feel like I have a bit
of imposter syndrome because I am very green, I'm super
super new, been writing for a couple of years. Didn't
go to school for filmmaking anything like that. Even though
the college that I attended, Florida State University, has a
great program. I believe that the director of Moonlight came
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out of there, so they have a great program. And
so I had, you know, talked to a couple of
the students who were doing that, and you know, was
tangentially related and was able to observe some projects, but
never did it myself. What really, I mean, ever since
I was a kid, just was always plopped in front
of the TV watching movies. I remember I would get
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like a DVD for Christmas, and the first thing that
I would do is I would watch the behind the scenes,
like gosh, the Peter Jackson stuff like the behind the
scenes for The Lord of the Rings and his King
Kong film. I mean that was like when I was
like ten years old my my filmmaking school, you know,
so I just was became obsessed with it. It seemed
like magic to me. I really that's that's honestly the
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best answer that I have. That's where the passion comes from.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Yeah, and so you said that you're from Plymouth.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
So talk about recently, you know, in the last few years,
talk about your journey of getting into the film industry
in New England.
Speaker 5 (21:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:02):
So, so starting off with the writing, I mean, I,
you know, first and foremost am a screenwriter. In terms
of the filmmaking aspect I started off.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I was originally very hesitant to as everybody is.
Speaker 6 (21:17):
I think when they start, you know, you compare yourselves
to your idols, your heroes, and you say, gosh, I'll
I'll never compare, right, And I think the best Christmas
present I ever got was was my mother. I think
it was three or four years ago for Christmas. She
got me the one of the first drafts of the
Interstellar screenplay, signed by McConaughey, which is my favorite movie.
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And I read through it that like immediately after I
got it, and it really wasn't that great. It was
so different from the actual movie. And that's what made
me want to start writing, is because I was like, wow,
everybody can can do a like a bad first draft,
you know. And so I just started writing, and I
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wrote a bunch of crap and then it started getting better.
You know, I watched a lot of YouTube videos. Most
of my writing education on story structure, aside from the
inherent understanding that you get from watching movies throughout growing up,
came from like YouTube playlists and podcasts and reading books
and stuff like that. So you know, self taught, but
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that was really where the writing started. And yeah, just
kept doing it. Then started posting on Facebook pages local
Boston filmmaking groups and saying, hey, I'm trying to start
out screenwriting, and I'll do a short script for free,
just because I want to see my words get filmed.
So I had a couple of those, a couple of
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student films. Actually, I was very fortunate enough to connect
with student filmmakers who for like final projects, they had
to direct short films and some of them weren't great writers,
and so they tried to outsource it.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
So I started off to that.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
One thing I love about you know today the filmmakers
who are coming up, Like filmmaking has become so much democratized,
where all you need to like to really practice and
and to and to get started is like a camera
phone and and you know, like as you mentioned, their
their YouTube videos, tutorials online, and it's never been easier
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to try to make a film, to to learn the
craft and and and teach yourself. And so I think
a story like yours really resonates with a lot of
people who have the same passion who maybe ten twenty
years ago would think, oh my goodness, I have to
jump through hoops to to get this ball rolling. Now
you know, you're you're you know you're making you're you're
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throwing away the hoops. You're you're rolling that ball yourself.
And it's becoming so much, so much easier, maybe not
easier per ses right word, but a much more likely
to make something yourself.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Maybe.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's really awesome.
Speaker 6 (24:03):
Yeah, lower barrier to entry, I believe. I remember one
of the first films that I wrote the screenplay, like
just Again, completely free for a local filmmaker sitting wanted
to do a short horror and I was like, I
can write that. So I wrote you know, a five
page short horror and he liked it, and funny enough,
they were going to shoot, and the night before they
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were going to shoot in New Hampshire, he texted me
and he was like, hey, so the location that we
had it's changed. You know, they the person who had
the house dropped out, So can you change it from
taking place in an apartment to like a hospital set
because we have access to that. And I'm like, no,
that would change the whole story. But then I said,
you know what, my roommates are out of town, come
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shoot it at mine in Boston. I was living at
the North End at the time, and so they came
the next morning. They just totally changed it up. And
I mean them unloading or talking about you know, barrier
to entry and accessibility and all that, and definitely there
they're is that, but I mean all the equipment they
had and the setup. I was so new to the
actual production part of it. I hadn't really seen that,
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and so yeah, just loading up all the equipment and
thirty minutes to set up one shot with the lighting,
and I mean it was a lot, but I found
all in love just looking through the you know, the
viewfinder and watching the director kind of work his magic
and directing the you know, the gaffer to adjust the
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lighting to his vision. Like it was just so cool
and I was like, I really want to do this.
And that's when I think knew that beyond writing, I
also wanted to did my toes into directing too.
Speaker 5 (25:41):
Yeah, and that's what you're.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Doing now with Dogwood Us.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
So this is your first time directing. Talk about how
different that is from the writing part. Everything that's going
to go into How are you preparing for your first
foray into directing and tell us a little bit about
Dogwood Pass too.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:03):
The so again from my YouTube college, some of the
consistent advice I've seen is that it's always good to
be over prepared.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
So I am. I'm storyboarding everything myself.
Speaker 6 (26:16):
You know, I'm not even that great of an artist,
but just trying to draw stick figures and the angles
that I'd like because I when I was writing it,
I knew kind of I saw it in my head
as a movie. I mean, there's so much that I
didn't even anticipate going into it that has now become
a factor. For example, most of the film it's a
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short thriller film, but most of It takes place in
a car driving down a road at night, which when
you're writing it, you're like, oh, this is cheap, this
is producible. It's like, you know, one to two locations.
And then we're now getting into the process of it,
and and you know, my producers who are much more
experienced than I am, or saying okay, well, the actors
can't drive while they're acting, so now we need to
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get a flat bed to tow the car so that
it looks like it's moving but they're not actually driving it.
And in order to have the flatbed toe the car it,
then we need to have a road closed down, so
we'll need a police escort for that.
Speaker 5 (27:12):
It's like, well, I didn't know that, So it's good.
It's good to learn.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And so right now you're in the fund raising part
of this of this project, right correct? So yeah, where
do people go to learn more about Dogwood Pass and
help you bring this to life?
Speaker 6 (27:33):
Yeah, we have an indiego go. I can share the
link with you after if you'd like. Yeah, we are
very close actually to the goal. Despite so Indiegogo doesn't
allow you to change the amounts we originally had planned
on putting some of the organically raised funds as well
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as the funds that I'm putting in myself into the
Indiegogo to show that this is how actually close we
are to the goal. But I didn't know that that
wasn't allowed. So the funds that I have myself as
well as privately raised through you know, other friends and
family aren't in there, so it looks like it's not close.
But we are very very close to the goal, which
is super exciting. A lot of people being very very
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generous and I couldn't be more grateful.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
What's your sales pitch, like, what is the reiterate what
the story is about and why they should be so
excited to see this.
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Yeah, So the log line is when a guilt stricken
mother meets our befriends, a mysterious woman at a bar.
She is unwittingly involved in a revenge plot that forces
her to confront her own past. I took a lot
of inspiration from films like Prisoners, No Country for Old Men,
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Nocturnal Animals, really gritty thrillers, grounded.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
I love story first and foremost.
Speaker 6 (28:55):
And I again, through all of the videos that I watched,
my understanding of story. I think I treat it a
bit differently than a lot of other writers that I've
crossed paths with, in the sense that I treat a
good story as a debate, almost a persuasive essay, where
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you know, you propose a thesis statement or a question
at the beginning, and then the second act is the
kind of conflict, the debate over what is the right
answer to that open ended question, and then the third
act is the conclusion. I think that when you then
have characters who inherently have different opinions on that viewpoint,
that incites natural conflict. It isn't forced, it's just okay.
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It makes sense when you put these two people with
such differing viewpoints in a room, they're going to fight.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Last thought before.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
We leave, what is your big dream and your biggest
advice for anyone starting out?
Speaker 6 (29:53):
Big dream I've had. I've had this idea for a
science fiction film script story in my head for a while.
So I suppose, you know, my big dream would be
to be able to one day make that my supposed
magnum opus. My other big dream would hopefully be too.
I've told my mom if I ever and I know
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this is such a pipe dream, but if I ever
go to the oscar. She's my first date, so that
would be the other dream.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
And then what was the second question?
Speaker 4 (30:23):
You're one piece of advice that you know it has
helped you the most, that you would pass on to
someone else.
Speaker 6 (30:30):
Yeah, if you are hesitating to do something, you know,
I'll be like passion wise out of out of fear
of inadequacy, just go for it. Just start doing it
because practice makes perfect. So if you never start, then
you never will get better. So just start bad and
then just get better. That's how everybody practices, That's how
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everybody improves.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Love it all right, Thank you Mitch.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Qualls, absolutely, thank you again.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Another big thank you to Mitchell Qualls for joining us
here on the Hub on Hollywood. Very excited about his
project which is underway. So we will have the link
to the Indiego Go below where you can contribute to
that help bring that story to life. And if you
are a filmmaker yourself and you want to be on
(31:25):
the hob on Hollywood, we want to talk to you.
Are you a writer, a director, an actor, a stunt performer?
Let us know we would love to have you. Do
you do background, do you do weapons? Do you anything
and everything in the film industry here in New England.
We want to talk to you on the Hub on Hollywood,
showcase your work and just give as much love as
(31:46):
we can to the local filmmakers and the filmmaking industry
here in New England.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
All right, No speaking of love and spreading that love
and joy to the world, Let's talk about Christmas because
it is right on the corner.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
I'm already listening to Christmas music. I started like two
weeks ago. I'm getting into this season early this year.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
How about you.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Are you one of the ones who are avoiding Christmas
music until December first, or like me, kind of you know,
eager for it to start.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Again.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
I don't want to be a downer normally.
Speaker 4 (32:24):
I am a huge Christmas person normally, like you know,
the second Halloween is over, like that's it. Like I
bring out the Christmas stuff and that's I just don't
feel that jolly this year.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Maybe it's the existential dread, but I think we could
all use some cheer.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I think we could all use some joy and some
hope and some cheer.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
Whatever holiday you celebrate, whether it's Christmas or Hanaka rik
Ones the or whatever you know holiday you celebrate at
the end of the year. At this time, I think
we could all use that boost.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
And so yeah, yeah, James, it's about that. It's just
about that time. What are we looking at here for
Christmas movies?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
So to get into that holiday spirits and to relieve
some stress for those who have it, it is time
to go into holiday movie season. And let's start with
looking at America's most googled Christmas movies of twenty twenty four.
And so we have this list came out from the folks.
(33:26):
I'll put a link down for those who put this
list together, but we have a top ten list of
the most searched Christmas movies and so this is of
course clearly the most definitive list of the best movies
to watch this year.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
We will start at number ten, and some of these
I have not seen, so maybe I will add this
to the playlist this year. But coming in at number
ten is The Family Stone from two thousand and five,
coming in with over ninety thousand searches on average per month.
Have you seen The Family Stone?
Speaker 3 (34:02):
I have not, No, but I've heard good things. No,
what's it about?
Speaker 1 (34:08):
I have no idea who's in it. I have no idea,
no idea who's in it. I did not do that
much research into this list. But it's on the number ten,
all right, So we put that there, yeah, number nine, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
Little drummer boy, roll, drummer, board, drum roll.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
Grumpy Old Men, Grumpy Old Men coming in at ninety
number nine. I feel like I saw that as a
kid and enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
So what's this one about, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
It's about grumpy old guys who find the meaning of Christmas?
Speaker 3 (34:46):
Right, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Know verse.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
So it's a Grumpy Old Men nineteen ninety three looks
like it is an American romantic comedy film directed by
Donald and let's see more. It was followed by the sequel.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Grumpier Old Men.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
That has no details about what it's about though. So anyways,
we're starting off on a on a very good note.
But you know what I have watched and it comes
in at number eight, and that is how the Grinch
Stole Christmas? The two thousand Classics starring Jim Carrey. That
one's really good.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I think that one holds up very much exactly.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
I cannot believe that that's from the year two thousand.
It has not been twenty four years that just came out.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
That just came out.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
I hate it.
Speaker 3 (35:40):
What is happening?
Speaker 5 (35:42):
What's cool?
Speaker 1 (35:43):
At Universal Studios Hollywood, they have that's where the Universal
filmed was a studio behind How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
And they actually have for the Hollywood tours, like you know,
you get onto a tram and they'll take you through
all the studio back lots and film sets and some
of them they still have permanently set up there. And
they have How the Grin Stole Christmas like the village
(36:04):
of where they shot the film there. So that's really
cool to see if you are ever in Hollywood. Speaking
of Hollywood, let's talk about mister Hollywood, none other than
Arnold Schwarzenegger coming in at number seven with the jingle
all the Way This one. I think when he first
came out, people did not like it that much, but
it has grown so much, like in a cult classic
(36:26):
kind of way, people rewatching it as adults with their kids.
And I will say, Arnold Schwarzenegger and sindbad, what more
do you want?
Speaker 2 (36:34):
This works?
Speaker 1 (36:35):
And this is actually a jingle all the Way movie
that is back in rotation at.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
When we're done with this list, I'm gonna tell you
what should be on the list and what is on
rotation here at Casa deve Blanco slash Goalot. But let's
see next on the list. Number six is four Christmases.
Number five is Bad Santa, which that's not a child
friendly selection, no for the for the holiday season. But
(37:07):
one that is a good child friendly ish selection for
Christmas is The Nightmare Before Christmas, which my kids, my
kids love it, even though it's dark, even though it's creepy,
it is an absolute classic. And yeah, my kids watch
that over and over and over again about this time.
(37:30):
We watch it once a day until Christmas time. So yeah,
you can't go wrong with Jack and Sally. You can't
go to your can't go wrong.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
No, you can't also go wrong with this classic. Coming
in at number three national Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Of course,
that one's a great movie with so many quotable lines
starring Chevy Chase. This one number two. Second place most
googled Christmas movie in America is It's a Wonderful Life
(38:03):
from nineteen forty six. That one I've watched maybe twice
in my life. And maybe I need to rewatch it
as an adult because I've watched it as a kid
and yeah, like it's good, but never really like, oh,
we got to put that back on. But maybe as
a as an adult with a family and and all
that stuff that goes with it, maybe this will be
one to watch once more.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
Jamie.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
No one and not entirely surprised by this one, but
we have the most googled Christmas movie in America this year,
and that is none other than the Will Ferrell classic
Elf from two thousand and three.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
Everybody Loves Elf, Will fair This is one of Will
Ferrell's best movies overall, and it's a classic and I
must watch in so many homes. So yeah, that's at
a fitting spot for Elf. But I mean, there are
other ones that I feel like should be on this list,
(39:03):
but I guess this is the most googled list, not
like best Christmas Movies in rotation, but another Will Ferrell
movie that I think is very deserving, an amazing Christmas
movie and should be on this list and everybody's watch
list during the holidays is Spirited. Spirited, which came out
(39:24):
in the twenty twenty two films here in New England
Stars yours truly, Me and my son were in a
scene with the Santa Claus and the mall and the
Santa Line with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell and not
only you know, not only for us, but it really, really,
(39:44):
it is a really good movie. It is solid, it's
a musical, it's fun. I think it's definite Elf level.
So maybe time will tell on this one, but I
think that Spirited should be right up there with Elf
and definitely on the watch list every year.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, And I'm actually surprised because it's just always in
discussion every year as a Christmas movie. But die Hard
it's not on the top ten lists. I'm not sure
if if the people who made this lest consider die
Hard to be a Christmas movie, they should.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
If not, they should be fired.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
But no, very good a lot of Christmas movies and
looking forward to it. As I said, I'm back into
the full I'm fully into the season, listening to music already,
Like my daughter and I will be driving from daycare
to and from Yeah, yeah, I have the I have
the iHeart radio app set up the North Pole station
and we just listen to the same songs over and
(40:38):
over again, because there are only so many good Christmas.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Music songs exactly.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
And you know what else you can find on the
iHeartRadio app what Home on Hollywood?
Speaker 4 (40:52):
All right, anywhere that podcasts are heard, you can find
us Home on Hollywood. Check us out on the social
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I haven't had times, had times.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
I'm on blue Sky.
Speaker 5 (41:13):
Yeah, you are Blue.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Sky exactly, James.
Speaker 3 (41:18):
And we're on Instagram. We're on YouTube.
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If you are the three hundredth subscriber, then common down below,
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Speaker 3 (41:47):
Yeah, maybe a sticker if you want to stick you
good years.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
Yeah, we do have do we have stickers?
Speaker 3 (41:54):
I feel like we had at one point, we'll.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Give out leather jackets for sure.
Speaker 3 (41:58):
Wow, whor's mine?
Speaker 2 (42:03):
The go ahead? Follow us.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Thank you so much for the support and love that
you show us every week. For those who are new
to the hop on Hollywood, thank you so much. We
do you know movie reviews. We have a lot of insights,
a lot of interviews with local New England filmmakers. If
you are one of them, please reach out. We'd love
to have you on the show and talk to you
about your projects because we're all about highlighting and showcasing
(42:28):
local talents.
Speaker 2 (42:29):
But you know what else is a talent?
Speaker 1 (42:31):
And Jamie our talents our skill at solving sine quote?
Speaker 2 (42:36):
What all right?
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So we are on today's game is number seven eights.
If those of us are those of you who are
listening or watching want to play along. We are at
squote dot net playing game number seven eights.
Speaker 2 (42:53):
We are on a three game winning streak, which is nice.
Speaker 3 (42:56):
Yes we are, No, it is not so without further ado,
let's get.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Going on that could be considered by some to be
non suitable for work, not safe for work, So be wary,
wary of where you are when you play. But yeah,
let's start with the quote number one and three two one.
I know you're not everything you've seen.
Speaker 7 (43:23):
Don't worry.
Speaker 6 (43:24):
I don't ask a lot of questions.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
I don't want to hear you lie, you take risks.
Just promise me you won't risk for us.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Hmmm any ideas?
Speaker 4 (43:41):
No, not ringing a bell yet, so we can go check.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Yeah, yeah, let's check you next quote the next one
and three to one.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Nine out of ten of.
Speaker 7 (43:54):
War victims today are killed with assault rifles and small
arms like yours. Those nuclear missiles they sit in their silos.
You're ak forty seven. That is the real weapon of
mass destruction.
Speaker 2 (44:05):
Oh, this is a heavy, heavy movie, is it?
Speaker 6 (44:11):
Like?
Speaker 3 (44:12):
It's not Terminators one of the terminators.
Speaker 2 (44:15):
No, no, no, this one's tough.
Speaker 3 (44:26):
No, we can't let it beat us. Yeah, let's go
to the next one.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Okay, hopefully third time is the charm in three two one.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
Even before that night, I started doing a lot of
cocaine in West Africa.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
I never tried brown brown before then.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
I never killed a man either.
Speaker 2 (44:48):
So that's Nick Cage.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
You're the Nick Cage guy. Know.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
Then Nicole my wife or she's let's see. Even before
that night, I had started doing a lot of cocaineo
West Africa. I never tried brown brown before. Oh wait, oh,
oh this is I know what this is.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
I know what this is. It's what is it where
he is?
Speaker 1 (45:16):
Oh, it's a it's a the tip of my tongue,
tip of my brain.
Speaker 2 (45:22):
Give me one second.
Speaker 1 (45:23):
It's it's the one where he is a an arms dealer.
I can imagine just the beginning right now of the film.
It's I got this. Give me one.
Speaker 4 (45:36):
Okay, Okay, he's got it, guys, he's gonna he can
do it.
Speaker 3 (45:44):
We're gonna make it happen.
Speaker 2 (45:45):
I know what this is.
Speaker 1 (45:46):
So like, so I don't want to hit another quote because,
oh my goodness, I know people are watching this right
now listening like, Oh, I know which movie that is?
God of War? I think is it Something of War?
Let me let me see God of God of War
twenty seventeen. Let's try it. Submitting in three two one. No, oh,
(46:12):
that's a different movie.
Speaker 4 (46:14):
Oh gosh, okay, we gotta go to the next thing
to do the next.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
It's something Okay, hey, next quote in three two one?
Speaker 6 (46:23):
Can you bring me the Convento Part one?
Speaker 4 (46:26):
Two or three?
Speaker 7 (46:27):
I've only seen a punch one damn sixteen.
Speaker 6 (46:30):
Would you like the armored person bullets?
Speaker 5 (46:32):
Please?
Speaker 2 (46:34):
Oh? Dogs of war?
Speaker 1 (46:36):
Let me let me see dogs.
Speaker 3 (46:39):
We're trying, folks, we're trying. Let me go ahead and
google it and see how close we are.
Speaker 1 (46:48):
Oh no, no, not go. Lord's a Lord of War,
Lord of War. I'm gonna go with that two thousand
and five, submitting in three two one.
Speaker 2 (47:00):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (47:02):
Should have of War before because I knew it was
like something of war, not God.
Speaker 2 (47:09):
Of War, Lord of War.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
It's gonna be a very very good, very great Nick
Cage movie. So all right again, I'm sure I'm sure
people listening and watching knew that automatically after the first
or second quote, and especially after the third one. But
you know, it's been a long day, Jamie. It's been
a long day with a lot of ups and downs.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
We have.
Speaker 1 (47:32):
We have the ups of how to Train Your Dragon,
and the lows of Mowana too, and the Rock's bad hair,
so quite the roll of the Crusher. But we did
end with a win, and I will count that as
a high note.
Speaker 4 (47:46):
All right, James, James and your wife you are the ringers.
Speaker 1 (47:51):
All right, Well, thank you so much for watching the
hub on Hollywood again. If you are new to the
Hub on Hollywood podcast, thank you so much for joining us.
Please join the conversation calmon down below. We will give
you a shout out, but we want to know exactly
what your thoughts are on these live movie adaptations. Again,
I think How to Train Your Dragon is going to
(48:12):
be a very good one. Malwana two oh sorry, Mowana one,
live action may not be. Are you planning on watching Wicked?
Are you planning on watching Gladiator? Are you gonna combine
them and watch Wicked Aiter this weekend? If so, please
let us know how that experience goes.
Speaker 4 (48:28):
But Jamie, and stay tuned next week for our Wicked
Aiter reviews because we will have that so definitely next
week Wicked Aiter, Wicked, Glad whatever reviews on the Hub
on Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (48:41):
James, Jamie, I think there's a much bigger review that's
on the table right now that people are dying to
know and learn more about, and that is, of course,
the Pizza Hut Tomato wine. We will try to get
the God.
Speaker 2 (48:56):
We will try to taste tested.
Speaker 1 (48:58):
And let you know what you think, well we think
about it, so you can try it out for yourself.
But that's what America wants to know, Jamie. That's the
review they're waiting for, and we're gonna try our fast
to make that a reality.
Speaker 3 (49:11):
I think I'm allergic.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
Lost my mind. Goodness goodness.
Speaker 1 (49:17):
Well, I'll never be allergic to pizza, but you, I
hope you are not allergic to us, because they're pretty catchy,
pretty spicy, and tasty. I don't know what I'm saying anymore.
Thank you so much for joining
Speaker 4 (49:31):
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