The Script Doctors
A podcast showcasing two professional screenwriters at work as they diagnose, prescribe and discuss solutions to common script problems found in feature film scripts and television pilots and series.
Episodes
You thought we were done with action-packed season 1? Well, just in time for the Holiday Season, the Script Doctors gift you with our very first BONUS EPISODE! This is an episode that continues the discussion about Wanda Maximoff and the Cinematic Universe Storytelling of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by talking about Doctor Strange 2 or Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which picks up right where WandaVision and Spider-M...
Our season 1 finale has dawned upon us! And it's such a controversial topic for our Doctor Jons that we've had to recruit a third doctor to referee. We welcome on Dr. Samantha Bringhurst, the mother of this podcast as we say, since it was her inspiration to start this educational and entertaining show. Who will win this vs. episode? Will Batman reign supreme? Or will Superman overcome the kryptonite that is this critical misfire? (...
The fans have rebelled! The release of Episodes 8 and 9 have caused a schism among the Star Wars fan base causing nations to collapse, gas prices to rise, and a plague to sweep the globe. Enter the Doctor Jons, Jedi Knights of the Order of Screenwriting. Saviors of Structure. Liberators of Theme. Defendants of Story...will they have what it takes to calm the outburst? Tune in to this week's galactic episode...
Today's patients:
Who's been fixing up everything? It was The Script Doctors all along! Join Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper on this week's episode as they go through a sitcom wonderland and talk about one of their favorite Marvel TV shows, the ultra-meta sitcom homage show that kicked off Marvel's Phase 4 in 2021! And perhaps a bonus surprise...for a later date?
Today's patients:
- WandaVision, created by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel Studios; 2021) ...
WE SURVIVED! The Script Doctors (Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper) have survived the Upside Down and have managed to escape the clutches of Vecna, the Demagorgens, and the Mindflayer and bring us a bit of information on the Strangest of Things about Season 4 of the hit Netflix sci-fi horror drama!
Today's patients:
- Stranger Things (S4), created by The Duffer Brothers (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre Productions, Upsid...
In our first episode dedicated to TV pilots, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle a hit original sitcom and a...sequel? A requel? A reboot? A rebootquel? Ah Hollywood...and that friends, is How I Met Your Script Doctors!
Today's patients:
- How I Met Your Mother, created by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas (Bays & Thomas Productions, 20th Century Fox Television; 2005-2014, on CBS) - available to stream now on Amazon Prime...
In our first versus episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle one of the most debated questions from the DCEU and its fan base - which film starring a group of the most infamous villains from DC Comic Lore was the better one?
Today's patients:
- Suicide Squad, directed & written by David Ayer (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films; 2016) - available to stream now on HBO Max
- The Suicide Squad, directed & written by Ja...
Welcome to The Family Script-Doctors-igal! In this enchanted episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle one of Disney's recent animated musical hit about a very colorful and intergeneration-ally traumatized family!
Today's patient:
- Encanto, directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard, written by Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; 2021) - available to stream now on Di...
For our debut episode, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper tackle two iconic web-swinging superhero movies that predate the MCU as a preparation for the MCU's multiverse spanning & critically acclaimed Spider-Man: No Way Home film.
Today's patients:
- Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi, written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent (Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing; 2007) - available to stream now on Netflix a...
From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries - this is The Script Doctors Podcast! Join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.
Does your own script need doctoring? E...
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