Is the industry headed in the right direction? Should studios keep investing in development? Are modern films less provocative? Todd is joined by his friend and legendary producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura as they inhabit their 17 year old selves and evaluate the state of the movie industry and discuss learning from public failure, the value of having good taste, why we need more "lunatics" making movies, and why executives need to rely on their young talent.

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Todd is joined by leading film industry analyst and date researcher STEPHEN FOLLOWS as they dissect the data on producers per film throughout history. Yes. EVERY MOVIE EVER MADE. They'll discuss the increasing trend of producers per film, who is responsible for this, and dispel the myths of what career producers want from the industry.

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From growing up in an Italian immigrant family in Cleveland to producing some of the biggest theatrical and streaming films of all time, Angela Russo-Otstot shares how she and her brothers (Anthony and Joe) broke into Hollywood. They discuss the Russo's sanctity of collaboration, the funny origins of the AGBO name, Angela's work on Extraction with Chris Hemsworth and The Bluff with Karl Urban, and the innovative ways AGBO use technology to forecast how their films look.

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