ADDISON GOES ROGUE & DARREN AND JOSH OPEN THE MAIL BAG
Release Date: 08/19/2025
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End of Season 1! Our Next Steps + HUGE Season 2 Announcements!
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EPISODE 25: END OF SEASON ONE… and looking forward! Darren and Josh sit down to discuss the path forward and talk about the upcoming relaunch for “Season Two: Casting, Funding & Preproduction”. Many exciting things on the way as the filmmakers take the NEXT STEP toward getting their movie/movies made! Join filmmakers Darren Lynn Bousman and Josh Stolberg as they pull back the curtain on the movie-making process. Whether you’re a film junkie, an emerging filmmaker, a horror lover, or someone who dreams of one day having ANY career in the entertainment industry… this is for YOU!...
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Darren and Josh answer listener questions in the Mail Room and Josh pitches out a couple of new movie ideas. Darren tells a film set story about the legendary Paul Sorvino. Josh talks Indie filmmaking and what his first film cost per second of Jurassic Park: Hidden Kingdom. And FINALLY… producer Addison Marshall steps from behind the camera to grill Josh about screenwriting as she begins her own Hollywood break-in story!
Join filmmakers Darren Lynn Bousman and Josh Stolberg as they pull back the curtain on the movie-making process. Whether you’re a film junkie, an emerging filmmaker, a horror lover, or someone who dreams of one day having ANY career in the entertainment industry… this is for YOU!
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EPISODE TEN | Credits
Produced / Edited by | ……Addison Marshall
Host | ………………………Darren Lynn Bousman
Host | …………….……..…Josh Stolberg
Segment Editor | …Thomas Bryant
Jack of All Trades/ Photographer | …Morgan Rooms
Discord Guru | ……...Chase Bellows
Instagram Guru | …….Brannigan Wilson
YouTube Guru | …………Brandon Nieto
Graphics & Art | …………Shay Harmon
Original Music | ………….Andrew Scott Bell
VO | ………………………..Scott Marshall
SPECIAL GUESTS
Addison Marshall!!!!! (Contacts below)
TITLE SEQUENCE | Credits
Narration | ………………...Tobin Bell
Sequence Designer | ……Jason Ragosta
Music by | ……………...….Andrew Scott Bell
Editor | …………….…….…Daniel Tong
Logo Animation | …………Brian Chow
Sound Mix | ……………..…Nick Bozzone
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