Today, we proudly launch Strike Talk with Billy Ray and Todd Garner, a weekly podcast dedicated to dissecting the issues that caused talks to break off between the WGA and the AMPT.  Learn more here: https://deadline.com/2023/05/strike-talk-podcast-billy-ray-todd-garner-deadline-week-1-1235356688/ 

Actor / TV personality Ricki Lake and Producer / Director Abby Epstein talk about their powerful new documentary WEED THE PEOPLE - how Ricki's experience with water birth sparked their first doc THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN - and their process of creating and selling documentaries. www.weedthepeoplemovie.com 

Erik Feig talks about his time at Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment - his work on La La Land, the Twilight saga, Step Up and I Know What You Did Last Summer - AND how he defied the odds by creating a successful movie studio from scratch! Don't miss the fantasy drama series CARNIVAL ROW starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne - August 30th only on Amazon Prime Video!

From Requiem for a Dream to Bubble Boy - Beau Flynn has run the gamut in Hollywood. Beau sits down with Todd Garner to talk about his career, gaining the trust of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the countless movies they've made together including Rampage, Skyscraper, Baywatch, San Andreas and the upcoming Disney film - Jungle Cruise!

With Warner Bros. shaking up the distribution model, veteran Producer Todd Black talks about studios and streamers, the future of the movie business, his early days in Hollywood, his relationships with Will Smith and Denzel Washington, the making of Antwone Fisher, The Pursuit of Happyness and The Equalizer franchise!

The kingmaker Stephanie Allain shares her journey from her early days as a script reader - to discovering John Singleton and Robert Rodriguez - to producing such hits as Hustle and Flow and Dear White People - to bringing diversity to the production of the Academy Awards!

Todd catches up with fellow Disney alumn - and head of Burr! Productions - Kristin Burr about working on movies at Disney in the 90’s - how her love of musicals affected her taste later in life - and her current work on Netflix's Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and 2021's Cruella!

Workaholics star / co-creator ADAM DeVINE shares how getting hit by a cement truck affected his career trajectory - why Comedy Central thought he was big timing them - what he sung at his audition for PITCH PERFECT - AND MUCH MORE!

How do you make a movie during a pandemic? Todd Garner walks us through a day in the life on set of his upcoming film VACATION FRIENDS with JOHN CENA - MEREDITH HAGNER - and LIL REL HOWERY!

You can't see him. But you can hear him! WWE Superstar JOHN CENA gets candid with Todd on the set of their film VACATION FRIENDS! John shares how growing up in West Newbury, Massachusetts affected his early wrestling career - his ability to pivot as a live performer - and how that impacted him as a screen actor in both action films and comedies!

Todd goes a mile a minute with horror film mastermind ELI ROTH as they chat about Eli's love of 80's sex comedies - filming in the jungles of Chile - and which Disney film served as the inspiration for Hostel! Don't miss History of Horror - Saturdays on AMC! And stay tuned for Eli's adaptation of BORDERLANDS with Cate Blanchett!

CEO of one of the “big four” agencies - JEREMY ZIMMER joins Todd to talk about how Hollywood is approaching packaging - expanding divisions across multiple platforms - adapting to new trends and technologies - and what content and distribution might look like post-pandemic!

"The Machine" BERT KREISCHER joins Todd to talk about halting his comedy tour for the COVID outbreak - his relationships with Joe Rogan, Bill Burr and Tom Segura - Bert's creative method and the nature of comedy - AND Bert & Todd's new NETFLIX show - THE CABIN!

Internet sensation turned movie star ANDREW BACHELOR shares the science of how he navigated from making shorts for YouTube, connecting with his fans on social media - to a huge career on the big and small screen! 

Jennifer Gibgot shares how she blended her love of movies, writing, and dance into a lucrative career; from working with her brother Adam Shankman on the STEP UP series - to developing THE LAST SONG with Nicholas Sparks - to bringing the world of Anna Todd's AFTER to big screens all around the world!

From his early days in music management - to honing his producing chops under Joel Silver - BARRY JOSEPHSON shares how he found a way to develop hit movies and TV shows like BAD BOYS - BONES - and ENCHANTED!

What makes a great pitch? Jeremy Garelick and I chat about his time working with Joel Schumacher - writing THE BREAK UP for Vince Vaughn -  finding an abandoned high school to create his company AMERICAN HIGH - and producing THE BINGE now on HULU!

From mission trips to couch surfing in LA to producing blockbuster Disney hits - BRIGHAM TAYLOR reminisces with Todd about his time working on Remember the Titans - Miracle - Pirates of the Caribbean - and The Jungle Book!

Stand By Me / Jerry Maguire star JERRY O'CONNELL shares his experiences working with the likes of Tom Cruise, Rob Reiner, Cameron Crowe... and Todd Garner on the set of Tomcats!

From his time as an agent to running Adam Sandler's highly successful TV operation, DOUG ROBINSON shares how he came to produce the hit TV shows RULES OF ENGAGEMENT and THE GOLDBERGS... all while not injuring Adam Sandler on the basketball court! 

From Austin Powers to Memento to Alice in Wonderland to The Oscars - Head of Jennifer Todd Pictures, JENNIFER TODD, shares how she and her sister Suzanne found and developed a huge variety of hit films over the last 20 years!!

SCRUBS creator BILL LAWRENCE talks about his nine seasons running the show - as well as his new Apple TV+ series with Jason Sudeikis - TED LASSO!

From his early days as a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate, TIM STORY began developing ground rules for making movies. He joins Todd to share how shooting music videos lead to and impacted his work directing hit films like Barbershop - Taxi - Fantastic Four - Think Like A Man - Ride Along - and his upcoming adaption of Tom and Jerry!

Über Producer STACEY SHER tells how she went from a sports broadcasting major to working at Jersey Films, developing relatioships with Quentin Tarantino, Danny DeVito, & Steven Soderbergh - and her role in the discovery and production of PULP FICTION!