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Podcast: The Filmmakers Podcast
Episode: Making successful Comedy Features in 2025 with "You're Cordially Invited" & "Back in Action" writer-directors Nicholas Stoller & Seth Gordon
Description: On today’s special episode, we welcome not one but two incredible guests to the show: Nicholas Stoller, writer-director of the comedy film You're Cordially Invited (2025), starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, and Seth Gordon, writer-director of the action-comedy Back in Action (2025), starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. They each sat down individually with Dom Lenoir to chat about their movies, including:
Writing and directing a successful comedy
The actor-director collaboration on a comedy
Making comedies in 2025
The challenges of shooting action scenes
And much more!
Tune in for an insightful and entertaining conversation with two masters of...