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DESCRIPTION: This week it’s part two of our epic conversation with genius screenwriter David Koepp, who wrote “Mission: Impossible.” In this part, we talk about the train climax and how contentious it was, why he doesn’t enjoy doing sequels, several further unrealized reunions with Brian De Palma, and of course his great new Audible original story “Yard Work” (narrated by Kevin Bacon). This is a whole lot of fun. Released October 16th, 2020.

SHOW NOTES: Check out David’s incredible script archive. You can find info about his other work on his website.

David’s Audible original “Yard Work" is available now, as is his novel “Cold Storage.”

We talk about the documentary “De Palma” in this episode, which is currently on Netflix in the U.S. You can find other places to stream it here.

And as discussed in the interview, here’s Bilge Ebiri’s recent article "The Lost World" Is Steven Spielberg’s Nastiest Film, and I Love It.

In the episode we also bring up this photo of Scarlett Johansson doing stunt training with Tom Cruise for Joe Carnahan’s abandoned “Mission: Impossible 3”...

In the interview David references the David Lean film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957), which you can find where to stream here, and “The Guns of Navarone” (1961), which you can find here.

Again in this episode we mention Drew’s interview with David that was done for Collider back in June. Here it is, if you’d like to give it a watch...