{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"718 - No Worries if Not","description":"John and Craig circle back on all the euphemisms and stock phrases that float around Hollywood. Using some favorite examples, they attempt to define and demystify the current industry-speak so everyone is looped in when we come up for air after the holidays. We also wrap-up 2025 with a look at Scriptnotes by the numbers, check-in on Disney\u2019s deal with OpenAI, follow up on that director who scammed Netflix out of $11 million, and answer listener questions on the guilds\u2019 involvement in video podcasts and reps who won\u2019t send out co-written scripts. In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig navigate how to deal with difficult collaborators. Links: How Disney\u2019s OpenAI Deal Changes Everything by Steven Zeitchik and Julian Sancton for The Hollywood Reporter Guilty! Director Who Scammed Netflix Out Of Millions Faces Decades Behind Bars by Dominic Patten for Deadline Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon Down to Puck: Why Women Are Going Wild for \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 by Seth Abramovitch for The Hollywood Reporter Search Engine annual meeting Order a signed copy of the Scriptnotes Book! Charli XCX\u2019s Substack Trailer for Divinity by Larian Studios Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription (now with fewer emails!) Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube Scriptnotes on Instagram John August on Bluesky and Instagram Outro by Nick Moore (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here. (46:41) Scriptnotes: A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters (Unabridged) ","author_name":"Scriptnotes Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/johnaugust.com\/scriptnotes","html":"