Blockbuster — Award-Winning Podcast Miniseries

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Season 1

Lucas, Spielberg and a Revolution

6 Episodes

Two ambitious up-and-coming visionaries and friends, a young George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, embark on their first groundbreaking films, Jaws (1975) and Star Wars (1977).

Award
Season 2

The Story of James Cameron

10 Episodes

College dropout James Cameron's tumultuous, dangerous journey into filmmaking, science, and the most disastrous film of all-time, Titanic (1997).

Adweek Creative Podcast of the Year

What People Are Saying

★★★★★
5.0 rating, Apple Podcasts

“An inspiring story of dreaming bigger.”

Jordan Peele, Filmmaker (“Get Out”, “Us”, “Nope”)

“Spectacular, immersive, and emotional. A heartfelt story that's unique in the podcast world.”

Andrew Liptak, The Verge

“A beautiful narrative and colossal piece of storytelling.”

Joshua Dudley, Forbes

“A highly entertaining audio experience.”

Germain Lussier, Gizmodo

“One of the best films of the year. Never mind that it's audio only.”

Scott D. Parker

“An inventive biopod (biopic + podcast).”

KC Ifeanyi, Fast Company

“Blockbuster paves the way for a new kind of narrative process in the podcast world.”

Martino Pietropoli, Medium

Season 1
Credits

Main Cast
George LucasRay Chase
Steven SpielbergMax Mittelman
John WilliamsMatthew Bohrer
Marcia LucasJulia McIlvaine
Brian De PalmaLex Lang
Harrison FordLex Lang
Sylvester StalloneKenny Holmes

Additional Voices
Ray Chase, Crystal Chavarria, Daniel Fulton, Whitney Gries, Kenny Holmes, Lex Lang, Julia McIlvaine, Max Mittelman, Bryan Rainstein, Matt Schrader, Lauren Siefer, Olivia Spirz, Rebecca White, Zak White

Editors
Peter Bawiec
Matt Schrader
Additional Dialogue Editing
Taylor Westerfield
Produced by
Elena Bawiec
Matt Schrader
Kenny Holmes
Co-Executive Producer
Jonathan Willbanks
Co-Producers
Lilly Wunsch
Chris Moe
Associate Producer & Marketing Supervisor
Jean de Meuron
Consultants
Marc V. Ciafardini, Gabriela Ibanez, Kevin Koperski, Robert Landeros, Jim Lane, Guillaume Schneider
Jr. Producers
Francis Barel, William Curtis, David Duvall, Craig Gleason, Ian Morrison, Paul Shipper
Jr. Consultants
David Linton, Emily H. Mason, Michael O'Halloran, Jeremy Ritter, Sean Scherer

Special Thanks
Dylan Agajanian, The Alamo Studio, Michael Alderete, Raymond Bannerman, Rory Cejas, Jake Fred, Tim Gannon, Shaun Garrett, Adam Gonshorowski, Paolo Grassini, Paul Hodgkins, Mike Kramer, Lex Lang, Yu Jin Lee, Holt McCarley, Brenton Owen, Alexander Procaccio, Boris Prell, Scott Redd, Tyler Rigsbee, Glenn M. Ryan Jr., Sean Scott, Slimeve, Robert Stone, Ray Sullivan, Leah Tait, Steven Wake, Landon Wilkerson, Charles Nicholas Winckel, Winsor Yuan

Thank You
Victor Abuel, Lars Adrian, Sean Alvarez, Nelson Arce, Eric Bakhch-Pour, Daniel Bardales, Kaden Barriga, Alan Bartolic, Anthony Basile, Nicholas Batos III, Ray Becher, Fynn Becker, Luca Becker, Emilio Bellu, Ethan Benninger, Marc Bertoni, Tor Martin Boe, Djuri Boot, Jeff Boulton, Aaron Bradshaw, Jason Bratton, Vincent Bray, Charley Breen, Andrew Brimmell, Jeff Bronson, Eric Brown, Theo Brown, Rocco Buffalino, George Burkhart, Kalel Callejas, Kent Callison, Nico Campbell, Erik Carlson, Ian Carpenter, Garland Cary, David Cavalleri, Hayden Christie, Travers Cleeman, Rob Cookenour, Allen Crimmins, Ryan Daniels, Craig Dean, James Deist, Bruno Dejonghe, Chris Demarco, Tian Deng, Todd Desgrosseilliers, Justin Dmitruk, Ali Dogramaci, Mike Dolby, David Doubler, Benjamin Dow, Varun Duggirala, Julian Duque, Anthony Eales, Alex Ellerson, Andreas Engström, Eulypsa Protocol, Emily Eytchison, Billie Falkner, James Fanson, Derek Fein, Jonathan Fehr, James Finn, Ally Fiola, Mark Fletcher, Aristotelis Flieger, Kevin Flores, Colin Ford, Lane Fortenberry, Chris Foster, Celwin Frenzen, David Gamble Jr., Matt Garrett, Elliot Glynn, Matt Goble, Jerry Gordon, Sean Grady, Jeff Grettler, Casey Grow, Ryan Gum, Jeff Gunhus, Claude Hastert, Ben Havens, Jeffrey Haynes, Jacole Hernandez, Ian Hetzel, T.J. Hicks, John Hiraga, Keith Hodder, Jason M. Hollowed, Jay Holtslander, Robert Huff, Joe Hughes, Callum Hunter, Cynthia Anne Hurt, James Hutchinson, Tuomas Isola, Marcin Janowski, Christian Johnson, Michael E. Johnson, Mark Johnston, Adrien Joly, Hywel Jones, Yoeri Jonker, Tabetha Karydas, Matthew Ketchum, Bryan Kochy, Seth Kopchu, Chris Kowalski, Jon Kowing, Simon Kraemer, Janne Kulmala, Bradley Ladouceur, Kevin Lahane, Jeremie Landers, Michael Lapidus, Art Lee, Joseph Leemon, Seth Levin, Jeremiah Linford, David Lott, Cherie Abee Mabrey, Campbell Mackenzie, Matt Mackey, Matt Marks, Manuel Mas, Maxwell Project, Jason Mayer, Michael McClendon, Ashley McFarland, Cole McIntyre, Bruce McKay, Mark McKeown, Brandi McPherson, Paul Meadors, Diego Medellin, Matt Meffin, Joe Menendez, Sam Tanielu Meni, Alfredo Mesiti, Craig A. Meyer, Eric Mikula, Christian Miller, Stefan Minder, AJ Minotti, JD Mitchell, Steven Money, Tracy Moon, Roberto Moreno, Mateus Moretto, Movie Nerds, Skye Moyer, Tony Myers, Ash Nair, Michael Neal, John Northrup, Kim O'Connell, Shawna O'Neill, Matthias Oestreich, Paco Ojeda, Lars Ole, Evan Olson, Jason Ottobre, Christopher Pacaud, Carlo Olivares Paganoni, Chris Paight, Mauro Pantin, Scott Parker, Gina Parosa, Timothy Payne, Benjamin Perri, Jeff Pidgeon, Rob Preuss, Wesley Quinio, Kevin Race, Nick Rackham, Rick Ray, Kyler Redding, Richard Reed, Arturo Revilla, Christina Rice, Robert Rigby, Jace Rockland, James-Michael Roddy, Antonio Rodrigues, Chris Rolfe, Dan Rubottom, Brendan Ryan, Carson Samson, J.H. Sanders, Mike Sanders, Savant Artists, Caspar Schönbeck, Scott Selfon, Brian Sexton, Benjamin Shearer, Sameen Shoenhair, Johnny Sinon, Georgios Skodras, Grzegorz Skowron, Bryan R. Smith, Adam Smyth, Chad Steahly, Brendan Steele, Chriztian Steinmeier, Matthew Stern, Valerie Stimac, Eric Strothers, Jojo Subido, Paul Sudlow, Daniel Sutton, Darota Szwarc, Erwin Taets, Harri Talvitie, Myron John Tataryn, Christine Taylor, Jeffrey Tschiltsch, Adam Teitelbaum, Wander Theunis, Travis Thompson, Carlos Tokunaga, Abby Tolar, Kevin Townsend, Steve Townsley, Ethan Twardosz, Jonah Twardosz, Sebastian Twardosz, Thealamostudio.com, Armando Valdés, Michael van Bodegom-Smith, Luke van Mol, Philip Walsh, Matt Wardlaw, Matt Watson, Darik Watt, Dia Westerteicher, Collin Willardson, Maxwell Williams, Michael Williams, Paul Witham, Tom Wolfstein, Patryk Wolowiec, John Wood, Alex Yant, Andre Yew, Jan Ziebolz

Additional Music
Musicvine
Matt Schrader
Legal Representation & Clearance
Lincoln Bandlow, Fox Rothschild LLP
Advisory Services
Robert Kraft

A Production of Epicleff Media — © 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Season 2
Credits

Main Cast
James CameronRoss Marquand
Arnold SchwarzeneggerDavid Andrew Brent
Leonardo DiCaprioMojean Aria
Bill PaxtonKiff VandenHeuvel
Young James CameronEvan Jose Wright
Philip CameronJohn Kassir
Shirley CameronJill Remez
Gale Anne HurdJessica Pennington
Randy FrakesRay Chase
Bill WisherKenny Holmes
James HornerNeil Dickson
Kate WinsletMoira Quirk
Al GiddingsJason Grant Smith
Ovidio AssonitisRobin Atkin Downes
Harrison FordLex Lang
Mel GibsonJake Speer
Anatoly SagalevichAnatoly Kravchenko

Additional Voices
Daniel Booko, Jennifer Cain, Neylan Chavarria, Ryan Clark, Abi Corbin, Danielle Hartnett, Clark Hill, Susan Leslie, Jimmy Rehfeld, Sean Rohani, Brad Schrader, Bri Schrader, Ty Strickler, Steven M. Taylor, Nick Thurston, Alex Vespestad, Jon Willbanks
Casting Director
Johnny Gidcomb

Editors
Peter Bawiec
Matt Schrader
Produced by
Elena Bawiec
Matt Schrader
Executive Producers
Jonathan Willbanks
Lilly Wunsch
Co-Producer
Chris Moe
Marketing Supervisor
Jean de Meuron
Associate Producers
Marc Ciafardini
Guillaume Schneider
Crystal Schrader
Jr. Producers
Yan Barel, Jean de Meuron
Jr. Consultants
David Linton, Emily H. Mason, Michael O'Halloran, Jeremy Ritter, Sean Scherer
The Producers Wish To Thank
Rich Boerner, Abi Corbin, Chris Corcoran, John McDermott, Diane Schrader, Michael Schwarcz, Alex Vespestad

Special Thanks
Tom Astein, Anthony Eales, Cydney Griffin, Claude Hastert, Stefan Minder, Michael Nuss, Alberto Ramirez, David van der Meijde, Judd Winick

Thank You
Mark Adams, Sachin Bahal, Florian Barthold, Fynn Becker, Holly Bennett, Matt Bennett, Berkreviews.com, Shamus Beyale, Ryan Black, Abigail Bourque, Ben Brewer, Andrew Brimmell, Rocco Buffalino, George Burkhart, Raymond Cason, Marthijn de Blaeij, Chris Demarco, Roger Dennis, Sean Devereaux, Benjamin Dow, Tommaso Ermolli, Derek Fein, Leo Flander, Dan Flickinger, Franco Fusaro, Matthew Garrett, Adam Gonshorowski, Rolf Gustavson, Joseph Harter, Cynthia Anne Hurt, Marcin Janowski, Jeremy Kirkland, Michael Lapidus, Shy Lev-Ari, Locked in the Cellar Creations, Christopher Logan, Geraldine Long, Jonathan Martin, Fernando Henrique Calheiros Lopes, Alex Malerga, Timothy Maloney, Laura Mick, Christian Miller, Glen Montgomery, Roberto Moreno, Fard Muhammad, Dale Nichols, Darryl Ramroop, Gemma Redson, Rachael Schoenbaum, Caspar Schönbeck, Benjamin Shearer, Shendopen Productions, Brendan Steele, Paul Suda, Hamza Taheri, Take Me to Your Theater, Pascal Thomas-Javid, R.J. Tortoriello, Jeffrey Tschiltsch, Joey Vogelsberg, Ian Wee, Jacob Whitish, Kerry Wright

Legal Representation & Clearance
Lincoln Bandlow Law LLP
A Production of
Epicleff Media
In Partnership With
Cadence13
With Support From
Rowfive
Production Baby
Theodore Alexander Bawiec

Recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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