The Development Slate

Reboot Roundtable I: We try something a little different as special guests Will Perkins and Andrew Ivimey join us to discuss the news that The Matrix is getting a reboot. Good news? Bad news? Only time will tell! Learn more about the Matrix franchise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise) Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

Grab your boom box, hold it over your head, and throw it in the garbage. Seriously. You don't even own tape cassettes anymore. Anyway, where was I? Right. John Cusack! This isn't Say Anything. It's Gross Pointe Blank. Every time I think of John Cusack, I remember how disappointed I was in Say Anything when I finally saw it. People hyped that shit up so much, man. Holy crap. Oh shit, I'm out of room. Learn more about this 90s Rom Com: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_Blank Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

What would happen if you took Guardians of the Galaxy and dialled the weird up to 11? Bucky O'Hare, probably. Once a comic, but remembered most as a cartoon, this bizarre space adventure turns out to be ripe for adaptation as Ashley and Yaw pull apart its elements for their own needs. Learn more about this cult favourite cartoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_O'Hare Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

Happy anniversary! As the podcast turns one, we re-imagine the Akira Kurosawa classic, Rashomon. Yaw and Ashley pull influence from the original, ending up with very different films that share some surprising similarities. Learn more about the Kurosawa masterpiece Rashomon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

Navigate a love life, get good grades, top the cheerleading pyramid, and save the world? Sounds impossible! Sounds... KIM Possible. Oooo puns. This week, we dive into the Disney Network classic, and pull from drastically different influenced. Learn more about Kim Possible here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Possible Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

Spy vs. Spy: Dawn of Espionage! Sort of. Not really. It's the classic Mad Magazine comic strip, re-imagined for the big screen! Why does Black Spy hate White Spy? Find out! Learn more about Spy vs. Spy here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_vs._Spy Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

What would you do for a Klondike Bar? It has nothing to do with this episode. I'm just curious. Finally, our hosts tackle the classic, mostly abandoned American genre; the Western! What better way to break the seal than by taking on the definitive spaghetti Western: A Fistful of Dollars? Yaw finds a fresh spin on the original story, while Ashley gets some unexpected inspiration from The Bard. Learn more about A Fistful of Dollars here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Dollars Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

Brundlefly returns! Kinda. This week, the team dives into the short story that inspired the Cronenberg classic. Andre is a fly now! James is Ashley! The podcast will never be same again! Except it is the same. Only different. Read the short story here: https://alancook.wordpress.com/tag/the-fly-by-george-langelaan/ Learn more about the Fly here (1986 version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film) Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet Ashley: twitter.com/ashleyjaycooper Follow Ashley on Instagram: instagram.com/ashleyjaycooper/

DOOM is the timeless, heartfelt tale of Doomguy, a wayward soul with an admirable sense of duty to his fellow man – in that he must eliminate every goddamn demon from the face of Mars! It's DOOOOOOOOOM! Yes, they once made a p.o.s. starring Karl Urban and Dwayne Johnson (hey, no one's filmography is spotless), but this week, your hosts imagine how to make a newer, better DOOM film.

One of the most memorable films in Jim Carrey's 1990s career high, Liar Liar stands the test of time as a hilarious film about honesty, selflessness, and a man being attacked by a ballpoint pen in a public restroom. Our hosts tackle a seemingly insurmountable challenge this week as they take what they argue to be a classic of Carrey's career, and find a fresh way to spin it for contemporary audiences. This is the song that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll conti... Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast

Dick Tracy is on the case! And on the podcast! Well, not actually like, on the podcast. Just your usual hosts this week. We're talking about Dick Tracy, though, if that's any consolation prize. I'm sorry, Yaw usually writes these and he's on vacation. Have you ever considered the possibility that unicorns went extinct because their horns are delicious?Learn more about Dick Tracy here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy_(1990_film)Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdRFind us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcFFind us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi

We weren’t going to leave you listeners in the dark as we closed out 2016. This week James and Yaw examine a great sci-fi noir film that flew under the radar, Dark City. Tune in and find out how the Dev Slate team would remake this great film. Learn more about Dark City here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film) Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet James: twitter.com/cooper_jim Follow James on Instagram: instagram.com/jamescooper

Happy Holidays Dev Slate listeners! This week James and Yaw wanted to do something special for the season. It was really easy to do Home Alone, a film which the Dev Slate crew watches often. Listen as they get festive on the podcast! Learn more about Home Alone here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet James: twitter.com/cooper_jim Follow James on Instagram: instagram.com/jamescooper

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is in theatres this week, so the Dev Slate Guys found a Star Wars property to adapt for screen. Listen as James and Yaw adapt the epic video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the big screen and how it will fit in with the universe. Learn more about this Star Wars property: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic And the Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet James: twitter.com/cooper_jim Follow James on Instagram: instagram.com/jamescooper

Shoot, run and repeat. This week James and Yaw adapt the hit video game Contra, despite James’ objections to it. Though this is an action franchise, the Dev Slate guys may have never laughed as much as this episode. Check it out. Learn more about the world of Contra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game) Find us in iTunes: http://apple.co/23TKQdR Find us in Google Play: http://bit.ly/1TiHJcF Find us on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1VWa9fi A special thank you to Erica Procunier and David Puzak for their original composition which serves as the theme to the show. Check out more of Erica’s work at www.ericaprocunier.com. You can reach Erica at erica.procunier@gmail.com, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erica_pro You can reach David at david.puzak@gmail.com Want to email us suggestions and comments? You can reach us at devslatepodcast@gmail.com You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/devslatepodcast You can tweet us: www.twitter.com/devslatepodcast Want to tweet Yaw: twitter.com/yawexperience Follow Yaw on Instagram: instagram.com/yawexperience Want to tweet James: twitter.com/cooper_jim Follow James on Instagram: instagram.com/jamescooper