Steven Zaillian

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q291141: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Count them as writer (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Ed Gein: 1 line

lineage (real-life source) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they were tied to as first choice to adapt (passed): Ed Gein ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read). Ed Gein had a big Hollywood footprint; Silence of the Lambs and Manhunter touched on him.
“A lot of people, silence the lambs, touched on Ed Geen.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:19:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Manhunter (1986): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they were tied to as first choice to adapt (passed): Manhunter ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read). Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter.
“Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this”
The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which they were tied to as first choice to adapt (passed): The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
“A little silence of lambs homage.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (7) everyone in writing

writer, Mission: Impossible (The Rewatchables, 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion)
writer, Moneyball (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
writer, Schindler's List (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
writer, Ripley (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
screenwriter (transcribed 'Steve Zalen'), Schindler's List (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
screenwriter, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Blank Check — Patreon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free))
screenwriter, Moneyball (Blank Check — Patreon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

first choice to adapt (passed), The Silence of the Lambs (Blank Check — Patreon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (2)

unmapped (recent work): Steven Zaillian → Moneyball. Zaillian had just worked on Moneyball.
“who had just worked on Moneyball.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:45:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (passed on): Steven Zaillian → The Silence of the Lambs. Zaillian was first choice to adapt Silence of the Lambs and regretted passing.
“Steven Salian was the 1st choice to adapt the Silence of the Lambs, and his wife had told him, don't do it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:46:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.