Jonah Hill

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q313388: 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 Social Network (2010); Richard Jewell (2019). Count them as director (1 film), actor (8 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.

Mark Zuckerberg: 2 lines

  1. lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so). Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
    “But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
    “It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Kevin Spacey: 1 line

  1. unmapped (brought Fincher on) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): Kevin Spacey ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
    “And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 2 lines

  1. theme (character template) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the maker said so). Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
    “yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
    “Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Friends with Benefits: 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ Friends with Benefits (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

In Time: 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ In Time (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Steve Jobs (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read). Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Big Short (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripped off) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read). David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they were tied to as Sony's first choice for Sean Parker (not cast): The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Jonah Hill. Hill moved to Moneyball and left comedy.
    “He's kind of trying to get away, but you people like he probably should apologize for.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:04 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Jonah Hill → Anthony Michael Hall. Hall was sweet where the later horny-guy leads, like Hill, are angry yellers.
    “Anthony Michael Hall was sweet, and I think a lot of the guys who wanted to get laid in the later movies are angry.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:23:42 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jonah Hill → Anthony Michael Hall. Jonah Hill's Superbad character is very similar to Anthony Michael Hall's character, almost his son.
    “Jonah Hill's character is very similar to the Anthony Michael Hall character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:08:04 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Jonah Hill → Jay Baruchel. Baruchel and Hill didn't get along in real life; the film taps into it.
    “Jay and Jonah Hill just didn't get along.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Cera → Jonah Hill. Cera in Superbad and Jonah: Superbad pitch.
    “Jonah Hill and Michael Sarah try to lose their virginity in one crazy night in high school.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (typecasting): Jonah Hill → Superbad. Hill was known as an Apatow player from Superbad, making his dramatic Moneyball casting a hard pivot.
    “easily best known as kind of an Appatau player off the huge success of Super Bad, and he was Academy Award nominated for this role.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:13:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (foil pairing): Jonah Hill → Brad Pitt. Hill supplies comic timing for restrained Pitt to bounce off.
    “Pitt really needs a foil because he's so restrained in his performance, except when he's throwing things”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:13:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Richard Jewell → Jonah Hill. The part was originally going to be Jonah Hill; speakers think it only works with Hauser.
    “Because it was originally going to be Jonah Hill.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:56:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jonah Hill: Jonah Hill yelling has aged the best: 'he's one of the best yellers in comedy history'.
    “He's one of the best yellers in comedy history.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:42:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Jonah Hill: Jonah Hill's Donnie Azoff is praised as phenomenal, with the hair, glasses and running from cops in the strip mall called out.
    “Jonah Hill, was phenomenal in this movie, super funny.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:37:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jonah Hill: In Soderbergh's version, comedian Dimitri Martin was going to play Peter Brand.
    “Dimitri Martin, the comedian, was going to play the Peter Brand character.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:13:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)