Pierre Morel

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1356708: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Taken, which Dune with John Hodgman credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Taken (2008); Freelance; From Paris with Love; Peppermint.

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.

Commando (1985): 1 line

  1. theme (genre revival) · through Taken (2008), which they directed: Commando ⇒ Taken (the host's read). Taken returned to the basic Schwarzenegger/Stallone template, but with a real actor selling the lines.
    “We're still going to have him do all of the same stuff that a Schwarzenegger or Stallone would do in commando or cobra, but now we've got a guy who, when he says things into the camera, when he gives the phone speech, you feel it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:10:08 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

John Wick (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they directed: Taken ⇒ John Wick (the host's read). John Wick may belong to the subgenre Taken started, though Wick is a more elaborate 5 o'clocker.
    “Probably even John Wick, maybe.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:45 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

Kidnap (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they directed: Taken ⇒ Kidnap (the host's read). Kidnap is another of the movies stemming from Taken.
    “Kidnap is another one of the stemmed off of taken movies, so it's funny that you mentioned it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:18:47 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

The Equalizer (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they directed: Taken ⇒ The Equalizer (the host's read). Taken's box office started a subgenre of an older star beating up younger bad guys, and The Equalizer is the first example.
    “There's a whole subgenre of movies after taking exploded at the box office where everybody's like, oh, shoot, we just have to get an old person and let them fight young people”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:29 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Pierre Morel → Taken. After Berg dropped out, the Dune script went to Pierre Morel, the Taken director.
    “and the script was taken to Pierre Morel, who is the guy who made taken.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:26:38 · John Hodgman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (same director): Pierre Morel → Taken. Morel made the first Taken, From Paris with Love, and Peppermint.
    “Pierre Morell, who made the 1st taken and then like from Paris with Love and Peppermint.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 2:03:46 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.