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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Dune (1984). Count them as director (4 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.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as director attached: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as director attached: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · 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.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as director attached: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as director attached: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

David Lowery: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as director attached: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 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.