Jeffrey Wright

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q343059: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Lady in the Water, which Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Casino Royale (2006); Lady in the Water (2006); W. (2008); Source Code (2011); The Batman (2022); American Fiction (2023).

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.

Batman (1943 serial) (1943): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie.
    “someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). The speaker had forgotten how indebted The Batman is to Fincher, mostly to Se7en.
    “I had forgotten just how indebted the Batman is to...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Long Halloween (comic): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Long Halloween (comic) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). Every adaptation pulls from The Long Halloween but has not used Calendar Man.
    “Everyone has pulled from the long Halloween, but not used calendar man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:43:06 · 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.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read). The ocean bomb-disposal sequence is thought to be directly referenced in the final act of Dark Knight Rises.
    “this sequence, a lot of people think, is directly referenced by the final act of Dark Knight Rises.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:18:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read). The giant bomb, the film's most iconic image, is what Dark Knight Rises lifts.
    “This is the thing that Dark Knight Rises kind of lifts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:14:38 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Batman Forever (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever (the host's read). Burton had a plane and a boat which Schumacher updated in Batman Forever; Batman & Robin gave Robin a motorcycle.
    “Burton has a plane and a boat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:27:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Batman Forever / Batman & Robin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read). Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style.
    “Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Batman Returns (1992): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ Batman Returns (the host's read). Villains scheming together in Batman Returns and Schumacher films echoes the 1966 team-up, but those feel forced.
    “The team up does always feel a little forced”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:42:12 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Conan O'Brien: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they acted in: The Batman ⇒ Conan O'Brien (the host's read). Conan's brand of obvious-shorthand humor is why this humor lands for the hosts; Conan echoes it.
    “Conan is actually probably a crucial reason this humor lands for us because Conan is echoing it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:37:33 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Quantum of Solace (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Casino Royale (2006), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Quantum of Solace (the host's read). Quantum of Solace is to Casino Royale as Temple of Doom is to Raiders, a bumpy follow-up; they will cover Quantum one day.
    “I think of it as the Temple of Doom to Casino Royals, Raiders of the Lost Ark in like sort of complimentary...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:52:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Skyfall (2012): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Casino Royale (2006), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Skyfall is the payoff of the first Craig movie, where Vesper's betrayal shows Bond can feel.
    “it's also the ultimate payoff of what starts in the 1st Craig movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:12:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (typecast skill): Jeffrey Wright → Source Code. Wright is praised for selling pseudo-technical jargon, like the source code of Source Code.
    “they're good at kind of spouting like stuff about, like, the source code, like, and you're just like, okay, sure.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:34:43 · Richard Lawson (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.