Peter Berg

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q183141: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Collateral, the subject film of The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame.

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: Friday Night Lights (2004); Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004); Hancock (2008); Ted (2012); Lone Survivor (2013); Deepwater Horizon (2016); 30 for 30; Patriots Day; Spenser Confidential (the Peter Berg remake of Spenser: For Hire); The Rundown. Count them as actor (3 films), producer (1 film) 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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

Friday Night Lights (TV series) (2006): 4 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The TV show's excellence overshadowed the film, which has become underrated.
    “And then this one, which I think the TV show kind of overwhelmed the movie, and now the movie has become weirdly underrated.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The halftime speech contains the ingredients later assembled into clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
    “the ingredients for clear eyes, full hearts can't lose are present here”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:45:50 · Mallory Rubin (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). Character map from the 88 team and film to the TV show.
    “Winchell's mom, Sarah's grandma, Booby is smashed, Billingsley is Riggins, John is Buddy, Gary's Eric, Sharon's, Tammy, et cetera.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:15:37 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The bus-ride sequence before the Astrodome game influenced the TV series' team-bus tradition.
    “I feel like this is the TV series. I think was the most influenced by this sequence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:42:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Hancock (2008), which they directed: Hancock ⇒ Iron Man 2 (the host's read). The Demon in a Bottle alcoholism arc was dodged partly because Hancock had already done a drinking superhero two months after the first Iron Man.
    “Because Hancock comes out. 2 months after the 1st Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Moneyball (2011): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
    “And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Varsity Blues (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they directed: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Varsity Blues (the host's read). Varsity Blues ripped off the Boobie Miles injury beat with its Lance Harbor injury, and the TV show flipped it with Jason Street.
    “I love varsity blues we've done on the rewatchables, but they rip it off with the Lance Harbor injury.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:35:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (11) everyone in directing

Acting (3) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Peter Berg → Friday Night Lights. Berg was positioned as a serious director after Friday Night Lights.
    “I feel like particularly after Friday night lights, he was positioned as like, this guy might be a serious director in the making.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:23:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Peter Berg → Hancock. Hodgman guesses Berg was working on Hancock at the time of their flight.
    “And I believe in the context of our conversation, he was probably working on Hancock at that time.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:23:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Peter Berg → Late for Dinner. Hodgman recognized Berg from the indie Late for Dinner.
    “It's called late for dinner.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:23:31 · John Hodgman (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Peter Berg → 30 for 30. The film's success made Berg a big enough star to be one of the first two directors for 30 for 30.
    “he was a big enough star that he was one of the 1st 2 directors we got for 30 for 30.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:27:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Peter Berg → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). Berg reread the rejected scripts and the book and realized the story is about what football means to the community.
    “Peterburg read all of them and reread the book and he was like, what did they get wrong?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:12:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (frequent collaborator): Mark Wahlberg → Peter Berg. Berg is described as Wahlberg's only adult friend and director of his recent films.
    “It says it's like the, you know, the only friend he's made in his adult life.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:42:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Buzz Bissinger → Peter Berg. The author was Berg's cousin, which helped get the film made.
    “He was also cousins with Pete Berg, which is part of how this all happened”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:30:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Peter Berg → Connie Britton. Berg promised to build her a real character to win her over for the TV show.
    “I told her, I promise we'll create a character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:02:38 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Peter Berg → Dune. Berg planned a Dune for normies, emphasizing boy's adventure over the weird stuff.
    “basically, he was going to, like, make Dune for normies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:26:32 · John Hodgman (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Peter Berg: On a first-class flight, Peter Berg pulled out two copies of Dune and offered Hodgman one, saying he was thinking about turning it into a movie.
    “And he pulls out a copy of Dune.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:24:12 · John Hodgman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Peter Berg: Berg showed Hodgman spreadsheets of the most popular movies: young men's coming-of-age stories, his algorithm to crack Dune.
    “He had come up with the algorithm.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:25:50 · John Hodgman (0.80 sure it was them)