Warner Brothers

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: The Shining (1980); Full Metal Jacket (1987); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Doctor Sleep (2019); Joker (2019); Scoob! (2020); Tenet (2020); Rin Tin Tin films.

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.

The Shining (1980): 6 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to Kubrick's The Shining, which is the whole sell and the whole problem.
    “You're doing a sequel to The Shining.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:12:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining.
    “Dr. Sleep, the sequel to, which I feel like is actually a better movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:58:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (homage) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep has to pay some homage to Kubrick while following a novel whose author hates the film.
    “it has to thread paying some homage to Kubrick”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:14:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep's script threads King's book and Kubrick's film, and addresses King's complaint about what Kubrick changed.
    “It addresses the conflict between Stephen King and what he didn't like about the Kubrick movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:46:49 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep uses grown-up Danny and a new generation, Abra Stone.
    “Using a familiar figure from the original film in Danny, the grown up Danny”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (sequel) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is named as a continuation of The Shining, with the Stephen King thing.
    “There's also Doctor Sleep.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (blueprint) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: Stephen King ⇒ The Shining (the maker said so: Kubrick quotes in the research dossier). The speakers read Kubrick saying the novel's plot is a good blueprint for the movie he wanted to make.
    “I can make whatever movie I want with that as a blueprint.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:04:04 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: Stephen King ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). The film is the second Stephen King novel adaptation, after Carrie.
    “This is the 2nd Stephen King film adaptation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:09:27 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
    “I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:01:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Boiler Room (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they were behind as acquired Belfort's memoir rights in 2007 (speaker's claim): Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story.
    “Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Doctor Sleep (King's novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: Doctor Sleep (King's novel) ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). The film is an adaptation of King's Doctor Sleep, a bestseller Warner Brothers optioned.
    “Warner Brothers, option the rights, put Akiva Goldsman on it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:14:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line

  1. unmapped (painting reference) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they were behind as acquired Belfort's memoir rights in 2007 (speaker's claim): Francis Bacon ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Bacchanal tableaux reference the Last Supper and Francis Bacon.
    “Sometimes it's the last supper. Sometimes it's Francis Bacon and like the disgusting nature of the human soul.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick failing to crack a Holocaust movie, as Barry Lyndon came out of Napoleon.
    “it does feel similar to Full Metal Jacket coming out of him trying to make a Holocaust movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:23:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they were behind as acquired Belfort's memoir rights in 2007 (speaker's claim): Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Martin Scorsese: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Joker (2019), which they were behind as studio: Martin Scorsese ⇒ Joker (the host's read). Miles imagines Joker as a Scorsese pastiche that may not work.
    “it's like a Scorsese Pestiche that just kind of doesn't work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:10:08 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)

Paradise Lost (Milton): 1 line

  1. theme (literary echo) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they were behind as acquired Belfort's memoir rights in 2007 (speaker's claim): Paradise Lost (Milton) ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Belfort descending into hell as the lights change reads as Paradise Lost.
    “Yeah, that's the Paradise Lost, you know, yeah.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Shining (King's novel): 1 line

  1. unmapped (restored ending) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: The Shining (King's novel) ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the maker said so: something the speaker read that Flanagan said (his pitch to King)). Flanagan pitched going back to the Overlook as a means to restore the burn-down ending of King's book, which won King over.
    “he said, I'm going to go back to the Overlook, but as means to an end to restore your ending.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:16:33 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Short-Timers (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure.
    “Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project): 1 line

  1. career (project that led to another) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). The speaker says Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick searching for the right Holocaust material.
    “Full Mal Jack comes out of him searching for the right Holocaust material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:29:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Wendy Carlos: 1 line

  1. craft (score reused) · through Doctor Sleep (2019), which they were behind as studio that owns The Shining; bought the Doctor Sleep rights: Wendy Carlos ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep uses the Wendy Carlos Shining score and holds off on it for a long time.
    “Even just the way they use the Wendy Carlos score and hold off on it for a long time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:16:19 · 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.

Doctor Sleep (2019): 6 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to Kubrick's The Shining, which is the whole sell and the whole problem.
    “You're doing a sequel to The Shining.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:12:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining.
    “Dr. Sleep, the sequel to, which I feel like is actually a better movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:58:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep has to pay some homage to Kubrick while following a novel whose author hates the film.
    “it has to thread paying some homage to Kubrick”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:14:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep's script threads King's book and Kubrick's film, and addresses King's complaint about what Kubrick changed.
    “It addresses the conflict between Stephen King and what he didn't like about the Kubrick movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:46:49 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep uses grown-up Danny and a new generation, Abra Stone.
    “Using a familiar figure from the original film in Danny, the grown up Danny”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is named as a continuation of The Shining, with the Stephen King thing.
    “There's also Doctor Sleep.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

1980s Stephen King adaptations (Cujo, The Dead Zone, Christine, etc.): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ 1980s Stephen King adaptations (Cujo, The Dead Zone, Christine, etc.) (the host's read). After The Shining and Carrie came the real 1980s wave of King adaptations.
    “the real 80s wave of like lots of king stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:09:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bobby's World (TV): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Bobby's World (TV) (the host's read). The Bobby's World opening of Bobby on a big wheel is called an homage to The Shining.
    “And it's so clearly has to be an homage to this”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:06:41 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Dead Presidents (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

Jarhead (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (generational template) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were behind as studio of Kubrick's three-picture deal: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Jarhead (the host's read). Jarhead is described as trying to be the Full Metal Jacket of the Iraq war generation.
    “like jarhead feels like it's very much trying to be the full metal jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:27:21 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

One Battle After Another (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence / humor) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they were behind as acquired Belfort's memoir rights in 2007 (speaker's claim): The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read). Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA.
    “Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Ready Player One: 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Ready Player One (the host's read). Ready Player One has a fun sequence set in the hotel.
    “Ready player one, they go to the hotel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:26:19 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Stephen King's The Shining (1997 miniseries): 1 line

  1. unmapped (answered by) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Stephen King's The Shining (1997 miniseries) (the host's read). King's own miniseries is described as him showing folks the real Shining, after his objections to the film.
    “okay, time to roll up my sleeves and show you folks the real shining.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:47:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read). The Simpsons parodied the film; the speaker knew its elements from parodies first.
    “I feel like I'd seen so many parodies of different elements of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:35:57 · Ben Hosley (0.40 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (stolen move) · through The Shining (1980), which they were behind as studio: The Shining ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher steals the Steadicam move where the camera turns with the car and keeps it centered.
    “Fincher steals that move of like when the car turns a corner”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:05:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

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