John Brancato

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: The Game (1997); Terminator Salvation (2009); Catwoman; Into the Sun; Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines; The Net.

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.

Seven (1995): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through The Game (1997), which they wrote: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through The Game (1997), which they wrote: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

A Christmas Carol (2009): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Game (1997), which they wrote: A Christmas Carol ⇒ The Game (the maker said so: reading Fincher's quotes in the dossier JJ put together). Fincher's own framing, as quoted in the dossier, is that The Game is A Christmas Carol and Nick is Scrooge.
    “it's a Christmas carol.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Succession (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (looks like) · through The Game (1997), which they wrote: The Game ⇒ Succession (the host's read). Jokes that the opening home-movie footage is ripped off by Succession.
    “ripped it right off”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:35:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (6) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (shared writer): John Brancato → The Net. Asked whether the same writers wrote The Net.
    “wrote the net, didn't they?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (wrote spec script): John Brancato → The Game. Brancato and Ferris wrote The Game on spec before Fincher took it over.
    “it was written on spec by these guys, John Brancato, Michael Ferris”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:40:59 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.