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Script Apart with Al Horner

Script Apart with Al Horner

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Summary

A podcast about the first-draft secrets behind great movies and TV shows. Each episode, the screenwriter behind a beloved film shares with us their initial screenplay for that movie. We then talk through what changed, what didn’t and why on its journey to the big screen. Hosted by Al Horner.

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  • Unpacking ‘Primetime’ With Ajon Singh
    Oct 30 2026

    Why don't you take a seat, Script Apart listeners? 'Primetime' screenwriter Ajon Singh is my guest this week, breaking down in spoiler detail his script for the Robert Pattinson-starring thriller that looks at one of the most infamous events in American television history – the shocking final episode of 2000s reality series To Catch A Predator, and the awkward questions it invited around questions of justice and spectacle.

    We get into the true life origins of the story, Ajon's relationship with the TV show and the terrifying supernatural flourish that takes the film to strange new places in the movie's latter stages, reflecting on what it is about this story that speaks to our Epstein Files era of paranoia around the predators potentially lurking in our institutions.

    Script Apart is hosted by LA-based journalist, screenwriter and script consultant Al Horner.

    For comprehensive feedback on your screenplay, head to scriptapart.com/coverage.

    Want more Script Apart in your life? Subscribe to our Substack today, featuring exclusive essays and interviews.

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    50 mins
  • A Friend Request From Aaron Sorkin ('The Social Reckoning')
    Oct 22 2026

    There's plenty to reckon with in The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin's sequel-of-sorts to The Social Network – one of the most lauded films of the century so far. That David Fincher-directed tale explained how Facebook, one of the most powerful companies on the planet, came to be – and the alleged spite and insecurity that caused its creator, Mark Zuckerberg to create it. Sixteen years later, he's back – this time in the director's chair, with the story of what social media spiralled into as Zuckerberg – this time played by Jeremy Strong – chased profits at the expense of civic responsibility.

    On today's Script Apart, Aaron returns to the show to break down his screenplay for the film in spoiler detail – and outline why he's "not ruling out" making a film about Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old alleged to have murdered killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024.

    Script Apart is hosted by LA-based journalist, screenwriter and script consultant Al Horner.

    For comprehensive feedback on your screenplay, head to scriptapart.com/coverage.

    Want more Script Apart in your life? Subscribe to our Substack today, featuring exclusive essays and interviews.

    Follow Script Apart on Instagram and TikTok.



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    51 mins
  • What 'Whalefall' Means To Daniel Kraus and Brian Duffield
    Oct 21 2026

    Live from the belly of the beast – aka a London hotel room before the European premiere of their new movie – Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, No One Will Save You) and Daniel Kraus (the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down) are my guests this week, breaking down a survival thriller with surprising emotional dimensions. Whalefall is the pair's exhilarating new underwater adventure, and on today's episode, the three of us reunite, having spent time together on the set of the movie in 2025.

    Get ready for a deep dive – sorry, couldn't resist – into all the film's twists and turns, as well as personal revelations about what the story means to each of them. It's a whale of a time.

    Script Apart is hosted by LA-based journalist, screenwriter and script consultant Al Horner.

    For comprehensive feedback on your screenplay, head to scriptapart.com/coverage.

    Want more Script Apart in your life? Subscribe to our Substack today, featuring exclusive essays and interviews.

    Follow Script Apart on Instagram and TikTok.



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    1 hr and 6 mins
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I found this podcast looking for information about "Barbarian", a movie that blew my mind. I just wanted to know more about it and this podcast is everything I was expecting, and the more. The conversation is amazing and the rationalization of writing a script, the steps to do it and what it all means it's absolutely essential for screenwriters. Now I want to download every episode!

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