The Filmmaker’s Podcast #447: Making successful comedies with Nicholas Stoller & Seth Gordon
Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #447: Making successful comedy features in 2025 with “You’re Cordially Invited” & “Back in Action” writer-directors Nicholas Stoller & Seth Gordon
On today’s special episode, we welcome not one but two incredible guests to the show: Nicholas Stoller, writer-director of the comedy film You’re Cordially Invited (2025), starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, and Seth Gordon, writer-director of the action-comedy Back in Action (2025), starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. They each sat down individually with Dom Lenoir to chat about their movies, including:
- Writing and directing a successful comedy
- The actor-director collaboration on a comedy
- Making comedies in 2025
- The challenges of shooting action scenes
- And so much more!
You’re Cordially Invited and Back in Action are both out now.
Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website
