The Filmmaker’s Podcast #311: Director Joseph Kosinski talks ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing 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, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk 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 film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #311: Top Gun: Maverick – Directing a Hollywood Blockbuster starring Tom Cruise with Joseph Kosinski
Today, Dom Lenoir welcomes one of the biggest guests we’ve ever had on the podcast: director Joseph Kosinski. His filmography includes feature films like Tron: Legacy (2010), Oblivion (2013), Only the Brave (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), starring legendary actors such as Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer to name a few. Top Gun: Maverick grossed over $1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 2022. Joseph definitely knows what he’s doing. And we sat down with him for almost an hour to let him talk about:
- working with legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer
- pitching Top Gun: Maverick to Tom Cruise
- developing and making a Blockbuster
- getting the cast and crew together
- the importance of good taste
- notes and test audiences
- IMAX, cameras and working with the DOP
- the opening of the film
- humour
- the most difficult scenes to shoot
- directing Tom Cruise & Miles Teller
- rewriting the film in the edit
- working with composer Hans Zimmer & Lady Gaga
Top Gun: Maverick is easily one of our favourite films of the year. If you haven’t seen it, do check it out as soon as possible. It’s a movie made for the cinema. But for now, sit back, relax and enjoy our conversation with legendary director Joseph Kosinski.
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