Episode 77: Jonathan Tropper, “The Adam Project”

<p>Host Geri Cole speaks with <strong>Jonathan Tropper</strong> about The Adam Project's eight-year journey to the screen, how to write a great action scene, the rules of writing time travel, and why you don't tell Bob when to drink the Coke.</p> <p><strong>Jonathan Tropper</strong> is a screenwriter, novelist, and producer. He is the internationally-acclaimed author of six novels, the two most recent of which—<em>This Is Where I Leave You</em> and <em>One Last Thing Before I Go</em>—were both New York Times bestsellers. His screenwriting credits include THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU (the 2014 film adaptation of his novel), the 2017 feature KODACHROME, showrunner of the sci-fi series SEE, co-creator and showrunner of the action series BANSHEE, and creator and showrunner of the martial arts drama series WARRIOR.</p> <p>Most recently, he wrote the screenplay for the sci-fi adventure film THE ADAM PROJECT. The film follows time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed who, after accidentally crash-landing in the year 2022, must team up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.</p> <p>The film was released in March and is now streaming on Netflix.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">---</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><em>Before it was a podcast, OnWriting was a print publication. Check out <a href= "https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/print-archives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OnWriting: The Print Archives</a>.</em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews:</strong> <a href= "http://www.onwriting.org/">www.onwriting.org/</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Follow the Guild on social media:</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Facebook: /WGAEast</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Instagram: @WGAEast</span></p>