The Player | Special Guest Producer Alexis Garcia | The Movie List Podcast

Is Hollywood still exactly like it was in Robert Altman’s 1992 classic, The Player? Today, Jon and Matt are joined by Alexis Garcia—producer and partner at Brass Knuckle Films with Robert Rodriguez—to pull back the curtain on the movie business.Alexis shares wild, behind-the-scenes insider stories, including the chaotic Twitter scandal that almost tanked Daniel Radcliffe’s Swiss Army Man, the absolute worst movie pitch he’s ever heard (spoiler: it involves "good guy possums"), and the brilliant indie revolution happening in distribution right now. Plus, the guys play "The Recast Game" and debate why Tim Robinson needs to play a studio executive immediately.If you've ever wanted to know how movies actually get greenlit—or why certain terrible movies make it to theaters anyway—this is the episode for you.