Screenwriting duo Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari worked as script doctors on Ant-Man and were the first writers on Ant-Man and the Wasp with Paul Rudd. They discuss their career and give us a peek behind the scenes at the process of writing Marvel movies.
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - How did they end up as a writing team
01:00 - Writing their first script "Die in a Gunfight" together
02:56 - The importance of writing scripts that are fun to read
03:40 - Their strengths as a writing team
05:46 - Getting aligned on projects as a writing team
06:57 - Killing your writing partner’s “darlings”
09:15 - Scripts that rise to the top of the pile
10:28 - Working as script doctors on "Ant-Man"
13:50 - The outlining process for "Ant-Man and the Wasp"
16:25 - Andrew and Gabe’s approach to story structure
19:00 - Freedoms and restrictions when writing "Ant-Man and the Wasp"
20:18 - What’s it like being replaced by other writers?
21:53 - Balancing studio projects and indie projects
24:22 - Parting words of wisdom
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