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javier grillo-marxuach

@okbjgm.bsky.social
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🫂🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🫂 writer/producer of the middleman, the witcher, lost, the dark crystal age of resistance, from, cowboy bebop, blood and treasure, the 100, and, of course, seaQuest 2032. www.linktree.com/okbjgm

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Bjorn Munson @bjornmunson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Emma Coats’ 22 Guidelines for Storytelling (aka “Pixar’s 22 Rules for Storytelling”) When you filter out all the Star Trek posts and viewing guides, one of my most visited posts was about Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s “11 Laws of Showrunning.” Showrunners are invariably writer-producers, and while some…
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Emma Coats’ 22 Guidelines for Storytelling (aka “Pixar’s 22 Rules for Storytelling”)
When you filter out all the Star Trek posts and viewing guides, one of my most visited posts was about Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s “11 Laws of Showrunning.” Showrunners are invariably writer-producers, and while some of the laws definitely get into writing (e.g. #6: Write and Rewrite Quickly), it’s more into management. I mean, per my reading, a huge motivation for writing the “11 Laws” was Grillo-Marxuach wanting to give leadership principles he wished he’d been given when he was first being a showrunner – and one’s he refined over 20 years of being a television writer-producer (including being a showrunner).
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
sometimes when someone asks how i am doing i want to ask “truth or social expediency?” so i know what to do
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey hey rfk
How many children die today
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 06/10/2026
One of the things I always appreciated about Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich was that he did not waste any opportunity to pound home the point that the core of the party were just a bunch of jumped-up street thugs and petty gangsters, doing exactly what you'd think gangsters would do.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a lot of them aren’t nearly limited enough
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
okay but hear me out. what if it’s a really nice lawn and it took a lot of work to get it that way?
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
can somebody tell me why suddenly vistavision is the format of choice for artsy filmmaking? is it just the archness of shooting in a format that was only kept alive by ilm because it’s size helped resolution on composite shots? what am i missing?
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Multiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
greetings thruster-ricans! did @producerbrad.bsky.social meet @robogeek.bsky.social and @okbjgm.bsky.social at the multiplex this weekend? DAMN RIGHT HE DID! but what did they watch - the clues are below... but you can only know if you listen to MULTIPLEX OVERHTRUSTER!
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Multiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the summer of 84 just declared WAR ON CHRISTMAS with the release of one of the cutest... and most insanely unhinged holiday movies ever! join @producerbrad.bsky.social as he referees the christmas loving @robogeek.bsky.social and the mogwai-rooting @okbjgm.bsky.social as they take on GREMLINS!
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hollywood is a working/middle class industry, with top earners being the recognizable face much the way that tech CEOs are. It is truly truly desperate out there.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The vast majority of creatives are struggling. Writers are leaving LA in droves. Directors are driving Uber when they aren't lucky enough to get gigs directing dubs or subs for foreign films. Recognizable actors are finding jobs they won't be recognized in. The whole industry is shitty right now.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
new headshots, who dis?
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Robin Wilson @robinwilson250.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The nearest thing to art populists like is kitsch, matching their childish narcissism. The rest is something they don't understand and can't control--so they mangle or destroy it in the most philistine way imaginable: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Your ol' pal Les McClaine @lesmcclaine.com · 20/09/2026
The republicans have no chance of winning the midterms, of course. But I'm not convinced that the democrats won't manage to lose them
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i remain incredulous
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
sure. no training, no discipline, no respect for the experience of others and prone to deeply emotional decisions based entirely on childhood trauma - HAND HIM THE FLAGSHIP!
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i dislike the kelvin timeline enormously. i know they were trying to evoke "star wars", but to me what they evoke is soderbergh's "behind the candelabra", a movie about an older man who gives a fancy vehicle to an attractive younger man of no discernible talent, intellect, or ability.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
worth it for me, but it's different for everybody
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
while i appreciate no longer being in pain and at risk of paralysis, having one of my neck vertebra fused has really wreaked havoc with my pillow case game.
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They Call Me Doctor Mae @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Batman says Trans Rights
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
man, i did NOT see it coming that herbert west turned out to be mitch mcconnel’s personal physician!
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Carnegie Mellon University Department of English @cmuenglish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Screenwriter and producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach '91 is back in our department -- this time, as Professor of the Practice. Read more about Javier's long career, and what compels him to share all he's learned, in a new interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. community.triblive.com/news/4135526
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TV Talk: ‘Lost,’ ‘Witcher’ writer relocates to Pittsburgh to teach at CMU
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the second is that primal instinct shared by all directors and showrunners whenever they see signs of a film crew… the need to pull over and start bossing people around. #yeahiknowthat
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the first one is, of course, curiosity - george lucas is a filmmaker (a very frequently films one) of course the presence of a camera is going to get his attention…
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
my favorite thing about this video in which george lucas accidentally walks across the frame in some random documentary is that george lucas has two very distinct expressions in his eyes as he spots the camera crew and eventually decides to continue on his way… m.youtube.com/watch?v=H7xI...
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George Lucas's random appearance in a documentary
YouTube video by Movie House
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." --Tom Lehrer
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Albe [AL-buh] (they/them) @rhymeswithgenre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"When encouraged by systems, individuals can be really cruel." YES, WE FUCKING KNOW. Really don't need reality tv examples, because we have... REALITY.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
and the emmy for missing the point goes to… variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Netflix Sets ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Unscripted Series for October Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has commissioned an unscripted series based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, Variety has learned exclusively.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
good thing that’s not beguiling in the least.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
the article says that it’s a trend across platforms based on their own tracking
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
in other news water = wet www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/new-dat...
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New Data Suggests Long Waits Between Seasons Are Hurting Viewership on Netflix Hits
A new report from Luminate confirms that Netflix hits lose millions of viewers when the gap between seasons exceeds 18 months.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
a little something about my recent move into academia - true fact, when we won the emmy, one of my fellow “lost” writers turned to me and said “the first line of your obituary just got written”
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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TV Talk: Former #Lost #TheWitcher writer @okbjgm.bsky.social leaves L.A., moves to #Pittsburgh to teach at @CarnegieMellon + #ThePitt early Emmy wins + 2 reporters join @WTAE this month + #SouthPark renamed, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
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TV Talk: ‘Lost,’ ‘Witcher’ writer relocates to Pittsburgh to teach at CMU
The entertainment business has been in the throes of change since the advent of streaming wrecked media companies’ traditional paths to making a reliable profit. The covid-19 pandemic, dual writ...
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
is every scene in “the mandalorian and grogu” a quote form another movie? #theteahousefromhardboiled?
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Aaron Barnett @bitterbarnett.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RELEASE DAY IS HERE!!! Very excited to finally be able to share this. If you're a fan of the movie and think (like I do) that it doesn't get nearly enough love, please check out the book, which takes an even deeper dive into Vanessa's epic journey to Grandma's house... echohorror.com/books/freeway/
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Freeway
A dark and twisted subversion of Little Red Riding Hood.
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Aaron Barnett @bitterbarnett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I wrote a book! Movie novelizations have been an obsession since I was a kid. They were my workaround any time I was too young to get into a movie I was too young to see. @echohorror.com has given me a chance to realize a childhood dream and it comes out Aug. 30th! echohorror.com/books/freeway/
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Freeway
A dark and twisted subversion of Little Red Riding Hood.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
dolly kusama tim curry gloria steinem HASA DIGA EEBOWAI!
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
let me get this straight; an author whose work is the publishing industry’s best argument for illiteracy and dead-eye, algorithm-grubbing sociopath who gives both performative philanthropy and proto-snuff content a bad name teamed up to “write” a novel. exactly who did they think would fall for it?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 01/09/2026
Seriously, don’t watch the fucking show. Don’t review it or recap it. Don’t give it the fucking time of day. This isn’t like “Aw, okay, well, don’t do it next time!” This is like, “We are no longer friends.”
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
i have been on record for a long time that artists need to learn this technology and show the world an ethical and valid way of using it to create works of aesthetic and artistic merit. this is most certainly not it.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
watched a news story about an AI-enhanced movie made entirely with costumed actors on a grey stage with lines on the floor to denote sets and locations. it made me think "SOMEBODY TELL LARS VON TRIER SO HE CAN FINALLY FINISH DOGVILLE AND MANDERLAY!"
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
22 episodes yearly on a weekly schedule made american tv global and profitable. how's that "disruption" working out for you, streamers? "long waits between seasons, eight-episode runs, or improper marketing, shows are struggling to find an audience, much less maintain it" gizmodo.com/netflix-show...
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Netflix Shows Keep Hitting a New Season Slump
It's not just 'Avatar': nearly every Netflix original with a new season in 2026 has been hemorraghing viewers.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
LOL
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Star Trek: Sulu - You Better Believe It
ALT: Star Trek: Sulu - You Better Believe It
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
HASSA DIGA EEBOWAI!
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
i stopped watching the snl star trek parody when chris pine hosted because the graphics were lcars but the costumes were kelvin timeline. #embracemesister #doesntanyonerespectthesourcematerial
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
the best thing about “the wrath of khan” not having been written by a gen-xer is that at no point does any random crew member quip that “man, that guy has breathtaking anger management issues”. #haveyoueverbeentoamynockroastinardennia
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