Less than 10 years in the business, and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are already one of the most successful screenwriting teams in Hollywood. A team who became just that after meeting in high school, they began in television on the writing staffs of Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess, and, eventually, the hit ABC show Alias, where they collaborated with Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams. Kurtzman and Orci's screenwriting credits include The Island, The Legend of Zorro, Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, and the upcoming Star Trek XI. Find out more as Kurtzman and Orci reveal their experiences analyzing Robocop, writing in Spanish accents, and getting better with age.
Your Host: Jay A. Fernandez, a journalist since 1996, has written extensively about the entertainment industry for The Los Angeles Times, Premiere, The Washington Post, Time Out New York, Entertainment Weekly, Savoy, Variety, USA Today, Los Angeles, Life, USA Weekend, ELLE, National Geographic Kids, In Style, Seventeen, and Code. He currently writes the Scriptland column for the Los Angeles Times.
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