Blockbuster (podcast)

Blockbuster
Cover art for Blockbuster.
Presentation
Starring
Genre
  • Audio drama
  • True story biopic
  • Documentary
Created byMatt Schrader
Written byMatt Schrader
Creative DirectorPeter Bawiec
UpdatesLimited series
LengthVariable (20–31 minutes)
Production
ProductionEpicleff Media
Composed by
  • Ryan Taubert
  • Benjamin Botkin
Audio format320kbps 48K MP3
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes28
Publication
Original releaseApril 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)
Related
Websitehttp://GetBlockbuster.com

Blockbuster is a 2019 original dramatic podcast created by Matt Schrader detailing the friendship and rise of early Steven Spielberg and George Lucas in the 1970s Hollywood.

The series is structured like a biopic film in the years before Spielberg and Lucas came to prominence as they struggled to complete Jaws (1975) and Star Wars (1977), as well as Close Encounters (1977). It also follows the rise of composer John Williams in the years following the death of his wife, when he earned his first Academy Awards for his original scores.

The series stars Ray Chase, Max Mittelman, Matthew Bohrer, Lex Lang and Julia McIlvaine, and is narrated by Schrader, an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.