Dan Harmon's Exit from 'Community;' Animator Letter

Banter

The Hollywood News Banter ()

Kim Masters, editor-at-large for the Hollywood Reporter and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.

Guests:

• John Horn: Los Angeles Times, @jghorn

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Dan Harmon's Exit from 'Community' ()

Frequent collaborators Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab addressed some of the talk around Harmon's firing off of NBC's Community. After creating and running that show for three seasons, the studio that owns and produces it fired him. Since then there have been rumors about how hard he is to work with and work for. But despite that, Harmon reports he's had many new offers. In fact, he's recently signed deals to write pilots for both Fox and CBS. He's also producing a stop-motion film, Anomalisa, written by Charlie Kaufman, whose kickstarter campaign has recently reached its goal.

Guests:

• Dan Harmon: television writer and producer, @danharmon
• Rob Schrab: director, writer and producer, @RobSchrab

Links:

• Harmon on producing for cable versus NBC (The Business, 2009)
• Joel McHale on 'The Treatment' (2012)
• Harmon's tumblr blog
• Channel 101

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Animator Letter ()

Steven J. Anderson's credits include Winnie-the-Pooh, Meet the Robinsons and Bolt. In his inspirational letter contributed to the online blog the Animator Letters Project, he stresses that comparing yourself to others is a sure way to feel defeated. Instead he says, compare yourself to yourself as you strive to improve your art.

Guests:

• Stephen J. Anderson: director, writer and producer