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    Career memories from Reginald Hudlin; Caleb Deschanel on shooting ‘Lion King’

    Filmmaker Reginald Hudlin recently directed the new documentary ‘The Black Godfather’ for Netflix, but he’s held a lot of other jobs, including writing ‘Black Panther’ comics and running BET...at the same time.

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    By Kim Masters • Jul 13, 2019 • 28m Listen

    Earlier this summer, director Reginald Hudlin joined us to talk about his Clarence Avant documentary, ‘The Black Godfather’ on Netflix. Hudlin’s had such a long and eclectic career, we couldn’t fit the entire conversation in the show. So this week, some more career memories from Hudlin, including the days when was writing ‘Black Panther’ comics and running BET...at the same time. Hudlin also tells us about working with Quentin Tarantino and explains why he thinks the movie ‘Blade’ played a pivotal role in the history of Marvel movies. Plus, as Disney’s new ‘Lion King’ roars in a matter of days, cinematographer Caleb Deschanel explains how the virtual animals in the movie became more real to him than the flesh-and-blood ones he’s worked with on previous films.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:17

      Hollywood news banter

      WarnerMedia is set to debut its streaming service HBO Max next year filled with Warner Brothers content and taking one of Netflix’s crown jewels “Friends” with it.

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      7 min
    2. 8:39

      Reginald Hudlin on writing ‘Black Panther’ comics and running BET...at the same time

      Director Reginald Hudlin’s most recent project is the Netflix documentary ‘The Black Godfather,’ which tells the story of Clarence Avant--a behind-the-scenes force in music, movies and politics for more than 50 years.  Hudlin burst on the…

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      14 min
    3. 22:15

      ‘Lion King’ cinematographer Caleb Deschanel on falling in love with virtual animals

      Disney’s live action ‘Lion King’ arrives in theaters just days from now--and box-office expectations are higher than pride rock.

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      6 min
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:177 min

      Hollywood news banter

    2. 8:3914 min

      Reginald Hudlin on writing ‘Black Panther’ comics and running BET...at the same time

    3. 22:156 min

      ‘Lion King’ cinematographer Caleb Deschanel on falling in love with virtual animals

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