# Ep. 297 | The Craft Of Creating An IP Based Action Film w/ Jeremy Slater

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/ep-297-the-craft-of-creating-an-ip-based-action-film-w-jeremy-slater
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/ep-297-the-craft-of-creating-an-ip-based-action-film-w-jeremy-slater.md
Podcast: [The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505)
Published: 2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI5006079060.mp3?updated=1778125364
Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI5006079060.mp3?updated=1778125364
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/episodes/ep-297-the-craft-of-creating-an-ip-based-action-film-w-jeremy-slater
Duration seconds: 3468

## Resource

Mortal Kombat II is out in theaters this weekend! Joe Forte chats with writer Jeremy Slater about taking on the second installment of an iconic video game turned film franchise. With so many characters and plot points to navigate, fight sequences to think about and beyond, how does one put that on the page and keep it fresh and exciting for all involved and all who hope to enjoy it? Jeremy provides a plethora of gems on the business and the craft in this thought provoking, action packed episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/episodes/ep-297-the-craft-of-creating-an-ip-based-action-film-w-jeremy-slater/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/ep-297-the-craft-of-creating-an-ip-based-action-film-w-jeremy-slater.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.