{"podcast":{"title":"The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast","slug":"the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801","podcast_index_feed_id":522801,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thedirectorscutadgapodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thedirectorscutdga.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3908805/Large_Logo_PS6tk3k.jpg","author":"Directors Guild of America","episode_count":612,"summary":"Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, ”The Director’s Cut” will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today’s most talked about films. Each episode features a different director interviewed by one of their peers, leading to revealing conversations about the grueling, but rewarding process of bringing their films to life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801"},"episode":{"title":"Project Hail Mary with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Guillermo del Toro (Ep. 611)","slug":"project-hail-mary-with-phil-lord-christopher-miller-and-guillermo-del-toro-ep-611","published_at":"2026-05-08T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/project-hail-mary-with-phil-lord-christopher-miller-and-guillermo-del-toro-ep-611","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801","url":"https://thedirectorscutadgapodcast.podbean.com/e/project-hail-mary-with-phil-lord-christopher-miller-and-guillermo-del-toro-ep-611/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yy752apsvm23jmtp/Project_Hail_Mary_with_Phil_Lord_Christopher_Miller_and_Guillermo_del_Toro_Ep_611_az79h.mp3","summary":"Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their new film, Project Hail Mary, with fellow Director Guillermo del Toro in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss finding depth in their characters by trying to see the good intentions is everyone including antagonists, the casting and puppeteering processes that helped realize the alien character of Rocky, and bringing their philosophy of trying to make encouraging films to this feature. The film tells the story of scientist Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spaceship as part of a desperate mission to stop the Earth’s sun from dying. On his own and millions of miles from home, he has a chance meeting with an alien on the same mission, forming a friendship that may prove to be the key to success. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2026/june2026/projecthailmary_qna_0426","meta_description":"Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their new film, Project Hail Mary, with fellow Director Guillermo del Toro in a Q&A at the DGA theater…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1977,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/episodes/project-hail-mary-with-phil-lord-christopher-miller-and-guillermo-del-toro-ep-611/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/project-hail-mary-with-phil-lord-christopher-miller-and-guillermo-del-toro-ep-611.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}