Blockbuster (podcast)

Blockbuster
Cover art for Blockbuster.
Genre
  • Audio drama
  • True story biopic
  • Documentary
Creative team
Created byMatt Schrader
Written byMatt Schrader
Creative directorPeter Bawiec
Cast and voices
Starring
Music
Composed by
  • Ryan Taubert
  • Benjamin Botkin
Production
ProductionEpicleff Media
LengthVariable (20–31 minutes)
Technical specifications
Audio format320kbps 48K MP3
Publication
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes28
Original releaseApril 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)
UpdatesLimited series
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.