The Fan Carpet Announce New Partnership With The Filmmakers Podcast Hosted By Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir And More

The Fan Carpet are delighted to announce our partnership with The Filmmakers Podcast. Hosted by Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir and many other brilliant hosts, The Filmmakers Podcast is the latest addition to our network, and we couldn't be happier!

In the sidebar on every page, you'll be able to listen to the latest episode from The Filmmakers Podcast, with the latest edition featuring prolific Hollywood Director Joseph Kosinski, who directed the long awaited blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick starring the legendary Tom Cruise!

Check it out in the player below:

In the latest episode, Dom Lenoir welcomes director Joseph Kosinski to The Filmmakers Podcast. His filmography includes feature films including Tron: Legacy (2010), Oblivion (2013), Only the Brave (2017), and the aforementioned Top Gun: Maverick (2022), starring world renowned actors Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer to name a few. Top Gun: Maverick grossed over $1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 2022.

Joseph definitely knows what he’s doing. And we sat down with him for almost an hour to let him talk about

·      working with legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer

·      pitching Top Gun: Maverick to Tom Cruise

·      developing and making a Blockbuster

·      getting the cast and crew together

·      the importance of good taste

·      notes and test audiences

·      IMAX, cameras and working with the DOP

·      the opening of the film

·      humour

·      the most difficult scenes to shoot

·      directing Tom Cruise & Miles Teller

·      rewriting the film in the edit

·      working with composer Hans Zimmer & Lady Gaga

Top Gun: Maverick is easily one of our favourite films of the year. If you haven’t seen it, do check it out as soon as possible. It’s a movie made for the cinema. But for now, sit back, relax and enjoy our conversation with legendary director Joseph Kosinski.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK is out in cinemas again!!

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Learn more about the team at The Filmmakers Podcast here.