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I just watched Frankenstein last night. You did? You did. Yeah. Wait a second. I just watched Frankenstein last night. No, I'm sorry. During the day yesterday, not last night. ... I can't say enough about you and Frankenstein. It's incredible.

Good luck with Frankenstein. We're all going to go see it. What a talent!

I read the book, which I had also never read. Frankenstein is so lovely in the book.

And I remember, I have great memories of like watching those movies with my family and feeling like I was watching something very grown up. And I love those films and I love the genre.

And that was the ones with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. So it was like Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun.

I did a production of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

I was there for a while and I did a production of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

I grew up loving both Haggert, the Christie books, but also specifically the movies that were coming out when I was a kid.

It's really like another Agatha Christie novel. It's a whole other cast.

Gaten Matarazzo was in Les Mis on Broadway as a kid.

I'm so glad you asked, because he had stolen Lea Michele's trench coat when she was eponene in Les Mis.

I read Chelsea's book, Life Will Be the Death of Me,

mostly because Chelsea called me and asked me to go on tour with her and chat about it.

And she said, but she said, you actually have to read the book.

So I read the book.

I read that.

No, no, I read Chelsea's book, Life Will Be the Death of Me, mostly because Chelsea called me and asked me to go on tour with her and chat about it instead, but she said you actually have to read the book.

I did my shows, I did a bunch of documentaries and I just sold my last book which is Life Will Be the Death of Me to a network for me to star in.

Tom Stoppard's contribution who wrote the script based on the J.G. Ballard book

This is the Red Book of Westmarch edition of The Lord of the Rings.

All of this behind me on this shelf is Tolkien commentary or the unfinished tales, like, you know, The Fall of Gondolin or The Children of Ur-in.

Over here is more Lord of the Rings commentary. That's Smeagol. That's Gollum right here. What's this? It's Sting.

This is one of the fucking swords that was used in the movies.

This is actually one of the stings from The Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings. That trilogy is generally considered among the cognanti in this world to be the only, the only perfect trilogy.

I love the movies. I've seen them many times. ... I love Peter Jackson and Philippa and Philippa Boynes and Fran Walsh.

And now you've written this kid's book, which I, as I mentioned, the thing that I read, uh, and I thought I really think it, and I read a lot of kids' books because, uh, I have basically, you know, I have three kids and a stepson.

And now we are going to talk about his new book, Just Because, which I read, which is for kids that comes out September 12th, 2023.

And so I put those together, sent them to my book agent. He goes, this would be a great kids book. You should share it.

Just Because I threw the dart does not mean that it's stuck. And Just Because you guys skills don't mean there is no luck.

Just Because I lied doesn't mean that I'm a liar.

And now you've written this kid's book, which I, as I mentioned, the thing that I read, uh, and I thought I really think it, and I read a lot of kids' books because, uh, I have basically, you know, I have three kids and a stepson.

And we are going to talk about his new book, Just Because, which I read, which is for kids that comes out September 12th, 2023.

And so I put those together, sent them to my book agent. He goes, this would be a great kids book. You should share it. And that's what, Just Because

Just Because they throw the dart, they threw the dart doesn't mean that it's stuck. Just Because I got skills doesn't mean there is no luck.

Just Because I lied doesn't mean that I'm a liar.

There's a book actually of people that survived. It's a weird book with like 120 cases of people that have survived.

There's a book actually of people that survived. It's a weird book with like 120 cases of people that have survived bear attacks.

Which is the name of the book that it's based on.

Originally when I signed on, it was called All You Need Is Kill, which I thought was pretty cool based on like a Japanese...

And I remember, I have great memories of like watching those movies with my family and feeling like I was watching something very grown up. And I love those films and I love the genre.

And that was the ones with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. So it was like Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun.

It's Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+.

It's based on the series by a guy named Trenton Stewart who wrote the books.

That's Disney+. It's Mysterious Benedict Society. It's based on a children's series.

Well, here I'm doing a movie with my friend Seth Worley called Sketch. But I did that and it's based on a series by a guy named Trenton Stewart who wrote the books.

One of them is my dad's book, Being Fate, which I finally read, which is amazing. I'm so proud of my dad, uh, Jim Arnett, who wrote a book during the pandemic and he wrote this sort of fictionalized this novel based on history and got it published. And yeah, it's really cool.

And it's really, really good.

Well, one of them is my dad's book, Being Fate, which I finally read, which is amazing. I'm so proud of my dad, uh, Jim Arnett, who wrote a book during the pandemic and he wrote this sort of fictionalized this novel based on history and got it published. And yeah, it's really cool.

And it's really, really good.

And this is about the bean farmers of Kalamongas?

No, no, no. It's a remake of the, the bean war or something, right? Kalamongas. The Milagro bean field war.

Yeah. Good for him. Cause I don't think they really got it on the last one. So, okay. No, it's about a booze runners back, you know, prohibition style, you know, back in the day. Up in Saskatchewan in the Brafman family, et cetera.

I remember there's a place called Cave Hill that sort of overlooks the city of Belfast and I was playing Jesus Christ and I'm actually I'm crucified so I was on a cross

the first movie was for an evangelical outreach who were making a film in Belfast, believe it or not, of Pilgrim's Progress. Wow. And John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

I noticed recently I was reading the 10th book in the in the Gunther What's His Name series by Philip Kerr.

And I noticed your name on the back of the and you gave a little blurb for the back of for the jacket of Prussian Prussian blue, which I'm almost finished with.

Oh, that's a great one. It's a great one, right? Gunther. Help me.

Bernard Gunther. Bernard Bernard. Bernie Gunther series. He plays a non. OK, yeah, you explain.

Go, go, go. Be merciful on me on this. OK, he plays a non Nazi private investigator from 1928 Berlin through well after the war. Yes, right. It's a fabulous series by Philip Kerr.

And I was, you gave a little blurb for the back of the jacket of Prussian Blue, which I'm almost finished with. It's a great one.

He plays a nonNazi private investigator from 1928 Berlin through well after the war.

I'm on book 10, Prussian Blue. It's a tremendous historical fiction and it fills in the blanks of his war years because some of them take place well before World WarII, some after.

Guys, I'm listening to The Housemaid Is Watching by Frieda McFadden. I can, come on, already that title makes me freak out spooks me out. It's really, really good.

The New York Times said it's an unbelievably twisty, tension packed and globally bestselling housemaid series.

The book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen.

So I checked out Thriller actually by Heather Graham.

What begins as a simple dog sitting job for a friend soon becomes the most terrifying night of Riley Jordan's life.

Riley Jordan is the lead character in the book. It's really, really good. It's a great listen.

And by the way the title is inspired by the song of Michael Jackson, which I thought was interesting. But a totally different story of course.

The first two books I optioned for my production company were Gone Girl and Wild.

I've tried to read that book, A Brief History of Time. It's not so brief.

Couldn't make it past the first 10 pages. It should be more brief. I don't understand it.

And then I was like, wait, you know what? They made a movie out of that book, A Brief History of Time. I'll just watch that.

Didn't understand it. I couldn't understand the movie.