Sometimes, a titan of filmmaking drops by Popcorn Podcast and it's a treat for the ears. David Koepp – the screenwriting legend behind iconic movies Death Becomes Her, Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park and the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth – joins us to discuss his supernatural thriller, Presence, starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Callina Liang. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Presence follows a family that moves into a new home and becomes convinced they're not alone. Koepp shares the freedoms and restrictions he faced with building the story, his own skin-crawling supernatural encounter and what makes him a better writer.

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DAVID KOEPP INTERVIEW (PRESENCE)

(00:00) Popcorn Podcast welcomes screenwriting legend David Koepp

(04:19) What draws Koepp to tell more intimate stories like Presence?

(07:10) Steven Soderbergh wants a ghost story told from the ghost's point of view

(08:41) Going through the editing process makes you both a better director and a better writer

(09:49) Spirit encounters and otherworldly delights

(14:44) Talking star power and setting the bar high

(16:00) Setting a big challenge for Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan

(18:00) A life in cinema and Jurassic World Rebirth