Uncover the Untold Secrets Behind Re-inventing the Western with Joe Cornet on SYS Podcast Episode 538
Ashley
And is this something you’re thinking of trying to adapt into a screenplay, some of these various stories in his life?
Joe Cornet
Yeah, I would certainly. That is certainly one thing that he is discussing now. I don’t know if he would like me to tackle the screenplay. I would certainly love to do that for him. But yes, we have had discussions about making this into some kind of a limited series. On the other hand, he and I are also working on a crime caper film set in the early 1970s, gritty, hard as nails, tough. We concocted this story over lunch one day some months ago. And I was so smitten with the idea of doing a movie like this. I thought, my God, this could be this could be my getaway. And so I’m working on that screenplay. And it’s called Inside Out. And that will be very interesting. And we’re hoping to definitely produce that one first. And of course, I continue, as you know, to work with the Mitchum family in developing the two projects that were created, the two original written projects by John Mitchum, younger brother to Robert. And that is the first one is Songs of History, which I think we’ve talked about on your show, which is chapters of the iconic folk songs of America dating back, you know, the last 200 years and the stories behind them. And that’ll be told in sort of a chapter format. And that would be something like a limited series, I should imagine. Or maybe we’ll sell it to somebody like Angel Studios or something that could show it in chapter form. And then, of course, John Mitchum wrote a great book called them Ornery Mitchum Boys. It’s a hell of a read. And it’s about John and Robert growing up, coming out to California, riding the rails, getting involved with all kinds of adventures. And they’re kind of almost accidental stumbling into achieving literally the American dream because both of them became very prolific actors. They had different types of careers, but they both worked constantly from the day they were hired in film. And it’s a very interesting story.
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