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They Cloned Tyrone with Juel Taylor and Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Ep. 430)

Publish Date: 2023/9/18
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Director Juel Taylor discusses his new film, They Cloned Tyrone, with fellow Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Taylor discusses how test screenings helped him refine the film, the pitching process that helped start the project and how he mixed filmic inspirations to achieve his unique tone.

The film tells the story of Fontaine, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo, an unlikely trio who discover a nefarious government cloning conspiracy and embark on a mission to save their neighborhood.

See photos and a summary of this event below:

https://dga.org/Events/2023/October2023/TheyClonedTyrone_QnA_0923.aspx