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Showrunner Josh Zetumer: "Say Nothing" ... Remembering The Troubles

Jeanne Veillette Bowerman & Sadie Dean Season 4 Episode 8

Get ready for a fun ride... Sadie and Jeanne speak with Josh Zetumer—showrunner, head writer and executive produce of FX's new series, "Say Nothing," out now on Hulu.

Josh discusses the process of adapting The New York Times best selling novel, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, the challenges of writing to a tight budget, and shares amazing advice all writers need to hear.

You're going to want to watch this series. Maybe even a few times.

ABOUT JOSH ZETUMER

Joshua Zetumer serves as the showrunner, executive producer and head writer of FX’s Say Nothing, an adaptation of the New York Times best selling and National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction winning book "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

Zetumer has written on a number of global box office hits, including RoboCop from director Jose Padilha, the action thriller Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan and Kevin Bacon, Patriots Day was based on the book "Boston Strong" by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. He also completed script revisions for the 2008 James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

Three of Zetumer’s scripts have been included on the Blacklist, two of them in the top ten.

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