825. FROM BLADE RUNNER TO BATMAN: SELLING SCI-FI w/ JEFF WALKER

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The Treksperts discuss the career of publicist Jeff Walker and his work on various sci-fi films.

THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts are joined by legendary genre publicist, JEFF WALKER, as we share an elegy for Warner Bros and talk about his incredible career as a journalist, hat merchant and publicist as well as the incredible (and some not so) incredible films he promoted from OUTLAND and BLADE RUNNER to SUPERMAN IV and INSURRECTION. The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood). *** FOLLOW THE TREKSPERTS ON SOCIAL AT: LINKTR.EE.COM/TREKSPERTSPLUS Blue Sky: @inglorioustreksperts Twitter/X:@inglorioustrek Facebook:facebook.com/inglorioustreksperts Instagram/Threads: @inglorioustreksperts Linktree: linker.ee.com/trekspertsplus Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. For all our social channels go TrekspertsPlus on Linktree. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at…

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Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN, DAREN DOCHTERMAN, ASHLEY E. MILLER

Guest: JEFF WALKER

Topics covered

• Blade Runner
• Batman
• sci-fi
• publicity
• Warner Bros

Keywords

• genre publicist
• journalist
• film promotion

Mentioned in this episode

Products: OUTLAND, BLADE RUNNER, SUPERMAN IV, INSURRECTION

Books & works: BLADE RUNNER, BATMAN, OUTLAND, SUPERMAN IV, The Librarians, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition, Thor, X-Men: First Class, DOTA: Dragon's Blood, Star Trek

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