Director Brett Leonard celebrates the 30th Anniversary of his film Lawnmower Man with son Shannon in a discussion about its themes, and how it relates to the true nature of the emerging Metaverse. Father and son also unpack Mark Zuckerberg’s recent lengthy interview on Lex Fridman’s podcast, and Brett reveals publicly for the first time how he plans for a democratized Metaverse to be at the center of an innovative A.I.-driven storyworlding process for his follow up to Lawnmower Man, on this special 30th Anniversary of Lawnmower Man episode!
Brett Leonard is a veteran Hollywood film director known for introducing the concept of Virtual Reality to popular culture with his hit film Lawnmower Man. Apart from directing many other feature films, he is involved with innovating immersive content production for the emerging virtual mediums of the Metaverse era. Shannon Leonard is a creative director, YouTube creator and VR early adopter.
Original theme music by Gregg Leonard.
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