Eric Kripke

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1. 1974 age 0

   Born

2. 2005 age 31

   CreditBoogeymanscreenwriter

3. 2018 age 44

   CreditThe House with a Clock in Its Wallsproducer

   CreditThe House with a Clock in Its Wallsscreenwriter

• CLChristopher Lennertz2 titles
• LALaz Alonso1 title
• GEGiancarlo Esposito1 title
• CBCate Blanchett1 title
• KUKarl Urban1 title
• JBJack Black1 title
• SBSkye McCole Bartusiak1 title
• EMElizabeth Mitchell1 title
• JAJ. J. Abrams1 title
• BBBryan Burk1 title

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• If I had a worldview, and I don’t know if I do, but if I did, it’s one that’s intensely humanistic. [That worldview] is that the only thing that matters is family and personal connection, and that’s the only thing that gives life meaning. Religion and gods and beliefs — for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0

• When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They’re really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer’s perspective. If you look deep into The X-Files, which we bring up a lot in the room as something we’re just terrified of, or late in the game with Buffy, as much as I love that show, things get complicated and it’s hard. It becomes less about the fun of why you fell in love with that show, in the first place, and more about servicing all of these storylines.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’m not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling. I like to know where the mythology is going and that we’re getting there in [an] exciting, fast-paced way.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can’t let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0

• We were really interested in exploring the idea of authority figures getting the public really riled up with xenophobia and racism, but ultimately the most dangerous people are the white dudes standing next to you. We wanted to reflect that story. So, the supervillains are, in a way, a misdirect.

  Eric Kripke, CC BY-SA 4.0