Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and The Rolling Stones | Lex Fridman Podcast #259

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January 26, 2022

Duration

2h 16m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Thomas Tull is founder of Legendary Entertainment, Tulco, part-owner of Pittsburgh Steelers, and guitarist for the band Ghost Hounds. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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EPISODE LINKS: Tulco: https://tulcoholdings.com/ Ghost Hounds: https://www.ghosthounds.com/ Pittsburgh Steelers: https://www.steelers.com/ Legendary Entertainment: https://www.legendary.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:49 - Legendary Entertainment 17:31 - James Cameron 19:26 - Storytelling 29:37 - Allure of movies 33:31 - Future of American industries 52:24 - Tulco 57:34 - Intellectual honest and life lessons 1:08:05 - Colossal 1:12:04 - Warren Buffet 1:20:45 - The Rolling Stones 1:38:55 - Greatest guitarist 1:47:09 - Thomas Tull's music 1:56:35 - Football 2:07:31 - Advice for young people 2:13:17 - Mortality and death SOCIAL:

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• Thomas Tull

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Thomas Tull, Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and The Rolling Stones | Lex Fridman Podcast #259 explores thomas Tull on Epic Films, AI Disruption, Grit, and Guitar Dreams Thomas Tull discusses building Legendary Entertainment from scratch, emphasizing that great films are essentially startups powered by strong scripts, visionary directors, and disciplined financing. He explains how he brought institutional capital into Hollywood and later founded Tulco to inject AI and data science into overlooked, traditional industries like insurance, healthcare apparel, and manufacturing.

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