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On this week's Screen Talk, co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio dig into Ryan Coogler's $90-million period vampire musical "Sinners," starring Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack, as well as the boffo box office and the controversial deal.

Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media is the company behind "Sinners," the Oscar-nominated "Judas and the Black Messiah," and the podcast "In Proximity."