Make Up a Movie Thread

Nicholas Cage as a maverick priest who tries to straighten out a wayward South Dakota town with the Word of God. And a sawed-off shotgun.

 

A bunch of raccoons gather at a certain soccer stadium in Bridgeview and drink malort .

They then attack the field as people in the stands throw rubber wieners at them.

Pescadito Ruiz comes in with a giant flame thrower and saves the day as certain fans in the stands yell at him to still go screw himself.

 

If by "saves the day" you mean turns the flame thrower on himself, then, sir, you have a
BLOCKBUSTER!
on your hand.

 

Love it, I'm green lighting it right now. It's a classic love story with a moral dilemma and a potential soaring triumph for the singing protagonist (whether he succeeds or not could help determine the tone of the film). All this within the background of modern politics and society i.e. the surveillance/gay relationship.

I sense an Oscar. Maybe we can get Gary Oldman to be the NSA/CIA agent and some hunky B-Lister who could finally make this their breakout role. A Taylor Lautner type, but with acting chops.

I'll get Murray on the phone, do you prefer Fox Searchlight or Miramax?

 

I hadn't thought about casting yet, but Oldman would be great in the CIA agent role, and I wouldn't mind a b-lister for the "singer", but I'm thinking more Taylor Kinney than Taylor Lautner.

As for whether he succeeds or not setting the tone for the film, I guess we could go romcom, where he doesn't succeed as a singer but finds lasting love in the CIA agent, or artsy, where he becomes one of the most famous singers in the world, but is empty inside, and the tension between him and the agent remains unspoken and unresolved to the point that he can't truly enjoy his success.

As for Fox Searchlight or Miramax, let's start the bidding war between them and go from there.

In the interim, does anyone have some talent I can borrow to like.. write the script? I have none and don't want to lose this opportunity.

 

Does anyone know Gary Oldman's phone number, or anyone at Fox Searchlight/Miramax? Also, who's Murray and does anyone have any money?

 

This project is further behind the 8 ball than I thought
Still don't have a title, either- been kicking around Octave Undercover, Vocal Surveillance and Private Eye Love You, but none really capture the spirit of what I want this to be.

 

A down on his luck screenwriter and soccer fan becomes radicalized and sets out for vengeance when he discovers his film treatment was stolen by the owner of his soccer team and produced by the owner's production company. Starring: Liam Neeson as Seamus McTine and Rob Schneider as Landrieu Hauptwoman.

 

Would this be a direct to video release?

 

Can I just get funding for a screen adaptation of Michael Palin's classic, Hemingway's Chair?

 

you can always focus group multiple endings and then decide whether you want to hit the art houses or the cineplexes.

I'd go for a "Crying of lot 49" ending: the singer gets his shot, but the movie ends before his audition and before he finds out Gary Oldman got him the shot.

because I'm a dick.

 

Savage. I think I found a screenwriter for this project.

 

I found a 5 dollar bill this afternoon, so fundraising is under way.

 

Can I score it?

 

I don't know if I can afford you, seeing as how funding right now is limited to the $5 @GHjelm found this afternoon, but if you're willing to work at a discount, I'd be happy to have you on board.

 

I want to try to start writing script stuff again and I have an idea for a sort of space film. I can vaguely remember an alternate music video for The XX's song "Islands" (could've been something else) where the main character is riding in a ship trying to get somewhere, but keeps getting stopped by tolls and after she runs out of money, she begins paying with her limbs (since she's apparently an android or something). The song goes on until the end where all that's left of her is a head, with which she pays for the last toll.
I really want to expand on that and possibly throw in some "Ship of Theseus" thought experiments in there with her questioning her identity. If she's paying tolls with limbs, then maybe at some point she buys new ones. There's more possibilities to go. I don't know if I'd want anything action involved, but it might go there. Just a rough idea. It can go somewhere, it can not go somewhere. I just think it'd be a cool idea.

Must be an anime. Give it the feel of Cowboy Bebop. Or Ghost in the Shell.

 

I think everyone here should see Jacob’s Ladder.

 

This thread is comedy gold, how in the hell did I miss it?

Edit: that's not meant as a slight, I'm laughing so hard at some of these posts I'm coughing up a lung. I need a rep all button.

 

And give Mall Cop the Thunderpants kid power.

 

The moment I'm done with my finals on Wednesday, I'm going to start writing. Whether it be a screenplay or music, I want to focus on writing. Probably going to use one of the ideas I mentioned in here.

 

After Hours.