Interesting movie ideas and untapped genres

[Qrazy]

Let's face it Hollywood is a creative wasteland. So what do you think are some untapped stories, literary (sub)genres, and general concepts that you think could make for compelling cinema?

No this thread is not about data mining or stealing ideas. I just read a newspaper article about present day Somalian pirates and I thought you know, a story about these guys could make for a damn good film. Last year they raked in about 40 million on kidnapping payoffs alone. We have present day mafia films, corporate criminal films, and drug dealing stories but where in God's name are the present day pirate films?

We also need much more high-concept sci-fi. Ideally a director would come up with their own idea but if not... amongst many other worthy novels someone ought to adapt Greg Bear's Eon, Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and assorted Dick and Clarke.

[Duncan]

No this thread is not about data mining or stealing ideas. I just read a newspaper article about present day Somalian pirates and I thought you know, a story about these guys could make for a damn good film. Last year they raked in about 40 million on kidnapping payoffs alone. We have present day mafia films, corporate criminal films, and drug dealing stories but where in God's name are the present day pirate films?


The Life Aquatic?

[Qrazy]

[QUOTE=Qrazy;113605]No this thread is not about data mining or stealing ideas. I just read a newspaper article about present day Somalian pirates and I thought you know, a story about these guys could make for a damn good film. Last year they raked in about 40 million on kidnapping payoffs alone. We have present day mafia films, corporate criminal films, and drug dealing stories but where in God's name are the present day pirate films?
QUOTE]

The Life Aquatic?

Hrm good call but I would like a film devoted to the lives of the pirates and the nature of their syndicate just as films like The Godfather, Goodfellas, Election, Miller's Crossing, The Wire, etc do for the Mafia, Triads and drug trade. So basically a serious pirate film.

[Duncan]

Bottom line for me is that you can make an interesting film from any premise. You can also make a terrible film from any premise. It's more about what you're saying and how you're saying it.

[Wryan]

Didn't Six Days, Seven Nights have pirates? Regardless, it wasn't about them nor a good film.

[Benny Profane]

The Facebook Movie will change the Hollywood landscape forever.

[Qrazy]

Bottom line for me is that you can make an interesting film from any premise. You can also make a terrible film from any premise. It's more about what you're saying and how you're saying it.

Granted (to an extent), but even so some genres are beaten into the dust and others remain relatively untapped. I'm unsure how much American Gangster just sucked and how much it's suckage is attributable to the fact that we've seen it all before. Scott basically played out a series of cliches. Romcoms have also been beaten to death. Every once in a great while a decent one may surface but overall the ratio is abysmal. Superhero films need to be mentioned as well.

Still I feel you're being a bit too broad. I really can't see even Bela Tarr creating something great out of a Facebook movie premise.

[Qrazy]

The Facebook Movie will change the Hollywood landscape forever.

That's what I'm talking about. Why do we need a flipping facebook movie, 30 reboots, 50 sequels and 70 remakes when WE COULD HAVE SOMALIAN PIRATES.

[Sven]

That's what I'm talking about. Why do we need a flipping facebook movie, 30 reboots, 50 sequels and 70 remakes when WE COULD HAVE SOMALIAN PIRATES.

Just as a serious Somalian Pirate would play into the exact same formula as any crime syndicate film, ie, Godfather, Scarface, etc, so, too, will the Facebook movie play into the inventor formula. However, the Facebook film has the greater novelty factor because nobody would say "WTF?" at the concept of a pirate movie.

[Qrazy]

Just as a serious Somalian Pirate would play into the exact same formula as any crime syndicate film, ie, Godfather, Scarface, etc, so, too, will the Facebook movie play into the inventor formula. However, the Facebook film has the greater novelty factor because nobody would say "WTF?" at the concept of a pirate movie.

Why am I not surprised that you'd prefer a facebook film to a Somalian pirate film. *slaps forehead*

[Sycophant]

I don't see what's so great about Somali pirates. And if there is to be a movie made about them, I don't think "Hollywood" is the group of people that should bring it to us. How about someone from that region?

[Duncan]

I actually think the pirate movie sounds like a good idea.

I think Bela Tarr could make a good Facebook film. But it would probably be a hell of a lot different than whatever Hollywood is envisioning. Of course, a director is more likely to make a good film about a subject he cares about, and I highly doubt Bela Tarr cares about Facebook.

On the other hand, someone like Richard Linklater might find Facebook an interesting topic to tackle, and I think he could make a decent film out of it.

[Sven]

Why am I not surprised that you'd prefer a facebook film to a Somalian pirate film. *slaps forehead*

I'm just trying to figure out why you think a movie about pirates is all that novel or untapped. Also, I never voiced a preference.

[Qrazy]

I don't see what's so great about Somali pirates. And if there is to be a movie made about them, I don't think "Hollywood" is the group of people that should bring it to us. How about someone from that region?

Clearly you've never spent much time in the presence of Somalian pirates or you would know what's so great about them. I don't care who makes it or where as long as it gets made. Hollywood is simply the major powerhouse for film production and this thread was a response to their lack of new ideas.

[Qrazy]

I'm just trying to figure out why you think a movie about pirates is all that novel or untapped. Also, I never voiced a preference.

I know it's a tough one. You best sit and think on it.

[Qrazy]

I actually think the pirate movie sounds like a good idea.

I think Bela Tarr could make a good Facebook film. But it would probably be a hell of a lot different than whatever Hollywood is envisioning. Of course, a director is more likely to make a good film about a subject he cares about, and I highly doubt Bela Tarr cares about Facebook.

On the other hand, someone like Richard Linklater might find Facebook an interesting topic to tackle, and I think he could make a decent film out of it.

I dunno man personally I don't think anyone anywhere could make an interesting Facebook film. Even great artists have trouble painting with feces.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Some ideas:

World Trade Center: Reloaded
Schindler's List 2: Electric Bogaloo
Ghandi 2: Greased Lightning
The Pasion of the Christ 2: The Secret of the Ooze
Boyz in the Hood 2: Muppets Take Manhattan
When Harry Met Sally 2: Rise of the Machines
Citizen Kane 2: Beyond Thunderdome
Berlin Alexanderplatz Sing-A-Long
Diary of a Country Priest 3-D: Game Over
The Blood of a Poet: First Blood part II
Ordet 2: Judgement Day
Reds 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The 401 Blows
Solaris 2: Fight the Future
Andrei Rubylev and the Half-Blood Prince
Jules and Jim 2: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl

[Sycophant]

I had an idea once for a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist slacker comedy.

[Dukefrukem]

Some ideas:

World Trade Center: Reloaded
Schindler's List 2: Electric Bogaloo
Ghandi 2: Greased Lightning
The Pasion of the Christ 2: The Secret of the Ooze
Boyz in the Hood 2: Muppets Take Manhattan
When Harry Met Sally 2: Rise of the Machines
Citizen Kane 2: Beyond Thunderdome
Berlin Alexanderplatz Sing-A-Long
Diary of a Country Priest 3-D: Game Over
The Blood of a Poet: First Blood part II
Ordet 2: Judgement Day
Reds 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The 401 Blows
Solaris 2: Fight the Future
Andrei Rubylev and the Half-Blood Prince
Jules and Jim 2: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl

I LOLed at a few of those.

[Ezee E]

I think The Dark Knight took the comic book genre and made it into something that can be taken seriously.

Changeling, although with flaws, took a period of time that we haven't really seen in a while.

Synecoche, Let the Right One In, Waltz With Bashir are all being talked about for being inventive.

Bottomline:
There's always original stuff out there.

[Watashi]

There aren't enough sci-fi westerns.

[D_Davis]

Blow Me

Synopsis: A woman is raped and killed in an alleyway behind a porn shop. Her vengeful spirit floats into the shop and takes possession of a packaged blow up doll. The doll comes to life while some dude is using it and kills him. It then repackages itself, ships itself back to another porn store to repeat the process.

An unorthodox detective catches wind of these strange murders. They seem like sex crimes - dudes are found, naked, and slaughtered. WTF?!?!

Through a series of detailed investigations and wacky circumstance, the detective discovers the secret of the blow up doll. In order bring the spirit to life, he has to use the doll.

The climatic battle takes place in an old hotel room. The detective is doing the doll, it comes to life, and it and the detective wrestle. The detective pulls out an ice pick (from where, I don't know) and stabs the doll. The doll flies around the room like an out of control balloon, and then flies out the window to land in a dumpster.

Whew, glad that's over.

But....

A bum walking by the dumpster discovers the doll, sees the hole, and takes it, mumbling, "All she needs is a little patch, and she's good as new!"


Sequel: Blow Me 2: Blow Harder

[Raiders]

There aren't enough sci-fi westerns.

Robert Downey Jr. is apparently in negotiations for some Cowboys and Aliens movie that is in the early stages. Haven't heard anything too recent, though.

[Dead & Messed Up]

We need more topical dramas about Iraq.

[DavidSeven]

I guarentee Hollywood has a Somalian pirate screenplay in the works. Of course, that script will eventually be optioned to create the basis for Ocean's 15, but it's definitely in the works.

[Ezee E]

Instead of suburbia, people should concentrate on the boredom of rural-ia.

A tractor plows wheat. It continues.

A cowbell rings.

The dinner bell rings.

JOE: I wanted chicken.

[Yxklyx]

The Silent Era was too short - we need a whole bunch of new silent films.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

The Silent Era was too short - we need a whole bunch of new silent films.

with comic book aesthetics.

Graphic Silents.

[Qrazy]

I had an idea once for a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist slacker comedy.

That could be hilarious. Would they also be stoners?

[Qrazy]

There aren't enough sci-fi westerns.

Very much agreed.

[Qrazy]

Blow Me

Synopsis: A woman is raped and killed in an alleyway behind a porn shop. Her vengeful spirit floats into the shop and takes possession of a packaged blow up doll. The doll comes to life while some dude is using it and kills him. It then repackages itself, ships itself back to another porn store to repeat the process.

An unorthodox detective catches wind of these strange murders. They seem like sex crimes - dudes are found, naked, and slaughtered. WTF?!?!

Through a series of detailed investigations and wacky circumstance, the detective discovers the secret of the blow up doll. In order bring the spirit to life, he has to use the doll.

The climatic battle takes place in an old hotel room. The detective is doing the doll, it comes to life, and it and the detective wrestle. The detective pulls out an ice pick (from where, I don't know) and stabs the doll. The doll flies around the room like an out of control balloon, and then flies out the window to land in a dumpster.

Whew, glad that's over.

But....

A bum walking by the dumpster discovers the doll, sees the hole, and takes it, mumbling, "All she needs is a little patch, and she's good as new!"


Sequel: Blow Me 2: Blow Harder

Sound very Hong Kong. If you're directing you'll need a foreign crew.

[Qrazy]

We need more topical dramas about Iraq.

Check out Generation Kill if you haven't. It's pretty solid.

[Melville]

I'm all for a Somalian pirate movie. Pirates in general seem under utilized in movies.

[Winston*]

"What if they made a movie about pirates versus ninjas? And they were fighting and shit? Wouldn't that be awesome?!

Answer: No it wouldn't. You cunt.

[Watashi]

"What if they made a movie about pirates versus ninjas? And they were fighting and shit? Wouldn't that be awesome?!

Answer: No it wouldn't. You cunt.

I don't know about movie, but I'm anticipating the game very much so. (http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/839/839885p1.html)

[Sycophant]

That could be hilarious. Would they also be stoners?
Yeah, probably. I was actually thinking about writing this one (got the idea after the plotted assault on Fort Dix in 2007). Then I realized that I didn't want to write it without, Idunno, collaborating with a Muslim or something. The premise, I believe, has potential.

[D_Davis]

Sound very Hong Kong. If you're directing you'll need a foreign crew.

I'm thinking Troma.

They're the only ones who could do it justice.

[Amnesiac]

This strange idea came to mind while I was looking at some really well crafted Santa Claus ornaments in Hallmark. It may be laughable to some of you but I couldn't help but pursue it in my head. I feel like this idea might be slightly audacious, and could end up being a total failure, but it would also be the type of movie I would totally be interested in seeing.

What I was thinking was, what if someone did a film about Santa Claus in a really sober and solemn fashion? A Santa Claus who has perhaps given up on his vocation centuries ago is now an anachronistic man living in pitiable solitude. Is it possible that the public would accept such a strange and decidedly somber movie? Tim Allen and Paul Giamatti have taken amusing, tongue-in-cheek turns at the role, but what if a film really tried to tap into the Santa mythology in a different way and turned him into an actual and complicated person? Someone with a burden, perhaps, and a slowly disintegrating opinion of a materialistic and faithless society? Someone who has long since questioned the value of his own vocation and is pictured in this film as a sort of eerie, yet tragic, wraith. Imagine the wonders and fancifulness of the North Pole portrayed with gravitas and careful detail... magical polar bears or reindeer, long since retired but still obediently following this superannuated Santa. A Santa who is now a lonely herdsmen located somewhere within the wide scope of an elegiac, wintery North Pole landscape. And what if Santa Claus was immortal, as per his appointed (and perhaps ambiguously divine) duty, but Mrs. Claus wasn't? Could a subversive portrait of the man as slightly curmudgeonly and lonely be interesting?

In other words, feel free to laugh... but does anyone think this concept has potential?

[Qrazy]

This strange idea came to mind while I was looking at some really well crafted Santa Claus ornaments in Hallmark. It may be laughable to some of you but I couldn't help but pursue it in my head. I feel like this idea might be slightly audacious, and could end up being a total failure, but it would also be the type of movie I would totally be interested in seeing.

What I was thinking was, what if someone did a film about Santa Claus in a really sober and solemn fashion? A Santa Claus who has perhaps given up on his vocation centuries ago is now an anachronistic man living in pitiable solitude. Is it possible that the public would accept such a strange and decidedly somber movie? Tim Allen and Paul Giamatti have taken amusing, tongue-in-cheek turns at the role, but what if a film really tried to tap into the Santa mythology in a different way and turned him into an actual and complicated person? Someone with a burden, perhaps, and a slowly disintegrating opinion of a materialistic and faithless society? Someone who has long since questioned the value of his own vocation and is pictured in this film as a sort of eerie, yet tragic, wraith. Imagine the wonders and fancifulness of the North Pole portrayed with gravitas and careful detail... magical polar bears or reindeer, long since retired but still obediently following this superannuated Santa. A Santa who is now a lonely herdsmen located somewhere within the wide scope of an elegiac, wintery North Pole landscape. And what if Santa Claus was immortal, as per his appointed (and perhaps ambiguously divine) duty, but Mrs. Claus wasn't? Could a subversive portrait of the man as slightly curmudgeonly and lonely be interesting?

In other words, feel free to laugh... but does anyone think this concept has potential?

I think it's a great take and that it would make a great short, but I don't see it being able to sustain itself as a feature.

[bac0n]

I'm thinking Pulp Sci-Fi Horror Fantasy Western. Basically take the story of The Saint of Killers and put it on the big screen. Cast Chris Cooper in the lead role and away we go!

[trotchky]

a young teen recruits peers for a minor league baseball team under the guise of winning the minor league nationals, which are held in Washington dc. in actuality, the teen is a superhero with an attitude whose only chance of overthrowing a totalitarian state is to win the nationals. in this alternate reality utopia, you see, the way to become president is to back a minor league team; if that minor league team wins the minor league nationals, you win the presidency. the games are, of course, rigged. only a superhero with an attitude can disrupt the status quo.

its a script ive been kicking around for a while.

edit: replace "minor league" with "little league." i'm no baseball expert.

[Qrazy]

There haven't been enough sci fi films about the Multiverse and/or parallel universes. There was that rancid piece of shit with Jet Li but I'm looking for something that tackles parallel universes similar to the way in which Primer, La Jetee, 12 Monkeys, etc tackle time travel.

[Sycophant]

When I was like 18, my dream project was a straight-faced, action-adventure adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Not quite the same thing, obviously.

[Pop Trash]

There haven't been enough sci fi films about the Multiverse and/or parallel universes. There was that rancid piece of shit with Jet Li but I'm looking for something that tackles parallel universes similar to the way in which Primer, La Jetee, 12 Monkeys, etc tackle time travel.

There's that little indie arthouse movie out called Star Trek. I recommend it.

[Qrazy]

There's that little indie arthouse movie out called Star Trek. I recommend it.

That doesn't really tackle the ideas behind the multiverse, it just uses a parallel universe to justify the film's action.

[[ETM]]

For the longest time I wanted someone to make an epic Macross movie... but Battlestar Galactica covered all the significant issues, except for FUCKING GIANT TRANSFORMING FIGHTER ROBOTS.

[MadMan]

I've always thought that a zombie movie set in the 18th century would be kind of cool. But I have this feeling its been either done before, or will be done soon enough.

And yes I agree that we need more sci-fi westerns.

[BuffaloWilder]

Film starts out over black, and the sunrise over Earth set to His Name Is Alive's "Black Swan Company." The rest of the film is a hodge-podge of rhythmically induced footage set to the rest of the songs from that release, Summer Bird, as well as Joan As Police Woman's Real Life, particularly "Eternal Flame," and "Feed The Light."

Problem becomes how to make something that is essentially a collection of extended music videos not seem like one big music video. What genre you would consider this I am unsure.

[Qrazy]

Film starts out over black, and the sunrise over Earth set to His Name Is Alive's "Black Swan Company." The rest of the film is a hodge-podge of rhythmically induced footage set to the rest of the songs from that release, Summer Bird, as well as Joan As Police Woman's Real Life, particularly "Eternal Flame," and "Feed The Light."

Problem becomes how to make something that is essentially a collection of extended music videos not seem like one big music video. What genre you would consider this I am unsure.

The Wall turned out alright.

[BuffaloWilder]

In places, animation would be used, sure. But, I'm talking about nature footage. Great, giant rushes interspersed with smaller moments for the more intimate sounding songs. Not just other animals, but people in cities and rural towns.

[number8]

Pot-smoking vampires get the munchies, but are too lazy to hunt. They begin to suck each other's blood, causing a rift in time, thus allowing Josef Stalin to assassinate Bobby Kennedy. Now it's up to the vampires to stop the evil César Chávez.

[Mara]

I've always thought that a zombie movie set in the 18th century would be kind of cool. But I have this feeling its been either done before, or will be done soon enough.

Yeah, there's rumors they're adapting the book Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Which was actually a pretty entertaining book.

[number8]

Yeah, there's rumors they're adapting the book Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Which was actually a pretty entertaining book.

Not rumors.

[Sycophant]

Idea for a romcom I came up with Sunday:

God has all the knowledge and power in the universe, but does He know what it means to live? (Starts when He is listening to a prayer and someone is all like "Sometimes, life is completely out of my control, that time is just slipping away at an impossible pace, and all of life's relationships are so fragile and--well, you know how it is," but then God's all like "No, I don't.") So he goes to Earth (probably LA or SF or NY) and starts hanging out with a human woman who shows him what life is like (like a divine version of the old time travel romcom) and he ends up kind of falling for her and there's heartbreak and she probably works for a charity so he gets to interact with non-middle-class people and get the Human Experience and maybe the ending is bittersweet because He has to go home?

Then I realized I basically was reinventing the Jesus story as a romcom. I wonder if America's ready for that.

[Ezee E]

It's no Cera/Statham lingerie bro movie.

[Sycophant]

*sigh* I know.

[Sycophant]

I don't know why exactly, but 90% of the script ideas I come up with are romcoms.

[Winston*]

Neil Gaiman's making a Death: The High Cost of Living movie, which is kind of similar to that.

[Qrazy]

I don't know why exactly, but 90% of the script ideas I come up with are romcoms.

That's really... terrifying.

[Ezee E]

How about a baseball movie where the entire movie is one game in real time. It'd be a huge ensemble where every player gets screentime. Plenty of drama could come from this, and while some sports cliches are inevitable, I see the ninth inning having more suspense played out this way.

[Sven]

I don't know why exactly, but 90% of the script ideas I come up with are romcoms.

Might I suggest that it is because you are often interested in twisting convention, and romcoms are among the most conventional form of cinema around...?

[balmakboor]

Anyone have any idea which is the greater number each year -- novels seeking publishers or original screenplays seeking producers? Which avenue offers better odds of success? You know, like is one 1,000,000 to 1 and the other 500,000 to 1?

[Mara]

It's no Cera/Statham lingerie bro movie.

I hope Sycophant is actually working on this, because I've thought about it several times since then, including this morning, while adjusting my bra strap.

Where is Jason when you need him?

[Raiders]

Anyone have any idea which is the greater number each year -- novels seeking publishers or original screenplays seeking producers? Which avenue offers better odds of success? You know, like is one 1,000,000 to 1 and the other 500,000 to 1?

I believe novels are "when hell feezes over" and screenplays are "when pigs fly." So, depending upon your beliefs, the chances vary.

[balmakboor]

I was kinda whiling away with that last post, but this blog post answered my question for the most part:

http://johnaugust.com/archives/2007/novel-or-script

I often wonder if I should be writing screenplays or novels. Most screenplays seem to get treated so disrespectfully that I don't think I have the heart for it.

[Mara]

screenplays seem to get treated so disrespectfully

Don't get me started. I don't think I'd ever write for the screen or have a work adapted for the screen ever again.

[balmakboor]

I believe novels are "when hell feezes over" and screenplays are "when pigs fly." So, depending upon your beliefs, the chances vary.

Yeah, I'm sure that's pretty much accurate. This bit from the link I posted did confirm a suspicion it have though:

"Assuming you enjoy novels, you should probably write one, rather than writing a screenplay.

"I know that seems like heretical advice for a blog about screenwriting, but I think the numbers support me. In the U.S., more than 3,500 novels are published each year. Compare that to film: For 2006, there were 607 movies released theatrically.

"If you’re looking to put your story out into the world, paper beats film, hands down."

[Ezee E]

Don't get me started. I don't think I'd ever write for the screen or have a work adapted for the screen ever again.
I got screwed in film school as well. I wrote a fifteen page Western that was butchered at making it more "Peckinpah" and awful direction.

[Sycophant]

Might I suggest that it is because you are often interested in twisting convention, and romcoms are among the most conventional form of cinema around...?

I think you have me, sir.

[bac0n]

I'm thinking they should make a movie based on the television series The Six Million Dollar Man. But here's the rub - they shouldn't adjust for inflation.

Steve Austin is in some sorta astronaut accident, really messed up, and Oscar Goldman says "we can build him. we have the technology" but all he can get to do it is a lousy 6 million, so they build cyborg steve with cheap parts that are always malfunctioning and shit, and for the entire movie, Steve is trying to save the world from international super terrorists with shitty second hand cyborg parts that are always falling off and catching fire.

Like, for example, when he tries to run fast, you here that ank-ank-ank-ank! sound and then he's running in slow motion, like we're supposed to believe that's super fast. Only - in this movie, that really IS how fast he's running! People are walking by, wondering what the fuck is up with this guy running really reallly slow. Finally, Steve gives up running and walks.

This movie has dollar signs written all over it!

[D_Davis]

This movie has dollar signs written all over it!

Yeah - like 6 million of them.

[number8]

Don't get into filmmaking if you're in love with your own words.

[bac0n]

Yeah - like 6 million of them.

Totally. And this just in - half way through the movie Steve discovers that instead of getting a bionic eye, someone just shoved a hard boiled egg in his socket and scribbled a black dot on it with a sharpie.

[Mara]

Don't get into filmmaking if you're in love with your own words.

See, that's EXACTLY why I'm not getting into filmmaking.

[Qrazy]

Totally. And this just in - half way through the movie Steve discovers that instead of getting a bionic eye, someone just shoved a hard boiled egg in his socket and scribbled a black dot on it with a sharpie.

Fuck, even in the future nothing works.

[Grouchy]

I'm thinking they should make a movie based on the television series The Six Million Dollar Man. But here's the rub - they shouldn't adjust for inflation.

Steve Austin is in some sorta astronaut accident, really messed up, and Oscar Goldman says "we can build him. we have the technology" but all he can get to do it is a lousy 6 million, so they build cyborg steve with cheap parts that are always malfunctioning and shit, and for the entire movie, Steve is trying to save the world from international super terrorists with shitty second hand cyborg parts that are always falling off and catching fire.

Like, for example, when he tries to run fast, you here that ank-ank-ank-ank! sound and then he's running in slow motion, like we're supposed to believe that's super fast. Only - in this movie, that really IS how fast he's running! People are walking by, wondering what the fuck is up with this guy running really reallly slow. Finally, Steve gives up running and walks.

This movie has dollar signs written all over it!
I support this one.

[BuffaloWilder]

Here's one that doesn't get a lot of mileage: softcore alien pornography. That's a genre just waiting for someone to come along and bust it wide open.

[Grouchy]

Here's one that doesn't get a lot of mileage: softcore alien pornography. That's a genre just waiting for someone to come along and bust it wide open.
Deleted scenes in District 9.

[Ezee E]

Don't get into filmmaking if you're in love with your own words.
Seems like it works better the other way. That's why I haven't completed anything in the last few years.

[Spun Lepton]

Zombie Opera

Somebody write one now!

[Amnesiac]

In Voyage In Time, Tarkovsky mentions that he had always wanted to do a film about a man who sets his wife on fire. He does this because she constantly lies (i.e., she goes to the movies but upon her return, she says she was visiting a friend) and he cannot understand why. So he lights her on fire. This is all he said about the idea.

Tarkovsky seemed slightly aware of the strangeness of this idea and yet he was also deathly serious about it.

[Sycophant]

I'd've watched that movie. Sounds like it could've been something awesome.

[bac0n]

Zombie Opera

Somebody write one now!

Okay, here's one. Curtain opens, there is a single zombie in one of those white wigs that aristocrats used to way. The orchestra begins, and he sings (to the tune of Figaro)

ZOMBIE: ME WANT BRAINNNNNS! ME WANT BRAINNNNNS! ME WANT BRAINS ME WANT BRAINS ME!!! WANT!!! BRAAAAAAAAAINS!

[Amnesiac]

I'd've watched that movie. Sounds like it could've been something awesome.

Yeah, I gotta' say... I'm pretty curious about how that would have turned out.

[balmakboor]

Zombie Opera

Somebody write one now!

That reminds me. At first I thought that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies sounded really cool. Then I started reading it in Barnes and Noble and had second thoughts. And then I read that someone had been hired to write Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and I realized it's all just a stupid gimmick, just more evidence of creative bankruptcy.

[Amnesiac]

There was some talk about a good pirate movie on the first few pages. Well, Spielberg has picked up the rights to Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes (http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/27/steven-spielberg-pirates/) and he's apparently wanted to do a pirate film for a while.

[number8]

But he already made an atrocious pirate movie in 1991.

[Ezee E]

But he already made an atrocious pirate movie in 1991.
haha

[MadMan]

But he already made an atrocious pirate movie in 1991.*Waits for Wats to show up*

[Qrazy]

What did I say?

Lw5dAhxhlQc

Fuck you all.

Apparently this is a short but the guy wants to turn it into a feature.