Recent interesting and HILARIOUS script sales

[Jeanette X]

Some of these are decent, but some are so bad that I wonder if I ought to take up screenwriting. Whatever I come up with can't be any worse than the shit these hacks churn out.

[pjalne]

I might see this one if it's produced:

Title: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Log line: An unconventional relationship exists between a father and son while the 27-year-old young man is working as a caseworker at a homeless shelter in Boston.
Writer: Nick Flynn (author)
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Columbia Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 11/9/04
More: Memoirs (novel). Corduroy Films’ Michael Costigan will produce.

[pjalne]

But not this one:

Title: Russell
Log line: An Australian poacher gets trapped in a koala's body and shipped to the London Zoo after falling under an Aboriginal spell.
Writer: Simon Kelton
Agent: Mngr. David Faigenblum of Concept Entertainment
Buyer: Independent
Price: n/a
Genre: Family Adventure
Logged: 11/4/04
More: Martin Brown, Ian Jessel and Matador Pictures’ Nigel Thomas will produce. Russell Mulcahy is in negotiations to direct.

JIXBY PHILLIPS I EXPECT TO SEE HORROR HORSE ISLAND ON THIS LIST NEXT MONTH AND NO LATER!

[S.I.D.S.]

haha those australians

"Log line: Giant robots are able to morph into cars, trucks and planes"....why wouldnt they be able to?



Also I would hate to see a re-make of revenge of the nerds. Being in college is bad enough without people making a movie that shows stuff that doesn't happen in college.

[pjalne]

VERY IMPORTANT BUMP:

Title: Mrs. Doubtfire 2
Log Line: A man poses as an English nanny.
Writer: Bonnie Hunt
Agent: ICM
Buyer: Fox 2000
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 11/19/04
More: Sequel. Blue Wolf Productions' Robin Williams and Marsha Williams will produce. Robin Williams will star.

Also, Evil Dead remake appears to more than a joke from Sam Raimi:

Title: The Evil Dead
Log Line: Five twentysomething friends are holed up in a remote cabin and discover a Book of the Dead. When an archaeologist's taped translation of the text and its incantations is replayed, the kids accidentally summon dormant demons that possess them.
Writer: n/a
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Senator Intl.
Price: n/a
Genre: Horror
Logged: 11/18/04
More: Remake of the 1981 film written, directed and produced by Sam Raimi. Bruce Campbell and Ghost House Pictures’ Sam Raimi & Rob Tapert will produce.

Here's one for Rongi (or Esuohlim, I sometimes mix the two of you up). Pray they won't screw it up:

Title: V for Vendetta
Log Line: In an alternate future, Germany wins WWII and Great Britain becomes a fascist state. A terrorist freedom fighter known only as "V" begins a violent guerilla campaign to destroy those who've succumbed to totalitarianism, and recruits a young woman he's rescued from the secret police to join him.
Writer: Alan Moore (author)
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Science Fiction Action
Logged: 11/18/04
More: Graphic novel. James McTeigue will direct. The Wachowski brothers will produce. Joel Silver will produce.

An inevitable one:

Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Log Line: As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike.
Writer: Michael Goldenberg
Agent: Cliff Roberts of William Morris Agency
Buyer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Fantasy
Logged: 11/17/04
More: To be based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. Fifth installment of this franchise. David Heyman will produce.

Pixar assraped :

Title: Toy Story 3
Log Line: More adventures from Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of Andy's toys.
Writer: n/a
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Walt Disney Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Family
Logged: 11/16/04
More: Third installment of this franchise. This will be CGI animation like the first two films.

This one has a great title, but we'll see how it turns out:

Title: Pimp: The Story of My Life
Log Line: In the late 1920's, a young street hustler and pimp in Chicago is sent prison. Three decades later, he is straightened up and begins writing about his experiences in the ghetto.
Writer: Robert "Iceberg Slim" Beck (author)
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Pras
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama Bio
Logged: 11/15/04
More: Book published by Holloway House Publishing Company. Rapper Pras will produce. Picked up in turnaround from Fox Searchlight.

Oh man:

Title: Real Men
Log Line: An impromptu small-town football game which pits gay against straight attracts worldwide attention.
Writer: Dan O'Dowd
Agent: Chasin Agency
Buyer: Mount Film Company
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 11/15/04
More: Option. Dan O'Dowd and Mount Co.'s Thom Mount will produce. John Landis will direct.

STOP THE PRESSES:

Title: Baywatch
Log Line: Centers on a phalanx of lifeguards who patrol a California beach.
Writer: n/a
Agent: CAA
Buyer: DreamWorks
Price: $1.25 million
Genre: Drama Action
Logged: 11/10/04
More: Rights to TV series that ran from 1989-2000. Creators Michael Berk, Doug Schwartz and Greg Bonann will produce. Michelle Berk will be executive produce. Eli Roth will co-produce. No screenwriter has been hired yet.

The hijinx!:

Title: Noah's Ark: The Untold Story
Log line: A hapless camel must save the animals aboard Noah's Ark.
Writer: William Schifrin
Agent: Michael Margules of Paradigm
Buyer: Walden Media and Creative Battery
Price: n/a
Genre: Family
Logged: 11/9/04
More: Rewrite. Walden Media and Creative Battery will produce. This will be a CGI film.

OK, that's all for now! Have a great time at the cinema!

[FS]

This thread battles my will to live

Mrs. Doubtfire 2? I almost want to know just how they're going to excuse Williams dressing up again. Hmm. Ten to one they have family coming over and Robin has to dress up to make the family look normal or be around because the wife's parents hate him.

And I'm not the biggest Evil Dead fan, but does anyone actually want a remake? Seems to me people think that movie's perfect.

Speaking of Alan Moore movies: lately I wish I could make the League 2 myself, and just ignore everything the first movie did to the story.

Title: Baywatch
Log Line: Centers on a phalanx of lifeguards who patrol a California beach.

HA HA HA "phalanx" HA HA HA. I guess it's going to be 90 minutes of the latest hot chicks running around the beach in slowmo. Hmm. Sounds good, actually.

[pjalne]

Hey, that reminds me, Pamela Anderson once guest-starred as herself on Futurama, and mentioned something about Baywatch The Movie being the first movie to be shot entirely in slo-mo. Let's see if fiction becomes fact.

As for Doubtfire 2: No harm done, I guess, I didn't really think there was a god in the first place.

[Krythor]

Eli Roth will co-produce.

Hilarious.