OS Makes its Pitch to Hollywood

[Caulfield]

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Speaking of which, here's my pitch:

It's Always Sunny in Mexico

The Gang has to flee the country due to the horrible things they've done and the law is now after them. Frank says he owns a secret estate in Mexico, where he has plenty of food, clean water, alcohol, and bangmaids.

Turns out, Frank and the Gang discovers that his estate has since become headquarters to the Mexican Cartel. Since he left it vacant all the time and hadn't been there since the 80s, the Cartel took it over and turned it into a drug mansion. They realize this too late, and the druglords capture them and threaten to kill them. Charlie and Dee, due to their coke selling experience, have unknowingly become world-renowned drug dealers; the Cartel, discovers this when running a background check, and forces the Gang to push drugs in Mexico City.

Dennis has his own sociopathic subplot where he becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a God-like figure to a group of Mexican teenage girls. He sleeps with a few of them, which infuriates their fathers. Dennis actually kills a man and somehow keeps it a secret. He is possessed by the thrill of murdering someone and decides to become a serial killer.

Mac falls in love with a man named Felipe and has to battle his own fears of being a gay Catholic man. Dee also falls in love with Felipe and the two compete for his affection; Mac eventually wins, breaking Dee's spirit, but decides that Jesus would not approve if his forbidden love.

Frank and Charlie start a new trend with some homeless people, who they confused for trash hoarders/collectors, and make Nightcrawlers a cultural phenomenon in Mexico.

All of this ensues while Gang is on the run from U.S. law enforcement and while they're trying to sell a "spy" van full of cocaine for the Mexican Cartel.

Includes appearances from Rickety Cricket, the Waitress, the McPoyles, Mac's dad, the Ponderosas, and the Maniac's luchador son, El Maniac.

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this is some serious epicness, worthy of a full 2 or 2 and a half hour movie.

[Cusefan]

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I would be down for that IASIP movie on day one

[Blzer]

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I wrote a Saw VII script in the three days after Saw VI came out. I still maintain that it's better than the Saw VII that we got.

Then I've thought of this before, but never once ran with it. Here's a quick synopsis:


Born Again

A family loses their teenage child in a car accident. Concurrently, another family gives birth to a child that is a reincarnation of the decedent. The two families know each other, and the child starts to piece together a puzzle of a former life that he had with that other family. Within lies a moral dilemma between which family the child feels he belongs.

[Caulfield]

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I wrote a Saw VII script in the three days after Saw VI came out. I still maintain that it's better than the Saw VII that we got.

Then I've thought of this before, but never once ran with it. Here's a quick synopsis:


Born Again

A family loses their teenage child in a car accident. Concurrently, another family gives birth to a child that is a reincarnation of the decedent. The two families know each other, and the child starts to piece together a puzzle of a former life that he had with that other family. Within lies a moral dilemma between which family the child feels he belongs.

my first thought was "he ain't heavy, he's my brother'', then I realise ''he ain't heavy, he's me".

[Blzer]

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Haha!

I had another one that I would get into more detail about (I actually started writing it as a screenplay then annexed it because college), but it's a little convoluted and doesn't work well in synopsis form:


Pox

A man is framed and convicted for raping a young girl. He is later released when the real rapist confesses by documenting all incriminating evidence (which also exonerates our protag). The story from here comes two-fold... part of it is involved how he tries to regain his reputation within his community (always will be naysayers out there, and people will obviously always see you one way)... the other part involves him investigating what kind of game the rapist is playing by submitting to his crime (kind of one of those mind games).

While Born Again would be a straight drama, this is more drama/suspense.

[Blzer]

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Every so often when I watch action films where our hero kills henchmen leading up to the evil boss's lair, I sometimes think the following:

• That person's life is just over. Boom.
• I wonder if he had a family?
• How often do they just stand around waiting for bad to go wrong? I know security has to do this all the time, but evil lairs seem a little less enticing despite the pay.
• Assuming they believe in the evil cause, how were they discovered or how did they come to this situation?
• What does it feel like to be under the big guy? Do they care for your allegiance toward them? Again, I know on the good side we have this as well, but something feels different on the other side.

All that this gets me to wonder whether there could be a good movie about a henchman. I'm wondering if it would serve best as a comedy, drama, or action movie. Maybe there is nothing entertaining enough to be told in the format, but I think these questions could be poked at, and even in a non-comedy can bring a bit of levity to addressing some of those questions.

What would be really interesting beyond that is that we're seeing about a hero possibly but from another point of view, and we're on the bad guy's side with this one. Obviously part of it could involve him questioning his own morals so we can side with him a little better, but the end result is this would get more people to think about the downed henchmen in these movies as more than simply expendable.

[Caulfield]

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I was just thinking of this thread a few short weeks ago but now can't remember what idea came to me

as for a henchmans story, Finn's started off great in Force Awakens but fizzled quickly in Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker

a great spinoff story for a henchman would be Oddjob from Goldfinger

also, off-topic, when the last Christian Bale Batman came out with Tom Hardy as Bane, I originally thought Bane was just a henchman because I only previously knew him from the 1997 Clooney/Ahnold Batman installment, with Bane as a henchman for Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy. at that time I didn't know he had been created for the comic book series 4 years earlier

and back on-topic, it's probably inevitable there will be a movie about the worst ever true-life henchman, assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Kevin Spacey would be perfect for the role

[Caulfield]

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Calling all Yankovics

not really a movie or tv show pitch but I do feel like LA/ Hollyweird has a disproportionate amount of musical talent, and maybe this could work on soundtrack for a movie; got the start of a Joe Diffie parody song. so you songwriters feel free to run with this and finish:

Prop me up beside a juicebox 'cause I'm five
Lord I wanna go to lunch, but I don't wanna go to school, alright?
put a straw in my hand, tie my shoes and...
...Prop me up beside a juicebox 'cause I'm five

[PVarck31]

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Theoretical physicist tragically loses her husband, and she want's to access the multiverse to bring back a version of him.

It would a thriller and use real science when it comes to that subject.

[Caulfield]

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Theoretical physicist tragically loses her husband, and she want's to access the multiverse to bring back a version of him.

It would a thriller and use real science when it comes to that subject.

casting Demi Moore in Look Who's Ghosting Too with Bruce Willis' ''Malcolm Crowe'' in the Patrick Swayze ''Sam Wheat'' role, M. Night to direct lol

the twist at the end is:

Spoiler

Guinan wakes aboard the Enterprise holodeck from a bad dream/nightmare/hologram

[PVarck31]

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casting Demi Moore in Look Who's Ghosting Too with Bruce Willis' ''Malcolm Crowe'' in the Patrick Swayze ''Sam Wheat'' role, M. Night to direct lol

the twist at the end is:

Spoiler

Guinan wakes aboard the Enterprise holodeck from a bad dream/nightmare/hologram

Perfect casting lol.

[PVarck31]

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Ok, so how about I change this concept up a bit. Instead of losing her husband she loses her young son. But every time she is able to access another universe she finds that he is happy and healthy and doesn't have the heart to take him away from his parents (her and her husband).

But the twist is

Spoiler

She decides she can't just go back and live without him so she decides to kill one of her other selves and takes her place and no one knows and she stays in that universe.

Best SyFy Channel movie ever lol.

[Caulfield]

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Ok, so how about I change this concept up a bit. Instead of losing her husband she loses her young son. But every time she is able to access another universe she finds that he is happy and healthy and doesn't have the heart to take him away from his parents (her and her husband).

But the twist is

Spoiler

She decides she can't just go back and live without him so she decides to kill one of her other selves and takes her place and no one knows and she stays in that universe.

Best SyFy Channel movie ever lol.

this is great.
but my fear is the Hollywood that will steal this idea and run is Rick & Morty and ruin an otherwise rather good plot

[Caulfield]

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there should be a movie adaptation of I Love Lucy: I Love Loosey, starring Sarah Silverman as Loosey, Amy Schumer as Ethel (or Ester), Dave Chapelle as Ricky (or Rocky) & Louis C.K. as Fred (or Red)

[Caulfield]

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someone should make a movie about the life and times and tragic death of high school football star Bobby Martin. I don't mean a type of 30 for 30 documentary but a full-blown movie released in theatres. done right, this could be an Oscar worthy story, and 10 times better, and inspirational, than Rudy