The Movie Game Thread

Derek B · May 19, 2011

Damn it, I suck at casting people. Having decided to stick to the UK for this film I'm now having trouble casting someone to play a mother role. Aiming for a British woman, of larger build who has at least a little acting talent. Given how little TV I watch, most of which is American anyways, I can't quite think of anyone who would really fit. Closest I've got so far is Jo Brand, and I'm not sure she's got the acting skills to pull it off... or a price (hint hint ) in case I decide to go with her.

Though for now, I think I may go to bed. I'm actually having fun with this idea, it's not often these days that I get the creative bug and I've already managed to plot out 4 movies worth of ideas for this, which sounds like I might be on to something at least.

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jingo" data-cite="Jingo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Worlds Not Round Studios: Balance: 4,900,000. Title- Punks Not Dead. Lead Actor- Rik Mayall - $25,000. Lead Actress- Dakota Fanning - $50,000. Supporting Actor- Anthony Head - $35,000. Supporting Actor- Alan Rickman - $50,000. Director - Mike Figgis - Need a Price for. Genre- Comedy Plot- Sid Snot (Rik Mayall), Simon Spit (Alan Rickman) Bazza the Basher (Anthony Head) and 'Level' Eddie were members of 'Screaming Flem' a Punk band who had 1 successful album, before right after the recording of 2nd Album 'Flick the World' disaster struck and not for the first time in this bands short and turoubled history. Sid Snot and Simon Spit got into an altication where Snot ended up stabbing Spit and the band went there seperate ways cancelling a planned New York City show. The film starts up showing stage footage and the crazy antics of the band in there 1977-79 run. Fast forward to 2011 and Sid Snot now well into his 50's and the only things that have changed are that he is no longer in a band. The film shows Sids life now from him collecting a Giro for injuries stopping him working (damaged ears from his Punk days), he spends time in his local record shop where he finds out it is shutting down since noone is interested in records anymore and him going into local Punk Bar where hes a good 25+ years older than the rest of the clientele. The next morning Sid is woken by his stereo and former Screaming Flem manager is talking about releasing the Bands previously unreleased second album in New York City at a local record shop he owns there and of course Sid decides he must not only be there but he must get the band back together. Bazza the Basher is now a Lawyer bored with his life who according to his wife has bailed Sid out way too many times. Bazza eventually decideds to come with Sid and put Screaming Flem back together. Simon Spit (unlike Bazza) has not spoken to Sid for many years and he is now a small time actor and he and Sid get into an argument and fight that destroys the set he was working on and gets Snoty fired and so he is in. Finally at a nursing home an uncomfortable Sid (who tries to get out of seeing Eddies mum) comes face to face with 'Level' Eddies mother who informs the guys that Eddie is not in London he moved to New York (before reminiscing with an embarressed Sid about the times they had sex) ... The guys leave in an hurrey before Eddies mother could tell them that Eddie died 2 years ago. In New York they try unsuccesfully to contact their former manager on a few occasions Sid befriends misfit Lisa (Dakota Fanning) at a Punk Bar while they are trying to find Level Eddie, Sid and his friends end up getting into a fight with a few guys causing trouble for Lisa and then end up kidnapping her ex-boyfriend who cheated on her to scare him. Sid confides in Lisa that he would like to play with his band 1 last time (admitting its the only good thing hes ever done in his life) she mentions that her dad was in a band he died a couple of years ago though and shes been playing his Guitar ever since ... .. Yep shes the daughter of 'Level' Eddie. The band end up not only turning up at the record shop but they play with the movie ending with Sid Spit stage diving into the crowd and cue end credits. A few notes; Sid Snot and Simon Spit argue about everything leaving Bazza to have to step in. Bazza is going through a sort of Mid Life crisis and keeps on taking drugs to amusing effect. Sid dresses 'Punked up' like hes still a Teenager - Bondage Trousers, Staples in his Ears, Slashed Tshirts Doc Martins boots. Location- London/New York. Budget- Actors/Actresses - $160,000 + production - $340,000 marketing - $400,000. Total: $900,000 + Cost of Figgis. Duration - 1 hr 49.</div></blockquote> The World is Not Round Studios brings us the comedy Punks not Dead. This hilarious tale tells the story of an old 70’s rock group attempting to have one last hurrah. While not flexing much muscle in the casting department it makes up with it with mildly entertaining humor from Rik Mayall and Anthony Head. Their characters Snot and Spit agree on absolutely nothing causing banter unlike any other. Their partner in crime Bazza, played by Anthony Head, only makes matters worse when he tries to step in usually because it’s while he’s on some top of drug. Rather it be Snot and spit arguing about the color of the sky, yes they actually do that in one scene, or Bazza mistaking a line of glue for coke this movie is full of laughs. Having said that, the dialog, other than the banter, leaves much to be desired, and while the story is decent it’s nothing that’s going to be winning any awards anytime soon. In the end this movie is what you would expect, good for a few great laughs, but nothing that’s going to revolutionize the game in any such way. My guess is the studio realized that coming into it and that’s why they slacked a bit on the cost of the cast and the production. Still, not a half bad film, I’ve seen a lot worse. Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Revenue: 1,250,000 Effects: None The World is Not Round Studios now has a balance of 5,125,000

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Jo Brand, and I'm not sure she's got the acting skills to pull it off... or a price (hint hint <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) in case I decide to go with her. </div></blockquote> 30,000

Imarevenant · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Damn it, I suck at casting people. Having decided to stick to the UK for this film I'm now having trouble casting someone to play a mother role. Aiming for a British woman, of larger build who has at least a little acting talent. Given how little TV I watch, most of which is American anyways, I can't quite think of anyone who would really fit. Closest I've got so far is Jo Brand, and I'm not sure she's got the acting skills to pull it off... or a price (hint hint <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) in case I decide to go with her. Though for now, I think I may go to bed. I'm actually having fun with this idea, it's not often these days that I get the creative bug and I've already managed to plot out 4 movies worth of ideas for this, which sounds like I might be on to something at least. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Could always go with Judy Dench. <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Comradebot" data-cite="Comradebot" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">Frisky T-Rex Productions presents</div> Title- The Zookeeper Lead Actor- Jason Statham ($70,000) Lead Actress- Mila Kunis ($30,000) Supporting Actor- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ($20,000) Supporting Actor- Fred Willard ($30,000) Supporting Actor- Stanley B. Herman ($10,000) Director – Ang Lee ($100,000) Genre- Action Plot- Zookeeper Daniel Jones (Jason Statham, The Transporter, Crank) seems to his co-workers at the San Diego Zoo to be a quiet, easy going man, though a bit of a loner and anti-social. He mostly keeps to himself, but his talents with the animals and his apparent joy in teaching visitors to the San Diego Zoo about our planet’s co-inhabitants makes him an appreciated and respected member of the staff. As the film starts, that is exactly where we are: Daniel is busy with a group of visitors, informing them of one of their newest additions to the “Freshwater Fish Of The World” exhibit, the New Zealand longfin eel, which he warns, “Don’t let their Subway sandwich-shaped bodies fool you: a hungry swarm of these little guys and you will be the meal,” followed by him poking a snarky chubby kid in the chest, “right down to the bones.” Meanwhile, as he continues with his tour, we pan over to Samantha Cooper (Mila Kunis, Black Swan, That 70s Show) admiring Daniel from afar, while conversing with some random female co-worker about him. Despite her co-worker’s warnings that “he’s weird”, Samantha decides to go talk to him anyways as his tour group disperses… unfortunately, just as she has a chance to say “hello”, both are interrupted by Zoo director Craig Ballard (Fred Willard, This Is Spinal Tap, American Wedding), who is in near hysterics: California Senator Henry Buck (Stanley B. Herman, Requiem For A Dream, Black Swan) has just arrived, and has demanded a private viewing of the Chinese pandas which only arrived this morning! (We then show a campaign ad for Mr. Buck, with his catchphrase of “If you don’t want California to suck, vote Henry Buck!”) The zoo staff dutifully usher out most of the visitors as the Senator makes his way towards the panda enclosure… but something is clearly deadly wrong: the unremarkable female co-worker meets a silenced bullet between the eyes from an unseen zoo visitor. As the Senator continues his approach on the panda enclosure, various other gunmen spring out, either detaining visitors/employees or shooting those who resist or run. Just as Daniel and Samantha attempt to restart their conversation from earlier, they too are sprung upon by a pair of gunmen: after feigning surrender, Daniel spring into action, swiftly wrestling a gun away from one of the bad guys and shooting one, and then quickly dispatching the other in hand to hand combat. He “borrows” a radio from one of the fallen bad guys, and explains his past to a bewildered Samantha as they walk: before he became a zookeeper, he was in Special Forces, and now works amongst animals and nature in order to try and forget all the horrible acts he’s both scene, and participated in, during his time in the military. A loud burst of gunfire from the entrance designates a change of tactics from the invaders, as they abandon silenced weaponry to unload fully automatic weaponry towards the panda media circus outside. And the voice on the radio makes one thing very apparent: The Chinese Triad, lead by the evil Kim Ming (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mortal Kombat, Showdown in Little Tokyo) have seized control of the zoo, and they have the Senator. And only one man can stop them. Soon, Ming becomes aware that Daniel Jones is the one person his men haven’t managed to either kill or detain, and that he’s responsible for slowly picking off his minions one at a time, while Samantha aids him from the recently re-secured security room. Jones comes across a pair of men with guns pointed at Mr. Ballard, and in awesomely brutal fashion, Daniel Jones saves his employer. The still hysterical, but grateful, Ballard is directed towards the security room where Samantha Cooper has taken refuge. Next, Daniel makes his way towards Ming and the Senator, dispatching of Ming’s final line of defense (much to the chagrin of Ming, who can’t believe Jones has managed to stay alive this long) in the Reptile House by smashing a guy’s head through the black mamba enclosure… the lethal snakes repeatedly bite the hapless henchman in the face, killing him in seconds. Finally, Jones and Ming come face to face, Jones much worse for wear after having to kill countless henchmen and fight through the various injuries they’ve inflicted on him. Just as Jones goes to make his move to save the Senator (and the hostages that haven’t been executed to show the cops outside that the Triads are serious about their ransom demands), he here’s a click from behind him and a voice say in an almost too chipper tone, “Not so fast, sport.” He turns around to see Mr. Ballard with a gun aimed at Samantha’s head. Shocked by the betrayal, Jones is helpless but to sit back and listen to Ballard reveal the master plan before he and the Triads kill them all. “It was never about the Senator. The old geezer is already shaking hands with the reaper, why would anyone waste the money to actually keep him kicking another week? No, Jones, the pandas! The pandas, you big dummy!” Apparently, back in China the Triads managed to smuggles several million dollars worth of diamonds inside the pandas, undetected. As Kim Ming now informs them, the Senator was just a distraction to buy time for the helicopter to arrive so they smuggle the pandas out, cut them out, and become filthy rich. Then, Ballard laughs about how “ridiculously rich they’ll all be,” to which Ming retorts, “We? You are not ‘we’,” and promptly shoots a shocked Mr. Ballard. But before Ming can finish off Daniel Jones, Jones whistles… there’s a low rumble and a confused look from the bad guys… and a stampeding rhinoceros plows through the Triads! Using the unorthodox distraction, Jones springs into action, killing all the remaining Triads in epic combat fashion (except Ming, who flees during the melee), while Samantha gets the hostages to safety. Jones gives chase to Ming, catching up to him on the scaffolding above the New Zealand longfin eel tank. Furious, Ming screams at Jones, who offers him a chance to surrender and go peacefully… but Ming answers that “The only peace, will be that you find in the grave I send you to!” Some epic martial arts combat kicks in, with both of them teetering on the scaffolding high above the still waters below. Ming finally seems to get the upperhand, strangling Jones from behind with a chain. A sick grin of pleasure crosses the Triad boss’s face as he tells Jones, “He’s so very, very tired of do-gooder types ruining his business. So very, very tired.” Then, Jones replies, “Then sleep with the fishes,” and in one swift motion, Jones dislocates Ming’s knee and judo tosses him overhead down, off the scaffolding, bouncing off several other pieces of scaffolding on his way down, and finally tumbling bloody in the water. Ming is helpless as the New Zealand longfin eels descend upon him, their churning eely mass ripping him to shreds as Daniel Jones looks on in disgust. Jones goes to talk to Samantha again, but again is interrupted, this time by the Senator… who quickly realizes he’s intruding and promises to give his gratitude in a few minutes. Finally, Samantha has a chance to ask him out, the go out for coffee, roll credits. Location- San Diego, CA Budget- TOTAL $5,500,000 = (Cast: $260,000)+(Production: $1,000,000)+(Marketing: $4,240,000) Duration – 103 minutes</div></blockquote> Frisky T-Rex Productions brings us an action movie by the name of The Zookeeper starring Jason Statham. This movie starts off incredibly, and I mean incredibly slow, talking about Zoo animals and the like. It’s not until almost 30 minutes into the movie that we hear gun fire and realize Statham’s character is actually a bad ass ex Special Forces guy who can kill anyone. This is where the movie picks up as, with most of Statham’s movies he starts beating up villain after villain in some unique fashion. Ang Lee does a nice job of putting you in the middle of all this and there are some really incredible fight scenes. The end of the movie comes with Statham killing a bad guy in the most unique fashion yet as he’s actually eaten by an eel. As the movie winds down he ends up saving the day and of course getting the girl. All in all I would say this is your run of the mill action flick. It will do extremely well with a certain demographic, but even with the cheesy love scene at the end it will pretty much lose out on the entire female demographic. The production of the movie was really top notch and one of the best we’ve seen, especially from such a small company. The advertising strategy by the company was also pretty unique they tried flooding the market with advertisements and at times it seemed like wherever you went you saw an ad for this movie. Unfortunately, it probably did more harm than good. By only appealing to a certain type of demographic they were overkill in the advertising and just couldn’t draw in the big numbers they were hoping for with this marketing campaign. Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Revenue: 3,750,000 The Effect: Jason Statham now wants 100,000 per movie Ang Lee now wants 150,000 per movie Frisky T-Rex Productions now has 6,750,000 Please remember to post you’re starting balance somewhere in the post. Luckily I had your balance already in my notes, otherwise I would have had to dig through a lot of pages to find it

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<div style="text-align:center;">The List:

Union

The Ultimate Fan or Stalker

A Fine Day to Exit

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Rathen4 · May 20, 2011

Alright, here goes. If I've used anyone eligible I'm sorry, I'll change it, I did check but couldn't see these guys used recently. Honk.

<div style="text-align:center;">Honkington Film Studies Presents...

</div>

<div style="text-align:center;">THE HIP REPLACEMENT</div>

Lead Male: Will Ferrell ($60,000)

Lead Female: Betty White ($50,000)

Supporting Male: Russell Brand ($50,000)

Director: Mel Brooks ($225,000)

Genre: Comedy

Will Ferrell is a happily married man, with a dark, dark secret. Ferrell plays a gerontophile who is attracted to the gorgeous Betty White, who is his next door neighbour. This film follows the trials and tribulations of Will and his quest to land the "Great White", including a taxi chase, a high wire set piece as he runs across the telegraph poles, and plenty of peering through windows with telescopes.

Will Will's wife find out?

Will Betty actually want Will?

Who thought this was a good idea?

Just as the final, beautiful moment happens, Will and Betty slip out of bed, and she falls badly. Breaking her hip, Will is poised to call for an ambulance - but as he does, a group of gangbangers led by Russell Brand (reprising his character from Get Him to the Greek) roll up at the house. It's Betty's grandson!

What follows is a tremendous set piece, involving Ferrell, a fair amount of the New York Police Department, and Russell, and ends with the rightful arrest of Brand, who is then thrown into a lake. Ferrell realises that, now he's bedded Betty, he has landed "The Great White", and that his wife is the one he truly loves.

The film ends with Ferrell and his wife hugging and reminiscing in the kitchen about how they met, as Betty is shown sabotaging the gas supply into their kitchen...

Financial Breakdown:

Location: New York, New York

Budget: Actors - $160,000

Production - $400,000

Director - $225,000

Promotion - $100,000

Studio funds = 1 million - 885,000 = $115,000

3k · May 20, 2011

1 quick change you will have to make, you haven't specified an amount to be spent on Promotion. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rathen4" data-cite="Rathen4" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Alright, here goes. If I've used anyone eligible I'm sorry, I'll change it, I did check but couldn't see these guys used recently. Honk. <div style="text-align:center;">Honkington Film Studies Presents... </div> <div style="text-align:center;">THE HIP REPLACEMENT</div> Lead Male: Will Ferrell ($60,000) Lead Female: Betty White ($50,000) Supporting Male: Russell Brand ($50,000) Director: Mel Brooks ($225,000) Genre: Comedy Will Ferrell is a happily married man, with a dark, dark secret. Ferrell plays a gerontophile who is attracted to the gorgeous Betty White, who is his next door neighbour. This film follows the trials and tribulations of Will and his quest to land the "Great White", including a taxi chase, a high wire set piece as he runs across the telegraph poles, and plenty of peering through windows with telescopes. Will Will's wife find out? Will Betty actually want Will? Who thought this was a good idea? Just as the final, beautiful moment happens, Will and Betty slip out of bed, and she falls badly. Breaking her hip, Will is poised to call for an ambulance - but as he does, a group of gangbangers led by Russell Brand (reprising his character from Get Him to the Greek) roll up at the house. It's Betty's grandson! What follows is a tremendous set piece, involving Ferrell, a fair amount of the New York Police Department, and Russell, and ends with the rightful arrest of Brand, who is then thrown into a lake. Ferrell realises that, now he's bedded Betty, he has landed "The Great White", and that his wife is the one he truly loves. The film ends with Ferrell and his wife hugging and reminiscing in the kitchen about how they met, as Betty is shown sabotaging the gas supply into their kitchen... Financial Breakdown: Location: New York, New York Budget: Actors - $160,000 Production - $500,000 Director - $225,000 Studio funds = 1 million - 885,000 = $115,000</div></blockquote>

steesh07 · May 20, 2011

Sort of on/off topic, if I'm allowed to add this to my film. The opening theme song for it:

Opening Song:

Closing Song:

If not then no worries <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

JTandSilentBob · May 20, 2011

So are we doing the 2 posts a week thing or the every other day schedule?

3k · May 20, 2011

So are we doing the 2 posts a week thing or the every other day schedule?

2 per week.

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="TheEffect" data-cite="TheEffect" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Because Of The Influence Productions Presents: Title- The Ultimate Fan or Stalker Lead Actor- Jack Black - $60,000 Lead Actress- Kaley Cuoco - $200,000 Supporting Actor- 50 Cent - $20,000 Director - Oliver Stone - $225,000 Genre- Comedy Thriller Plot- Liam Nixon (Jack Black) is a huge fan of the soap opera star Taylor Cameron (Kaley Cuoco) and as such follows her everywhere and tries to get into her hotel rooms and most importantly into her pants, but is followed every time by her bodyguard Extreme Deluxe (50 Cent) who is actually good friends with Jack Black. This film also splits between Liam's life as well as Taylor's which shows her life avoiding the mafia for her drug problems and also her arranged & also illegal marriage turned hostage situation with the president of Italy. In the end Liam finally persuades Extreme Deluxe to let him meet Taylor and he isn't dissapointed with meeting her but after a while she opens up to him and tells him about her problems and he tells her that he has a plan to get her out of trouble. He then organises a long elaborate plan to move to Mexico! This plan goes swimmingly until the mafia finds out and starts a huge car chase mixed with a helicopter. In the end they barely cross the border and the mafia isn't allowed to cross due to border control. We then fast forward 5 years and we see that Liam & Taylor are married and have 2 children and that Liam has started a business selling limited Taylor Cameron merchandise which he collected over the years. Location- Los Angeles, USA & Mexico Border Budget- 5,373,000 - (Actor Costs: $280,000 + Director Costs: $225,000 + Production Costs: $400,000 + Marketing/Promotion Costs: $400,000) = $4068,000 Duration - 1 Hour 30 Minutes</div></blockquote> Because Of The Influence Productions brings us another comedy this time entitled The Ultimate Fan or Stalker. In it Jack Black plays Liam an obsessed fan you is trying to get with soap star Taylor Cameron. What he doesn’t know however is of Cameron’s checkered past and when his good body and her body guard Extreme (played by 50 Cent) allows him to meet up with Cameron it all comes to light. From there we are taken for an action packed ride with the Mafia hot on their tail. This was a disappointing role for Miss Cuoco after winning an Oscar last week she really showed no life in this film, not that it gave her much room to work with, but she still could have done a bit better. Jack Black came across as more annoying in this one than funny and his timing seemed to be off in most of his scenes. Overall, this one really missed the mark. It lacked really all the qualities of a good movie and relied heavily on its starts to pull it past that. When they were unable to do so it really fell apart. Because Of The Influence Productions seems to have a reputation as a hit and miss company and that’s exactly what this film was, a miss. Let’s hope they can bounce back with their next film to deliver a smash. Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars Revenue: 1,500,000 The Effect: Jack Black will now work for 45,000 a movie Kaley Cuoco will now work for 150,000 a movie Because Of The Influence Productions now has a balance of 5,568,000

Derek B · May 20, 2011

My film has been passed on to IER for a potential investment... and if he likes it, then hopefully I'll have it posted up for an actual review and some potential profit.

Then perhaps on to the sequel or maybe one of my more lighthearted projects as horror/thriller isn't something I'm accustomed to writing. I'm more of a wrestling diary person.

3k · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>My film has been passed on to IER for a potential investment... and if he likes it, then hopefully I'll have it posted up for an actual review and some potential profit. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Then perhaps on to the sequel or maybe one of my more lighthearted projects as horror/thriller isn't something I'm accustomed to writing. I'm more of a wrestling diary person. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> I am interested in what you have up your sleeve here. I hope you can secure the investment needed. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Anywho...can I make the full length version of <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pnVAE91E7kM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Greatest Marriage Proposal EVER!!!"></iframe></div></div>. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> So. Original. So. Awesome.

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="hellboy2" data-cite="hellboy2" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Better in than Out 1,117,000 budget Presents Title- A Fine Day to Exit Lead Actor- Clive Owen (50,000)? Lead Actress- Julianne Moore (30,000)? Supporting Actor- Gary Oldman (50,000)? Director - David Cronenberg (125,000) Genre- (Drama/Thriller) Plot- Seth Kincaid(Owen) is tucking his daughter into bed and she says Daddy tell me a story and he tells her a story, Christine Kincaid (Moore) walks in and listens in, this part of the story is a happy story, with a trip to the park and so on, at the park Seth turns to Christine while thier daughter is playing and Seth says he loves her and they kiss, not noticing their daughter has run out to the road to get her ball, when she is struck by a car, Seth looks on and the screen fades Its several months later and Seth is looking in bad health, almost homeless, and a severe drinking problem, as is seen through out the rest of the film, aimlessly wandering the streets, he comes across Lomax (Oldman) he's shouting and dragging someone by the arm, Seth looking sees that it is Christine and tries to help her but is beaten down by Lomax The next day Seth takes the same route and again sees Christine, she enters a building and Lomax is outside, he confronts Lomax and asks about Christine, Lomax tells him she is now a prostitute and works for him, Seth asks how much and pays him everything he has for an hour, he enters Seth is with Christine and asks her what happened, and Christine tells him after the death of there child and after they split up she got into drugs and now owes Lomax thousands in heroine so now sells her body, Seth says that she could of found someone else, when he became a drunk, someone would f loved her and tells him Love is what got their daughter killed, he leaves unsatisfied... days pass and Seth is at an apartment block, on the roof thinking about jumping, he hears his daughters voice telling him to come with her and sees her, he goes running after her, he follows her to an apartment where two thugs are armed waiting at the door, he sees Lomax coming up the stairs and he hides, Lomax has Christine being dragged by two more thugs, Lomax goes on about this is the big score, Christine doesn't want to go in, but is forced, he follows the thugs back to thier car and he hits them down with a plank of wood, taking thier guns, he loads up the shotgun and takes a pistol and sets towards the apartment... he shoots both thugs and enters killing everyone in sight and takes a few bullets himself, and confronts Lomax, he asks where Christine is and he says shes in a sound proof room out the back, Seth inquires why they need a sound proof room and sees a dead girl in the kitchen, he kills Lomax and enters the sound proof room... inside is a man beating Christine up for hsi sexual kicks, Seth shoots him and tells Christine shes free, that she can exit this life and start a new, they both leave the building and they walk to a park bench, which happens to be the park from the beginning, Seth tells her how much he loves her and he is so sorry for not being strong for them and not supporting her, she tells him how sorry she is and even when she wanted to be was not strong enough, , Seth tells her to get clean and live her life its what thier kid would wantthey embrace again and kiss...Seth looks at the rooad while kissing and sees a ball dribble across, he stops and stares at the road, Christine notices a lot of blood on Seth, he sees thier daughter pick up the ball and says Daddy... and Seth is bathed in a bright light leading to the credits Location- UK, Mostly an estate and a town of some variety Budget- 130,000 on actors if my estimates are okay, 125,000 on director Duration - 105 mins 130,000 Actors 125,000 Director 500,000 Production 300,000 Promotion 1,055,000 total spent adjust if need be for anything</div></blockquote> Better in than Out productions brings us the drama A Fine Day to Exit. This is a story that is sad from beginning to end. Clive Owen plays Seth a dad who is reading his daughter a bed time story then the very next scene she’s struck by a car and killed. From there the movie fast forwards and we see Seth barely able to live and nearly homeless. He thinks about ending it all when he hears his ex-wife Christine (played by Julianne Moore) being beaten by a man. We come to find out that after her daughter’s death she became addicted to drugs and a prostitute. Things then go from drama to thriller as Seth tries to pull himself out of the gutter to save his former wife. Of course to do this he has to kill several armed thugs, but that’s all just minor details really. Seth is able to save Christine before she herself gets killed only to take her to the same park where their daughter died. They basically say their good byes and he dies from all the bullet wounds. This is a story that has a ton of drama and decent enough actors to pull off the emotional scenes. My biggest complaint about the movie and why I don’t think it will be winning any awards is due to the fact that it was almost entirely sad. There was no arc, no moment for the audience to collect themselves and feel good for the protagonists, it was just sad from beginning to end. Rating: 3 out of 5 Revenue: 1,750,000 The Effects: Clive Owen now wants 60,000 per movie Julianne Moore now wants 45,000 per movie Better in than Out Productions now has 1,812,000

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="steesh07" data-cite="steesh07" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Spine Wood Studios Presents http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii164/Steesh07/Untitled-2-1.png Title:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">UNION Would You Cross the Picket Line? </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Lead Actor:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Stephen Graham (20,000) </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Lead Actress:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Emily Blunt (35,000)</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Supporting Actor:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Sir Ian McKellen (45,000) & Christopher Lee (30,000)</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Daniel Roche (7,000) </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Director: </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Shane Meadows (120,000)</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Genre:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Drama/Crime</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Plot:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">The UNION is set in 1980’s Britain where they are riddled with unemployment, recession and race wars. But this is a story about one man and his family’s fight to survive following the closures of the coal mines. The story (whilst still has truth within it) fabricates a fictitious character named Dave Lavery (Stephen Graham (This Is England)) who was one of the first men to go on strike. </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">However through the course of the film we see how his wife (Emily Blunt (Gnomeo and Juliet)) and children endure severe poverty as he remains too proud to submit to the closures of the pits. </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Lavery is one of the loyalists until young son (Daniel Roche (Outnumbered)) dies through trying to scramble for coal to keep the family home warm during the harsh winter. This is the turning point for Lavery who finally gives into the pressure of the government and its accelerated closures of the British Mining culture.</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">Throughout the film is shown the conflicts between the warring picket lines and the government’s army (police forces). But there is also the political battle between the head of the NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) Arthur Scargill (Christopher Lee) and the head of the British Coal Board; Ian Macgregor (Ian McKellen).</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">UNION aims to be a harsh and gritty depiction of the sacrifices one man can make before finally giving in for the good of his family.</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> But at what price? </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Location:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">England </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">(Mainly Northern, some London i.e. Parliament & Downing Street)</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Budget:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">£257,000– Workers</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">£747500 – Production</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">£ 347500 – Marketing Total: 1,352,000 </div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"> Duration:</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">80 minutes <pre class="ipsCode">Starting Budget: £1,410,000</pre><div></div></div> </div></div></blockquote> Union is the fascinating tale of Dave Lavery (Stephen Graham) who works the coal mines in England in the 1980’s. Produced by Spine Wood Studios, this tale gets into the heart and soul of one man and the difference he was able to cause. This film is sure to win over many viewers and while considered an Indy film the story alone should be big enough to capture the hearts of at least a few awards judges. During this story we learn that Lavery’s family is poor and they need the coal mine to put food on the table and to keep warm during this incredibly harsh winter. However, Dave is a proud man and he doesn’t want to bend, not any more. So he continues to strike despite the desperate pleas of his family. He plans to strike until the bitter end, and that end comes a lot sooner than expected for his son (Daniel Roche). Luckily for the family the government steps in and Dave Lavery has won, but what was his reward? This film was good enough for me to watch again and again. I only wish they would have used a more star studded cast and had the financial muscle to market it properly. Even with all that however, this film is worthy enough to warrant an award and was masterfully crafted by Shane Meadows. Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Revenue: 6,750,000 The Effects: Stephan Graham now wants 50,000 a movie Shane Meadows now wants 150,000 per movie Some fans are suggesting this film should be remade after the store has some financial backing and would like to see it with a production cost of 10 million and a marketing strategy of 25 million. Spine Wood Studios now has 6,808,000

mad5226 · May 20, 2011

Alright, so I should be caught up to the end of last night at least. At this time I would like to open up nominations for the following categories:

Worst film of the week:

Worst performance from a lead actor -

Worst performance from a lead actress-

Best performance in a supporting role-

Best performance from a lead actress -

Best performance from a lead actor -

Best performance from a director -

Top new Production Company (this is a company who just joined this week) -

Most improved Production Company -

Top Production Company -

I'll be taking nominations until 8pm EST tomorrow. That's roughly 25 hours from now.

You can either PM me the nominations or post it in here.

At 9PM EST Saturday I will put up the new voting link and you will have 24 hours to vote before I most the results.

All movies that were posted today (all movies that have been reviewed up to this point are in the running) will go into contention for next week's awards.

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Derek B · May 20, 2011

I don't think anyone on this movie has been used today, I'll probably turn out to be wrong. This is also no relation to a movie of the same name I discovered on IMDB, though I'm sure they'll sue for something.

i effin rule (Pretty OK Movies, I think he's called) has agreed to put up money to fund this movie too, figures and stuff are factored in. Despite him offering more money, I went for easy numbers in order to make things easy for everyone... and to ensure I make some money off of this for myself.

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Borderline Productions (current balance $800,000)

Title - "The Crimson Mask"

Lead Actor - Johnny Depp (100,000)

Lead Actress - Amanda Tapping (40,000)

Supporting Actor - Henry Ian Cusick (30,000)

Supporting Actress - Zoe Lister (10,000)

Supporting Actress – Jo Brand (30,000)

Director - The Coen Brothers (175,000)

Genre - Horror/Thriller (I’m never sure how to categorise movies )

Plot – After a dark, broody opening sequence we join the middle aged couple of Tony Coleman (Depp) and his wife Renee (Tapping) as they receive the crushing news from a doctor that the couple will never be able to have children. Devastated, though not entirely surprised, the we follow the couple home to their suburban London home as they talk about it, with Renee joking that Tony will be able to keep his obsession room to himself after all. The joking stops as Tony opens up the door to what he’d hoped to become his child’s bedroom to step into a murder scene, or at least a re-enactment of one. The two talk about the mask room, modelled after a crime scene from fifteen years ago that Tony was first on the scene to find. Ritualistically, he walks his wife through the events that must have transpired (flashing back to his time at the actual crime scene and all the blood that is missing from the home version), going into detail about the three women that were abducted from their homes, tied up and the sliced open from navel to sternum before having all the arteries around the heart cut open… all details of the case that has driven him out of the police force, but that he has never stopped trying to solve in order to bring the monster to justice. Every three years, three women, all with links to psychics and spirituality, brutally murdered and no-one ever brought to justice for those crimes in more than twenty years!

Having indulged him in his obsession, Renee breaks Tony’s concentration by reminding him that she has her own things to prepare for over the coming days, hosting a “psychic” party/show for her friends in the house to celebrate an upcoming wedding. Having promised to join in for a tarot reading, much like when they first met when Tony was first on the case, he agrees to the reading later that evening. Renee, dressed in full psychic gear proceeds to do a tarot reading that Tony clearly doesn’t believe in, making a prediction that a search, a chase and a change. Following the reading and after some talk about how much he still doesn’t believe in all this psychic stuff, Renee gives him some useful advice… that if he’s going to find the killer he needs to keep in touch with all the contacts he’s built up. Psychics, police, everyone… knowing that he’s going to spend much of the next week out hunting this person down.

Following his wife’s advice, Tony travels around the many psychics of the greater London area, handing out his card and retelling the story of the killer to whoever will listen, he gets many frosty responses (via montage to avoid dragging this on too long). As the expected day edges ever closer he becomes more tense and more tense until he finally hears about a girl called Miss Tick (Zoe Lister) going missing. While her friend thinks little of it since she’s not the most reliable person in the world and a bit of an airhead with her pagan stuff, Tony gets her address and goes to look for her… finding signs of a struggle and the picture of the girl that looks a lot like the youngest of the victims at the crime scene, he calls Renee in order to tell her it’s all begun, though he can’t get through as the phone is off the hook for the party.

He continues to question people despite a rainstorm breaking over the city, trying desperately to get across the importance of what is happening to a lot of psychics who continue to offer him psychic assistance that he refuses angrily, saying that he doesn’t have time to waste and that this is serious! While checking in with one of his contacts he finds her to be out… initially chalking it up as unfortunate timing, one of her regular clients (her landlord) shows up and seems worried that Angelika (Jo Brand) isn’t in today and wasn’t in last night either since it’s time for her reading. Demanding to be shown where she lives, he is lead to Angelika’s home where there are yet more signs of a distrubance and a struggle, but there is no sign of her. Frustrated, he heads out into London where he lets out his anger and frustration at the world in general, shouting at the skies and cursing out god for letting bad things happen to him and to innocent people. When the only response he gets is a rumbling of thunder, he seems to give up, trudging through the rain to a bus stop for shelter while he makes a call home. Renee picks up long enough to let out a scream… Tony instantly realises what is happening and without another thought gets to the car and drives as fast as he can, knowing he’s got hours of road to cover and very little time to do it.

We flash back to end of Renee’s party, tidying up after all the guests have gone home while still wearing her costume. Despite the heartbreaking news given to her at the start of the film, she seems almost happy but that lasts only until a mysterious robed figure sneaks up behind her and knocks her our with a single blow. When she wakes up she is in the crime-scene room of her house, tied up in the place where the last of the victims was so brutally carved up. Along side her are Miss Tick and Angelika, bound one on either side and both equally scared and confused. Terrified, each of the women try to scream for help but to no avail. Renee tries to take control of the situation, telling Miss Tick that she’ll save her and explaining where they are and what is going on… but by time the explanation is finished the cloaked figure reappears, sending all the women into a fit of screams. The cloaked figure slowly begins to chant words of a strange language, using a single flickering candle to see by in the darkness of the night, before revealing a wicked blade, hooked and sharp enough to slice through human flesh with ease. Miss Tick screams as Renee and Angelika try to break free, but the cloaked figure proceed to slice open the young woman from navel to sternum as she screams and begs for her life. The cloaked figure then pulls back his hood and pulls open the skin, slicing his way into Miss Tick’s heart and slicing every major artery, completely covering the mask he wears in blood spray from the wounds and making sure to continue chanting all the way through as the other women scream for help.

As night turns to day, the two remaining women attempt to forge an escape plan and do what they can to keep each other’s spirits up while the cloaked man is away, but the sight of Miss Tick’s lifeless, mutilated body causes them to lose focus. Renee tries to tell Angelika that her husband will be on his way to save them soon, that he’s been chasing this killer for years and that it’s not too late. But Angelika seems to understand the situation that surrounds them. All power comes from blood and this beast feeds off the power of their own lives. The ritual isn’t twenty years old, it’s ancient beyond all measure. The words are old words, not new. Whoever is doing this has a purpose that goes beyond madness and the choice of victims is symbolic. When Renee mentions that she can’t have children the realisation hits Angelika. The power of three witches… the maiden, the mother and the crone. Surrounded by darkness, the cloaked figure returns again with his lone candle. Screaming and begging for her life, Angelika is then sliced open and ritualistically her blood is set free from her body, dowsing the cloaked figure’s mask in blood once more.

The day comes and goes again in montage form as Renee screams for help and tries to free herself from the ties that bind her, but she is having a hard time doing so. Hunger sapping her strength and shock sapping her will while the two corpses of her fellow psychics look out at the room, Renee puts every ounce of energy left into her being to try and claw her way through her ropes. One tiny fibre at a time, she claws through one side as the sun rises up in the sky and then begins to slide down again. Dusk falls as she finally has the strength to free up one hand but then the chanting begins again. As the cloaked figure enters the room he finds himself being attacked by a frantic Renee, who manages to escape the room and get downstairs. Unable to get out of the locked doors, she heads to the phone as it rings and manages to pick it up with just enough time to scream before the cloaked figure is on her again.

We rejoin with Renee regaining consciousness to the sound of chanting, once again bound in the position of the third of the victims and flanked by the corpses of Miss Tick and Angelika. The candle light burns brightly as Renee begs for mercy, threatens that her husband will get revenge for this and everything else she can think of but none of it seems to phase the masked man as he approaches with his cruel blade. With a surgical precision and a visceral scream from Renee, the figure slowly slices her up from her navel as we cut to Tony…

… who pulls up outside and crashes up the path, leaping from the car to charge into the house (after fumbling with his keys for a moment) as he hears the scream. Finally, he bursts into the room that has been his obsession for so long and comes face to mask with his nemesis, seeing his wife screaming in pain due to being sliced open. A fight ensues as Tony does what he can to fend off the masked figure, managing to get on top and claw at the mask to try and see the man underneath. Briefly getting a look at the wild eyed man (Henry Ian Cusick) he is then thrown off. The mask, red with the blood of the previous two nights, almost falls into Tony’s clutches but the mysterious man grabs it and runs away… Tony wants to give chase but Renee screams at him to help her. Tony is in two minds, caught between the love of his wife and the obsession that has shaped his entire life for the most of the last twenty years. He gets to the front door, seeing the figure running off into the distance, hearing his wife’s screams coming from upstairs and seeing a neighbour’s light on…

… the last thing we see is Renee waking up in hospital with Tony standing over her. After a short embrace, we close with Renee saying “We’ll get him. Together, we’ll get him”

Location – Greater London Area, United Kingdom

Budget –

800,000 from Borderline Productions (210,000 for actors, 175,000 for directors, 405,000 for production)

800,000, from somewhere else (250,000 for producion in addition to my own, 550,000 for advertising)

NOTE: All revenue is to be split 50/50 between the two companies thanks to the equal funding of the movie

Duration – 2 hours 15 minutes

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Now to hope for enough success that I can make this a franchise as I actually have ideas for some. And I've got another franchise in my head too, though since that's based off my own mafia games I'm not sure about it. Strangely, it's also a horror type... I don't even like horror movies!

3k · May 20, 2011

@DerekB

I think Tony is working with the killer, and when he went to 'check on' the other women he was actually kidnapping them. That explains why he knows so much about the case. He left the police force because co-workers were getting suspicious. And it is always people with Psycic connections because he dislikes that type of practice, and his wife was chosen to be a victim to try and get her away from Psycic activities.

Or am I too accustomed to films like Saw that I see this type of stuff when it isn't even there. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Derek B · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="1234" data-cite="1234" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>@DerekB I think Tony is working with the killer, and when he went to 'check on' the other women he was actually kidnapping them. That explains why he knows so much about the case. He left the police force because co-workers were getting suspicious. And it is always people with Psycic connections because he dislikes that type of practice, and his wife was chosen to be a victim to try and get her away from Psycic activities. Or am I too accustomed to films like Saw that I see this type of stuff when it isn't even there. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></div></blockquote> Good to know that someone is watching, I'm just hoping you took a date so that I can at least make sure to bea the record low $20 gate the Rebecca Black film got. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"> As for plot details... I'm gonna leave that one to your imagination for now. There are some clues in there but I wouldn't expect anyone to just be able to predict it. If anyone did I think I'd actually be a little disappointed, but hopefully sequels will be good enough to carry me to some success. Cast is gonna get bigger and more star-studded as I go... though since I've already killed Zoe Lister (I call dibs on her!) I doubt she'll be showing up in any future movies. Which is a shame, I'd love to be able to make a star out of some unknown. That would be cool. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">

3k · May 20, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Good to know that someone is watching, I'm just hoping you took a date so that I can at least make sure to bea the record low $20 gate the Rebecca Black film got. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> As for plot details... I'm gonna leave that one to your imagination for now. There are some clues in there but I wouldn't expect anyone to just be able to predict it. If anyone did I think I'd actually be a little disappointed, but hopefully sequels will be good enough to carry me to some success. Cast is gonna get bigger and more star-studded as I go... though since I've already killed Zoe Lister (I call dibs on her!) I doubt she'll be showing up in any future movies. Which is a shame, I'd love to be able to make a star out of some unknown. That would be cool. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> I wouldn't worry about people predicting what you have in store, anything we predict would be total guess work. I just re-read (or watched in game terms) the film again and have seen more things I missed the first time, but again I could be completely mis-reading and guessing completely wrong. In summary: Interesting film idea, hope the series succeeds.

mad5226 · May 21, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rathen4" data-cite="Rathen4" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Alright, here goes. If I've used anyone eligible I'm sorry, I'll change it, I did check but couldn't see these guys used recently. Honk. <div style="text-align:center;">Honkington Film Studies Presents... </div> <div style="text-align:center;">THE HIP REPLACEMENT</div> Lead Male: Will Ferrell ($60,000) Lead Female: Betty White ($50,000) Supporting Male: Russell Brand ($50,000) Director: Mel Brooks ($225,000) Genre: Comedy Will Ferrell is a happily married man, with a dark, dark secret. Ferrell plays a gerontophile who is attracted to the gorgeous Betty White, who is his next door neighbour. This film follows the trials and tribulations of Will and his quest to land the "Great White", including a taxi chase, a high wire set piece as he runs across the telegraph poles, and plenty of peering through windows with telescopes. Will Will's wife find out? Will Betty actually want Will? Who thought this was a good idea? Just as the final, beautiful moment happens, Will and Betty slip out of bed, and she falls badly. Breaking her hip, Will is poised to call for an ambulance - but as he does, a group of gangbangers led by Russell Brand (reprising his character from Get Him to the Greek) roll up at the house. It's Betty's grandson! What follows is a tremendous set piece, involving Ferrell, a fair amount of the New York Police Department, and Russell, and ends with the rightful arrest of Brand, who is then thrown into a lake. Ferrell realises that, now he's bedded Betty, he has landed "The Great White", and that his wife is the one he truly loves. The film ends with Ferrell and his wife hugging and reminiscing in the kitchen about how they met, as Betty is shown sabotaging the gas supply into their kitchen... Financial Breakdown: Location: New York, New York Budget: Actors - $160,000 Production - $400,000 Director - $225,000 Promotion - $100,000 Studio funds = 1 million - 885,000 = $115,000</div></blockquote> Honkington Film Studios is a new upstart company that is trying their hand in a comedy for their first film. The Hip Replacement has an all-star cast that includes Will Ferrell, Betty White, and Russell Brand. The story itself is a bit of a strange one. In it, Ferrell plays a married man with one thing in mind, getting in bed with Betty White. He begins peering through windows, taking long taxi rides, and on one occasion even managed to run across telegraph poles. When Ferrell finally get to Betty White he is met with another challenge, White falls out of bed and breaks her hip. To make matters worse at this same time White’s grandson, played by Russell Brand, comes into the picture and he is a nasty character. This movie is full of twist and turns that is sure to keep you guessing. The combination of Ferrell, White, and Brand alone is enough to split your gut in two from laughing so hard. Having said that I think this is a decent attempt at a first movie, although the storyline was lacking a bit. This was a great movie for Russell Brand to use as a stepping stone after his last movie. Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Revenue: 1,000,000 The Effect: Will Ferrell will now want 75,000 per movie Betty White now wants 60,000 per movie Russell Brand now wants 65,000 per movie Honkington Film Studios now have a balance of 1,115,000

mad5226 · May 21, 2011

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I don't think anyone on this movie has been used today, I'll probably turn out to be wrong. This is also no relation to a movie of the same name I discovered on IMDB, though I'm sure they'll sue for something. i effin rule (Pretty OK Movies, I think he's called) has agreed to put up money to fund this movie too, figures and stuff are factored in. Despite him offering more money, I went for easy numbers in order to make things easy for everyone... and to ensure I make some money off of this for myself. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ---------------------- Borderline Productions (current balance $800,000) Title - "The Crimson Mask" Lead Actor - Johnny Depp (100,000) Lead Actress - Amanda Tapping (40,000) Supporting Actor - Henry Ian Cusick (30,000) Supporting Actress - Zoe Lister (10,000) Supporting Actress – Jo Brand (30,000) Director - The Coen Brothers (175,000) Genre - Horror/Thriller (I’m never sure how to categorise movies <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) Plot – After a dark, broody opening sequence we join the middle aged couple of Tony Coleman (Depp) and his wife Renee (Tapping) as they receive the crushing news from a doctor that the couple will never be able to have children. Devastated, though not entirely surprised, the we follow the couple home to their suburban London home as they talk about it, with Renee joking that Tony will be able to keep his obsession room to himself after all. The joking stops as Tony opens up the door to what he’d hoped to become his child’s bedroom to step into a murder scene, or at least a re-enactment of one. The two talk about the mask room, modelled after a crime scene from fifteen years ago that Tony was first on the scene to find. Ritualistically, he walks his wife through the events that must have transpired (flashing back to his time at the actual crime scene and all the blood that is missing from the home version), going into detail about the three women that were abducted from their homes, tied up and the sliced open from navel to sternum before having all the arteries around the heart cut open… all details of the case that has driven him out of the police force, but that he has never stopped trying to solve in order to bring the monster to justice. Every three years, three women, all with links to psychics and spirituality, brutally murdered and no-one ever brought to justice for those crimes in more than twenty years! Having indulged him in his obsession, Renee breaks Tony’s concentration by reminding him that she has her own things to prepare for over the coming days, hosting a “psychic” party/show for her friends in the house to celebrate an upcoming wedding. Having promised to join in for a tarot reading, much like when they first met when Tony was first on the case, he agrees to the reading later that evening. Renee, dressed in full psychic gear proceeds to do a tarot reading that Tony clearly doesn’t believe in, making a prediction that a search, a chase and a change. Following the reading and after some talk about how much he still doesn’t believe in all this psychic stuff, Renee gives him some useful advice… that if he’s going to find the killer he needs to keep in touch with all the contacts he’s built up. Psychics, police, everyone… knowing that he’s going to spend much of the next week out hunting this person down. Following his wife’s advice, Tony travels around the many psychics of the greater London area, handing out his card and retelling the story of the killer to whoever will listen, he gets many frosty responses (via montage to avoid dragging this on too long). As the expected day edges ever closer he becomes more tense and more tense until he finally hears about a girl called Miss Tick (Zoe Lister) going missing. While her friend thinks little of it since she’s not the most reliable person in the world and a bit of an airhead with her pagan stuff, Tony gets her address and goes to look for her… finding signs of a struggle and the picture of the girl that looks a lot like the youngest of the victims at the crime scene, he calls Renee in order to tell her it’s all begun, though he can’t get through as the phone is off the hook for the party. He continues to question people despite a rainstorm breaking over the city, trying desperately to get across the importance of what is happening to a lot of psychics who continue to offer him psychic assistance that he refuses angrily, saying that he doesn’t have time to waste and that this is serious! While checking in with one of his contacts he finds her to be out… initially chalking it up as unfortunate timing, one of her regular clients (her landlord) shows up and seems worried that Angelika (Jo Brand) isn’t in today and wasn’t in last night either since it’s time for her reading. Demanding to be shown where she lives, he is lead to Angelika’s home where there are yet more signs of a distrubance and a struggle, but there is no sign of her. Frustrated, he heads out into London where he lets out his anger and frustration at the world in general, shouting at the skies and cursing out god for letting bad things happen to him and to innocent people. When the only response he gets is a rumbling of thunder, he seems to give up, trudging through the rain to a bus stop for shelter while he makes a call home. Renee picks up long enough to let out a scream… Tony instantly realises what is happening and without another thought gets to the car and drives as fast as he can, knowing he’s got hours of road to cover and very little time to do it. We flash back to end of Renee’s party, tidying up after all the guests have gone home while still wearing her costume. Despite the heartbreaking news given to her at the start of the film, she seems almost happy but that lasts only until a mysterious robed figure sneaks up behind her and knocks her our with a single blow. When she wakes up she is in the crime-scene room of her house, tied up in the place where the last of the victims was so brutally carved up. Along side her are Miss Tick and Angelika, bound one on either side and both equally scared and confused. Terrified, each of the women try to scream for help but to no avail. Renee tries to take control of the situation, telling Miss Tick that she’ll save her and explaining where they are and what is going on… but by time the explanation is finished the cloaked figure reappears, sending all the women into a fit of screams. The cloaked figure slowly begins to chant words of a strange language, using a single flickering candle to see by in the darkness of the night, before revealing a wicked blade, hooked and sharp enough to slice through human flesh with ease. Miss Tick screams as Renee and Angelika try to break free, but the cloaked figure proceed to slice open the young woman from navel to sternum as she screams and begs for her life. The cloaked figure then pulls back his hood and pulls open the skin, slicing his way into Miss Tick’s heart and slicing every major artery, completely covering the mask he wears in blood spray from the wounds and making sure to continue chanting all the way through as the other women scream for help. As night turns to day, the two remaining women attempt to forge an escape plan and do what they can to keep each other’s spirits up while the cloaked man is away, but the sight of Miss Tick’s lifeless, mutilated body causes them to lose focus. Renee tries to tell Angelika that her husband will be on his way to save them soon, that he’s been chasing this killer for years and that it’s not too late. But Angelika seems to understand the situation that surrounds them. All power comes from blood and this beast feeds off the power of their own lives. The ritual isn’t twenty years old, it’s ancient beyond all measure. The words are old words, not new. Whoever is doing this has a purpose that goes beyond madness and the choice of victims is symbolic. When Renee mentions that she can’t have children the realisation hits Angelika. The power of three witches… the maiden, the mother and the crone. Surrounded by darkness, the cloaked figure returns again with his lone candle. Screaming and begging for her life, Angelika is then sliced open and ritualistically her blood is set free from her body, dowsing the cloaked figure’s mask in blood once more. The day comes and goes again in montage form as Renee screams for help and tries to free herself from the ties that bind her, but she is having a hard time doing so. Hunger sapping her strength and shock sapping her will while the two corpses of her fellow psychics look out at the room, Renee puts every ounce of energy left into her being to try and claw her way through her ropes. One tiny fibre at a time, she claws through one side as the sun rises up in the sky and then begins to slide down again. Dusk falls as she finally has the strength to free up one hand but then the chanting begins again. As the cloaked figure enters the room he finds himself being attacked by a frantic Renee, who manages to escape the room and get downstairs. Unable to get out of the locked doors, she heads to the phone as it rings and manages to pick it up with just enough time to scream before the cloaked figure is on her again. We rejoin with Renee regaining consciousness to the sound of chanting, once again bound in the position of the third of the victims and flanked by the corpses of Miss Tick and Angelika. The candle light burns brightly as Renee begs for mercy, threatens that her husband will get revenge for this and everything else she can think of but none of it seems to phase the masked man as he approaches with his cruel blade. With a surgical precision and a visceral scream from Renee, the figure slowly slices her up from her navel as we cut to Tony… … who pulls up outside and crashes up the path, leaping from the car to charge into the house (after fumbling with his keys for a moment) as he hears the scream. Finally, he bursts into the room that has been his obsession for so long and comes face to mask with his nemesis, seeing his wife screaming in pain due to being sliced open. A fight ensues as Tony does what he can to fend off the masked figure, managing to get on top and claw at the mask to try and see the man underneath. Briefly getting a look at the wild eyed man (Henry Ian Cusick) he is then thrown off. The mask, red with the blood of the previous two nights, almost falls into Tony’s clutches but the mysterious man grabs it and runs away… Tony wants to give chase but Renee screams at him to help her. Tony is in two minds, caught between the love of his wife and the obsession that has shaped his entire life for the most of the last twenty years. He gets to the front door, seeing the figure running off into the distance, hearing his wife’s screams coming from upstairs and seeing a neighbour’s light on… … the last thing we see is Renee waking up in hospital with Tony standing over her. After a short embrace, we close with Renee saying “We’ll get him. Together, we’ll get him” Location – Greater London Area, United Kingdom Budget – 800,000 from Borderline Productions (210,000 for actors, 175,000 for directors, 405,000 for production) 800,000, from somewhere else (250,000 for producion in addition to my own, 550,000 for advertising) NOTE: All revenue is to be split 50/50 between the two companies thanks to the equal funding of the movie Duration – 2 hours 15 minutes ---------------------- Now to hope for enough success that I can make this a franchise as I actually have ideas for some. And I've got another franchise in my head too, though since that's based off my own mafia games I'm not sure about it. Strangely, it's also a horror type... I don't even like horror movies! <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Borderline Productions along with Pretty OK Movies, brings a film for the ages. The Crimson Mask is a thriller that wil keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you guessing every step of the way. The performance by Johnny Depp is said to be just as appealing as his Captain Jack Sparrow character. While Amanda Tapping is said to have given the performance of her life. This more than 2 hour film seems to flow perfectly. The production of this film was a bit low and people wanted to see at least a million dollars invested into it. The props used were showing their age, and the lighting was a bit too dark in some scenes. Overall I don’t have a bad thing to say about this film, I think it was very well put together and can’t wait to see what the sequel will have in store for us. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Revenue: 12,000,000 The Effect: The over whelming success of this film has made it a popular genre. Now more people will want to see Horror/Thriller type movies Johnny Depp now wants 175,000 a movie and will guarantee his appearance in a sequel given a 24 hour notice Amanda Tapping now wants 100,000 per movie The Coen Brothers now wants 2250,000 per movie and will guarantee their appearance in a sequel given a 24 hour notice. Borderline Productions now has a budget of 6 million dollars Pretty OK films now has a budget of 16,920,000

dakydaky · May 21, 2011

Rose Red productions present: The Drain

Title - " Drain"

Lead Actor - Brad Pitt (125,000) as: Jack Torerra

Lead Actor - The Rock (60,000) as: Mike Folds

Supporting Actor - Tito Ortiz (20,000) as : Oscar

Supporting Actor - Tom Hardy (50,000) as : Sgt. Phill Collins

Director - Peter Jackson (175,000)

Genre - Sci-Fi (Not sure)

Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes

Before The Start:

2014 - Mankind Discovered a new chemical element, which is thought to be new replacemend for oil resource, which is almost gone.

2024 - Saudi Arabia finally hits peak oil. The world Super powers go into panic and started sending military forces into all of Saudi Arabia to recover the rest of the oil being drilled out of the ground.

2025 - American Army starts to test the new element as a replacement for oil

2026 - War in Saudi Arabia - China and Japan form "Wealf-t", while European Union Unifies with Russia to create a EU-R.

2026 - America is still not in the war.

2032 - America starts using L123HG. First rumors say that it is absolutely safe.

2043 - Water area of the earth is completely drained. Rumors say that it is because of the L123HG. World Panic has started and every single country in the world is sending expeditions in new arisen lands, including the Americans.

We follow the story of a four-man expedition to unknown lands - Lands that were seas before the apocalypse. We meet Jack Torrera, a former police officer who joined the expedition on his own, Mike, who is world renown profesionall boxer and Doctor Oscar Stephens, who is one of the worlds best biophysics scientists. Sergeant Phil Collins is there as a captain. Following the directions in the thousand miles big lands , they find a big suprise: whole underearth base complex owned by unknown, never seen forces. The base seems pretty modern and Jack believes this complex is owned by non-earth colonies. They try to estabilish the contact with the base, but the word is that EUR has attacked America andas a result of a war - destroyed whole continent with Chemical Bombs. Now, they are on their own and have no other choice but to break in the base, as there is absolutely nothing in 100000 miles of ex-sea. Problem starts when the very same base is attacked by Wealt-F forces and four man have to keep the base for themselves. Will they be successfull? Check in your closest cinema.

Financial Breakdown: (Bonus 1Million Given by Derek_B) - Money split

Location: Hollywood

Budget: Actors - $255,000

Production - $970,000

Director - $175,000

Promotion - $600,000

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FUNDING: $2,000,000

May 21, 2011

wow dakydaky, that would be EPIC movie in real life

Cool Idea.

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