The ramblings of a wannabe cineaste. Join me as I dissect the art of storytelling in films, comics, TV shows, and video games.
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Informal Pitch: A Raunchy College Comedy Set in the Star Trek Universe
Premise: Before embarking upon their legendary expedition to discover strange new worlds, the iconic crew of the Enterprise must conquer...
Informal Pitch: A Paul Schrader Biopic in the Style of a Paul Schrader Script
INT. EMPTY ROOM - NIGHT The room is featureless and almost completely bare. A BED, meticulously made, in one corner (it hasn’t been slept...
Informal Pitch: A Subversive Twist on A Christmas Story
Whether you like it or not, you’re intimately familiar with the various episodes of A Christmas Story’s plot. The shattered leg lamp. The...
Informal Pitch: A Nightmare on Elm Street Legacy Sequel
Synopsis: The setting is the Lantz Institute, a clinic specializing in the study of sleep disorders. Despite the wide variety of...
Informal Pitch: A Modernized, Mixed Media Parody of A Christmas Carol
Synopsis: Christian Bale plays Silas Croodge, a greedy, miserly, out-of-touch corporate executive that has recently acquired a popular...
Informal Pitch: A Live-Action Pokémon Kaiju Film
The Kanto region has fallen into chaos. Unusually powerful Pokémon have been appearing in the wild with alarming frequency, often outside...
Informal Pitch: A Drag Me to Hell Sequel
Years ago, Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) was literally dragged to Hell by the forces of darkness—leaving behind her severely...
Informal Pitch: A Parody of a Hallmark Style Holiday Romcom
Title: The Christmas Conman Synopsis: Holly Day never really cared about Christmas; her career simply didn’t leave much time for joy and...
Informal Pitch: A Serious Cop Drama Starring Adam Sandler
Synopsis: A sadistic serial killer stalks the sleepy suburbs of South Florida, targeting young children. The homicide detective assigned...
Informal Pitch: An RPG Based on the Teen Titans Animated Series
Premise: Nearly ten years have passed since the Teen Titans disbanded. The tragic circumstances surrounding the team’s dissolution have...
Informal Pitch: A Disney/Pixar Animated Feature
Plot Synopsis: Finn (David Harbour) is a salmon that refuses to swim upstream. Clawdia (Zendaya) is a young grizzly bear that refuses to...
Informal Pitch: A Big-Budget Hollywood Adaptation of Golgo 13
Synopsis: Following the completion of a job in New York City, the aging (but no less deadly) assassin known as Golgo 13 (Ken Watanabe) is...
Informal Pitch: A Gritty, Live Action Reboot of Nickelodeon's Rugrats
After years of financial hardship and mooching off his more successful brother, mild-mannered inventor Stu Pickles (James McAvoy) is...
Informal Pitch: A Crazy Taxi Movie
New York City. The not too distant future. With the economy caught in a downward spiral and cheap rides easily available via the Chau4U...
Informal Pitch: A Live Action Flintstones Reboot
Premise: When lifelong pals Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, through sheer dumb luck and no shortage of bumbling, manage to...
Informal Pitch: A Predator Sequel
A sadistic serial killer, known only as “The Ghost” due to his ability to strike without warning and vanish without a trace, stalks the...
Informal Pitch: An RPG Based on Nickelodeon's Avatar
Premise: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Only the Avatar, the bridge between the worlds of humans and spirits, reincarnated throughout the ages,...
Informal Pitch: A Suicide Squad Video Game
It’s the government’s dirty little secret: a rehabilitation program for super-powered criminals, offering reduced prison sentences in...
Informal Pitch: A Zatoichi Video Game
You are Ichi—blind masseur, lonesome wanderer, deadly swordsman. You long for a life of peace, but wherever you go, you inevitably find...





















