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"The President Who Woke Up On the Wrong Side of the Dead"
or if Robert Rodriguez directs it:
"Once Upon A Time In Antonio Banderas' Career: Game Over."
Premise: In the somewhat distant future, President Wallace Muffshire is coming to the end of his first term in the oval office. His re-election campaign is well under way, but there is a lot of unnecessary pressure
clouding his judgment and causing him stress. Personally, he is worried about his wife, who is battling cancer on one of the moons of Venus, which is inhabited by a vicious tribe of tumors. He recently discovered his beloved daughter is pregnant with his brother. Even though Wallace's father has been dead for quite some time, this occurrence proves once and for all that his father actually was the world-famous sexy, dashing time traveler, Rip Skillshot. Politically, he is losing public support after his recent failures overseas. After President Muffshire issued a risky military order, the USA 's temporal cold war with France culminated in the accidental erasure of all French culture and history from existence. The
public doesn't quite remember why they're mad at Muffshire, but they do know there is a huge, gaping hole in Europe . He worries that public favor will sway towards his opponent in the election, a billionaire hover-bike racer named Tiberius Atticus. Also, the recent tax on blinking seems to be more trouble than it's worth.
Mr. President is on his last nerve when his good friend and Postmaster General Nathaniel Fox suggests a way to relieve some of his pent-up emotion. All throughout history, men have sought solace and comfort in the sport of hunting. Therefore, to relieve the most stress in the shortest amount of time, Fox suggests hunting the most dangerous game of all: man. A desperate Wallace agrees. The two fly by hover-copter to an uninhabited island in the Pacific, where Fox's lackeys from the post office have delivered a convicted killer for them to hunt down. As the two drink Vanilla Beer © and swap childhood stories of racing souped up hover-cars through the abandoned ruins of Old New York, they close in on their human target. Using his laser-sighted hover-laser gun, Wallace kills his prey. As they stand triumphantly over the slightly glowing body of their victim, Fox reveals himself to be none other than Tiberius Atticus in disguise. Atticus then reveals that the man Wallace killed was not an evil murderer, but an innocent banker. The whole purpose of the trip was to incriminate poor Muffshire, allowing Atticus to grasp the presidency easily. The President has officially reached his breaking point. Atticus speeds away on his hover-bike, but the President throws a rock into one of the hover-spokes. The bike topples over and explodes into a brilliant burst of hover technology and cheap metal. The once-proud Tiberius Atticus dies instantly.
In the smoking shreds of Atticus' jacket, Muffshire discovers a letter Atticus received from a cute and adorable third grader. The letter speaks of how much the adorable little child is looking forward to hearing how Uncle Tiberius' hunting trip went. Muffshire is no fool; he realizes this is a loose thread that must be cut.
Once he is back in Washington , Muffshire silences all those who could connect him to the incriminating hunting trip. In typical film noir fashion, the President quickly discovers that with each murder he commits to help hide the other murders, he is only digging himself in deeper. Thankfully, the presidents of this time period aren't the symbols of democracy they used to be. They are symbols of democracy who can resort to being crime lords when the political climate calls for it. Once the President's serial killer tendencies become apparent to the nation, he surrounds himself with a gang of pacifist mercenaries, whose primary purpose is to look cool and scare off enemies by appearance alone. The easily intimidated legislative and judicial branches of the government are too chicken to take out President Muffshire themselves, so they decide to hire outside help. The only one willing to take him on is a freelance robot named Hexstein. Hexstein roams the country performing whatever tasks people randomly assign him. One day he might be tying shoes for orphans in New Hooverville, the next he might be flipping sealburgers at the local McEndangeredspecies. Hexstein came with only one flaw: he was speechless. His tongue had been cut out by a group of angry tobacco lobbyists for no discernable reason. Hexstein had previously cut the tongue out of a magazine. Despite his single glaring flaw, the panicky politicians hired Hexstein anyway.
With little effort, Hexstein defeats the pacifist mercenaries by simply doubling what President Muffshire was paying them. The slave boy hears of Hexstein's arrival, giving Wallace Muffshire just enough time to escape. After doubling the slave boy's wages from one shoelace to two, Hexstein learns the secret hideout of the President: the Potomac Volcanoes. In this bizarre future world, the Potomac River has been replaced by a series of volcanoes, which spew everything from the traditional lava to ridiculous things like candy and puppies. Hexstein confronts the insane President Muffshire on top of a volcano filled with a mystery liquid. They engage in a very violent battle which results in Hexstein losing various crucial parts and Wallace losing a limb or two along with several patches of hair. Eventually, they fall into the volcano. The mystery liquid turns out to be self-actualization juice. Hexstein enjoys a far-out fantasy where he is the ringmaster in a circus with a troupe of performing abstract nouns. Meanwhile, President Wallace Muffshire is subjected to one of the two following fantasies (the producers haven't decided which yet): Wallace fishes in a boat while talking to precocious German boy who teaches him a valuable lesson, or Wallace eats lunch with the Burger King in a Taco Bell while having a conversation on the meaning of life peppered with pop culture references. The end.
Who's Directing It: Terry Gilliam, Curtis Hanson, or Robert Rodriguez.
Who's In It: Hugh Jackman (President Wallace Muffshire), Steve Buscemi (Tiberius Atticus), Colin Farrell (Rip Skillshot), Jack Black (The Burger King) and no one, he's speechless! (Voice of Hexstein)
Who's In It If Robert Rodriguez Directs: Antonio Banderas (President Wallace Muffshire), and Salma Hayek (Voice of Hexstein)
Tagline: "During this campaign, no one will be running for president because all the candidates will be too busy running from him. "
Scooper: Jackson Brody
Holy Shit, It's World War III, Charlie Brown! (New!)
Premise: It's the first year of Charles W. Brown's first term as president, and he's brought the Peanuts gang to Capitol Hill! Lucy is the Press Secretary (Complete with Press Secretary booth. 5 cents a question.). Linus is the leader of the Secretary of State. Marcie is a secret service agent/scientist, who's working on the ultimate supersoldier, Peppermint Patty ("You're radioactive, sir"). Sally is a crack whore. Pigpen is a reclusive billionaire supported Brown's campaign, and who smokes a lot of pot. Franklin is...well, he does something important, let's just say. Snoopy is a renegade fighter pilot gone AWOL, with his friend Woodstock strapped to an H-Bomb. Schroeder is the gay Special Assistant to the President, who is in love with Charlie Brown ("Sparky..."). The Little Red Haired Girl is a Russian Spy, who knows just how to get to Charlie Brown's secrets. And Rerun is Vice-President. Add all of these up, and what you get? The blockbuster political hit of the summer! Well...that or a huge lawsuit from the estate of Charles Schultz.
Tagline:
This summer...prepare...two words...Good Grief.
Scooper: Fuv Ma' Poppin'
Where's
Waldo? In Hollywood
Premise: Based on the wildly popular
children's books from the early 90's, this movie takes place where the
books leave off. Sure, we know that Waldo is constantly in different places,
completely rebuffing the notion of utter claustrophobia. However, this
movie examines what happens to Waldo when he visits the mystical land of
Hollywood, California. While the book was a rather mundane and repetitive "Find Waldo somewhere in Hollywood" story (natch), this movie dares to
follow Waldo after he arrives, and gets enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle.
"Where's Waldo?" soon becomes, "Waldo, where's the cocaine?" and "Waldo,
where's the dead transvestite hooker?". A truly daring tour de force from
first time director Odlaw.
Who's Directing It?: Odlaw. What,
weren't you listening...er, reading?!
Tagline: His dog can't help him.
The wizard can't help him. A page full of Waldo impersonators can't help
him. This time, Waldo finds himself lost in the flea-bitten whore of a
town known only as...Hollywood.
Sample dialogue: "Oh, Waldo, Hollywood's
changed you."
When It's Coming To Theaters: Coming
soon...if you can find it.
Clockstoppers
2: Lockstoppers (New!)
Premise: Drawing on a certain interview
French "Freedom" Stewart made on Conan O'Brien around the time of promoting
his appearance in the Nickelodeon film "Clockstoppers", in which our Mr.
Stewart made a comment about the film taking on a whole different meaning
if you removed just one letter from the title, the idea soon came around
that, despite French's lame dirty joke, perhaps a sequel could be made,
drawing on a certain interview French "Freedom" Stuart made on Conan O'Brian...whoops,
sorry. French Stuart makes me do that sometimes. Anyway, instead of dropping
the "L" from the title, the makers of "Lockstoppers" instead decided to
drop the "C", thus giving birth to the greatest film this side of the Panama
Canal, Lockstoppers (!), in which our hero French goes around for an hour
and a half, in real-time, in the futile effort that is trying to get everybody
on Earth to stop locking things.
Tagline: "Wait, stop! Don't lock
that!"
Sample Dialogue: "Wait, stop! Don't
lock that!"
Who's Directing It?: John Lithgow
When It's Coming To Theaters: Soon,
hopefully before Clockstoppers 3: Cockstoppers; The Porno (Featuring the
Sample Dialogue "Wait, stop, don't cock that!")
Good
Burger 2:
The
Porno:
Hot
N' Greasy
Tagline: "Put
your meat between my buns!"
Who's In It?:
Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell
Who's Directing
It: Abe "I think I just broke my ass" Vigoda
Premise:
Kenan and Kel were once the Kings of Nickelodeon. However, once they
started growing up, they knew that their time was running short as kids
novelty acts, and thus the movie Good Burger was born. Five years
later, Kenan and Kel are poor, gay, and ugly. So, what can they do
to cash in on their former celebrity? They decide to take the road less
traveled (unless you count Dana Plato...), and star in a porno movie. Kitchy,
no? The story isn't really something you can talk about on a family site
such as this, but we can give you snippets: "Special Sauce", "Big
Mac", the phrase "Would you like guys with that?", and Kel's signature
line "Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, How can I sexually
pleasure you?" are all featured prominently in this film.
Rated: NC-17,
for major...um...flame-broiled action.
When It's Coming
to Theaters : Already floating around the internet, and probably at
Risque' video as we speak.
--A Fuv Ma' Poppin'
and Odephius McAntismash original
Crossroads
2
Script First Draft
Title(s): "Untitled Britney Spears Project Part 2", "Oops, She Did
It Again"
Who's in it?:
Britney Spears, um...those...other girls...ensemble cast...or something...maybe
Justin Timberlake in a cameo...and Dan Ackroyd
Who's directing
it?: Carson Daly
Tagline:
Dreams change. Plots don't.
-or-
Not an original,
not yet a trilogy
Premise:
Instead of Britney and friends going on a roadtrip, a roadtrip goes on
them! No, kidding. This time, the girls highjack an airplane, and instead
of flying it into buildings as seems to be the fashion nowadays (bad P.R.,
Ms. Spears...), they decide to go on an international roadtrip, with yet
another guy that they just met (Justin Timberlake). Look out Paris, here
comes trouble! Also featuring: Hilarious "I'm not sleeping here" line followed
by girl then sleeping there...again, and Britney singing, god bless irony,
"I want to rock n' roll all night (and party every day)". May god have
mercy on our souls.
When It's Coming
to Theaters: After Britney finishes shooting "Home Movie" with Justin
--A Fuv Ma' Poppin'
Original
Working
Class Zero
Script First Draft
Title(s): Remember The Hurricane's Training Day: Based on the True
Story of an Angry Yet Basically Good-Hearted Man Who Overcame Great Adversity
Who's In It?:
Denzel Washington (John C. Everyman), and a bevy of well-established character
actors just there to make Denzel look good.
Who's Directing
It?: Denzel Washington
Tagline:
Is That An Oscar In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just The Amazingly Versatile
Denzel Washington?
Premise:
After making it painfully obvious that he think he deserves an Oscar for
his performance in Training Day, Denzel will again lose as Russell Crowe
again takes the stage to accept his much-deserved second statuette at the
2002 Academy Awards. Denzel will be so frustrated that he will write,
produce, direct, and star in a sure-fire Oscar favorite. It tells
the story of John Conflicted Everyman, who comes home from his job as a
Protestant Minister/Volunteer Firefighter/Electrician for the Underprivileged
to find his entire family murdered by his nemesis, Officer Rascist.
Of course, John is accused of the murder and is convicted because he is
a working class everyman who bravely overcame a drug problem many many
years ago and because the system is corrupt. Or something.
While in jail, John is asked by his dying brother to coach his little league
team. John accepts, and because it's a movie, a judge lets John out
once every week to coach the Rodney Kings to victory. During the
championship game between the Rodney Kings and the Easy Street W.A.S.P.s,
John collapses just as the wheelchair kid is about to hit the home run
to win the game. It turns out John has that rare terminal and incurable
movie cancer. John is released from prison, and it gives him time
to track down the evidence to prove Officer Rascist's guilt. He does,
with the help of several comical assistants who give this otherwise dark
epic a lighthearted and fancy-free tone. Maybe Frankie Muniz, of
one of them girl pop star types who's looking to break into the biz.
That's the ticket. Once John gathers the necessary evidence, he simply
lets Officer Rascist off the hook to show how humble he is. He manages
to leave all his anger behind him, and reluctantly dies because he was
denied the chance to right all evil in the world. In the process,
our working class zero has become a working class hero.
When It's Coming
To Theaters?: Very soon, it's mostly scenes from other movies with
Denzel digitally inserted in.
--A Jackson Brody
original
Enron:
The Movie
(Note: Written before the TV movie)
Script First
Draft Title(s): "Enron: Chairman of the Bored", "Clear and Present
Bankruptcy".
Who's In It?:
Brian Dennehy (Kenneth Lay), Tom Brokaw (President George W. Bush), Peter
Jennings (Jeffrey Skilling), Rob Lowe (Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle (D-SD), Richard Dreyfuss (Vice President Dick Cheney), Richard
Harris (Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill) Smart money also says
that LL Cool J. will make a cameo as Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Who's Directing
It?: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (in his directorial
debut)
Tagline: "They were just some men looking for one energy plan to rule them all!"
Premise:
The not-so-heart-wrenching story of complicated accounting and political
scandals where once again the matter is not black and white. Will
there be lots of sex and violence involved? No. Will there
be lots of trial scenes? Yes.
When's It Coming
To Theaters?: When the screenwriters have enough material to make the
movie long.
Trailer Transcript:
In the midst of
a recession...
Only one company...
Had the stupidity...
To throw around
millions of dollars.
And that company
was....
Enron (echoey sound
effect ensues)
Til
There Was Ewe
Script First Draft Title(s): "The
M'ewe'sic Man: A Spike Lee Joint"
Who's In It?: Dean Jones (Harold
Hill), Dolly (The Sheep), James Marsters (Mayor Shinn)
Who's Directing It?: Spike Lee
Tagline: "There were sheep on
a hill, but he never heard them baaaing"
Premise: A re-imagining of the
classic 1962 film, which was in turn based on the play written by Meredith
Wilson. What can we expect from this film? It's anyone's guess. Perhaps Harold Hill lands on a planet where sheep evolved from men.
When's It Coming to Theaters?:
Expect this one Summer 2005.
Trailer Transcript: None written
yet.
Kazaam
2: Kazaamistad
Script First Draft Title(s): "Kazaam
2: Steel"
Who's In It?: Shaquille O'Neal
(Kazaam)
Who's Directing It?: Stephen Spielberg
Tagline: "Wishes are not given. They are our right at birth. But there are some moments when they must
be taken."
Premise: A young slave boy finds
a lamp on the slave ship Amistad. After rubbing it, he finds basketball
legend Shaquille O'Neal in it. Set in the backdrop of a slave revolt
and subsequent trial, "Kazaam 2" tells the story of that slave boy and
the mystical powers he uses to create the events that unfold in "Amistad",
and portrays family values and the wrongs of the slave trade, and also
teaches that slave boy about the consequences of his unlikely discovery
of a magic genie on a slave ship heading for America.
When's It Coming to Theaters?: Christmas,
2002
Hollow
Man 2:
Young
Nephew of Sebastian Caine
Script First Draft Title(s): "Hollow
Man 2:
Who's In It?: Ben Affleck (Thadeus
Caine), Christine Aguilera (Holly Foster), Kenan and Kel (Comical Technicians
#1 and #2), Ben Stiller (CIA Agent Tommy Stanton)
Who's Directing It?: Bryan Singer
Tagline: "Think you're alone? Think again...again!"
Premise: Thadeus Caine, the nephew
of Sebastian Caine, is an up and coming quantum physicist with a heart
of gold. He decides to take up his uncle's work. Now, with
the help of Comical Technicians #1 and #2, he'll go on a journey of discovery
as he struggles to become visible again. But can he do it before
the CIA gets ahold of him?
When's It Coming to Theaters?: Summer,
2003
Trailer Transcript:
Thadeus Caine had everything...
A beautiful house...
A beautiful wife...
A toaster oven...
But now...
He's in over his head...(shot of Thadeus
becoming invisible)
Thadeus: "Holy crap, I'm invisible!"
Now all he's got are a few friends...
Kel: Woooo!
That know nothing about quantum physics....
Kenan: Does this have anything to do
with that show Quantum Leap?
And he's going to have the time of his
life... (shot of Thadeus doing a conga line in his skin-colored rubber
coating)
Orion Pictures presents...
"Hollow Man 2: Young Nephew of Sebastian
Caine"
Check local listings for details.
Loser
2: Revenge of EvilKinnear
Script First Draft Title(s): "Loser
2: Wrath of Dora Diamond"
Who's In It?: Ashton Kutcher
(Edmund Lewis Jr.), Nicole Kidman (Dora Tannek (Paul's daughter), Greg
Kinnear
(Professor EvilKinnear)
Who's Directing It?: Britney Spears,
in her directorial debut.
Tagline: "Dare to be evil..."
Premise: This time, Paul's daughter's
going off to college, and he's got some tips. 1) Stay out of animal
hospitals. 2) Stay away from anyone named Greg Kinnear. Unfortunately,
she heeds none of his advice, moves into an animal hospital with Greg Kinnear
the following day, in fact. Now, she's got to get together with that
astoundingly befuddled Edmund (played lovingly by Ashton Kutcher).
Can she do it and still get an A+ in Literature? No.
When's It Coming to Theaters?:
Space and time fold in on each other regarding the release date of this
gem.
Trailer Transcript:
Dora Tannek was a college student...
Edmund Lewis was another college student...
EvilKinnear was all that stood between
them...
Oh, and did we mention that EvilKinnear
is Dora's lover?...
Gross, huh?...
Yeah...
Coming soon to a theater near you....
The
Lincoln-Douglas Debates Part Deux:
This
Time It's Personal
Script First Draft Title(s): "Stephen Douglas: Assassin for Hire"
Who's In It?: Arnold Schwartzeneger
(President Abraham Lincoln), Jean Claude Van Damme (Stephen Douglas
IV), Jack
Black (John Wilkes Booth), Jennifer
Lopez (Mary Todd Lincoln), John Cusack (Vice President Andrew
Johnson), Colin Hanks (Former President Franklin Pierce)
Who's Directing It?: Tim Burton
Tagline: "The South Will Rise....To
Kick Your Butt!"
Premise: It's summer of 1859, and
the presidential race is going on. Lincoln and Douglas go head to
head in this reimagining of the actual history books, with a few twists.
In fact, did you know that there was actual gunshots fired between the
2 presidential-hopefuls. That's right! It happened at an new
industrial warehouse. Lincoln was pinned behind a cotton gin with
Douglas laughing and reloading his gun, spouting a series of easily-adaptable-to-commercialism
one-liners like "Prepare to die, anti-slavery scum!" This time travel
epic ranks right up there with "Timecop"!
When's It Coming to Theaters?:
Smart money says that Arnie will be free after Terminator 3 comes out,
so most likely in the fall of 2004.
Trailer Transcript:
Sometimes you're the descendent...
Of a man who was wronged in the past.
Sometimes You're a President...
Working hard to preserve the Union.
Sometimes You're a lovable fat guy who's
been tricked...
Into assasinating the president by a guy
from the future.
And sometimes Time Travel is the only
way to avenge family pride.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Abraham Lincoln
Jean Claude Van Damme as Stephen Douglas
the Fourth
Jack Black as John Wilkes Booth
All this and more in.
"Lincoln Douglas Debates Part Deux"...
This time, it's personal.