I know a lot of you guys love movies so here is some stuff I have read recently that should be good coming up.
THE PANIC ROOM
Opens the week before the Super Bowl and stars Jodie Foster. It sold for $4 million and David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN) is directing. This one is a thriller about a single mom who moves into an upscale brownstone equipped with a panic room in NY with her daughter and has three burglers break into the house. A panic room is a room shut off from the rest of the house where occupants can go for safety in case of a break in. Lots of great twists and turns. I have never read a script so fast it was electrifying.
STAY
Maybe not a truly *great* script but it has its moments of genius and it sold recently for $1.8 million with Nick Cage looking at it and possibly Michael Bay looking to direct. Story of a wierdo college student who is planning to commit suicide in 3 days and the college psychiatrist trying to convince him to stay alive. Definitely a psychological thriller with some really amazing stuff. In my opinion it needs a slight rewrite in the third act. This one should be around two years off from release.
PAYCHECK
An absolutely amazing sci fi action script that absolutely blew me away for two acts before tailing a bit in the third act. Story of a guy who is hired as a contractor by major companies to take apart products from the competition and help them copy them. Then at the end of each job his short term memory is erased to clear the company of any possibility of copyright infringement. He goes in for a huge job that is going to set him up for life but at the end of the job after his memory has been erased he finds that he forfeited his $5 billion fee and that the comapny and the government is after him for something that happened. Pick the biggest movie star you can think of and I can just about guarantee they would be drooling to play this part. Some of the thrid act is being rewritten so I would think this one is also about two years or so off.
KILL BILL
Quentin Tarrantino's script for Uma Thurman. This baby is a monster and I got lucky as this is arguably the toughest script in town to find. Story of a Bride who is betrayed on her wedding day and her quest to kill the man who did it. Lots of wild stuff and a lot of fight scenes as she is a former top secret assassin and Bill is the leader of the group of assassins that she was a part of. As expected with Tarrantino, lots of cool stuff, brutal pain and a wild style here. I heard casting starts up soon so I would think summer or fall 2003 but I am not sure.
Most of what I have to read is pretty bad but if I come across anything else that is really great I will let y'all know.
THE PANIC ROOM
Opens the week before the Super Bowl and stars Jodie Foster. It sold for $4 million and David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN) is directing. This one is a thriller about a single mom who moves into an upscale brownstone equipped with a panic room in NY with her daughter and has three burglers break into the house. A panic room is a room shut off from the rest of the house where occupants can go for safety in case of a break in. Lots of great twists and turns. I have never read a script so fast it was electrifying.
STAY
Maybe not a truly *great* script but it has its moments of genius and it sold recently for $1.8 million with Nick Cage looking at it and possibly Michael Bay looking to direct. Story of a wierdo college student who is planning to commit suicide in 3 days and the college psychiatrist trying to convince him to stay alive. Definitely a psychological thriller with some really amazing stuff. In my opinion it needs a slight rewrite in the third act. This one should be around two years off from release.
PAYCHECK
An absolutely amazing sci fi action script that absolutely blew me away for two acts before tailing a bit in the third act. Story of a guy who is hired as a contractor by major companies to take apart products from the competition and help them copy them. Then at the end of each job his short term memory is erased to clear the company of any possibility of copyright infringement. He goes in for a huge job that is going to set him up for life but at the end of the job after his memory has been erased he finds that he forfeited his $5 billion fee and that the comapny and the government is after him for something that happened. Pick the biggest movie star you can think of and I can just about guarantee they would be drooling to play this part. Some of the thrid act is being rewritten so I would think this one is also about two years or so off.
KILL BILL
Quentin Tarrantino's script for Uma Thurman. This baby is a monster and I got lucky as this is arguably the toughest script in town to find. Story of a Bride who is betrayed on her wedding day and her quest to kill the man who did it. Lots of wild stuff and a lot of fight scenes as she is a former top secret assassin and Bill is the leader of the group of assassins that she was a part of. As expected with Tarrantino, lots of cool stuff, brutal pain and a wild style here. I heard casting starts up soon so I would think summer or fall 2003 but I am not sure.
Most of what I have to read is pretty bad but if I come across anything else that is really great I will let y'all know.
