It took 3.8 years from writing the first page of Cole and to its took to premier in Toronto. I supposed that timeframe is pretty normal (unless you are Carl Bessai, who is a creative-talent-driven-filmmaking-maniac, which is the biggest compliment I can think of at the moment), and usually it takes even longer from idea conception to big screen showcase. Take Deathbed: The Bed Who Eats for example. It was shot in Detroit in 1973 and didn't have its official release until 2003...
Anyway, that being said, here is a brief list of movies I would love to write, but probably will never have the time to finish:
1. Something about astronauts.
NASA astronauts mainly just sit around the office, attend meeting after endless meeting, and give talks to local elementary schools. There's got to be a movie in there somewhere, maybe a Jarhead meets Bad Santa pic?
My favorite movie astronauts: Sam Rockwell in Moon, Dave in 2001, and the entire cast from Danny Boyle's Sunshine (which is an amazing film definitely worth Netflixing).
2. A movie about making movies.
I would love to try this, but don't know if I know enough about the process yet. I think a movie about a film school student or fresh out of film school director trying to make a (short) film about zombies would be great. Or... what about a movie the guy who does trailer voiceovers?
My favorites movies about making movies: Adaptation, State and Main, 8 1/2
My favorite trailers: A Serious Man (seriously, that thing is a masterpiece... the movie is pretty boss too), Where the Wild Things Are, Deathbed: The Bed Who Eats
3. A movie about a supervillain
So we've all seen Spiderman, Batman, and Superman, but what about a feature film dedicated to the rise and fall of Electro or Bizarro Superman? How interesting would their stories be, and how fun would it be to try and make the audience fall in love with an eventual supervillain?
My favorite supervillains: Can't beat Heath and/or Jack's Jokers.
2010-02-02
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I actually wrote a short script at VFS called VILLAIN that was a mockumentary about a (wannabe) super villain trying to make it big.
Then a few years later Joss Whedon came out with Dr. Horrible. Clearly, I'm one of Joss Whedon's biggest influences.
But but but, wasn't Bizarro Superman a benign kind of character? (I always loved Bizarro world.) Maybe as they developed the characters there was something e-vill?
Rene, you should totally explore the studio space with your idea-- If Kick Ass is going to be as big as they say it will, producers will be looking for any smart low-budget wannabe superhero(villain) script they can get their hands on. Whedon is a hack for stealing your concept.
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