It's coming down to final projects and such for a lot of my classes (hence why my timeline suddenly slowed down). One of my classes has a very peculiar final: I have to pitch a film.
Now, I'm putting a ton of effort into this because two people have gotten something out of this project (one now writes sitcoms in Canada, another is in negotiations to get his pitch made into a feature film with Universal Pictures).
My concept is pretty simple: A "The Avengers" type film but with historical assholes (secondary or tertiary level bad guys). I don't want to get too heavily into the concept, but it boils down to "Richard Nixon tells historical assholes to work for him and live a decent life, or they can go back to death row."
This is teetering on ASB (and in some regards may overlap, but none that will effect the conversation), but I need some help.
So I'm looking for people who are "bad" or criminals but at the same time probably wouldn't offend anyone from the late 40s to the late 60s.
Preferences:
A. People who are supposed to be dead, in prison, or living in recluse.
B. People with specific skills that make them good for covert operations (Not just good at say, killing people. Things like espionage, leadership, communications expertise, demolitions expertise, ability to fly a plane, etc.)
C. You could see them accepting an offer like this if the alternative was death or life in prison.
D. I want multiple levels of recognition. Some people for people that aren't that well versed in history, others for "nerd points" that your standard viewer might not know.
E. My idea for how the story is told amounts to "Zack Snyder gushing all over a hybrid of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino", so the people can be unlikable and flawed, but must compensate with badass.
I have a list of figures I'm planning on including, but I'll hold that off for a later post.
I'm not going to say there's a good chance of something coming out of this (I don't even know if my professor will like it), but I want to hand in the best damn pitch I can and see what happens.
Now, I'm putting a ton of effort into this because two people have gotten something out of this project (one now writes sitcoms in Canada, another is in negotiations to get his pitch made into a feature film with Universal Pictures).
My concept is pretty simple: A "The Avengers" type film but with historical assholes (secondary or tertiary level bad guys). I don't want to get too heavily into the concept, but it boils down to "Richard Nixon tells historical assholes to work for him and live a decent life, or they can go back to death row."
This is teetering on ASB (and in some regards may overlap, but none that will effect the conversation), but I need some help.
So I'm looking for people who are "bad" or criminals but at the same time probably wouldn't offend anyone from the late 40s to the late 60s.
Preferences:
A. People who are supposed to be dead, in prison, or living in recluse.
B. People with specific skills that make them good for covert operations (Not just good at say, killing people. Things like espionage, leadership, communications expertise, demolitions expertise, ability to fly a plane, etc.)
C. You could see them accepting an offer like this if the alternative was death or life in prison.
D. I want multiple levels of recognition. Some people for people that aren't that well versed in history, others for "nerd points" that your standard viewer might not know.
E. My idea for how the story is told amounts to "Zack Snyder gushing all over a hybrid of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino", so the people can be unlikable and flawed, but must compensate with badass.
I have a list of figures I'm planning on including, but I'll hold that off for a later post.
I'm not going to say there's a good chance of something coming out of this (I don't even know if my professor will like it), but I want to hand in the best damn pitch I can and see what happens.
