So, my inner 10 year-old has been let out of the cage. Don't worry. It's all in the name of progress.
For years, I've been vexed by the lack of studio support for The Stormcrow. To me, a story that successfully tackles the meat and potatoes of the Lovecraft Mythos is going to have a huge audience, and establishing the archetypal occult investigator as a cinematic character paves the way for a franchise that crosses media with incredible ease.
So what the hell? After talking to a few producer/comic book nerds I know, it finally occurred to me: the script is mean, and nobody likes getting yelled at. While the movie may be awesome and highly marketable, nobody signs a business deal when they're feeling threatened.
That's why the only horror movies that get made today are watered down and safe. Mind you, I'm not talking about gore. I'm talking about emotional threat.
I'm not going to make in-roads with the studio guys until I write something that's as fun to read as it is good cinema.
That's why I'm knee deep in space pirates, gun-slinging vampires, lightning-bolt-slinging warlocks, demons, robot monsters, and soul-eating necrocrabs from Dimension X! It's called Cross-Dimensional, but to make it a bit more friendly to executives I might just call it X-D.
Can something this hectic and nutty actually work on the page? So far, it's carrying it's weight. I'm hoping to strike a glib, Hellboy-esque tone and keep things intimate, while at the same time providing awesome opportunities for model-work, monster puppetry, stop-motion (robot monster!!!), and iconic production design.
Plus, it's a crack in the jaw to just about every blockbuster we've seen over the last few years. No dimension is safe from the scallywag crew of the Fool's Gamble!
One thing is certain. My inner child ain't going back in the basement.
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