Duke William of said:

Only if the conversation was leaked, which I highly doubt it was. Bruce can be vindictive, but I doubt he'd be so petty as to leak the conversation.

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Bruce? No.

Mike? Yes.

On another topic, I feel like we've sat on Tolkien's works long enough, so:

Legandarium of Middle Earth [ Anime / High Fantasy ]

Imagine the animation as being between Studio Ghibli, Akira, Berserk, and classic DnD art from the '80s.

[Opening scene: A lush green landscape with rolling hills and towering mountains. The camera pans over a picturesque fantasy world.]

Narrator (in a deep, captivating voice): "In a time long ago, when darkness threatened to engulf the land, heroes were forged, destinies were shaped, and the battle for Middle Earth began."

[Cut to a montage of epic battles, showcasing the clashes between the forces of good and evil.]

Narrator: "From the visionary team at Dreamworks Animation, comes an awe-inspiring adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless tales: The Middle Earth Series."

[Quick cuts of characters from "The Silmarillion," "The Hobbit," and "The Lord of the Rings," showcasing their unique designs and vibrant personalities.]

Narrator: "Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Middle Earth, as you embark on a journey like no other. Witness the rise of the elves, the valor of the dwarves, and the indomitable spirit of men."

[Montage of scenes highlighting the grandeur of the elven cities, the majestic halls of Erebor, and the humble abodes of the hobbits.]

Narrator: "As the realms of Middle Earth collide, alliances will be formed, friendships will be tested, and heroes will emerge from the unlikeliest of places."

[Focus on the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and the fellowship of the ring, each highlighted in their unique animation styles.]

Narrator: "With stunning hand-drawn animation reminiscent of the golden age of 1980s anime, Dreamworks Animation brings Middle Earth to life like never before. Every frame, meticulously crafted to capture the essence of Tolkien's intricate world."

[Close-up shots of the One Ring, glowing with an ethereal light, interspersed with shots of Smaug the dragon, the Balrog, and the fearsome Nazgûl.]

Narrator: "Prepare for heart-stopping battles against mythical creatures, breathtaking aerial duels, and the weighty choices that will determine the fate of Middle Earth."

[Montage of emotional moments, including Frodo's burden of the ring, Aragorn's struggle to embrace his destiny, and the friendships that blossom amidst the chaos.]

Narrator: "With a sweeping musical score that will stir your soul and resonate in your heart, "Epic Tales of Middle Earth" is an unforgettable anime adventure that will captivate audiences of all ages."

[Closing shot: The Fellowship of the Ring, standing tall and resolute, as the camera pans out to reveal the vast landscapes of Middle Earth.]

Narrator: "Coming soon, only in theaters, prepare to be transported to a realm of magic, courage, and endless possibilities. Get ready to experience the unparalleled wonder of Middle Earth as you've never seen it before!"

[Title card fades in: "Epic Tales of Middle Earth: A Magnificent Anime Adventure!"]

[Background music swells, and the screen fades to black.]

Narrator: "From the creators of your favorite animated classics, Dreamworks Animation invites you to embark on a legendary journey through the beloved pages of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Let the adventure begin!"

[Screen fades to Dreamworks Animation logo, accompanied by a triumphant fanfare.]

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To: Mr.Bruce O'Brian,Mr.George Lucas and Mr.Michael Eisner

From: Mr. Edward Magorium head of the toy sub division "sunset toys"

Date: First january 1980

Re: Progress report on the creation of new Star Wars toys and stocking of a sufficient quantity to meet demand for the upcoming new film

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List of completed or abandonned projects and milestones achieved:

• Water rocket launcher: Prototypes of water rocket launcher models snowspeeder, x-wing,TIE and Y-wing work very well and are ready for mass production but aerodynamic problems are encountered with the millenium falcon, star destroyer and death star models​
• Negotiations with Hasbro: current negociation regarding the licensed creation of star wars themed Stretch Armstrong are going very well, the ongoing haggling over the price is well within the expected range.​
• Marvin Glass and Associates: attempts to contact the company to negotiate the use of their licenses in order to create, among other things, the projects "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Droids","Star Lite-Brite","death star simon", "R2D2 Mr.Machine" and "stormtrooper operation" encountered repeated communication problems due to a certain confusion on our side about who to contact to propose the agreement due to several deaths among high-ranking personnel during a gun attack some time ago.
  The problem has been resolved and we are awaiting a response from them.
• Paint sets: the problems of supplying glitter paint "silver star number 4" caused by the death of most of the workers, the director and damage to the factory wich supllied us caused by the passage of Hurricane David in Florida were finally resolved. resolved, an inheritance has recovered the case, invested in the repairs and is ready to continue the contract as is with a certain flexibility regarding the fine on the delay caused by the hurricane.
• Lawn darts "jarts": following repeated advice from our lawyers, Lawn darts on the theme of proton torpedoes aiming the exhaust port of the death star will be marketed as a toy for adults only
• Blaster project: the project to create a less dangerous version of the "Austin Magic Pistol" theme blaster was temporarily abandoned following a series of tests in our laboratory which demonstrated that it would not be possible to reduce the dangerousness of the blaster explosion and this toy in general at an acceptable level, a change of target market towards young adults is currently being studied but the laws surrounding toys of this type make it less profitable than hoped, in the meantime the designs have been reused for water guns.

Task planned for next months:

• Planning the creation of a series of star wars themed drivable electric cars for children: in view of the high cost of research and development of a series of toys of this complexity and scale it was decided to first seek to either hire a design office with experience with this type of thing or to do a partnership with an already existing kid electric car manufacturer before trying to create them by ourselves, a certain number of spaceships, speeders and other vehicles are being studied to decide which ones would be selected.​
• Contact the Lego Group company to discuss the potential creation of a series of Lego kits with a Star War theme: a negotiation strategy is being decided and an English-Danish interpreter sought, our estimates on the response from the current director of lego Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen are cautious but optimistic, having taken up his position last year following his father's retirement he is eager to prove himself in the family business and has an open mind to new ideas​
• Increase in figurine production: Fears regarding the inability of our current factories to supply enough figurines to meet demand and therefore finding ourselves with a new "kenner early bird certificate package" situation have been raised and confirmed by the logistics division, short-term contracts will have to be signed with other manufacturers and decisions made on the possible creation of more factories.​
• Destruction of the lightsabers produced by the Seattle factory: we managed to bring back all the defective stock produced by this factory and procedures with the government are underway to destroy them in a safe manner, the fumes produced by the incineration of the extremely toxic and cheap glue have been confirmed as a lethal risk by the Chemical Safety Board, research is still underway to find the director of the factory, several of these accomplices have already been found and arrested, they would have scammed us several hundred of thousands of dollars.

Current roadblock:

• Kenner molds recuperation: our attempts to buy the different Star Wars molds from Kenner are met with agresives refusal, they seem to have the idea that if they hold on tight enough they will be able to prevent the Golden Eggs Goose Star Wars from escaping from their hands and this despite their numerous errors and the more than questionable quality of some of their products, if this were to continue like this it might be necessary to involve our lawyers.​
• Prototypes of Star Wars integral bicycle helmets: they completely failed the resistance tests, providing only mediocre protection against light shocks. Moreover, the "Storm Tropper" and "Darth Vader" helmet must be redesigned so that the eyes of the helmet either at the level of that of the user and no longer hinders peripheral vision,more problematic the plastic used in the lenses and visor is bad and breaks into fragments in the face and eyes of the user in the event of an impact, particularly problematic for the "x-wing" helmet, it is likely that deadlines will be exceeded.
• Flooding of the New York 7B warehouse: unfortunately a fire broke out in the warehouse due to a negligent smoking supervisor, the coloring book warehouse is unfortunately a total loss, the fire was brought under control by the staff and the fire protection system before spreading and damaging the building but the water sent by the sprinklers had already soaked the books making them completely unsaleable.
  The supervisor was fired.

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finished,once again i would be happy to hear any constructive critisism or modification suggestion if i missed something or got it wrong.

Casting Moonlight Dinner:

You and Carrie looked at the script and again at the board of actors for the characters…

"Well… Damn, I was thinking that people would be not want to work due to everything being all… you know… still suffering from this strike?"

Carrie frowned. "What?"

Carrie continued to frown and say nothing. "Okay, maybe they want to be part of an O'Brian picture?"

Carrie smiled. "Darn right."

Alright, time to cast people:

Who do you cast for:

The Bikers: Johnny and Ravan:
[]Write in

Family: Jack, Sarah, Timmy:
[]Write in

Cyclists: John and Luke:
[]Write in

Loner: Lily.
[]Write in

Trucker: Ol' Gus
[]Write in

Diner Couple: Maude and Hank.
[]Write in

AN: Plan format please.

AS for the omakes, i did not forget about them, I am compiling them now to give rewards.

After the failure that was 1941, Steve really needed a pick me up to move on and get out of his funk, especially if he was to work together with George on Indiana Jones. Fortunately such a solution came in the form of Marathon Madness, the incredibly insane and true story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon and your writing debut! Originally the film was slated to released in February to coincide with the Winter Olympics, but after the poor feedback of 1941, Michael thought it best to get this movie out as soon as possible to wash away the unfortunate stain of 1941 and to remind the Academy that Steven Spielberg was still one of the best Directors in town so he could still be in the running to earn an Oscar for Conan.

Originally you were of mind to be the Director, as you think you could have choreographed the running well and it would be a fun tagline for the trailers that it was directed by an Olympian Gold medalist, even if you won it at boxing. However, you just never really found the passion or time to do it and with Steve wanting to do it along with wanting something nice and simple to move on from 1941, you decided to give him a shot, more than trusting Steve to give it his full love and high quality directing and leadership. You expected the process to take a month or two, but apparently Steve wanted to shoot it like an Olympic sprinter as he got everything done in 10 days, even less time than American Graffiti. Such a short time did concern you, but Steve seemed to be in high spirits at the Conan premiere and was really excited to share your work with the world.

The film premiere had been less full than usual as it was in the middle of a strike, but thankfully the whole cast had showed up in support. It was interesting seeing Harrison Ford again besides the Star Wars casting calls. While not an A-lister like you or even a B-lister, he had been somewhat reliable in minor parts on film and TV guest appearences while apparently he made a masterpiece with Blade Runner and was already cast as Indiana Jones. Still a charming scoundrel and he and Carrie seemed to get along well. It was also nice to have helped repaid Lucy's support of MASH with Steve casting her son Desi as the protagonist who while having some success on CBS had difficulty breaking into the movies. Lucy was really happy for the support and was beaming with pride as Desi strode down the red carpet. Perhaps this was what lead to your return as Radar, but it was still nice to lend a hand.

As you took your seat you were a high bundle of nerves ready to explode with anxiety over how the world would react to your writing debut. Unlike Kung Fu Kid, Marathon Madness had just been a fun experiment to try to write historical films and to make an Olympics movie after you went to the Olympics. It didn't have the same passion and lifetime experience as Kung Fu Kid, and while you did well with the Conan edits, that was from a place of love. You had no intention of replacing Carrie as the writer of the family, but you wanted to be competent and perhaps write scripts for passion projects.

Fortunately Carrie's wonderful presence kept you relaxed as you settled in, and as the movie started all your fears went away as Steve continued to work his magic and was able to uplift your script to one of the greatest comedies ever with a brilliantly talented cast.

The film was about the 1904 St. Lous Olympic Marathon where what should have been a simple race turned into so crazy it made the Wacky Races look like a boring show. The organizer had apparently treated the whole event as a science experiment, the supposed first place finisher was a man who drove a car through most of the race before attempting to steal the credit, only to be shown as a fraud, a dustcloud caused several competitors to be ill, the real winner had to be supported several miles to the finish by his trainers as he was almost dying due to continual intake of rat poison, the two South African runners ran several miles off course due to being chased by dogs, the Cuban runner ran the entire race in dress shoes, took a nap and somehow got bronze. It was absolute insanity and seeing it on the big screen almost completely faithful in adaptation save for a few original comedy scenes and some stretched interactions was pure gold.

The audience was laughing pretty much the entire time and by the end some people's voices were hoarse from experiencing the pure Madness of the film. In your writing, you had tried to faithfully adapt the history with a portrayal that was meant to infuse elements of classic slapstick and character comedy like the Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. This was helped by an incredibly talented cast who played these absurd characters very straight and had perfect timing and body language to exaggerate the stress of the race and the ill effects of the various calamities, with Dafoe and Smitts really looking like they were on death's door. The way Steve portrayed the story with his cinematography and direction was like watching a 90 minute performance of William Tell Overture, which was actually featured in the climax of the movie. Just like the symphony masterpiece, the movie starts out composed and noble, and then breaks out into organized and beautiful chaos with lulls and intense periods of action captured in a seamless story of a messy yet hillarious ensemble performance.

During a month where movies usually went to die, Marathon Madness dominated the box office with a quarter of a billion dollars and it was a steady hit across the globe. It was very popular in the West and for the first two weeks dominated the box offices for countries who had announced that they were boycotting the Moscow Olympic Games, as if this was their substitute. Praise from both audience and critics were high and given to nearly all aspects of the film with the only criticisms coming from personal comedic taste. After slandering him rather unjustly over 1941, the critics praised Steve with Marathon Madness being a return to form and an excellent debut in comedy when previously Steve's jokes were only a couple scenes and for more quick and subtle humor.

Fortunately both audiences and critics did give due praise to your script, though you know with Empire coming out that George is gonna take home another Writing Oscar, though that's more than okay with you. Really the only blemish of Marathon Madness' release was that your enemies stubbornly refused to give you a compliment and claimed either that Carrie did all of the work or everything you learned about writing all came from Carrie. Well...she has helped you grow leaps and bounds as an author but Marathon had been written early into your marriage before Carrie had been an active tutor. The nerve of some people.

Still, it was a great outcome and know the world knew about the most batshit insane race in history.

John Millus makes a Weird Sci Fi Idea!

Movie Pitch:​

Death's Last Angel​

Set Up/Premice:

In the distant future of 2641..Mankind is enslaved to our worst impulses and magical technologies ruled by Tyrants and Monsters.

Across the Stars, one by one the resistance to the Vaylan Federov Corporation is snuffed out, destroyed before they can even begin to hope to match the power, military might and fury to even hope to stop such a power.

All is lost...Save for the last of the FreeMan's creation...the Last hope against mankind's dive towards tyranny.

One problem remains: who will protect our last hope from the evil that wishes to turn her?

The answer lies within the last great weapon mankind has ever created before our decline into Tyrany ... Systems Operative Kyle "Azrael" Anderson.

The Last Supersoldier, The Last Weapon of Mankind's Golden Age, and the epitome of our cruelty to one another.




Some Random Lore Facts about the setting:

Systems Operators were able to theoretically at their peak and fully supplied, able to clear an entire solar system of human life in about the span of two months. This was only recorded twice, once by the Alpha Unit of the SO Unit during their first deployment in 2417, and once by SO Azrael's Shepard Squad during the 2419 Calta System Raid. Both were logistical nightmares that damaged a fleet's ability to supply other regions.

Human space used to have 4,356 habitable worlds, stations, asteroids and colonies. By the time the collapse had finished and Federov rebranded everything, there were only 1,220 Human Colonies of various types left.

"The Azrael Special" is a term used to describe the elimination of all political leadership, lawyers, judges, social leaders and any form of political leadership leading to the planet falling into pre-industrial barbarism in much of the world. Named for the Stratagies Chief creator SO Azreal.

AN: Yeah this idea is weird, just enjoy the Crazy Sci-Fi adventure!