Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Hi Magoose here one of the guys helping Duke.

So we have some bad news.

The quest has been canceled as duke does not want to write it anymore.

I'm going to ask if I can take over for it, because I like this quest, and it would be a shame to kill it
TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands. :)

To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.

I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.

I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.

I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all. :D

I'll see you all around.

With so many regards, Duke William Of.
 
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All the Kittens are Canon
Movie pitch


Kung fu pnada

+15 to SP


Movie pitch (potentialy universal movie pitch)


The mummy

You have given Universal a pitch, especially since the Mummy is already a universal property.


Movie pitch



Home alone

+15 to Sp
+15 to SP
TV Pitch
Star Wars Droids
+15 to SP.

There is a talk between George and company about using Star Wars for non film or book property.


Animated tv pitch


Avatar the last airbender

Book One: Water
+15 to sp.
or the most part, here are the events I would keep watch for by 1990 in the Quest:
  • End of Cold War
  • Iran-Iraq War
  • Chernobyl
  • Artemis
  • Computer Development
  • Status of Afghanistan
  • Tianamen Square
  • Falklands War and if Thatcherism continues
  • Trade and industrialism
  • Social change in Japan prior to the lost decade
I am going to go down the list of several things that have changed.

1. The Cold War ending may or may not happen the way we see it in. If only because things are about to happen in 1984.

2. The Iran Iraq War is about to get very interesting... potentially, I haven't rolled for that yet.

3. Chernobyl... I shake my head and hope things don't get worse.

4. Artemis Program will receive an update in 1985... earlier if Mary Does something bullshit that changes everything.

5. Afghanistan is going to be interesting, but might only receive... periodical updates. unless shit happens.

6. Computer Development from Apple and Pixar will get special updates.

7. What happens in China will be something that I will not explore or do any rolls unless you ask.

8. I don't think that will change too much with our things.

9. I do not think... well actually that will get strange.

10. Oh yeah, the great Change coming to Japan... That is something I am really going to be happy to show...
Animated Movie Pitch
An American Tail
+15 to SP...

[]And Don smiled (Don gets his movie.)
[]and Disney Froze (Disney realizes they need to push the envelope even more)
[]And Japan Screamed (Japan animators realizes they are falling behind)


Movie Pitch


Battleship

+15 to SP.
I, Bruce, the Action King...
As this is about Disney, I will say this:

Tim burton:
D100 => 96

Well Disney has their man, but they had to give him quite a bit.
Movie Pitch:
Kung Fu Panda II
+15 to SP, and there will be more coming soon.
TV Show Pitch:
The SCP Files
+15 to SP. and it can be produced.
Movie pitch

Sequoyah
+15 to SP
Movie Pitch:
Gamera: Rise of Drogu
More bonuses to Gamara, and it can be funded and distributed.
Movie Pitch:
Flight of the Navigator
+15 to SP
Movie Pitch:
Anastasia
Don is getting all the bonuses today it seems.

[]The Master at Work (Don can direct two films next year with One producer)
[]Dreamworks does amazing things (Dreamworks gains a Quality bonus for the next two films)
[]And Somewhere in Moscow, Someone Screams. (A Former Cheka member breaks down, and starts telling people where the bodies are buried.)
DAWWWW!

[]The Kittens are Special (the Kittens are indeed special)
[]Mary and Her Friends (Mary begins to make more friends)
[]I think things are getting wierder (Unknown Effect)
 
Calling the Vote:
Adhoc vote count started by Magoose on Apr 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM, finished with 141 posts and 11 votes.

  • [X] Plan: Shooting Stars Break the Mold
    -[X]Paul Atreides: Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, Matt Dillon
    -[X]Duke Leto Atreides: Terence Stamp, Anthony Hopkins, Martin Sheen
    -[X]Lady Jessica: Jane Seymour, Isabella Rossellini, Gates McFadden
    -[X]Gurney Halleck: Nick Nolte, Sam Neill, Christopher Lee
    -[X]Duncan Idaho: Bruce O'Brian, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
    -[X]Thufir Hawat: Ian McShane, Richard Jordan, Ossie Davis
    -[X]Dr. Wellington Yueh: Pat Morita, George Takei, Mako
    -[X]Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, Paul Sorvino
    -[X]Glossu Raban Harkonnen: Willem Dafoe, Jack Nicholson, Peter Boyle
    -[X]Piter De Vries: Christopher Walken, John Turturro, William Finley
    -[X]Stilgar: Raul Julia, Omar Shariff, Edward James Olmos.
    -[X]Jamis: James Remar, Victor Argo, Hussein Fahmi.
    -[X]Dr. Liet Kynes: Omar Shariff, Franco Nero, Andre Gregory
    -[X]Chani Kynes: Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Diane Lane
    -[X]Shadout Mapes: Catherine Scorsese, Shelagh Fraser, Marlo Thomas.
    -[X]Shaddam Corrino IV: Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier, Kris Kristofferson.
    -[X]Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam: Eva Marie Saint, Faye Dunaway, Anne Bancroft.
 
Movie pitch: The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie pitch:


The Thief and the Cobbler

GENRE: Adventure/fantasy

FORMAT: Animated Movie

The film opens with the narrator describing a Golden City. According to a prophecy, if the three golden balls on the top of its highest minaret are taken away, the city will fall to destruction and death; however, the city can be saved by the "simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things". The two titular characters, an unsuccessful but persistent thief, and Tack the poor and lonely cobbler, are both mute and have no dialogue.

When the thief tries his luck at the home of Tack, Tack accidentally sews their clothes together while he is asleep and the thief is leaning over him. They stumble onto the street, and Zigzag the rhyming grand vizier, who is proceeding through the street, steps on one of Tack's tacks. Angered by the pain, he orders Tack to be arrested, while the thief manages to escape. When Tack is being taken to the palace, the thief sees the three golden balls in the courtyard. Zigzag takes Tack before the sleepy king Nod and his beautiful daughter, princess Yum-Yum, who takes a liking to Tack (and vice versa.) Before Zigzag can convince the king to have Tack executed, Yum-Yum saves him by breaking her shoe on purpose and demanding that the cobbler should fix it. Tack fixes her shoe while developing a romantic bond with the princess that leaves Zigzag, who harbors great lust for Yum-Yum, intensely jealous. After he is done, the thief, who has managed to break into the palace through the sewer system, steals the shoe, and Tack chases him through hallways filled with optical illusions. After Tack manages to get the shoe back, he bumps into Zigzag, who notices that the shoe has been fixed and uses the opportunity to lock Tack away in a prison cell.

Outside the city, a race of monstrous one-eyed men, led by the warlord Mighty One-eye, plans to conquer it. Unknown to them, a single soldier of the army they have just defeated is still alive, though mortally wounded, and rides to warn the king. Meanwhile, Zigzag tells his starving pet vulture Phido his plan to marry the princess and take over the kingdom. Phido hates Zigzag due to the fact he does not feed him and treats him badly (accidentally setting him on fire multiple times). The following morning, king Nod has a vision of the Golden City's doom by the one-eyes and calls Zigzag immediately (interrupting his attempt to feed Tack to Phido). When Zigzag has managed to convince the king that they are "safe from any threat as long as the three golden balls are on the minaret", the thief manages to steal the balls after several failed attempts, but drops and loses them to Zigzag's minions. Meanwhile, Tack breaks out of his cell using his cobbling tools while people panic over the loss of the balls. The dying soldier finally arrives and warns Nod about the one-eyes. After seeing that the balls are gone, the horrified king tells his subjects about the dire situation and prepare the city's defense for an invasion. Later that night, Zigzag receives the balls from his minions and attempts to blackmail the king to let him marry his daughter Yum-Yum. When king Nod refuses, Zigzag decides to defect to the one-eyes instead and give them the golden balls.

Nod sends Yum-Yum, her nanny and Tack on a perilous journey to ask for help from the Mad And Holy Old Witch, who lives in the desert. The heroes meet a band of dim-witted brigands in the desert, whom Yum-Yum declares as her royal guard. Together they travel to the hand-shaped mountain where the witch lives. The witch says that Tack is able to save the Golden City, and gives him the advice: "Attack, Attack, ATTACK! A tack, see? But it's what you do with what you've got!". Meanwhile, Zigzag goes to the Mighty One-eye and impresses him with his skills as a sorcerer and by taming the alligators that the one-eyes throw him to. They then prepare to attack the city.

The protagonists return to the city while the one-eyes' huge war machine is approaching. Remembering the witch's riddle, Tack steps forward and shoots a single tack into the enemy's midst. The tack starts a Rube Goldberg-esque chain reaction that causes the war machine to slowly collapse, destroying the whole one-eye army in the process. When trying to escape, Zigzag falls into a dark pit where he is ambushed by the alligators and Phido. Because Zigzag has not kept his promise to feed them, they eat him alive. The Mighty One-eye, who had been watching from a nearby cliff, is killed by his own slave women. The thief, while evading many deathtraps, steals the balls from the war machine, but they are taken from him by Tack: The thief, who has had various misadventures throughout the film, finally gives up and lets him have them. With peace restored and the prophecy fulfilled, the city celebrates as Tack and Yum-Yum marry; before their kiss, Tack speaks for the first time in the film, saying "I love you" to Yum-yum in a surprisingly low and deep voice. The movie ends with the thief stealing the entire film and running away.
The story of this film is quite fascinating, it is the very personal and extremely cherished project of Richard Williams, a great Hollywood animator, among other things he created the "A Christmas Carol" of 1971 for which he received an Oscar, he also made the surrealist "Raggedy ann & andy" and was the one who did the animation for "Who framed roger rabbit", this film was considered extremely difficult to make because one of the most ambitious in the history of the animation, Richard started working on it in 1960, the project passed under numerous producers, was financed independently and experienced many failures then was recovered by Disney who quickly got rid of it after having stolen all the ideas they could for their Aladin project (literaly,It is believed that Disney kept as much of the artwork as possible once Miramax bought the film and reedited it into Arabian Knight- which would mean much of the artwork is currently in a "bunker in Burbank."), it was Miramax who bought the project, unfortunately at the time it was Harvey Weinstein who was the boss of Miramax, it would have already been bad with any stupid producer hungry for money but with him this was worse.
He completely distorted the film to add everything he thought would make the film more marketable, adding bad and tasteless songs, endless monologues so that characters supposed to be mute and "show don't tell type of charachter" describes each of their actions,he literaly trashed artworks,added unfunny jokes, and references to pop culture which stain the film like a dick pick on the wailing wall, thus transforming a unique and passionate project into a tasteless sub-Disney, thus spitting on the 35 years of work that the talented Richard Williams had put into what was his life's work.
However, thanks to animation fans, unfinished pieces of animation, sound and art (as well as a little hacking),re-animation of lost and unfinished scene a reassembly was done coming as close as possible to the original vision, I highly advise you to go took a look if only for the final battle,i think it's worth it. "
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC4sYmilGF8&t=2s"
Realizing this would not only be a triumph for art but would also put the future animator of Roger Rabbit in our pocket.

for a better explaination of the movie history see here "The Thief and the Cobbler" and here "The Thief and the Cobbler - Wikipedia"
 
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Movie pitch:


The Thief and the Cobbler

Hmm, I don't think we should try for this pitch. For all that Richard Williams is a good animator, he tends to be utterly perfectionist, to the pointhtat he can throw away entire weeks of work if it does not suit his vision, focuses so much on the animation that just forgets to have a story that connects it togther, and is stubborn to the point that he does not take any criticism well enough.

Don't get me wrong, I respect the guy's talent and dedication, but I don't think it's one that fits in DreamWorks.
 
Hmm, I don't think we should try for this pitch. For all that Richard Williams is a good animator, he tends to be utterly perfectionist, to the pointhtat he can throw away entire weeks of work if it does not suit his vision, focuses so much on the animation that just forgets to have a story that connects it togther, and is stubborn to the point that he does not take any criticism well enough.

Don't get me wrong, I respect the guy's talent and dedication, but I don't think it's one that fits in DreamWorks.
Couldn't we just gave him a budget a team and let the guy work on it in the background for a few turns ?
 
Couldn't we just gave him a budget a team and let the guy work on it in the background for a few turns ?
I guess. I'm not against producing his movie, but I am against him working for us permanently.

Also, if he's doing that, then we need to do Aladdin first, especially since we've made changes to it so it's more like the Chinese version than the Arab version. It will give a black eye to China for sure.
 
I guess. I'm not against producing his movie, but I am against him working for us permanently.

I mean right now he's in the "search for funding" period, before Disney grabs him to squeeze out his ideas and sell his leftovers to Miramax and he will be in that period for years to come.
We could simply approach him and offer to finance his film for distribution rights without hiring him.,would that work ?
 
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I mean right now he's in the "search for funding" period, before Disney grabs him to squeeze out his ideas and sell his leftovers to Miramax and he will be in that period for years to come.
We could simply approach him and offer to finance his film for distribution rights without hiring him.,would that work ?
Sure, just mkae sure there's a set limit before he drains us dry. I think we can work with him in making his vision come true.
[]And Somewhere in Moscow, Someone Screams. (A Former Cheka member breaks down, and starts telling people where the bodies are buried.)
I'll go with this one magoose, always fun to see the Soviets get a nice kick in the head.
 
@Magoose the intent of my Omake was to outline why The Nightmare Before Christmas was a much better fit in Lucasfilm/Dreamworks rather than an Omake about Disney. And, a starting point for a potential reason to have Stop Motion research in Lucasfilm.

As such, could we have the high roll for Tim be applied towards him having the film at Lucasfilm?

Or, failing that, have the roll and omake withdrawn. I would hate to have the Nightmare Before Christmas not be produced by Lucasfilm due to an omake I wrote with the direct opposite intent.
 
The Casting Call Rolls:
Paul Atreides:
Keanu Reeves,
D100 => 43
Johnny Depp,
D100 => 11
Matt Dillon
D100 => 25
Duke Leto Atreides:
Terence Stamp,
D100 => 17
Anthony Hopkins,
D100 => 48
Martin Sheen
D100 => 57
Lady Jessica:
Jane Seymour,
D100 => 15
Isabella Rossellini,
D100 => 59
Gates McFadden
D100 => 54
Gurney Halleck:
Nick Nolte,
D100 => 57
Sam Neill,
D100 => 50
Christopher Lee
D100 => 87
Duncan Idaho:
Bruce O'Brian,
D100 - 10 => 33
Sylvester Stallone,

D100 => 53
Kurt Russell
D100 => 39
Thufir Hawat:
Ian McShane,
D100 => 58
Richard Jordan,
D100 => 25
Ossie Davis
D100 => 8
Dr. Wellington Yueh:
Pat Morita,
D100 => 97
George Takei,
D100 => 79
Mako
D100 => 78
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen:
Oliver Reed,
D100 => 88
Donald Pleasence,
D100 => 74
Paul Sorvino
D100 => 83
Glossu Raban Harkonnen:
Willem Dafoe,
D100 => 88
Jack Nicholson,
D100 => 82
Peter Boyle
D100 => 29
Piter De Vries:
Christopher Walken,
D100 => 78
John Turturro,
D100 => 27
William Finley
D100 => 30
Stilgar:
Raul Julia, D100 => 100
Omar Shariff,
D100 => 92
Edward James Olmos.D100 => 100

Who Gets the Part:
D2 => 1
Jamis:
James Remar,
D100 => 73
Victor Argo,
D100 => 66
Hussein Fahmi.
D100 => 68
Dr. Liet Kynes:
Omar Shariff,
D100 => 60
Franco Nero,
D100 => 26
Andre Gregory
D100 => 28
Chani Kynes:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
D100 => 32
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
D100 => 11
Diane Lane
D100 => 20
Shadout Mapes:
Catherine Scorsese,
D100 => 24
Shelagh Fraser, D100 => 1
Marlo Thomas.D100 => 5
Shaddam Corrino IV:
Burt Lancaster,
D100 => 39
Laurence Olivier,
D100 => 70
Kris Kristofferson.
D100 => 5
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam:
Eva Marie Saint,
D100 => 3
Faye Dunaway,
D100 => 43
Anne Bancroft.
D100 => 58
 
@Magoose the intent of my Omake was to outline why The Nightmare Before Christmas was a much better fit in Lucasfilm/Dreamworks rather than an Omake about Disney. And, a starting point for a potential reason to have Stop Motion research in Lucasfilm.

As such, could we have the high roll for Tim be applied towards him having the film at Lucasfilm?

Or, failing that, have the roll and omake withdrawn. I would hate to have the Nightmare Before Christmas not be produced by Lucasfilm due to an omake I wrote with the direct opposite intent.
Look at the Roll. It's for Tim, not Disney, and when I say that Disney had to give everything they had to keep him, it did not mean that they were going to make Nightmare before Christmas, it meant that tim got paid lots of money for the next year to keep him around to finish some films..

he's going to be at Disney for a little while longer until he sees his chance to jump ship.

The only reason he is staying, is that they are paying him lots of fucking money.
 
Looks like we had a real close fight over the role of Stilgar.

And Bruce loses out to Sy for Duncan Idaho.

Christopher Lee going to be our Gurney. Though it's hard for me to imagine this after Josh Brolin's performance in the roll. I guess he'll be more of a British officer like Patrick Stewart. Will there be battle pugs?
 
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Paul Atreides:
Keanu Reeves,
D100 => 43
Johnny Depp,
D100 => 11
Matt Dillon
D100 => 25
FUCKING YES! KEANU IS PAUL!
Duke Leto Atreides:
Terence Stamp,
D100 => 17
Anthony Hopkins,
D100 => 48
Martin Sheen
D100 => 57
Solid choice. Good to know that one of the legends of cinema gets a role befitting his talents. Hopefully this makes it so that not so many remember him as Charlie's father (I'm sorry, that's how they always tole me who he was!).
Lady Jessica:
Jane Seymour,
D100 => 15
Isabella Rossellini,
D100 => 59
Gates McFadden
D100 => 54
Man, for three points we could have had Beverly Crusher as our Lady Jessica.
Gurney Halleck:
Nick Nolte,
D100 => 57
Sam Neill,
D100 => 50
Christopher Lee
D100 => 87
I'm fine with this, let's just hope we can have Christopher learn the fighting choreography. Man, he's going to be a legend I tell you, even bigger than what he is now.
Duncan Idaho:
Bruce O'Brian,
D100 - 10 => 33
Sylvester Stallone,

D100 => 53
Kurt Russell
D100 => 39
...

...

...


Thufir Hawat:
Ian McShane,
D100 => 58
Richard Jordan,
D100 => 25
Ossie Davis
D100 => 8
Good enough. Hopefully this gives the big shot in the arm for his career so that he isreognizable beyond the British Sphere.
Dr. Wellington Yueh:
Pat Morita,
D100 => 97
George Takei,
D100 => 79
Mako
D100 => 78
Ah, Pat morita. We could not make you a sensei, but we can make you the greatest traitor of the entire Universe, and the man that led to the downfall of House Atreides.

That's the same, right?
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen:
Oliver Reed,
D100 => 88
Donald Pleasence,
D100 => 74
Paul Sorvino
D100 => 83
Oliver Reed, you will bring the much needed quiet somberness that mixes well with the dread and hedonism of Baron Harkonnen. Now, show the world how a despicable man dies!
Glossu Raban Harkonnen:
Willem Dafoe,
D100 => 88
Jack Nicholson,
D100 => 82
Peter Boyle
D100 => 29
...I have nothing to say here, because whatever I might imply, I know Dafoe is just going to surpass it.
Piter De Vries:
Christopher Walken,
D100 => 78
John Turturro,
D100 => 27
William Finley
D100 => 30
I'm not complaining, I just hope this does not mean that his performance in The Dead Zone will suffer.
Stilgar:
Raul Julia, D100 => 100
Omar Shariff,
D100 => 92
Edward James Olmos.D100 => 100
May your knife Chip and Shatter!
"You fought well Julia..."
Jamis:
James Remar,
D100 => 73
Victor Argo,
D100 => 66
Hussein Fahmi.
D100 => 68
Serve as a good stepping stone.
Dr. Liet Kynes:
Omar Shariff,
D100 => 60
Franco Nero,
D100 => 26
Andre Gregory
D100 => 28
Oh man...I just know this is going to be good.
Chani Kynes:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
D100 => 32
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
D100 => 11
Diane Lane
D100 => 20
Well, this will be closer to the books at least. So long as we also follow the notes that have her not follow the latest adaptation of her character.
Shadout Mapes:
Catherine Scorsese,
D100 => 24
Shelagh Fraser, D100 => 1
Marlo Thomas.D100 => 5
Huh, well I was not expecting that. Hopefully Scorsese has no problems with this.
Shaddam Corrino IV:
Burt Lancaster,
D100 => 39
Laurence Olivier,
D100 => 70
Kris Kristofferson.
D100 => 5
Well, at this period he was just looking for any and all projects that would give him money. So, which one is this?
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam:
Eva Marie Saint,
D100 => 3
Faye Dunaway,
D100 => 43
Anne Bancroft.
D100 => 58
Well look at that, she actually made it.
 
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