Hey guys, we had an awesome Executive Hour in the Writers' Room with my buddy (and prolific executive) Sebastian Twardosz. For those who missed it, you really missed out! During our interview, he made a really interesting observation.
The screenplays that get the most attention in contests and around town are generally biopics of famous or notable people. With that in mind, which famous figure throughout history would you love to write a biopic about?
Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette
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Nixon would be fun/interesting.
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Theodore Roosevelt!
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How about Medgar Evers?
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Frank Herbert - the original author of DUNE
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Archbishop Makarios.
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This is encouraging to know! I've written a biopic about the world's first war correspondent, William Russell. There's a flurry of biopics coming out, most notably 'The Keeper' about German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann and 'Tolkein' which is self-explanatory. I've recently toyed with the idea of doing a biopic about Enzo Ferrari
Bob Dylan
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I have a fantastic outline for a movie on Josephine Baker and her work as a spy during WWII
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Give me the same thing, only different. "Van Gogh's Secrets"- a short screenplay In French and (translated into English) is written, 75% casted and and ready to be produced. Beside me, we need a second executive producer who dares to go deep into the rabit hole.. Van Gogh's Secrets (working title: Lend me your ear) is written by costume movie specialists Thomas Grascoeur, "Rembrandt's Etching" -and- Alexis Neret, "Marguerite". Director: Alexis Neret. Van Gogh: Thomas Grascoeur. Rachel: Enora Malagre (possible). Produced by Xavier Steenman -- http://crazyrabbit.fr/fiction/
The story has minimun dialog - maximum exposition. Based on a first basic idea ": "What could happen if modern day painters would travel to the past and/or visa versa to sell their paintings?" It's Van Gogh -meets- Back to the Future -meets- What the Bleeb
Shot on location
Judas. I have a plan for this
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Craig - I was working with a producer on a Judas bio-pic script that I wrote, but unfortunately the guy betrayed me. Now I have a rule never to trust anyone who likes a Judas script.
Richard Buzzell that’s funny. Not the relationship breakdown.
Judas has some depth.
Elizabeth the First.
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Amy Winehouse
Craig - I was just kidding. I don't actually have a Judas script. However, I think there's real potential in such a subject, especially if it could draw in the "Passion of the Christ" audience. Just a quarter of that audience would be over 150 million $. How would that audience receive your script?
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Dr. Know. Creator of the Hardcore punk sound and attitude. PMA Positive Mental Attitude is attributed to him. Lead guitarist from Legendary Punk band Bad Brains. I have a 30page Sci Fi/ Comedy script about him. Fiction
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Bobby "The Hebrew Hammer" Halpern (from Sports Illustrated: "They blasted him in the face with a shotgun, then they let him have it twice in the chest and once in the belly with a .38, and when he went down, one of the gunmen emptied his .38 into Bobby Halpern and the other one reloaded his shotgun and fired another blast, just to make sure.") (BTW: He survived)
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Barney Ross (Dov Rosofsky)
Both were boxers with hellacious life stories.
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Carlo Casanova, founder of Psycho Sin and Noisecore/grindcore. (currently helping him write his memoirs of the NY/NJ hardcore scene)
Richard Buzzell my story is:
Judas wanted a revolution. Jesus wouldn’t be in it. Judas betrays him to get the revolution started. It doesn’t happen. Both sides want him dead. So he takes his own life. Just a thought.
Plus I heard a theologian once put forward the concept the Judas is the most important person. Without his betrayal, Christianity would have never happened as the death of Jesus was the catalyst.
Guttenberg creating movable printing press.
Jason Levii O'Hara sounds like a cool and interestig biopic, but I won't totally consider Psycho Sin as the founders of Grindcore. Veterans, not founders.
Amelia Earheart, Victor Hugo and Galileo Galilei as well as few others.
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Owen Mowatt having only a passing interest, the current bible used in the west is a condensed version based on nearly 1100 separate text. I’d love to see those text. So much history lost in the consolidation. To know the thoughts and words of people from 1000 years previous is exciting.