Send Help

In 2019, screenwriting duo, Mark Swift & Damian Shannon penned a script titled, “Send Help.” An analyst and her mean boss are the last survivors of a plane crash. Stranded on an island, they must put aside their differences and survive. As the story progresses, all heck breaks loose. Sony green-lit the project with Sam […]

An American Werewolf in London

I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with The Queen, doin’ the Werewolves of London. – Warren Zevon In 1970, John Landis worked as a production assistant on the Clint Eastwood film, “Kelly’s Heroes.” He up with an idea after coming across a group of Romani people performing a ritual on a guy being buried so […]

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog

The Great Eggplant says, run in place! – Courage the Cowardly Dog One day in the middle of solving a case, a mysterious signal causes Scooby-Doo to find where the source is coming from. It’s located in a single house lacking a suburban area. Scooby meets Courage. He also felt the signal. They form a […]

Flashback Review: Monster House

After completing film school, Gil Kenan pitched an idea to DreamWorks Animation. A family horror-comedy titled, “Monster House.” Set in a neighborhood, three kids band together to stop a demonic house from eating people during Halloween. DreamWorks rejected it. Gil had a letting with Bennett Schneir. Head of Development at Robert Zemeckis’ production company, ImageMovers. […]

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate’s Flops Vol. 1 #7)

In 2019, Nicolas “Nic” Cage turned down a role based on fictional version of himself in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” four times. He eventually changed his mind when director, Tom Gormican wrote him a personal letter. After losing a major role in a movie, Nic quits show biz. He accepts a $1 million […]

Matchstick Men (WB’s Flops Vol. 2 #38)

In 2002, Eric Garcia published a novel titled, “Matchstick Men.” Roy Waller makes a living as a con man who swindles people. He’s has tics and happens to be a neat freak. His protege, Frank Mercer suggests visiting a psychiatrist to treat his tics and cleaning obsession. One day, Roy learns he has a 14-year-old […]