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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Jan 6, 2009 11:41:49 GMT -5
So, for a few years now I've been doing different screenwriting dutys, nothing major, but work none the less. The biggest break I've had was the option to write a script for a remake of "The Breakfast club" , which I turned down, because I wasn't going to ruin that movie. Anywho, theres been the idea floating around Columbia about doing a third film in the My Girl series, this morning my agent called me offering me a chance to write said script for the third movie. Now a third script has been written by someone else a while ago, but it just never made it past the development stage, or Dan Akroyd still holds onto it (though he is not the one to write it.) I was quick to say yes, for the fact I love the movie, and I believe there is still SO much to be told here, and even if my script is not the one they use, it will be awesome having the chance to try, and the money will be good either way.
BUT then I got to thinking, what if I ruin an already good series f movies? What if I got the typical writers laze I tend to get often and never finish it? I plan on starting the project today once I make it home, but am lost in what direction to go. I know that the year would be 1989, Veda will be 28, but the rest I'm kinda lost on, how do I cover 15 years in so little time, how do I get the audience caught up on everything, and still have time to deliver a new plot, and complete it. What do I do with the main characters for the first two? Do I mention Thomas J? Does Veda still have the moodring? What about the child her father had with Shelly? Did Veda become a lesbian (KIDDING) So yeah, I think this will be a difficult script to write, probably harder then when I have my own ideas, because you're fondling someone else's creation, and you don't want to let them down.
Any opinions?
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Post by VenomFang on Jan 6, 2009 11:44:55 GMT -5
I dont think there's a big enough demand for a My Girl 3. Youre better off going with the Breakfast Club remake.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 6, 2009 11:53:00 GMT -5
I don't think that many people are attatched to it as a series for you to get any hate for ruining it, it's like ruining Getting Even With Dad or Dunston Checks In or something
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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Jan 6, 2009 11:55:03 GMT -5
It's not so much ruining it for the fans, but for the writer of the original movies, I'd hate to ruin someone elses creation.
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Jan 6, 2009 11:56:45 GMT -5
You should have Macaulay Culkin come back as a zombie. Better yet, since it was bees that killed him, maybe he could be Candyman's younger, whiter brother. Make sure you market it as a family film. This way, the parents and kids will be completely shocked and dismayed when they realize they're in for a real gorefest.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 6, 2009 12:01:54 GMT -5
It's not so much ruining it for the fans, but for the writer of the original movies, I'd hate to ruin someone elses creation. Can you contact the writer of the first two? i imagine it might be pretty easy for someone with an agent. Call him, get his blessing or whatever, send him a copy of the script at some point. If you're conscious about not ruining it there's less chance of you coming up with the equivalent of Batman and Robin |
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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Jan 6, 2009 12:04:48 GMT -5
It's not so much ruining it for the fans, but for the writer of the original movies, I'd hate to ruin someone elses creation. Can you contact the writer of the first two? i imagine it might be pretty easy for someone with an agent. Call him, get his blessing or whatever, send him a copy of the script at some point. If you're conscious about not ruining it there's less chance of you coming up with the equivalent of Batman and Robin Soooo, I sould take out all the ice jokes I planned on having Akroyd use? |
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Post by wrestlesmarks on Jan 6, 2009 12:09:39 GMT -5
Just add plenty of boobies and it should be ok.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jan 6, 2009 12:10:24 GMT -5
Retcon My Girl 2 out of existence.
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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Jan 6, 2009 12:11:44 GMT -5
Retcon My Girl 2 out of existence. Honestly theres not much in My Girl 2 that helped progress the story or needs to be used in the 3rd movies, except Shelly having a kid, all else was really not that big a deal. |
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 6, 2009 12:30:59 GMT -5
Can you contact the writer of the first two? i imagine it might be pretty easy for someone with an agent. Call him, get his blessing or whatever, send him a copy of the script at some point. If you're conscious about not ruining it there's less chance of you coming up with the equivalent of Batman and Robin Soooo, I sould take out all the ice jokes I planned on having Akroyd use? Just don't put rubber nipples on him!! |
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Post by Jobes on Jan 6, 2009 12:44:22 GMT -5
Don't go back to Thomas J. I'm sure Veda has moved on at this point. Here's a basic story that I have. After a failed marriage, Veda and her young son move back to Madison. She falls for this guy who turns out to be a real jerk (like her previous husband), her dad doesn't like the new guy, which makes Veda angry. She finally realizes that this new guy is depriving her of her son(after an ultimatum of sorts), and her father helps her reconnect with her own child.
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Post by MiLo Duck on Jan 6, 2009 13:01:15 GMT -5
You should have Macaulay Culkin come back as a zombie. Better yet, since it was bees that killed him, maybe he could be Candyman's younger, whiter brother. Make sure you market it as a family film. This way, the parents and kids will be completely shocked and dismayed when they realize they're in for a real gorefest. HA! This is exactly what I was going to suggest. Get out of my head man! ;D |
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jan 6, 2009 13:02:05 GMT -5
IF you truly like the characters and can think of a way to continue the story without regressing to the previous plots, then I'd go for it.
Something written that you enjoy will always come out better than just a standard script job.
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Jan 6, 2009 13:19:36 GMT -5
You should have Macaulay Culkin come back as a zombie. Better yet, since it was bees that killed him, maybe he could be Candyman's younger, whiter brother. Make sure you market it as a family film. This way, the parents and kids will be completely shocked and dismayed when they realize they're in for a real gorefest. HA! This is exactly what I was going to suggest. Get out of my head man! ;D Great minds think alike!  |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 6, 2009 13:33:02 GMT -5
My Girl 3!? Why would someone want a My Girl 3? Hell, did people even want a My Girl 2?
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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Jan 6, 2009 13:43:43 GMT -5
My Girl 3!? Why would someone want a My Girl 3? Hell, did people even want a My Girl 2? Actually there is still a market for the My Girl saga, as it is still a top DVD rental. Without Dan Akroyd though there would be no talks of a third movie, but the story holds a special place in his heart from an acting standpoint, and he is the one who came up with the idea to make a third one to close the ultimate growing up story with the characters in fact growing up |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 6, 2009 13:59:17 GMT -5
My Girl 3!? Why would someone want a My Girl 3? Hell, did people even want a My Girl 2? Actually there is still a market for the My Girl saga, as it is still a top DVD rental. Without Dan Akroyd though there would be no talks of a third movie, but the story holds a special place in his heart from an acting standpoint, and he is the one who came up with the idea to make a third one to close the ultimate growing up story with the characters in fact growing up Yeah...um...I was just making a joke. I don't really care. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2009 14:06:35 GMT -5
turn it into a thriller with the ending finally showing that Veda was responsible all along for the murder of Thomas J....or somehow get Rick Moranis to come out of hiding and have him play a character that kidnaps Veda and Ackroyd has to go on a one man hunt...
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Post by Tyfo on Jan 6, 2009 14:18:39 GMT -5
There's two ways you can go.
1) Dan Akroyd dies and Veda has to overcome her fears and handle his funeral at their funeral home.
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2) Veda dies from choking on that chicken bone she feared so many years earlier.
Either way, someone has to die, or someone has to come back to life. AKA, the Thomas J zombie scenario!
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