Post by spencer101f on Nov 29, 2008 2:55:19 GMT -5
Which ones sound good, and which ones don't?
The Spice Girls Reunion Tour in 3-D
Synopsis: Similar to Hannah Montana in 3-D, clips of the Spice Girls’ sold-out farewell tour, as well as backstage stuff, will be shown in theaters this January.
110 in the Shade
Synopsis: The show’s protagonist is Lizzie, an older unmarried woman living in a drought-stricken Western town on a ranch with her family. The plot centers on her search for love and her choice between two suitors: Starbuck, a charismatic con man posing as a rainmaker who can bring rainfall to the drought-stricken area, and Sheriff File, the town's most eligible bachelor.
Untitled Romeo and Juliet Spoof
Synopsis: When the girl who is supposed to play Juliet falls sick one night, the director finds out the understudy is out of town. The director is the only other person who knows her lines...but he's a guy. Who will play the part?
Untitled Roller Disco Film
Synopsis: From the creators of Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro and Talladega Nights comes an all-new Will Ferrell sports comedy that revolves, this time, around roller disco/roller skating. In the ‘70s, Mitch (Ferrell) wants to impress the new girl in town, Shelly (Amy Poehler), so he, a skating amateur, signs up for the roller disco competition, just to impress Shelly. However, he knows that he is not good, so he must train for the competition. His brother, Dan (Sacha Baron Cohen), is a pro-skater and offers to help Mitch.
Untitled Pushing Daisies Movie
Synopsis: Olive, Chuck, Ned, Emerson, and the gang are back for a Pushing Daisies movie that will tie up all loose ends from the series.
The Great Muppet Movie Disaster
Synopsis: The Muppets want to enter a film into the New York Film Festival, so they try to make a film. Throughout the film, they make their own renditions of films, spoofing such classics as Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Star Wars, before they run out of time. They don’t have a film, and time is running out. What will they do?
Stranger
Synopsis: Daniel Woods has always been a bit of a loner, and on a hot summer day in 1959, realizes just how lonely he is. When he accidentally meets a black girl named Jessie, to whom he is at first distant due to his parents' strong racist attitude, the two of them find themselves wandering far from home, when something suddenly comes crashing through the nearby trees and into the ground. It's an alien. When an ambitious, bizarre scientist discovers the alien's existence, he makes it his goal to capture the alien, gain fame from its discovery, and perform tests upon it to discover as much as he can, leaving the two unlikely friends on the run trying to keep the alien safe, all during which the alien develops a strong personality that demands them to face their own fears in their personal lives. Although this alien looks like a small, weak person in terms of physical appearance, the impact that he leaves upon all around him is certainly larger than life.
Make a Girl Laugh
Synopsis: This is a Marilyn Monroe biopic.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Gargoyles
Synopsis: A live-action film based on the tv series, Gargoyles.
Rainbow Chaser
Synopsis: A mix of animation and live-action, this is a Lisa Frank biopic.
Tim Burton’s The Batman Murders
Synopsis: A banker, missing for months, finally turns up dead --- wearing the unique costume of the Caped Crusader. Three other prominent Gotham City citizens are also missing, and the only clue to their abductor's plot is a calling card --- a joker with a bullet hole through it. It's only the beginning of the ultimate prankster's devastating new scheme to destroy the real Batman, even if he's got to spill the blood of everyone in Gotham City to do it. If the Joker succeeds, it will be his greates gag of all time. But only one very twisted and very dangerous man will be laughing....
The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Synopsis: In this fantastical thriller, five young teens tapped as models for theme park “guides” find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Using a cutting edge technology called DHI—which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging—Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram projections that guide guests through the park.
The new technology turns out, however, to have unexpected effects that are both thrilling and scary. Soon Finn finds himself transported in his DHI form into the Magic Kingdom at night. Is it real? Is he dreaming? Finn’s confusion only increases when he encounters Wayne, an elderly Imagineer who tells him that the park is in grave danger. Led by the scheming witch, Maleficent, a mysterious group of characters called the Overtakers is plotting to destroy Disney’s beloved realm, and maybe more.
Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano
Synopsis: A man wishes to get far away from his life, and a magical fairy grants him his wish by giving him a magical piano that will send him anywhere in the world. This is a full-length, live-action adaptation of the Emmy award-winning Dr. Seuss short.
Untitled Aeneas Adaptation
Synopsis: Fleeing the ruins of fallen Troy, Aeneas and his followers seem destined to wander the ancient world endlessly. Unbeknownst to them, Jupiter has ordained that the Trojan champion shall promulgate a race that will be the forebears of Rome. But first he must survive epic battles, the wrath of the gods, and a star-crossed romance with Dido, Queen of Carthage.
The Voice Within
Synopsis: A gay, a transsexual, and a crossdresser, alienated from modern society, want to fit in to society but don’t want to change who they are. With their morals intact, they endure a journey full of hardships that bring them to one final realization.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Synopsis: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher’s mind.
Sawed
Synopsis: This is inspired by Hamlet 2. Many students at a high school convince their teacher, Mr. Martin, to let them put on their very first high school musical. Mr. Martin reluctantly agrees. However, Mr. Martin struggles to get the rights to ANY musical, including "My Fair Lady," "Beauty and the Beast," "Caroline, or Change," and "Snoopy." He tells the students and they all seem upset. Then, one kid, named Julie, says they should just make their own musical. Mr. Martin and the rest of the kids think it's a great idea. They all think about what to do and Julie decides to mention something about a musical version of a horror film. They all think that sounds cool. Then, Julie and Mr. Martin simultaneously agree on "Saw." Sure, there will be blood. All the kids begin production on the musical and they all decide to work very hard on it.
R.L. Stine’s Night of the Living Dummy
Synopsis: Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there?
High Beams
Synopsis: A film based on the shocking urban legend.
Manson
Synopsis: This is a Charles Manson biopic.
A Tale of Two Cities
Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens’ novel. Full plot summary here: A Tale of Two Cities Plot Summary
Assassins
Synopsis: The story of six assassins and their take on why it happened. Full synopsis here: Assassins Synopsis
Just Breathe
Synopsis: This is the story of a young boy who sees his grandmother die. He expresses his emotions and raw feelings to the audience as he discusses this traumatic experience and as the audience sees the events leading up to, during, and after the tragic incident.
Brown Skin
Synopsis: This is a musical featuring India.Arie music that revolves around a brilliant, passionate, average-looking black woman who feels somewhat insecure about herself. Later on, she meets a guy who likes her, and she immediately falls in love with him. The guy falls for her, too, and asks advice from his mother about what to do. At dinner one night, they make a promise to stay together forever. However, problems arise soon after, causing grief, disbelief, and broken hearts.
The Mouse Factory
Synopsis: This is the story of the 1941 Disney strike.
The Spice Girls Reunion Tour in 3-D
Synopsis: Similar to Hannah Montana in 3-D, clips of the Spice Girls’ sold-out farewell tour, as well as backstage stuff, will be shown in theaters this January.
110 in the Shade
Synopsis: The show’s protagonist is Lizzie, an older unmarried woman living in a drought-stricken Western town on a ranch with her family. The plot centers on her search for love and her choice between two suitors: Starbuck, a charismatic con man posing as a rainmaker who can bring rainfall to the drought-stricken area, and Sheriff File, the town's most eligible bachelor.
Untitled Romeo and Juliet Spoof
Synopsis: When the girl who is supposed to play Juliet falls sick one night, the director finds out the understudy is out of town. The director is the only other person who knows her lines...but he's a guy. Who will play the part?
Untitled Roller Disco Film
Synopsis: From the creators of Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro and Talladega Nights comes an all-new Will Ferrell sports comedy that revolves, this time, around roller disco/roller skating. In the ‘70s, Mitch (Ferrell) wants to impress the new girl in town, Shelly (Amy Poehler), so he, a skating amateur, signs up for the roller disco competition, just to impress Shelly. However, he knows that he is not good, so he must train for the competition. His brother, Dan (Sacha Baron Cohen), is a pro-skater and offers to help Mitch.
Untitled Pushing Daisies Movie
Synopsis: Olive, Chuck, Ned, Emerson, and the gang are back for a Pushing Daisies movie that will tie up all loose ends from the series.
The Great Muppet Movie Disaster
Synopsis: The Muppets want to enter a film into the New York Film Festival, so they try to make a film. Throughout the film, they make their own renditions of films, spoofing such classics as Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Star Wars, before they run out of time. They don’t have a film, and time is running out. What will they do?
Stranger
Synopsis: Daniel Woods has always been a bit of a loner, and on a hot summer day in 1959, realizes just how lonely he is. When he accidentally meets a black girl named Jessie, to whom he is at first distant due to his parents' strong racist attitude, the two of them find themselves wandering far from home, when something suddenly comes crashing through the nearby trees and into the ground. It's an alien. When an ambitious, bizarre scientist discovers the alien's existence, he makes it his goal to capture the alien, gain fame from its discovery, and perform tests upon it to discover as much as he can, leaving the two unlikely friends on the run trying to keep the alien safe, all during which the alien develops a strong personality that demands them to face their own fears in their personal lives. Although this alien looks like a small, weak person in terms of physical appearance, the impact that he leaves upon all around him is certainly larger than life.
Make a Girl Laugh
Synopsis: This is a Marilyn Monroe biopic.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Gargoyles
Synopsis: A live-action film based on the tv series, Gargoyles.
Rainbow Chaser
Synopsis: A mix of animation and live-action, this is a Lisa Frank biopic.
Tim Burton’s The Batman Murders
Synopsis: A banker, missing for months, finally turns up dead --- wearing the unique costume of the Caped Crusader. Three other prominent Gotham City citizens are also missing, and the only clue to their abductor's plot is a calling card --- a joker with a bullet hole through it. It's only the beginning of the ultimate prankster's devastating new scheme to destroy the real Batman, even if he's got to spill the blood of everyone in Gotham City to do it. If the Joker succeeds, it will be his greates gag of all time. But only one very twisted and very dangerous man will be laughing....
The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Synopsis: In this fantastical thriller, five young teens tapped as models for theme park “guides” find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Using a cutting edge technology called DHI—which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging—Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram projections that guide guests through the park.
The new technology turns out, however, to have unexpected effects that are both thrilling and scary. Soon Finn finds himself transported in his DHI form into the Magic Kingdom at night. Is it real? Is he dreaming? Finn’s confusion only increases when he encounters Wayne, an elderly Imagineer who tells him that the park is in grave danger. Led by the scheming witch, Maleficent, a mysterious group of characters called the Overtakers is plotting to destroy Disney’s beloved realm, and maybe more.
Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano
Synopsis: A man wishes to get far away from his life, and a magical fairy grants him his wish by giving him a magical piano that will send him anywhere in the world. This is a full-length, live-action adaptation of the Emmy award-winning Dr. Seuss short.
Untitled Aeneas Adaptation
Synopsis: Fleeing the ruins of fallen Troy, Aeneas and his followers seem destined to wander the ancient world endlessly. Unbeknownst to them, Jupiter has ordained that the Trojan champion shall promulgate a race that will be the forebears of Rome. But first he must survive epic battles, the wrath of the gods, and a star-crossed romance with Dido, Queen of Carthage.
The Voice Within
Synopsis: A gay, a transsexual, and a crossdresser, alienated from modern society, want to fit in to society but don’t want to change who they are. With their morals intact, they endure a journey full of hardships that bring them to one final realization.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Synopsis: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher’s mind.
Sawed
Synopsis: This is inspired by Hamlet 2. Many students at a high school convince their teacher, Mr. Martin, to let them put on their very first high school musical. Mr. Martin reluctantly agrees. However, Mr. Martin struggles to get the rights to ANY musical, including "My Fair Lady," "Beauty and the Beast," "Caroline, or Change," and "Snoopy." He tells the students and they all seem upset. Then, one kid, named Julie, says they should just make their own musical. Mr. Martin and the rest of the kids think it's a great idea. They all think about what to do and Julie decides to mention something about a musical version of a horror film. They all think that sounds cool. Then, Julie and Mr. Martin simultaneously agree on "Saw." Sure, there will be blood. All the kids begin production on the musical and they all decide to work very hard on it.
R.L. Stine’s Night of the Living Dummy
Synopsis: Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there?
High Beams
Synopsis: A film based on the shocking urban legend.
Manson
Synopsis: This is a Charles Manson biopic.
A Tale of Two Cities
Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens’ novel. Full plot summary here: A Tale of Two Cities Plot Summary
Assassins
Synopsis: The story of six assassins and their take on why it happened. Full synopsis here: Assassins Synopsis
Just Breathe
Synopsis: This is the story of a young boy who sees his grandmother die. He expresses his emotions and raw feelings to the audience as he discusses this traumatic experience and as the audience sees the events leading up to, during, and after the tragic incident.
Brown Skin
Synopsis: This is a musical featuring India.Arie music that revolves around a brilliant, passionate, average-looking black woman who feels somewhat insecure about herself. Later on, she meets a guy who likes her, and she immediately falls in love with him. The guy falls for her, too, and asks advice from his mother about what to do. At dinner one night, they make a promise to stay together forever. However, problems arise soon after, causing grief, disbelief, and broken hearts.
The Mouse Factory
Synopsis: This is the story of the 1941 Disney strike.