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Originally Posted by Schöneboom
Hi Neal,
Having worked in The Industry for over a decade, I gotta say your story premise (assuming it is yours) is as commercially-viable as any I've seen. Have you actually shopped it around to agents & producers? Heck, if the script doesn't actually exist, I would write it, for sure!
One of the obstacles to selling it would be the budget, of course. Even if the Navy or a submarine museum were to provide the old sub and ASW ships/planes for free, shooting in/on the water (not to mention in foreign countries) is inherently expensive. Producers & studios tend to be risk-averse when it comes to unknown writers. That's when insider connections make the difference -- particularly knowing A-list talent.
All that effort for a hoax? Why not make it real? At least get it optioned. People do!  |
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Schöne.
Yes, the whole story concept is mine and original. I'm kinda proud of it, I think it would be pretty interesting to explore as a movie idea.
Actually, when I dreamed up this year's April Fool joke, it was sometime last summer, maybe late May. I was talking about a pooling the resources of the SUBSIM community and buying that old Kilo that keeps coming up for sale on the web (if 2000 guys send me $125 each, we can raise $250,000, buy the Kilo and have $100K for replacing valves and wiring, overhauling the diesels, etc).
I registered the fake movie news domains and dreamed up the story. I told my gf, what would
really be cool is if somehow an agent came across the fake screenplay and suggested I write one based on it... and yeah, in the perfect world, it would get made into a film... and I would get a big payday and then actually buy the sub and make the sub crusie ship... just like the fake story/actual movie... you can tell I like to dream, can't ya?
