New submarine movie, but wow...

Onkel Neal · 04-01-09, 04:50 PM

If anything like this ever does come to fruition, you can bet I will release the news on April 1.

Fr8monkey · 04-01-09, 04:55 PM

APRIL FOOL!!!

Dude, it is April 1st .....

Sailor Steve · 04-01-09, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If anything like this ever does come to fruition, you can bet I will release the news on April 1.

Now that would be a good joke!

Frame57 · 04-01-09, 08:02 PM

Damn! Just the thought of rigging that baby for dive....Eh, I figured they would use the Pompanito again if they ever made a movie like that anyway.

bookworm_020 · 04-02-09, 12:38 AM

If you ever do get a sub movie going, this would be the place to find extras!

Chad · 04-02-09, 01:21 AM

NOoooo!

I fell for it.. Though technically it is now April 2, i went all day without falling for anything and this got me right before bed!!

Neal! You, ugh, got me

Not to mention Jack Black and Sean William Scott are 2 of my favorite comedian actors!

Jimbuna · 04-02-09, 06:07 AM

I'd do the galley shift

Schöneboom · 04-02-09, 07:59 PM

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!

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Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	APRIL FOOL!!! Dude, it is April 1st ..... __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Damn! Just the thought of rigging that baby for dive....Eh, I figured they would use the Pompanito again if they ever made a movie like that anyway. __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If you ever do get a sub movie going, this would be the place to find extras! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	NOoooo! I fell for it.. Though technically it is now April 2, i went all day without falling for anything and this got me right before bed!! Neal! You, ugh, got me Not to mention Jack Black and Sean William Scott are 2 of my favorite comedian actors! __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'd do the galley shift __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	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! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."