On page 81 of my latest script,
. Enjoying the hell out of writing it.
Logline: A man kidnaps his son when the boy’s mother insists on treating the boy’s autism-like disease with a procedure that will erase the child’s mind. (Drama/Action)
I’m picturing two of my favorite actors in the lead roles: Walton Goggins as the father and Forest Whitaker as the police Detective trying to catch him.
A short, silly script. When a porno star is murdered, part of him RISES for some HARD vengeance. Read it here:
http://www.mikeswritings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/MEAT.pdf
CROSSROADS, my new post-apocalypse script, has been finished and is being reviewed by my trusty first readers. Will wait a while to post the script (e-mail me if you want a review copy), but I’ll throw out a potential logline for now:
Sharky is a trader with a dark past. Lucia has heard of a boat that can take her and her children back to England. On the run from murderous cannibals, they’ll travel across the devastated ruins of America searching for redemption and a better life. Neither of them, though, will be prepared for what awaits them at the CROSSROADS.
I love the post-apoc genre. Always have. I remember watching THE DAY AFTER on TV, I fell in love with VIRUS (1981) in grade school and still consider it one of the best in the genre. I’m still hoping for a final MAD MAX movie. One of my favorite books is “THE STAND”. It goes on and on…
What I tried to do with CROSSROADS is create the type of film I would enjoy watching. While I have a literary boner for THE ROAD (both the book and movie), I didn’t want to get that dark. The world of CROSSROADS is certainly a dangerous, malevolent entity, of that you can be sure. But I wanted some humor, some over-the-top fights, and clear delineation between the forces of ‘good’ and ‘evil’. I wanted a hero that you can root for, and that ultimately saves the day.
I think I succeeded.
Of possible interest:
When writing, I almost always have an actor or actress in mind for the major roles. I don’t always consciously choose who that person will be, the image just forms. In this case, I was envisioning TRUE BLOOD star Sam Trammel (‘Sam Merlotte’) in the role of Sharky. For Gus, I again wrote a role for Tony Cox. I am bound and determined to work with Mr. Cox someday, and those of you who read my horror-comedy LA PETITE MORT will recognize this Gus as one in the same with that Gus (well, in LPM he’s a cook, here he’s a trader/mechanic).
I suppose that’s all I have to rap at ya about for now. I enjoyed the hell out of writing CROSSROADS and hope it gets exposed to a wider audience. For those of you who do read it, I would love to know who you were thinking of in the role of Lucia. Of course my dream would be for it to go to Amanda Seyfried or Natalie Portman!
…Mike
Quite an honor!
Link: http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2010/08/amateur-friday-la-petite-mort.html#disqus_thread
Wish I had sent him the updated script! If you wish, you can read it here:
Link: http://www.mikeswritings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/LA-PETITE-MORT1.pdf
Genre: Drama/Crime
Logline: A dying man (OLD MR. CAMPBELL) confesses to a murder he committed half a century earlier. Was it truly murder, though, or an act of survival?
Length: 103 Pages
Rated: R. Violence, Profanity
To request the full script or a brief synopsis please email me at michael.g.mclarty@gmail.com
To read the full script click here: http://www.mikeswritings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/PUSH1.pdf
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Logline: An alcoholic stilt walker (MORT) must save the town that loathes him from an invasion of zombie midgets.
Length: 93 Pages
Rated: R. Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations
To request the full script or a brief synopsis please email me at michael.g.mclarty@gmail.com
Genre: Horror.
Logline: A young man talks with a therapist about his dark urges.
Length: 5 pages.
A screenplay I wrote for Kenny Pedersen, based on an original screenplay by Kenny Pedersen. Kenny asked me to give the script he was working with for a local contest a look over. While my version didn’t make the cut, I was proud of what I wrote so decided to share it.
The screenplay is only 5 pages. Kenny only had 48 hours to make a film. I think what he came out with is pretty good!
My Screenplay is here: http://www.mikeswritings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GEORGE.pdf
Kenny’s Movie is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQatioH6M5o