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razerfish
08-27-2005, 02:53 AM
Title: Breach
Log Line: An aspiring FBI agent Eric O'Neill is handpicked to work for renowned operative Robert Hanssen within information assurance, a new division created to protect all classified FBI intelligence. The young trainee develops a growing respect for the arrogant uber-agent, only to find that his mentor might be the nation's most dangerous security risk.

They already had a biopic about this guy on cable or regular TV. This is going to be a $40 - $50 million dollar movie that nobody will pay to see. This kind of stuff is better left to books, not the big screen.

Oh, well, I'll save the "I-told-you-so's" for opening weekend.

Title: Notorious D.A.D
Log Line: A superstar rapper loses everything and is forced to take a job as a nanny for his accountant's kids while trying to resurrect his music career.

Oh, God, this sounds bad. Sounds like an even worse version of The Pacifier. I can see it making some money, though. Lots of idiots out there with $10 to flush.

Title: The Last Lap
Log Line: True story of Mike Leonard, a Chicago-based feature correspondent for NBC's "Today" who dropped everything and rented an RV to travel across America for a month, taking his funny and eccentric parents to see the places and people who shaped their lives. Following them in another RV were Leonard's three grown children, including a daughter who gave birth at journey's end.


This sounds like a total snooze. A road trip movie in an RV. No thanks. Doubt this will ever see the big screen.

Title: Untitled Lana Turner Project
Log Line: Based around the romantic Hollywood relationship between movie star Lana Turner and gangster Johnny Stompanato.

Another period biopic. These almost never do any money at the box office. This should be a HBO or cable movie, not for the big screen, but with the stars they have attached, it's going to the big screen. It will flop, however.

Sounds more suited to a book than a movie.

yvonnjanae
08-28-2005, 12:11 AM
I kind agree on everything but the Lana Turner biopic. In the hands of a great screenwriter, it could be really interesting, considering the true story of his death, supposedly at the hands of her daughter.

That Notorious D.A.D. thing is downright insulting. Unless this logline is way off, I'll boycott any actor who takes on such a role. They should learn the lessons of Richard Pryor in "The Toy," and hey, even MC Hammer when he tried to sell Kentucky Fried Chicken.

MYLESMONROE
08-28-2005, 02:13 PM
Sounds like you know everything -- why aren't you running a studio? They all definitely need the help.

Channel Zero
08-28-2005, 02:39 PM
"The Notorious D.A.D." sounds like a hit to me. But what do I know?

Stop playa hating!

Minibrain
08-28-2005, 07:27 PM
Once again, I am reminded of how some people reacted upon hearing the premise of American Beauty --they said it was just like "Blame It On Rio."

Right.

Loglines -- if that's all you know about a project, then you don't know jack.

miles
08-28-2005, 07:41 PM
[QUOTE=Channel Zero]"The Notorious D.A.D." sounds like a hit to me. But what do I know?

Ah...you know quite a bit, CZ.

cabbagewater
08-28-2005, 07:55 PM
well, I know two people laughing all the way to the bank.

LIMAMA
08-28-2005, 09:01 PM
And you never know who's lurking.....

Joe Unidos
08-29-2005, 07:00 AM
Loglines -- if that's all you know about a project, then you don't know jack.

Exactly. Most projects didn't sell based on a logline, and for the ones that did, it isn't the logline you see listed on Done Deal or in Variety.

Joe Unidos
08-29-2005, 10:36 AM
Most definitely it is product. No one wants to lose money or their job. And some projects are more "paychecks" than others, I agree. But even the sh1t (hell, especially the sh1t) is designed to make money.

My wife says you can tell an actor is embarassed by a movie if during the junket they talk only about how "fun" the shoot was and never talk about the finished film.

refriedwhiskey
08-29-2005, 11:06 AM
4) "I made this movie before I did 'Ray'."

English Dave
08-29-2005, 11:12 AM
Somewhat on point here, I think. From Today's Hollywood Reporter:

"Study: Poor films explains slump

The main factor responsible for the current boxoffice slump is the quality of the films themselves, according to a new study by reaserch company Brandimensions, which reached that conclusion after compiling moviegoers' opinions it found in Internet chat rooms and posted on message boards.

Yeah but we all know that people who post on internet forums are raving lunatics. Isn't that right Dave? You said it bro! For the last time keep those flying hedgehogs offa me!

Hamboogul
08-29-2005, 01:59 PM
I read the Billy Ray script. It is quite excellent. I am happy to see that a "GREAT SCRIPT" sold. So razerfish, you can knock a premise all you want. As for me, it's good to see that good scripts by hard-working, talented writers get sold.

PoisonIvy
08-29-2005, 04:24 PM
I read three of the projects mentioned, and all three were great. Those loglines are lame one-liners assistants come up with for press releases in between swallowing their Big Macs and scheduling their boss' next meal at Spago.

Bad Liver
08-29-2005, 04:29 PM
5) I did this film for my kids/grandkids

English Dave
08-29-2005, 04:35 PM
I read three of the projects mentioned, and all three were great. Those loglines are lame one-liners assistants come up with for press releases in between swallowing their Big Macs and scheduling their boss' next meal at Spago.

Spago is closed. At least that's what they told me. ...bastards.

Bad Liver
08-29-2005, 04:45 PM
Spago? What year is this?

invaderujin
08-29-2005, 04:57 PM
Guy who read "lot's" loglines on the internet pronounces scripts as bad. People who've read the scripts say they're good.

I think this thread has gone on long enough.

"Throw your hands in the air, if youse a true playa."