Script Sales: Emily the Strange, Beggars Inc and more
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Twentieth Century Fox Animation has purchased the rights to Emily the Strange. which was first created as an anti-cool
sticker. Emily later found her way to skateboards, t-shirts, her own apparel line,
three bestsellers and an upcoming comic book. Creator Rob Reger will write the script, which
centers on a rail-thin 13-year-old whose clothes are as black as her
hair and as dark as the tone of her adventures. The dark comedy will be
filmed with a mixture of live action and animation.
- Fortress Entertainment bought a teen horror pitch from Irving Belateche. The title and plot are being kept under wraps. Belateche wrote and directed Implicated and Saving Souls in the mid-to-late 90's.
- Emerald City Production, Inc have optioned Bob Kalich and Dick Kalich's comedy script, Beggars Inc. The story follows a Harvard Business School graduate who can't make a living and decides to use his smarts to empower the panhandlers he sees lining the streets. He sets up a business using sophisticated methods that motivate panhandlers to give the public value for their money. The entrepreneur's scheme leads to a love triangle and a showdown with a rival.
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6-30-2005 @ 2:27AM
Adnan Khan said...
Considering the powerhouse business all-nerd cookout "Napolean Dynamite" generated, "Emily The Strange" may just find her feet. For some reason, doesn't "Beggars Inc" (lol, funny title!) sound like a cross between "Fisher King" and post-modern business exploitation of the needy?
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