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_Published 2014-08-11. A Female Superhero Pitches A Movie_


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## Transcript

Time to break down barriers. I don't have time for this. fine. Angelfire. Huh? You're cute when you're angry. Oh. [ MUSIC ] A lady superhero. [ INAUDIBLE ] Yep. With her own movie? Yes. Hm. I like it. Hell we've been looking for a vehicle for Captain Fantastical. So we can bring him in, make him the co- lead and then when she gets shot in the final battle, he can swoop in. Save her and her unborn child, right it's perfect and then we can churn out sequels for the next few years. While of course respecting the cannon and the source material and well whatever. This is the opposite of what I'm saying.

No male superheros in this one. There are enough of those. Totally. Okay, I am a feminist. I participated in two Women in Hollywood panels last year. So empowering. No guy superheros. How about, it's a dystopian world. And there's a hot zombie guy. Or an alien. Yeah, or an alien. I'm flexible, right. And this guy ends up being the love interest. I like where this is going. So we got this hot, zombie, alien guy, right, and maybe he can be a shapeshifter too. All right, is that, is that still hot right now? Yes. Yes, that is still hot right now. All right. So we have him. And then he's the one who saves the day in the end.

Right? I love it. He sacrifices himself for love, only to come back in the sequel. Are there any other executives I could maybe talk to? You're my second favorite super hero. [ LAUGH ] Oh , well thank you. Miley is my first one. How can I compete with her? Can I have a selfie? Sure. Thanks. OK, wait don't tag me in that. I only have a syndicate of evil villains trying to find and kill. Cool name. There's Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Ironman. You notice a trend? Oh yeah, huge in the Chinese market. They're all classic male heroes. We have a real opportunity here to inspire a generation of girls.

Give them a real super hero. Somebody they can look up to. Alright, sweetheart. Here's the thing. The Chinese girl market? It's about 14 years away according to our analysts. At best. It might be even longer than that. If that slampy, Jennifer Lawrence doesn't take a note and start making the movies we want her too. [ LAUGH ] But it's an amazing story. You know, normal woman acquires special powers from a nuclear reactor meltdown, and uses them to fight evil across the world. I loved it myself. Okay. That, that's gonna be a problem. China National Nuclear, they sponsor all of our movies. Everything we own.

It, that, we, that won't work. That said, does the nuclear meltdown have to be a bad thing. Toots, I'm all about the bottom line, okay? But like I'm saying, if there's a movie with two women who are speaking about something other than a man. Those films make more money. Wait, wait I just got something. Okay. Okay, picture the tagline " Justice is a Peach ". Maybe a [ UNKNOWN ] ****. I don't think. But who could play her? Well, well I was thinking that, That I Need someone with a big, you know, Hey, are you a movie producer? Cause I've got an idea for a movie. Shoot. OK. So, it's about aliens, but they disguise themselves as dogs.

My brother says we could get like six movies out of this, easy. Sold. Welcome to Hollywood, my friend. I knew it was a great idea. I've got to deliver this pizza but I'll be right back, OK? Suck it, Kevin. What? Oh hey how'd you like to play an alien sexy lady friend? I am an actual superhero. Okay, let's give this a shot. Hey, Kickstarter [ MUSIC ]

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