A couple of weeks ago Jon and I participated in the Hollywood Fantasy Draft at Anomalous Material. Each player had $50 million to use in an auction draft to acquire six actors and a director that they would then cast in either a remake or an original pitch.
We got a stellar cast (including Morgan Freeman for only $1 million), and we’d like to share our pitch with you.
The City Too Busy To Hate
Directed by Clint Eastwood
In 1960′s Atlanta, a mayoral race between the staunch segregationist incumbent and a younger, anti-segregationist (Leonardo DiCaprio) ends in a tie. A committee is formed to make the decision, but one of the pro-segregationists goes missing. Fearing that he’s been kidnapped by extreme political forces within the black community, the other segregationists (led by Jeff Bridges) hire an African-American private investigator (Denzel Washington) to find him before the vote deadline. The PI investigates the missing politician’s naive wife (Anne Hathaway) and his insidious mistress (Christina Hendricks) along with the seemingly peaceful leader of the black political movement (Morgan Freeman) as he searches for the truth.
I will be posting all the links on Wednesday. Thanks for participating guys!
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Hey guys! Great work with the format. This kind of elevator pitch structure is what works IRL. Most pitches including mine are probably quite overdone compared to this one.
When it comes to the story I’m a big fan of political thrillers but this one doesn’t seem to capture my eye.
Great work anyhow!
so far, the consensus is that everyone loves your pitch so far in the poll.
I like the idea of the pitch! Like the cast too! Can we look forward to any elaborating on the story at any point in time??
Thanks for your comments. This was our first time doing it, and all we knew was that we picked a cast & director and then pitched an idea. So we thought a short pitch like this was all it entailed. I don’t think we’ll have time to expand on it, though I do plan to write the script at some point.