Recent movie pitches

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

"So, Warner Brothers has a super hero movie. We need to get one"

"There's not enough time."

"Universal has a romantic comedy with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anisten."

"It's too late; all we can get is Luke Wilson."

"I've got it--we do a romantic super hero comedy! It will kill!"

Snakes on a Plane

[scene: two writers pitching a movie. Studio exec rejects first 8 ideas.]

"So, we've got one other idea."

"You've got 30 seconds."

"Okay then, what about an action movie about snakes."

"But that's been done before."

"Yeah, but these snakes aren't on the ground, they are in the sky."

"In the sky--in a plane."

"Yeah, snakes on a plane."

"Yeah, there are snakes on this plane--think Anaconda meets Air Force One.

"And both of those grossed, like, $200 million each."

"And we've got Samuel L. Jackson signed on, too."

Done.