Help me write the world's NEXT highest grossing film of all time.

Huh? Haven’t you ever watched Star Trek: TOS?

I think he means terrestrial species. Like, say, an apple and a pomegranate. Freaky, non?

Stranger

You know what we’ve forgotten?

Car chase!!!

You film enough takes and angles so that you can put together a PG-13 version for the theatrical release and then put some more cuts on the unrated DVD.

Ok, so you have the romantic leads chased seemingly randomly through the streets of San Francisco (big jumps over the hills and dodging trollies) while driving whatever 2010/11 concept car is willing to pay us the most to promote, while they are talking on an as yet unreleased Sony Ericsson cellphone. :smiley:

Boyo Jim, can we get written treatment of this so far?

Maybe a movie version of Douglas Adams’ Starship Titanic. I mean it is would be like a cross between Titanic and Star Wars, how can you beat that?

Maybe throw in a military culture with StarshipTitanic Troopers.

Together at last: Seagal, Vin Diesel, and Chuck Norris. Maybe CGI Bruce Lee in there for good measure.

And throw in Steve Zahn for Starship Titanic Super Troopers.

What big budget summer blockbuster would be complete without a major role for a supermodel with limited acting abilities? Said supermodel must be cast as a genius scientist who wears glasses.

Obviously you missed the posts on the catfight.

Ok, I’m starting to outline a script,thanks to some behind the scenes nagging by 5-4-Fighting. Here’s the skeleton of the first scene:

Actually, maybe it’s too early to introduce our heroine. I’m thinkng she should be the first victim of… whatever. A major starlet who gets killed early and shockingly, like Janet Leigh in Psycho.

Boyo Jim, I was only suggesting a brief descriptive outline, not a script, and only because, with you being a writer and the OP, you might enjoy putting it together.

It doesn’t sound like you really want to do it and I’m sorry I suggested it.

Here’s the part I promised I’d help with.

John Wayne, Arthur C. Clarke, Bruce Lee (CGI)
Kate Beckinsale
Rhona Mitra
Jeff Goldblum
Scarlett Johansson
Will Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman
Denise Richards
Eli Wallach
Henry Thomas
Meagan Goode
Scott Glenn, Cameo
Tommy Lee Jones, Cameo
Antonio Banderas
Jason Statham
Emma Watson
Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Apple
Pomegranate
Steven Seagal
Vin Diesel
Chuck Norris
Janet Leigh type.
Rick Rubin, Producer
Timbaland, Producer
Sting, Musical Score, Singer
Bono, Musical Score, Singer
Bryan Adams, Musical Score, Singer
Drug Cartel(s), Executive Producers
Scarlett Johansson, Associate Producer
Bill Clinton, Executive Advocate

Not being a professional writer, I see what I’m doing as a form of outline, thoughwith a little more narrative structure.

Your cast of characters about has given me some further insight.

I can see a Will Smith Jake Gyllenhaal buddy film, with co-heroines Meagan Goode and Kate Beckinsale. That leaves Denise Richards and Scarlett Johansson to cram in somewhere – one of these 2 should be the early shocking victim.

And John Wayne and Morgan Freeman can be some mixture of Yodas, heads in jars, computerized advisors, akin to the Bogey role in Play it Again Sam. Wayne will be the voice of action, the id, and Freeman the voice of restraint, the superego.

Steven Seagal, Vin Diesel, and Chuck Norris will be the thug team of the supervillain, which suggests we need a younger team of Jet Li and Jackie Chan (okay, he’s gettin a little old, but…) to defeat them. A CGI Bruce Lee is their “voice”.

I could see a scene, as an aside, where Nick Cage and Jeff Goldblum simply kill each other off, early, for the amusement of all.

I think that whatever the cast, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Bill Nighy all need to show up.

(Also Bill Nye, just for kicks.)