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Pitch Your Pinball Movie (Read Post #1 First)

By TopMoose

4 years ago



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    #1 4 years ago

    Most pinball machines these days are based on licensed themes from movies, TV shows, bands, etc. but what if it were the other way around? What if there were a movie based on an original pinball theme?

    Here's a fun challenge: Pitch your pinball movie! Here are the rules:

    1. Your pitch has to be based on an original, non-licensed pinball theme.
    2. Make it short, but give us an idea of the genre, tone, and basic plot.
    3. Feel free to cast your fictional movie or specify a director, writer, etc. It doesn't have to be present-day names.

    Think about the features of the game and how they'd be adapted into the story. Most of all, be creative pitch a movie that you'd want to see!

    #2 4 years ago

    Coming to theaters in October of 1980, from the mind of visionary director Ralph Bakshi comes a bold new animated fantasy epic! In a time of monsters and magic, follow a brave barbarian hero on a quest to rescue a fair maiden from a ritual sacrifice. He must navigate mysterious caves and battle a giant serpent, all leading to an epic battle with the demon who has claimed the maiden's soul. But defeating this powerful being will require more than swords and strength - the only magic that will defeat the demon is to discover and say his name... GORGAR!

    Featuring the voices of Burt Reynolds and Max Von Sydow. Music soundtrack by Judas Priest.

    #3 4 years ago

    It's the year 2370 and humanity is nearly extinct. The alien invasion on Earth has scattered she surviving humans to their furthest outposts and one brave young woman finds herself struggling to survive on a frozen ice planet wandering the ruins of an abandoned military base. As the aliens close in, she discovers humanity's last hope - a genetically engineered super soldier frozen in cryo-stasis! Can she generate enough power to unfreeze this powerful warrior in time? Find out in... CENTEGRADE 37!

    Starring Jane Fonda, Directed by Robert Wise.

    #4 4 years ago

    Every night is a party at Miami Beach's hottest spot, Club Rio! And behind the neon curtain, bartender Jack (Patrick Swayze) has dreams of headlining the club's big dance review. But first, he'll have to save the club from the drug-running mobsters who have turned Club Rio into their crime den. Can Jack get the mobsters out for good? Can he win the heart of the club's lead dancer (Jennifer Beals)? Find out in 1987's high-energy dance spectacular... NIGHT MOVES!

    Featuring the music of Miami Sound Machine.

    #5 4 years ago

    I'll bite. Here is my future Wikipedia article on the subject.

    The Pinball Wizard is a 2020 American family film directed by Todd Holland, written by David Chisholm, and starring Fred Savage, Christian Slater, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, and Luke Edwards. It was also Tobey Maguire's final film.
    The film follows three children as they travel to California. The youngest of the three is emotionally withdrawn with a gift for playing pinball. The Wizard is known for its extensive product placement of pinball machines for Stern. The film was also well known for being the official introduction to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Premium in North America.Despite receiving consistently negative reviews, the film has garnered a cult following amongst pin heads.

    Jimmy Woods is a young boy suffering from PTSD after his twin sister Jennifer drowned two years earlier. He is focused on traveling to California for unknown reasons, exasperating his mother Christine and stepfather Mr. Bateman, who recommends Jimmy be committed to a juvenile mental institute. Jimmy's father Sam lives with his elder sons Nick and Corey but does little to help his youngest deal with his grief. Fed up with his broken family, Corey sneaks Jimmy out, and they travel on foot for Los Angeles; however, they have little money to survive on. Nick and Sam head out to bring the boys back, in competition with Mr. Putnam, a greedy child bounty hunter hired by Mr. Bateman and Christine to find Jimmy. The two parties continually get into fights with each other on the road.

    At a bus station, Jimmy and Corey meet Haley Brooks, a teenager on her way home to Reno. They discover that Jimmy has an innate skill for playing pinball. They make an agreement to take Jimmy to “Stern Thunderdome”, a pinball tournament being held in Universal Studios Hollywood, with a grand prize of $500,000, splitting the cash if Jimmy wins. By doing so, they hope to prove that Jimmy doesn't belong in a mental institute. The trio hitchhike cross-country, using Jimmy’s skills to win bets on games. They eventually meet Lucas Barton, a popular but snobbish gamer, who owns a Rick and Morty Pinball machine and informs Haley he will also be competing. However, when Corey boasts that Jimmy can play Lucas; Jimmy runs off in fear.

    Corey and Haley learn that a lunchbox that Jimmy carries with him contains photos of Jennifer and their family. The trio arrive in Reno, gaining more money with help from Haley’s trucker friend Spankey by coaching him to play at a casino’s craps table. Jimmy then begins training on pinball machines with help from the Stern 1-900 tip line. Putnam tracks down Jimmy and tries to retrieve him, but Haley gets him thrown out by screaming and yelling, “He touched my breast!” The children escape to Haley's house, revealed to be a rundown trailer. She explains to Corey that her estranged mother was a gambler and wants her share of the prize money to help her father buy a proper house. Putnam finds Haley's home and re-captures Jimmy, but Haley summons several truckers who barricade Putnam on the road, beat him, and rescue Jimmy. Spankey then drives the children to the tournament.

    Jimmy enters the tournament where he plays Stern Jurassic Park. He qualifies as a finalist, where the excitable host announces that the final round will involve playing a brand new game. In between rounds, Putnam chases the children once again, but they escape in an elevator back to the tournament. Jimmy, Lucas, and a third finalist play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Premium (unreleased at the time in the United States). Cheered on both sides of his family and even by Putnam, Jimmy wins the tournament at the last second and earns the prize money.

    On the way home, Jimmy spots the Cabazon Dinosaurs and gets his family to stop. They follow him inside, and Corey finds Jimmy looking at his photos of the family, one of which was taken at the tourist trap. They realize that Jimmy just wanted to leave his sister's mementos in a place where she was happy. Leaving his lunchbox at the site, Jimmy goes home with Sam, his brothers, and Haley in the back of Sam's truck. Haley kisses Jimmy and Corey's cheeks, then Jimmy kisses Haley's cheek; the children laugh as they all drive off into the sunset.

    #6 4 years ago

    Residents of the island never went in the water and were always unwelcoming to visitors - leading a brash scuba diver to wonder what they could be hiding. Beneath the dark waves he discovers underwater caves and deposits of gold. He is elated... until he hears the voices coming from the murky depths. This summer, witness the terror that will take your breath away in... FATHOM.

    Starring some actor from a CW show, directed by James Wan.

    #7 4 years ago
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