Saturday, August 4, 2012

Why The Asylum Shouldn't Allow Pitches On Their Website

This is a movie pitch written for the low budget production company the Asylum (the people behind such gems as Megashark vs. Giant Octopus, Megashark vs. Crocosaurus, Sharktopus, Mansquito, and Transmorphers). Apparently they allow you to submit pitches on their website. They were only accepting a few genres, and Latino family dramas were one of them. So:

Megashark vs. Latin American Family

A Mexican drug kingpin kidnaps the patriarch of the Menendez clan, only to find out that his drug submarines are being eaten by nuclear powered Megashark. The Drug Kingpin, who is also the father of young Alejandra's yet unborn baby, must stop Megashark from exploding, because his explosion would spread the cocaine over a thousand mile radius, and flood the drug market. And on top of it all, an intolerant hobo preacher is harrassing Alejandra about her potnetial abortion, to say nothing of her stolidly Catholic family. Now the Menendez family must team up with the druglord and former President George H.W. Bush to convince Congress to do something to stop Megashark from exploding. Discuss.