IGOR Trailer Lands Online

Well, there goes my writing career. Back in '04 I'd dreamed up a short film called "The Life and Times of Igor," which I never finished until a year later. By then it was a fully fleshed out 2 hour screenplay, and promotions began immediately.

I had several people want to read it, and not one agent willing to keep it. Oh well.

Guess I'll just publish the damned thing in a book, but in the original screenplay format.

(No, these people didn't steal my idea: mine was about Frankenstein going to jail and Igor doing odd jobs in the "real world.")

StarlightGuard, that sounds like a good idea. I assume this was a comedy. If you know any artist type or if you are so inclined, this sounds like it would make a great graphic novel, too.

LOL!!! Nice we finally see John Cusack back to his comedy roots..I know is still CGI but as I remember John Cusack was very funny back in the 80's then he turned serious actor when he got older...I'm most def seing this one!!!

This was, and is, a comedy. It was originally meant to be a "mockumentary." Frankenstein goes to jail, Igor finds a new job as a dog walker for the wolfman, encounters The Blob, and must fend off the raving jealousy he gets from his bell ringing cousin, Quasimodo.

I'm assembling the pieces and memories right now in an attempt to publish my memories, experiences, and the most recent draft of the script as it existed back in August 2006. I'd still rather make the movie. Frankenstein locked away in prison was just too much fun to let go of.

StarlightGuard, I was thinking that we're always reading here of this or that graphic novel
being optioned by a movie studio. I just figured if you got your story published with some nice artwork in that form, some Hollywood producer might notice it and see the screen-worthiness of it. A graphic novel can almost look like a screenplay that's been storyboarded.

You know, I've considered all that before. In fact, I think THE reason I haven't been much of a fan of graphic novels is the fact that I have, in the past, referred to them as over glorified storyboards.

A few years back one of the screenwriting magazines I used to get was having a contest, and the winner would have their story made into the comic format. I considered it, cause I felt "what the hell." "The Life and Times of Igor" has been in nearly every form I could conceive of, from short film to a one act play. The full fledged script is best, of course, and I'd just go ahead and write it as a novel if I felt I had the skills to do so. Novels and short stories never were my strongest suit.