HOLLYWOOD is now actively crushing our children’s hopes and dreams.
Too dramatic? Let me explain…
A pair of 7 year old Melbourne schoolgirls recently hand wrote a letter to the US producers of their favourite movie.
“We really like Rio 2,” they declared, cutely. “We have an idea for Rio 3.”
The proposed plot would take place in Egypt, they wrote.
“Nigel could get a new girlfriend and escape the Frog (both pictured above). Blue and Jewel and all the other characters follow him to find out where he is going.”
The girls kindly offered to send the studio more detailed plot notes, concluding with maximum adorableness: “One day we would like to be movie writers”.
Melt!
But the grey-suit-wearers at 20th Century Fox were unmoved.
“We cannot accept your submission … and are returning it unread,” they thundered in a cheerless, typed response.
The studio said it would only consider the SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRLS’ MOVIE PITCH if it was “submitted through an authorized literary agent who is a signatory with the Writers Guild of America, and who is known to us”.
One of the girls’ mums was flabbergasted.
“When I arrived home after work yesterday and saw the letter from 20th Century Fox I was quite excited, as was [my daughter],” she told me via email.
“I was expecting the usual ‘thank you for your interest, we encourage you to pursue your dreams, of course we don’t accept pitch ideas but it’s cute coming from two 7 year old girls halfway across the world, we are glad you are such fans of the movie’, or something to that effect,’ she said.
“You can imagine our surprise when we read the letter.”
“I understand their policy, but this is seriously over the top.”
Indeed.
How can film producers that frequently tells stories of plucky young kids pursuing their dreams and overcoming adversity be so… so… soulless? And without any sense of irony.
But the girls — like heroines in their own heartwarming animated film — are pushing on, trying to get the Hollywood heavyweights to reconsider their (dare I say, excellent) Rio 3 proposal.
If you’d like to help encourage 20th Century Fox and their subsidiary Blue Sky Studios to respond to the girls’ movie pitch please tweet them using the #reconsiderrio3 hashtag.
CLICK HERE TO TWEET THE STUDIOS.
Nigel and Frog (© 2014 Fox).
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