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The Fairest of Them All: A True Hollywood Horror Story
and
A True Hollywood Horror Story: The Sequel
about how Hollywood appears to have ripped off his ideas for a screenplay based on a 'Snow White' type spy/assassin story he called Snow.
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| A panel from Chris Knowles' "Snow". |
Take a look for yourself -
From The Secret Sun post -
"Snow is about a teenaged girl who who was raised from birth to be the perfect intelligence agent and eventually comes into conflict with the woman who made her the supersoldier that she is.
Hanna is about a teenaged girl who was raised from birth to be a master assassin and eventually comes into conflict with the woman who made her the supersoldier that she is.
Snow has a genius IQ and is master in the arts of killing. Her skills are a combination of science and relentless training.
Hanna has a genius IQ and is master in the arts of killing. Her skills are a combination of science and relentless training.
The first scene of Snow pictures the heroine running through the forest in archaic clothes.
The first scene of Hanna pictures the heroine running through the forest in archaic clothes (plus, snow).
Snow is an action thriller that makes extensive use of imagery and themes from Grimm's Fairy Tales, which we learn have personal importance to the heroine.
Hanna is an action thriller that makes extensive use of imagery and themes from Grimm's Fairy Tales, which we learn have personal importance to the heroine.
Snow draws repeated parallels to fairy tales, arguing that stories like La Femme Nikita and Alias were our modern fairy tales.
Hanna draws repeated parallels to fairy tales, arguing ...?
The original pitch for Snow called for a Techno soundtrack, citing British artists Underworld and Fatboy Slim, who were popular in the late 90s when the script was originally written.
Hanna features a Techno soundtrack by British artists Chemical Brothers, who were popular in the late 90s when Snow was originally written.
Snow is a super-intelligent killing machine who has been engineered to be the perfect human since birth.
Hanna is a super-intelligent killing machine who has been engineered to be the perfect human since birth.
Snow's nemesis, Ubela Konigen was cited as an agent for East German intelligence before launching the supersoldier program.
Hanna's nemesis, Marissa Wiegler (a German name) is an intelligence agent who had extensive links to East Germany before launching the supersoldier program.
In Snow, the supersoldier program operates in a grey area and could get Ubela in serious trouble with Washington.
In Hanna, the supersoldier program operates in a grey area and could get Ubela in serious trouble with Washington.
In Snow, Ubela was married to Snow's father, which we based on the "evil stepmother" trope from fairy tales.
In Hanna, Marissa was Hanna's father's handler, and tells Hanna she's the closest thing the girl has to a mother.
The main plot of Snow deals with the heroine's quest to rendezvous with a intelligence agent of European extraction while being pursued by her Evil Queen/Wicked Witch nemesis.
The main plot of Hanna deals with the heroine's quest to rendezvous with a intelligence agent of European extraction while being pursued by her Evil Queen/Wicked Witch nemesis.
The heroic European agent in Snow is named Harrison ("Prince", roughly).
The heroic European agent in Hanna is named Erik ("Prince", roughly).
Snow is imprisoned in a underground intelligence facility where she is closely monitored and which she escapes by snapping the neck of a captor (following intimate contact) and killing a large number of security personnel.
Hanna is imprisoned in a underground intelligence facility where she is closely monitored and which she escapes by snapping the neck of a captor (following intimate contact) and killing a large number of security personnel.
Snow's escape features a long slide down the side of a dam.
In the spec script, Hanna's escape features a long slide down an air vent.
Following her escape, Snow wanders through the Arizona desert, dodging her pursuers.
Following her escape, Hanna wanders through the Moroccan desert, dodging her pursuers.
Ubela personally assigns Hunter, an unpleasant agent of European extraction, the task of tracking down Snow.
Marissa personally assigns Isaacs, an unpleasant agent of European extraction, the task of tracking down Hanna.
After wandering through the desert, Snow encounters a strange band of fugitive Bohemians living in a beat-up Winnebago camper.
After wandering through the desert, Hanna encounters a strange family of vacationing Bohemians living out of a beat-up Volkswagen camper.
While being pursued by Hunter and his men, Snow stows away in the Winnebago, in a storage compartment beneath the floor.
While being pursued by Issacs and his men, Hanna stows away in the VW bus, in a storage compartment beneath the floor.
Snow eventually befriends the Bohemians and earns their trust.
Hanna eventually befriends the Bohemians and earns their trust.
Just how deadly Snow is is shown when she puts a friendly character in a sophisticated martial arts grapple following a misunderstanding.
Just how deadly Hanna is is shown when she puts a friendly character in a sophisticated martial arts grapple following a misunderstanding.
In Snow, the Winnebago is pulled over to the side of the road by Snow's pursuers. She leaps out and kills two of the pursuers with her bare hands, horrifying her new friends.
In Hanna, the Volkswagen is pulled over to the side of the road by Hanna's pursuers. She leaps out and kills one of the pursuers with her bare hands, horrifying her new friends.
Outnumbered, Snow drives into a river to escape her enemies.
Outnumbered, Hanna dives into a river to escape her enemies.
Even after Snow reaches her objective and reunites with Harrison, her troubles with Ubela are not over.
Even after Hanna reaches her objective and reunites with Erik, her troubles with Marissa are not over.
Snow ends with a battle between Snow and Ubela.
Hanna ends with a battle between Hanna and Marissa.
Snow, still in recovery from being poisoned by Ubela, runs up the stairs to confront her nemesis on the roof.
Hanna, who's been wounded by Marissa, runs up a ladder and a stairway to confront her nemesis as she tries to escape to the roof."
This would be one hell of a coincidence if you asked me Daz. I hear they're doing a sequel called Janet which is loosely based upon the Wizard of Oz... only there's this twist involving zombies...
ReplyDeleteNo such thing as coincidence!
ReplyDeleteNo such thing as coincidence! Hope he has a good attorney.
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