Fan CastingDropout’s Batverse

The Caped Crusader’s New Universe!

Story added by chesspiece99 on August 21, 2024

Expanding Pete Holmes’ Batman sketches thanks to his recent appearance on Dropout’s Make Some Noise.

#dropout #batman #dc #comedy #superhero #youtube #originalidea #comics

Fan CastingArmando Iannucci's Santos (2025)

He Threw His Life in the Toilet, and Flushed it to Get Elected

by Real Life (especially George Santos)

Story added by chesspiece99 on August 9, 2024

A comedy film from the brilliant mind of Armando Iannucci, satirizing the rise and fall of United States Representative George Santos, marked with scandals, legal battles, and a historic expulsion from Congress.

#biographical #political #comedy #satire #armandoiannucci #originalidea #american #lgbtq #queer #2020s

Fan CastingVenom (2011)

The World's Most Dangerous Snake!

by Piers Haggard

Story added by chesspiece99 on July 28, 2024

After kidnapping a 10-year-old child, German terrorists negotiate a ransom with police surrounding the building. Further headache ensues when the child's deadly pet snake slithers through the ventilation system in the London house.

#1980s #2010s #horror #reboot #remake #whatif #originalidea #venom

Fan CastingDropout’s Rocky Horror Picture Show

by Richard O’Brien

Story added by chesspiece99 on July 24, 2024

This is gonna be fun…inspired by Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Tim Curry impression in the latest Game Changer. Photoshop poster by me.

#dropout #comedy #2020s #2024 #rockyhorror #horror #scifi #musical #drama #originalidea

Fan CastingWhat's Up, Doc? (2022)

Don't You Know the Meaning of Propriety?

by Peter Bogdanovich

Story added by chesspiece99 on July 23, 2024

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

#comedy #remake #reboot #recast #whatif #2020s #1970s

Fan CastingCars (Live-Action, 2025)

They’re the drivers this time. That’s the remake.

by Disney/Pixar

Story added by chesspiece99 on June 10, 2024

Instead of anthropomorphic cars, the Cars are people. It still follows the general plot of the original Cars movie.

#pixar #cars #liveaction #originalidea #remake #whatif #reboot #2000s #2020s #disney

Fan CastingKen Russell’s Dune (1979)

by Frank Herbert

Story added by chesspiece99 on May 28, 2024

We all know Jodorowsky’s Dune failed, but what about if the film came from another iconic psychedelic filmmaker in the ‘70s?

#dune #whatif #scifi #originalidea #1970s #recast #1980s #adaptation

Fan CastingThe Dunder Mifflin Days (2025)

I'm Not Superstitious, I'm Just a Little-Stitious

by NBC, Greg Daniels, and me

Story added by chesspiece99 on May 17, 2024

An origin story for Michael Scott's time at Dunder Mifflin before the events of The Office, starting with his time as salesman in the early 1990s, before eventually becoming manager. Narrated by the older Michael Scott (Steve Carell) looking back on his younger days.

#theoffice #spinoff #comedy #sitcom #nbc #peacock #whatif #michaelscott

Fan CastingCartoon Saloon’s Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (2025)

by Nintendo

Story added by chesspiece99 on May 5, 2024

Link, a boy from Outset Island, goes on a quest to save his sister Aryll from the sorcerer Ganon, becoming embroiled in a struggle for the Triforce, a sacred wish-granting relic. Aided by the pirate captain Tetra and a talking boat, Link sails the ocean, explores islands, and traverses dungeons to acquire the power necessary to defeat Ganon. Wind, which facilitates sailing, plays a prominent ro...

#zelda #windwaker #videogame #adaptation #2020s #whatif #originalidea #cartoonsaloon #irish

Fan CastingDavid Lynch's Dracula (1992)

Love Never Dies

by Bram Stoker (and Coppola?)

Story added by chesspiece99 on April 27, 2024

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread his undead curse, battling a small group of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the meantime.

#dracula #horror #fantasy #whatif #originalidea #gothic #1990s #davidlynch