[Movie Concept Proposal]Working Title-Macbeth A.I.Flying Monkey Productions

• Goal: To create an Oscar-Winning motion picture based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth −Appeal to the largest possible movie-

going audience.−Appeal to the Motion Picture Academy to

garner Oscar nominations.−Keep as close to the original play

without the concept being too obvious as Macbeth.

−Come in under production budget of $50 million.

Concept Overview

Concept Overview• Settings: Year 2054 AD in the USA

−Testing grounds, Edwards AFB, California

−Duncan Advanced Design Projects, Colorado• Main computer room• R&D work area• AI testing area

− Various environments created by AI

• Board Room• CEO office• Various offices

−Home of Elizabeth and Gordon MacDonald

−Various incidents settings

Concept Overview• General Plot Overview: In the year

2054, the US has become involved in a growing military action in the Middle East over growing terror attacks, increased nuclear development, and dwindling oil reserves. Duncan Advanced Design Projects is in competition to develop an inter-service AI system to coordinate military operations.

Plot SpecificsBeth MacDonald and Ben Quentin are

computer system designers for Duncan Advanced Design Projects who have developed an AI system that coordinates US military operations. In a competition presentation against two other companies, they win a large military contract. When they return home, they are working on the predictive subroutine when a message appears on their screens (apparently from the main computer) stating that Beth will be promoted to R&D VP and then to CEO. When Ben queries the computer, it states that while he will received salary bonuses, there is a 97% probability that his family will inherit the company.

Later, in Duncan’s office, Beth is promoted to VP, Banquo is to receive a significant pay raise and a promotion, and all of this is to be officially announced at a celebration at a posh hotel. Further, he informs the Board members present that he plans on declare his eldest, Malcolm, as the inheritor of his majority stock holdings in the company, thereby making him the next CEO upon his stepping down or death. Beth informs her husband of the predictions. He is a security consultant and plans to hack into Duncan corporate mainframe and set up an embezzlement scheme to discredit Duncan and Malcolm. (to be continued…)

Plot Specifics

Major Characters and Actors • Beth MacDonald-Kate Beckinsale

• Ben Quentin-Ben Afflek

• Gordon MacDonald-David Wenham

• James Duncan-Sir Derek Jacobi

Major Characters and Actors

Concept Budget• Total Projected Budget-$50 Million

−Cast and Crew-approx. $12 Million−Production Costs-approx. $15 Million−SFX-approx. $15 Million−Post Production-approx. $8 Million

• Marketing Budget-approx. $30 Million

• Prospective Benefits−Sets should be easy to make or use

existing ones−On-site filming will be within US−Most SFX will be CG, keeping costs

down. The “witches” will be a computer as well.

Questions & Comments

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