Story Ideas

Main Actor - Robert De Niro

Genre - Superhero

Location - Catacombs, Rome

Title - The Catacombs are Alive

Tagline - De Niro The Superhero

Log Line - Robert De Niro stars in this Superhero blockbuster set in the dark location of the Catacombs. We follow Nigel (De Niro) and his friend Scott in their mission to bring the Catacombs to life.

Robert De Niro plays Ex-Armed forces 79 Year old Nigel as him and close friend Scott try to bring the Catacombs to life by using powers that they never knew they had in this Superhero blockbuster. 

Poster Idea - For my poster idea I would like to include my main character (Robert De Niro), the Catacombs and something Superhero related. The background of the poster will be a dark shot of the Catacombs with what looks like De Niro standing in them. De Niro will also be holding a shield/armour so that there is something superhero related on the cover. I will also have the second character (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) standing behind De Niro. 

Lead Character - My lead character will be played by Robert De Niro. The lead character will be called Nigel and is in his late 70s. Nigel has a history of being in the armed forces from a young age and discovered his superhero powers in his early 40s. He has not told anybody about his powers and is a very secretive person. He has a wide range of superpowers and can do anything he wants in any place he wants, but he does not use this to his advantage. He is very tall, slim and well dressed. 

Second Character - My second character will be played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse. This character will be called Scott and he also has superpowers. He is short, slim and also very well dressed. 

Story - Nigel and Scott are close friends due to their superpowers. They both live in Rome near each other and have a mission, to bring the nearby Catacombs to life using superpowers. Throughout their mission, they break into the Catacombs and use their superpowers to put the bones and skulls together to make Skeletons. Their plan backfires on them when the Skeletons decide they want to leave the Catacombs and enter the streets of Rome. Nigel and Scott need all the superpowers they can get to stop the Skeletons spilling onto the streets for the public to see. 

Script Extract - 

EXT. OUTSIDE CATACOMBS, ROME

NIGEL walks down the streets of Rome outside the dark, abandoned Catacombs with his close friend SCOTT. NIGEL is tall, slim and very well dressed. SCOTT is younger than NIGEL, short, slim and also very well dressed.

NIGEL

The entrance is just down the road, when we arrive you know what to do.

SCOTT

Give me the signal when we arrive, then I will do it. 

Nigel and Scott reach the entrance to the Catacombs. There are thin steps going into darkness with a tightly locked gate guarding the entrance. Scott stops outside the gate as Nigel carries on walking down the road, Nigel stops a few meters away. Nigel signals towards Scott and Scott proceeds to open the locks on the gate using a force. Nigel walks back to Scott at the door.

NIGEL

Good work, lets go down there.

Scott leads the way down the dark, small steps to enter the Catacombs. A sudden rush of energy enters the path of the two close friends are the gate slams shut behind them.

SCOTT

It has started, we know what we are in for down here.

NIGEL

We are not alone down here.

Nigel and Scott move away from the camera and into darkness, there is a bright flash of light from where they are walking and the two characters vanish off camera.