New story idea, this time for an animated family film! It's sort of an amalgamation of The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Paranorman, and Lovecraft Country.
The plot: The Lincolns, a dysfunctional black family living in Providence, Rhode Island, are given the chance to get their act together after being caught in a reality-warp encompassing all of New England. The cause of this supernatural situation: the restless ghost of H.P. Lovecraft himself! After being summoned by a cult of alt-right Lovecraft fans, the infamous author reshapes reality according to his fantasies, and the Lincolns are put in the unenviable position of saving New England from this eldritch evil. With the aid of the astral adventurer Randolph Carter, our protagonists set out to defeat Lovecraft the only way they know how... by kicking abomination ass! And the power of love, I guess.
Working titles: The Lincolns vs. Lovecraft (Yes, derivative, I know. It's a working title!), Black People vs. Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft Does Not Like Black People. I'm thinking of it as a meditation on mental illness, depression, bigotry and cynicism, and how these issues can be countered through love, forgiveness and idealism. And also as an examination of H.P. Lovecraft's mental issues, the toxicity of fan culture and nerd entitlement, and how excessive cynicism can be an excuse to avoid problems rather than deal with them healthily.
The plot: The Lincolns, a dysfunctional black family living in Providence, Rhode Island, are given the chance to get their act together after being caught in a reality-warp encompassing all of New England. The cause of this supernatural situation: the restless ghost of H.P. Lovecraft himself! After being summoned by a cult of alt-right Lovecraft fans, the infamous author reshapes reality according to his fantasies, and the Lincolns are put in the unenviable position of saving New England from this eldritch evil. With the aid of the astral adventurer Randolph Carter, our protagonists set out to defeat Lovecraft the only way they know how... by kicking abomination ass! And the power of love, I guess.
Working titles: The Lincolns vs. Lovecraft (Yes, derivative, I know. It's a working title!), Black People vs. Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft Does Not Like Black People. I'm thinking of it as a meditation on mental illness, depression, bigotry and cynicism, and how these issues can be countered through love, forgiveness and idealism. And also as an examination of H.P. Lovecraft's mental issues, the toxicity of fan culture and nerd entitlement, and how excessive cynicism can be an excuse to avoid problems rather than deal with them healthily.
Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?