Ready.. Aim.. SMILE! by Scott Liapis

Ready.. Aim.. SMILE!

Feature · Comedy · 118 pages

Logline: A faustian tale set in the go-go 80's about a budding writer at a city tabloid sent to a small town in Pennsylvania to uncover who assassinated Hollywood legend, Sergio Leone. But as the case begins to unravel, he's forced to decide how far he's willing to go in his pursuit of fame and success.

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Semifinalist, Fresh Voices 2021-22

Semifinalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 6

Semifinalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 5

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Scott Liapis

San Francisco, CA

I write feature scripts, pilots and books and veer towards character driven satires or dark psychological thrillers that touch on a social/political issue. But I don't feel limited by genre and have experience in them all. I'm strongest at creating unique characters with sharp dialogue. I live in San Francisco with my husband and a revolving door o...

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Genre: Comedy / RomCom/ Satire / Caper / Irreverent Tone: Somewhere between Taika Waititi and Adam McKay. *Taika would be great for the lead role of Louis. Tagline: "In the Future Everyone Will be Famous for One News Cycle." Tagline: “Never Before Have the Metrics of Success Been so Heavily Weighted Towards the Sociopath" This satire pokes fun at the media and our cultural obsession with fame at any cost. Set in the 80s it reads like a prescient oracle, predicting the type of attention seeking behaviors we see on social media, in politics and in our news today. The humor has been lauded in competition as "original and hilarious!" "perfect timing!"