The Hollywood Fantasy Draft II: Sign Up To Play!
Back in August 2010, Anomalous Material presented you with the Hollywood Fantasy Draft, in which participants selected actors and directors for a movie pitch of their own creation. It was wildly successful with 27 of you taking part in the draft which ended up being extended to 10 rounds. Many of you told us about how fun and addictive the game was and it certainly was a joy to read all the creative movie pitches afterward. We received such positive feedback that we are launching the second edition on December 27!
How To Play
If you have participated in some kind sport fantasy draft then you know how to play. If not, then don’t worry because it is very simple. You will get the hang of it very quickly once we start playing. In essence, each participant gets to draft (= select) an actor/director when it is their turn. If you would like to get a simple example of a fantasy draft, visit the first edition of our Hollywood Fantasy Draft.
The Rules
If you participated in the first Hollywood Fantasy Draft, you will see several important changes that will spice things up
- The target number of participants will be 32 on a first-come, first-serve basis
- If there is more than 32, keep signing up and I will see what I can do
- 10 Rounds
- Pick actors and filmmakers from all eras, dead or alive
- Selections are made in the comments
- Time-limit between picks will be much smaller (possibly as little as 60 minutes in the first round)
- If you miss your pick, you will be skipped but you can make your pick anytime once you return
- Gender balance: You must select at least 3 actors and 3 actresses
- Trading picks or selections is allowed
- The first round will start on Monday, December 27th at 2PM CT (Edited)
Rules specific to people who participated in the first Hollywood Fantasy Draft:
- You cannot pick anyone you selected in the first Hollywood Fantasy Draft until the 4th round
- Any more rules you want to see?
After The Draft
This time around, you will have the choice to either pitch a movie of your own creation or re-cast an existing movie with the people you select. If you choose the latter, you should explain why each actor/director would be a better fit and how this improves the movie. More details later!
Sign Up!
Signed up (28/32): Scarlett Sp1der, Anna, Ruth, Castor, Andrew Robinson, Clara, Nicholas R, Mani, Joel, Robert, Sebastian, Novroz, Marc, Ripley, Andrew K, Richard, Andy, CS, Rob, Red, Nick, Marya, movie guy steve, Rich, Travis, Lacie, ACPG, Amy W,
Please sign up in the comments and let me know if you have any questions or remarks. Also, please share on Twitter and Facebook so we can more people to be aware of this!
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102 Comments
*First!!*
Sign me up! Can’t wait! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Hey Scarlet, looking forward to reading your picks and pitch as this is your first time. You’ll have a blast, but be careful, it can be quite addictive
Hell yeah I’m doing this again. AND we can choose names in Hollywood that are no longer with us? Eff yeah, man. Sign me up.
Problem is I might get a *little* distracted when it comes to drafting. But forget about it.
Oh boy, I’m going to be away around Christmas holiday so I don’t know if I can make that date Castor. But you know I’m definitely interested.
It’s all right, I will let you know when it’s your turn and you can message me your pick
Hi Castor, thanks for being flexible about the date. Yes, SIGN ME UP!
Btw, you might want to fix the date to avoid confusion… Dec 27 is not Christmas day
I’m In…
I had a blast with this the last time around and was actually going to ask you when you planned on doing it again. So needless to say, count me in!
Count me in. It was so much fun.
Hey I’ll sign up but can we move it to the 27th i’ll be busy christmas and boxing day?
Yes, actually I just made the change as you typed that
The draft will begin on Monday, December 27th
So, 2PM CT, is 3PM EST?
Yes although the time is not set in stone since it was moved from a Saturday to a Monday. It might be in 5 or 6 CST range.
Oh OK
Castor, since I didn’t “technically” participate in the 1st draft does that mean that I could still use people from my last fantasy draft?
You won’t be able to pick anyone you selected last time before the 4th round.
THis part of the rule is making me sad
I want to choose HIM again. If I’m a real producer,he will always be in every movie I produce
Totally agree, I vote for all old participants to be able to protect one actor from the last event.
Lol we all know who you want!
No sh*t thats what freaking me out!
Don’t worry, I will pick her up for you!!!
Thats what I’m afraid of, I doubt you’ll trade her for anyone??
Lol you really want her bad
Try me… =)
I’m sure he will still be there for you in the 4th round. There is no rule that says you can’t make some arrangements with another producer to pick him up for you and then trade him to you
Let’s hope he is not that famous…so no one remember to pick him
I will take your suggestion too…I will try my best to trade him if someone pick him.
Just like Joel, I want him that bad
What if an actor we had previously chosen had recently died? Or undergone a complete transformation? Or we have the same actor, but make their character only speak a foreign language? Like, I pick Lauren Bacall, but she’s speaking, like, Taiwanese?
You. Aren’t. Being. Specific.
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Sounds Great. Castor add me in the list. I hope we all rock it. Cheers
Not quite sure if I will be able to take part in this or not. We should still be in Texas for the entire duration of this, but we might actually more restricted when it comes to internet access in Texas than we are in Iraq.
Let us know once you settle in bro, there will always be a spot open for you.
We finally got settled in. We don’t have wireless, but we have an internet cafe just a short walk away. If anyting, I can definitely make up a list of actors that I want and send it in.
The king of fantasy drafts just can’t miss these.
Sign me up, eventhough I am not super fond of that old draft rule, we should be able to protect one name on that rooster. =)
I’m definitely in! I was so upset that I didn’t do the last one because it seemed like so much fun.
Sign me up! Can’t believe I missed out on last time! SIGN ME UP!!!
I’m in AGAIN
I know how to write a better movie pitch now,I didn’t know anything about movie pitch before
This sounds pretty cool. Unfortunately, I’m on an “abnormal” schedule so I doubt I’d be around come time to pick, thus I guess I won’t be participating. Should be interesting as a spectator though to see what things people come up with.
Oh yeah, round two, I am so down for this!! Sign me up for sure:)
Couldn’t we kick off the new draft by having an award week of the ol draft the week before to get in the right mood?
I was going to do this in this week’s open bar.
Thats I great idea, it was more of a reminder that I threw it out there.
Some great category suggestions in the commentaries on this post: http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/2010/10/anomalous-material-is-turning-one-in-november-blog-contest/
I especially like Ripleys suggestion on Vega Brothers and Quentin Tarantino awards!
Indeed, I sign up.
Sign me up.
(But are we allowed to choose people that OTHER drafters chose in our first round?)
Absolutely. Thanks for joining us!
I am against this rule. =)
BTW Did you get my Twitter PM?
Yes I got it. Thanks! Havent checked my tweets since my followers got stuck at 78. You need to do a post on how you skyrocked from 115 to 300 in a couple of weeks.
I hereby and officially call David Bowie as my first actor. Nobody argue. Dibs. Summary and whatnot to come.
Oh boy, I already got a director and one actor in mind. Possibility of them getting picked early on? Not very.
Me too Anna, I have even created the storyline in my mind.
I hope all the actors and the director I have in mind will not be chosen by anyone.
I have also prepared the deal to get my must-have-actor with other participants
Okay, damn you, I’m in. I can’t resist a second round.
I’ll be away for Christmas too, but I’ll email my picks if need be.
By the way, I’m now blogging at a brand new site. Come visit sometime. Sorry for the rampant self-promotion.
Here’s hoping I get my first choice director this time around.
Looks great Richard, I’m going to update the link in our blogroll.
Thanks, Castor. It’s still having some teething troubles, but it’s a start. Thanks for updating the blogroll.
I almost forgot to ask this. A friend of mine wanted to join the first fantasy draft but she doen’t have a blog.
I am going to tell her that the second fantasy draft will start soon, can she join even if she doesn’t have a movie blog? because I see that everyone here owns a blog.
Thx Castor
Absolutely! Anyone is welcome as long as she has access to this blog
Will twit her right away
Maybe I can make a deal with her too
I’m working on something else at the moment so I don’t have the time to partake in this.
SO I’d just like to say to all of you, that if none of you pick Kurosawa as director I will have to hunt each and every one of you down. LET IT BE KNOWN!!!! If you do pick Kurosawa you’ll have my unwavering support and advice if you’re less familiar
You will only have yourself to blame because of your no-show!!!
Nah, I’ll still blame you all. That’s how blame works
Would Kiyoshi Kurosawa do? Personally I am not a fan of having to dig up my director’s corpse…the studio red tape would be killer.
Sorry I missed the first round, sign me up for this one if I’m not too late
Never too late!
Count me in as well.
Also, will you all be kind enough to leave my boy Depp on the board until the fifth round? Really the world is tired of him and he will only bring down your film. Trust me.
I would love to take part in what looks to be an awesome event!
Glad to have you join us Rob!
I’m so in this! I was so upset I missed this the first time around. Count me in.
Great! Glad to have you join us Nick
A suggestion for the pitch event to this draft.
When I pitch film projects IRL I very often have to do it orally through a short pitch, maximum 5 minutes. Since a lot of guys in here do podcasts wouldn’t it be interesting to have a voluntary pitch cast aswell? So people who wants to do that records a a 3-5 minute short pitch and include the link to the pitch page.
IRL if I do a good work on the pitch I get to send material to the ones listening in so it would be kind of similar to the real process.
Good idea! If anyone wants to make an oral pitch, that would be welcome since obviously, a movie pitch in real life is made in person.
I still think that it can be a complement to the kind of pitch we did the last time. But to be completely frank a lot of them were to long to be successful IRL.
Yep, many were really long ahah
I have never done a fantasy sports, etc thing before, but this sounds fun. and complicated. I’d love to be involved, if only as a learning experience!
Awesome Marya, it’s very simple really
Can it be the 27th now? I’m getting anxious!
If there’s room, I’ll play.
Outstanding, glad to have you aboard Steve! I will email everyone a few days before this starts.
Sure, I’ll play. Sounds like fun.
Outstanding sir, you are signed up!
Can we do re-makes or book adaptations? I am thinking of trying something different. Not a love story or chick flick this time around.
Yes I think thats the case.
Absolutely. Anything you want!
Hey man sign me up!
Woohoo! TJ is BAAAACK
Mine is going to have all classic actors, no actors that are working today.
I’m doing the opposite, since I’m planning a remake of a 60-year-old film. I’m going all current and alive.
Can we use actors that not living, because I could find a way to use Kate Hepburn in my movie.
Yes, any actor from any era.
Sign me up, please. I’d like to give this thing a try
Welcome aboard Lacie!
I’m concerned that I would be at work during the pickings. Are they usually weekdays?
We simply go non-stop until the draft is over
Participants can send me their picks beforehand if they feel like they might not be around a computer when it’s their turn.
i’d be down to do this again
Awesome! Great to have you back John
sounds good…i’ll be posting under my real name now…restarting blogging for the thousandth time…haha
I want to try!!
We’d love to have you Amy! Thanks for joining
Is it too late to sign up for this?
Absolutely not! You will pick 22nd tonight
Thanks for joining us Michael.
Since i wasn’t able to get my movie finished for the last draft, could i finish it for this one?
Also, for this one how much of the story should be put in the pitch? Cause i do want to eventually make the film i was thinking of pitching into a actual movie and i don’t want the full story out on the internet before then(This is why i didn’t sign up earlier)
If this matters, no one who i wanted for my main cast has been drafted(Amy Acker, Thomas Decker, Nelsan Ellis, and Alexander Skarsguard). There are some other actors/actress’s i’ve though about using, and i will be sure to avoid using anyone who has been drafted
I know i should have asked you this stuff earlier, and if its too late to join i understand. I just figured i should at least try.
Hey Julian, you are more than welcome to pitch your movie. Sign up on the post that I will publish on Sunday. As for how long your movie pitch should be, I actually made a point of telling people to write shorter movie pitches this time. Not only are you right that you shouldn’t put all ideas out in public but a movie pitch is only a trailer for the story and actually a complete outline of the script!
Did you make the post yet, or did i miss it?
I don’t think its up yet! You should check out the previous pitching event there are some great examples in there (mine not included) but I’d try to keep it shorter than the general pitch in there because they were to long in general.
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