BEHIND THE STORY...
In the 1980s, I was working with a head of development at Disney Feature Animation. The development department at the time was constantly looking for "hooks" to develop features with. At one meeting it was discussed that such a hook could be with famous titles of books or movies. The studio stated it did not matter if the film’s story had any connection at all with the actual book or film. It was felt the title, alone, would be a selling point and make marketing easier. They asked me to come up with several to show them. This was one idea. Shortly after the pitch, the studio decided this was not a path they wanted to follow and dropped all such "famouse title" developments.
And now my pitch...
COMET CAT
An Animated Feature Proposal by John Cawley
Based on “Off On A Comet” by Jules Verne
When a determined hunter follows his prey, a female tiger, into the mountains of Tibet, both are pulled into an amazing adventure when a passing comet grabs them from the Earth and takes them into outer space.
The Characters
Female Tiger – Rhand-ar: Feminine, innocent, clever, lonely.
Hunter – George Conners: British, adventurer, world traveler, determined, slightly fanatical.
Alien 1 – Kajae: Formerly a spaceship navigator who now knows the route of the comet and surrounding areas.
Alien – Pet: A scientist from another galaxy who provides them with language collars allowing all to speak to each other.
text, image and format © John Cawley
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