
Synopsis/Details
Gigi McCoy has become a has-been. Kicked off her long-running TV show, dumped by her cheating co-star husband, Douglas Winters, and harassed by paparazzi drones with zoom lenses, she’s just about ready to lose it when she witnesses the brutal death of her best friend and agent, Trudy Newman when a stage light electrocutes her at an influencer's mansion. At Trudy’s funeral, she spots Radna, a peculiar rep who works for Juvé Studios and follows her to a shopping center in Koreatown. After being temporarily trapped in a meatlocker elevator, she discovers that Hologram Juvé Studios Execs are in the basement of a Karaoke bar and are interested in signing her if she agrees to wear an app-based, high-tech device called The Cloak, which astonishingly transforms her into her headshot from 2001. In her new skin, she dominates Hollywood, her extravagant reemergence a booming success. Everyone wants her attention, including Douglas and a deranged, hooded stalker who follows her, screaming that she’ll “expire too!” Did I mention she’s also the newest superhero, Jaguar? That she’s in Geronimo 5? But all anyone really wants to know is what is Gigi’s secret? Then, her face glitches on set and is caught on camera. What happens next is like a plot from her old TV show: kidnapping, murder from twenty-four stories up, a crazy, half-demonic drum circle in Venice Beach, and a face-off with Douglas, who has gained possession of it.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Hero's Journey
Story Situation:
Obtaining
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Accusation, Approbation, Contempt, Detraction, Flatterer, Flattery, Impenitence, Intemperance, Punishment, Respect, Reward, Selfishness, Vice
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Many
Special Effects:
Minor cgi, Other post processing effects, Significant cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Middle Aged
Hero Type:
Legendary
Villian Type:
Machine, Mentally Disturbed
Advanced
Subgenre:
Black/Dark, Fantasy, Older-Woman-In-Peril, Satire, Social Commentary, Tragedy
Equality & Diversity:
Female Centric, Female Protagonist, Passes Bechdel Test
Life Topics:
Mid-life Crisis/Middle Age
Drug Topics:
Illegal Drugs
Super Powers:
Physics or reality manipulation
Time Period:
Contemporary times
Country:
United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)
Illness Topics:
Psychological
Relationship Topics:
Attachment, By marriage, Divorce, Emotions and feelings, Endings, Husband, Infidelity, Jealousy, Love, Passion, Romance, Separation, Sexuality
Writer Style:
Charlie Kaufman, Rod Serling