In this cutting satire, an up-and-coming indie director is hired by a giant movie studio to reboot a movie... a movie that hasn't even been released yet.
Type:
Short
Status:
Available for Free
Page Count:
18pp
Genre:
Comedy, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Based On:
The Adventure of the Further Adventures of the Star Wanderer
Synopsis/Details
Highly-regarded indie director Will Stone gets called to Hollywood to meet with the chairmen of Metamount Studios for what is the opportunity of a lifetime--writing and directing a reboot of the studio's newest franchise. There's only one problem: Will is rebooting a movie that hasn't been released yet. A humorous and biting satire of Hollywood's addiction on reviving franchises, Reboot is based on a short story that was published on io9 and called "The funniest, saddest thing you'll read today."

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Submitted: 2020-Mar-21
Last Updated: 2022-Apr-02
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The Writer: Jake Kerr

Kerr began writing short fiction in 2010 after a long career as a music and radio industry columnist and journalist. His first published story, “The Old Equations,” was a finalist for the Nebula Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America and shortlisted for the StorySouth Million Writers and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial awards. He has subsequently been published in multiple anthologies and magazines across the globe, including the seminal Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois. He has two series currently being published: The children's/young adult fantasy series featuring Tommy Black and an epic fantasy series entitled The Guildmaster Thief . Kerr is now focusing his… Go to bio
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