That Would Make a Great Movie

Argo. Adaptation. The Insider. Shattered Glass. The Bling Ring. Even The Fast and the Furious. (Yes, The Fast and the Furious.) All were either based on or inspired by magazine articles. A movie producer, studio executive, or screenwriter flipped through the pages of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, or Wired, read one of these stories and said, "That would make a great movie."

And it's not just articles, either. Remember Paul Potts, the shy mobile phone store manager who wowed the judges on Britain's Got Talent (and has over 133 million Youtube viewers to date).

The Weinstein Company adapted his story into the 2013 film, One Chance.

Or how about Jason McElwain, the autistic basketball manager who made an incredible six three pointers when he was put in for the last minutes of his team's high basketball season.

Columbia Pictures beat out twenty-five companies, including the Walt Disney Company and Warner Brothers, who were vying for the rights to produce a film based on his life. Why? Because they all thought the same thing you or I did after watching that story. That would make a great movie.

These stories are everywhere. They fill our Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds, and get lost among the endless barrage of headlines overloading our favorite websites. But in Hollywood, you can't let a potential blockbuster or Academy Award winner slip by.

That's why I've started this blog. To shine a spotlight on the stories that I think deserve the big screen treatment. I might even give my pitch on what the movie could be, and who should star in it. So let's fire up some popcorn, kick back with a box of Junior Mints, and get started.