EPISODE · Apr 10, 2017 · 1H 19M
The Variant (feat. Rick Maggio)
from Pitch It Movie Podcast · host Pete Bune, Sean King, and Will Puntarich. Making up movies on the spot.
Episode 48 - Actor/Comedian Rick Maggio joins Pete, Sean, and Will in the pitch meeting to spitball a surrealistic imaginative comic book inspired superpowered origin story called "THE VARIANT". Check out Rick Maggio in action as "Wolverick": https://youtu.be/PR-nD5s1mvY Also watch Rick Maggio as Krill Gill rant on The Ghouligans: https://youtu.be/vWLivUHsfEM Originally released April 10th, 2017. When a man working in an office building passes the time by ordering gadgets he finds in the back of old comic book advertisements, he soon uncovers a devastating secret about himself. Jim Carrey portrays a lonely man, stuck in a dead end job, who finds solace by collecting gadgets like X-Ray Specs and other toys he searches for promoted in the back of classic comics. But what happens when he learns that he can control the seemingly harmless technology to become a destructive weapon?! Controversial figure Alex Jones also stars as a mysterious individual hell bent on revealing Jim Carrey's true identity. From the surreal imagination of director Michel Gondry comes "THE VARIANT". Next Monday, we return with an all new episode of Pitch It Movie Podcast when Actress Brenna Gwyn Snowe pitches an existential coming-of-age, road trip, kidnap movie called "Throw Carrot Top In The Ocean". https://www.podpage.com/pitchitmoviepodcast
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Episode 48 - Actor/Comedian Rick Maggio joins Pete, Sean, and Will in the pitch meeting to spitball a surrealistic imaginative comic book inspired superpowered origin story called "THE VARIANT". Check out Rick Maggio in action as "Wolverick": https://youtu.be/PR-nD5s1mvY Also watch Rick Maggio as Krill Gill rant on The Ghouligans: https://youtu.be/vWLivUHsfEM Originally released April 10th, 2017. When a man working in an office building passes the time by ordering gadgets he finds in the back of old comic book advertisements, he soon uncovers a devastating secret about himself. Jim Carrey portrays a lonely man, stuck in a dead end job, who finds solace by collecting gadgets like X-Ray Specs and other toys he searches for promoted in the back of classic comics. But what happens when he learns that he can control the seemingly harmless technology to become a destructive weapon?! Controversial figure Alex Jones also stars as a mysterious individual hell bent on revealing Jim Carrey's true identity. From the surreal imagination of director Michel Gondry comes "THE VARIANT". Next Monday, we return with an all new episode of Pitch It Movie Podcast when Actress Brenna Gwyn Snowe pitches an existential coming-of-age, road trip, kidnap movie called "Throw Carrot Top In The Ocean". https://www.podpage.com/pitchitmoviepodcast
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