Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-4146635-20150416014758

Hey ya'll, it's Matt and I have a movie pitch! So East Meets West was pretty successful with Wiki Channel, it was the channel's first musical and it did some cool things for Wiki Channel. Now we have Break Free, starring EMW stars Chesney Ramirez and Percilla Gold, and that's also a musical series. The whole musical aspect on Wiki Channel is becoming increasingly popular. I'm one of those people who doesn't believe a sequel should be made to a movie if there is not a story to tell. You don't just go looking for a story if the original really has nothing left to share. With this movie, I don't think that's the case. East Meets West, the two schools are now friends, the characters are only around 16/17, and they have more years of high school to complete. So what's to happen now that the schools no longer have a rivalry? With such a long history of bad blood between the two schools, will they be able to keep things cool? I pondered on this idea when I thought of a possible East Meets West sequel. After thinking a bit, I became really interested in the idea of pushing the two schools to their limit, kind of testing their newfound "friendship." I also really want to explore the characters and do more with them because I think each one shows potential.

The first movie ended with Rachel proving to the two schools that the reason behind the feud was a misunderstanding but whether it was or not, they shouldn't fight because of it. Rachel and Ricky become an official couple and Skylar ends up leaving Eastwood to go to a more prestigous school after getting fed up with the "cheesy mediocrity" Rachel "brought" to the school. There is also a hint of a relationship between Allie and Jason (working on a movie summary :p). In the sequel, Skylar will be back and I want to make Allie and Jason's relationship more prominent. This movie takes place the same year that the first movie did.

East Meets West 2

''The Eastwood Eagles and Westwood Warriors are back and better than they’ve ever been. With their school rivalry put to an end, the two schools seem to get along pretty well. The two schools have had a rocky year in sports and are hoping to close off the year with one last championship game against each other with their one and only girl softball teams, spectacular teams for both of the schools. Rachel is especially excited because not only has she joined the school’s choir, but for the first time she’ll be playing on the softball team. But, everything changes when a science experiment at Westwood gone wrong causes a fire and toxic acid to burn throughout the entire school, prohibiting Westwood students from attending their beloved Warrior house. As result of the fire, the Westwood kids and faculty must now temporarily learn at the closest school that will accept them: Eastwood High. Rachel and Ricky are extremely excited because not only will they be going to school together, but they will also be able to participate in the spring musical together, which Ms. Bailey will direct. Now, Westwood students must take on the task of finding their way through the Eastwood halls. But despite Eastwood’s bigger and more spacious building, the new students still seem to clutter the halls. As everything seems to get tighter and tighter, tensions begin to rise and it doesn’t help that the two schools are still recovering from their former rivalry. With school pride in the way, the feeling of school invasion, preparing to defeat one another on the same turf, and Westwood having some trouble following Eastwood rules, the two schools are nearing each other’s throats, sparking a whole new kind of bad blood. Will Rachel and Ricky be able to bring their two schools to harmony, or will they fall into the partition themselves? After all, Rachel wants to win and so does Ricky.''

Back for the movie is Rachel Gold who is now the choir student director of the school, a former cheerleader, and now a struggling player on the softball team, Ricky Francis, the Westwood star football player who is ready to dedicate his time to Rachel after rejecting a football camp opportunity to spend his time with her, Skylar Venice, the it-girl at Eastwood who left the school after Rachel took over the cheerleading team but now is back to reclaim her place as the school queen, Allie Grant, the peppy smart friend of Rachel who is always there to support her, Jess Nightland, Eastwood’s star athlete and Skylar’s ex-boyfriend who ends up having a huge problem with Westwood coming to Eastwood, and then Jason Lewis, Ricky’s best friend who has become even more popular than Ricky after he brought Westwood to victory during the basketball season.

I think this will be really fun if you ask me! I already have some really cool song ideas, this movie all in all will be bigger and better. I really want to take the characters to new heights and develop them more. We'll see more of Rachel and Ricky's relationship and it will go through some big tests. They're going to make a pact not to let any Westwood/Eastwood drama get to them. The whole cheerleader aspect won't really be in the movie but Skyler returns as the popular girl in school, kind of going to be the leader of a revolution against Westwood, she kind of leads the school into war with them, and her minions will be right by her side. a more devious Skylar. She's very vengeful right now because of what happened that fall, Rachel basically showing her up. Skylar is coming back fiercer than ever, I really want to use the stylish side of Zendaya for Skylar (things like this). Skylar is no longer with Jess either. Jason is more popular now and Ricky is more low key, Jason is the big jock of Westwood now. I also really want to shine a light on Allie and Jason's relationship, it'll kind of be a secret thing throughout the movie, they won't want anyone to know.

For new characters, what I want to do is introduce a large new set of Westwood characters. I kind of want there to be an equivalent to each Eastwood student. There will be a mean girl who thinks she can take on Skylar (but this is kind of Skylar's attitude towards it), an equivalent to Allie, etc.

One idea I have for a scene is when things really begin to boil up, Skylar gathers a bunch of Eastwood students to plan an ambush on Westwood during lunch, spray them with water guns, throw food at them and just plain attack them (not physically). Ricky and his friends overhear this so they plan their own defense with a bunch of Westwood students. Well, that sorta bothers Rachel...

I have a lot of ideas, they're not all in order yet but I think they'll work. You know how in Mean Girls, this whole fight broke out because of the burn book and there was a school intervention? I'm kind of picturing this movie to get to that. :P (But they were pretty crazy in that, like no one will really get physical, just mostly arguing and things like the ambush :P) This plot definitely is not set in stone. I added the softball thing because I wanted something different but there already is a baseball theme in One of the Boys so I'm really not sure if we should keep it. I thought of making it a year later and making it during the football season again but I'm not sure, I want to make it different and it's not likely they'd both get to the championships again. Not sure how I'd do the story, then. And not sure what you guys would think but my client Kelly Lloyd has been pitching to me these ideas for Jess now that he and Skylar broke up. :P

Please tell me what you guys think, all honesty! I'll work on some character descriptions after I hear feedback and after we confirm a direction with this. :) 