Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-8475730-20150313014353

(I'm holding this till pitches end. No further adjustments will be made until pitches are open again, however, I wanted to keep somewhere.)

Hey guys! So I was helping my little brother out with a book report, and he was doing it on a series I used to love, The Boxcar Children. I came up with this idea, and I wanna see what you think!

So the movie would be based off the first book, where they are all abandoned orphans who loved off the streets. The long plot of the movie would be like this:

The Boxcar Children tells the story of four children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, who are orphans. One night, they take shelter in a bakery after buying some bread with the little cash they have. In exchange for allowing them to spend the night, they agree to help around the bakery. However, when they overhear the baker's plans for them, they flee.

Finding an abandoned boxcar, the children start a new life of independence. Henry ends up working various odd jobs in a nearby city for a young doctor, in order to earn money for food. He also does gardening for the doctor's mother. In one case, she let him take home some parsnips and carrots he had picked because they were too small. The children's lives are pleasant and full of hard work until Violet becomes ill and they go to the doctor for assistance.

Earlier in the novel, the doctor read in the newspaper that a man named James Henry Alden was offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who located his four lost grandchildren. They had run away because they thought he was cruel. After the doctor takes the sick Violet and the other children to his house, he finally contacts their grandfather. He arrives at the doctor's house. Not wanting to frighten the children into running away again, he does not reveal his full name. Not knowing that he was their "cruel" grandfather, the children warm to his kindness and are surprised but delighted when they eventually discovery he is their grandfather. After moving in with him, James moves the boxcar to his backyard for their enjoyment.

So then, since their are like a million bajillion other books in the series, we can cast four actors on this wiki who are no longer on tv shows/unemployed to play these characters, since maybe we can make it into a series, which I was thinking can go a little like this:

Continuing in from where we left in in The Boxcar Children, the four Alsen siblings go on mulitiole adventures, where they help a lot if people and learn more about themselves along the way to adulthood.

The characters are as followed:

Henry James Alden: is the oldest of the Alden children; at seventeen years old. Henry is very intelligent, and his great abundance of knowledge becomes useful in many of the children's cases. He is the leader of the crew.

Jessie Alden: She often acts motherly towards Benny and Violet and even Henry. She is often responsible for cooking. Jessie is described as being very tidy and organized. She is sometimes called Jess but is mostly referred to as Jessie. She is not afraid of anything, adores the color blue, and is very strong. She is 15 years old.

Violet Alden: She is the most sensitive of the children and is skillful at painting and sewing. She can frequently win over grouchy characters and is good with animals. Violet is often very shy and loves playing the violin. Of course, her favorite color is violet or purple and she always wears one of those colors. She is the shyest of all the children. As well she sometimes helps with Jessie to take care of Benny. She is thirteen years old.

Benjamin "Benny" Alden: is the youngest child at 6 years old. He celebrates his birthday in Surprise Island. Benny is known for his love of all food and the cracked pink cup he found in the dump. His endearingly childish qualities and comments make him a favorite amongst young readers. He is very talkative.

Watch: is the dog of the Boxcar children. He acted as a "watchdog" when they lived in the boxcar and protected them. Watch was originally owned by a wealthy lady but ran away and was adopted by the Alden children. The lady was so charmed by the children that she permitted them to keep him. Watch is an Airedale Terrier, and the children found him while Henry was away one day at work. He had a thorn in his paw, and Jessie removed it. Because of this, he became known as her dog. In subsequent books, Watch's bed is in Jessie's bedroom.

James Henry Alden: is the wealthy and kind grandfather of the Alden children, allowing them a lot of freedom and always offering them advice. He takes care of the kids after the death of their parents.

So ya! For the family, I was kind of thinking Michael Bridges as Henry, Julia Harkens as Jessie, Araceli Remine as Violet, and Gilliam Remine as Benny, just because they kind do like like a family and they seem to match the description of the characters well.

So ya! What do you think? 