Its one of many will-be classics I hope to “pre-make”, as it were.

But ugh, thesewriters.

There ain’t a single Jackson amongst ‘em.

An illustration of a make-believe film studio from the 1920s, showing the big sign over the gate with the name Endless Bear Pictures

I told the tippler to writeThe Hobbit, and he cooked up a leaden three-hander with no wizard.

So I took everything back to formula: don’t worry about full scripts, you bums.

Give me new themes!

A Hollywood Animal screenshot showing how you’ll come up with movie scripts by combining cards that represent characters, themes and plot events

So I’ve got the new guy working on a script for Basic Instinct.

This isHollywood Animal, a Tinseltown tycoon sim that recently launched into early access.

I think she spends six weeks at a time gargling molasses.

A movie poster design for a film called Rotten Fates, from the tycoon sim Hollywood Animal

It’s probably also going to cost us at the box office.

This is the 1920s, remember.

Everybody knows that tall women are witches.

It’s already very enjoyable, however, as a story-making machine and a story about story-making machines.

It’s a grey world, fundamentally, but it’s always panning for gold.