• Man Alive

  • Joseph J. Greenberg
  • Available
  • Action
  • Sci-Fi
  • 2016
  • Black List
  • 80.9
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Market: Tue, 08 Mar 2016Sold: Fri, 22 Apr 2016
Director: Noah Hawley
Producer: Leigh Kittay, John Cameron, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Jake Wagner
Manager (Benderspink)
Agent (Verve)
StudioFox
The script from Greenberg, a first-time scribe from New Jersey, came in to Scott Stoops at Benderspink via Aengus McLoone, who developed the script with the writer and is attached in a producing capacity.
A Man is the last survivor of an alien takeover, which left all the people alive- but united them to one mind under the alien named Barry.
A Man is the last survivor of an alien takeover, which left all the people alive- but united them to one mind under the alien named Barry.
A Man immune to an alien takeover unhappily lives on, while all Americans are united under the mind of an alien named Barry.
After an alien takeover that absorbed the human population, which hooked them all into one alien brain, lone survivor immune to this takeover, struggles to find his purpose and passion in life.
Film
Adventure, Sci-fi, Alien, Apocalyptic, Murder, Dramedy, Survival, Alcohol, Battle, Violence/Violent
98
R
Medium
M
Unspecified
35
Average
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. The Truman Show. I am Legend. Zombieland. The Faculty.
A couple of weeks. Present day. A couple of weeks in flashbacks.
House, Backyard, Front yard, Rural road, Creek, Hotel room, Pool, Mall, Office, Barn, Hospital.
On a very well kept street, on the only house who's lawn isn't kept, we meet MAN(30's), who waking up hung over.

Man walks out and meets his neighbor, whom he calls BARRY(?).

Man goes to the office, where his BOSS(30) talks to him about the fact he hasn't come in over a year and that he doesn't have to- his boss does his work for him. Man gets upset about his colleagues switching the water cooler and the photocopy machine positions. He addresses the boss as Barry as well.

Man goes to the mall's food court where everything is as perfect as it was on the street and the office. He gets into a madness violent rampage and kills a bunch of people with an ax.

FLASHBACK- THREE YEARS AGO- Man looks much better as he is having a nice conversation with his wife in their living room.

PRESENT- Man is visited by a police officer and a business woman who asks him to come in for more tests. He insists on driving. On the road we see a line of perfectly aligned cars, driving bumper to bumper in an efficient fashion.

At the hospital, The doctor runs...