The Circular File: Tim Burton's TRUMP

I write a lot of scripts that never get drawn for one reason or another. I thought you might like to see some of them occasionally!

Here's an eight-panel strip that probably would take me a full week to draw (poorly) and it has about a 10% chance of success so I'm not doing it.   Enjoy!

tim burton’s trump: the movie

(tim burton is sitting in a director’s chair, talking to someone just off camera, being interviewed)

tim burton: I don’t think a director should feel beholden to the source material. 

it’s more important that we expose the story’s essential truth.

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(closeup on the movie poster)

JOHNNY DEPP      DEEP ROY

TIM BURTON’S

TRUMP

(depp is trump. we see him in profile, looking slyly at the camera, wearing a top hat with elaborate curls of blonde hair sticking out from under it)

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(depp is in character, sitting on a giant golden couch by himself )

depp:  people don’t care about the russians!

it’s a non-starter.

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(This panel is laid out in three vertical slices, each one more zoomed in than the previous)

depp:  they care about jobs!

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depp:  JOBS!

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depp:  JOBS!

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(there is a burst of energy that forces Depp to raise his arms to block the glare.

In the middle of the blast is THE GHOST OF STEVE JOBS [played by Deep Roy]. )

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depp: it’s steve jobs!

I heard you were dead, steve. 

I heard it from an extremely credible source.

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(Roy is standing in front of an energy portal. Through the portal we catch a glimpse of a generic whimsical world)

roy: you’ve won, donald!

but you’ve won so much more than you can imagine.

i’m here to take you to the secret world of the billionaires.

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(We see Depp and Roy from behind, bathed in eerie light. They step into the portal holding hands. Depp looks down at Roy.)

roy: You know what the best part is, donald?

depp: space tits?

roy: unlimited self-pardons.

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