Moon Men — a sci fi comedy

Moon Men

There’s an interesting story behind this novel. I moved to Los Angles in the late 90’s to become a screenwriter and director. I almost succeeded, or technically I succeeded, since I earned a living writing stuff that never got produced.

Basically, I was a hack hired to bang out scripts for an actor who had a deal with the studio. He would tell me his ideas, I would go home and write the script, then we’d pitch it to the studio together as a vehicle for him.

That paid the bills.

But it also introduced me to people and that would lead to lunch. I needed more product to pitch, so I thought about some shows I liked to watch, especially THE X-Files, and came up with the idea of a normal guy who doesn’t know he has special powers.

Powers given to him by aliens who abducted him to prepare him for a time they show up to invade earth.

That evolved into a government agent who was supposed to keep him safe, and ends up learning that he’s practically invincible to aliens, but no good against humans.

There’s more to it, but I pitched it and got an option with a Showtime Producer.

The script sat with him for a couple of years, the rights came back to me and I shoved it in a drawer since Hollywood was in the rear-view mirror…