Kevin Tancharoen’s ‘The Hunger Games’ Pitch Trailer: This Is How Filmmakers Pitch Movies To Studios [/Film Exclusive]
By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2012 9:00 am EST
The reason is simple. If the pitch gets bought, we’ll see the final movie. If it isn’t, weeks and weeks of hard work, sometimes even paying out of pocket for test footage, animatics, custom created logos and voiceovers, is all for naught. Creating these pitches is not just time consuming; it can get expensive and pretty disheartening. These videos are almost never seen outside of the studio walls, though Joe Carnahan’s Daredevil is a recent and rare exception. Today we have another.
Years ago, Fame and Mortal Kombat: Rebirth director Kevin Tancharoen went in and pitched his take on Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The film eventually went to Gary Ross and became a $400m+ success. I came across this video and Tancharoen has graciously allowed us to share it. Watch it now after the break. I also had an opportunity to chat briefly with Tancharoen about the process of pitching movies, how that process has changed, and the emergence of these mash-up trailer pitch reels, and that interview follows the video.
Dancer-turned-filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen made his feature directorial debut with the 2009 update of the musical Fame. , before making a name for himself in the fan community with his test short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth. That short went viral and he’s since been writing/directing the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series for Machinima and Warner Bros. while developing a new feature film based on the Mortal Kombat video game series for New Line Cinema..
When I first saw Kevin’s Hunger Games pitch trailer, I was blown away by how much different his vision of the film adaptation was from that of director Gary Ross. I’m not going to say its better, as that wouldn’t be fair — but its definitely more science fiction-heavy, which is something I liked.
You can follow Kevin Tancharoen on Twitter at @KTANCH
