Hollywood Studios Bid for Stephen King's 'Ghoul' Napkin in Satirical Take on Film Industry
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
Major Hollywood studios are engaged in a bidding war over a napkin that Stephen King wrote the word 'Ghoul' on, with insiders describing it as a potential blockbuster horror project despite being just a single word scribbled on disposable paper. The article satirizes Hollywood's obsession with intellectual property and the film industry's tendency to overvalue simple concepts from famous creators.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAnticipating the project could be the biggest horror hit of the decade, film studios were reportedly locked in a bidding war Friday over a napkin Stephen King had written the word 'Ghoul' on.
It only took him two weeks to write, but it's incredible—it's an entire fleshed-out world
Warner Bros., Sony, Lionsgate, and Amazon MGM were among the major studios 'practically salivating' at the chance to produce an adaptation of the two-ply disposable paper napkin the bestselling author had scribbled on.
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