Writer: Thank you all for meeting with me today. I have an exciting movie idea based on a classic fairy tale, "Blue Beard" from The Tales of Mother Goose by Charles Perrault.
Executive 1: Blue Beard? Isn’t that the one with the guy who has a blue beard?
Writer: Yes, exactly! It’s a thrilling tale with drama, suspense, and a touch of horror. It starts with Blue Beard, a wealthy man whose blue beard makes him so ugly that all the women run away from him.
Executive 2: So, he’s like a rich Smurf?
Writer: Not quite. He asks a lady of quality to marry one of her two beautiful daughters. They refuse because he has had many wives before, and no one knows what happened to them.
Executive 3: Sounds like he’s got some skeletons in his closet. Literally.
Writer: Exactly! To win their trust, Blue Beard invites them, their mother, and friends to a week-long party at his country estate. They have so much fun that the youngest daughter agrees to marry him.
Executive 4: A party? I like parties. Does it involve a lot of dancing?
Writer: Yes, plenty of dancing, hunting, and feasting. But then, Blue Beard has to leave on a long journey and gives his wife the keys to all his treasures, except he forbids her from opening one small closet.
Executive 5: Let me guess, she opens the closet.
Writer: Right! Her curiosity gets the better of her, and she finds the bodies of Blue Beard’s previous wives inside. She’s horrified and tries to clean the key, but it’s stained with blood and won’t come clean.
Executive 1: That’s dark. I love it. What happens next?
Writer: Blue Beard returns unexpectedly and demands the keys. When he sees the stained key, he realizes she disobeyed him and prepares to kill her. She begs for time to pray and secretly calls her sister, Anne, to watch for their brothers’ arrival.
Executive 2: Oh, the cavalry is coming! Classic rescue scene.
Writer: Exactly! Just as Blue Beard is about to kill her, her brothers arrive and kill Blue Beard, saving her. She inherits all his wealth and lives happily ever after, marrying a worthy gentleman.
Executive 3: So, it’s got suspense, horror, a daring rescue, and a happy ending. Sounds like a blockbuster to me.
Executive 4: I can already see the marketing campaign: "Curiosity kills, but courage saves."
Executive 5: I’m in. This is a classic tale with a modern twist. Let’s make this movie happen.
Writer: Thank you all! I’m excited to bring Blue Beard to the big screen.
Pitching Blue Beard was written and coded by "Write For Me" ChatGPT under the guidance of Steven M. Tilley.