The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel

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From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny touching and wonderfully thought-provoking while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II. "Wild ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." Matt Haig best-selling author The Midnight Library The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier returning from the war meets his talented five-year-old nephew leaves an indelible impression and then disappears for twenty-three years. Cut to 1970: The nephew now drawing underground comic books in Oakland California reconnects with his uncle and remembering the comic book he saw when he was five draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the films extremely difficult male star his wonderful leading lady the eccentric writer/director the producer the gofer production assistant and everyone else on both sides of the camera. Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the storyall created by Tom Hanks himselfincluding the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novels "major motion picture masterpiece." Includes a downloadable PDF of the comics from the book and a QR code for access to the original screenplay of Knightshade: The Lathe of Firefall