{"product_id":"the-making-of-another-major-motion-picture-masterpiece-a-novel","title":"The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945124524085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0593635396","price":92.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593635391.jpg?v=1769872024","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-making-of-another-major-motion-picture-masterpiece-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}