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Project Description Character and/or group: Category/Genre: MILLIE‟S MODELS Espionage meets Romance/Marvel Knights XXXXXXXXX Limited series or one-shot.
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Millie the Model was the fast- talking, hardworking Marvel Super Model of the 50‟s. It was an innocent time where her only worries were finding the perfect husband and getting to assignments before her nemesis Vicki could steal the job. What if the fate of the world rested with three self-absorbed Super Models? What if their mentor was a washed-up model from the fifties? We find out in as a handpicked group of MILLIE‟S MODELS navigates the exaggerated, Zoolanderesque world of “Super Modeling” one moment, and the shadowy landscape of espionage the next, creating a tongue-in-cheek action thriller. Throw in some social commentary by MILLIE herself (She‟s a model out of time, like a really High concept:
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shallow Captain America.) and you have a book that‟s Funny, sexy, violent, and thoughtful, in no particular order. Brief Synopsis: Cut to the year 2004, and the Zoolanderesque world of modeling today. Forced eating disorders, rampaging egos, and recreational drug use scar the landscape. Millie is an old washed up model who‟s unwilling to give up the world where she had so much success (along the lines of the old model on “Just Shoot Me”). Oh, and she also orchestrates the movements of a supermodel strike team who embark on globe-hopping missions to save the world. Maybe Millie‟s a little delusional, maybe she‟s an egomaniac, but she‟s driven and has the means and desire to make things happen. Using her connections in the Marvel Universe (She “dated” a lot of the power players) she sets up MILLIE‟S MODELS, a group of models for her to manage. Little do the self absorbed Models know, however, that Millie isn‟t just going to manage their careers, she‟s going to turn them into heroes. • The Brainy One: She‟s the Harvard graduate Model. She‟s always complaining that people don‟t appreciate her brains because she‟s so beautiful. She is well-trained, optimistic, and “in touch with her feelings.” You might catch her crying after a rough mission simply because she allows things to affect her. She isn‟t exactly thrilled about the modeling but doesn‟t do too much complaining, as it is part of the job. Through her we can bring a deconstructive, self-aware voice to the T&A genre. • The Self-Destructive One: This girl has a serious chip on her shoulder. Always angry, always cynical, always an awkward glance away from kicking someone‟s ass. Something has happened in her past that has made her unashamedly give up on the human race, making her the self destructive model stereotype. If girl 1 was crying to “stay in touch with her humanity” she would answer that she is trying to get as far away from “humanity” as possible. She likes her job because she gets to hurt assholes. • The Ditz: This one‟s a no-brainer, and the most like a “movie version” Charlie‟s Angel. She likes the modeling, likes the excitement of her missions, though she seems frightfully unaware of the danger involved in her job. She could go overboard and do massive damage all because “she was having so much fun!” Of course, Millie is well connected in the Marvel Universe since she had many dalliances during her time as a world famous model. As a result she is privy to world situations that may be helped by three hot women. Maybe foolishly, she steps in and decides she‟ll help by putting together a team of super-agents (“just like that fabulous Nick Fury did!”) and help save the world.
MILLIE‟S MODELS would have its fun three different ways. • Millie‟s WorldView: We have fun with a character transplanted from the pure „50s into the tainted 21st Century. Through her voice we feel how much the Marvel Universe and world in general has changed in the last fifty years • The World of Modeling: We explore Modeling in all its grotesque excesses. • Models Saving the World: You know when Miss America contestants are asked what their goals are, and they invariably have some aspirations to create world peace. It this series we see this ridiculous notion actually play out. There is comedy and drama in three self absorbed models being the difference between World Peace and Nuclear Holocaust.