Scrapped Projects

Over the years, the MNR Film Group has created several **scrapped projects** which have not seen the light of day.

## List of Scrapped Projects

### Untitled Low Budget Man Sequel (2017-2019)

In a sequel planned by Mike and Trevor, Pool Boy was to return as a dark anti-hero (an idea later re-incorporated into The Burnouts), and Low Budget Man would have to go up against his new foe, Corporate Man. The first few scenes were written, including the opening which saw Low Budget Man reflecting on how his branding has been oversaturated, leading into a sequence of him searching through Avery's abandoned lair for the fluid that created him.

### The Case Against DHMO (2018)

The Case Against DHMO was a planned and partially-shot short film written by Marty about an anti-government conspiracy theory about poisonous water. The few written scenes satirized right-wing politics and political polarization during the Trump era. Only a few short scenes were shot, featuring Marty as The Journalist, Trevor as the camera-man, and Mike as an Uber Driver.

### In The Midnight Hour: The Occurrence at Cedar Creek | Director's Cut (2019)

This advertisement for In the Midnight Hour was filmed and partially edited by Marty and Trevor. It starred Jeremy as Donnie O'Driscoll, a constituent of Telemachus Deleware and a lead writer of the show. It was to feature music by Duke Ellington and a Midnight Hour VHS prop made by Mike. It was supposed to be featured in the Director's Cut which wasn't supposed to differ much from the original.

### Movie: The Movie (2019)

Movie: The Movie was going to be a crime thriller following a hardened agent of a crime syndicate and a rookie going on the run after a job goes south. The idea was repurposed into a portfolio film for Trevor's college application, and although a script was written and most of it shot, Trevor scrapped the idea entirely because it was really bad. Like seriously, even worse than Suspicious Minds if you can believe it.

### In The Midnight Hour Season 2 Episode 4 (2020)

This unnamed episode of In the Midnight Hour was planned and began to be written by Marty. Marty would reprise his role as Telemachus, and Hannah would once again star in it, but play a different character. The plot would have focused around a cleaning lady who is hired by a mysterious millionaire with a terrifying and dark secret in his house. Telemachus' monologue in the intro would have gone like: "You all know how the saying goes: The face is the mirror of the mind. And eyes, without speaking, confess the secrets of the heart... Every family has their secrets. I know mine does, and I sure know *yours* does. You know, I see a lot from here in the silver screen" he says while taping invisible glass in front of him, "But that's neither here nor there, for there are no secrets time does not reveal. Today I bring you to the Ivanov residence. A grand sight, isn't it? It is the home of the enigmatic billionaire; mr. Ivanov. He keeps to himself, and would never reveal his coveted family secrets. And if he did? Well... three can keep a secret... as long as two are dead."

### Sex Police (2019-2020)

Sex Police was to be a short-film that would parody the series *Cops*, and could be described as an anti-cop black comedy. The idea was made by Marty and Jeremy, and a large chunk of the script was written later by Trevor, Marty, and Mike. It was to star Jeremy and Henny as two sex police officers, Mike as their chief, Hannah as his secretary, and Marty as a prostitute. The script was never completed.

### Wizard High (2020)

Wizard High was an idea created by Marty and Hannah for a potential series about a magic High School. The ideas were later fleshed out with the help of Jeremy and Mike, and some proof-of-concept shots were filmed by Marty and Mike. A bit of the intro was animated by Josh, but the Covid-19 pandemic made sure this project never got out of the planning stage.

## Characters cut from released films

* Donnie O'Driscoll (*In the Midnight Hour*)
* Atomic Dog (*The Burnouts*)