Knife Fight Planet

## Plot

In the year of our lord 12,242 of the Holocene calendar. The Earth is divided into 4 empires vying for control, The United Nations of Antarctica, The African Union, The Far East Coalitions and The Pablo Hive.

200 years earlier a scientist known now as Dr. Pablo in his infinite wisdom, wanted humans to understand each other and bring about world peace. So he developed a gene editing virus to give psychic powers to humans. Dr. Pablo distributed the virus by infecting the most eaten candy in the world, M&Ms. Dr. Pablo worked as a part-time janitor in a M&M factory. (Now a holy pilgrimage site for millions of humans.)

As Dr. Pablo intended, the vocal cords of all humans on Earth stared rapidly to atrophy losing their capability to speak. Seeing his life work completed, Dr. Pablo wrote his 1255 pages award winning manifesto in 5 minutes and willed himself ascendance to the heavens.

As Dr. Pablo unseated God. All was not well back on Earth. A horrible mutation happened in the virus. It did not give humans telepathy but telekinesis. And since all tools but knives had been outlawed a long time ago, humans began to use knives as a communication tool. First using Morse code as basic communications rules by telekinetically tapping knives with the other person. It rapidly evolved into different languages and dialects depending on the region of the globe and materials available to make knives.

200 years after the ascension, people have different knives for different type of conversation. Butter knives are for casual conversations with family and friends. Steak knives are usually used for family outings and social gathering. Hunting knives are used when speaking with strangers in public venues. The more prominent citizen like administrators and CEO will often use combat knives when speaking to citizens and/or employees. Though these socially accepted conventions may vary depending on the region of the globe your in.

Plastics have been virtually eliminated on Earth as the material does not produce a holy "ding" sound when struck by another knife. Only a handful of heretics and cults still use plastic knives to communicate. The practice of using plastic knives was banned in all regions but the U.N.A. But the use is still very frowned upon by 98% of the population.

The more knives a person can control at the same time the higher it can ascend in society. For example: A teacher has to have the ability to control a least 30 knives at the same time. The reason being that it has to be able to speak with all its students in the class. Public speakers, deputies, mayors and local religious leaders are usually able to control hundreds of knives. Pop stars, generals and world leaders usually range in the tens or hundreds of thousands. No single individual has yet to be able to control in the millions.

The story revolves around Rick Moss. An 8-year-old orphaned kid in the UNA with a stuttering problem. Part of the spelling bee team The Bee Khives, he has to spell words with his school knives. He loves the sport, but his stuttering has caused him to accidentally stab teammates, teachers and bystanders. In worst cases, the repetition of syllables may cause the knife to rapidly go back and forth, stabbing the person multiple times. When he was a baby, his parents were victims of a gruesome murder that was never solved. He now lives with his aunt Kay Moss.

Ricks Spelling Bee team is last in the country. In no small part due to Rick's stuttering accidental mishaps. Parents did make complaints in school board public meetings saying that their kids were at risk. But since Rick's aunt is the only doctor in the small town, the coach and school board are very hesitant to force him off the team. One of the parent's demands was to buy body armor for the rest of the teams but the school doesn't have the money to buy them. But having a child on the Spelling Bee teams brings honor and prestige to the family, so there is no shortage of volunteers. In one of the opening scenes, you see Rick getting called the Stuttering Stabber by one of his schoolmates. Saying he's only on the team because of his aunt.

One day, after a pretty bad Spelling Bee practice, Rick was walking back home from school. He noticed a lost dog in the middle of the road. The dog has a name tag with Stabby written on it. Not wanting to leave the dog alone he brings it home but hides it from his aunt by putting it in the shed. There, he begins to spend more and more time with the dog feeding and playing with it. Stabby quickly became Rick's best friend. Until one day where everything changed.

After about 2 weeks, Rick was feeling pretty depressed after practice. He had again stabbed Camelia by accident. She now had more scars on her body than fingers to count them with. He had a crush on her and because of that she made him nervous every time they practised together. Rick was saying to himself that he could never spell words correctly and he should probably just quit the team. Stabby started barking at him. Ricks loose patients and says to Stabby "Why don't you spell Vaccination!" and throws his knives in the air. Suddenly like magic the knives stays in the air and spell v-a-c-c-i-n-a-t-i-o-n perfectly. Rick is super happy that Stabby can spell. Suddenly a flier flies in the shed and land at Ricks feet. It's a flier for the national Spelling Bee competition which offers 10 children size body armor as grand prize the exact number of people on his team.

Ricks concocts a plan to sneak Stabby in the contest and he could spell in his place. All goes well and the Bee Khives win all the way to the finals. In the last word Stabby fall out of Rick's coat and the opposite team complains that a dog can't participate in the tournament. After a couple heated exchange, the referee declares that there is no rules preventing a dog from participating in the Spelling Bee. Stabby finishes the word and wins the championship.

Unbeknownst to all, the real owner of Stabby was in the audience and recognizes his dog. After the win, he declares loudly that Stabby is his dog and that he will take it back. A judge that specializes in inter canine owner lawsuit that was coincidentally also in the audience and asked to see proof of his claim. The owner brings up all his ownership papers right then and there. After looking at the papers, he states that the papers a genuine and Stabby is his.

But as the owner gets down to get Stabby home, suddenly a small plastic knife falls out from his coat pocket. The room fell silent, and everybody was looking at the heretic's knife. The owner starts to say that it's not his. Not listening to him, the audience flows into a rage, the judge rips the dog ownership paper, the owner is then mobbed and thrown outside.

The last scene is of Rick, Stabby and aunt Kay calmly watching the riot with a serene smile on their face.

## Cast

* Ozzy III as Stabby the dog: A Brussel Griffon found on the streets by Rick. Stabby has telekinetic powers just like humans and can communicate with them using knives. But he never told anyone not even his old owner. He was too afraid he would be dissected as a curiosity. That is until he met Rick and his family. There he felt comfortable to share his biggest secret. Little did he know, they also had secrets.

* Sandra Bullock as aunt Kay Moss: A local doctor and secret plastic knife zealot, she's the loving aunt of Rick. As the only doctor in the small town, she has influence in local politics and forces the school board to keep Rick in the Speeling Bee team. She sees Rick bringing Stabby secretly in the shed and right away detects something unique about the dog. Never missing an opportunity, she secretly indoctrinates Stabby into the Plastic Worshippers.

* Randall Kido as Rick Moss: An 8-year-old boy who had big stuttering problems. Very average in his school grades, his passion is spelling with knives. He loves the sport and dreams of winning the UNA championships. He finds Stabby in the streets and brings him home. He has a secret crush on Camelia Copper.

* Michelle Pfeiffer Jr. as Camelia Copper: Is a red hair, 9 years old, grade A student. She uses bronze knifes per family tradition. She's one of Rick's Spelling Bee teammates, but the only one who readily accepts partnering up with him for practice even though she has many scars because of it. She is suffering from a severe case of alexithymia. So she has great difficulty identifying emotions in herself and others. She is completely oblivious to the fact that Rick has a crush on her.

## Development

Knife Fight Planet was a first attempt to bring the franchise to a more family-friendly audience. By telling stories that were happening in the broader world of Knife Fight City and aiming those stories at a younger audience. The hope was to bring more people, parents and children into the franchise.

In the first week of development, the producers tossed around multiple ideas for the first film. The important thing here was not to reinvent the wheel. Since the objective was to bring new blood into the franchise, you simply had to rip off what had already worked in the past. So they decided to do the meetings away from prying eyes and ears in an old concrete building constructed 50 years prior. At one point, the timeless classic Dune was mentioned. But the instant the word came out, some witnesses claimed it was a second earlier, a telephone rang. The problem was that nobody had brought a phone. A smart phone was way too high risk for a rip-off meeting. But still, a telephone rang in the room. The sound came from within one of the concrete walls. They got a sledgehammer and endeavored to make a hole in the wall. An old rotary telephone was found embedded within the concrete. One of the aids slowly answered and after a moment tended the receiver to one of the producers saying: "It's for you". A crystal clear voice came from the old device as the producer pressed it against his ear. "This is the Herbert & Herbert law firm, calling on behalf of the Frank Herbert Estate (FHE). We just wanted to make a friendly reminder that any attempt to steal any intellectual property of the estate will be met with the full force of the law." And the line went dead. The producer had heard over the years that the spice was actually real and the FHE lawyers were high on the stuff. He never gave any credence to these rumors. Until now.

Fifteen minutes after the incident, a vote was unanimously made to use the Air Bud method, a tried-and-true method for inclusivity and family fun. So a story was developed around the premise of a struggling young boy, a loving aunt and a pet with extraordinary abilities.

## Pre-Production

St. Francois County, USA, was chosen for the main filming location as it best represented what people viewed as a small town, and the producers thought the county seal was funny. The news that a big filming crew was coming was received with mixed feelings. As some of the local population viewed this as a disruption of the serene lifestyle, the county offers. But county officials reassured the population by telling them that the influx money directly in the local community would be very beneficial.

When it came to choosing who would play the role of aunt Kay, the producer had only one name on his mind: Sandra Bullock. The producer was heard yelling at a staffer at one point: "That actress is the only one I know capable of pulling off my vision for aunt Kay! You get her on the phone, right now! She has to play her!". The negotiations to have Sandra Bullock on board took about a month but everybody was happy when her agent told the KFP team she accepted. The name recognition alone boosted the KFP on Time Magazine Top 10 upcoming movie list and help smooth out the last skeptical voices in the St. Francois county.

At first a Siamese cat was chosen to play Stabby. But soon after the choice was made, the cat's agent sent over the list of 241 demands the cat had for its daily routine. Included in that list was a coat brush every hour on the hour, 2 lounging chairs one in the sun and one in the shade, a couch in the trailer that had to match its coat, 5 live wild mice as snacks on set at all times, morning and evening massages and 3 scratching posts made of Berber carpet. Not long after, the producer realized that the natural inclination of a cat's demeanor was opposite to what they wanted to portray in the movie. So a decision was reached to change Stabby from a cat to a dog. This unfortunately lead the cat’s owner to file a lawsuit against the producers for alleged racism and loss of revenue.

## Filming

Principal photography began on may 9th, in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Multiple stunt dog actors were hired for the movie. Unfortunately, several accidents during filming resulted in multiple injuries and 3 deaths. On June 3rd, actor Randall Kido in scene 23, threw all 10 of the knives in the air. Nobody had told the actor that he was not supposed to really throw the knives in the air. The knives unfortunately landed on Buddy a 2-year-old Grand Dane killing him instantly. The second death occurred the next day on June 4th when actress Michelle Pfeiffer Jr. did a series of cartwheels. Her ankle knife brace was not secure and the knife flew out and impaled Paris, a 5-year-old French poodle.

After the second incident, Sandra Bullock met with the producers and demanded the firing of the young actors advisors and support staff. The majority of whom were direct family members of the actors. When the producers obliged, Ms. Bullock took the young actors under her wing. From this point forward, Ms. Bullock and the kids began to form a real bond. The young actors began to refer to Ms. Bullock as Auntie Sandra. The chemistry between the actors transferred to the screen changing the whole dynamic between the characters. To the point where some scene had to be reshot.

The last death occurred on July 23, a 15-year-old chihuahua named Pascal suffocated in Randall's coat while shooting the last scene. After the multiple animal death and accidents on set, the US Humane Society was called in to investigate. The investigation found the production guilty of gross animal negligence and fined them a total of 10,000$ and the forbade the phrase: "No animals were hurt in the making of this movie." in the movie’s credits.

## Marketing

The marketing went very well considering all the problems the movie had in other departments. No accidents, no deaths, everyone got paid on time and with the right amount. Three movie posters were produced and distributed.

## Sequels

* Knife Fight Planet: Stabby and the Cat Queen
* Knife Fight Planet: The Legacy of Stabby
* Knife Fight Planet: The Chronicles of Kay Moss
* Knife Fight Planet: The Secrets of the Plastics Worshippers
* Knife Fight Planet: Camelia Copper and the search for the lost city of bronze