This is a follow-up article to my last one about The Target List story. I have had so many writers contact me over the years, wanting to know specifically how I turned my self-published novel into a feature film. Well, after publishing the last NoFakeNews article on our movie, I received more messages asking how I got this film made.
It’s a crazy series of events that transpired, for sure, but this is how everything amazingly fell into place.
MJ Palo, the co-screenwriter of Target List, thinks the background story behind the Target List movie would make a great movie on its own, and I can’t disagree.
In the summer of 2019, I self-published a novel I’d written titled The Target List. Several of my relatives, friends, and patients read the novel and told me that they thought the story had cinematic potential.
In late July of 2019, I told my wife that I was going to devote some time and energy to exploring how to turn The Target List story into a movie. She asked me how I planned to do that, and I explained I had no idea. And the truth is that I really had no clue how to proceed.
I didn’t care about fame or money. I had done well as a practicing doctor and was comfortable in life. But I wanted to reach lots of people with this story because I believed its underlying message was vitally important for people to process.
I began searching the Internet for information about pitching a movie to producers. I learned quickly that, according to most authorities on the subject, it was a nearly impossible endeavor for an unknown writer to turn a self-published book into a film.
After a week of searching the Internet, I decided to do something I had told myself I would never do: pay a company to listen to my movie idea.
The fee was $350.00. I was frustrated and decided, what the hell, let me give it a try.
The company was called Voyage Media, and it was based in Los Angeles. I paid the fee, and they scheduled a 30-minute conversation with a Hollywood movie producer. In the meantime, Voyage asked me to submit a logline and synopsis for the story which I did. Two weeks later, I got a call from a guy named Robert Mitas.
Robert Mitas actually worked extensively with the famous actor Michael Douglas. This guy spoke with me for well over an hour about my novel. I remember at the time his kid or someone young was in the background watching the Little League World Series. I told him I had played in the Little League World Series in 1975, and he was very interested in my experience with that event.
Robert made several suggestions regarding my story before passing me the names of several up-and-coming screenwriters he thought I might try to contact. I thanked him for speaking with me for so long and immediately began researching the contacts he suggested.
After digging up more specific information on how to contact these screenwriters, I sent them my novel.
The one who eventually agreed to read the story was MJ Palo. At the time, I didn’t know her real name or any of the works she’d completed, and I didn’t know she had a PhD and was a molecular biologist.
MJ and I worked on writing the Target List script for many months. I met her in person in Reno, NV, a day before we began shooting the pilot film for The Target List movie in April 2021.
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John Reizer is a medically disabled and retired chiropractor, author of science fiction thrillers, and the co-screenwriter of the movie Target List, which was released worldwide in 2023 by Mad Wife Productions.
John is a former associate professor of clinical sciences at Sherman College of Chiropractic.
John is an emerging screenwriter and producer based in Inman, South Carolina, bringing a fresh perspective to the entertainment industry. While primarily an accomplished novella writer, John is actively developing his screenwriting skills, eager to translate compelling narratives into feature and short film formats.
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The Matrix Reloaded Yet Again” is a book by Chris Kelly, Melissa Reizer, and John Reizer that explores the idea that our understanding of history and reality has been manipulated. The book delves into concepts like alternative timelines, simulated reality, and the existence of advanced ancient civilizations, encouraging readers to question the accepted narrative of history.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
- The book suggests that the timeline of modern civilization has been intentionally altered, with a massive cataclysm and population reset occurring centuries ago, destroying the “Old World” and concealing its existence.
- The authors propose that Old-World architectural constructs and technologies were repurposed and presented as creations of the “New World.”
- The book explores the possibility that we are living in a simulated reality, questioning the nature of truth and perception.
- The book encourages readers to consider alternative explanations for historical events, including the existence of giants, dinosaurs, and the true purpose of war.
- The book is aimed at readers interested in questioning the accepted version of history and exploring alternative perspectives on reality.
In essence, “The Matrix Reloaded Yet Again” is a thought-provoking exploration of unconventional ideas, encouraging readers to question the nature of reality and the historical narratives we’ve been taught.
Regardless of how emotionally painful it might be for people to deal with what’s happening, it’s time to lift the veil of deception!
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“The odds of getting a truly independent film produced and distributed in today’s realm are slim to none.
Getting Target List onto major movie platforms was another miracle in the making. The fact that the movie has an underlying message that is censored on nearly all social media platforms and by most search engines that index Internet files and related content decreased the odds of successful production and distribution.
Yet despite all the impossible odds that screamed, there was no way this movie would get done, a team of determined creators made Target List a reality, and now it’s often featured on the homepage of one of the largest movie platforms in the world.
– Dr. Reizer
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True Indie movies, like Target List, are entirely financed and produced outside the Big Hollywood studio system, often relying on individual investors or crowdfunding.
The incredible thing about Target List is that this film is an actual Indie production that’s performing admirably alongside much bigger-budget films.
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When a young private investigator named Jessica Harris meets Billy Hayes, a groundskeeper at Evergreen Cemetery who has witnessed mysterious happenings on the property, the two team up and discover a hidden operation; they soon become entangled in a web of lies and danger. Will they expose the truth, or become just another pair of missing souls claimed by a diabolical biomedical corporation’s vision for the future?
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The Missing is a chilling tale of power, technology, and the price of immortality. Secrets lurk in the shadows, and no one is truly safe. Not even the dead!
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About Dr. John Reizer
John Reizer has been writing content on NoFakeNews since 2012, focusing on the many machinations being committed in our realm by our hidden controllers. He aims to provide readers with a more accurate understanding of humanity’s past, present, and future, as well as clarify our true purpose for experiencing life within the parameters of an artificially constructed Matrix.
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