Through the innocence-tinted lens of a 10-year-old came a groundbreaking 6-page script notes for a film so crisp, an Oscar-winning screenwriter couldn’t resist!
Fifth grader Connor Esterson has been meeting with 64-year-old Green Book scribe Nick Vallelonga and 68-year-old Bad Boys writer George Gallo for a few months now. Surprisingly enough, not for leisurely time, but to develop the script of an actual full-length motion picture!
Little Wiseguy, Esterson’s intriguing screenplay is about a naïve boy who unwittingly befriends an aging mobster living next door, told through comedic nuances and scripts. Described as the multiverse merging of veteran movies like ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Home Alone’, the storyline comes from a preteen who doubles as an actor, recently starring in 2023’s Spy Kids: Armageddon.
Esterson’s script was passed around from hand to hand with such care and fragility that it eventually landed up on the tables of industry veterans, all of whom agreed that the idea had immense potential. So, it was not late before Vallelonga and Gallo began working with the boy to hammer out the entirety of a script, which they’re about to pitch around Hollywood.
Esterson, surprisingly, isn’t the youngest screenwriter in Hollywood history, losing to another, merely 2 years younger than him. However, what is unsurprising is his upcoming career move: to be a director.
Could a 10-year-old be the fresh perspective that piques the interest of audiences worldwide? Maybe or maybe not.
One thing is for sure, however: this comedic merger between ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Home Alone’ will surely go down in cinema history as a remarkable piece!