I've been to that butter competition, in fact, I have a picture of my wife standing in front of a butter Harley and a butter cow.

And somehow, Josh, it never occurred to you to write a spec script about the butter carving competition in hopes that it would someday land Jennifer Garner in the lead role?

Unique ideas are definitely vital in today's marketplace. Without them, I don't think you can get read -- let alone break in. That's why I work so hard to come up with the most unique concepts I can (if I didn't, producers like you and Josh wouldn't be reading my scripts). Searching the Done Deal archives and googling the hell out of an idea before committing to the premise-logline-outline-draft process is more important than ever.

I think the remake train may eventually derail. I hear more and more people angry over the lack of originality from Hollywood these days. Sure, they're paying money now, but if the day ever comes when movies are nothing but remakes, they might not. That said, I do have a twist on how to do remakes in a unique way, and some stories I'd love to refresh for today's audience.

I find it funny that Butter greased The Machine for Micallef. : )

I know, now I'm kicking myself ... but when you grow up in Iowa, it doesn't seem that all interesting - LOL!

Hey, Josh, like I'm one to talk. I came out of a meeting with Tom Hanks' 'people' where they went through Tom's development slate (this is back in the days when he was known strictly as a comic actor), and went into great detail about this story about a guy who was really simple-minded, had polio as a child, ended up playing football for the U. of Alabama, then to Vietnam, meets the Presidents a bunch of times, and on and on and on. And I walked out of that meeting and turned my writing partner Andy Burg and said, "That has got to be the stupidest idea for a movie I've ever heard." So on missed stories, I think I'm at the head of that line!

Ouch, Scott! Ah well, truth be told, it doesn't pitch that well. : )