As 2014 approaches, I'm looking ahead to my three next major crossovers I'm writing for the new year. Next month, The Disney Ghostbusters comes to an end with the last three chapters (and epilogue) of its final installment, The Dead End. Saying goodbye to DGB, which was undoubtedly the biggest crossover I'd written for five straight years (2008-2013), I feel a great accomplishment for writing the one and only Disney/Ghostbusters crossover - doing the impossible and proving to the haters and doubters that the two universes can coexist, regardless of who's playing the Ghostbusters. But once that series concludes next month, I have three new stories that could lead into the next big crossover series to rival Disney Ghostbusters.
Here's a look at the ones I'm writing for 2014....
DuckTales 007: Silvermask
My first-ever crossover with James Bond will feature the cast of DuckTales, but with a major character twist: the role of Bond is switched to a woman. Anne-Marie McLean (who is currently featured in my World of Disney series - first introduced in Tales of the Disneyverse) is the inspiration for "Anne-Marie Bond," still going under the codename "007" for this series; her "Bond" will be a delicate cross between Roger Moore's and Daniel Craig's (more so of the latter). Much like The Disney Ghostbusters, the supporting cast of Bond character roles will be filled in by those of DuckTales - Scrooge McDuck serves as this story's version of "M" (chosen to be the head of MI6 by S.H.U.S.H. on account of his "gruff and take-charge personality" and the fact that he has - by the best of his knowledge - funded the organization) and Gyro Gearloose will be his own version of "Q" (due to his technological knowledge and skills in inventing - which he is forced by McDuck to use for weaponry, despite the fact that he's a pacifist). The role of "Felix Leiter" (Bond's American ally who works with the CIA) will be based on Anne-Marie McLean's real-life boyfriend Jeffrey Harris - making him "Jeffrey Leiter" for the story. Jeffrey also serves as the "Bond Boy" (the male equivalent of a "Bond Girl" for our female Bond), along with Launchpad McQuack, who also serves as ally to Anne-Marie Bond.
The "Bond Villain" of the story is Jean-Sean Silvermasque (a character written for myself), an African-French entrepreneur who suffers major burns to his face at the beginning of the tale that forces him to wear a silver mask (hence become the titular character Silvermask - which also serves as a play on his last name and the fact that he loves silver, opposing Scrooge's love for gold). Secondary antagonists include Flintheart Glomgold (Scrooge's DuckTales adversary) and The Beagle Boys, all serving under Silvermasque in his attempt at making silver the only valuable resource of the world by eradicating all others, endangering Scrooge's fortune. Other characters joining in on the adventure are Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Scrooge's nephews), Webby Vanderquack, Betina Beakley, and Duckworth.
"DuckTales 007: Silvermask" is set in the same universe as The Disney Ghostbusters, taking place chronologically during the events of Junior Ghostbusters. This is shown in the story when Donald Duck says goodbye to Huey, Dewey, and Louie in one scene mirroring the DuckTales pilot episode "Don't Give Up the Ship," when he leaves to join the Junior Ghostbusters program.
"Silvermask" will debut on FanFiction.net on February 6, 2014!
Disney Men In Black
Characters exclusive to the story include "Chrissy" (based on and inspired by Chrissy Bernal - pictured above - who has been featured as a character in The Dead End and will be featured in the World of Disney series next year). Serving as the main protagonist of the story, Chrissy is a character whose past is shrouded in mystery and has strong ties with the MiB. Working as an officer in the NYPD alongside James Darrell Edwards III (a.k.a. "Agent Jay"), Chrissy becomes caught up in a plot that could mean the end of all universes, centering on her daughters Sienna and Sierra (based on Chrissy's real-life daughters). Chrissy gets help in discovering her mysterious past from MiB agents Ess (a character written for myself), Em (a character based on and inspired by Michelle Hanson), and Ar (a character based on/inspired by Renee Jadek). Like Chrissy, these three agents hold secrets of their own that will be further explained in sequels and mini-stories for the series.
"Disney Men In Black" will debut on FanFiction.net on June 13, 2014!
Outatime!
For the past three years, I've been hard at work trying to find the perfect fanfic crossover to write for Back to the Future in the same manner as The Disney Ghostbusters. I've crossed it over with Disney (twice!) and even thought it would work as a crossover with the Muppets. Both attempts have failed to capture the same magic that The Disney Ghostbusters had when I first wrote it five years ago. Then it hit me: Don't write it as a Disney crossover, but a Universal one! This is how "Outatime!" was born.
"Outatime!" functions as a crossover between Back to the Future and Despicable Me, but also features SyFy/Universal's Defiance TV series. But these characters all take a backseat to the real focus on the story. "Outatime!" is something way much different than what DuckTales 007 and Disney MiB will be. While those tales will involve spies and aliens, "Outatime!" is predominantly a time-travel story, much like the source material it is based on, but with a major twist. The story deals with alternate timelines/parallel universes, taking A LOT of inspiration from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek.
Moving away from the storytelling method I deployed with the likes of The Disney Ghostbusters and the previous two stories mentioned in this blog, in which a character exclusive to the story serves as the main character, Doc Brown will be the primary character in "Outatime!" (the entire story told from his perspective). Taking place right after the scene in the first Back to the Future where Doc says goodbye to Marty in 1985 and leaves for the future, "Outatime!" shows Doc Brown traveling to 2015 - in an alternate timeline. Much like how Old Spock found his way into a new timeline created by Nero in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Doc does in nearly the same way and immediately spots the noticeable differences.
In the alternate timeline, Doc Brown's parallel equivalent is Candace Brown (based on/inspired by Candace Stupek), a 49-year-old fitness trainer. Although much younger than Doc himself, Candace shares the same level of intelligence as him, but has chosen to pursue fitness over inventing (she's more partial to physical science), having not suffered the same blow to the head that gave Doc his vision for inventing time travel. Candace is also not as eccentric as Doc, being more outgoing and a little less of a hermit than he is in his own timeline. Of course, through the events of "Outatime!", Candace will exhibit some of his characteristics while facing the prospect of time travel and witnessing things that ignites her spark for "total science" and inventing again. The chemistry and interaction between Doc and Candace is the real entertainment to come out of "Outatime!" as readers will see how vastly different they are but also how dramatically similar they appear to be at the same time.
For the Despicable Me characters, "Outatime!" takes place between their first and second movies. Gru, his adoptive daughters (Margo, Edith, and Agnes), Dr. Nefario, and Gru's Minions are Candace's neighbors. Gru himself, along with a few of his minions, becomes pivotal to the plot when he experiences an accident with Doc's DeLorean Time Machine.
Also featured into the story are the parallel equivalents to the characters in the original timeline of Back to the Future - Sean McFly (a character written for myself and the alternate version of Marty McFly), Christina Parker (a character written for my close friend Christina Renee and the alternate version of Jennifer Parker), and Diana Baines McFly (a character written for my other fellow DGB alumni Diana Navarro and the alternate version of Lorraine Baines McFly). It's also worth noting how different the friendship between Candace and Sean will be, compared to that of Doc and Marty. In "Outatime!", Candace and Sean appear to be slightly distant, his only connection to her being through his mother (who happens to be close friends with Candace). This is another thing that J.J. Abrams' Star Trek has influenced for the story - the dynamic between two characters who are destined to be great friends (i.e. Kirk and Spock) that start out as distant strangers in a new established timeline. And, depending on whether or not this story will continue through sequels, their relationship will grow much further in other adventures through time.
"Outatime!" debuts on FanFiction.net on November 22, 2014 (the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future: Part II)!
These are the three big crossovers that I have following on the grand finale of The Disney Ghostbusters in early 2014! Hoping that the large gap between the release dates and the prewriting/outlining I've done for each one will take in effect, it's certain that at least two of them (Silvermask and Disney MiB) will finish before the end of the year, while Outatime! continues into the year of the 30th Anniversary of Back to the Future!
Which one sounds the most exciting? Which one will lead into more stories? Which one will become the next Disney Ghostbusters? Only time will tell.
Merry Christmas, everybody! And Happy New Year!
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