Story Type: Briefcase Full Of Cash

There are genres (e.g., Action, Comedy, Drama). Cross genres (e.g., Action-Thriller, Comedy-Science Fiction). Sub-genres (e.g., Romantic Comedy, Action Adventure). And then there are what we may call movie story types. In Hollywood development circles, people use them as shorthand. If you go here, you will see several that we’ve featured on the blog including Contained Thriller, Road Pictures, and The [Blank] From Hell.

Today: Briefcase Full of Cash.

Treasure hunts, stashed cash, hidden jewels, this is a story type where a central point of…