I Need Love: LL Cool J & Kool Moe Dee Love Story

What if the legendary 1987 beef between LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee was hiding a forbidden romance?

Filmmaker Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer, Cocaine Angel) wrote exactly that script during COVID—a hip-hop fairy tale he describes as "Krush Groove meets Brokeback Mountain." And yes, he actually pitched it to Kool Moe Dee himself.

We explore why Michael wrote a film he knew would "never get made," how he balanced parody with sincerity, and what happened when he approached one of hip-hop's legends. Then we take his script, run it through our AI pipeline, and create a pitch deck and trailer to resurrect this impossible film.

Joining the conversation is Loren Hammonds (Peabody Award-winning producer, Time Studios, former VP at Tribeca Film Festival), who brings his perspective as both a documentary curator and former hip-hop emcee "Mojo the Cinematic."

Guests:
Michael Tully - Filmmaker, founding editor of Hammer to Nail
Loren Hammonds - Head of Documentary, Time Studios

Hosts:
Amy Hobby - Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning producer
Avi Zev Weider - Award-winning filmmaker, SXSW

From analog rejection to digital resurrection - Films Not Made hosts Amy Hobby and Avi Zev Weider unearth both Hollywood and indie film projects too wild, weird, or ambitious to ever hit the big screen. You'll hear writers, directors, and producers ripping open old wounds by pulling out abandoned scripts, impossible casting lists, and brutal rejection letters. These honest conversations with creators become AI resurrections of the movies that never were.

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