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Thriller has licensed and contracted multiple New York Times best-selling authors, widely recognized and well regarded in their genres, to create and develop popular new characters and storylines with the potential for game sequels and sustainable series. In most cases. these relationships grant Thriller complete ownership of the stories, characters and other intellectual property associated with the books and games, including artistic content, film rights, board games, books, toys and all other intellectual property rights.
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Although few thriller authors seek to write with the deep social commentary of a Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Faulkner or any number of "literary" writers, they focus instead on creating immensely entertaining stories. And, for better or worse, the reading audience of Harris, Benchley, Follet, or other writers like Stephen King or Patricia Cornwell or James Patterson far exceed those of more literary writers.
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This cold, stylish erotic-thriller grossed over $100 million at the box-office despite vigorous protests at its depiction of gays and women. The shocking opening sequence features a graphic sexual encounter involving a rock-star bound with a white Hermes scarf by an unidentified blond woman. Despite the fact that the scene ends with a bloody icepick murder (horrifyingly realized by makeup artist Rob Bottin), Hermes scarves quickly sold out at stores nationwide. This seeming paradox is at the heart of the film's appeal, as it mixes perverse sexuality and erotic bloodshed in a manner common to European thrillers (director Paul Verhoeven had done it himself in 1979's marvelous De Vierde Man) but mostly taboo in America. The plot concerns Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), a successful bisexual mystery writer who may ... be a ruthless murderer. Everyone close to Catherine dies, and troubled policeman Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) must find out why.
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A good thriller puts the hero in danger early and never lets up. While the thriller usually involves a main character trying to find a murderer, it has very different story beats than the detective genre. Each step is geared toward wringing every last ounce of terror from the hero and the audience.
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