
Deep within a dark forest lies an enchanted pond, of which no one has ever spoken, because all who lay eyes on it are never seen again. In the courtyard of a magnificent castle, a rusted iron cage holds an a terrifying wodewose, a wild man, now passive and broken. None can explain him; his power can only be contained. One day, a young prince wanders, and a simple key turns, unleashing wild darkness into the civilized world. Magic surrounds Prince Georgic, as he grows through grinding poverty and vicious battles, as he wrestles with royal intrigue and forbidden passion. Georgic has abandoned all for the sake of magic - will the uncontrollable Iron John be there to help him save a threatened kingdom and win the love of a fiery beautiful princess? Or will his hidden secret drag Georgic down and destroy him? As with J.K. Rowling's script Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this original screenplay by Ryan LeBlanc is made available to unfurl a movie's sights and sounds in your imagination, taking you to a magical world where you are the director. Inspired by Robert Bly's Iron A Book about Men, this original screenplay delves into the mythic meaning of a story that has passed through the ground of centuries of oral tradition before first being scripted by the Grimm Brothers. Readers of Bly will recognize and be surprised by elements of this interpretation of the classic fairy tale, still untouched by Disney, which has so much depth with which to name our own experience. Myth meets the modern need for mentors and magic amidst the mundane. As an original SCREENPLAY, this work is written as a 'blueprint' for creating a movie; according to convention, it only describes what the audience will SEE and HEAR in present tense, third person objective.