Mike Sholtz has an ear and an eye for interesting stories. All good documentary filmmakers do. So when he noticed a theme on social media of a friend posting about celebrities and when they might die.RIPLIST is the culmination of years of filming, editing and finding a morbid, yet exciting, story about this celebrity death date fantasy league.
(Filmmaker Mike Scholtz in the KFGO studios)
Mike mentions that this club of individuals exists in offices and dorm rooms across the country – but the seriousness given to each draft pick was incredibly interesting. What celebrities are ailing? Who is in the upper 90’s age wise? What even constitutes a “celebrity.” All of these things are debated amongst friends as they pick a roster of celebrities they think may expire during the next year. RIPLIST follows their process and sad happiness when one of them is proven right.
The ultimate prize for this group is a traveling trophy….fittingly, an urn.
