For better or worse, the internet has a habit of getting carried away with itself.
This year alone there was the time the internet co-opted a competition to name a new British research vessel demanding it be called Boaty McBoatface.
A month earlier netizens banded together to turn Google’s artificially intelligent Twitter bot into a racist anti-Semite.
And now it seems we’ll be able to draw a straight line from a twitter joke to the creation of a Donald Trump gay porn film — thanks again to the enthusiasm of the internet.
It all started earlier this year when comedian Elijah Daniel had a couple drinks and joked on Twitter that he would write a gay erotic fiction novel about the then Republican nominee.
After the Twittesphere showed its resounding support for such an idea, Daniel decided to crack open another bottle of white wine and get down to writing some sordid scenes.
“I’m going to get drunk tonight and write an entire donald trump sex novel like 50 shades of grey & put it on Amazon tomorrow I swear to god,” he posted on Twitter at the time.
By the morning he had 21 pages that made up the now notorious erotic novella; Trump Temptation: The Billionaire and The Bellboy.
that time I became a best selling author because I wrote a 20 page trump erotic novel pic.twitter.com/DSq421WtkJ
— Elijah Daniel (@elijahdaniel) February 1, 2016
The book found instant acclaim online. It became a bestseller on Amazon within 48 hours and drew over a million readers on the publishing platform, Wattpad.
“Amazon’s royalties are like $0.30 per person who reads the book, so it’s not really a get rich scheme. I was just drunk and told Twitter I’d do it, and then I was stuck doing it,” he told Fusion after his book became an online sensation.
The novella’s unexpected success has reportedly prompted a gay porn studio to try and get involved in the action.
Online publication the Daily Dot has outlined the ambitious plan to turn the best selling novella into a motion picture masterpiece as the LA comedian has teamed up with film studio NakedSword to bring the book to the silver screen.
For those who say the American dream is dead, think again. The sanctity of the American presidency on the other hand, has never been so faint.
The film studio said it was attracted to the project because of the some of the absurd political conversations taking place in the United States at the moment.
“I think the sorts of stories we’re attracted to are ones where there’s a sense of irony and contradiction and even stuff that might make a difference,” NakedSword’s creative director, Jack Shamama, told the Daily Dot.
The rights to the gay Trump erotica have been sold to a porn studio. Anything is possible. Achieve your dreams.
— Ashley Moon (@lunarfleece) May 24, 2016
Of course, it’s all a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun. But perhaps the only person not laughing is the Donald. This morning, the Republican presidential nominee took to Twitter in an effort to put an end to the fun and said he’s calling in the lawyers.
“There will NOT be a gay porn made using my name. My lawyers have already been contacted,” he posted.
There will NOT be a gay porn made using my name. My lawyers have already been contacted. https://t.co/7RLTEXoQEM
— Donald J. Trump (@reaIDonaldTrunp) May 24, 2016
Surely Donald Trump has bigger fish to fry at the moment and the film’s creators say casting is in progress. They hope to have the film adaptation released in early July, just in time for the Republican National Convention.
As you might expect, the film will be far more silly than serious and Daniel said they aim to stick to the original book as much as possible.
So get ready for lines such as:
“My loins trembled as the scent of toupee adhesive and spray tan swept through my nasal cavity.”
And: “His oily orange skin glistening in the sunlight as if he were a soggy cheeto, his hair unkept and messy, like a gorgeous rat’s nest. He was beautiful.”
And, finally: “I had to admit it, I wanted his geriatric 2006 Perez Hilton Jello body.”
The stuff of literary gold. For those who can’t wait for the film, you can find the novella here.
This articles was originally published on news.com.au
