Fiction Empire

Film 2026. Written by BenDavid Grabinski. Directed by BenDavid Grabinski. Starring Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro.

Source Features: BBB (5) TIMELINE (4) MAP (1) QUOTES (3) TRIVIA (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU

C.L.A.R.E.N.C.E.
Alice's friend Symon's time machine, for which Symon borrowed money from Nick to build. When Future Nick tries to collect on the debt, he triggers the machine, and gets sent back in time to the night Mike would be killed, inadvertently shooting Symon dead and destroying the machine.

Im Back
A Jimmy Boy film, starring Jimmy Boy - shown during the closing credits.

It's a Gas!
Gas station where Mike and Future Nick track down Present Nick.

Wampler Memorial
Hospital named for entertainment journalist and podcaster Scott Wampler, who died in May 2024 and was a friend of writer-director BenDavid Grabinski.

Zenith Hotel
Hotel where Nick plans to meet Alice, before Future Nick shows up in the present.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE

January 18, 1980
Date visible when Nick selects the month and day of his destination on Symon's time machine - the year 1980 apparently being the earliest year available.

January 17, 2026
Date before mob boss Sosa's adopted son Jimmy Boy is released from prison, an event that Sosa's organization celebrates with a night of partying. Nick mentions to Mike and Alice - it's the day he found out they were having an affair behind his back.

January 18, 2026
Mob boss Sosa's adopted son Jimmy Boy is released from prison, an event that Sosa's organization celebrates with a night of partying. Date visible during the flashback scene when Nick enters Symon's time machine. Original Timeline: criminal enforcer Mike dies after his colleague and loan shark Nick frames him as a rat. Revised Timeline: Nick from 6 months in the future returns to the past in an attempt to save Mike's life.

January 19, 2026
Day after mob boss Sosa's adopted son Jimmy Boy's prison release party. Sosa and Jimmy Boy continue partying during an After After Party and an After After After Party, while Nick, Alice and the Nicks work together to stop the cannibal assassin known as The Barron from killing Nick.

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McClintock Boulevard
Location of Nick's secret apartment.

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Alice

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Quotes

Alice
Alice: So a nightmare fuel assassin has Mike in his sights, and you're trying to help him survive the night. Is that the macro here?

Alice

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Alice
Alice: I love the decoration in this place. I can't believe my friend is dead. I think I need a minute. Where's the liquor in your fuck-den?

Alice & Mike

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Alice & Mike
Alice: Wait, you... You watch Gilmore Girls?
Mike: Yeah. Yeah. You said... You said it was your favorite show two weeks ago, so I thought I'd watch it. So I watched it. So I watched, uh... all of it.
Alice: I mean, that's like 170 episodes.
Mike: 157 episodes.

Nick's cat's name.

	Skipper
	Kingpin
	Bigwig

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