Frank 2 or Frank Goes to Hollywood (Unofficial)

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Frank 2

Or

Frank Goes to Hollywood

Prologue

Jon is retracing his steps from the opening of Frank. However, though he walks the streets making up songs in his heads, he seems to have no shame of his secret thoughts. People respond to him differently and he finishes each thought to his satisfaction unless he happily takes up another inspiration. When he sits at his cubicle, it at first appears that he’s still working the same job, but it is revealed he is a composer for a mid-tier gaming company that focuses on clones of popular franchises.

Title Card as Jon happily composes at his desk.

Act 1

Jon is constantly berated for adding “inappropriate” material into his compositions. His boss, who seems nice enough, encourages him to be more commercial and to take inspiration from Call of Duty when composing the score for their next installment of Shout of Glory. Jon goes home, dejected and starts to slip into old habits of self-doubt as he watches the people around him.

Back at his apartment, he starts to listen to Frank’s album recorded at Vetno. He smiles and he is visibly emboldened by the music. He messages Frank’s parents who happily give him an emergency contact number. Clara picks up when Jon calls. They have a guarded conversation and Jon asks her to tell Frank he’d like to talk to him if he has a moment.

OS Text 7 Months Later

Frank calls Jon at work and Jon has a hard time giving him his full attention, but when Frank mentions his new album, Jon goes into the bathroom and tells Frank if he ever needs anything, to ask and he looks forward to hearing the new album.

OS Text 1 Year 3 Months Later

Jon is awoken in the middle of the night by a knock at the door. He looks out the peephole and sees Frank’s paper machete head. When he opens the door, Clara reveals she’s holding the head and Frank is nowhere in sight. They have a long conversation about Frank. Clara and Jon agree that it might be good for everyone if they reunited for a time. After the conversation ends, Frank, without his mask, enters with his band.

Act 2

The group works on their album in Jon’s apartment until he is almost evicted. Frank intercedes and tells Jon that they will have to find another place to perform if Jon wants to keep his apartment. Jon offers an acquaintance he met online who has a nice studio in LA and would love to meet Frank. Clara is wary and becomes noticeably more contrary with Jon. Frank decides to trust Jon’s judgement and check out the space.

The group travels to LA where they meet Jon’s online acquaintance, Ron. He eventually reveals to Frank he is part of a cult-like group of fans who have banded together to do covers of his music. Frank is at first flattered, but when they demand Frank lead them in producing music, he declines. They take extreme measures to keep him in place.

The band searches for Frank and discover the cult. Frank refuses to speak to them and Clara turns on Jon, holding him responsible for Frank’s relapse into wearing his mask. Jon is distraught at the turn of events and suggests they hire a cult-breaker to rescue Frank.

Earlier, Frank has convinced Jon’s acquaintance that he doesn't need Frank to make music and switched heads with him. He tells him “You’re Frank now.” And leaves.

The band become convinced by the cult-breaker that Jon is coordinating an effort to make Frank and his friends more marketable by using cult-breaking tactics to brainwash them. After a tense moment, Jon convinces him of his desire to protect Frank and his music. They hit the streets looking for Frank after they discover he’s left the cult.

After encounters with LA, both groups reunite beside the Pacific Ocean.

Act 3

The police are now involved in the chase and most of the Frank cult has been arrested. Now the band has to run from the police and the remaining cult members to keep Frank from being caught. If he’s found out in LA, there will be no way to convince the authorities he isn't connected to the cult of Frank. At the end, Jon says goodbye to Frank and tells him he hopes they see each other again.

Frank: That’d be nice, but it’s really not necessary. I think we've both learned a lot from each other already. See you when I see you, Jon.