Sam, a painfully narcissistic producer, attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, SCREAM, at a theater in The Hamptons, with an accompanying documentary chronicling the highs and lows. Along the way, he clashes with a cast of quirky characters, that lead to outrageous results in this mockumentary about a documentary about making a musical about a movie.

Bryan Cranston gives the performance of a lifetime as Howard Wakefield, a lawyer on the edge of madness who has decided to disassociate himself from his own life.