It has come to the attention of Your Scribe that the film "The Lake House" has been a success with moviegoers.

That could mean a sequel.

And because I am an altruist when it comes to recreational dwellings in the outback, I have some ideas for that sequel.

It will be titled "The River Cabin."

I haven't finalized the story line but here are some possibilities:

1 - Striking female lead (Sandra Bullock) is a solitary canoeist who gets overwhelmed by a fast-moving summer storm. She has to come ashore. She finds a cozy cabin in the woods, and meets the handsome male lead (Keanu Reeves). They click, and she is still batting her eyelashes at him even after learning that he is in the Witness Protection Program. Then, on his cell, he learns that the Mafia has located him and is on the way . . .

2. An activist couple (need we identify?) is working to save Moosehead. Their cabin is constantly buzzed by choppers, but they pass it off as adrenalized state cops trying to find pot. But then the striking - and handsome - couple is arrested on trumped-up charges. They later learn they have been framed by the Plum Creek Development crowd. Can they beat the rap before the first backhoe sinks its claw into the earth?

3. Handsome male (Reeves) is hunting bear with the aid of a gross of stale crullers from Dunkin' Donuts, when he falls and passes out after hitting his head. He is found by striking female (Bullock). She is a nurse, and takes him back to her cabin. She is a pacifist lover of nature; he, a rough-hewn, bag-the-limit outdoorsman. They learn to appreciate each other during a romantic winter, however, and by the film's final scene she is hunting moose with her lottery permit, and he has embraced the catch-and-release fishing program . . .

4. Striking female (you know who) and handsome male (ditto) meet unexpectedly at L.L. Bean, where the feel-good retailer is giving away a cabin to two lucky winners. Bullock and Reeves miraculously are both chosen. The story is built on the tension around two very different people agreeing on paint, furnishings, kitchen - kind of feng shui with a Katahdin setting.

5. Simple (but handsome) groundskeeper lives in a cabin in the woods. One day a bored (but striking) matron chances by. Her wealthy husband owns the property but what she wants is, is a MAN. They talk. They exchange glances. They build a fire to dry their rain-drenched clothes. He educates her about nature; she opens the world to him through the Internet on one of those laptops Angus King was giving away. Then the heavens open, and the rain really pounds down . . . (At the first meeting with producers, we'll call this one the Down East version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover").

Those are my story lines.

Anyone know a good agent?

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