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AUGUST<br />

2012<br />

VOLUME 12<br />

ISSUE 4<br />

T H E P L A Y E R S M A R K E T P L A C E<br />

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Contest/Festival Winners 4<br />

Writers Represented by Agents/Managers 5<br />

Teleplays 5<br />

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Q&A with Screenwriter Dennis Bush 20


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Recent Successes<br />

Tony Picciotti Options “Dead Calls”<br />

Tony Picciotti with Jenny Lynn Productions found<br />

“Dead Calls” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Malcolm<br />

McClintick. This is Malcolm’s third success through<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>; his previous credits include the comedy feature<br />

“Bumping Off Burt,” which was featured on the cover of<br />

the <strong>InkTip</strong> Magazine.<br />

Kristine Kreska Options “Box of Nightmares”<br />

Kristine Kreska with Collaboration Entertainment found<br />

“Grandfather’s House: Box of Nightmares” through<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Greg Hildebrandt. Greg is<br />

both a comic book writer and screenwriter.<br />

Joseph Nasser Hires Jinesh Patel<br />

Joseph Nasser with the Nasser Entertainment Group met<br />

Jinesh Patel on <strong>InkTip</strong> and hired him to write the feature<br />

script “Ransom and Ransom.” Joseph Nasser’s credits<br />

include “Dawn Rider,” starring Donald Sutherland. This<br />

is Jinesh’s second <strong>InkTip</strong> success.<br />

Harry Meguerdi Discovers Chad Diez<br />

Harry Meguerdi with VIP World Entertainment met<br />

Chad Diez through <strong>InkTip</strong> and signed to rep him as his<br />

literary manager. Chad is a 2011 quarterfinalist in the<br />

Nicholl Fellowship and winner at the 2011 New York<br />

International Festival.<br />

Uffe Ziemelis Options “Ghost Pets”<br />

Uffe Ziemelis with Gefion Media Denmark discovered<br />

“Ghost Pets” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from writer<br />

Arne Olsen. He now has the project set up with Shine<br />

Media and New Regency Entertainment. Arne is already<br />

an established studio writer, with such credits as “Red<br />

Scorpion” and “Repeaters” to his résumé, but this is his<br />

first <strong>InkTip</strong> success.<br />

Lindsay Macadam Options “Legacy”<br />

Lindsay Macadam and Jason Riley with EVOS Media<br />

found “Legacy” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Jeff<br />

Blyth. Jeff Blyth is a WGA and DGA member, and this<br />

is his second option through <strong>InkTip</strong>.<br />

Kristine Kreska Options “Delirium”<br />

Kristine Kreska with Collaboration Entertainment<br />

discovered “Delirium” through <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it<br />

from David Dortch. This is David’s first option through<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>.<br />

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4<br />

HollywoodScript.com<br />

Screenplay Contest<br />

The Stark Vendetta (Western) Paul Sheridan<br />

Former Texas sheriff James Stark hunts the brash young<br />

murderer of his wife, igniting the interest of a San Antonio<br />

assistant district attorney, a hard-nosed reporter for the San<br />

Antonio Express newspaper, and a villainous secret society<br />

with strong ties to the murderer.<br />

Screenplay Festival<br />

Beat the Monarchs (Drama) Dan Wedeking<br />

1941: A ragtag group of misfits believe they can beat the<br />

barnstorming Negro League baseball champs: the Kansas<br />

City Monarchs.<br />

The Impostigator (Comedy) Ourdia Hodge<br />

A goofy cab driver is mistaken for a hostage negotiator and<br />

must save hostages held by a bank robber before he is exposed.<br />

The Leonis Relic (Action/Adventure) T. Thor Leach<br />

A rogue starship captain and his crew narrowly escape an<br />

alien armada’s attack on their home world and must join<br />

forces with a beautiful xenoarcheologist and a brilliant weapons<br />

designer to find and steal an ancient artifact that may be<br />

humanity’s only hope for survival.<br />

ScreenwritingU<br />

ProSeries Alumni<br />

Alone with the Devil (Thriller) Tom Zanca<br />

When her sister’s murder breaks the MO of a serial killer of<br />

affluent girls, a teenager from the low income side of town<br />

conducts her own covert investigation by befriending the<br />

prime suspect.<br />

Coal for Christmas (Family)<br />

Lois Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah<br />

An inexperienced young boy fears his baby sister will die of<br />

pneumonia in their freezing home, so with the help of a con<br />

man, he tries to be bad enough to force Santa to bring him a<br />

whole load of coal for Christmas. (Represented by Jonathan<br />

Wheeler, Wheeler Law)<br />

Deadlock (Comedy) Bethany Gates<br />

After accidentally shooting a gangster with a bullet that had his<br />

name on it, a suicidal writer must fight for his life in prison.<br />

Postville: A Dramedy about Culture Clash (Drama)<br />

David Kassin Fried<br />

When a group of Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn open a kosher<br />

meat-packing plant in a struggling Iowa town, the locals think<br />

their problems are over; but the resulting culture clash turns<br />

the American melting pot into a pressure cooker set to explode.<br />

Contest/Festival Winners<br />

The Redemption of John Parker (Thriller)<br />

John Connell<br />

A slave overcomes racism, succeeds in business, and buys<br />

his freedom, only to risk life and limb as an Underground<br />

Railroad “conductor,” hunted by slave owners and a sociopathic<br />

bounty hunter. (Based on a true story)<br />

Triton (Drama) Marc DeLamater<br />

Imagine going around the world under the sea onboard the<br />

world’s most advanced submarine. It sounds like “20,000<br />

Leagues Under the Sea,” but in this dramatic true story, an<br />

American nuclear submarine captain announces to his new,<br />

untested crew that their maiden voyage is now a far more<br />

dangerous top-secret mission – making the first submerged<br />

circumnavigation of the Earth. (Multi-contest winner)<br />

ScriptVamp<br />

Castaway Dog (Animation) Marc Calderwood<br />

Marooned on an Eden-like planet at the edge of the galaxy,<br />

a fearful puppy’s worst nightmare becomes real when she<br />

discovers she is not alone.<br />

Chromosome 21 (Thriller)<br />

Maryann Beckman and Susan Skalinski<br />

A lowly paramedic who escapes on the eve of her execution<br />

must convince everyone she is a brilliant surgeon or risk<br />

being exposed as a serial killer.<br />

High Lift (Sci-Fi)<br />

Victor Cummings and Dr. Bryan E. Laubscher<br />

In the year 2120, elevators lift man and materials high into<br />

space, and a protective shield surrounds the Earth to save it<br />

from catastrophic climate change. When a rogue environmental<br />

group threatens the operation of this shield, engineer<br />

Gordon Welkin and the High Lift commanders enlist a team<br />

of space tourists to help them save the Earth from total<br />

annihilation.<br />

The Necessity Box (Thriller) Christopher Kelleher<br />

An officer’s world is upended when he discovers that the trap<br />

he’s set is for himself – and that the worst crime is his own life.<br />

There Is a Season (Thriller) Stuart Creque<br />

Two families, one Israeli and one Palestinian, are consumed<br />

in violence and hatred – until it starts to snow.<br />

Sunscreen Film Festival<br />

Nekropolis (Drama) Kevin Walker and Jason Beever<br />

In hopes of attaining self-worth, a young and earnest playwright<br />

struggles to produce his next work while facing a<br />

devastating battle against his own futility and inner demons.<br />

For these and many more scripts go to our website: www.<strong>InkTip</strong>.com


Writers Represented by Agents/Managers<br />

David Warden, Warden Group<br />

Angel’s City (Comedy – Television ½-Hour Pilot)<br />

Mark Vieira and Joe Quintero<br />

An idealistic day laborer brings self-knowledge to eccentric,<br />

cynical people in all levels of Los Angeles society.<br />

Dian Singh, Apple Talent Group<br />

The Promise (Western) Jenny M. Hobeck<br />

Felice Morales was anointed to teach the Word. Educated<br />

in Spain, she returns to America to teach nuns somewhere<br />

out West. She receives word that her brother is an alcoholic<br />

and has given up the deed to their family’s land holdings for<br />

a bottle of whiskey. Before leaving her beloved post, she<br />

reaches out to a solicitor in San Francisco.<br />

Fred R. Price,<br />

Fred R. Price Literary Agency<br />

Dr. Lovewitz (Romantic Comedy) Narmandi Parker<br />

Failed child psychologist becomes love doctor.<br />

Guy Rose,<br />

Futerman Rose (London)<br />

The Tank (Action/Adventure) Tom Boyle<br />

Inspired by actual events during the Second World War,<br />

but with a contemporary twist, the crew of an American<br />

Sherman tank are relentlessly pursued across a snow-capped<br />

mountain range by a black tiger tank captained by a mysterious<br />

German figure.<br />

Harry Meguerdi,<br />

BWK Literary<br />

Star Storage (Horror) Chad Diez<br />

A young group of friends drive across the country to Los<br />

Angeles and decide to store their belongings until they can find<br />

a place to live, only to discover that they have been locked in the<br />

storage facility and are now hunted by three sadistic, homeless<br />

serial killers.<br />

½-Hour Pilots<br />

Dead Again (Comedy)<br />

Agata Darlasi and Angelo Kyritsis<br />

An arrogant executive is cursed to die every day at 10:47 pm<br />

in ridiculous ways.<br />

Teleplays<br />

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Jay Schachter,<br />

Mavrick Artists<br />

Fugly for Christmas (Comedy) Anna Pernicci<br />

Dante, a pedicab driver from San Diego, California, finds<br />

himself in a difficult situation when he falls in love with the<br />

girl of his dreams, only to lose her over a bet he never made.<br />

Kelly LaMarr,<br />

Nancy Chaidez Agency<br />

Panther (Drama) Michael Valente<br />

A young boy, forced to commit atrocities as a soldier in<br />

Somalia, escapes to America, where he unites with the grieving<br />

father of a dead boxer, trains with him and returns to<br />

liberate his homeland and his family while fighting the match<br />

of his life.<br />

Larry Stevens, The Brogan Agency<br />

Trapper Boone Dadley (Action/Adventure)<br />

Bob Corso and Laura Corey<br />

In order to make claim to his dead uncle’s fortune, Trapper<br />

“Boone” Dadley, a Southern wild boy, sets out to prove<br />

that he is “The World’s Greatest Dare-Devil.” This actionadventure/romantic<br />

comedy promises high thrills, addicting<br />

and lovable characters, death-defying stunts, uproarious situations,<br />

and an ending that no one saw coming!<br />

Lew Weitzman,<br />

Preferred Artists Agency<br />

Special Forces (Comedy) Eric Tozzi and Anthony Smith<br />

After enlisting in the Army Rangers for a shot at becoming a<br />

hero, an eccentric young man struggles against a bureaucracy<br />

intent on denying him his dream.<br />

Ryan Saul, APA<br />

The Saint (Crime) Buddy Johnson<br />

When his born-again fiancée’s sordid past surfaces, a revered<br />

Internal Affairs investigator may have to cross to the dark side<br />

of the law to protect his squeaky-clean reputation.<br />

Friends of the Firm (Comedy)<br />

Francis Veltri and Hannah J. Barnard<br />

An earnest young attorney must start his legal career in the<br />

basement office of one of the country’s most prestigious law<br />

firms.<br />

5


6 Retail: A Love Story (Comedy) Luis A. Bell and Jason A. Wallace<br />

The worst job they’ve never wanted. A bright, outgoing college<br />

baseball star lands a job at his local big chain retail store.<br />

Only with a neurotic boss, slacking, disenfranchised co-workers,<br />

a hostile customer base, corporate espionage, and possibly<br />

true love – he may be in for more than he bargained for.<br />

Rock & Roll Super Spy (Family) Ann Kimbrough<br />

A 13-year-old, terrible at everything, is plagued by freckles<br />

all over his body, only to discover that they are miniaturized<br />

spy tech hidden by his Russian bio-parents; but as the gadgets<br />

pop out, he must decide whether to turn the tech over to<br />

the spies or use it to save the world himself and create some<br />

amazing rock & roll.<br />

Silver City (Comedy) Jan Soltys<br />

These are not your crusty curmudgeons of old, these are purplepill-popping<br />

seniors with a zest for life – or what’s left of it!<br />

The Three MAgos (Comedy) Michael Sisto<br />

Elderly patients appreciate friendliness, warmth, and compassion<br />

from their orthopedic doctor’s medical staff, and<br />

that’s exactly what they get, until the clock strikes five.<br />

(Represented by Sherry Robb, Robb Entertainment Group)<br />

One-Hour Pilots<br />

Adventures of a Country Vet (Family)<br />

Trudy Handel, Dave Perrin, and Shannon Handel<br />

A young, inexperienced veterinarian starts his practice in a rural<br />

community filled with colorful characters, set against the background<br />

of the turbulent 1970s. Based on the bestselling book series,<br />

“Adventures of a Country Vet” by Dave Perrin, with over 100,000<br />

copies sold. The series is best described as 70% “All Creatures<br />

Great and Small,” 20% “Everwood,” and 10% “Green Acres.”<br />

Adversary (Drama) Euree Estell<br />

Spiritually based of good vs. evil in temporal form. The<br />

wealthy, close-knit Baudreau family bans together to protect<br />

the successful family business from a former colleague who<br />

becomes a bitter enemy and fierce competitor who wants to<br />

destroy Baudreau Enterprises.<br />

Antibody (Crime) Thomas Sturm<br />

An embittered physician goes on a vigilante killing spree,<br />

targeting Washington, D.C. lobbyists after he discovers that<br />

his son was a victim of an under-tested drug.<br />

Cuerpo de Paseo (Drama) Mark Sadler<br />

A hard-partying, immature, recent college grad joins the Peace<br />

Corps and is sent to exotic Paraguay. However, the training<br />

director will put him on a plane back home unless he changes<br />

his ways in this first-of-its-kind, authentic narrative of a young<br />

man’s Peace Corps adventure.<br />

D.O.M.E. (Sci-Fi) Thomas Sturm<br />

The tale of an ongoing military, economic, and moral struggle<br />

for power within a royal family entwined in a galactic war<br />

over chemically engineered immortality and its resulting<br />

genocide.<br />

Sodalitas (The Secret Society) (Drama) Donald Conklin<br />

A secret society bent on global domination targets a former<br />

black ops member and a Senatorial candidate as pawns in<br />

their plans to control the political future of the United States.<br />

Split Second (Crime)<br />

Mary Haarmeyer and Marcus Jermaine Mosley<br />

A hunted soldier fights to stay under the radar as he seeks the<br />

truth behind the “remote viewing” experiments done to him<br />

and other soldiers like him, while constantly being tormented<br />

by the split second visions of the impending deaths of the<br />

strangers he encounters along the way.<br />

Vigilante (Thriller) Ophir Gottlieb<br />

Lila Vail, an FBI symbology expert turned vigilante, races<br />

to unravel DaVinci Code-style stratagems in her hunt for the<br />

killer that murdered her family. But only she knows the truth:<br />

the killers aren’t quite human and arrests are not her goal.<br />

She’s hunting down demons for the revenge kill, and Internal<br />

Affairs is catching on.<br />

Walk Under Ladders (Drama) Ellen Gavin<br />

San Diego Fire Captain Kate Hallinan has spent a career<br />

climbing ever-taller ladders with a combination of beauty,<br />

brains, and a bit of luck. Just as she decides to shift her focus<br />

to family, all hell breaks loose on the job.<br />

Wankle’s Tavern (Drama) Cork Carnes<br />

After being bribed into marrying a whiny daddy’s girl in<br />

exchange for the startup capital to open his dream restaurant,<br />

Anthony Wankle leads the way through this fictional drama<br />

series that combines a dark mixture of sexual promiscuity,<br />

drugs, humor, and personal sagas associated with both the restaurant<br />

employees and their patrons alike.<br />

Xeno (Sci-Fi) Alan McNevin<br />

Aliens exist. They’ve been walking around amongst us for<br />

many years. Now, in-fighting between two major “families”<br />

threatens to expose them to the stark light of day.<br />

Mini Series<br />

Abraham Hannibal: Negro of Peter the Great (Drama)<br />

Euree Estell<br />

Taken from the coast of Africa and adopted by Peter the<br />

Great, Abraham Hannibal is immersed in danger and intrigue<br />

at the Russian court.<br />

The Man with Three Names (Drama) Scott Schlief<br />

Michigan 1969: 18-year-old Brent Lyle has a violent fight<br />

with his abusive alcoholic father. Brent unintentionally kills<br />

him. Brent runs from America and enlists into the French<br />

Foreign Legion, starts his epic, adventurous life as a mercenary<br />

soldier, and becomes a French police officer. His wife<br />

is murdered; grief develops into madness, and he becomes a<br />

For these and many more scripts go to our website: www.<strong>InkTip</strong>.com


serial vigilante in Chicago. (Book for adaptation; represented<br />

by Michael Brandwein, Brandwein and Brandwein)<br />

Méjico (Action/Adventure) Ricardo Espinosa<br />

A ruthless and ambitious Spaniard in search of treasure in the<br />

New World finds that the Aztecs have been expecting him as<br />

was prophesied by the oracles of one of their gods. He discovers<br />

a treasure greater than gold and jewels when he falls in<br />

love with the princess who would guide him in the conquest<br />

and ultimate annihilation of an entire civilization.<br />

MOW<br />

Demon Lake (Sci-Fi) Kevin Jeter<br />

A retired Navy SEAL investigates mysterious and unexplained<br />

drownings at a popular spring break destination, the<br />

More Scripts – Grouped by Genre<br />

Action/Adventure<br />

The 13 of Glory Georges Salo<br />

Francisco Pizarro’s quest for El Dorado takes him and his<br />

conquistadors, known as The 13 of Glory, to a land rife with<br />

gold. Pizarro’s altruistic start spirals into the subjugation of<br />

the Inca nation and the genocide of its people.<br />

Anointed Elizabeth Bello and Madkine Arias<br />

In the Kingdom of Israel, 11th Century B.C., a strong, young<br />

shepherd is anointed to be the new king. He discovers that<br />

slaying a giant is not as dangerous as facing the proud and<br />

jealous sitting king, who not only refuses to step down, but<br />

tries to kill his popular competition.<br />

Bare Knuckle David Head<br />

In 1980s America, an aging, retired U.S. pro boxer with a<br />

detached retina wants to leave the bare knuckle fighting world<br />

to start a new life with his seriously ill Japanese foster father.<br />

But the Japanese yakuza who “own” him have other ideas.<br />

Be My Guest Henry Rozenbaum<br />

A legendary inspector is recalled as last recourse to destroy<br />

the almighty drug cartels, but immediately becomes the target<br />

of crooked politicians very close to the President.<br />

Belteshazzar Episode One: Nebuchadnezzar the Great<br />

Charles Murray<br />

This is the incredible untold story of the most powerful king<br />

who ever conquered the world, supported by historic documentation<br />

of an era filled with forbidden revelation, magic,<br />

mystery, and supernatural intrigue.<br />

Blackbird John Kovac<br />

Twin brothers and their grandfather, a retired NASA engineer,<br />

discover hidden amateur radio messages that lead to a web of<br />

ultra-secret satellite programs and invisible rockets spelling<br />

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same lake that his wife died at years before, and now the<br />

demon wants to take his daughter’s life also.<br />

Reality TV<br />

Pro Ana (Drama) Natalie Noel Aydin<br />

A pretty, blonde writer in NYC who goes only by the name<br />

“Ana” struggles with the debilitating disease of anorexia –<br />

seeking to help viewers gain an awareness about the dangers,<br />

problems, and challenges anorexics face on a daily basis.<br />

“Pro Ana” documents the changes in Ana’s relationship with<br />

everyone, including her husband and closest friends in this<br />

docu-drama reality show.<br />

danger for the international space station and havoc for an Air<br />

Force black project.<br />

The Bodies Dave Freda<br />

Intrigue and intransigence snarl the Korean War peace<br />

talks at Panmunjon. Lieutenant Dave Briganti has the mission<br />

to recover the mutilated bodies of captured American<br />

soldiers displayed by the Chinese on their heavily fortified<br />

outpost, Old Baldy. The provocation taunts thousands of<br />

American soldiers, disrupts the negotiations, and angers<br />

the American public.<br />

Cash ‘n In Shemane Nugent and Mathew Foss<br />

The son of a famous country musician goes against the wishes<br />

of his powerful father to attend a dangerous inner city high<br />

school in hopes of getting a basketball scholarship.<br />

Casino Intrigue Georges Salo<br />

Inspired by a true story of a casino security guard, Tony<br />

Ricci, who is passionate about his work but disrespected by<br />

his wife. Tony eventually finds his true calling through his<br />

wife’s extramarital deceit. Their struggle is set against the<br />

backdrop of a casino, showcasing the true sleazy nature of<br />

that business.<br />

Caught in Bataan John Kozaka<br />

A fictitious story embedded in the actual events of the surrender<br />

of the Philippine Islands to the Japanese in December<br />

1941. An American nurse has to participate in the infamous<br />

“Bataan Death March” disguised as a wounded G.I.<br />

Chase D.M. Fozzard<br />

The lure of stolen art is accompanied with multi-million dollar<br />

payoffs, high-stakes adventure, and mortal danger. But for<br />

some the payoff is worth the risks. In “Chase,” an original<br />

and heretofore unknown Carrivagio is found in an old Italian<br />

monastery. When the news gets out, the chase is on!<br />

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Action/Adventure<br />

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Diary of Mankind Nebojsa Martinovic<br />

When he discovers a lost colony of the civilization of Sirius in<br />

the jungle of Mali and a 50,000-year-old immobilized spaceship,<br />

a professor learns that the origins of mankind stem from<br />

aliens, the original gods, who visited Earth in an attempt to<br />

create a super sapiens race. While connecting missing links,<br />

the professor is revealing the astonishing hidden truth.<br />

The Distributor Russell Chan<br />

A young film distributor risks everything trying to distribute<br />

a film that exposes the world’s most notorious terrorist’s<br />

secrets.<br />

The Donovan Girls Maria Soriano<br />

Three teenage sisters from a low-income family accidentally<br />

kill their abusive father and become fugitives, only to find a<br />

“good Samaritan” with criminal intent.<br />

Haverleigh James Cumes<br />

Haverleigh is a typical bush town in Australia when Pearl<br />

Harbor explodes and teenagers and young men are called up<br />

to fight to save Australia from invasion. They win and those<br />

who survive enjoy the march towards maturity for themselves<br />

and their country. (Book for adaptation)<br />

Hawk Moon Nathan O’Callaghan<br />

A Lakota brave kills a trapper, provoking the wrath of the<br />

cavalry. A shaman sends the brave into the future to kill powerful<br />

white men. In the present, the FBI discover the wormhole<br />

and plan to send an army back to seize gold from the<br />

Lakota’s sacred hills. The brave must save his people from<br />

the cavalry and future army.<br />

Line in the Sand John Gentile and Howard Allen<br />

Border Patrol Agent Chris Hande fights for his life and the<br />

love of Maria, a beautiful woman on the run from the most<br />

dangerous drug dealer in Colombia. Hande and Maria are<br />

thrown into a veritable snake-pit of drug dealers, human<br />

traffickers, dirty agents, border vigilantes, and corrupt politicians,<br />

all who would like to see them both dead.<br />

The Magic Carpet Doug MacNiven<br />

When a 12-year-old boy discovers his father’s antique carpet<br />

is actually a magical flying carpet, he suddenly finds himself<br />

on a wild adventure as he struggles to rescue his father from<br />

the clutches of an obsessed toy magnate desperate to possess<br />

the carpet.<br />

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Memory of an Assassin Robert Greene<br />

Who would think there could be another assassin like Lee<br />

Harvey Oswald? The FBI agent blamed for the Kennedy<br />

assassination by not finding Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 is<br />

given a second chance to stop a new assassin and discovers<br />

he is a double agent for the CIA and a terrorist.<br />

Midnight Sun Sidney Kearns<br />

She was riding high – gifted athlete, filthy rich daddy, queen<br />

of her world. Then he appears – shaking her up, challenging<br />

her, breaking her mold. Back in his hardscrabble world, they<br />

team up to crush a voracious tyrant while bringing justice<br />

to a hurting people, and she finds at last the fulfillment that<br />

she craves.<br />

The Mystery Challenge Helen Tuckett<br />

When an outlawed extreme reality show turns deadly, prize<br />

money is forgotten as Jason races to save his pregnant wife,<br />

Michelle, who has been taken hostage to ensure he finishes<br />

the challenge.<br />

No Fly Zone Dan Haynes<br />

After a third-generation Army helicopter pilot’s father is<br />

killed, he decides it’s time to take over the family helicopter<br />

business; but he must overcome a vengeful plot set in motion<br />

by his former wingman to save the family business, its legacy,<br />

and ultimately his life.<br />

Ocean of Fire David Caidar and Meitav Marom<br />

The 1990nm Electro Optic Magnetic crushed the USS<br />

Memphis and turned the world upside down. What will<br />

Kaitlin, the SEAL Team Six leader, do to save the world?<br />

One for All David Peretz<br />

Freddy Dartan, a 20-year-old Midwesterner, star and only<br />

member of his high school fencing team, more dreamer than<br />

doer, visits Paris, meets a girl, and finds himself in the midst<br />

of a political conspiracy. He relives the adventures of his forebear,<br />

D’Artagnan, culminating in a hilarious action-comedy<br />

scene in a Disneyland-like park near Paris.<br />

One Less Wonder Robert Scarola<br />

Captain Perryl Allan must stop a zealot who, in his fervor<br />

to return Niagara Falls to its natural state, threatens its very<br />

existence.<br />

The Order of the Dragon Hunter Woo<br />

Investigating a string of unsolved murders, a Chinese detective<br />

working in Honolulu’s Chinatown in 1910 uncovers a<br />

plot to overthrow China’s Manchu monarchy.<br />

Point of Entry Siavash Hazini<br />

When an assassin slips through the terror alert system she<br />

created, a dogged security expert unwittingly jeopardizes her<br />

family and herself as she struggles to catch him and prove<br />

her own innocence.<br />

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Power Out Iris Crenshaw<br />

An American bank employee wreaks havoc internationally<br />

when he gives bogus loans to international presidents for<br />

criminal activities, in order to get the attention and support of<br />

his bank executive father-in-law.<br />

Rainbow of Blood Michael M. Gostich<br />

Impaled warrior’s blood in snow reflects like a rainbow,<br />

prompting his son to swear an oath to pagan gods to fight<br />

Avar Prince as the Khan Bayan’s Horde penetrates deep into<br />

the Roman Empire in 600 AD. Soon, his barbarian characteristics<br />

will be challenged, not only by the barbarian assassin<br />

of his father but also by contact with Byzantine Christians.<br />

River of Pain James Gross<br />

A woman who returns to her small hometown on the river<br />

finds rebuilding her family homestead will not be easy.<br />

The Scroll David Caidar and Chris Engle<br />

The mysterious, coded scroll caused a world adventure in<br />

search for a hidden Rothschild fortune. What will Daniel do<br />

to unveil his father’s identity?<br />

Sellout Robert Chimento<br />

Two teenage brothers go against the Mafia-controlled New<br />

York teamsters union to save their trucking business after<br />

their father dies, and win. A hard-hitting Action/Thriller.<br />

Shred: Mountain Bike Adventure J. Macon King<br />

Teenage leaders of two rival mountain biking “gangs” dispute<br />

over mountain trails and an unusual girl, as a spiritual quest<br />

ensues for the legendary Indian treasure rumored to be buried<br />

on the mountain. An action-packed combination of “Breaking<br />

Away” and “Free Willy.”<br />

Silent Partners: Absinthe of Desire Georges Salo<br />

Two wealthy men are deceived into service by a clandestine<br />

government agency, the vanguard of international counterterrorism.<br />

Will the agency’s gamble on these men’s skills,<br />

charm, and ingenuity prove to be the lethal combination that<br />

stops a crime lord hell-bent on revenge?<br />

Silent Partners: Fragrant Water Georges Salo<br />

Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international<br />

government agency must prevent ultra-modern submarines<br />

from falling into the hands of Yemeni and Omani pirates. If<br />

left unchecked, the pirates would have the whole world to<br />

ransom, as a large portion of global trade passes through the<br />

Gulfs of Oman, Aden and the Arabian Sea.<br />

Silent Partners: Razed Capital Georges Salo<br />

Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international<br />

government agency must prevent an activated North Korean<br />

sleeper agent from bringing the global financial system to its<br />

knees. Economic sanctions imposed on North Korea force its<br />

regime to execute this plot – destroy U.S. facilities that print<br />

and store money.<br />

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SUPERnormal Fraser Kee Scott<br />

A superhero and his arch-enemy are banished without their<br />

powers to Earth, where the hero, now living as a nerd, has to<br />

overcome his fear of losing everything again and, using what<br />

little power he has, stop his rich and successful nemesis from<br />

reaching power and destroying the world.<br />

To Be or Not To Be<br />

Iman Rahmanpour, Kaveh Aghaie, and Homa Ayati<br />

U.S. Army Corporal Rosa is stationed in Afghanistan where<br />

she is charged with being connected to Taliban terrorists. In<br />

order to deny her charges, she makes a personal connection<br />

with an Afghan family. This connection results in a series<br />

of unwanted and unexpected events occurring where she is<br />

positioned while she awaits her fate.<br />

Animation<br />

Hero in a Yellow Jacket Thomas Matzeit<br />

“The Fugitive” meets “A Bug’s Life” when a young wasp<br />

serving in a colony is wrongly accused of cowardice. Faced<br />

with a severe sentence, he sets out to prove his innocence and<br />

regain his life.<br />

Off Season Steve Hinkey and James Daniel McTague<br />

What do Santa, Reindeer, and Elves do in the off-season?<br />

Santa has become the wild and crazy toy-God materialist<br />

we want him to be – sleigh-setting, shape-shifting, folderol<br />

deluxe, Reindeer fops in tow. It takes a brave little girl, and the<br />

fiasco of nasty human debauchery careening towards destruction,<br />

to unleash Spirit back into Santa, saving Christmas.<br />

Phil Thomas Sturm<br />

A squirrel, a rat, and a ferret journey to Philadelphia from<br />

Western Pennsylvania on a Dalai Lama-like search for the<br />

chosen successor to the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil.<br />

Wishtoyo Warriors William Marquis<br />

A 9-year-old girl and her misfit friends embark on an epic<br />

adventure, ultimately fighting to save the world by fixing<br />

broken rainbows off-color from decades of pollution.<br />

Biographical<br />

Mrs. Smith, Mr. Shaw Wayne Mathias<br />

Lawrence of Arabia reinvents himself in the Royal Air Force<br />

as Aircraftman T.E. Shaw. His commander’s wife complicates<br />

his quest for redemption by falling in love with him.<br />

Sinclair Mike Tafuri<br />

After being the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature,<br />

Sinclair Lewis is called the greatest writer of his time,<br />

but in spite of his success, he lives a tumultuous life as he<br />

confronts alcoholism, mental illness, infidelity, and personal<br />

tragedy. This script explores the often outrageous life of this<br />

truly unusual and creative genius.


Comedy<br />

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Comedy<br />

Barnaby and Toke Tilden Moschetti<br />

Two stoners from the only remaining town in the middle of a<br />

post-apocalyptic wasteland are its only hope when its nuclear<br />

reactor goes offline. To save the town, the world, and get laid,<br />

they’ll have to battle through the hellscape road warriors,<br />

crazed mutants, and hipster cultists.<br />

Barrel Roll Robert Kirschten<br />

Framed and bankrupted by corrupt academic administrators,<br />

a distinguished professor of the history of 18th Century<br />

machines uses his 250-year-old gadgets to become the world’s<br />

most manic game show host. He then goes over Niagara Falls<br />

in a barrel to clear his name. Will he survive, and will he save<br />

his soul? (“Best Comedy” Woods Hole Film Festival 2011)<br />

The Bone Orchard Thom Mcintyre<br />

A WWI deserter turned gravedigger faces exposure unless<br />

he partners with a netherworld exec’s ghoulfriend to stop the<br />

killers flooding his purgatory depot with unscheduled souls.<br />

(Mel Brooks meets “Supernatural”)<br />

Brotherhood Neil McInnes<br />

Harvey Promfrey is a successful but lonely middle-aged<br />

romance novelist who lives in a resort for the over 50. When<br />

Harvey saves the life of his suicidal neighbor, a former Mafia<br />

godfather, his once-peaceful lifestyle is in turmoil. Suddenly,<br />

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But Seriously Folks Curtis Lofgren<br />

In 1977, after Richard Pryor blesses and champions the comedy<br />

team of James/Deen, it seems their act is rock solid, until<br />

one ill-fated night in Las Vegas, when Jeremy James and<br />

Debbie Deen deliver one of the most shockingly unforgettable<br />

nights in show business history, witnessed by the King<br />

of Comedy.<br />

Butt-Ugly Steven Aguilera<br />

The ridiculous problems of being a ridiculously sexy woman<br />

and a ridiculously ugly guy.<br />

Call Fat Tommy! Robert Chimento<br />

A tough guy promises his new age fiancée that he will never<br />

act violently again – until his needy, greedy neighbor forces<br />

them to face bankruptcy and homelessness.<br />

Citizen Jane Greg Joyce<br />

An unemployed woman runs for governor so she can pocket<br />

the “Clean Elections” money. Her plan goes awry when she<br />

inadvertently wins the primary.<br />

Communal Living J.M. Stifle<br />

What happens when a group of baby boomers with no pensions,<br />

no 401ks, and no plan are forced into retirement?<br />

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They start a commune, man. But can these fiercely independent,<br />

urban liberals find happiness in the wilds of the<br />

Kentucky hills – together? “Communal Living”: Think of it<br />

as America’s answer to “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” –<br />

without the elephants.<br />

Dad’s Big Day BrianMathew Kowalchuk<br />

A really, really, bold-spirited father gets blind-sided by his<br />

really, really unexpected job lay-off; so, his distracted family<br />

gloriously attempts to make the upcoming, and usually<br />

insignificant, Father’s Day celebration really, really, really<br />

important.<br />

The F.N.G.s Amber Jay Bessom-Cardenas<br />

Two young, black, best friends vow to stick together as they<br />

start their lives after graduation. Being the F.N.G.s (f***ing<br />

new guys) at their jobs won’t nearly be as difficult as remaining<br />

friends while working together.<br />

Fired Marcus Pierre<br />

A black man and a white man, who get fired on the same day<br />

from the same company, vow to go home to their wives with<br />

new jobs the same night – but get entangled in an FBI investigation,<br />

which leads to a day filed with shoot outs, chases, a<br />

dance-off, and the greatest time of their lives.<br />

Food Truckers Kevin McCabe<br />

Food truck fight! Scrambling to support their families, two<br />

jokesters bite off more than they can chew when they venture<br />

into the highly competitive and wacky food truck industry.<br />

Funny Water and Bob Jack Risin<br />

It was Easter, and Bob (Roberta, a Meg Ryan type) discovers<br />

some water that cures the flu and helps burn patients. Some<br />

mob wannabes kidnap members of her family for this secret.<br />

Oh, what a price they pay. (Suspense/Comedy; Book for<br />

adaptation)<br />

Global Warming Joan Macbeth<br />

A lonely scientist in the Arctic mistakes a sex-starved, shipwrecked<br />

alien woman for his new research assistant.<br />

Hose Jockeys<br />

Brooks Benjamin, Jason Benjamin, and Curt Willis<br />

A ragtag team of volunteer firefighters enters the 25th annual<br />

Firefighter Ultimate Challenge of Knoxville competition<br />

to save their department from a neighboring town and its<br />

money-hungry fire chief.<br />

Hotel School Robert Kirschten<br />

Two antagonistic stepbrothers, 25, each emotionally thinking<br />

himself Cinderella, compete to inherit a chain of hotels,<br />

depending on who finishes hotel school first. The good<br />

brother is a failed hippie, the evil brother a hotel corporate<br />

raider. Who will win, and will they live happily ever after?<br />

(Winner: Best Screenplay Red Wasp Film Festival. Finalist:<br />

Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival: 2011.)<br />

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Olson Brothers Option “Who Am I?”<br />

Obin and Amariah Olson optioned “Who Am I?” from<br />

Jupiter Makins after finding it on <strong>InkTip</strong>. The Olson<br />

Brothers are repped by Doug Johnston and Jason Burns<br />

at UTA, who discovered them on the strength of a film<br />

they directed from a script which they also found on<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>. Jupiter Makins has a background in television,<br />

but this is her first feature script option.<br />

Howard Nash Options “Martha Berry”<br />

Howard Nash with Starrunner LLC found “Martha<br />

Berry” through <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from writer Harry<br />

Musselwhite. Nash’s credits include “The Legends<br />

of Nethiah,” starring Robert Picardo. This is Harry<br />

Musselwhite’s first option through <strong>InkTip</strong>.<br />

Modalfish Options “Penis Envy”<br />

Alistair Ayres with Modalfish Productions found “Penis<br />

Envy” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Ian Hamilton.<br />

Ayres describes it as “Coen Brothers” meets “The Full<br />

Monty.” Hamilton is an Australian-based writer.<br />

Jennifer Johnson Options “The Passage”<br />

Jennifer Johnson found “The Passage” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and<br />

optioned it from writer Cassady Dixon. Jennifer is a<br />

UCLA MFA candidate, and she met writer Cassady<br />

through a call we put out to our writers. As part of the<br />

program, Jennifer will develop the script with Cassady<br />

over a 12 to 18 month period, after which time she will<br />

start pitching it to studios through the program and the<br />

UCLA alumni.<br />

Filmax Options “Slasher”<br />

Guillermo Tato Reig with Filmax found “Slasher” on<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Brad Helmink and John<br />

Rauschelbach. Adrià Monés will executive produce for<br />

Filmax, whose principals produced “The Machinist” and<br />

“Sleep Tight.” Brad Helmink is a director/writer and John<br />

Rauschelbach is his partner at Brothers Shamus Pictures.<br />

Gross-Weston Options “Teacher’s Pet”<br />

Marcy Gross and Ann Weston discovered “Teacher’s<br />

Pet” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Michael Part.<br />

Marcy and Ann, through their Gross-Weston Productions<br />

shingle, have produced 25 TV movies, a mini-series, and<br />

a feature film together in the last 20 years. Michael’s<br />

credits include “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court,” but this<br />

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Comedy – Crime/Murder/Mystery<br />

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I Need a Job DiMario Bell<br />

College degree? Check. Relevant experience? Check.<br />

Employed? Don’t be ridiculous. Frustration and desperation<br />

ensues when three friends (who are both educated and experienced)<br />

lose their jobs and have to face the very real struggles<br />

of landing a job in America’s hostile work environment. An<br />

R-rated episode of “Seinfeld” that thoughtfully addresses<br />

the sentiments shared by many frustrated underemployed<br />

Americans.<br />

It’s All Good Jacques Bailhé<br />

A Nobel Prize winning Dad in genetics tries to connect with<br />

his kids in this text message era.<br />

Loveband Nicola Pedrozzi<br />

Luke’s unoriginal idea? A brand new pop band to impress<br />

girls. Omar only agrees if penniless Vincent and banker Eric<br />

pitch in too.<br />

Lowdown Dirty Criminals David Brechin-Smith<br />

When a highly convoluted get-rich-quick plan goes horribly<br />

awry, best pals and wannabe gangsters, Freddy and Peng, find<br />

themselves in the worst kind of trouble with the baddest man<br />

in town.<br />

Maxed Out Jeffrey Hirschberg<br />

Faced with a crumbling economy and dead-end jobs, two<br />

slackers open dozens of pre-approved credit cards and reinvent<br />

themselves – either finding happiness, bankruptcy, or<br />

both. “Wedding Crashers” and “Superbad” in tone.<br />

Military Disco Patrick Connelly<br />

Two privates try to get themselves kicked out of the Army<br />

by pretending they’re gay and starting a dance club, but<br />

their plan backfires when the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy is<br />

repealed and the military leadership sees it as an opportunity<br />

to bolster recruitment.<br />

Nature King Marcus Dawson<br />

A lonely nature man risks losing it all if he doesn’t use his<br />

hairy canine senses to overthrow a notorious animal-smuggling<br />

ring run by blundering forest rangers.<br />

OJ’s Eleven Lawrence Riggins<br />

The satirical plight of the memorabilia dealer victim of the<br />

O.J. Simpson Las Vegas robbery that resulted in O.J.’s incarceration.<br />

A highly original star vehicle, the characters in this<br />

scumbag opera are larger-than-life and the result is a biting<br />

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true story of professional sports, fraudulent shysters, media<br />

circuses, and a criminal justice system desperately in need of<br />

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Passion Power Vivian Lermond<br />

An unemployed male factory worker from the Rust Belt<br />

breaks down gender barriers in the “good old girl” world of<br />

cosmetic sales.<br />

A Pizza the Action Alan Nicol<br />

An absent-minded American student finds a dream summer<br />

job on the Mediterranean and is soon the unwitting target<br />

for a band of veteran, WWII resistance fighters, desperate to<br />

protect their local heritage.<br />

The Psychic Linebacker George Kral<br />

An in-the-closet gay psychic joins a college football team<br />

of misfits coached by a homophobic, philandering Bible<br />

thumper on the verge of being fired, and with his clairvoyant<br />

ability he knows what plays the opposing team is going to run<br />

and takes the team to the championship game.<br />

Reality Cheque Georges Salo<br />

A brilliant, non-conformist computer hacker works at deadend<br />

jobs in a way that forces his contemporaries to face their<br />

failure. Until one day he meets a woman that can match his<br />

intellect, and his whole world changes – or does it?<br />

Soldier of Missed Fortune Georges Salo<br />

The U.S. government creates a modern-day bionic man on a<br />

shoestring budget.<br />

The Treasure of Leon Jones Curtis Torchia<br />

A desperate man is on a mission to find a treasure hidden in a<br />

storage unit somewhere in L.A.<br />

Uncle Steamroller & Champion Rabbit<br />

BrianMathew Kowalchuk<br />

A disgruntled, one-armed, Iraq war veteran and a nearly destitute,<br />

short-tempered lawyer launch inept plans to rob a Brinks<br />

truck; but their prayers are seemingly answered when gang<br />

members get involved.<br />

Where the...Is My Brother? Georges Salo<br />

When a hitman’s developmentally challenged brother is kidnapped<br />

as part of what seems to be a larger mob conspiracy,<br />

he vows to save him and bring those responsible to justice.<br />

Zombies of God Kirby Mason<br />

Jesus is risen! And He’s not alone! After Satan sabotages<br />

Jesus’ crucifixion, His Second Coming as a zombie to<br />

modern-day L.A. leads to endless hijinks and horror as Jesus<br />

and Satan battle for the bodies and souls of mankind!<br />

Crime/Murder/Mystery<br />

A Bullet for Jesus George Perez<br />

A rage-filled homicide detective enlists the help of his loosecannon<br />

partner in avenging the brutal slaying of a child murder<br />

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witness, in the process jeopardizing his career, marriage, and<br />

what’s left of his sanity. (Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting<br />

screenplay. Writer optioned two screenplays in 2011; one to a<br />

Goya award-winning director/producer from Spain)<br />

Cheat Phillip McKechnie<br />

An unfaithful married couple are held to ransom in their<br />

secluded country cottage by an unknown kidnapper, who is<br />

keeping their 5-year-old daughter in a secret location.<br />

Crossword Robert Kirschten<br />

Falsely accused, a NYC sports reporter, 35, uncovers clues<br />

to murders and to the theft of millions of dollars of Hudson<br />

River Valley landscape paintings in a crossword puzzle played<br />

like a TV game show. Or “The Thin Man” plays “Clue” in<br />

“Halloween.” (Quarter Finalist 2011 Creative World Awards<br />

Screenplay Contest.)<br />

Echoes from the Past Pat Patterson<br />

Federal agents storm an Atlanta classroom and arrest Carl<br />

Truitt, a high school teacher, for a murder committed in his<br />

hometown 30 years ago. Investigators discover evidence of<br />

dual identities and a life of deceit. His wife sells their home<br />

and follows Carl back to his hometown, where she battles<br />

corrupt officials, greedy lawyers, poverty, and eventually<br />

homelessness to prove his innocence.<br />

The Embalmer Peter Drumbl<br />

A down-and-out reporter is given the chance to save her<br />

career by finding a serial killer who is ritualistically mummifying<br />

young women.<br />

High Stakes Raymond Gill<br />

A homicide cop with a gambling problem bets with friends<br />

that his “perfect brother,” whom he hates, is capable of cheating<br />

on his wife. His brother takes the bait and accompanies a<br />

high-class prostitute to a hotel, but things take a sinister turn<br />

when the brother begs for the cop’s help after the prostitute is<br />

found strangled in his room.<br />

Housewives Intent Derahonon Djedje<br />

A detective investigates the murder of eleven women and<br />

complicates the case by falling for one of the victims’ husbands,<br />

a prime suspect.<br />

Jersey Girls Vincent Montez<br />

The Jersey Girls take on a young mobster and hit him where<br />

it really hurts!<br />

Morbus Novus Thomas Matzeit<br />

As an idealistic attorney uncovers a plot not meant to be<br />

uncovered, his moral values are pushed to the limit.<br />

The Mosel Legacy David Peretz<br />

A New York cop, selling his father’s Viennese Secession<br />

furniture, finds himself in the midst of a neo-Nazi conspiracy<br />

reaching into his family’s past. “The Mosel Legacy,” based<br />

on my novel, is described by Ann Edwards (novelist/author,<br />

“Streisand: A Biography”) as “page-turner goes straight to<br />

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Alan Chu Options “Backpack”<br />

Alan Chu with Childhooddreams Productions<br />

discovered “Backpack” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from<br />

Josh Buxton. Alan produced the feature “The Art of<br />

War” with Wesley Snipes. This is writer Josh’s second<br />

option through <strong>InkTip</strong> in the last two months.<br />

Joseph Nasser Options “Final Girl”<br />

Joseph Nasser with the Nasser Entertainment Group<br />

found “Final Girl” through <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it<br />

from writing team Alejandro Seri, Stephen Scarlatta<br />

and Johnny T. Silver. In a first, it was actually one<br />

of Nasser’s partners who discovered the writers and<br />

brought the script to Joe and director Tyler Shields.<br />

“Final Girl” is now in pre-production with Prospect Park<br />

on board and Abigail Breslin attached in the lead role.<br />

Alejandro Seri is an an executive at Final Draft.<br />

Sherry Robb Discovers Kate Queen<br />

Sherry Robb with The Robb Company met Kate Queen<br />

through <strong>InkTip</strong> and signed to rep her as her literary<br />

manager. Since then, Sherry negotiated a deal for Kate’s<br />

romantic comedy script, “The Rebound Girl,” which<br />

begins filming this summer.<br />

Shawn Chou Options “Mesmerized”<br />

Shawn Chou with SC Productions, Inc. found<br />

“Mesmerized” on <strong>InkTip</strong> and optioned it from Mark<br />

Spellman. Shawn has put together a slate of horror<br />

features. Mark is a U.K.-based writer.<br />

Greg Carter Options “Mack Daddy”<br />

Producer Greg Carter with Nexus Entertainment<br />

optioned “Mack Daddy” from Christy Lavalais after<br />

discovering the script through <strong>InkTip</strong>. Greg’s credits<br />

include “Dysfunctional Friends”; the award-winning<br />

docudrama about the Hurricane Katrina disaster,<br />

“Water’s Rising”; and “1 out of 7,” which recently<br />

screened at the 2012 SXSW film festival. Christy is a<br />

rising filmmaker herself, with some short films under<br />

her belt. This is her first option through <strong>InkTip</strong>.<br />

the heart and the conscience.” Berkshire Eagle: “adventurous,<br />

plot-driven cop thriller interweaves themes of justice, retribution,<br />

heritage, identity.”<br />

No Fury Kenneth Offricht<br />

A hard-core detective enlists the help of his psychologist girlfriend<br />

to profile a series of seemingly unrelated murders, only<br />

to discover that she fits the profile.


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Director/Producer Rosser Goodman was once mentioned<br />

in The Hollywood Reporter as one of the Five in Focus<br />

film directors to watch. With the release of her latest<br />

film, Love or Whatever, she gives audiences a new<br />

romantic comedy with the universal theme of finding love,<br />

which all audiences can relate to regardless of the main<br />

character’s sexual orientation.<br />

Rosser’s previous films have not only<br />

had national and foreign distribution<br />

through companies like The Sundance<br />

Film Channel, PBS, <strong>HERE</strong>! TV, among<br />

others, but they have also acquired a<br />

number of accolades from various film<br />

festivals around the world. There is no<br />

surprise that she didn’t shy away from<br />

finding a universal story with a fringe<br />

audience element. She was looking for<br />

a gay script and found the right one<br />

on <strong>InkTip</strong>. “We knew we were not<br />

looking for coming out stories, gay<br />

weddings, or babies. There are a ton<br />

of these types of movies flooding the<br />

gay market already,” she stated. Love<br />

or Whatever was written by successful<br />

playwright and author Dennis Bush.<br />

Rosser found the script “fun, witty,<br />

original, sweet, and charming.” She<br />

also knew portraying a bi-sexual storyline<br />

in a gay film was something she<br />

was interested in, and Dennis’s script<br />

had it covered.<br />

The film focuses on Corey, a neurotic<br />

therapist whose life seems perfect on<br />

paper: a successful career and a hot<br />

boyfriend. But when his boyfriend, Jon,<br />

dumps him for a woman, Corey’s wild<br />

journey of self-discovery leads him to a<br />

GRINDR connection, Pete, and a lifechanging<br />

choice: Love or Whatever.<br />

Dennis did a rewrite and polish based<br />

on casting ideas, location changes, and<br />

other elements. Rosser said that Dennis<br />

was “absolutely charming, a good person<br />

and a very, very hard worker.”<br />

After he completed his contract, Rosser<br />

brought in screenwriter Cait Brennan<br />

for some rewrites. “We found Caitie<br />

through a friend and she was the perfect<br />

match for Dennis’ script,” said<br />

Rosser. “In subsequent drafts we integrated<br />

a lesbian sub-storyline by making<br />

Corey’s sister gay and quite promiscuous.<br />

Again, one of the goals of the<br />

film was to be as inclusive as possible<br />

so the film could reach wider queer<br />

audiences. GRINDR entered the picture<br />

soon after producer Gio Messale joined<br />

the team.” The film was produced by<br />

Rosser’s company, KGB FILMS, in<br />

association with Gime Productions. In<br />

addition to directing the feature, Rosser<br />

also produced the script with Gio and<br />

Camillia Monet.<br />

The film stars Tyler Poelle (Dose of<br />

Reality; Scavengers; Skid Marks),<br />

Jennifer Elise Cox (The Brady Bunch<br />

Movie; A Very Brady Sequel), Joel<br />

Rush (Days of Our Lives; Off Their<br />

Rockers), David Wilson Page (Glee),<br />

Corey (Tyler Poelle) and Pete<br />

(Joel Rush) in a moment of love instead<br />

of whatever<br />

Jenica Bergere (The Faculty; Men<br />

Behaving Badly), and Kate Flannery<br />

(The Office). Rosser described the<br />

casting process as the most challenging<br />

but rewarding aspect of the preproduction.<br />

Steve Maisel (CSA)<br />

jumped onboard as casting director,<br />

and they found the perfect ensemble<br />

for the film. Rosser said, “Our entire<br />

cast came together beautifully and<br />

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Corey (Tyler Poelle) and Pete (Joel<br />

Rush) look out over Los Angeles<br />

blew away our expectations. Not only<br />

had we found the perfect actor for<br />

each role, but there was a flow among<br />

this cast that was truly electrifying …<br />

the cast loved each other. They were<br />

hilarious every day. I think David<br />

Wilson Page (Jon) made up a song<br />

called Love or Whatever and had<br />

everyone singing it one night our first<br />

week in production.” And Rosser’s<br />

background in theater, which defines<br />

her as an actor’s director, helped<br />

capture the performances she needed.<br />

However, it was her experience as<br />

a first assistant director on projects<br />

for J.J. Abrams, Universal, Disney,<br />

Paramount, Dreamworks, HBO, MTV,<br />

Dimension and Lionsgate that allowed<br />

her to produce and direct a twelve-day<br />

feature shoot. The short schedule was<br />

the biggest hurdle for this production.<br />

“Every single day was so stressful,”<br />

Rosser said. “We wanted to shoot the<br />

whole script and not just end up cutting<br />

scene after scene because we ran<br />

out of time. We did shoot the whole<br />

screenplay; I think we only dropped<br />

about two scenes. In the end, we had a<br />

two-hour movie which we cut down to<br />

90 minutes.”<br />

One day was especially stressful for<br />

Rosser. As the film shot in Griffith<br />

Park, she hadn’t been able to secure a<br />

location for the next three days. “So,<br />

there I am shooting all day at Griffith<br />

with a huge company move followed<br />

by a mini-move and all daylight<br />

dependent and no clue if we were<br />

Tyler Poelle as Corey and Jennifer Elise Cox as Kelsey<br />

going to have to shut down production<br />

and risk not finishing the film,” she<br />

explained. “Surprisingly I was calm.<br />

I think I just blocked out how dire our<br />

situation was and chose to do the best<br />

thing I could do, which was focus on<br />

the shoot day we were in. Needless to<br />

say, in the eleventh hour, a location was<br />

miraculously found and we got to keep<br />

shooting! … I think the abundance of<br />

good luck we had stood out to me the<br />

most. We had very little money and<br />

very little time, but we kicked ass. So,<br />

I guess to be specific, it was the strong<br />

spirit of our cast and crew. The cast<br />

especially had a synergy that exceeded<br />

my expectations. They each loved the<br />

script. And the whole cast was just so<br />

naturally funny.”<br />

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When asked, Rosser didn’t hesitate<br />

to state that her heart lies with directing.<br />

“I love working with the actors<br />

and all that they bring, setting up the<br />

shots and camera moves – for me it’s<br />

where a lot of the magic happens.” But<br />

there are perks to producing your own<br />

film. One aspect of pre-production that<br />

Rosser cherished was being able to<br />

develop the script versus being handed<br />

90 pages and told to go shoot it.<br />

Love or Whatever is already in film<br />

festivals across the country and soon<br />

internationally. The distribution is<br />

a hybrid model that will maximize<br />

revenue from various platforms like<br />

festivals, DVD, VOD, digital, and theatrical.<br />

With marketing for the film<br />

underway, Rosser is turning her attention<br />

to her next project. She is currently<br />

looking for limited-location, ensemble<br />

horror/thrillers with a strong female<br />

lead. But she doesn’t want the same<br />

plot that’s been circulating for years.<br />

Her advice to screenwriters is, “[do]<br />

the unexpected, don’t tell tired old<br />

stories that have been made a thousand<br />

times. Go out on a limb and do what no<br />

one has done before.<br />

“[I] love everyone over at <strong>InkTip</strong> and<br />

want to thank all the writers who keep<br />

fighting to get their stuff out there.”<br />

Perhaps she will find it again on <strong>InkTip</strong>.<br />

By Chris Cookson


Crime/Murder/Mystery – Drama<br />

16<br />

More Scripts –<br />

Grouped by Genre (continued)<br />

Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Nectar of Passion<br />

Georges Salo<br />

The Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit is created under the auspices of<br />

the department of Homeland Security. A tsunami washes bodies<br />

on shore, and PATU is asked to assist in solving this bizarre<br />

set of murders which unveil a nefarious and sinister plot in the<br />

making. Can PATU decipher and terminate the plot in time?<br />

Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Drug Habit<br />

Georges Salo<br />

A young girl promises her parents who are dying of cancer<br />

that she’ll find a cure. As an adult, she fulfils her promise<br />

when she discovers a vaccine that resets a cell’s DNA, obliterating<br />

its cancer-causing retrovirus. Her pharmaceutical<br />

company wants it back. Terrorists need it. Criminals covet it.<br />

She’ll risk her life delivering it to the world.<br />

Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Reap the Harvest Georges Salo<br />

A criminal, needing an entry point for his weapons and drugs,<br />

finances a Honolulu mayor’s re-election campaign. Upon winning<br />

it, the mayor reneges on his deal. He’s dispatched –<br />

replaced with his compliant deputy mayor. PATU must solve two<br />

seemingly unrelated events in order to stop the proliferation of<br />

weapons and drugs. Are they too late; does he reap his harvest?<br />

Paralyzed: A Facebook Tragedy (True Story)<br />

Marie Braden and Taishon Cassell<br />

A Facebook argument turns for the worse when a man is disrespected<br />

on the popular social network. (Book for adaptation)<br />

The People V. God Paul Undari<br />

A lawyer defends a young girl charged with murdering her<br />

parents, but she claims she didn’t kill her parents – God did!<br />

What if she’s telling the truth?<br />

Redemption Georges Salo<br />

After a powerful drug lord wipes out his competition, he<br />

goes after the only man that stands in his way of taking over<br />

Manhattan – a decorated New York City detective.<br />

Running from the Mafia Lucas Baker<br />

The Mafia goes after an innocent man who figures out a murder<br />

and the man survives. (Based on a true story)<br />

Shadow Machine Thomas Hayes<br />

In a future where the content of a deceased person’s brain<br />

can be downloaded into a computer system, the headstrong<br />

CEO/inventor of the computer struggles to find out why the<br />

system has stopped working, only to discover that it’s due to<br />

a murder committed two decades before.<br />

Three Keys for Emily Ron Gephart<br />

Emily Rhodes is the only child of a racially mixed couple.<br />

When her college professor father dies violently under mys-<br />

terious circumstances, she is forced to come to terms with her<br />

mother, the meaning and ownership of her father’s art, and<br />

her own racial identity.<br />

Y Anas Mohna<br />

After a series of coincidences, an extraordinary serial killer<br />

finds himself face to face against a narcissistic police detective<br />

and a furious mob head, in a conflict of principles and values.<br />

Drama<br />

25 Cents Dane Gibson<br />

Jerry always believed he was destined for greatness. But after<br />

20 years as a city bus driver, he wonders where it all went<br />

wrong. An encounter with Ponzi schemer, Wilson Reid, leads<br />

to a friendship that promises Jerry a road to his dreams. Only<br />

after he loses everything does he realize having a rich life has<br />

nothing to do with money.<br />

The Abandonment Steven Sirbu<br />

A plot-twisting romantic drama with an ending that you will<br />

never expect. “Bonnie and Clyde” meets “The Sting.”<br />

The Alchemist Dan Del Campos<br />

A successful young writer’s life drastically changes after a<br />

near-death experience.<br />

Along the Way Alejandro Leopardi<br />

A bright, motivated high school senior succumbs to the overwhelming<br />

pressures of growing up, choosing to cope in the<br />

wrong ways.<br />

Bader Field; How My Family Survived Suicide Carl David<br />

The powerful story of an idyllic 1960s American family devastated<br />

when one of their sons takes his life, and their remarkable<br />

journey to survive without answers. Shown through the<br />

vivid visions of the youngest child, now a parent himself,<br />

who was then just 16. A superbly evocative portrayal of love,<br />

forgiveness and acceptance. Emotionally gripping and highly<br />

inspirational. (Book for adaption)<br />

Bitsy’s Labyrinth Mary Andonian<br />

Summer is spiraling for 13-year-old Bitsy Johnson. Dad’s<br />

gone. Mom has just dug up their farmland to build a labyrinth.<br />

Sister Ellen is becoming a pre-AA version of Mom. And then<br />

there’s Nick. How can Bitsy depend on any of them, or God<br />

for that matter, when they don’t seem to have her best interests<br />

at heart?<br />

Blood Chain Deborah Wolfe<br />

Based on true events, “Blood Chain” is about a young, strongwilled<br />

woman who risks her life to expose the corruption<br />

behind America’s factory farms, despite harsh resistance from<br />

the USDA.<br />

The Canoe John Gentile<br />

After a tragic accident, former Blues legend Martin Santone<br />

contemplates suicide while hiding out in a remote coastal village<br />

in British Columbia. He meets Jimmy, a mysterious old<br />

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Kwakiutl shaman, who teaches Martin about hope and redemption<br />

while teaching him to build a traditional cedar canoe.<br />

Martin completes the circle when he teaches a Kwakiutl boy<br />

how to play the blues.<br />

City Girl Iris Crenshaw<br />

An inspirational, fulfilling, yet sometimes tragic journey for<br />

Iris Crenshaw who grows up in the Red Hook projects in<br />

Brooklyn, New York, graduates from college and graduate<br />

school, and re-evaluates her life and priorities when her mother<br />

is diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. (Book for adaptation)<br />

Crazy Does It JoAnn Mears<br />

After a failed private practice, a female psychiatrist moves to<br />

New York to work at a State Mental Hospital, where her six<br />

male patients’ broken minds are far from her reach. Then the<br />

unfortunate tides turn as she witnesses her husband’s sudden<br />

tragic death, and now she will try to heal her patients as well<br />

as herself.<br />

Curtains Darlene Lofgren<br />

A woman who learns on her mother’s death that she’s the<br />

granddaughter of a silent film star poses as a maid on her<br />

grandmother’s estate, trying to discover why her own mother<br />

hid the truth of their heritage – but her quest is interrupted by<br />

a murder which leads to the uncovering of an even greater<br />

masquerade. (Set in the 1970s)<br />

Dave Smith: Carbon Police Guy Bickel<br />

Vigilante carbon-cop Dave Smith’s secret battle against the<br />

unjust carbon and obesity laws turns humorously blue when a<br />

programming mishap physically connects his sexy cell phone<br />

avatar with his new girlfriend.<br />

Dreams of Ascension Adam Travis<br />

Torn between two women, a biochemistry grad student loses<br />

his grip on reality and slips into dreams of cosmic ascension.<br />

Emma Mae Street Hood Curtis Henderson<br />

This unnerving drama tells the fictional story about Emma<br />

Mae’s return and her notorious fight to defend her fiancé, who<br />

was wrongfully convicted and put behind bars for the murder<br />

of three women.<br />

Exotic Karinthal Thomas McCray<br />

A troubled teen wants to be independent but can’t leave her<br />

niece and nephews at her mother’s alcohol- and turmoil-infested<br />

house. Life at home is bad, but life away from home is worse.<br />

The Fall Tamra Teig and Michael Lipoma<br />

When her son is falsely imprisoned for murder, an East Berlin<br />

housewife is coerced into spying to save him, and becomes the<br />

catalyst in the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Based on actual events)<br />

Fallen Angel Brian Hunt<br />

After a daredevil protest leaves an environmental activist<br />

dead, organizer Lauren Taylor flees in shame, harboring a<br />

secret. Stranded in a quirky Ozarks town, she learns to face<br />

her demons and returns to her activist roots.<br />

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Flying Beaver Don French<br />

A young woman’s adventurous journey of discovery in the<br />

wilds of the Pacific Northwest.<br />

Fortune Smiles Noelle Foster<br />

A Chinese immigrant family wreaks havoc in a small southern<br />

town when they serve fortune cookies that come true.<br />

Friction Shane Baker and Lauren Correia<br />

With success, looks, and an endless array of women, Drew<br />

has always appeared to be everyone’s All-American; however,<br />

his outward appearance belies his inner torment of an<br />

abusive past that threatens to consume him.<br />

If You Knew Susie Jo Andrews<br />

Whatever Susie wants, Susie gets. Usually!<br />

In Mexico Art Zapata<br />

Sometimes the only way to find yourself is to lose yourself.<br />

In the Corner of the Room Abdul Hamdache<br />

Shy as a kid, an aspiring teenage artist must overcome his<br />

social phobia and seek therapy to achieve his dream of<br />

becoming a professional painter.<br />

Junk Boy Dan Doyle<br />

During the devastating polio epidemic of 1946, a boy’s obsession<br />

with a teenage girl leads to acts of love beyond the grave<br />

as he and his black, ex-boxer friend commit heart-wrenching<br />

sacrificial killings.<br />

Mr. Sandy C. Laws Thomas Gatus<br />

A complacent Santa receives an unofficial invitation to join<br />

the economically troubled 21st Century in the form of a chilly<br />

Wall Street eviction notice.<br />

No More Weekends Tijs van Marle<br />

High school is an entangled mini-society where everybody<br />

plays the part he’s given. When freshman Andy decides not<br />

to fit in, he starts a domino effect that touches everybody in a<br />

high school ensemble that can only derail and crash.<br />

Repatriation Janelle Dessaint Kimura<br />

In an unprecedented global power shift, Sarah, an American<br />

photographer in Tokyo, is forced to leave her Japanese husband<br />

behind when world governments methodically join<br />

together to repatriate all citizens to their country of racial<br />

origin, creating an artificial “post racial” world. She risks<br />

everything to circumvent the new world order to raise her<br />

children in a diverse, secure location.<br />

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Right Hand Man Thomas Ward<br />

Upon the news of his young daughter’s death, a former pastor<br />

who’s lost his faith must make the long journey home to face<br />

his demons, trying to remain sober along the way.<br />

Road to Reunion Miles Ledoux<br />

A young man wants to inherit a fortune; to do so, he’ll have to<br />

drive across the country, find seven relatives he’s never met,<br />

and convince them to help him. In two weeks.<br />

The Runner Daniel Baig<br />

“Memento” meets “Traffic.” An American drug smuggler living<br />

in Tijuana, Mexico finds himself on the run after a drug<br />

deal goes bad.<br />

Seven Days in Argentina Stephen Quigley<br />

Sent to Buenos Aires in December 2001, as the economy and<br />

government in Argentina crumbled, a Canadian aboriginal<br />

man uncovers the truth about his long-lost sister, who had<br />

disappeared from a Catholic-operated residential school 35<br />

years earlier.<br />

Shadowboxing the Mob Lou Buttino<br />

Based on the true story of legendary world welterweight and<br />

middleweight champion Carmen Basilio whose toughest<br />

opponent was outside the ring. The mob ruled boxing, but<br />

Basilio could not be bought – and it cost him plenty in time,<br />

money, and a shot at the title.<br />

The Sins of My Brother Ian Hamilton<br />

When a woman’s brother murders her husband, she arms<br />

herself and hunts her brother down, torn between vengeance<br />

and pity.<br />

Sky Blue David Silverthorn<br />

Inspired from an article that ran in an 1888 copy of The New<br />

York Times, two female lovers struggle in secret to raise a<br />

family.<br />

The Taj Kristen Maree Cleary<br />

When the world stood still on September 11th, New Yorkers<br />

mobilized in a massive volunteer effort to rescue and recover<br />

victims, not knowing how their own lives would be changed,<br />

or what price they might pay down the road.<br />

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Trifecta James Pope<br />

As he ascends the corporate ladder, three generations of<br />

women from the same family turn to him for their emotional<br />

support and physical gratification.<br />

UnderDogs Mike De Luz<br />

Take one part “Benji,” mix in a runner’s version of “Rocky,”<br />

and top it off with a fresh teen romance! (Based on a true<br />

story)<br />

The Voice Within Nathan O’Callaghan<br />

A teenage girl with no hope dreams of running away.<br />

A boy with no voice runs from his past. Together they can<br />

make a future.<br />

Wages of Sin Shirley Hassen<br />

When both parents are killed in a motor accident, threeyear-old<br />

Peter is placed in an orphanage. Abused by a male<br />

teacher, it is at age 16 that he leaves the orphanage. Wanting<br />

to end his life, he accidently meets the suicidal Karen. Both<br />

make a pact to end their lives on a certain day; meanwhile,<br />

they live a life of debauchery, thieving, and killings.<br />

Wife After Death Alan Nicol<br />

A lonely middle-aged man is given a death sentence and<br />

quickly finds love and happiness. But is he set for a bittersweet<br />

passing, or one final nightmare?<br />

Wish You Were Here Shirley Hassen and Gregory Ross<br />

In her early 40s, Julia English married a man who loved her<br />

more than she loved him. Bored with her married life, she<br />

decides to begin an imaginary flirtation (by mail) and so going<br />

to the library looks up a copy of the telephone book and picks a<br />

name at random. Daniel Prosser is the unfortunate fellah.<br />

Ziya David Caidar and Meitav Marom<br />

Ziya is a high school teenager left blinded by bullying that<br />

shattered her dream to be a ballerina. However, the aggressor<br />

reconciles with Ziya, and she convinces him to be a partner in<br />

a ballet duet to gain entrance into a prestigious ballet school<br />

to fulfill her dream.<br />

Family<br />

Stealing First Joan Golden and Cynthia Drew<br />

A baseball prodigy hires the best coach he can find to help<br />

him get to the major league – problem is, the coach is black<br />

– and it’s 1957.<br />

Fantasy<br />

And Death Shall Have No Dominion<br />

Sandra R. Corkins-Schmidt<br />

After being regressed to a past-life as a 1904 archaeologist,<br />

present-day Maude races against time to find the Artifact<br />

that could either save the world or destroy it. As two sworn<br />

enemies compete with her to find the object, Maude suddenly<br />

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finds herself working with Gregory, a stranger who seems<br />

like her other half. (Quarterfinalist in Fade-In, Top 25% Page)<br />

Demon Apocalypse Chester Davis<br />

In the aftermath of a war between demonic invaders and<br />

humanity, a wandering warrior tries to defend one of the last<br />

islands of civilization on Earth.<br />

The Duty of Love Anne Eng<br />

A princess, desperate to save her parents’ kingdom and her<br />

brother from an overpowering court matron, joins forces<br />

with an inept wizard and his two rats, changed by unstable<br />

spells into humans. Together, this unlikely foursome meet in<br />

a deadly combat with the court matron in a banquet turned<br />

into mayhem.<br />

Jess and Zoey Lucas Baker<br />

When a young girl finds a book of magic which dates back<br />

to the Salem Witch Trials, it starts her on an adventure which<br />

leads to eventually facing an evil witch in a distant Mexican<br />

village and trying to save her kidnapped younger sister.<br />

Neptune’s Empire (Part 1 of the Player’s Chronicles)<br />

Sandra R. Corkins-Schmidt<br />

When Tiffany James’ lover Edward is time-snatched during<br />

their 1911 performance of Macbeth, Tiffany enlists the help<br />

of Inspector Greenstone and their theatre’s well-meaning but<br />

tortured ghost, Harvey, to bring Edward back from the future.<br />

(Quarter-Finalist in current Fade-In Competition)<br />

Rex Francis Williams<br />

A newly hatched baby T-Rex dinosaur thinks a 12-year-old<br />

girl (tween) is his mother and bonds with her – to the point<br />

of never letting her out of his sight – and eventually becomes<br />

her house pet.<br />

Timeless Millie Raphael<br />

A grieving history student sets out on a mystical race through<br />

time to help a young Abraham Lincoln overcome a devastating<br />

death or risk changing the course of history. (Fantasy/<br />

Drama/Thriller)<br />

What’s Past Is Prologue (Part 2 of the Player’s Chronicles)<br />

Sandra R. Corkins-Schmidt<br />

When Theo Burke starts to see ghosts, she thinks it’s just<br />

because of her health problems, but soon realizes that not<br />

only has she met two real ghosts, but they are time travelers<br />

and know her from her future. Soon, her future is affecting<br />

her present in ways she could never have imagined. (Part 2 of<br />

“The Player’s Chronicles”)<br />

Horror<br />

Based on a Nightmare Christopher Hruby<br />

An embittered college student learns from a famous horror<br />

novelist the ability to enter and observe nightmares, and<br />

unwillingly unleashes them on those closest to him, including<br />

his own horror, a movie monster called “The Spectre.”


& with<br />

20<br />

Q A<br />

Love or Whatever<br />

Screenwriter<br />

Dennis Bush<br />

Playwright Dennis Bush has had a strong career in the<br />

theater. He has had 19 plays and eight monologue<br />

collections published, worked as a coach for actors and<br />

writers, has had a number of his stage plays produced<br />

throughout numerous countries, including the U.S.,<br />

Canada, South Africa, and the U.K., and his recent<br />

plays Like a Man and In the Sack are gearing up for<br />

a commercial run in New York. Now Dennis can add<br />

produced screenwriter to his extensive credits. His<br />

romantic comedy Love or Whatever was discovered on<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong> by producer/director Rosser Goodman. We had a<br />

chance to talk to Dennis about his inspiration for the script<br />

and what works he has planned for the future.<br />

For these and many more scripts go to our website: www.<strong>InkTip</strong>.com


<strong>InkTip</strong>: You write stage plays, short<br />

stories, scripts, all kinds of work.<br />

When it comes to screenwriting, do<br />

you prefer to write one style of genre<br />

over another?<br />

Dennis Bush: In all my writing (plays,<br />

screenplays, short fiction, poetry), I<br />

work in a variety of styles and genres.<br />

Each project has a different feel. I’m<br />

drawn to the place where comedy<br />

and tragedy intersect. Audiences may<br />

think they “know” a writer based on<br />

one script or screenplay, but that’s<br />

like saying you know somebody after<br />

a five-minute conversation at party.<br />

I want my work to appeal to a wide<br />

range of people with a variety of life<br />

experiences.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: Love or Whatever revolves<br />

around a gay man’s quest for romance.<br />

How do you think the story will relate<br />

to all audiences?<br />

Dennis Bush: I wanted to blend<br />

romance and comedy in that way that<br />

so often happens in real life – once we<br />

have some distance from it and can see<br />

the seemingly tragic moments for the<br />

funny and absurd experiences that they<br />

were. I wanted Corey to be someone<br />

both men and women could relate to.<br />

While Corey’s sexual orientation is<br />

gay, I think his struggle to find love<br />

and direction in his life can – and will<br />

– resonate with all kinds of audiences.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: How did you come up with<br />

the story?<br />

Dennis Bush: I wanted to create a<br />

romantic comedy that explored how<br />

being open to new and different people<br />

can lead us to love. We get so mired<br />

in ideas of “my type” and “what I’m<br />

into” that we miss having life-changing<br />

experiences and relationships with<br />

incredible people.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: The script was given to Cait<br />

Brennan for a rewrite. Some writers<br />

get nervous when another writer is<br />

brought in to do a pass on their script.<br />

How did the process go for you and did<br />

you like the changes that were made?<br />

Dennis Bush: My contract included<br />

one rewrite and one polish, which I<br />

completed, based on casting ideas,<br />

location changes, and incorporating<br />

a marketing partner’s app as part of<br />

the plot. As the development process<br />

moved forward, I was at work on<br />

several other projects (as happens in<br />

the business), along with my coaching<br />

and consulting commitments. Rosser<br />

and I talked, at length, about ideas for<br />

additional changes. Bringing Cait on<br />

board was just like adding some wonderful<br />

new spices to the recipe that was<br />

already in place. We work in a collaborative<br />

business, and Rosser and producer<br />

Gio Messale have been wonderful<br />

about making sure that everyone’s<br />

contributions have been included, recognized,<br />

and celebrated.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: Were you excited by the casting<br />

and other elements for the film?<br />

Dennis Bush: I’m very pleased.<br />

Casting director Steve Maisel did an<br />

outstanding job. Tyler Poelle, who<br />

plays Corey, is wonderful. All the lead<br />

and featured actors do excellent work,<br />

but Tyler has such a broad range of<br />

emotions to play as Corey, and he does<br />

it superbly.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: Have you been able to see it<br />

yet?<br />

Dennis Bush: I saw the film at the<br />

world premiere at the Frameline festival<br />

in San Francisco on June 20th.<br />

Rosser has done a beautiful job. All<br />

the production elements are very well<br />

done. Rosser, Gio, and Camillia Sanes<br />

Monet (another one of the producers)<br />

put together an exceptional team and<br />

everyone brought their A game to the<br />

project. For the premiere, we had a full<br />

house at the historic Castro Theatre<br />

and the audience response was overwhelming.<br />

There was so much enthusiasm.<br />

Frameline is such an exceptional<br />

organization and the audiences at the<br />

Castro are passionate and engaged. It<br />

was an incredible experience.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: What advice can you give<br />

other writers who are trying to get their<br />

foot in the door?<br />

Dennis Bush: Write, write, write.<br />

Don’t wait for your work to be “discovered.”<br />

Put it out there. And gather a<br />

group of honest friends and colleagues<br />

who can read your work and give you<br />

feedback as you’re writing.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: What are you working on<br />

now?<br />

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Dennis Bush: I’m working on a new<br />

screenplay, Tristan, about a boy who<br />

has to figure out how to handle an<br />

abusive situation, when no one around<br />

him seems to be able – or want – to<br />

help. I’m working on a collaboration<br />

with award-winning director Matt<br />

MacDonald. On the theatre side, I’m<br />

completing a comedy/drama, Civilized<br />

People, about a sister and brother in<br />

their 20s who are faced with the fallout<br />

of the events of their childhood and<br />

teen years. I’m also working on a new<br />

one-act called Opening Doors. In addition,<br />

I continue to coach other writers<br />

and work with actors, as well.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: Anything you would like to<br />

add?<br />

Dennis Bush: I’d like to thank <strong>InkTip</strong><br />

for their enthusiastic support of my<br />

work … It was the resource that connected<br />

a director/producer with my<br />

screenplay – and quite quickly. I have<br />

been absolutely delighted with the<br />

support and opportunities I’ve gotten<br />

through being associated with <strong>InkTip</strong><br />

… I’d also like to thank the people in<br />

my life who, with their boundless love<br />

and encouragement, make it possible<br />

for me to do what I do.<br />

<strong>InkTip</strong>: We wish you all the best<br />

with your upcoming plays and writing!<br />

Hope to hear about another produced<br />

screenplay of yours soon.<br />

You can check out the logline for<br />

Dennis Bush’s script Big Days on<br />

page 23.<br />

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Horror – Non-Fiction/History<br />

More Scripts –<br />

Grouped by Genre (continued)<br />

Bloodline Brooks Benjamin, Jason Benjamin, and Curt Willis<br />

Every small town has its secret. For the town of Leak, it’s<br />

a nine-foot-tall, ancient demon named Bud. A brand-new<br />

deputy teams up with the town sheriff and a former Marine<br />

to stop a family of deranged mountain people and their<br />

bloodthirsty pet demon before they destroy their town and<br />

everyone in it.<br />

Chill Seekers Tim Reynolds<br />

In 2008, the paranormal investigative show “Chillseekers”<br />

was axed due to falling ratings. Months later, presenter Max<br />

Fear, vowing to save his precious show, disappeared with several<br />

crew members. After years of argument and deliberation,<br />

this is now thought to be the genuine footage of the lost team.<br />

Darka Johnny Fortier<br />

A malignant entity of the past thrown into the depths of the<br />

Earth seeks revenge against a group of miners.<br />

Heart & Soul Eric Walton<br />

Three young women move into their dream home, but end up<br />

living in a nightmare when one of them is hexed by the soul<br />

of an evil witch that possesses the house.<br />

The House of Evil Erik Shuttleworth<br />

Six college students become vampire monsters because of an<br />

alien artifact in an old house, fighting each other and bloodthirsty<br />

Satanists hidden in the surrounding woods.<br />

I.C.Sara Richard Howe<br />

Jenny is Sara’s niece, but they’re both only seven years old.<br />

The only one who can tell them apart is battling dementia. The<br />

old man’s son has returned with his daughter to take care of<br />

him, and Sara wants what Jenny has. A family to call her own!<br />

Lobison Joe “Tuffy” Tofuri<br />

A relentless tracker’s hunt for a pack of enormous biped<br />

beasts culminates in a church where he struggles to protect<br />

a pregnant woman’s unborn child from the pack’s ferocious<br />

Alpha. (Winner – 2012 International Horror & Sci-Fi Film<br />

and Screenplay Festival, 2011 Terror Film Festival, 2011 Los<br />

Angeles Film and Script Festival, 2011 Toronto International<br />

Film and Video Awards Festival.)<br />

Go to www.<strong>InkTip</strong>.com<br />

and search by title<br />

or author for the scripts<br />

that interest you!<br />

Massacre at Bear Mountain Kevin Jeter<br />

College students partying on winter break at a popular ski resort<br />

are slaughtered by a possessed woman at a isolated ski lodge.<br />

A Pound of Flesh Georges Salo<br />

A criminal boss exhausts all avenues his wealth provides to<br />

save his terminally ill wife. In a last desperate attempt, he<br />

offers the most valuable items in his possession – his morals<br />

and his soul – to the devil for the life of his one and true love.<br />

The Room (The Paranormal Tapes) Erik Shuttleworth<br />

A hotel room’s paranormal investigation footage reveals a<br />

team’s struggle with a reanimated corpse, zombies, a killer’s<br />

cannibalistic heritage, and a young woman spawned by evil<br />

as the team accidentally uncovers a gateway to Hell.<br />

Satan’s Child John Rodriguez,<br />

A pregnant college student finds out the man she’s fallen in<br />

love with and whose daughter she’s about to have is not only<br />

an alien, but her unknown father, who in order to survive on<br />

Earth has been mating with the female members of her family<br />

for over 250 years.<br />

Scream, Bride! Scream! Russell Garrigan<br />

“Rosemary’s Baby” meets Marilyn Manson.<br />

Senior Skip Day Ronald Fordham<br />

While staying out late on the eve of their senior skip day,<br />

several high school students encounter a mysterious and<br />

vicious werewolf, an event that leads to massacre and tragic<br />

misunderstanding.<br />

They Know Brian DeVall<br />

The ghosts of an elderly couple must stop a serial killer that<br />

has moved into their house. The couple joins forces with the<br />

ghost of a teen prostitute murdered by the killer. Together,<br />

they try to avenge her death and find their way into heaven.<br />

Third Sean McKee<br />

An abused mother and her young daughter attempt to flee<br />

their tormentor, only to awaken a greater evil hell-bent on<br />

taking his own stab at them.<br />

A Walk in the Park Robert Broderick<br />

A group of teenagers is terrorized by a gang of murderous<br />

skinheads.<br />

Widow Lake Shawn McLaughlin and Michael Mityok<br />

A relentless crusader leads her unwitting university friends<br />

on a dive in mysterious “Widow Lake” where they unearth<br />

a matriarchal, cannibalistic society entombed in an old<br />

submerged mine.<br />

Non-Fiction/History<br />

Gabriel’s Bones Dan Healy<br />

As the pragmatic captain of the great buffalo hunt adapts<br />

hunting tactics to repel a government militia inexorably<br />

approaching, a charismatic religious zealot sets up a city of<br />

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God on the prairie. These friends and adversaries lead indigenous<br />

people in an epic struggle to secure land rights and<br />

preserve what remains of the ways of the Old West.<br />

Prisoner No.7 Chris Fuller<br />

The mystery of Prisoner No.7.<br />

Theatre of Death James B. Saunders<br />

A courageous reporter uncovers corporate greed, corruption,<br />

and criminal negligence in building Chicago’s “Absolutely<br />

Fireproof” Iroquois Theatre and fights to prevent the most<br />

disastrous building fire in American history.<br />

Romance<br />

Arpeggio Vincent Chin<br />

An aspiring musician and his old college buddy cross paths<br />

in an airport and decide to help each other break up with<br />

their girlfriends back home. Instead they fall for each others’<br />

ex-girlfriend, with unexpected consequences.<br />

A Coincidental Endurance Frank Provenzano<br />

An endearing humanities professor at a prestigious liberal arts<br />

college struggles to come to terms with the sudden death of<br />

his wife, who, he learns, was having an affair with his best<br />

friend in the days before she died.<br />

Inherit a Marriage (I AM) Georges Salo<br />

Traditional and modern values collide for an Indian lesbian<br />

who must return to India to attend her father’s funeral. Upon<br />

arriving in India with her partner, she discovers that she must<br />

marry in order to uphold her family’s rank and stature.<br />

True Love Story Andrew Brown<br />

As this is a true story, the script is written without embellishment.<br />

The only story part is a short “happily ever after”<br />

segment for Hollywood (a giant catamaran sailboat, a couple<br />

of kids, and throwing parties in various marinas around the<br />

world). During the credits, the truth can be shown in a scrapbook<br />

of real photographs.<br />

Vanish David Caidar and Meitav Marom<br />

The struggle between the haves and the have-nots.<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

A-PLUS (Angry People Like Us) Ricky Adlam<br />

Two middle-aged spouses in L.A. and N.Y. simultaneously<br />

agree to knock each other off for the family accident insurance<br />

money in order to get out of a mountain of recession-caused<br />

debt so the surviving spouse, children, and grandchildren live<br />

a comfortable future life. One couple always chickens out and<br />

the other spouses always comically survive.<br />

Amazing Luck Gary Kern<br />

Luck comes to a college dropout in Albuquerque, working as<br />

a cook in the train station, when a beautiful Russian girl and a<br />

bag of stolen money suddenly fall into his hands. His problem<br />

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now is what to do with the girl, how to launder the money,<br />

and whether to believe it is luck.<br />

The Auction House David Peretz<br />

Set in the Auction House, an auction of musical instruments<br />

initiates the action. Centerpiece: Jack’s guitar. An icon of the<br />

pop rock world, Jack was presumed drowned several years<br />

earlier. The sale brings out a cast of delightful, wacky characters<br />

– buyers, sellers, and the staff itself. Will Jack return<br />

from “the dead” and find love in the Auction House? Come<br />

find out.<br />

Basketball Forever Ed Nelson<br />

Retired, former great pro and college players join a rough and<br />

tough league and fight family and lady friends on an adventure<br />

leading to the state championship. Based on actual facts.<br />

Big Days Dennis Bush<br />

Adam Dorsey, 19, needs to take his life in a new direction.<br />

Hoping to reconnect with his father, Adam moves to Vegas,<br />

getting a taste of the wild side and falling for his dad’s girlfriend<br />

in the process. To find his own way and get what he<br />

wants, Adam needs to man up, now or never.<br />

Coming Up Spades Vivian Lermond<br />

Three brothers on a singles cruise discover they may have<br />

to walk the plank to prove they’re worthy of a love victory<br />

at sea.<br />

Extraordinary Darlene Villanova<br />

A lowly copywriter’s life changes in an unexpected way when<br />

she attempts to match herself with an affluent co-worker<br />

through a dating website.<br />

The Fetish Michael Chichetti<br />

A harmless sexual partialism becomes anything but harmless<br />

when it has a profound impact on the relationships between<br />

two young couples. A love rectangle, sex comedy in the vein<br />

of “Closer,” “The Shape of Things,” and “Last Night.”<br />

Heart’s Harbor Ted DeMarsh<br />

A male romance cover model arrives unexpectedly in a<br />

remote fishing village. To hold him there, the unhappily married<br />

women of the local fish plant contrive to transform the<br />

only single girl in the village from a gumbooted innocent into<br />

a romance cover heroine, while their desperate husbands plot<br />

to trick him into revealing his romance hero secrets.<br />

Hollywood and Mine Ralph Tropf<br />

Action superstar Buck Swift falls in love with a small-town<br />

girl on location, but his agent, manager, publicist, ex-wife, and<br />

starlet girlfriend conspire to bring him back to Hollywood.<br />

In Search of Cyndi Ben Espin<br />

On a frigid beach, two wayward teenage friends discover a<br />

severed, frozen foot wearing a gold anklet. With “Cyndi”<br />

engraved on the anklet, the boys embark on a comical but<br />

heartfelt search to match this unusual “glass slipper” with its<br />

Cinderella. Happily ever after has never been so – awkward.


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My Absolutely Fabulous Gay Wedding P.R. Montgomery<br />

A straight wedding photographer who hates weddings gets<br />

engaged to her “gal pal” to avoid deportation, but when she<br />

falls for the sexy immigration officer next door, her plans are<br />

thrown into a tailspin.<br />

The Mystery Shopper Peter Spencer and Pamela Schott<br />

Risk-averse Steve thinks life has paid off when he meets his<br />

perfect match, only to be dumped when she learns he wrote a<br />

mystery-shopping report that got her fired. Things get worse;<br />

he loses everything, even his job and home. Only if he takes<br />

a chance in life can he put his life together and win her back.<br />

Old Business Joseph Weckerle<br />

A man, on the way to his long-anticipated wedding, stops to<br />

see his “old flame” and spends the rest of the evening putting<br />

out fires.<br />

Otherwise Engaged Jeffrey Tabnick and Jonathan Todd Ross<br />

A lawyer on the verge of getting married is sent by his jealous<br />

fiancée to Paris to get back the engagement ring that went to<br />

his promiscuous, fun-loving former flame. (The screenwriters<br />

won honors at the Honolulu Film Festival, L.A. Screenwriting<br />

Contest, and the L.A. Movie Awards.)<br />

Paige Turner David White<br />

A fabulously successful, female romance novelist despairs of<br />

finding her dream man, until she begins to interact with her<br />

fictional leading man in real life. Is he an artifact of her own<br />

creativity, or is she the target of a cunning and potentially<br />

deadly stalker?<br />

Shy Guy Richard Niichel<br />

After being voted “Most Shy,” Glen is pressured to start talking.<br />

He rocks his math class and then shocks the whole school<br />

as he sings without stuttering and dances without equal.<br />

Strung Out Gigi Arnold<br />

A stressed-out single mom, food critic, and tennis addict is<br />

accused of murdering one of her opponents and must battle<br />

evil tennis girls, an ex-husband, an old boyfriend, an imbalanced<br />

editor, and a sarcastic clown while trying to clear herself<br />

of homicide. Things heat up even further when she finds<br />

herself torn between a jealous cop and an INTERPOL agent.<br />

Taming of the West Burt Prelutsky<br />

“Taming of the Shrew” meets “Hobson’s Choice.” It’s the<br />

battle of the sexes, set in the 1880s in the American West.<br />

Engaging characters and hilarious dialogue written by WGA<br />

award-winner Burt Prelutsky.<br />

Tyrannosaurus Sex Robert Kirschten<br />

An entrancing young woman, 27, PhD in anthropology,<br />

disguises herself as a man to get a job in a natural history<br />

museum. The male department head falls in love with her, as<br />

does the female director of museum. Later, her twin brother<br />

shows up, resulting in mistaken-identity love quadrangle.<br />

Shakespeare’s “12th Night” in “Night at the Museum.”<br />

Wine & Spirits Nauman Khan<br />

A xenophobic and depressed American senator finds seduction<br />

and redemption during a trip to Italy’s Lake Como and<br />

becomes the unlikely hero in the local villagers’ battle against<br />

corporate America.<br />

You Can’t See God Ramzy Sweis<br />

Rita, a sexy bookworm, dumps Ed, a jobless man. He sells his<br />

soul to the Devil to destroy her life. The Devil takes matters<br />

into his own hands when Ed falls back in love and advances<br />

to a benevolent angel of God! Think “Ghost” meets “Just<br />

Like Heaven.” (Tribeca Pitch Festival Runner-Up; Chicago<br />

Screenwriter’s Network Finalist; written by Chicago stand-up<br />

comedian)<br />

The Zamboni Driver Scott Teel<br />

Sick of watching losing sports stars earn outrageous salaries,<br />

a fed-up, underpaid NHL Zamboni driver requests a $5 million<br />

contract and eventually loses his job, but not before he<br />

becomes a media sensation, inspiration to the home team’s<br />

players, and hero to millions in the working class.<br />

Sci-Fi<br />

The Abduction Ester Lopez<br />

Abducted by aliens and mistaken for a criminal, a man must<br />

prove his innocence and rescue a bounty hunter’s father to<br />

return to Earth, but falls in love with the bounty hunter in the<br />

process.<br />

Ascendants Amos James<br />

Set in a future where society is governed by a disease control<br />

police force, agents hunt suspected contaminates who attempt<br />

to evade quarantine. Cole and Hex Denevin are partners and<br />

brothers pitted against each other when Hex tests positive for<br />

the deadly plague.<br />

Bedlam Norman Harris, Jr.<br />

The discovery of an ancient alien technology sets off a<br />

chain of events that brings the Earth and its inhabitants to the<br />

brink of destruction.<br />

Bones of Goliath Byron Marsh<br />

A fledgling FBI agent and her fiancé uncover mass abductions<br />

and a plot by the descendants of the biblical Goliath to<br />

enslave men and breed with women.<br />

Escape from the Odyssey Laura Taylor<br />

Three months ago, an alien vessel hijacked the space shuttle<br />

Odyssey, enslaved the crew, and invaded the Earth. Today,<br />

Earth’s only chance for survival is the shuttle’s former assistant<br />

navigator, now an alien-human hybrid, and the only man<br />

to have escaped from the Odyssey.<br />

Flight 2012 Clive Scarff<br />

Alien humanoid beings bring future warning to a very troubled<br />

Earth of 2012. (Based on a true story)<br />

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The Fold Robert Cook<br />

A man driven by the death of his sister creates a computer<br />

mirror of his consciousness just as powerful forces interested<br />

in his technology close in around him.<br />

Human Thomas Sturm<br />

An alien child experiences life as a human in many different<br />

bodies and historical periods from the origins of humanity to<br />

its unexpected end.<br />

Lokaa Albert Johnson<br />

A malevolent, parasitical alien crashes in the California<br />

desert. Years later, he emerges from his human host to feed,<br />

bringing mayhem and death.<br />

Mars Diner Jenny Jamie Ferenczi<br />

The year 2154, Earth discovers an overcrowded Mars underworld<br />

and liberates its population to sell Earth’s first Mars<br />

Diner franchise to free-spirited Martian, Femus, who falls<br />

in love with magnetically charming Graham, Earthling and<br />

Mars Diner franchise recruiter. But the couple is forbidden<br />

to connect by corrupt senior franchise owners that use it as a<br />

cover for beyond-imagination illegal experiments.<br />

Nanoplague Chester Davis<br />

Scientist and entrepreneur Dan Palmer is in a unique position<br />

to save the world when “benevolent” aliens turn their gifts<br />

against us.<br />

Odyssey Bourne Force<br />

Debbie Renner and Deborah Louise Robinson<br />

An ancient prophecy has awakened, and one woman must<br />

race against time to change our future – if she can tell the difference<br />

between friend and foe.<br />

Pollen and the Ring of Harmony Francis Williams<br />

The first eco science fiction/thriller for the 21st Century. An<br />

environmentalist trying to save the valley where he lives<br />

from being destroyed by corrupt developers meets an alien<br />

environmentalist with amazing powers who has been sent to<br />

Earth to save us from cosmic and environmental destruction.<br />

Appeals to all age groups. Strong roles for young and old,<br />

male and female.<br />

The Recreation Wars John Gascoigne<br />

In 2030 a conflicted couple split, entering government sectors<br />

as divided as they are. Harvey chooses “Physical Recreation”<br />

whose leaders junk Nirvana by sabotaging each other for<br />

members then attacking their artistic neighbors, who harbor<br />

his wife. Crossing into “Arts,” lovelorn Harvey gets caught<br />

in the dirty war but launders the muck publicly to heal his<br />

marriage, then the nation.<br />

Shoestring Barbara D. Hall and Jon C. Hall<br />

When a young lawyer wakes to find his wife is not his wife<br />

and she has emptied all of his legal escrow and trust accounts,<br />

he begins his journey through the back country of the Florida<br />

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Sci-Fi – Suspense/Thriller<br />

Keys befriended by a black duck who saves his life more than<br />

once and in more than one way. (Book for adaptation)<br />

The Sleep Traveller Faye Stergioula<br />

In an attempt to find out who ran him over, a crippled photographer<br />

resorts to hypnosis. When the amateur hypnotist asks<br />

him to avoid the car, he does it – and wakes up able-bodied!<br />

Spores Darryl Layne<br />

2060, Dragon Den One with its crew of seven streaks toward<br />

the first human landing on the red planet. Little do they realize<br />

they are on a rescue mission for the planet Earth!<br />

Super Spies Justin Raschen and Jason Raschen<br />

Following a lab accident, two regular guys develop super<br />

powers and are then recruited by the government to be spies.<br />

They then find themselves battling an anarchist mastermind<br />

seeking to blow up the world with nuclear missiles.<br />

The Threshing Susan Arscott<br />

After surviving an alien attack, four teenagers, led by<br />

16-year-old Olivia, uncover a conspiracy to hide the discovery<br />

of a second Earth as they fight to save their world from<br />

total destruction.<br />

Toxic Behavior Johnny Fortier<br />

Another world may be just under the Earth’s crust, controlling<br />

and watching the least of your movements using a toxic<br />

substance for your own extermination.<br />

Virgo Rising Gil Luna<br />

In order to save humanity, a man is forced to free his daughter<br />

from the ravages of a post-apocalyptic tyrant with only six<br />

days to spare.<br />

Suspense/Thriller<br />

Auras M.H. Witten and Gia Vranicar<br />

A young man discovers that he has the unique ability to see<br />

energy (auras) surrounding people and learns to use this gift<br />

to expose his cousin’s human trafficking ring run via the family<br />

business.<br />

The Back Nine Jay Gable<br />

A young bank exec, playing his first round of golf with the<br />

head honchos, finds the game’s stakes heightened to life<br />

or death when a stranger hell-bent on revenge joins their<br />

threesome.<br />

The Big Dark Thom Mcintyre<br />

A bodyguard survives severe injuries but suffers amnesia in a<br />

fiery crash, then struggles to regain his memory to learn why<br />

he was, and is, marked for murder.<br />

Black Metal Constantine Veroutis<br />

A dark action thriller where “Sin City” meets “Wanted.”<br />

Vigilante detectives with the help from an assassin and a local<br />

superhero try to take their city back from the Dark Order,<br />

where a kill becomes one’s precious art.<br />

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26 Suspense/Thriller<br />

The Blue Wall Ian Feldman<br />

The remains of a hand and ring are found on a desolate beach<br />

on the island of Curacao by two young innocent kitesurfers –<br />

uncovering a legendary secret. A secret that draws them into<br />

a deadly chase to locate a U-boat wreck holding a massive<br />

treasure in Nazi gold that threatens to bankrupt some of the<br />

biggest banks in Switzerland.<br />

Charisma Sean Lisik<br />

Ninety-nine percent of the world’s serial killers are male.<br />

“Charisma,” a romance-infused crime thriller with a multiple<br />

twist ending, displays the manipulative, seductive differences<br />

of the exception. (Think” The Usual Suspects” meets “Fatal<br />

Attraction”)<br />

Closer to Closure<br />

Marcus D. Thomas and Shawna McBride-Thomas<br />

A woman comes closer to closure with finding out who is<br />

trying to kill her.<br />

The Cure Antoine Devine<br />

NCI Agent Carol Anderson discovers a conspiracy to conceal<br />

the cure for breast cancer developed by a murdered scientist,<br />

but while she races to deliver the formula she must face the<br />

prospect that officials at the highest levels of her agency<br />

are involved. (2011 Top 10 Finalist – National Black Book<br />

Festival New Author Award; book for adaptation)<br />

Dante’s Island Georges Salo<br />

A wealthy eccentric orchestrates a reality show to find and<br />

exact his revenge for those who killed his family.<br />

Espiritu Jorge Gutierrez<br />

A young, anti-social girl with a strange paranormal ability<br />

may be responsible for a string of bizarre deaths.<br />

False Memory Melvin Moore<br />

When a young woman unravels the mystery surrounding her<br />

sister’s death, she unearths a cover-up of serial molestation<br />

and murder that links to her incestuous past.<br />

Fearful Richard Newman<br />

Having survived the Holocaust, a Dutch girl is pursued by<br />

collaborators trying to escape from 1950s Amsterdam. Beset<br />

with terrible fear for the second time in her life, she finds help<br />

and love from a tugboat youth.<br />

The Feast Eric Whittington and Tracy Whittington<br />

A mysterious illness linked to the latest haute cuisine triggers<br />

a deadly struggle between a powerful U.N. official and the<br />

cocky journalist intent on stopping him.<br />

Gothic Brian Watson<br />

A musician’s life is sent into chaos when she witnesses the<br />

murder of her boyfriend at the hands of a notorious hooded<br />

murderess on the bank of the River Seine in Paris. She is<br />

stalked through the streets of Paris by the killer until they<br />

eventually meet face to face when the identity of her stalker<br />

is finally revealed.<br />

The Healing Gland George Gaio Mano<br />

An accident reveals that a man carries a cure for cancer in his<br />

body. Unfortunately, removing the cure from his body will<br />

kill him, and that is what everybody wants to do.<br />

Help Me Kill Daniel Stuelpnagel<br />

A successful Swiss doctor hiding a dark secret recruits a<br />

rebellious French girl to help him steal the identity of a dying<br />

patient.<br />

Ian Simon Teal Georges Salo<br />

Two master thieves mentor a down-on-his-luck amateur thief<br />

in his craft. To show his gratitude, he’ll accomplish the one<br />

task his mentors couldn’t complete – steal an item illegally<br />

usurped by a private collector and return it to the museum.<br />

He devises the scheme with such complexity as to also gain<br />

the love of his life.<br />

In Sheep’s Clothing Rebecca Felland-Syring<br />

A grieving doctor is blackmailed into raising and training<br />

surrogate children into elite spies. As the children grow,<br />

they begin to question their origins, the tables are turned,<br />

and as the children get closer to the truth, they realize<br />

there will be a price to pay. It’s “Bourne Identity” meets<br />

“The Hunger Games.”<br />

A Lancaster Lad William Eaton<br />

When a WWI German sniper kills a British soldier in noman’s<br />

land, his option for survival is to adopt his victim’s<br />

identity.<br />

Level 1 (aka Lone Peak) Wilson Macduff<br />

A troubled mother forms a fatal alliance with a local sheriff<br />

following the suspected abduction of her long-lost daughter<br />

by a violent cult leader.<br />

The Nazari Darren Mills and Travis Shapiro<br />

When an agent for a secret Vatican order crosses a small-town<br />

cop, a simple mission turns into a life-and-death struggle.<br />

Overwhelming Darkness Steven Hart<br />

After accidentally killing a child rapist, a jaded crime reporter<br />

is pushed over the edge into a violent, bloody journey to rid<br />

his city of the criminals and scumbags that he hates. But what<br />

price must he pay as he starts to become the very thing that<br />

he despised?<br />

The Protector Patricia Poulos<br />

She is brilliant, beautiful, and powerful. The faceless men<br />

want her, but she refuses their offers. All that is now left is to<br />

destroy her – financially, mentally, physically. They fail. She<br />

strips the masks from the faceless men and continues in her<br />

quest to protect the people. She now becomes the faceless<br />

benefactor of her people.<br />

Retribution Has a Name Georges Salo<br />

An assassin, at the top of his game, continues about his<br />

work watching with passing interest as the financial markets<br />

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crumble. When his friend’s elderly aunt commits suicide after<br />

losing her life savings … well, it just got personal. He now<br />

dispenses his brand of retribution to those few whose greed<br />

created the financial crisis that caused the distress and grief<br />

to so many.<br />

The Rozabal Line Uday Gunjikar and Ashwin Sanghi<br />

Haunted by visions of doom, a young priest embarks on<br />

a quest to recover the lost years of Jesus Christ, but when a<br />

mysterious assassin takes him hostage, he finds himself in<br />

a race against time to prevent warring secret societies and<br />

religious fanatics from unleashing global Armageddon.<br />

Safe Robert Galik<br />

Escaping Hell’s impossible. Escaping Hell’s bounty hunter is<br />

even harder.<br />

Shady Hollow Kevan Parmelee<br />

A young African-American college student gets sent to a<br />

former slave plantation for field research on his racial prejudice<br />

essay, only to quickly come to terms with his own racial<br />

hatred when he finds out that the hotel, and indirectly his own<br />

self, are killing all the guests that arrive.<br />

She Was Gone David Bulkley<br />

In an attempt to win favor of Satan’s council, an ambitious<br />

demon steals the innocence of a young teenager by tricking<br />

him into signing a contract for a perfect life. Unbeknownst to<br />

Colton Shiraz, the price required by the demon would lead<br />

him to make the ultimate sacrifice to get his daughter back.<br />

A Thousand Times Goodnight Sandra R. Corkins-Schmidt<br />

After an intense moment of deja-vu during a performance of<br />

Hamlet, a psychic drama student and a movie star reconnect<br />

in a murder investigation. When the psychic starts to believe<br />

the actor is the reincarnation of her lost love, she also suspects<br />

that he is the murderer in her recent visions. (Semi-Finalist<br />

Fade-in, top 25% Page, top 5% ASA.)<br />

The Voyage Sylvester Stbrice<br />

A grieving mother, unknowingly trapped between the reality<br />

of life and death, is sent on a cruise liner, which takes lost<br />

souls to the afterlife.<br />

The Wake of the Poet Joan Sawyer<br />

Thirty years ago, in October 1980, the SS Poet disappeared<br />

without a trace off the coast of New Jersey with 34 American<br />

crewmen on board. When Rachel Wolfe’s conspiracyobsessed<br />

father goes missing while researching the Poet, she<br />

must unravel his investigation to find him, raising questions<br />

of murder and treason by the most powerful family in the<br />

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Western<br />

Hell for Leather Joshua Yancey<br />

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Laredo Lee Martin<br />

In 1876, after being raised like a servant by missionaries<br />

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found him in a root cellar that his parents had died in a feud,<br />

and both men ride headlong into trouble as a vengeful Laredo<br />

becomes a living target, even as he discovers he has real family<br />

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One Texas Ranger Lee Martin<br />

Trying to extract Rad Carson from Mexico has already cost<br />

the lives of four rangers, but tough, reticent Texas Ranger<br />

Jack Riley extracts Carson’s fiery fiancée instead, while<br />

saddled with her cantankerous dog and a fat pinto mare, forcing<br />

Carson and his killers to chase them over mountains to<br />

the flooded Rio Grande and into the Big Bend Country for a<br />

showdown.<br />

To Kill a Mountain Man (High Country) Lee Martin<br />

Jason Vernal, a weary mountain man, begins to bond with<br />

Kevin, an orphan boy, and with an arranged but pregnant<br />

bride, but her former husband and his vicious gang of outlaws<br />

are leaving a trail of death as they track her down, attack and<br />

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