"The Beekers" (Dramatic Comedy)

Budget:

$3M

Status:

Script / Budget / Business Plan

Story:

A charming and quirky story about a teenage boy who desperately wants his “voice” heard in the shadow of an overbearing, eccentric father and their dysfunctional family; all couched in the backdrop of a rural community full of odd and zany characters.

Sensibility:

(Little Miss Sunshine / Big Fish / Napoleon Dynamite)

Attachments:

Exec. Producer:

Rick Porras (Forest Gump, Contact, Lord of the Rings Trilogy)

DP:

Bruce Logan (Tron, Star Wars, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Airplane)

"January" (Dramatic Comedy)

Budget:

$4.5 - $5M

Status:

Script / Budget / Business Plan

Story:

They say that a person doesn’t change; but on New Year’s Eve, many people believe that they can defy the law of “behavioral gravity” and make life-altering changes (effective January 1st). Christina and her friends and co-workers at a local Manhattan Pub enter into a bet on January 1st to see who can go the longest without drinking. The bet has less to do with drinking than it has to do with other aspects of their lives, including: losing weight, saving money, falling in love and pursuing one’s dream.

January is a delightful journey into the turbulent lives of young urbanites who struggle to find their way in a fast moving world around them.

Sensibility:

(St. Elmo’s Fire / Bridgette Jones Diaries)

"Used Food" (Dramatic Comedy)

Budget:

$1.5M

Status:

Script

Story:

Used Food is a story about lovesickness and the debilitating fear of expressing one’s feelings for someone new. The fear of rejection is stronger than the happiness that comes from discovering that their’s someone in our world who can love us deeply. Ingrid is a lovely, but quirky waitress who falls madly for one of her regular customers but can never muster the courage to share her feelings…until the end. A clever and charming dramatic comedy that will resonate with a wide audience.

Sensibility:

(Amelie / Lars and The Real Girl)

"Once Upon a Love Story" (Romantic Drama)

Budget:

$1.5M

Status:

Script (writing)

Story:

When love is true, it’s forever. The story revolves around the life of two people who grew up together and fell in love at an early age. Sabrina is diagnosed with rare and untreatable medical disorder and tries to live as normal life as possible. Mark, her childhood sweetheart and eventually her husband, attempts to understand how to live on after her eventual passing.

Sensibility:

(Notebook / Love Story)

Attachments:

Director:

Claudia La Bianca (“On the Lot” Finalist)

"The Wine Cellar" (Drama)

Budget:

$2.5M

Status:

Script

Story:

Set in the natural splendor of Napa Valley’s wine country, The Wine Cellar tells the heartwarming story of a man who learns the truth about his estranged father while trapped inside a wine cellar. It’s a sensitive and suspenseful story that keeps the audience guessing until the emotionally charged ending.

Sensibility:

(Field of Dreams / Big Fish / The Notebook)

Attachments:

Director:

Claudia La Bianca ("On the Lot" Finalist)

"Frequent Flyer" (Comedy)

Budget:

$4.5 - $5M

Status:

Script (writing)

Story:

Two socially-challenged friends working as baggage handlers at one of the busiest international airports in America, use their free travel vouchers to travel first class to some of the world’s most exotic locales. Posing as famous Movie Producers during the first-class flight component of their trip, the boys try to win the affection and attention of beautiful female passengers with their grand lies of red carpet premiers, fabricated celebrity gossip and promises of making the unsuspecting female passengers into movie-stars. Chaotic lies, shallow relationships, and mayhem pursues – until one of the boys finds true love.

Sensibility:

(Wedding Crashers / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

"Rally Cap" (Dramatic Comedy)

Budget:

$7.5M

Status:

Script (writing)

Story:

An aging star baseball player who’s no longer able to contribute to his team’s success on the field, stages a car accident in the hopes that his serious injury (coma) will unite his fragmented team of young stars and motivate them to win the championship for him.

Sensibility:

(Bull Durham / Lucky Number Slevin)

"The Red Carpet Effect" (Dramatic Thriller)

Budget:

$7.5M

Status:

Script (writing)

Story:

Propelled by the assassination of a celebrity friend, a young woman and an ex-SAS captain search for answers in an increasingly treacherous and explosive environment.

Sensibility:

(The Constant Gardener / The Kingdom)

"The Apologist" (Drama)

Budget:

$1.5M

Status:

Script

Story:

An emotional story about the effects of high-school life and the difficulty of forgiveness. The Apologist explores the consequences of bullying in high-school and the effect that bullying has on his targets and on himself as mid-life sets in.

Sensibility:

(Never Been Kissed / Gone Baby Gone)

"Mortal Memory" (Dramatic Thriller)

Budget:

$7.5M

Status:

Script

Story:

Living with the sins of his father, Mortal Memory is the story of a man who lives in the horrific shadow of a father who killed his entire family in a murder-suicide. Not sure of the circumstances that impelled his father’s actions, Steve, now married with a family of his own, grapples with finding the truth and whether he’ll follow in his father’s footsteps.

Sensibility:

(The Life of David Gale / American Beauty)

"Ratings War" (Drama)

Budget:

$1.5M

Status:

Script (writing)

Story:

In a world where success is driven by ratings, a woman reporter devises a dubious plan to take her career to the top, only to be tragically engulfed in the process.

Sensibility:

(Life, or Something Like it / People I Know)

"Now or Never" (Reality Television and Online Series)

Story:

This youth-targeted online series is a battle of the bands like you’ve never seen before. The show follows the paths of 3 bands who find themselves at different places in their careers. Now or Never is an integrated, interactive series that is backed by one of the biggest brands in the world.

Series Reference:

(Family Jewels / Rock Star / American Idol)