APRIL VOLUME 17 2017 MAGAZINE ® ISSUE 2 Where everyone goes for scripts and writers™

The Eyes Opens in Theaters Across the Country

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Q&A with Screenwriter Robert T. Roe

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10th Annual StoryPros International Rupee (Drama) Rajiv Haque When a feisty, penniless Indian girl gets a chance to transcend Suicide Lemonade (Horror) Jamy Abrorov and Joe Martinez her economic class by investigating the entertainment indus- Kidnapped by her deranged dealer, a recovering addict must try’s notorious casting couch, she must use her paralyzing save herself and a fellow captive while facing demonic forces beauty and her lethal intelligence to combat the misogynists out to do her harm. that hope to take away her opportunity. Too Far Down for Normal (Drama) Scott Semer Shore Scripts Screenwriting A brilliant but manic-depressive high schooler tries to write Competition the next Catcher in the Rye to win the girl of his dreams and save his crazy but Pulitzer Prize-winning mother’s failing Athens (Crime) Ron Maede writing career. A high school boy is lured into a murder-for-hire plot when he starts an affair with a desperate older woman who wants to Final Draft Big Break kill her husband. (Indie-Noir. Winner – Reddit Screenwriting Competition 2016. Winner – Shore Scripts Competition 2016.) The Boat (Drama) Robert Wooldridge South Carolina Underground Film Festival In 1965 Texas, a closeted gay teen, struggling with his sexuality, helps his mother build a boat after she has a vision of the town The Vanguard Part 1: Six Day Insurrection (Action/ flooding – but this “Mrs. Noah” story has an unforeseen twist. Adventure) Derek Robbins From a land ravaged by greedy corporations and corrupt Freedom Fort (Action/Adventure) Clint Williams politicians comes a cautionary tale of the most unlikely band Two runaway slaves meet en route to a sanctuary in the wil- of heroes anyone could ever imagine. The revolution may not derness of Spanish Florida that draws escaped slaves from be televised, but is coming to a theater near you! across the South. But, before they can build new lives as free men, they must help defend the settlement against invading WeTV (The WeScreenplay U.S. troops. It is an Underground meets The Alamo retelling of Television Competition) historic events following the War of 1812. 48 States of Granddad (Comedy – Television Hollywoodscript 2016 ½ Hour Pilot) Paul Jury After his beloved grandfather leaves him a deathbed wish to First Lady (Drama) Randy Schein have his ashes scattered in all 48 contiguous United States, A short, Mohawked, teenage girl from the wrong side of the a recent high school graduate hits the road with two friends tracks discovers she can throw a baseball better than any guy. to fulfill Granddad’s wish, find their directions, and notget A 60-something, washed-up scout takes her under his wing, and kidnapped by hillbillies. as she faces unscrupulous managers, woman-hating players, and her own insecurities, she attempts to reach the major leagues. ZedFest Film Fest (Winner: HollywoodScriptwriter Screenwriting Contest. Coverage: “Very entertaining, well-written and timely.” – Craig Kellem.) The Shadow Over Providence (Horror) Scott Kirkpatrick When a gigantic monster likened to the writing of H.P. International Screenplay Competition Lovecraft attacks the coast of Rhode Island, an orphaned boy with a mysterious gift must join a band of ragtag heroes to Destiny Authors (Action/Adventure) Esra Cengel save the world. A young man has to drive from end to end of Istanbul to indulge his inpatient father’s wish; during his journey, he unwittingly causes the deaths of four people who robbed and beat up his father in the same morning. Feature Scripts – Grouped by Genre

Action/Adventure The Adrian Force David L. Mocknick When an army of violent female androids override their pro- The 13 of Glory Georges Salo gramming and attack Los Angeles, humanity’s only hope is The quest for El Dorado takes the conquistadors, known the five-foot prototype who wages war to stop them. as The 13 of Glory, to a land rife with gold. Their altruistic start spirals into the subjugation of the Inca nation and the The Adventures of Dolph Heyliger Ben Lokey genocide of its people. When Dolph’s father is murdered by river pirates, he follows an eccentric doctor up the Hudson River and, with the help of For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 5 the doctor’s magical amulet, is thrown into a world of goblins, to flee Egypt, collects an army, then returns to Egypt to reclaim spirits, and pirates, and must use his considerable athletic her throne with some help from the Roman leader, Caesar. skills to rescue a beautiful, young girl from an ancient cavern filled with all manner of fantastic dangers. Coming to Africa Nick Hadcock An African-American banker is a marked man the moment he Almost Utopia John Gascoigne arrives in West Africa with funds for a charitable project. He In 2030, a young couple split, each entering recreation is plunged into a screwball adventure that sends him hurtling zones as conflicted as themselves. The newly sacked, love- into the African bush, where he must question everything he lorn husband follows saboteurs sent from his own jocks’ stands for. Romance beckons when he discovers his answers. zone into neighboring Arts, where his wife is, and discovers his cojones as he confronts them to save his marriage and Dark Circus Calvin Roeder restore the peace. Follow Danny before and after his breakdown as he goes The Aviatrix Stephen Kelly down a gritty and surreal path of self-destruction fueled by strippers, drugs, clowns, and violence to find that when your A Roaring Twenties socialite takes up the dangerous “sport” world goes to hell, all you need is a gun and sense of humor. of flying, flies stunts for Howard Hughes, becomes atest pilot, races Amelia Earhart, sets a speed record, opens a bar, Delta Dog Anthony Dionisio and helps Chuck Yeager break the Sound Barrier. (Consider A cop and his K-9 companion unintentionally hijack a billion- from: ScriptXpert, ScriptShark, ScriptPalooza, The Black List, dollar drug shipment from a ruthless cartel that will stop at and Stage 32) nothing to get it back. Bangkok Redemption Peter White Dog of War James Crouson and Alex Nunez A former smuggler returns to Thailand to avenge the murder A bomb detection dog serving in Afghanistan is separated from of his family, only to have to choose between revenge and saving a young girl from the Thai Mafia. her team. An Afghani boy cares for her, and the two must find a way to avoid the dog fights and the Taliban to get her home. The Battle of Sligo Ridge David Philippe Dona Luz Barbara de la Cuesta Saving Private Ryan meets The Goonies. Twelve-year-olds fight a war with paintball guns. Three young people move to Central America – escaping the Vietnam War, a conflict they consider not their own –and Bend Anthony Dionisio encounter an alien conflict which they must achingly own. A wannabe reporter must convince an indestructible gym- The Duplicate Victor Orel nast to abandon a ruthless vendetta and ultimately fulfill her destiny as a righteous super-heroine before murderous An average man has the memories and personality of a gangs destroy their city. deceased super spy.

Black Friday Matthew Sorvillo Firebird Stephen Colley To protect his estranged family from his vindictive ex-partner, An intransigent young woman, pursued by a goddess, must a recently paroled convict is forced to spend Thanksgiving survive wilderness exile to find the Firebird and return weekend sticking up the same bank he was sent to prison for fire to humanity. robbing decades earlier. Frame by Frame Thierry Vilar The Bomb Inside Me Travis Bain While his father, Willis O’Brien, is pioneering the art of special A Marine with PTSD wakes up with a bomb strapped to his effects, and while his sick mother is sinking down into mad- chest on a remote-controlled commercial airliner set to crash ness, a blind boy dreams about monsters and lost worlds. He into the White House. will never dream again.

Broken Wings Robbert Marcel Snijders The Glockman Killers James Day During WWII, a U.S. bomber pilot manages to shoot down a A kickboxer is shot by a group of jewelry thieves, but when German fighter with his pistol as a last and desperate course a sexy, street-smart girl saves him and hides a multimillion- of action, taking his ship and crew safely back to base. His dollar blue diamond, they need to decide whether or not to adversaries flip the story, ruining his career and reputation keep the diamond, find the jewelry, and kill the thieves. until he is able to prove them wrong. Hatchet Colin L. Palmer Chameleon James Day In 2007, a troubled defense contractor, lured into contract A loner microbiologist creates the Chameleon out of DNA killing in the dangerous city of Diwaniyah, Iraq, stumbles upon from a Mars rock, and it’s able to take the form of any alien, a plot to use chemical weapons against the U.S – led coalition, prehistoric species. But as it grows and changes, she must and risks everything to stop it. figure a way to save her crew and destroy it. Hellbender Dan Sullivan Cleopatra, Queen of Exile Robert Simpson Armed since birth with the ability to manipulate fire, a local Greeks plot, Romans kill, while Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, is firefighter uses his power to seek revenge for the deaths of faced with certain death from her bother-husband, is forced his wife and son at the hands of a psychotic drug kingpin. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 6 Action/Adventure Hell’s Apprentice Georges Salo March on Chitral Nick Hadcock An operative posing as a reporter must assassinate a rogue The British Empire watches on with bated breath as a small U.S. Army colonel taking on ISIL with his band of devoted Indian detachment and their British officers bravely defend followers known as Hell’s Apprentice. a fort with strategic importance on the North West Frontier against an overwhelming force of murderous Pathans. A relief The Holy Lance Duncan Marriott column sets out, but a treacherous snowbound mountain A decorated Roman soldier discovers power in the spear he pass stands in their way. used to pierce the side of Christ at the crucifixion and finds himself on the run to keep the mystical lance out of the hands Marooned Jennifer Miller of a centurion who desires it for evil. Lost in a country that has shown Justin violence, hate, and destruction, he finds a new life that torments his very exis- In the Arms of the Dragon Stephen Kelly tence. A beautiful, sensitive love story that struggles with truth, A young Army officer flies north to replace a dead man. His pain – then, acceptance. A saga filled with passions and revolts, job: “Nation Building” – help the locals. But what if the locals betrayals, greed, and murder. (Official Selection – Beverly Hills are all VC? He soon has to “wheel and deal” to get things done, Film Festival 2015 and Final Draft Big Break Contest 2014) while he falls in love with a woman and her country. Come see the real Vietnam. (Consider from ScriptShark) Me and My Cello in Paris Derina McLaughlin Brad realizes that his dream of being the youngest boy to Joachim’s Magic M.L. Stainer busk through Europe on his cello can only be achieved if he Fictional account of explorer Joachim Gans, who suffered makes his way to Paris on his own. In a comedic twist, the extreme prejudice at the hands of his fellows while searching Parisians he meets are gypsies, revolutionaries, and African for copper in 1585 Virginia, all the while fighting off hostile migrants. Throughout his adventures he is watched over by natives. Eventually captured, can he save his apprentice and his guardian angel: a large, silent dog. others when threatened with torture and death? What “magic” can he offer the belligerent chief? (Book for adaptation) The Mighty & Powerful Nelson Fire Nelson Christian Amador Nelson Christian Amador grows ups in a very sheltered life in Knight of Destiny George Alexanian Maple Valley, WA, and going to school at Tahoma High School. A mystically inspired, young English noble preparing for war But a terrible accident by the Cedar River causes Nelson to discovers he is the long-lost son of their arch-enemy, the get fire powers; Nelson becomes the flaming superhero King of France. Nelson Fire and has to save his friends from the Ghostmen and Rezal. Last Man Out Ted Johnson Murder Mountain Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster Last Man Out is an action story that intersects two very differ- ent lives: teenage video game virtuoso turned Air Force drone Armed with only a burning desire for truth and justice, newly pilot Tommy Payton and grizzled special operations veteran widowed Amanda must fight for her life in the American wil- Colonel Jake Keller. The fates of these two unintentional derness against four Wall Street hot-shots who regularly hunt heroes collide when Tommy risks his drones and his life to pilots for sport. rescue Jake from an ill-fated POW rescue mission in Vietnam. Musashi & the Geisha Stephen Kelly The Last of the Mohicans 2: The Summer of 1812 Japan, 1600. The shogun has died. Japan teeters on civil war. Robert B. Gregg Fifteen-year-old Miyamoto Musashi (Japan’s greatest swords- Caught up in the start of the War of 1812, Hawkeye and man) falls in love with a young geisha and runs off with her. Chingachgook of The Last of the Mohicans and their friends Now the Yakuza want her back. Will love conquer all? (Consider are pursued through the wilderness by enemy forces. An from ScriptShark. Potential Franchise/Cable Series.) action-packed sequel that brings about human understand- ing. Based on a true story. Much in the fight or flight motive Night Watch Georges Salo like The Last of the Mohicans, The Edge, or The Revenant. Integrity, honor, and discipline are the hallmark tenets of any soldier protecting his family and nation. Juggling them, Launched Victor Rappoport though, is tumultuous. Can one put the needs of the many U.S. President Farley had two giant secret computers made. ahead of the needs of the one or the few? How long could He loaned one to the Russian president. The secret comput- a man last doing what he knew to be wrong, if his family ers could disable all other nuclear devices. However someone needed him to continue? destroyed the Russian computer causing the American com- puter to stop working. The elements from the Russian Operation Longbow, before 9-11 James B. Jackson computer were injected into the skull of the secretary of the Longtime covert CIA assassin, now retired New Orleans Russian who destroyed the Russian computer. Police SWAT cop, must deal with a terrorist attack on the local nuclear power plant, then hunt down and kill a tribal chief The Lost X E. Pauline Burbank in the Sahara Desert using a special sniper rifle called the A team of American archaeologists crashes into a canyon in Russia Longbow. Actually written before 9-11. and discovers a remnant of the lost 10 tribes from the Bible who are in dire need and do not understand who they are. The team’s The Quantum Chip William Davidson efforts to get out of the canyon embroil them in a ferocious strug- Trapped in the internet when they tried to use her brain as gle between good and evil. Digs were never this exciting. the processor for a quantum computer, she sent a cry for For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 7 help that would draw NFL quarterback Jason Dillard through a twisted world of power, money, corruption, torture, and murder to try and rescue the woman he loved. Recent Successes Relics of Jericho Bryan Spencer When a battle-weary Air Force Ranger, just returning home Neil Abramson Options Forked from Iraq, discovers the truth about his heritage and is Neil Abramson with Winghead Films found Forked on plunged into a new war between angels and demons, he InkTip and optioned it from Daniel Ochwat. Neil’s credits must quest to retrieve and protect the six holy relics of power include American Son, starring Nick Cannon (America’s before they are claimed by the Devil’s henchman that will Got Talent), among others. Daniel joined InkTip several cover the world in darkness. years ago, and earned his MFA in screenwriting and playwriting from Northwestern University. He has also Return of the Goddess directed his own short films, which played at the Boston Michael Brody and Steve Brody International Film Festival, among others. This is his first Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code with a female pro- success through InkTip. tagonist: When a discredited archeologist and her daughter discover an ancient artifact that proves God is female, they Paul Poste Options London Fog are threatened by a secret patriarchal society of worldwide Paul Poste with Captive Entertainment found London Fog religious and industry titans, who will do anything to keep the on InkTip and optioned it from Tasha Hardy. Paul’s credits discovery buried. include the upcoming feature Shine, starring David Zayas (Dexter) and Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black). Tasha is Returning Flight 19 David Diller a multiple contest-winning screenwriter based in Portland, A salvage crew’s leader is escorted by a ghost to the missing Oregon. She also has several producing credits to her Flight 19 and uncovers a lost family secret. résumé, including work with the National Geographic Channel. Tasha has been a member of InkTip for several Ripple Heather Faris years, and this is her first option through the site. Seeking to avenge her mother’s death, a hardened journalist enters a war-torn jungle guided by an escaped child prosti- David Melendez Options The Janitor tute who longs to be adopted. David Melendez with StonePark Productions found The Romilda’s War Robert Towers Janitor on InkTip and optioned it from Matthew Blackburn. David’s credits include the upcoming drama One Penny, Two German soldiers from the year 1936 time travel to the starring Erik Aude (American Sniper). Matthew is a con- year 2018 to try and stop a madman, a creature, and two test-winning writer with multiple produced credits to his accomplices from destroying the past. résumé. This is his fourth success through InkTip since Rosalie and the Hurricane Michael Childs joining several years ago. A dominatrix and her young protégé board a yacht bound for Howard Nash Options Fat Chick Tahiti to escape a murder charge – only to run into the path of a hurricane. Howard Nash with Open Communications Inc. found Fat Chick on InkTip and optioned it from Lorraine Duffy Merkl. Silent Partners: Absinthe of Desire Georges Salo Howard’s credits include the upcoming film Tiger, starring Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), which was also shot from a Two wealthy men are deceived into service by a clandestine script found on InkTip. Lorraine is also a published author, government agency, the vanguard of international counter- terrorism. Will the agency’s gamble on these men’s skills, and her script for Fat Chick is an adaptation of her Amazon charm, and ingenuity prove to be the lethal combination that best-selling debut novel. This is Lorraine’s first success stops a crime lord hell-bent on revenge? through InkTip since joining several years ago.

Silent Partners: Fragrant Water Georges Salo Gabrielle Evans Fields Options Dancer Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international Gabrielle Evans Fields with Silver Lining Pictures found government agency must prevent ultra-modern submarines Dancer on InkTip and optioned it from Erik Wolter. from falling into the hands of Yemeni and Omani pirates. If Gabrielle’s credits include Painted Horses, Take Two for left unchecked the pirates would have the whole world to Faith, the upcoming feature Killer Response, starring ransom as a large portion of global trade passes through the Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Twin Peaks), which Gulfs of Oman, Aden, and the Arabian Sea. was also written by an InkTip writer. Erik has been with InkTip for twelve years, and has optioned this script, Silent Partners: Razed Capital Georges Salo landed six hires and found representation as a result. Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international He also served as executive producer on the soon-to-be- government agency must prevent an activated North Korean released filmBreak the Stage, which Erik adapted from his sleeper agent from bringing the global financial system to its own YA novel. This is his first option through InkTip. knees. Economic sanctions imposed on North Korea force its regime to execute this plot – destroy U.S. facilities that print Continued on page 11 and store money. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Feature Article 8

Seeing Is Deceiving

InkTip is excited to announce that the feature film The Eyes is Ana Isabelle, and Megan West (This Is Us), who was the last actress Robbie opening in theaters around the country this month! It is a dream saw for the role of Jaclyn. “It was literally for producer/director Robbie Bryan and screenwriter Robert T. 4:45 in the afternoon, and Adrienne Roe, but no dream is without a few restless nights. The film had Stern, our casting director, told me to go home. ‘If anyone comes in, you can its share of challenges, from script requirements to maniacal cast off tape,’ she said. Then Megan Mr. Softee trucks and to health complications that only make walked in. She read one line, and I accomplishing it that much sweeter. knew we had found her!” Robbie not only directed The Eyes, but also produced it under his company The Eyes was a limited-location script (The Sopranos) and Danny Flaherty (The Good To Be Seen Films with Iron Heart with an ensemble cast. Robbie knew Americans), you don’t have much access Films. Robbie kept a firm balance the script was going to be a challenge to them. We had one day to rehearse. between his tasks as a producer and when he discovered it on InkTip’s site, But it was the best experience I’ve ever his role as a director. All of his pro- where writers post loglines for their had on the set. Everyone was there to ducing came before the first day of available scripts and producers and make a good movie. Ego was left at the shooting. “I took off my producing hat representatives can easily find exactly door. The younger cast was hungry to for the 15 days of shooting and then what they need. But that is partially make a good film, and if you see the put it back on the second we wrapped. what drew him to it. He told InkTip, “It movie, it is reflective of that spirit.” But it was critical for me not to be takes place in one room, so it presented producing [while directing] ... my other a really cool challenge as a director [to The cast also included Nicholas producers did an amazing job keeping make it not] look like a play … The script Tuturro (Blue Bloods), Greg Davis, Jr., nonsense away.” hit on all the points I wanted. It was a great concept and well done.” Megan West as Jaclyn The Eyes is about a six strangers who are kidnapped and revealed to have all killed in their past. Only one will live, and it is up to the six of them to decide who within two hours. Directing an ensemble cast is never easy. There are numerous personalities and egos vying for a director’s attention. “Being a director is kind of like a psychologist,” said Robbie. “Every actor has his or her own process. Some want to be left alone. You need to pick up quickly on each person’s personality, of who to push and who needs their space. And when you are working with people who are on TV series, like Vinnie Pastore For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 9 What no one could control as a pro- ducer was Robbie battling cancer. In the midst of casting, Robbie was diagnosed with throat cancer. Preproduction had to halt and actors were released as Robbie underwent nine weeks of chemotherapy and radiation. He made a promise to his wife that if he was cleared, he would start shooting The Eyes as soon as possible. In June of 2015, his PET scans came back clean, and on August 17th cameras rolled.

Every shoot seems to be plagued by one element that interferes with getting the shot. For The Eyes, it came in the form of a Mr. Softee ice cream truck. If the thought of a cell phone going off during a scene is distracting, Vincent Pastore as Harry try rolling while a stream of ice cream trucks parade by sounding off their hauntingly annoying jingles. “The ice daughters confided in me that I made better position to really escalate the sec- cream trucks came at the end of the their dad’s dream come true,” Robbie ond one. Now you have a track record. night – it felt like to screw with us. We said. The film has gone on to win Grand It validates you as an artist … InkTip is had to buy the whole crew ice cream. Prize for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category there [for] stories like this and having Mr. Softee,” Robbie recalled, not fondly. at the Rhode Island Film Festival, and Robert’s dream come true, and I thank “I still hear it in my sleep.” will be opening up in select theaters you, InkTip, for that. InkTip producers and writers work in the indie commu- around the country on April 7th. The film, which neither cancer nor ice nity, so it is important that we support cream drivers with an agenda could each other and support indie films.” keep from being made, had its pre- When InkTip asked Robbie if he had miere at Rio Cinema in Times Square. any advice for screenwriters looking to By Chris Cookson The screenwriter, Robert T. Roe, flew break into the industry as Robert did, in from Portland with his daughters to he said, “Get that first script made, and Follow Chris on Twitter @ACCooksonWriter see his work on the silver screen. “His if it goes somewhere, you are in such a or Novel2Screen.net

Nicholas Turturro as Charlie

Register Today at www.InkTip.com 10 Action/Adventure – Biographical Silent Partners: Scorched Earth Georges Salo Two Wheel Fury Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international When a motorcycle courier company is targeted by a murder- government agency must stop a criminal from using Earth ous mobster desperate to steal their cargo, it’s up to the new Penetrator Warheads from setting ablaze U.S. Air Force bases recruit Kyle to save his new friends from death and win back housing nuclear silos. the girl of his dreams.

Skydive Tom Doganoglu Unlawful Killing Leigh Smith David goes skydiving for the first time, but massive turbulence A tormented London detective with nothing to lose goes causes an accident that activates his parachute before he jumps. rogue after a powerful crime family places a target on him for Now he finds himself miles from the ground and dragged along his involvement in the death of their son. the side of the plane by his open, useless parachute. War Time Leon Cooper and Don Tait Smith & Wesson James Day During WWII, a young Naval officer aboard a warship in the An ex-D.A and an ex-cop become two competing bounty hunt- Pacific battles a psychotic captain endangering lives with his ers who try to save their child from a ruthless syndicate leader. indiscriminate and reckless orders.

South of Good Randall Reneau The White Rhino Michael Coburn Disgraced DEA Agent Hardin Steel is on the Ochoa Cartel A spoiled, rich Jewish woman goes to Africa to revoke a char- hit list, his girlfriend is missing, and the Cuban Mafia would itable donation set up by her deceased father (a survivor like a word. of Auschwitz) and ends up having a passionate affair with a stubborn, rugged safari guide. The Spanish Teacher Barbara de la Cuesta Dorie, a young woman on a teaching abroad stint in South Whitefella Dreaming Wendy Gibbs America, meets Ordoñez, a banned leftist journalist reduced A public servant in Alice Springs is secreted away into the to teaching Spanish to her third grade – sons and daughters desert by Aboriginal lawmakers to stand Aboriginal trial for of U.S. corporate types. He embarks on a solo dramatic killing one of their own. portrayal of Simón Bolívar’s wars and is fired for departing from the curriculum. How can she not love this man? YellowKnife, N.W.T Eric Friedberg Stubborn Luann Chappell and Jack Chappell A former Special Forces soldier takes a job managing a saloon in northern Canada. He meets a woman who works An orphaned girl living on the streets of New York is taken by for Evergreen, a CIA flight operation. When mutual friends of her grandparents to their farm in Tennessee. She is strug- theirs are murdered, they team up to exact revenge. gling with PTSD. Her school counselor recommends a pet for her to bond with. The grandparents adopt an abused mule. With the unlikely help of a disgraced trainer, they take on the Animation world of horse show jumping! The Big World of Lu-Lu Bell Suzanne Varney Symphony Michael Coburn A teenage girl who is 12 inches tall goes on a quest up a moun- tain to find a magic stick that will grant her wish to become A tenacious woman fights for prize money in order to buy a a normal size, which she hopes will quell her overprotective violin, in the hope that music will change her life. father’s fear of her independence. The Teacher Christopher Swider The Canopy Tales Gabrielle Norton Steve, the strongman hero in this funky, stylized, fight story, returns home hoping to find peace. Instead, he discovers his A curious princess follows a strange winged creature down little mill town has become Sin City, and his friends are slaves into a dark, mysterious rain forest. She goes on a wacky to the evil masters of this cruel world. The setting is like a adventure around the world. Will she find the key back to her combination of the original Robocop and The Crow. (Silver kingdom of eternal sunshine? Remi, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival) The MicroCosmic Cartoon Show Tokyo Fall Alex Meilan and Aimee Jacobs Prema Rose, Hugh A. Rose, and Suryananda Rose Abandoning the most important mission of his life, a former “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?” and “Where is here, anyway?” high-ranking assassin betrays his master – and vows to elimi- On a perilous quest to discover The Circle of Gold, a young nate their shadowy organization. boy embarks on an unforgettable journey through the Circus of Life, revealing ancient secrets while confronting devastat- ing deceptions that seek to destroy a mission that will forever alter the course of humanity. Every month an average of 25 Biographical scripts are purchased or optioned Attention on Deck Register at www.InkTip.com Skip Vogel, Retired Navy Captain and J.D. Hamilton A free service to the industry An unforgettable story of true heroism, heroism of the untold kind. A captivating tale of naval intrigue based on actual people For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Biographical – Comedy 11 and events, and serves as a much-needed wake up call to offi- cials and their academic brethren whose record in international policy demonstrates that there is something yet to be learned Recent Successes from past mistakes. Face to face with dereliction of duty. Continued from page 7 Before She Was Mommie Dearest (Joan Crawford) Crecia Mathalia Greg Huge Options Black Bags A disabled teen from Oklahoma dreams of becoming a dancer Greg Huge with Huge Pictures LLC found Black Bags on to escape her abusive, poverty-stricken home and instead InkTip and optioned it from Adam Pachter. Greg’s credits accidentally becomes one of the biggest movie stars of all include 3Play and the upcoming Silent Voice, to be directed time – Joan Crawford. Approved by the Crawford Estate (MDA). by Blair Underwood. Adam hails from Massachusetts, and has been a member of InkTip for several years. This The Bread Board Nick Bradley is his first option through InkTip. In this charming and thoughtful story about two unlikely neigh- bors, a retired priest with failing health and his unemployed Greg Huge Options Escape neighbor display a uniquely person-centered and watertight Greg Huge with Huge Pictures LLC found Escape on InkTip bond of trust as the old priest nears the end of his life. and optioned it from Billie Harris. Greg’s credits include A Grateful Man Gil Levitt, MD 3Play and the upcoming Silent Voice, to be directed by Blair Underwood. Said Billie about the experience: “One When a driven ENT doctor fighting severe heart disease of the things that impressed me about him is that he’s drastically changes both his own life and his approach to considerate. I’ve talked with a couple producers before practicing medicine to better serve his patients, he wins a and I can say he impressed me the most.” Billie has been bitter battle against false accusations and legal issues, and in with InkTip for about five years, and she’s a prolific writer. the process finds new love and a new lease on life.

Horace Bell Steven Wayne Knight and Elizabeth Baldwin Knight Brad Douglas Options Flipped Ranger Horace Bell fights for retribution against dark, demon- Brad Douglas with Barbed Wire Films found Flipped on driven Juan Flores in a horrific battle not only for himself InkTip and optioned it from Anthony Mezza and his but for the future of California. (Award-winning screenplay: co-writer Melanie Scroble. Bradley is currently in production Universe Multicultural Film Festival, 2017; California Film on Between the Trees (formerly titled Mountain Man), which Awards, 2017; Mexican International Film Festival, 2016) was also found on InkTip. Anthony is an award-winning screenwriter based in New Jersey. He joined InkTip just last Life Without Music Peter Chiverton year, and this is his first option as a result. A talented musician develops an acute muscle condition that makes performing in concerts impossible, and deals with the Jennifer Jenkins Options Not on the Menu fallout in her personal life. Jennifer Jenkins with LLP Production Services found Not Micheaux Bart Sumner on the Menu on InkTip and optioned it from Heather Estay. LLP’s credits include Shadow on the Mesa, which was also The rise to fame of Oscar Micheaux, America’s legendary first discovered through InkTip, among many others. Heather African-American feature filmmaker during the Jim Crow era is a Sacramento-based writer who has been with InkTip of the early 1900s. From farm boy to independent movie pio- just over a year. This is her first option through InkTip. neer. An epic tale of the American dream – realized.

My Kill Play Tim Patten Jeff Faehnle Options Call It Murder A personal story about AIDS that invokes belly laughs, tears, Jeff Faehnle with NGN Productions foundCall It Murder on and inspiration. In the 1980s, the first signs of a national InkTip and optioned it from Janet Blacquiere. Jeff’s cred- pandemic appeared and an evil virus found its way into San its include God’s Club and the upcoming Hunt for Truth, Francisco’s gay mecca and the bodies of a closeted group of among others. Janet is a children’s book author and illus- gay professional roller derby players. (Book for adaptation) trator who has been with InkTip for a few years now while polishing her screenwriting technique, and we’re excited Saving Lincoln Pelham Mead to announce this is her first feature script option! In 1861, Kate Warne and Allan Pinkerton become aware of a plot to assassinate President Elect Abraham Lincoln. Kate Brendan Walsh Options Centigrade Warne and Allan Pinkerton come up with a plan to thwart Brendan Walsh with Manhattan Productions found Centigrade the assassination plot, and get Lincoln’s cooperation. Kate on InkTip and optioned it from Daley Nixon. Brendan will be stays up all night with Lincoln in a sleeper train car, at risk to producing the film with his partner at Manhattan Productions, herself, guarding Lincoln. Bradley J. Ross, whose credits include the Oscar-nominated documentary Cartel Land. Daley is a UK-based screenwriter Comedy who has optioned three of his scripts to production compa- 18th Hole Chris Swider and Tom Fraterrigo nies in the U.S. and U.K. This is his second option through InkTip since joining just last year. 18th Hole is a bawdy romp of golf gags, sex jokes, and farce. For the new guy, Andrew, the company golf outing turns crazy Continued on page 13 Register Today at www.InkTip.com 12 Comedy and by the time he reaches the 18th hole, he’s struggling to CRS Sanford Mandell save the company, scrambling to save his marriage, and won- Two young, suddenly unemployed buddies in deep financial dering when the guys from the office turned into maniacs. Is trouble devise a scheme using elderly men in order to save it the full moon? their asses. 46 Tony O’Brien Deflowered Daniel Wesley The White House press secretary has his work cut out for him when he discovers that the President is a cannibal. When a timid botanist discovers that her rarest flower is the key ingredient in a government conspiracy, she’s forced to The Accidental Feminist Blayr Austin go on the run with the sex-addicted burglar who just tried Raised by a strong feminist mother, a homeschooled boy to steal it. arrives at college totally unprepared to tackle love and alpha Dizzy Izzy Rizwanul Haq male frat guys. After a rough patch at work, a middle-aged, divorced doctor Back to the Grind Robert Cox from London embarks on a holiday to Dubai, where he meets After seven years of retirement, a famous Hollywood producer a woman who looks remarkably like a famous actress on discovers that he has run out of money, and finds himself whom he has a massive crush. forced to go back to work in his previous profession. Once he begins working on a film set, he finds that the Hollywood rat Drac’s Back Paul Mahoney race is aptly named. Trapped in Australia, Dracula injures his back. Searching for an alternative treatment, he falls in love with a vegan naturopath. Bad Ass Undercover Substitute Teacher Eric Dunning A former Special Forces soldier goes undercover at the worst Drink Lisa Christian high school in America, “Martin Luther Cesar King Chavez, A woman discovers a magic mountain creek whose waters Jr.”, to avenge an attack on his sister. He soon discovers a will change men to just the way she wants them, and she dangerous international conspiracy that threatens to destroy uses it to make people young at heart again – and shape the United States. the perfect husband. The Ballad of Benny Trueblood Stephen Ridley Edna and Blanche Larry Arann Maverick, “has been,” Hollywood movie producer Benny Trueblood resorts to drastic measures to repay his film inves- Two elderly females hit the road in an attempt to re-enter the tors, a notorious Russian crime syndicate, when he hatches greater society and unshackle themselves from the bonds of a plan to actually rob the bank featured in his latest movie. senior condo life.

Bandido Yanqui O’Neil Brereton End of Season Brad Field What would you do if you learned you were going to die and Summer stock players close down for the season with some discovered your life insurance policy had a triple payout for comic moments, some sad ones. a violent death? Sometimes, getting killed isn’t so easy to do. Maybe that’s the way legends are born. Fair Share Steven Lane Smith On the run from a neurotic assassin, a guilt-ridden pet sales- Bell’s Heaven Brenda Hoskins man survives a bawdy road trip with a narcissistic shyster to After a catastrophe, an E.R. physician finds himself in Paradise, earn forgiveness and to find true love. where he must make the choice to stay with his wife who died two years earlier, or return to the living to save three people Fake Steve Hochman from disaster. Genius con man, Justin Banks, has been taking fake news The Black Forest Ham Matthew Heinze to new lows for over 30 years. Now, the Department of Defense hires him for the mother of all scams in order to A clumsy woman leaves her inactive comfort zone to chase boost their budget. the man of her dreams into the culture of long-distance run- ning; hurdling career and family obstacles along the way. False Flag Kevin Gustafson The Bus Driver J. Nicholas Bartolozzi After learning about Homeland Security budget cuts, a hot- headed CIA agent and a bumbling data analyst team up to After witnessing a murder, a middle-aged, self-loathing school bus driver finds that protecting the children and bringing the save their jobs by blowing up the Golden Gate Bridge. killer to justice is all she ever needed to gain acceptance. The The Further Adventures of Jimmy Lynch question now is, how to do it without becoming the next victim. Robert Rossetti and Rudi Anna Cajun Dumbeaux James B. Jackson Worcester, Massachusetts. Year of Our Lord, 1999. Before Special “tonic” spring water is discovered in the swamps, circa Brady. Before Ortiz. An eccentric mailman, Jimmy Lynch, and 1920, which has some very strange effects on the local town his loyal friends will do whatever it takes to save his job, win folk’s “libido” during the founder’s day celebration. Story is back his high school girlfriend, and keep his city from going along the lines of Blazing Saddles and is loaded with lots of completely corporate. Intrigue, murder, kidnapping, fraud, funny sight gags and silly innuendos. adultery, the little league championship, and a rock fight! For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Comedy 13 Happy Holidays Chastity Lively Christmas Vacation gets a Modern Family makeover when a hapless gay couple’s efforts to deliver on their young daugh- Recent Successes ter’s sole Christmas wish are thwarted by holiday family strife Continued from page 11 and one of the women’s disastrous antics.

Hey, Soos! Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper Nadeem Soumah Options The Lease A cheeky manservant brings A Christmas Carol drama to a Nadeem Soumah with Formula Features found The Lease stingy rich guy’s house. Is this man Jesus (“Heysoos”) a WTF on InkTip and optioned it from Jake Cashill. Nadeem’s dude from Tijuana or the WWJD man from Heaven? credits include 6 Ways to Die and Assassin’s Game, star- ring Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill). Jake is a New York writer now High Steaks Jesse Christensen living in LA, and joined InkTip over a decade ago. In that In the 1940s, Orville is falsely imprisoned and exposes the time, his scripts have won numerous awards, including truth about the warden killing off prisoners and selling the Grand Prize at the inaugural American Zoetrope their body parts. Screenplay Contest judged by Francis Ford Coppola him- Hosed David Berrade self. He’s even directed a few of his own scripts. This is Jake’s second option through InkTip. In order to buy back the family comic store, a vacuum sales- man with a drinking problem tries his hand at drug dealing in an eccentric, Christian rural community. Sherry Robb Options The Back Nine Sherry Robb with The Robb Company discovered The How to Move a Dead Guy Marquese Kese Back Nine through InkTip and optioned it from Jay Gable. After accidentally killing a drug dealer, three pothead friends Jay specializes in suspenseful, contained Hitchcockian must find a way to dispose of his body, all while running from thrillers, has been with InkTip for about ten years, and the dealer’s brother and his partner, who believe they had this is his fifth option through InkTip. something to do with his disappearance. Upinder Raisauda Options Night Games I’m Innocent Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper Upinder Raisauda with Central Station Media found Celebrity impersonator and former hippie Micah fills in for Night Games on InkTip and optioned it from Shawn Knox. the indisposed pope. When the substitution drags on and Upinder is a producer as well as a cinematographer, Micah grows into the role and connects positively with the whose credits include the horror/thriller Khazana and world’s Catholics will the real Pope Innocent step aside? the documentary We Are One, starring Forest Whitaker. The Impostor Paul Maritato Shawn is a graduate of the University of Toledo and UCLA’s Media Workshops and has been with InkTip for Call The Impostor, and he’ll help you out. Perhaps you don’t seven years. This is his third option through InkTip. want to go to an event, a wedding, a funeral, whatever – the Impostor will be there. He’ll look like you, talk and move like you. No one will know it’s not you. But be careful, because he Joseph Nasser Hires Noelle Nelson just may continue to be you even after the event is over. Joseph Nasser with Nasser Entertainment Group discov- ered Noelle Nelson through InkTip and hired her to write Jackpot Tina Barnes the family dramedy My Daddy’s in Heaven. We are pleased If the truck driver thought he had problems before, wait until to announce that the film is now in production, starring he wins the lottery. the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Corbin Bernsen (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). Noelle joined InkTip several years Larceny for Beginners Alexey Konnov ago, and this is her second success through the site. A meek chemistry professor goes on the run with his ex-girl- friend, a DEA agent, after a notorious mobster targets them for the theft of $10 million from a drug deal gone sour. Love Potion No. 10 Barbara Sutton Masry Law Mothers Mary Kay Green, JD When an ambitious Manhattan scientist researching a serum Three mothers, Jean, Annette and Kate, form a study group for monogamy discovers her playboy boyfriend has acci- as members of the largest class of women students, 30, and dentally been injected with the serum, his dramatic change first class of mothers in a male-dominated Midwestern Jesuit makes her a victim of her own study. law school surrounded by a reluctant legal community, and Chastity Lively challenge biases against women law students and women Malingerers lawyers with grit and humor. 1974-1977. A group of unmedicated, malingering mental patients’ lacka- daisical lifestyle is jeopardized when a pill-pushing psychiatrist Love & Happiness Mike Briock and a nurse with a nose for fakers takes over their care. A loving husband and father, who only wants the best for his family, arranges for his demise after being swindled out Man of Action Esther Geller of his family’s life savings. He discovers much too late that When a female filmmaker can’t get work, she disguises her- he wasn’t swindled, but cannot cancel the hit. Grave danger, self as a man and lands a job directing a crap action flick, only hilarious comedy, and intense drama ensue. to turn the flick into a franchise and fall in love with the star. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 14 with The Eyes Screenwriter Q& ARobert T. Roe Back when Captain and Tennille were singing about their love keeping them together, Robert appeared in the Micky Dolenz film Keep Off My Grass! He attended the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts for a year, but realized writing was his real passion. He studied under “every teacher he possibly could in Hollywood,” and he took to writing scripts. Recently, one of his scripts made it into the hands of George Clooney’s company. “Now I can name-drop despite being passed on!” he jokes. He also conquered the trifecta of the film world when he co-produced, co-directed, and wrote the feature film Rebecca’s Room. Robert stepped away from his writing to chat with InkTip about The Eyes and how he tackled a limited location, ensemble piece.

InkTip: How did you come up with the story for The Eyes?

Robert T. Roe: I signed up to get leads from producers seeking scripts from InkTip. Some of my scripts require a lot of money to make, and I noticed there was a real need for single locations, lower budget stories. These are difficult to dream up. Yet, there are many great movies. In the news at the time were stories about surveillance issues, with the government overstepping itself. Bang. What if I created a single-location story about this issue? So I did.

Another thing in the news was that someone in Congress attached a crazy Robert T. Roe is a Portland-based little bill to a huge spending bill. When it was discovered, no one – and I mean no screenwriter who wrote the limited one – would admit to putting that crazy bill in the mix. It became law. So, what if, to save money, let’s say, President location thriller, The Eyes, hitting Trump decided that if he could abso- lutely prove through the use of video theaters this month, which was and surveillance someone is guilty of murder, why not just have a team to discovered on InkTip’s site. execute them and save the taxpayers­ money on a big trial? But watch out, there is a twist at the end. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 15 InkTip: The film is an ensemble piece, had this interview, nor this movie com- where each character has a sordid ing out. We writers have to have a way past that is revealed. How much work of getting our stuff out there, other on backstory for each character did than an agent, to be seen. InkTip works you do? and is affordable. Not only that, but they will give advice from time to time Robert T. Roe: Some, but I person- on how to make your story or logline ally don’t believe in a lot of backstory better. Also, older stories pass as new because you could lock out some really on InkTip when fresh producer eyes good revelations about that person. read your logline and then perhaps What I look at first is “who do I need your script. I have a once-optioned to move this story forward?” Everything script that will be on InkTip until it is that happens, and every character made or I die. It is controversial and along with their words, should do there is a camp against it, but it is that. The characters in this movie have really, really good. On InkTip, it stays to have the sordid past of murder to in the running until Hollywood catches move the story forward. “The Eyes” of up to how good it is. That’s my opinion, surveillance caught them in the act, and I’m sticking to it. but how and when that is revealed is part of the tension, conflict, and drama solution arrives. Then fear sets in that InkTip: What is next for you? of the story. I don’t forget it before I write it down. Robert T. Roe: I just registered my InkTip: Who was your favorite charac- InkTip: How do you know when to new script Grandpa and the 25th. It’s ter to write and why? finish a script or when to throw in the based on the true story about a group towel and realize it simply isn’t working? of black soldiers that became the first Robert T. Roe: The option agreement Infantry Bicycle Corps in 1896 and required two minor rewrites. Robbie Robert T. Roe: I don’t allow myself to made a historical trip to Yellowstone had an actor he wanted to write in, but have this problem because I learned Park from Missoula, Montana. I love that would have affected every single from people like Robert Kosberg (Pitch how it came out. I also am planning on King) that you always start with a good page, so we flipped the lead character adding more episodes to my comedy idea. That means you don’t start with from male to female. It still affected TV series, The Sound, and starting the a bad idea and hope that somewhere the whole script, but that change movie The Curse of Optimism. I’m also along the road by page 50 it magically helped the other characters as well. In interested in doing more directing. will become a good story. Can you put the end, I found them all compelling, your idea in a single sentence? You InkTip: What advice can you give other but I feel the former porn star is my should be able to before you start to writers who are trying to get their foot favorite, because her whole story is write. Do you like the idea? Does it in the door? over the top. excite you? Now, this does not mean that everyone else will like your story, Robert T. Roe: If you love to write, InkTip: Who gave you the most trou- but it does mean you don’t have to then your foot is already in the door. ble and why? throw any towels away. Money and success would be and is nice, but it starts with either you are a Robert T. Roe: The writer is the cre- InkTip: At what point in script writing writer or you are not a writer. If you are ator of the world the story lives in. No do you decide the material is ready to not a writer, don’t try to get your foot in character is trouble when the delete be marketed? the door. If you are a writer, just keep button is so available. writing and enjoy the process. I once Robert T. Roe: It has to be after mul- How do you get through writ- was at an interview with Ted Elliott and InkTip: tiple rewrites, but I had to learn this ers block? Terry Russio (Pirates of the Caribbean the hard way. Yet, I have heard horror series). Two things I took away from stories about people that work and Robert T. Roe: Block is a message them are that a scene must be rework scripts for years. At some point from the brain that you don’t know cinematic and that they write from cin- you have to decide if the story you your story as well as you should. It’s ematic moment to cinematic moment. see in your head would be enjoyed by on our side and is trying to slow us That lesson helped me tremendously, audiences everywhere and be honest down so we don’t waste our time on but I didn’t hear it until after five years about it. Then it is ready. Besides, you a bad story. Otherwise, it would be like of writing. You learn as you go if you will probably have to change some- Old Faithful and blow out of us. I say stick to it. Now my foot is in the door. thing anyway when a producer gets a the story idea is the problem and not hold of it – so, get it out there on InkTip! You can read his logline for South by that of an experienced writer. For me North on page 30. it is usually that I don’t really like the InkTip: How has InkTip benefited idea as much as I thought, but I didn’t your career? By Chris Cookson realize that right away. I move on to something else. Then one day while Robert T. Roe: If it had not been for Follow Chris on Twitter at driving or taking a shower – POP, the InkTip, I am not sure I would have ever ACCooksonWriter or Novel2Screen.net Register Today at www.InkTip.com 16 Comedy Mission Field: Impossible Michelle Smith Reinventing Erika Barbara Sutton Masry The first really funny Christian comedy written by a Christian When a retired New Jersey teacher discovers the bold art of writer and based on real events: What does a professional sculptor, Niki de Saint Phalle, she becomes obsessed with Russian hockey player, the former manager of a famous learning more about her fearless, unconventional life. Defying country and western group, and an aging “spiritual” her husband, she embarks upon an adventure in Paris and hippie couple have in common? The answer – the new returns home questioning her marriage and the direction of Christian couple that just moved into the neighborhood. the rest of her life.

No Parental Guidance Randy Fife Rita Reiter, The Meter Maid Arianne Peterson Four teenage boys, with four guns, set out on an adventure A quirky, vigilante meter maid discovers an undercover plan across four states, in four days, to retrieve a hidden treasure – to ruin her favorite city and she must take matters into her and with no parental guidance. What could possibly go right? own hands with her band of comrades in order to save it from impending disaster. No Way Out Georges Salo When an arrogant African-American executive fails to get a Senior Trippin’ Lance Powell promotion, he’s transferred to Singapore, where he under- Imagine a Samuel L. Jackson-type character as the high goes a journey of self-discovery and finds unlikely Asian love. school’s principal, chaperoning 40 wild and horny students Of Color Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper on their senior class trip to the Bahamas. Fun-loving Anthony video-documents his classmates, but his shenanigans Living in a colorless world without emotion, pale Bo is about get him on lockdown by the principal. The mission is on to jump from a hot air balloon when, learning that her late to rescue him by his buddies and secret girlfriend – the father was a dark-skinned man, she accepts emotion and principal’s sexy, hot daughter. color into her life – and the movie. Shepherd’s Pie Duncan Marriott Parental Guidance Bruce Kalish An arrogant American corporate raider travels to Scotland to Three kids, well past the prime adoption age, get their last defend a sheep farm against a hostile takeover by a rival clan, chance at having a family and leaving the tyrannical orphan- age director, when they’re adopted by two clueless androids. led by an aggressive and beautiful Scottish woman. But in this wild comedy, family also comes along with a mur- Shoulda Seen It Coming der plot, a kidnapping, and a court case not to be forgotten. Rick Tuberf and Randy Jon Morgan Pioneer Knights Getting married isn’t always funny. Sometimes it can be Brian Gelinas and Kenneth Benoit plain murder. The lives, loves, and comedic antics of a group of teenagers play out against the backdrop of the last days of a drive-in Smile, You’re on Camera! movie theater in the 1980s. Juliette Garrigues, Brunella Steger, and Marie Le Pennec Two actors, who have been offered the roles of Laurel and Rabbit Trap Wayne Johnson Hardy in a biopic about slapstick, are mistaken for drug dealers Sex, drugs, and rock and roll tempt any man in this adventure and caught between gangsters and the police, who track them comedy with a twist of crime. To trap international smugglers, by surveillance cameras. They are proven innocent thanks an L.A. police detective sends his unsuspecting married to the movie camera, and the producer decides to turn his friends deep inside the Catalina Island Erotica Roman Festival Laurel and Hardy movie into a story about their adventures. where for Leap Year day, there are no laws – except those set by Caesar and his army of overpaid Hollywood actors. So I’m a Tart, Eat Me! Mark McAskill A hardcore atheist and sexually promiscuous woman gets to Reality Cheque Georges Salo relive the last five days of her life and finds herself challenging A brilliant non-conformist and computer coder works at God while searching for true love in the big city. dead-end jobs in a way that forces his contemporaries to face their failure. Until one day he meets a woman that can match Soldier of Missed Fortune Georges Salo his intellect and his whole world changes – or does it? The U.S. government creates a modern-day bionic man on a shoestring budget.

Soul Mate Paul Rothbart With the help of his imaginary ideal woman, a cynical reality Go to www.InkTip.com show writer competes with his show’s host for the affections and search by title or of one of its contestants. author for the scripts The Sport of Kings Kent Frates The story of Hammerhead, the stoner race horse, is inspired that interest you! by Caddyshack and features an irreverent cast of losers, mis- fits, and outcasts that shows that horseracing is clearly not “The Sport of Kings.” For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Comedy – Crime/Murder/Mystery 17 Stet Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper another magic act or parlor game. The enforcer uses his Led by their feisty cheerleader teacher and despite the brother’s ability to gain access to places where enemies resistance of the principal, a spunky group of misfit middle- reside, and he’ll go through anyone and everyone to get his kidnapped brother back. schoolers prepares for an editing competition that turns out to be a college-level contest. The Zombays Lance Barnett Superhero Rehab Virginia Youngren When a secret government program to create zombies for military purposes goes awry, the surviving prototypes go It’s all talk and no action when a panicky therapist and her underground in an attempt to blend into society while remain- lying, thieving partner are assigned to whip incompetent ing incognito. Their superhuman powers come with both “heroes” into shape. blessings and a curse, leading to a cataclysmic showdown. T Hanks Giving Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper Crime/Murder/Mystery A Midwest student creates an elite, critical persona to impress the frat elite and goes on to fame for his negatively slanted The Den of Dogs Olivia Brooks-Scrivanich films – until he hooks up with KT, who through a mistake Having served years in prison for rape due to his wealthy changes his focus and his personality. brother’s testimony, a convict launches a heinous plot to ruin Taking Christmas Kyle Wilson his brother by assuming his identity, imprisoning his brother, and kidnapping teens from his brother’s amusement park The real Santa Claus routinely drops in on Christmas Eve through a wormhole, to be sold on the black market. A relent- unknowingly at the wrong place and wrong time as delivering less detective must find the wormhole and rescue the teens presents suddenly becomes his last priority, while surviving before they’re sold! the night becomes his first. The Fastest Gun Kent Frates Too Cool for Heaven Duncan Marriott FBI Agent “Jelly” Bryce, who killed 19 men in the line of duty A ’60s era rock star is sent from Heaven to save the soul of a between 1926 and 1953, hunts down a vicious bank robber in young hip-hop artist being courted by the Devil. a gangster tale with a western flair.

Too Jewy Jacqueline Davidson Kopito Flags Duane Peterson A set of old dining room chairs tries to tear apart a “too Jewy,” Infiltrating a crooked police force, the lone surviving teenager Long Island family; see the drama unfold as these chairs go from of a decorated police family stops at absolutely nothing to one sibling’s house to another. But is it really about the chairs? bring down the murderous bastards who assassinated her detective mother. Toolie Susan Griffith and Emily Cooper Tool belt-wearing Julie (“Toolie” to her baby sister) makes I Wonder What the Vintners Buy Lillian Savage creative home improvements, but her family is oblivious. She A double murder. That’s what two homeless winos overhear wants to escape to the tiny scale model of her home she has a couple planning to execute. Rand insists they must call the built in the backyard. police, do something about it. But Harry argues it’s none of their business and no one will believe them anyway. Unlucky Saadi Brifkani An unlucky young man thinks he’s struck gold when he stum- Machine Gun Mrs. Kent Frates bles upon Aladdin’s magic lamp, but little does he realize that Led by Kathryn Kelly, the Machine Gun Kelly Gang could he’s about to be stuck with a genie that will turn his life into a rob banks, but they made a fatal mistake when they kid- living nightmare. napped the wrong man, leading to one of the FBI’s most famous manhunts. View from the Rubble Victor Bravo In this satirical vision of a future urban wild west, a war Manhattan South Michael P. Bowles hero and lovable loser gets swept up in an unlikely plot to After the murder of his partner, a diligent cop becomes con- knock off the President of the United States – a blowhard vinced that a celebrated movie director committed the crime, of epic proportions. but the more he uncovers, the less anyone believes him.

Vote Goodman Scott Newell On Roxbury Park Shari Able Slacker Morris Goodman challenges his over-achieving A successful female doctor is stalked by an old boyfriend. brother’s campaign to be elected mayor of their hometown. But despite running the campaign from hell, the warring Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Nectar of Passion brothers must unite to face a more formidable foe – their Georges Salo own mother! The Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit is created under the auspices of the department of Homeland Security. A tsunami washes Georges Salo Where the...Is My Brother? bodies on shore, and PATU is asked to assist in solving A well-known enforcer works for the mob to snuff out their these bizarre set of murders which unveil a nefarious and enemies. His brother, although developmentally challenged, sinister plot in the making. Can PATU decipher and terminate is a natural locksmith, and considers his special gift as just the plot in time? Register Today at www.InkTip.com 18 Crime/Murder/Mystery – Drama Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Drug Habit Georges Salo Drama Cancer, “the scourge of modern man,” is yet incurable, although French and American scientists have discovered 1,977 Miles Michael Paul Aakre that in part viruses and retroviruses cause it. No cure is An employee for a handicap transportation service borrows available as it may be that drug companies stand to make a company van without asking and takes his paraplegic, child- more profit from abating the symptom rather than curing the hood best friend on a road trip across the country. disease, thereby perpetuating a drug habit. Adjusting the Mirror Jeffrey Liggens Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Reap the Harvest Georges Salo Two unlikely lovers face the consequences of certain life deci- A criminal, needing an entry point for his weapons and drugs, sions, which result in a dramatic turn of events. Eventually finances a Honolulu mayor’s re-election campaign. Upon they get their lives straight after much introspection, but not winning it, the mayor reneges on his deal. He is dispatched, without events that lead them to their convictions and con- replaced with his compliant deputy mayor. PATU must solve two clusions about their lives. seemingly unrelated events in order to stop the proliferation of weapons and drugs. Are they too late; does he reap his harvest? Against the Grain Stephen Colley Redemption Georges Salo In the 1901 Midwest, an overachieving young lady races to build a huge grain elevator that a Wall Street clique, the local After a powerful drug lord wipes out his competition, he railroad, and the project’s labor leader don’t want built. goes after the only people that stand in his way of taking over Manhattan: a decorated New York City detective and his Bader Field; How My Family Survived Suicide Carl David equally competent female partner. A teenage boy is tormented by relentless visions of his missing The Revenge Heist Jo Allison Andrews older brother, whose Army unit was about to be sent to Vietnam. He fearfully undergoes an intense psychoanalysis Museum curator, with the help of a police captain lover, to face the devastating reality that his idol actually never heists a rare artifact to destroy her scheming, philandering went, but committed suicide. (Book for adaptation) husband’s career. The Bank Attack Gabriell DeBear Paye A Secret Among Friends Kathy Krantz Stewart and Stephanie Kimmel Antonio is a popular rapper, dad, and clothing designer. But when the economy crashes, his business goes bust, his house Childhood friends discover secrets among them as they grow up. is foreclosed on, and his family separates. As he fights to keep Secret Roses Elan Carlson his house and reunite his family, he becomes a housing rights advocate and helps other struggling homeowners and rent- When her dad dies, an artist escapes her abusive husband to ers stay in their homes. (Based on a true story) care for her mother, unaware her husband, a corrupt phar- maceutical magnate, has bribed someone to kill her if she Battle Scars David M. Salkin reveals his brutal colors. Now a stranger gets close, and she’s attracted. Her husband gets wary and signals his hiree to kill United States Marine Corps wounded warrior Sean Nichols her, but his murder plan twists, spinning them all. must overcome severe injuries and the deaths of his battle buddies with the help of his sergeant and best friend, Deke Sydney Murders – Solved! Stuart Gustafson Tillman. Together, they journey to visit the families of their fallen comrades and then Arlington National Cemetery, where Initial novel in series. Unable to quickly solve a string of we learn Sgt. Deke Tillman died saving Sean on that fateful day. headline-making murders in high-profile locations, the Sydney, Australia police turn to an unlikely resource for solving the Baxter Maclennan Bill Kay cases: a mathematics professor who surprises everyone with his discovery and pronouncement. (Book for adaptation) Baxter MacLennan from Scotland becomes embroiled in London’s World War II vice world to avenge the death of his Time Rider Harold Swanson sister, but cannot avoid being corrupted by the system.

After a major scientific breakthrough in time travel, a research Because of Arnie James B. Way physicist travels back in time to unravel and prevent the mys- terious unsolved murders of his two wives, only to discover Arnold Davenport is dying of AIDS, but this story is not about that he is a killer and must prevent his own murder. the AIDS crisis; rather, it is about an extraordinarily talented but dysfunctional family caught up in the AIDS crisis. Arnold’s Undertakings David Dell Johnson dying wish is to bring peace, reconciliation, and harmony into Ten years after being sexually assaulted at college, a young woman his dysfunctional family. turns serial killer, ridding the world of those who have gotten away Believe Jose Rodriguez with terrible crimes. Along the way she falls in love and marries the homicide detective investigating one of her murders. With nothing left to lose, a man sets out to become the Hollywood screenwriter he’s always been told was impossible. Water View Gerry Yukevich Julie Noble A gorgeous and brilliant young artist is found dead on a The Brass Frog Martha’s Vineyard beach. Police diagnosis: suicide overdose. Embarking on a vision that takes her 800 miles away from the Her psychiatrist thinks differently and sets out to find her killer. comforts of home, a 45-year-old woman looks for a life more For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama 19 interesting and fulfilling. She finds that sometimes it takes a shark using cars on his lot for collateral – cars he doesn’t own. journey to see what is right in front of us – and sometimes we Learning he’s been duped, Joe demands his money in 30 days need the journey to complete us. or else. Desperate, Eddie turns to the sinister John Salle for help, which could be his undoing. Breakfast at Zucky’s Ted Miller Rich Cavello’s well-meaning literary professor introduces him Death’s Doorstep Jonathan Strackman to Art Gold, a Hollywood screenwriting agent, who reads Rich’s A man whose secret job is uniting dying souls with departed script and raves about its potential. Excited, Rich leaves New loved ones searches for a connection of his own while York and drives to Santa Monica, where he re-connects with going public. his family’s outcast grandfather, and then inadvertently gets involved with a devious Italian landlady and her alcoholic son. Don’t Leave Diane Leccarde Bye, Baby Timothy Scott Murphy When Elmer kills himself, Joshua (Elmer’s friend from the other side) has one chance to save his friend’s life. But Elmer When an attractive black woman, Tiffany Hyde, passing isn’t the only one who will be destroyed if he dies. for white in 1955 Mississippi becomes the catalyst behind and witness to the savage murder of a black teen, she must Donald’s Block Party Matt Rhoden decide whether to risk her neck by testifying against his killers or keep her true race a secret. An unsociable librarian has a week to put on a rap show and save the library from a bank’s takeover. (“Recommend” from Cache Rick Tester WeScreenplay) A geocacher is forced to explore extremely dangerous loca- Driven Roy Woodbridge tions for a cache worth millions as ransom for his wife, while dealing with the dark secrets and intentions of his partner. To save his ailing father’s trucking company and the jobs of his drivers, a number-crunching merchant banker tries to Cadeby David J. Keogh stop the market penetration of autonomous trucks. 445 AD: Against huge odds, a band of elderly, ill-prepared villagers prepare to defend the small village of Cadeby from Dualite Linh M. Tran an impending Viking onslaught. A tense and tragic historical Dualite is the story of a strong-willed Vietnamese girl, and drama that shows never to underestimate what people can her two possible paths of either staying in war-torn Saigon, do to defend what is theirs. or fleeing from Communism to America, where everything is foreign. Both paths are atypical and although on different Cahoots Elan Carlson spectrums of the Earth, she always finds herself in defiance Disguised as men in 1880s U.S., a Chinese grandmother, her of cultural norms to forge her own path to independence in beautiful daughter with her little girl flee an attack on their either worlds. fishing village, run into two quirky Celtic rail hands and plead for secret support back to China. Rail hands accept, and the Even a Just Man Mark Christopher Boyd five rise to daring smarts – whatever it takes – creating a lov- When a self-loathing, inner-city priest can’t pay his gambling ing bond that their heartbreaking success can’t destroy. debt owed to a childhood bully, now gangster, the gangster Casino Intrigue Georges Salo turns his abusive ways towards the only source of light in the priest’s disillusioned life: a young prostitute. The priest must Inspired by a true story of a casino security guard who is decide how far he will go to protect her. passionate about his work but disrespected by his wife. He eventually finds his true calling as a result of his wife’s extra- Every Day of My Life Andre Orr marital deceit. Their struggle is set against the backdrop of a casino, showcasing the true nature of that business. An African-American teen from Chicago gets himself into big trouble and is sent to rural Alabama to live with relatives. He Champion of the Boxers Cecil Ronald meets a white girl, and his life will never be the same! A man wanting a son, a son looking for a father he has never Fathers and Sons Mike Moroz seen, and an angry woman standing between them. While waiting for the birth of his first child, a young man is Convergence Jo Allison Andrews forced to come to terms with his past after the death of his estranged father. A female parapsychologist, investigating mysterious disap- pearances, discovers the dead with scores to settle returning The Fever Peter Ellinwood to seek revenge. After the Civil War, two impressionable young lovers, seeking Daughters Ofer Saly adventure and fortune, leave a comfortable life in Philadelphia The daughter Julian wanted and never had until he was and journey west into the unknown wilderness – to encoun- shocked to learn otherwise. An emotional, tearful, sad and ter overwhelming adversity. happy, beautiful story of a poem writer. The Final Dance James Crouson Deadbeats Ted Miller An aging dancer at a gentlemen’s club learns that she is losing Eddie Thomas, a slick auto wholesaler out-slicks himself by her employment. She must make exceedingly difficult choices borrowing $20,000 from Joe Lags, a well-connected loan on not just her future, but the survival of her soul. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 20 Drama From This Moment On Pauline Hetrick Holy Fools Aaron Gibson When a former horsewoman takes a job to acquire the son of The grandson of a Vietnam War vet struggles with his own her deceased horse, she must teach a spoiled, defiant teen- relationships while trying to finally win the man’s approval. ager how to ride and take the challenge of a lifetime. When he finds that opening old wounds long buried in for- eign lands can cut deeply across families and hemispheres, it Furlough Janet Myers takes two strong women with worldviews miles and centuries The owner of Sitters for Seniors takes an afternoon job apart to help him find the balance point he needs. staying with an elderly man while his wife goes to a bridge tournament, but when the wife fails to return, the sitter finds In Atonement for Our Sins James Newton herself involved with police, felons, and a new career. Diagnosed with cancer, an elite athlete seeks forgiveness from his adult son before it’s too late. GFE Rizwanul Haq A widowed doctor tries to overcome his grief and guilt for In the Void of Lies Kirby Freeman his late wife after he strikes up an unlikely friendship with an Obamacare, Trumpcare, or No-care. The fate of millions is in escort, who offers a “Girlfriend Experience.” question. Politics is selling. In order to pass the Health Care Bill, Justin Powell has to help Senator Fitzgerald cover up an The Good Book Lucy Fazely illicit affair – but finds himself having to deal with the same In a society of castaways, whose religion is based on a book secrets at home. of 19th century poetry, the religious leader struggles with his faith when a shipwrecked fisherman casts doubts on their The Journey Daisy Heisler beliefs – starting a religious war that threatens to destroy Based on a true story, we follow a young woman’s journey them all. through five dramatic years as she struggles with love, motherhood, sexual energy, paranormal insight, awakening Grandma’s Coming to Stay Paul Mahoney memories, and experiences with cosmic energy that tran- A granddaughter discovers family secrets after her grand- scend time and logic of our physical world. (Adapted from mother accidentally burns her house down and is forced to short stories in the screenwriter’s book: Awakening Memories) live with them. Joy Frances Gertler Grandma’s Gifts Cynthia Mehta Can Johnny and Joy’s marriage be saved after Johnny finds Grandma’s greatest gift is passed on to her granddaughter out Joy had an affair with an actress visiting their small town? when the death of her child is recounted 40 years later. Kid Coke Mark Christopher Boyd The Heart of Mount Baldy Duncan Marriott When an unpopular high school sophomore in an idyllic, To avoid spending 30 days in jail, a faithless young gang suburban community in the early 1980s comes across a member reluctantly takes a job as a caretaker for a man with backpack full of unclaimed cocaine, his plans to use it to climb Down syndrome who claims he can speak to God. the school’s social ladder and win over his excitement-starved dream girl are spoiled when a Mexican drug cartel comes to Here Comes the Night Al Lefcourt town, looking for the missing coke. All of it. A musician stuck in a dead-end career reunites with an old Land of the Brave Lord Phillip Betz love, and together they embark on a wild rock-and-roll tour that is followed by fans – but stalked by Death. Tossed from the past, a two-timing Greek goddess wreaks havoc in a dog-eat-dog, alpha-male world. Hidden Creek Steve Brody Last Shot Leanne Templeton An old rancher begins to realize he might be losing his mind and suspects his son and granddaughter of perpetuating Irish teenager Jimmy escapes dysfunction with his alcoholic his dementia in the hopes of closing a lucrative land deal. father and becomes a caddy at his local golf club. It tran- (Gaslight with a twist meets Still Alice) spires he has a particular skill of the sport, which leads him to become professional in Miami. Jealousy, racism, a death, and Higher Than Eagles Maralys Wills a rape all go against Jimmy’s plans to succeed, leaving him The true story of Bob Wills, an international celebrity who lost, alone, and spiraling out of control. fights both his asthma and his father, but “finds” himself in Liberation Stephen Colley the dramatic sport of hang gliding. By age 26, he is champion of the U.S., Canada, and England. But tragically his life ends When an animal activist starts freeing factory farm animals, when he is “blown down” by a filming helicopter while making Homeland Security comes after him, and a slaughterhouse a commercial for Willys Jeep. goes after the escaped cow he rescued.

Hold Me! Keith Mallory Mad Dash William Leonard Set on Bruny Island, Australia (1982-1990). A young music com- An autobiographical story about a man from Northern California poser quits his love for music when tragedy strikes. The kid who falls in love with a South African woman while traveling in band that he walked away from, to run the family farm, moves Europe. Upon returning home, he finds himself going insane. As on to fame and fortune. Years later they return, in hopes of his life unravels, he uses memories of her to battle his mental ill- convincing him to rejoin their group. A potential cash cow. ness but must sacrifice the romantic relationship in the process. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama 21 A Man Named Logan Rachel Reaugh he wants a child of his own, or is he already the “father” he Days before Christmas, Evelyn Grant, discovers that her thought he needed to be. One Man’s Family is a modern day fiancé, Noah Adams, has kept secrets from her, which leaves telling of the Old Testament Abrahamic legend. Evelyn struggling with her ideals of marriage and love – that One Year Commitment Janet Myers is, until she serendipitously meets a man named Logan, who restarts her heart in an unexpected way. Newly appointed grand jury members, with vastly different lives, collide in interweaving stories of romance, murder, Marigold Lisa J. Cristoforo divorce, kidnap, and corruption.

A woman realizes her dreams are a window into her past life, Out of My Storm Larry Neil Martin prompting her solitary journey to Ireland to discover the truth. A war-damaged Marine intends to end his misery in the Meet Me Behind the Buffalo Cynthia Mehta mountains of Colorado. When he can’t do it, he finds that dozens of Christmas travelers need him to fight back against A rockabilly singer, “Daddy-O,” kills a biker and goes to prison a monster blizzard. while his love, “Mustang Sally,” waits for him year after year behind the buffalo at the bar where they met. Passenger Ride Simon Parker Mightier Than the Sword Ernie Hernandez Kidnapped and held for a ransom that her husband is never going to pay, a beautiful woman is transported around the A delinquent gang member (17) sent to probation camp fights city in the back of a van. Bonding with her guard and even to fit in, reforms, comes back as a probation officer (24) facing falling in love, she soon learns that she will have to fight for a director who wants to fire him; but he outsmarts him, helps her own freedom. himself and others win life’s lottery. Peace Pledge George M. Johnson Missing in Mexico Stuart Gustafson A disillusioned First World War veteran, challenged by a A resourceful 19-year-old college freshman misses her flight reckless Anglican priest, reluctantly fights against fascists for home from a family vacation in Mexico. Many help to try to peace in 1930s Britain, losing both friends and family, but find her, but it’s a girl in a similar situation who provides the gaining a second chance in love. Based on the true story of clues to the seasoned private investigator. Canon Dick Sheppard and the Peace Pledge Union.

Mount Olive A Place in My Heart Jack Quinn Hanz Wasserburger and James C. Peters When Afro-Caucasian Jason Grant visits a Maine lobster vil- Just as a young pastor’s failing church is about to be bulldozed, lage, he falls in love with divorcee Brenda Foster, prevents a a bad-boy megastar quarterback shows up for court-ordered hostile takeover of the harbor by a Vegas gambling syndicate, counseling – or off to jail he goes! and performs a difficult trumpet solo in Carnegie Hall. Then Brenda’s ex-husband initiates a boat chase that will impact My Christmas Poem Carol Barker their lives forever. A bright, brave eight-year-old must overcome her nervous stuttering to read her poem out to the whole town on The Plaintiff Clifford Zalay Christmas Eve, or have someone else read it. A top producer of a giant corporation is fired and risks his marriage and future. Despite all obstacles, he sues the com- Night of the Purple Moon Scott Cramer pany to regain his reputation, resulting in the largest jury After dust from a passing comet introduces a pathogen that verdict in the U.S. A “David vs. Goliath,” inspiring true story. attacks the hormones of puberty, adults across the globe (Grand Award Winner, Best of Show, International WorldFest drop dead. A teen, facing the time bomb of adolescence, Film Festival; Best Drama Feature, AOF Film Festival; Best struggles to keep her younger siblings alive in the apocalyptic Screenplay, Burbank Film Festival.) nightmare. (Austin 2nd round, Page semi-finalist, Blacklist “8”) Port Chicago Bill Hicks No Name Sarah Bahl Based on true events: In the height of World War II, a group The intriguing 19th century tale of a young woman who takes of African-American sailors face court martial for refusing to the stage after the loss of her inheritance because her to return to work loading ammunition following a massive father had secretly been married to an American. explosion that kills 320 fellow sailors and levels the nearby town of Port Chicago. Ollie Jim Corona A young con man who pursues a costly cure of his muscular Pride of Love Kevin Dwyer dystrophy must overcome his self-absorbed inner handicap Emotionally and physically scarred by a senseless hate crime, to face a ruthless drug kingpin after he steals his $4 million a depressed young gay man struggles to love and trust again diamond-studded smartphone. when a goth punk outcast suddenly comes into his life. (Book for adaptation) One Man’s Family Arnold Zimmerman and Morgan Land Everything is going well for Andrew Jacobson, the stepfather Project Manhattan Alex Newsome and Jurgen Bellet to his wife Saundra’s three children, until Patrick Donahue, A young millenial’s life is radically transformed by the early the estranged father, returns. Andrew must now decide if onset of Alzheimer’s in his father’s life. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 22 Drama The Prosecutor David Bortman Shaking the Tree Georges Salo Back in the early ’70s, when abortion was illegal, a prominent A woman’s journey of self-discovery at the behest of her young Assistant D.A., gets a girl pregnant and has to arrange soldier husband who died as a result of wounds sustained for a back-alley abortion. The abortion is botched, the girl in Afghanistan. dies, and the abortionist is arrested. The Assistant D.A. is assigned to prosecute – no one knowing that he’s the one Squid Jiggers Judi A. Blaze who arranged for the abortion. A young island woman spends three years struggling with the loss of her arm, until her ex, responsible for her impairment, Rebound Man Samuel Inglese is released from prison, then she fights for her life. Three gen- Jack, a microbrewer; Jill, a horse therapist: both want lovers erations of women make up this quirky and heartfelt feature. to be the “bad guys” and must wait as her diamond and his rebound tricks fail to get the other to say “I quit.” Seeing the Stowaway Bogdan Gujev love, siblings try mud, ants, tents, and bears to get them back Two brothers from an ex-Communist country illegally embark together – forever living in the mountains under the stars. on a ship to U.S. in search of a better life, but the tyranni- cal captain gives them hard time. Only one of them barely Redbone Ned Eckhardt escapes the ship and strikes back with a vengeance. He killed your sister in a terrible accident. You are the female lead camera on a documentary series pilot about him. People Strung Tight Arianne Peterson love his music. A company wants to make him famous. As the The tenacious top female tennis star prepares to face off action takes you through Midwestern performance venues and with the men’s champion, finding she must decide what mat- a Nashville triumph, sex suddenly offers a strange opportunity ters most. Her coach/father relationship is rupturing as her to exact your revenge. Then everything goes terribly wrong. one-dimensional world is challenged on her journey to the match of a lifetime. The Refugees Mark Mackenzie They did not always run towards Europe, but from it. In Suki’s Tale Catherine Wood an epic of suspicion, betrayal, and doomed love, a young Becoming an adult has its challenges, but for Suki and her American falls for a fellow science student – only to discover friends, it has consequences too. that the Gestapo want her as well. This is France, 1940, and soon they are part of a desperate race for freedom. A timely SuperMax Ernie Hernandez reminder for 2017. A talented, up-and-coming international soccer star must The Rise of Moto Stephen Edmonds overcome sabotage to his career when his jealous best friend seduces his girlfriend, and bribes a team opponent with Before there was Sherlock Holmes, before James Bond and drugs to injure him. When he finds out, he gets arrested for Bruce Lee, there was Moto, and the bar was set high. This is viciously assaulting his nemesis, threatening his ability to play the beginning of his story and how he became the greatest in the World Cup. crime fighter of all times. This End Up DeeDee Ferencz The Rummy Club Anoop Judge When a worldly and pampered New York playwright loses her Four women from India, now living in San Francisco, and in fortune, her life spirals out of control and she finds herself on a their 40s … their lives are in crisis; as they share about their bizarre journey that propels her from the glitz and glam of the secrets and everyday lives when they gather each week to Big Apple to a campground for the homeless in Oregon, where play the Indianized game of rummy. her very existence demands life on the flip side of the coin.

Saving Dad Densil Lee Dodson, Jr. Three Pony Junction Gary Boyle and Richard Downes An elderly farmer with a life-threatening illness is released by 1942. An Native American chief, his grandson, and a Japanese his health insurance company. His daughters decide to stick pilot collide on a rugged mountaintop in Oregon. Throw it to the corporation in a funny way. in a jealous tribal council, an angry daughter, and an over- zealous FBI agent. Of course there’s a chase. The soul of Senior Moment Robert Mangrum America is revealed. Two millennial student makeup artists masquerade as modern- day Robin Hood seniors, but are forced to change course and The Time of Killing James Freeman become the co-social chairmen at a senior living facility while Ordered to assassinate Gandhi and Muslim leader Suhrawardy a female police officer goes undercover to try and catch them. by the gang leader who reared him, Mallabir, a Calcutta goonda, develops misgivings and botches the assignment. The gang leader threatens to kill Mallabir’s girlfriend unless The Script You Need Mallabir assassinates the two leaders before independence. Is at InkTip.com Trapped in Time 11:11 William J. Strickler Register at www.InkTip.com A modern-day Romeo and Juliet reunite after 25 years apart, only to be pursued by the relentless, invisible, and deadly A free service to the industry demons lurking inside her mind. He was her dream; she was his quest. The story of a lifetime and beyond. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama – Horror 23 Troubles Bill Hicks Demon Rehab Brian Howard In troubled 1980s Northern Ireland, Daniel McGrath must An ambitious and ruthless sales-demon on the rise battles it come to terms with his family’s connections to the IRA, and out and then falls for a beautiful but equally ruthless guard- make some difficult and dangerous decisions about his future. ian angel over the soul of a naive and idealistic client, whose influential website could sway the balance from evil to good Turn the Tables Herschel Medlin and Dale Baker in the virtual world. Two high school friends moonlighting as mobile DJs deal with heartache, complicated family lives, and worst of all, a rival DJ Enchanter Barry E. Gaines crew hell-bent on destroying them. A tough, private, San Francisco cop, hired by a mysterious young woman and her mystical grandfather, takes a turn into The Way We Were Jo Allison Andrews the “Twilight Zone” while searching for three heirs, who are A 1980s construction worker’s long-hidden dark secret is revealed to be half human fairies from a different earthly realm. revealed when he learns he is dying of the new scourge: AIDS. Forces of Balance Maurice Lewis Welcome Home David Diller If you lost something very valuable for over 3,000 years and A troubled Vietnam POW war hero veteran tries to fight off your soul wouldn’t rest until you found it, what would you do the prejudices of a small Midwest town. about it?

West Side Guy, East Side Situation Jim Bostjancic A Gift for Oona Owens Rachel Reaugh Morality tale about an over-privileged young man ostracized On the eve before her heart transplant, Oona Owens, a from high-society friends, family, and his fiancée, who is nine-year-old African American struggling with loneliness and transformed into a caring person on the poor side of town. fears of the unknown, is told a fantastical story by a nurse, about a young boy and girl who journey together through White Coyote A. Bessom-Cardenas a living bubble. Making the journey from his home in Mexico to the United M – Demon Killer Mark Hammond States to work seemed like a good idea to Carlos – until the journey through the dangerous desert began. His only hope A meek waitress suffering from a recurring nightmare has to of making it over the border without getting lost, killed, or save her own life, her loved ones, and the world, when a hell caught is to rely on an unscrupulous guide, an American: the gate opens under New York City. White Coyote. Horror Writing on the Walls Laura Prendergast 24 Hour Midnight David Parker Homeless drug addict with a psychiatric history and a back- ground in neuroscience works with an underground technology During a mysterious full day of darkness, a young woman to expose abuse and corruption at a psychiatric institution. joins a group of mercenaries sent to an isolated town to recover a memory card that holds valuable information and Wurttemberg Shepherd Joan Lask exact vengeance on the creature that killed her family. When Wurttemberg Shepherds become prized police dogs Bebe Dolls Calvin Roeder to the Third Reich, a German man endangers his life to keep his dog and is sent to a concentration camp while his dog A young woman and her friends are captured by a seductive, becomes the favorite of the SS officer in charge of training child-like woman and her hulking mute helper, who plan to dogs to kill. torture, amputate, and transform them into living dolls. Family Blood Music Dominic Ludeau A vampire hunter must rescue his only daughter from his Sophie and Scottie’s Adventures of family nemesis, an ages-old vampire leading a rock band and the Monarch Mystery Cindy Murray using the underground music scene to lure his victims. Upon walking through a magical crystal picture frame that becomes a portal to mysterious lands, fraternal twin sisters The Book of Skulls find themselves in the center of Mexico. The courageous Bruce Bernhard and Craig Sabin 11-year-olds empower themselves while encountering a “Would you kill your friend to live forever?” From the acclaimed mischievous map, a talking toucan, a cat-like creature, and novel by Robert Silverberg. Four college roommates discover dodging an evil professor as they solve why the monarch a manuscript that offers eternal life, written by reclusive butterflies have vanished! monks living in the desert. When the boys arrive, they learn the offer of immortality is real, but only for two of them. Fantasy Eternities must be balanced by extinctions! (See book on IMDbPro: Spinnaker Productions) Cosmos of SIXX Edward Viverette God has an conflict with one of his High Created, who no Bunnyman Bridge Colin Stewart longer believes he is the Supreme Being. The result is a game While trying to save her adopted daughter from her grand- on Earth in which the winner recreates and controls all life in father’s malevolent spirit, a sheriff unveils a gruesome the universe. For the loser the choice is eternal oblivion. 32-year-old town secret. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 24 Horror A Dangerous Power Jerome Bredt 20 years ago, and she insists he avenge her death by killing Terminally-ill detective Ernesto Lopez discovers that the the man who drove her to it – the school’s principal. serial killer he is chasing may be a werewolf and also The Nest Ben Lokey the nation’s President. When a guy and his girlfriend move into their new house and The Dark Watch Jim Lawrence begin to find dead animals out in the front lawn, they discover a family of crows is responsible and that they are far more A Palm Springs cop’s orderly life unhinges when he suspects intelligent, determined, and dangerous than anyone might a cult is killing people. Inner demons or not, he will end up have thought. risking everything to find out the truth. Nightfall Mike Meade Darling Eddy Thomas A. Simmons After a young homeless man is turned by a vampire, he decides Edgar Allan Poe returns to his roots in a desperate attempt to to use his new powers to take what he never had as a human. rekindle his career and a long-lost love – but he risks becom- (Finalist 2017 Feel The Reel IFF, 2016 StoryPros International ing an eternal player in his own horrific tales. Semi-Finalist, and Scriptapalooza Quarter-Finalist)

Dead Tired Geoffrey Uloth with co-story Obedience Michael Potts by Jean-François DaSylva-LaRue A teenage girl fights for her life against her father, who is pos- In order to find a missing boy, a child protection worker sessed by an evil being claiming to be Jesus Christ. must follow a trail of chilling photos depicting an unidentified person being tortured, and confront a sinister force from his A Pound of Flesh Georges Salo own childhood – after he discovers that the person being tortured in the mysterious photos is himself. (Winner – 2013 A criminal boss exhausts all avenues, including whatever his Slamdance Screenplay Competition – 3rd Place in Horror) wealth provides, in order to save his terminally ill wife. In a last desperate attempt he offers the most valuable items in his The Doll Pinaki Ghosh possession – his morals and his soul – to the Devil for the life of his one and true love. The lives of an American couple and their friends take an ugly turn after an eerie-looking doll is presented to them Psychiatrist’s Magic Edward Viverette on their anniversary. A police detective struggles to maintain reality when she is The Enochian Wars: Armageddon Unleashed assigned a peculiar murder case of a socialite. The mysteri- Frank Julius Palumbo ous case soon brings her family’s occult past into conflict with the murder. It becomes clear that something is using occult An NYPD officer, experienced in astral projection, is called murder for power and time is nearing for another. upon by a spirit-based alien species to help defend the Earth after a race of alien winged gargoyles invade. Renaissance Feare John Burys Forces Marc Bloom An English extracurricular project turns deadly when a group of students attend a local Renaissance Faire that In need of a quick score, an estranged father and son resort turns out to be the cover for a satanic cult – led by their high to robbery – only to discover the inhabitants are harboring a school principal. terrifying secret and will do anything to protect it. Retaliation Rajko Stiglic Halfbreed Tucia Lyman On a hiking trip, the father of a little girl accidentally causes On the run from a shadowy government agency, a schizo- the death of a “green-baby,” human-plant hybrid. The little phrenic mother raises her unusual son on the fringe of girl tries to warn him of the misdeed, and then, to calm society. When a series of heinous murders rocks the towns down the fury of the forest monsters, but neither side nearby, the boy begins experimenting with his fledgling super takes her seriously. She decides to sacrifice her life to redeem powers – and learns he may not be a boy at all. her father’s misdeed.

Hibernation Mike Briock Revenge of the Bunnyman Brad Van Grack The idyllic life of residents in a small, winter-isolated town A serial killer who dresses like a bunny inspires copycat killers turns intensely chilling and horrific when malicious alien DNA in a small town. begins to infect the residents, fauna, flora, and even the long dead and buried. Roaches Andrew Costello When giant killer cockroaches overrun a small town, a ragtag Alex Meilan Hiroshima Skies group of survivors must fight for their lives to avoid becoming During a period of uncertainty, Japan faces off against the their next meal. Western powers of the world. In the midst of harsh war times, Michiko Sano must find a way to escape the madness before Shapeshifters Andrew Fisk it reaches her, after being sent to the asylum. A young doctor discovers that her ancestors were shapeshift- ers. When a tribe of evil shapeshifters invades Seattle and Hope to Die Bobby Sacher preys on human beings, she goes through her first animal A high school teacher discovers the girl he’s been tutoring transformation. Will she fight against the shapeshifters – or after school is a ghost who hanged herself in his classroom listen to the call of her blood and join them? For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Horror – Romance 25 The Shell Mark Mc Quown award-winning book. A powerful, honest, unflinching story of A high-profile surgeon is kidnapped, operated on and reduced the suffering life inflicts and the will, plus courage, to survive. to just a neck and head, suspended in a matrix and kept in a sub-basement by his best friend and surgeon, who seeks a Romance horrific revenge for the doctor sleeping with his wife – except The Advent of Summer Marlene Comet the entire story may have just been a nightmare, and it seems like it is happening all over again. An artist embroiled in a love triangle finds true love when she takes her deceased father’s place in a Gold Cup The Valley of the Devil Andrew Klukowski polo tournament. A young man is plagued by dreams of a mysterious demon, An Affair in the Greek Islands Slavica Bogdanov whom he soon learns has been conjured by his opium addicted ex-wife, a woman with a bloodlust for revenge. A 24-year-old woman is invited to sail the Greek Islands by a multimillionaire, with whom she has a passionate affair. She Musical falls in love with him while visiting the breathtaking islands, only to discover he might not be as divorced as he proclaims. They The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! Bruce Bernhard will have to choose between living with security and stability, or embracing life fully in adventure, passion, and love. A tale of love, loyalty, and organ transplants. Based on the 1962 cult classic. A car accident decapitates the fiancée of The Dance Card Mark Krekeler a surgeon. He keeps her head alive while he searches for a body in time for their wedding. (The stage production pre- A smart black girl loves the star of the boys basketball team miered in Charleston to raves.) and Grandpa’s Victrola music. Everything about her is rooted in Grandpa’s era. As “stats girl” she sits bench close to the Daniel – The Rock Musical Linda Walton and Frits de Groot star. A black family moves to town. Their teen son sees her true heart. He changes prom to a 1920s dance card theme to A highly favored slave challenges a proud king to confront his try and win her over. worst fear or lose his kingdom. Days Come By, Take 2 Con Kringas It’s Only a Movie Peter Gardner No fairytale ending this time as our two teenagers’ love for An original musical about four 20-somethings trying to break each other is thwarted by adult selfish love for them – with into the movie business. Romeo-and-Juliet-like tragic consequences. Gulferi Rose Apak Lucky Star Growing Up in Barbados Sereta Belgrave Ali, a gifted and passionate dancer, defies convention and Scarred by the experiences of her childhood, a young her parent’s wishes in order to pursue her dream of going to Barbadian woman struggles to make responsible choices in Julliard and becoming a professional dancer. her efforts to build a better life and find stable relationships. Ultimately, she finds unconditional love, but he passes away. Non-Fiction/History Hopeless and inconsolable, she commits suicide. (Script can easily be adapted to a similar location/environment anywhere Akhenaten: The Mysterious Revelation Jesus McGill in the world.) Pharaoh Akhenaton sets off a fiery hurricane chain of events in ancient Egypt when he daringly defies the corrupt The House on the Hill Lee Martin Egyptian priesthood. A “political prince” lives in a mansion on the hill, surrounded by devious people and a relentless drive to make him fit for Luis G. Castellanos Radio Swan his retiring father’s senate seat, but when he secretly yearns The true story of a lovestruck rancher who dauntlessly pursues for his lawyer’s girlfriend, he risks everything to have the life a society girlfriend fleeing Fidel Castro’s tyrannical regime, only he really wants. to be caught in a whirlwind of fortuitous events that will change their lives and modern American history, forever. Inherit a Marriage (I AM) Georges Salo Traditional and modern values collide for an Indian lesbian The TimeLine of Eternity Norma Hickox who must return to India to attend her father’s funeral. Upon Rewrite the Bible? Unthinkable! Expand and update the arriving in India with her partner, she discovers that she must Bible? Yes! The Bible is only for planet Earth. The spirits were marry in order to uphold her family’s rank and stature. on three other planets before Earth. The TimeTraveler goes to different TimeSpots to show that spaceships landed on the cooling Earth and impregnated the life forms. When the spirits meet Earth – POW! This is the start of human beings! (Book for adaptation) Every month an average of 25 scripts are purchased or optioned When I Was a Child Terry Needham Kansas, 1926: A mother’s tragic death, bootlegger father Register at www.InkTip.com imprisoned for abuse of daughter, younger children go to A free service to the industry orphanage, tears a rural family apart – only love and faith can bring it back together – based on a true story from an Register Today at www.InkTip.com 26 Romance – Sci-Fi Love at the Witching Hour (A Halloween Romance) Salvation at Rio Feo Steven Lane Smith Lee Martin When a small-time basketball player steals bribes, blows the When her ambitious fiancé Robert saves his job at the national championship, and runs away from avenging crime expense of hers, Kelly rebels and stumbles into new love with bosses, he makes a second bid for glory by stealing a coach’s a single father – but she finds it hard to turn her back on identity and building a championship team in a hopeless the past, especially when it rears up at Halloween and nearly desert town. ruins everything. Senseless Confidential Martin Bannon Beaudet Solomon the Accountant Edward Krauss When a census taker stumbles upon a backwoods poly­ Solomon has fallen hard for a young, recent widow. He gamous clan, wily wife #4 sees him as her ticket to freedom. gently, tenderly tries to win her heart as she struggles with When she jumps into his Jeep and bullets begin to fly, he has leaving behind her old love, accepting new love, all the while no choice but to flee into the woods with his unwanted guest. tugged and pulled by her family and society’s expectations. A warm-hearted love story, with tears and laughter, set in a She’s the Best Man Dash Ghahary middle-class Jewish community in 1950. An insecure, vegan, city girl must survive a country vacation from Romantic Comedy hell when her new fiancé introduces her to his rancher parents and best man, who happens to be an incredibly gorgeous woman. Balkan Propriety Brad Field Something in Common Julie Navarrette Balkan Propriety is a light costume romance, set in a provincial Balkan backwater during March and April of 1910. Foreign After 30-year-old fashion designer Colette Redstone has diplomats, consigned here for their lack of connections in their a one-night affair with a British doctor more than 20 years capitals, conduct a randy social life. The hostess princess, who her senior and becomes pregnant, she and the father of her has been reading correspondence among the major powers, baby attempt to find common interests while she tries to win smells war or revolution, maybe both, in the offing. the affection of his teenage sons and he tries to prove he is worthy of her hand to her old-fashioned mother. A Christmas Train Robbery Don Santiago Two Guys Brad Field After a financially despondent woman decides to rob a bar, she robs it on Christmas Eve night, inadvertently along with She hears her clock ticking, studies two guys. One wins another another bankrupt man, and instead of breaking open the girl; the randy loser rings her bell. (Book for adaptation) safe full of cash, they rediscover the true spirit of Christmas and also find love. A Visit to Splendor William Leon Wright Three estranged sisters endure a painful reunion at a family The Elephant’s Tale Gerard Michael Hartley country house. The situation is further strained when a hand- A heartbroken journalist finds new love when he becomes a some male houseguest arrives, and the three siblings soon part of one of his stories. find themselves competing for his affections.

In Dog Years Barry Opper and Juliet Johnson Waiting Until... Teis Tyrone Mckinnon An appealing but very lovesick young woman stalks her boss A teenage virgin endeavors to have sex with his female (and his fiancée) on his winter vacation to a quaint village in friends. A task easier said than done. What two important Vermont’s lake country. There they find themselves amongst ingredients are necessary to accomplish his goal? the performers in a ragtag French/Canadian circus troupe. This town is magic: wonder, romance, and possibility touch Wifey Rodney Harper everyone who enters. She believes love is patient, love is kind, it does not dishonor Marvin in Love Scott Lipanovich others, and it keeps no record of wrongs. What will happen when love is not all she thinks it is? Marvin Douglas (16) is secretly in love with classmate Liz Ross (16). To cope with the stress of trying to woo her, Marv steals cars. It becomes an addiction. With each theft, the stakes Sci-Fi and danger rise – until he gets busted and all seems lost. A Alien Man Georges Salo romantic comedy, our characters find first love while strug- gling with that perilous time: coming of age. Twelve thousand years ago, modern man existed and was regarded by the indigenous population on Earth as “gods,” Pocket Aces Richard Periard hence the title “Alien Man.” These different groups of “gods” Love is the biggest gamble of them all. Madeline must choose along with their indigenous less evolved people (who in the between two very different men – one, conservative, religious future became us) went to war for each other’s resources. and her boss; the other – funny, sexy and a professional poker player. The Alien Mission Sam Griffin Future. Mankind is completely isolated from the planets The Right Call Peter Ratajczak of the Commonwealth. Ex-cop Jack Markoff agreed to lead Hounded by creditors and devastated after missing out on a group whose task is to stop human maniacs, committing a lottery jackpot, a stoner used car salesman must choose their atrocities in the security of the Commonwealth. Easy between a large cash reward and loyalty to a friend. mission – in Markoff’s opinion – turns for him into a deadly For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Sci-Fi 27 struggle not only with a maniac, but also with members of a Emerger Alistaire Quantz truly galactic conspiracy. (Book for adaptation) Leaders of a surviving faction of a post-apocalyptic future Alpha Chase Chuck Gordon world offer a soldier immortality for enduring experimen- tal time-shifting technology to eliminate scientists judged Earth’s future: 2116. World War III has lasted for over 20 years responsible. Horrific side effects and a confrontation with a because, unknown by the civilian population, it’s being waged striking but deadly resistance fighter reveal the sinister truth to conceal atrocities that have occurred over the last century. about his missions. Four young, “Lunar-born” soldiers become pawns in a military scheme to preserve the conflict and realize it will be up to Escape to Planet B346 Thomas Thorpe them to bring WWIII to an end. A planet ripped apart by social injustice, ravaged by rebellion Autonomous Anonymous Mark Rothrock and disease; the cure: two stranded humans from space that just happen to be husband and wife. A young romance novel editor loves her amorous auto­ nomous car, but the intelligent vehicle leads her into trouble Illegal Alien Tom Peters with the law sending both owner and vehicle to Autonomous Anonymous reprogramming. After our Air Force chases a UFO away, a stranded alien jan- itor must team up with the Border Patrol who caught him to Avert the Apocalypse Michael M. Gostich protect Earth from a Ratroach infestation that his ship left on our planet. If they can avoid the Army, Air Force, and men in As an intruding sun approaches with heat and magnetic pulls, a black who want him in Area 51. seismologist must find a way to save the planet from explosion. His intention is to force the Earth to tip over to regain balance. It Took an Alien Barry E. Gaines He only has a group of sterile scientists and two pregnant women trapped in an old volcano crater to start a new life. Valdek, an alien concerned we’ll overpopulate our planet, eventually colonizing on his, contacts a reluctant writer, The Cataclysm Lloyd Davis sending him on a unique, sexual terrestrial, odyssey, stop- ping human sex throughout the Earth for one month while A Black Ops contractor is transported to the future to assassi- delivering a message to get a handle on our basic instincts. nate a vicious gangster by a group of scientists who have lost the genetic ability to defend themselves. They are threatened Manphibian Daniel Wesley by the DJ and his gang of thugs who rain terror on the civi- lized population. If the Black Ops contractor completes his A construction worker seeks revenge against the giant, mission, he will be returned to his time. mutant frog that destroyed his dam.

Choice Therapy Douglas Mattingly Mindjack James Hickey Insanely jealous but madly in love with his gorgeous wife, an At a time when mind-hoppers are declared illegal, Detective insecure, miserable, and desperate husband wishes he had Donahue must protect her son Ioan from both sides of the never met her, but when a new technology lets him do just law, and face her own prejudices, when he develops the abil- that, he discovers to his dismay that it actually works. ity to mind-hop.

Dead Cargo Theodore Soderberg Sentinels of Tzurac – Terra Major Under Threat James Raven China’s military experiment – using human zombies as weap- ons – causes chaos aboard a container ship after a Chinese It is 2055. A young graduate engineer, employed by a major stowaway infects the American crew, fighting desperately to interstellar mining company, battles a deadly conspirator control a runaway ship. over a newly discovered powerful resource which could destroy Earth and the rest of the universe. He is unaware of The Deserter Ronald Brown his real ancestry, until the timely appearance of an alien sen- A black Los Angeles P.I., working a dangerous Lovecraftian-like tinel soldier who reveals the truth and joins forces with him. case, reconnects with an alien abductee friend taken 20 years before, who now seeks his help evading hostile extraterrestrials Starflake Rides with the Galactic Bikers hunting him and his baby son for reneging on his “bloodline oath.” Nicola Cuti Four Space Ranger cadets are rushing to an alien world to Distant Journeys Gary Robinson rescue fellow cadets, under the control of a mad computer. In this science fiction thriller, a research scientist accidentally Success depends on a spunky, rebellious little girl, who can discovers the ability to travel out-of body while studying the live in space without any life support. Kids first! (Four out of effects of sound and light wave patterns on the human mind. five stars. “The characters are the strongest aspect of the film With the help of his former Native American girlfriend, he … flows well from beginning to end.”) explores non-physical realms beyond space and time, while evading a rogue U.S. Army colonel who is trying to steal the Tales From Beyond the Stars Ronald Brown discovery for espionage purposes. Four disgruntled scientists on an isolated orbital space station seek to prove their invention – a machine that can Dreamers Mike Purdy stream thought, word, and concept into 3D, audio-assisted Dreamers is about Randy Coles. He meets Denice who tells him images – by spinning sci-fi tales to each other, an act that can about lucid dreaming. Learning this turns his dream into an be misconstrued as “...using corporate assets for frivolous invention worth a lot of money. And to a marriage to Jennifer. gain..”, a company violation punished harshly, if discovered. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 28 Sci-Fi – Thriller Theory Revolution Jeffery Faulkner A Bad Man Alan King Five men in their quest to obtain wealth and power create the An oil company executive recently acquitted of a major escalating downfall of the world. environmental disaster is kidnapped and buried alive, as his captors conduct a re-trial above ground. Timelapse Lorrie Farrelly Everything Professor Alex Morgan knew, and everyone Beleaguered Proof Georges Salo he loved, disappeared in a flash, leaving him stranded in a A French prosecutor’s family’s life is in danger when she inves- dangerous world gone horribly wrong. With Jessie, a beauti- tigates an illegal shipping deal between a French Corporation ful young outlaw, as his only ally, he must prevent a terrible and the Nigerian government. crime – a crime that plunged the world into nightmare over 100 years before. To save the future, they must find their way Candi Time John Budinscak to the past! A young mother believes her daughter’s smart doll is spying on her. The Visitors Andrew Cahill-Lloyd One little Pteranodon’s journey to understand religion, with a Capitol Follies/Murders Lee Martin small band of misfits. Throw in two time-travelling aliens and A young woman bill sponsor, cooperating with the FBI, stum- the fun begins. Alien abduction can be fun! bles onto her ex’s murderous path to power at a state capitol, as the governor’s secretary goes into hiding and bodies start X-King Timajin Ali to fall around them. An insane scientist is using time travel to kill key figures in his- tory. Former soldier Terek Ali must go back in time to protect Carbon Geoffrey Uloth Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X from assassination. When a grieving CEO hires a secret organization that creates clones of real people to be disposable playthings for 48 hours, Thriller his fate becomes intertwined with the enslaved scientist who invented the system. (#4 on The Black List this month: 3 Sides of Ohiopyle Wayne Nagle “Carbon is a superb sci-fi thriller. Especially given the recent Se7en meets The Departed. An aging detective tries to redeem popularity of stories of this nature, Carbon has real potential.” his past as he tracks down a serial killer in a small Western Pennsylvania town. The Cat That Fetches Lee Taylor When a family moves to the town of Bucks River, it was meant Absalom Michael Burks to be a new start, but after people go missing in the street Fallen angels living among us! A beautiful call girl tries to help and news that a serial killer, who terrorized the town 20 a young man who is on the run from a small group of fallen years earlier, could well be back, they soon learn that all is angels, only to discover that he is a fallen angel himself, and not as it seems. that she is the one they are actually after. Cerebral Damage Sterling Daniels Brad Mulley The Assignment After surviving a near-death experience and discovering she’s After cheating on an assignment results in a dead actor and able to communicate with the dead, a police detective uses a peeved serial killer, a shy but determined film student must her new sixth sense to solve a murder mystery, which in turn transform from hunted to hunter in order to survive. reveals a far-reaching police conspiracy.

Asylum Lofts Evan Migliozzi Cutting Edge Michael Parent In a hot real estate market, a developer purchases a former A shadowy figure emerges on a damned campground to get asylum and converts it into luxury apartment rentals. The his revenge on two mentally disturbed individuals in the new grand opening is a huge success, until a violent former inmate grunge era of the ‘90s. returns on a murderous path, looking to reclaim his home. Dante’s Island Georges Salo Back Cynthia Mehta A wealthy eccentric orchestrates a reality show to find and A doctor on leave for post-traumatic stress undergoes psy- exact his revenge on those who killed his family. chiatric therapy, only to become more intensely delusional – and sees evil everywhere. Desert of the Mind Wendy Gibbs Rob Swift uses his psychic abilities to locate and rescue a kidnapped Aboriginal painter, while neutralizing a serial killer. The Script You Need The Disappearance of Max Plank Barry Opper and Andy Brown Is at InkTip.com The Disappearance of Max Plank will be a darkly comedic feature Register at www.InkTip.com film about an entertaining, Washington, D.C. know-it-all (who, amongst any other things, knows how and why the election of A free service to the industry 2016 turned out the way it did). Filmed documentary style, it is a little like X Files, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Oliver Stone on speed. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Thriller 29 Driven Douglas Mattingly task his mentors couldn’t complete – steal an item illegally Driving south to pursue her graduate degree in Texas, a usurped by a private collector and return it to the museum. He devises the scheme with such complexity as to also gain young woman is stalked and finally caught by a crazed rapist. the love of his life. Ignoring the plea of a NYPD detective already on the perp’s trail, she sets out for revenge, and when she finally lures him Ian Simon Teal Too: The Savage Heist Georges Salo in, is confronted by her own sense of morality. To save his kidnapped lover’s life, a master forger and art thief Falconer Vs. Woe-man: The Final Showdown must steal a famous Gauguin sculpture and hatch a daring Michael Lanahan plan to rescue her. Parallel stories intertwine as the superhero Falconer battles In Camera Corey Deshon his archnemesis Woe-Man in computer game vignettes and graphic novel pages, as Falconer’s creator, Perrin, stalks the Two dysfunctional couples must fight for their lives when a young single mother, Sally, who has moved into the building mysterious visitor shows up at their vacation home in search of that Perrin owns. photographic evidence depicting a brutal conspiracy murder.

The Farm House Catherine Wood Isle of Hope Brad Van Grack What if a terrifying past won’t stay in the past, and the only A Savannah doctor and his friends are tasked to oversee a way to move on is to confront it? A haunted farm house and new Tybee Island drug treatment facility. They will find that a family with secrets come face to face with themselves the director, who promises a miracle cure for addiction, has and their history. nefarious designs, and that no one will get off the island alive. Ben Lokey A Father’s Child Catherine Wood Joe’s Treasure When Joe comes back to the little Gulf Coast town of his youth They’ve killed the bad guys and they think it’s over, but it’s not. following the death of his father, a Pentecostal preacher, he’s Those bad guys are ghosts now, and they want revenge. immediately thrown back into the terrible events of his past Final Indignity! Julie LeComte as he discovers he’s been left more than horrific memories – he’s been left a treasure map. Resolute FBI Agent Lancaster investigates a suspect framed for a crime she didn’t commit, but was about to. When they Jupiter Rising Richard Periard meet, it’s hate at first site. She excels at keeping secrets. He’s Detective John Curtin, whose marriage and career was ruined determined to unveil them. A mutual obsession begins. As by a serial killer, must work with that same killer or his daugh- he’s getting too close, her elusive enemies are watching. Final ter will be killed. Indignity! is a fast-paced, action-packed psychological thriller. Killcheeries1 – Mac Daddy Mac Eric Singletary Get Mr. Politique Michael M. Gostich Haunted police sergeant McHenry is now a private investiga- Three associates, unknown to each other, are faced with a force tor bent on breaking all the rules to resolve a stale murder named Mr. Politique that is preventing them from implement- case to its tragic conclusion. ing their association’s new world order. They must discover and deal with Mr. Politique in three weeks’ time before another Killer’s Holiday Rodney Harper association implements its own order regardless of barriers and dangers – or be eliminated by the said force. In a high-stakes game of murder involving power and money, there are no do-overs; if the young slacker bellboy can’t clear Going Nuclear Stephen Hart himself of the charge, he’s done for. In 1969, young chemist Arthur Weiss becomes caught up in a The Killing Mind Bobby Sacher plot to force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War – A detective is forced into therapy to deal with his anger and by constructing a small nuclear bomb. grief over the murder of his wife at the hands of a serial killer Guilt Game L.J. Sellers still at large. But when he catches the killer, and the murders continue, he realizes that his therapist has been hypnotizing Roxanne MacFarlane is the Extractor – an ex-CIA agent who his patients and turning them into killers – and the detective specializes in rescuing people. When the Carsons hire her to himself may be one of them. extract their daughter from a cult that preys on young women with guilt issues, the situation is more dangerous than she realizes. Can Rox stay alive, save Mia, and bring down a ruth- less predator before more young women fall victim? (Book for adaptation) Go to www.InkTip.com The Hunting Lodge Shari Able A black Supreme Court judge is set up by a gone-rogue liberal and search by title or American President. author for the scripts Ian Simon Teal Georges Salo that interest you! Two master thieves mentor a down-on-his-luck amateur thief in his craft. To show his gratitude he’ll accomplish the one Register Today at www.InkTip.com 30 Thriller – Western The Killing Season Wayne Johnson Reckoning Paul Carson and Dennis Yates Two refined, artistic women, fed up with their philandering When a group of women on a corporate survival camp are husbands, enter into a conspiracy: you kill my husband and I’ll stranded in the wild, they must fight to stay alive after they kill yours. What they don’t realize is that their husbands also discover there are real predators in the forest with them. have plans for them. (Low budget) Reflections Lori Howell and Kathy Krantz Stewart Looking Glass Killer Revenge breeds murder. A forensic anthropologist finds her Floyd Merrell and Sean M. Dunne life in danger when she uncovers her family’s mysterious An enigmatic killer creates a series of puzzles that mock and past. (Reflections has won 20 awards in film festivals defy detectives Lucia and Mike. Finally sensing they hit upon and screenplay contests; awards for best screenplay thriller and honorable mention.) a key to the killer’s method, they set a trap for him within a trap he set for Lucia. To their surprise, the elusive criminal is Retribution Has a Name Georges Salo a mentally disturbed psychologist in their department. An assassin at the top of his game continues about his work The Missing Pilots Stephen Kelly watching with passing interest as the financial markets crum- ble. When his friend’s elderly aunt commits suicide after losing A young, yuppie, Lebanese-American lawyer is slowly but her life savings – well, it just got personal. He now dispenses surely drawn into a major terrorist attack on America’s his brand of retribution to those few whose greed created the power grid and is forced to join forces with rogue FBI agents financial crisis that caused the distress and grief to so many. to save his adopted country and the woman he loves. (Consider from ScriptShark) Ricky the Teen Demon Slayer Cheryl Reene Johnson Ricky the teen demon slayer is a graduate student who slays Nicki Foxx Ray Spruill the prince of darkness. He must save not only himself, but the An obsessed fan believes he must protect a famous actress lives of his family and friends in order to truly survive. (Book from her evil co-star, after watching him abuse her in for adaptation) a violent movie. The Scene Derrick Judge Early The Nine-Tailed Fox Todd DeBonis In the “scene,” there are no shades of gray. Two worlds collide over a brutal murder in Chinatown, forcing an uneasy alliance between a cop and a mysterious South by North Robert Roe fox demon. The cop – he wants justice. The fox – she wants Two damaged souls, a psycho doctor and a marshal with something more. (Script in both English and Mandarin) drug-induced amnesia, are being shot at by bad guys on a high- speed chase through the desert, and they don’t know why. NK Spy Jeremy Rigby (Note: Placed in the top 15% at the Nicholl Fellowship Contest)

A female North Korean spy steals Japanese launch codes, Three-Minute Murders Mark Mackenzie only to discover she’s been a pawn in a deadly game that killed her parents. On the brink of financial ruin, a charming and unscrupulous jet-setter uses a domestic terror group’s plot to cover his own Pacific Anti-Terrorist UNIT (PATU): Resolute Strike murderous scheme – only to find a persistent policeman and Georges Salo a vicious European gangster catching up fast. (Quarter-finalist Shore Scripts 2016 Feature Contest) When he receives a cryptic warning, the head of the Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit in Hawaii must assemble his team to stop Unassigned Cecil Ronald a group from detonating a nuke on his island. A confidential informant and his wife are on the run for their lives after ripping off the FBI for over $300,000. Personal Glory Guido Rovatti A former convict and his struggling talent agent friend get Wrinkle Shannon Edwards and Dr. Scott Ross, M.D. one last chance to survive in Los Angeles and achieve their When patients who have received his Botox treatments begin personal glory. dying with neurological complications, plastic surgeon David Layton becomes the center of dual investigations – the police, and one from his new nurse Lisa whose friend was one of the victims. Meanwhile, David’s business partner Sal deals with pressure from the Mob, which aims to get into the pharmaceutical industry. Every month an average of 25 Western scripts are purchased or optioned Against the Grain Judith Auberjonois Register at www.InkTip.com Ranchers in the beautiful San Joaquin Valley in California, even then the bread-basket of the nation, realize that the A free service to the industry all-powerful Railroad Trust is exploiting them with shipping rates, and an armed conflict ensues, led by the passionate but uncompromising young rancher, Harran Derrick. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Western 31 Hang Town Lee Martin The Promise Jenny Hobeck U.S. Deputy Marshal Ben Cross learns the man who had beaten A teacher, her family, and farmers gather to pray about trou- him into running away at the age of 12 was not his real father, blesome squatters when friends of the family arrive at the and that Tom Landry, just out of prison and unaware he has farm with a gatling gun. a son, is headed for vengeance at Hang Town where vigilantes rule and a hanged sheriff’s angry daughter fights back. Ride from the Devil (Bloody Bill Anderson) Lee Martin In 1875, a young lawyer’s secret and violent past explodes The Longest Trail Roni McFadden when he learns Bloody Bill Anderson, sworn to kill him, is A troubled teenage girl takes a job at an isolated ranch in the still alive and Bill’s innocent fiancée has fled and comes Sierras, where she is haunted and empowered by visions of begging for help. ancient ancestors that help guide her to survive the danger- ous realities of the wilderness. Writers Represented by Agents/Managers

Andi Frazin, Theatre of Death (Action/Adventure) James B. Saunders Andi Frazin Literary Management A crusading reporter exposes Chicago’s “Absolutely Fireproof” Iroquois Theatre as a fire trap. But nobody listens … until the Winging It! (Comedy) David Hyde children’s matinee of December 28, 1903. Based on the true When two misfit angels get in each other’s way, they acci- incident. No one was ever punished. A story never filmed dentally reap the wrong “client’s” soul and bumble to fix before. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Dave Trottier, everything before anyone finds out. author The Screenwriter’s Bible) Barry Perelman, Bill Kerwin, William Kerwin Agency The Barry Perelman Agency Gaetano, The Charming Sicilian (Drama) Rick Zingale Bully! (Biographical) James B. Saunders The tragicomic tale of a gumptious, handsome, gallivant- ing Sicilian peasant and WWI veteran who immigrates to The Constitution and Congress be dammed: new populist Argentina in search of a better life for his family. Blessed President Teddy Roosevelt commandeers America’s right to with material and human fortune, he ultimately must seek build the Panama Canal – Rough Rider style. Based on the redemption when tragic fate swiftly takes it all away. Based actual historical incidents. Can be expanded to TV mini-series. on a true story. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Dave Trottier, author The Screenwriter’s Bible) Thunderbolt (Action/Adventure) Rick Zingale Explosion at Black Tom! (Action/Adventure) A suicidal, retired covert operative discovers he’s an MK-Ultra James B. Saunders agent and must battle both CIA termination teams and his own death wish to break free from the external and internal Federal Agent Tom Howard stalks German saboteurs plotting chains that shackle his mind, body, and soul. the first terrorist attack on America: the July 30, 1916 Black Tom Island explosion – the largest munitions explosion ever Carl Liberman, The Characters Agency in the U.S. Based on the actual long-forgotten historical event. A story never filmed. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Clickbait (Thriller) Gary Gasgarth and Beverly Shapiro Dave Trottier, author The Screenwriter’s Bible) A vacation rental house scam thrusts a young, married Madam President (Biographical) James B. Saunders couple into a violent game of cat-and-mouse with a charismatic sociopath. Determined First Lady Edith Wilson leads a White House conspiracy to cover up President Woodrow Wilson’s catastrophic 1919 stroke; she runs the presidency for 18 Dora Whitaker, months and gets away with it. The true story based on the Whitaker Entertainment actual historical – and incredible – events. A story never (Drama) Rachel Paul filmed. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Dave Trottier, Uprising author The Screenwriter’s Bible) Reminiscent of Les Miserables and Braveheart, a brutalized Irish Catholic girl flees the Javert-like British officer who slaughtered Ragtime Warrior (Musical) James B. Saunders her family and fights to free Ireland from British Occupation. James Reese Europe – the most popular bandleader in America – fights racism, Army prejudice, and the Germans Doug McClaren, ICM when he takes command of the “Harlem Hellfighters” band, introduces jazz, pop tunes, and revolutionizes band music One-Way (Thriller) Antony J. Bowman forever. A WWI musical biopic. Great music, all public domain. A young American medical intern discovers his life spiraling Can be expanded to a TV mini-series. (Professional coverage: out of control when he helps a girl from Eastern Europe who “Recommend” – Dave Trottier, author The Screenwriter’s Bible) has just escaped from a notorious sex-trafficking ring. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 32 Eric Williams, Ken Atchity, President, Zero Gravity Management Atchity Productions Sister Hoods (Crime) Lorinda Donovan Raptor (Action/Adventure) Jock Miller Sister Hoods tells the story of three foster “sisters,” raised by With commercial elements of Jurassic Park and Avatar, Raptor a career thief who trains them as his crew. Now in their 20s, is an intelligent and plausible – yet wild – thriller about a lost each of the sisters looks to escape “the life” in their own way valley in the inaccessible wilderness of Alaska containing the – but with their biggest job hanging over them and the FBI on world’s largest fossil fuel deposit. But there’s one terrifying their trail, escape may be impossible. problem preventing access: a living fossil colony of dinosaurs is guarding the oil field with deadly force. (Author of best- Garret Maynard, selling novel, Fossil River) The Gary-Paul Agency Lloyd Robinson, Suite A Management The Underdog (Drama) David Holloway The Rage of Saint Francis (Action/Adventure) An idealistic lawyer who has only performed minor, pro bono David Phoenix and Rachel Roy work faces the national spotlight and a powerful courtroom adversary when he represents a gay pro baseball player. The jewel of Mulholland’s aqueduct, the St. Francis dam, diverts water from the devastated Owens Valley to supply Hazel Hoyle, the needs of Los Angeles. Thousands of people live in several Oxygen Films Corp. pastoral villages miles below the dam. As enemies of the city plot vengeance, the dam inexplicably collapses, forcing thou- Civil War (Musical) Aly Lalji sands to flee and hundreds die from an 80- foot wall of water. A musical based on the music of Guns N Roses. Two Marines are manipulated into a bizarre behind-the-lines mission in Mariana Branca, Post Media, Inc. war-torn Syria aimed at destroying a bare knuckle, to-the- The Guest (Sci-Fi) Luis Gerardo Pascual death fighting ring raising money for terrorists. and Jose Joaquin Lopez Navarro Not Starring DiCaprio (Drama) Aly Lalji A group of scientists discover extraterrestrial life inside a An American-Asian actor is determined to fight prejudice and meteorite in La Antarctica. Several studies state the DNA land a lead role in a Hollywood movie – even if it means doing found can be used to empower the human body. Shortly it the dirty way. after, they realize that behind those benefits there is an evil plan against the Earth. Reciprocate (Drama) Aly Lalji Jonath (Sci-Fi) Luis Gerardo Pascual A 30-year-old teacher falls in love with his 15-year-old student, and Jose Joaquin Lopez Navarro and he is arrested and jailed for the crime. (Book for adaptation) It’s the year 2415. The human race has expanded to new A Sweet Education (Drama) Aly Lalji planets such as Novaterra, a destination only for a few. Sarks, emperor of the whole system, is the commander and chief A teacher pushed to the limit by a gang of terrorizing pupils of the dictatorial laws in the galaxy. Everything will change goes to extreme measures in order to bring corporal punish- when Jonath decides to get involved, taking the reins of ment back into schools. the humans’ destiny. Kailey Marsh, Kailey Marsh Media Mike de Trana, Heathens (Crime) Mike Doyle Anvil Entertainment Based on true events. Circa 1970s, a dysfunctional narco cop, Just Kill Me Already! (Comedy) Sundae Jahant-Osborn suspended for unruly behavior, is tapped to go undercover to infiltrate a motorcycle gang that’s suspected of stealing Get Shorty meets Tootsie. When a desperate, down-and-out weapons from a military depot; but once inside he discovers actor crosses paths with a hitman searching for redemption, the much darker truth of this organization, which ultimately he drunkenly devises a plan to win the role of a lifetime – puts his own family in jeopardy. but hiring a hitman to eliminate the competition can have deadly consequences. Kathy Krantz Stewart, Good Book Films Seeing Red (Thriller) Sundae Jahant-Osborn Dexter meets Basic Instinct. A lonely, guilt-ridden werewolf The Price We Must Pay for Our Father’s Sins (Drama) falls hard for one of his would-be victims, but can he choose Ellen Jean Barrier and Stephanie Kimmel love over his own murderous instincts? And will a second Jim Elliott is the head of a corrupt organization, where crime mystery predator with his exact same M.O. literally kill his only and acts of terror are committed against humanity; nobody chance at happiness? crosses him and lives to talk about it. He is a man of great (Comedy) Sundae Jahant-Osborn influence in society, well educated in criminal law, has wealth Staycation and power, and uses it all for evil means. His family must pay Home Alone meets National Lampoon’s Vacation. When a trailer the ultimate price. park family inherits a posh L.A. home and struggles to fit in For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 33 with snobby neighbors, a desperate lie about a bogus “luxury Ranger named Henry. How long can they outrun the bum- vacation” leaves them forced to actually take one – hiding in bling forces of the underworld? their basement! Roger Paul, Roger Paul Inc. Mike Sharland, The Sharland Organisation, U.K. Out of the Lantern (Action/Adventure) Peter S. Vinal, Dana Middleton, and Heather MacCadam Catharsis (Drama) Sean Damer A journey of surprise, magic, battles between good and evil Former British Army Intelligence officer Iain Mackenzie goes genies, comedy, mystery, and suspense. Takes place in the to Cyprus to ensure his daughter has an enjoyable engage- present day. Amazing magical events happen, sent to an ment party. He finds that his daughter’s future Cypriot ancient mystical past where time stands still. Cross between father-in-law is the man he tortured 30 years before in the Harry Potter and Sinbad. dirty war during the Cyprus EOKA “Emergency.” Skeletons dance out of cupboards. Roger Strull, Preferred Artists

Peter Miller, Global Lion Intellectual Paradise Cove (Thriller) Sherry Klein Property Management, Inc. A Midwestern contractor and his wife move to Malibu to flip his late mother’s beachfront property and are terrorized by a Blue Blazes (Family) Ace Passmore and Eric Small deranged, homeless lady living under the house. What if the only person who could save Earth from a killer asteroid was a kid with severe stage fright? (WorldFest Gold Sherry Robb, The Robb Company Medalist; novel complete) Doc Band-Aid (Drama) Bob Bland and Nancy Revak Legend of the Krystal Kane (Fantasy) Ace Passmore, Eric Small, and Toby Osborne A homeless war vet fights a courageous battle with PTSD and alcoholism in a desperate attempt to regain the love of a A skeptical teen descendant of master magicians must regain woman he lost years earlier during the war. his sense of wonder and unleash an ancient wizard’s cane to save his love from a twisted genius. (WorldFest Remi; novel done) Stephanie Rogers, Rogers and Company Phil Flagler, Artist Management Inc. Full Court Press (Drama) Candy Fox Gagged (Action/Adventure) Todd William Schroeder In this 2010 “inspired by a true story,” five Black teenage boys “See no evil, hear no evil.” An inner city becomes the back- from inner-city New York attend a small, private, all-white drop for international intrigue. A coded disk containing Catholic high school in New England, taking the basketball terrorist sleeper cell information ends up in the hands of a team to its first championship in decades while overcoming deaf, 12-year-old kid named Corey and a homeless, ex-Army ugly racial prejudice. Teleplays

½-Hour Pilots A Lyin’ Shame (Comedy) Sundae Jahant-Osborn Bring Me a Dream (Comedy) Roseanne meets Suburgatory meets Housesitter. A trailer Anthony Del Vecchio and Nicole Grant park family inherit a posh house in L.A. and are forced to Set in an office environment within a person’s brain, a become highly skilled liars in order to keep up with their creatively bankrupt production crew of dream engineers snobby new neighbors. (Represented by Mike de Trana, scramble to prepare each night’s dream cycle. Anvil Entertainment)

Life Begins at 50 (Comedy) David Young Premier Car Leasing (Comedy) Donna McAfee When a work-averse husband and his corporate-climber A 20-something new hire and her co-workers at a Las Vegas- wife’s empty nest years evaporate with the arrival of their based car leasing company juggle office and personal issues unexpected third child, the 50-year-olds are reminded of the “joys” of childproofing, midnight feedings, and dealing with while servicing a very eclectic group of customers. the mess that is other people’s kids. 1-Hour Pilots Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My (Family) Ted Bommarito Divided We Fall (Drama) Rodney Harper Tony Faccata, a pit boss at the Endorphine Hotel in Las Vegas, must deal with a rich, beautiful, and eccentric noblewoman, A cop who lost everything dear to him once will have to fight the Marquesa Mercedes Del La Rosa, as she and her five using everything within him to avoid reliving the same night- stuffed toy animals play blackjack together on the same table. mare, when a familiar and powerful enemy resurfaces. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 34 Epic Trials (Action/Adventure) Rodney Harper stories and products. 51% of all Americans drink alcohol; there Skilled coaches and diverse players play to win, when they are over 1,000 independent distilleries in the U.S.; yet there has take on challenge after challenge, win or lose – bodies and never been any programing to showcase their stories. This series minds are pushed to endure, until only one team remains. would be very profitable for selling ads to major liquor companies.

Escape to America, Inc. (Drama) Judy Aya Williamson Nomansland (Drama) Michell Archibald A diverse and unconventional group of lawyers and activists Unrepentant Christians on their way to Hell are offered a come together to fight ICE on behalf of clients who escaped second chance at life. to America after fleeing persecution, violence, and discrimi- The Other Side of the Grass (Drama) Brian Streaty nation in their own countries. A New York Municipal Court judge with a troubled and violent The Exchange (Drama) Juliette Garrigues past is framed for murder after an evil political group discov- Set between New York and Beijing, an organ-trafficking ring ers her dying daughter. will bring together the destinies of a female American investi- Parker Menlo: Man of Science! (Sci-Fi) gative journalist specializing in the trade of human tissues; a Matthew Sorvillo Chinese human rights lawyer; an American reporter chased by the Chinese police; and a Chinese student imprisoned for With over two dozen pulp sci-fi novels based on his adven- defying the prohibition of practicing Falun Gong. tures, super-genius Parker Menlo thought his days of saving the world were long behind him. Well, until an alien conqueror The Getaway (Drama) D.E. Costa from his past invades Area 51 demanding his head. Better A dead body in his pool, ex-actor Nick Santino lies kidnapped grab your lab coat, Parker! in a car trunk: he begs forgiveness from those he let down: Pending Investigations (Crime) Matthew Sorvillo his dying mother, pregnant girlfriend, drunkard father, home- less brother, and dojo-owning best friend – all while he ran While investigating a decades-old family tragedy, off-duty a vacation rentals business (“The Getaway”) in ghetto Van Homicide Detective Miranda “Fiasco” Vasco is involved in Nuys, and where Robert Blake mounted his murder defense. the accidental death of her only suspect. Suspended from duty pending an investigation, Miranda launches a secret, Harvey’s Pump (Drama) Ace Passmore and Eric Small unlicensed P.I. business from the back booth of her favorite A self-serving cardiologist returns from exile as a rebel doc bar – all while continuing to crack the personal cold case who melds Eastern and Western medicine to save his patients that’s haunted her for her entire life. by any means – damn the consequences! (WorldFest REMI. (Horror) Shari Able Represented by Peter Miller, Global Lion Intellectual Property The Recovery Management, Inc.) A successful, good-looking surgeon is horribly disfigured and possibly brain injured in a motorcycle accident. House of the Rising Sun (Horror) Matthew Sorvillo After 20 years of searching, cut-rate private eye Trace Resonance (Sci-Fi) James Carpenter Woebash follows a trail to a mysterious mansion in New and Suzanne Potts Orleans. There Trace discovers that his long-lost sister, now a Scientists use a cosmic energy source, Zero Point Energy vampire, is being used to manipulate him into furthering the (ZPE), in their laser fusion experiments. However, when they goals of the fiend who abducted her all those years ago. accidentally open a portal into parallel universes, they come into contact with Extraterrestrial Energy Beings who are Jesse Washington (Drama) Ray Hoese attempting to save Earth from the reckless use of ZPE. Set in 1955, orphans Jesse and Jerome are taken by a secret government program that experiments on African-American When Death Comes (Action/Adventure) Patricia Baker twins. Jesse grows stronger while his brother weakens from A young woman is given a second chance at life by Death. The the experiments that give both supernatural abilities. At 17, problem is, she must agree to do Death’s bidding. Jesse completes a covert government mission but ends up burning the facility down and escaping as a fugitive with a top When Only Gods Can See (Sci-Fi) Edward Viverette secret document. An alien scientist’s God complex causes him to use time travel and the galaxy’s most wanted to find the secrets of (Non-Fiction/History) John Bates Liquor Mavericks immortality. The ego of the scientist causes changes to Respected liquor expert takes viewers on a journey across Earth’s history. A time society called Protocol 11 Agents tries America to small batch artisan distilleries to share their unique to correct destructive changes against this most powerful foe ever recorded in future history. Documentary Go to www.InkTip.com and May I Be Mean, Please? Please! (Drama) Ramzy Sweis search by title or author for An impoverished 12-year-old Muslim enters the “Never the scripts that interest you! 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Little does anyone suspect that in this unpromising child they are witnessing a The Secret of the Christmas Ornament (Romance) budding genius who would one day entertain and enlighten Cheryl Herring a tired world. When a self-reliant young woman struggles to save her fam- ily’s Christmas and her business, a fledgling romance helps Gringos! (Drama) Rogers Turrentine her to learn that she can accomplish anything if she allows Americans join the Mexican Revolution to liberate Baja others to help. California – and then maybe claim it for the USA. This fact- based adventure drama follows the interwoven stories of Tales for the Twisted (Thriller) Rafael Elortegui three disparate gringos (an idealist, a soldier-of-fortune, Low-budget quad of half-hour suspense thrillers linked by and an opportunist) whose exploits resonate today in the brief surrealistic segments. Four highly suspenseful stories recurring themes of insurrection, imperialism, and war prof- follow skewed paths to surprising endings. (Nicholl Fellowships iteering. (The six-part mini-series is detailed in a 13-page Quarterfinalist. Perfect for Halloween. For a TV series, six addi- proposal. Represented by Michael Cendejas, The Lynn tional synopses have been written. For an hour show, we serve Pleshette Agency) them two and maybe call it Double Thriller. PG-13)

The Irish Dresser (Drama) Cynthia Neale Yesterday (Romance) Tom Stillitano In turbulent, racist, and gang-mired 19th century New York, a A crash sends a guitar-playing collegian back to 1964, where young, plucky, visionary Irish woman who survived the famine, he finds love and lands a gig at a honky-tonk, singing not-yet- achieves a hard-won identity as an Irish-American. Loving an written mega-hits of Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Irish rebel, helping escaped slaves, and overcoming rape and and others. Offered a recording contract, he must choose loss, this gritty character is no pig-headed Bridie, and could between fame and honor to find his true home. Midnight in be any woman, any immigrant, at any time in America. Paris meets The Words meets Nashville. My Big Loud Spiritual Family (Family) Katherine Agranovich Reality TV Show A Jewish family flees Soviet Russia for Southern California, where their pursuit of the American Dream takes them on New Sealand (Action/Adventure) Sundae Jahant-Osborn a roller coaster ride full of mystical visions, spiritual insights, The Truman Show meets Gilligan’s Island. Don’t change the and shocking premonitions. world, just create a new one! In what could be the most unique social experiments of our time, and most daring Priam’s Legacy (Drama) Peter Kapasakis and Peter George adventure ever documented for TV, an eccentric cast of With ancient Troy in ruins and a life of uncertainty ahead of “founding fathers” sacrifice their safe, comfortable lives to him, a Trojan warrior/priest travels back in time with a teenage battle the world and each other, as they fight to found their shepherd to change his destiny (and perhaps Troy’s destiny) own new sovereign nation. (Represented by Mike de Trana, during an alternate account of events leading up to the first Anvil Entertainment) two battles of the Trojan War. (Four episodes)

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