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Recent Successes 3, 7, 9 Param Gill’s Filmmaking Journey and Award-Winning Comedy Going to America 22 Contest/Festival Winners 4 Scripts Represented by Agents/Managers 24 Feature Scripts – Grouped by Genre 5 Teleplays 25 3 Welcome to InkTip! The InkTip Magazine is owned and distributed by InkTip. Recent Successes In this magazine, we provide you with an extensive selection of loglines from all genres for scripts available now on InkTip. Entertainment professionals from and all over the Elizabeth Snoderly Produces with Jake Helgren world come to InkTip because it is a fast and easy way to find Elizabeth Snoderly with G It’s Entertainment discovered great scripts and talented writers. Jake Helgren on InkTip and brought him on board to rewrite as well as produce their supernatural family film In fact, your peers purchase, option, hire, or sign an average All Hallow’s Eve, which will star Lexi Giovagnoli, Ashley of 25 writers and scripts every month which they found on Argota, Martin Klebba, John DeLuca, and Diane Salinger. A InkTip. About every ten days, another one of your colleagues prolific screenwriter, Jake has been with InkTip for over five goes into production on a movie where the writer or script was years and has added directing and producing credits to his found on InkTip. résumé along the way. For details, please see www.InkTip.com/success_new.php. David Levy Options Noah’s Ark InkTip is a free service for entertainment pros. All you need to do is register at www.InkTip.com. David Levy with FilmStrategic found Noah’s Ark: The Real Story on InkTip and optioned it from JJ Flowers. Noah’s The loglines listed in this publication are on the website Ark will be an animated retelling of the Noah story, told with the full contact information of the writer, as well as the from the perspective of the animals. JJ has been a writer synopsis, and often the complete script. on InkTip for more than a decade and has had numerous You also can do specific genre searches to pinpoint the exact successes in that time. scripts or writers you need. Sherry Robb Options Rick’s Parking Discover InkTip.com and see what your colleagues are raving about. If you are not a member, go to InkTip.com and register Sherry Robb with The Robb Company found Rick’s Parking as an Entertainment Professional. on InkTip and optioned it from Michael Sisto. Rick’s Parking tells the story of three fun-loving friends working Jerrol LeBaron, President as valets for upscale parties in . Michael’s been a writer on InkTip for three years, and this is his third suc- cess through InkTip.

John Kearns Options Horror Script John Kearns with Glade found an untitled home invasion horror script on InkTip and optioned it from Jamie Grefe. Jamie’s script tells the story of a secondary school teacher who fights for her life when a sadistic “skinning” cult Industry Endorsements invades her home and kidnaps her young lover. Jamie joined InkTip as a writer just last year, and this is his first success through InkTip. Go to InkTip. There are a lot of good scripts over there. InkTip has become my go-to place. You have a huge variety of scripts Lauren de Normandie Options Second Shot over there, and I love that. – Param Gill, FlickBag Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & Entertainment found Second Shot on InkTip and optioned it from Sean Wathen. Lauren’s credits include WEAPONiZED, starring Mickey Rourke, Johnny Messner, and Jon Foo, among oth- I find InkTip very easy to use, and what I like about it is that I ers. Sean has had a number of successes through InkTip, can find whatever mixed genres under any budget I can think of. including three screenplays sales, an option for his screen- – Juan Frausto, Vendetta Pictures play Riverside, and multiple hires. (director/producer of Road Kill) Howard Nash Options The Ghost Dog Howard Nash with Starrunner found The Ghost Dog on InkTip and optioned it from Dawn Sutton. Howard’s credits InkTip is a great place to unearth new writers and fresh material include Occupants, which was also shot from a script dis- that might otherwise go undiscovered. Plus, the site’s well- covered on InkTip. Dawn joined InkTip as a writer six years formatted search engine makes it easy to find the exact genre or ago, and this is her first success through InkTip. story you’re looking for. – Tom Cohen, Marvel Studios Continued on page 7 Register Today at www.InkTip.com 4 Contest/Festival Winners 11th Annual Action on Film Nate of America (Drama) Robert Wooldridge An eight-year-old boy runs away from his abusive foster home in International Film Festival search of his biological family in Las Vegas, where he befriends & Writers Event a drag queen and learns that home is where the heart is. Neptune’s Prison (Action/Adventure) Jax Kearney Screenplay Fest A disgraced Navy SEAL and his pregnant wife are trapped in the world’s first underwater prison when it is attacked by mercenar- The Bigger Story (Drama) John Sparano ies trying to retrieve a prisoner who embezzled almost a billion An arrogant but awkward, 13-year-old, middle school pitching dollars. Together with a small group of guards, prisoners, report- prodigy finds his voice after helping a high school - quarter ers, and visitors, they must find a way to repel the mercenaries back deal with his guilt over the tragic death of a teammate. and escape the damaged prison alive. (Represented by Ralph Brescia, Bloom) Seriah’s Legacy (Drama) Julie Kaufmann It was during that first nuzzle, which began the relationship between Screamfest Horror Film Festival & a young girl and her horse. It was through Emily’s determination, Screenplay Competition the unconditional love she has for Seriah and her promise to be their voice, even if it meant sacrificing her own life to save theirs. Blackvoid (Sci-Fi) Joseph J. Greenberg But in the end it was Seriah who actually saved hers. A deep-space salvage crew discovers an enemy ghost ship car- rying a prototype weapon. While investigating, the machine is Cynosure Screenwriting Awards accidentally activated and one of the crew begins bouncing back and forth through time. If they can’t unravel the anomaly, they From the Stump of Jesse (Drama) Roma Simons risk the same fate as the doomed enemy crew. (Winner – 2015 Set during World War II in Russia, an idealistic, young woman Screamfest LA “Best Screenplay”) enlists in the Soviet Air Force and embarks on an unrelenting journey to find her six-year-old sister, lost during the first night Let It Bleed (Horror) Scott Selden of German’s assault on Russia. Callous attorney Johanna Palmer embarks to an isolated town where a grisly encounter with a client threatens both her life and sanity. As Flickers: Rhode Island a sinister menace and monsters emerge, how will she meet her end? International Film Festival Shore Scripts Screenplay Competition Screenwriting Competition Rogue Island (Horror) Duncan Putney Jimmy the Freak (Drama) Mark Steensland A pirate ship returns to the bustling summer resort of Newport, An ex-con and his mentally handicapped (but supernatural- Rhode Island every one hundred years to replace its crew. ly-blessed) friend are on the run from a ruthless mega church pastor out to exploit Jimmy’s abilities. (This screenplay won PAGE International Second Place in the Shore Scripts Competition, 2015, and also Screenwriting Awards won First Place at the Asbury Park Film Festival, 2015) Next of Kin (Crime) Niall Queenan StoryPros Awards A fugitive photographer seeks vengeance when framed by a ruthless loan shark for the murder of a retired cop and uncovers Screenplay Contest a human trafficking – operation which may finally reveal to him the elusive identities of his biological parents. (Represented by Shadowman (Drama) Mike Miller Peter Katz, Story Driven) A ferociously determined, restless, young artist, hungry for the truth and driven by revenge risks all to hunt down the father who kidnapped and then abandoned her years earlier, unaware that the Reel Writers “truth” will destroy them both. The Boat (Drama) Robert Wooldridge Set in 1965, where a closeted gay teen, struggling with his sexual- WorldFest Houston ity, helps his mother build a boat after she has a vision of the town flooding, but this “Mrs. Noah” story has an unforeseen twist. The Mary Jane Girls (Drama) Heidi Kozak All of the girls want to belong to The Mary Janes, an elite high A Hitch in the Plan (Thriller) Robert Wooldridge school sorority, but when a new girl from the wrong side of town A detective enlists the help of an attractive young film buff to becomes obsessed with being initiated into the club, she must help catch a serial killer who is replicating scenes from Hitchcock choose between everything she stands for and conforming to the movies to stage his killings. group, a decision that could have deadly consequences. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com 5 Feature Scripts – Grouped by Genre Action/Adventure In the Arms of the Dragon Stephen Kelly M.A.S.H. in Vietnam. A young Army officer flies north to replace 6 Ghost Days Ted McKenna a dead man. His job: Help the locals. But what if the locals are all A British intelligence director dispatches an agent to infect an VC? He soon has to “wheel and deal” to get things done, while NSA analyst with Bio-17 for exposing their spy programs. NSA’s he falls in love with a woman, and her country. Come see the real Caliber unit chief sends the analyst’s brother to save him. Vietnam. (Consider from ScriptShark)

The 13 of Glory Georges Salo Inca Rising Sandy Steers The quest for El Dorado takes the conquistadors, known as The A rebellious teen must team with her geeky guy friend, decipher 13 of Glory, to a land rife with gold. Their altruistic start spirals ancient prophecies, and battle a vicious Inca medicine man to into the subjugation of the Inca nation and the genocide of its rescue her kidnapped archaeologist father. people. Iron Island Carrie Gibson and Anthony P. Curry Across the Divide Dennis O’Flyng At the chilling height of the Cold War, a fearless captain, sta- A patch of black ice delivers tragedy to a family of four and alters tioned on a radar defense system in the North Atlantic, will stop the trajectory of a horrific act of terrorism aimed at an entire state. at nothing to defend his country from the imminent Soviet threat – while the real enemy may be much closer to home. Angel’s Tattoos Naresh Jhunjhnuwala A young, female, street drug dealer, badly assaulted and left Joachim’s Magic M. L. Stainer for dead, is rescued by a mysterious monk, who then trains and In 1585, Joachim Gans, the queen’s metallurgist, is subject to empowers her with supernatural tattoo powers to be part of danger and extreme prejudice from his fellow explorers, who are his group of immortal assassins to prevent Armageddon from searching for copper for the Queen’s Navy. When captured by the being unleashed by demons posing as world leaders – but gets hostile Indian chief, Pemisapan, it is only Joachim who can save sidetracked when she gets romantically involved with a young, them all. But will he do so? And will he betray his Jewish faith? idealistic cop. (Book for adaptation)

The Aviatrix Stephen Kelly Joe-Yo Dan U. Feldman A bored, Roaring Twenties socialite takes up the dangerous sport The fight of a classic toy superhero vs. a modern technology of flying, flies movie stunts for Howard Hughes, becomes a test villain gets immersed in things every human is intrigued about, pilot, races Amelia Earhart, sets a speed record, and helps Chuck like love, danger, adventure, and mystery. (Book for adaptation) Yeager break the sound barrier. (Consider from: ScriptXpert, ScriptShark and Scriptpalooza. Plus six contests.) Judge Rage Emmett Saunders A young, big city, female judge accidentally gains superpowers Cindy’s Adonis Louis Kahn to thwart crime. Cindy is mistaken for a Mafia princess by a hijacker of her plane, which leads to a lethal confrontation that turns Cindy into an Land of Bones Brian Reece Annie Oakley heroine and the hijacker into history, and begins a A disgraced helicopter pilot dodges enemies from both sides after series of dangerous adventures in the wilds of South Africa. he discovers a deadly secret in Afghanistan.

Cleopatra, Queen of Exile Robert D. Simpson Last Flag on Oak Island J.R. Jordan Baines Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, faced by certain death from her This summer they find it? One wartime journal, three rival trea- brother-husband, is forced to flee Egypt, collect an army, then sure hunters, and 200 years of searching on Oak Island face-off returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne with some help from the over 40 feet; at the bottom awaits riches or a hoax – wealth of the Roman, Caesar. century or the island’s deft insult? (From the novel Last Assault Con Doc James Manion on Oak Island by Jenn Rekka. Spec script available. Novel avail- A young, poker-playing prison doctor with a criminal past stum- able for adaptation.) bles on a plot to exterminate the inmates, and goes butt-kicking all-in to save them, his family, and himself. Launched Victor Rappoport U.S. President Farley had two giant computers made. He loaned Forward Leaning Addison LeMay one to the Russian president, who had saved the life of Farley’s A rogue Special Forces officer joins forces with an undocumented brother. The computers could instantly stop any nuclear device in Mexican doctor to save the kidnapped daughter of a congressman the world from working. Someone blew up the Russian computer, from a ruthless warlord in Afghanistan. and this caused the U.S. computer to become disabled – and the story goes on. The Great Unknown Mark David Keegan True story of an obsessed one-armed man leading nine neophytes Lucifer’s Nemesis Edwin Berne into a wilderness marked “unexplored” – in fragile wooden A former martial arts instructor tries to come to grips with living boats, on the world’s most dangerous river. A story of friendship, in an apocalyptic world, while dealing with being a vampire who action, and a happy ending for the survivors. feeds off of other vampires. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 6 The Marble King Night Watch Georges Salo Evdoxia Vicky Vassiliou and Constantine Vafiadis Integrity, honor, and discipline are the hallmark tenets of any As empires clash in the 1400s, a brash military commander leads soldier protecting his family and nation. Juggling them, though, a defense of Constantinople in a final doomed stand before the is tumultuous. Can one put the needs of the many ahead of the might of the Ottoman Empire. needs of the one or the few? How long could a man last doing what he knew to be wrong, if his family needed him to continue? Marlowe Mark Mc Quown Ol’ Red Jack Conrad and Don Goodman A field mouse moves in with a Virginia farm family, from a long An innocent Tennessee boy framed for murder escapes a hellhole line of mouse haters; after Marlowe learns to talk and wear a suit Georgia prison farm, pursued by a legendary bloodhound and a he saves that family and a small conclave of animals and people psychopathic killer. from the voracious appetite of a viral epidemic killing all animals globally. Marlowe is an action/adventure with animation. Once a Guerrilla Marsha Mildon When her guerrilla lover ambushes Rosa and their son near her Marooned Jennifer Miller Andean home, she must choose between love of family or zeal Lost in a country that has shown Justin violence, hate, and for a revolution that will change their world. Haunted by her destruction, he finds a new life that torments his very existence. A violent past and passionate love, Rosa risks her life and the lives beautiful, sensitive love story that struggles with truth, pain, then of all around her with each action she takes. . A saga filled with passions and revolts, betrayals, Pains of War and Love Ted McKenna greed, and murder. (Written for a feature or a miniseries) George Washington was never alone on his singular journey The Missing Pilots Stephen Kelly to save unborn millions. With him was Billy Lee, a constant A young yuppie Lebanese-American lawyer is slowly but reminder of another battle for freedom. surely drawn into a major terrorist attack on America’s power The Pirate Queen Carole Whang Schutter grid and is forced to join forces with rogue FBI agents to save Fierce passion and strong wills meet when the headstrong, his adopted country and the Iranian-born doctor he loves. tomboy daughter of an Irish lord disguises herself as a boy and (Consider from ScriptShark) runs away from an unwanted marriage – only to end up fighting alongside her would-be bridegroom against their common Murder Mountain enemy: the British. Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster In the American wilderness, four suits hunt pilots for The Pointman Robert L. Owens kicks – but when a widow will not stop asking questions, she has Ordered on a mission against incredible odds, a peace-minded to be silenced. Another hunt is organized, a double kill is on the sergeant fights against the slaughter of his men while facing a cards, only Amanda and their Vietnam veteran pilot are not so relentless enemy, heroin abuse, and a poison syringe. easily caught. Predator – First Contact James Crouson and Alex Nunez In the Pacific Theater of WWII, a Marine Raider platoon is sent Musashi & the Geisha Stephen Kelly in to find out why the Imperial Japanese Army ceased building an Japan, 1600. The shogun has died. Japan teeters on civil airfield. The Marines are well-trained and prepared for anything war. Fifteen-year-old Miyamoto Musashi (Japan’s greatest in this world; the horror they find on the island is anything but. swordsman) falls in love with a young geisha and runs off with her. Now the Yakuza want her back. Will love conquer all? The Queen of Sparta Tariq Chaudhry (Consider from ScriptShark. Potential franchise/cable series.) Alexander the Great discovers a manuscript that tells the story of a young Spartan queen who – a century and a half earlier – defeated a Persian invasion, but who, in turn, faced threats closer to home linked to dark secrets of treason, murder, and vengeance. And the only person she could turn to is a former enemy.

A Quest for Tranquility Mark D. Clark After a witch curses him with immortality, an ex-soldier teams up with the witch’s sister to find a way to end the spell.

Every month A Quiet Life Clifford Ackman an average of 25 scripts A man who rejected the life of a superhero finds superheroes have come to his town. While plots weave around him, he tries to are purchased or optioned find love with his superheroine crush and maintain his quiet life. Revenge on the High Seas Robert G. Greeley Register at www.InkTip.com Charleston, South Carolina; 1860. Gabrielle Ducett, raped at 17, now 20, seeks revenge as she enters the world of pirates, sea- A free service to the industry battles, brothels, murder, treachery, betrayal, and constant danger; complicated by a great love triangle, pursued by two handsome, fiercely romantic privateers, finally facing her moment of revenge. Carolinas to Havana; Galveston to Vera Cruz. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 7 The Salvation Gene Jared Rinaldi and Zack Klika In the near future, when oil has peaked and society is near- collapse, a coal miner must get a young girl across a war-torn Recent Successes America, as she has within her the only hope for humanity: a Continued from page 3 gene that can create perpetual energy.

The Sand Sea Carrie Gibson and Anthony P. Curry Joe Nasser Hires Evan Jacobs When her estranged twin gets taken hostage by Algerian rebels Joseph Nasser with Nasser Entertainment Group discovered while filming a French Legionnaire Fort for the epic 1926 movie, Evan Jacobs on InkTip and hired him to write the feature Beau Geste, a guarded, introverted woman, must survive the script Madame X from an established concept. We’re pleased brutality of the Sahara, rebel attacks, and conquer her own ghosts to announce that the film recently wrapped production, star- to find her sister, love, and to rediscover her authentic self. ring Richard Riehle (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Willa Ford (Friday the 13th)! Evan has been networking Savage Mountain Steve Barfield and John Smelcer and promoting his work on InkTip for nearly ten years and Adapted from an award-winning novel, this incredible true story has had numerous successes in that time. of two teenage brothers who risk their lives to climb one of Alaska’s tallest mountains in order to prove themselves worthy Erick Boychuk Options Back Home to their abusive father. Erick Boychuk with Original Fire Entertainment found Back Silent Partners: Absinthe of Desire Georges Salo Home on InkTip and optioned it from Trent Meunier. Back Two wealthy men are deceived into service by a clandestine Home tells the story of a real estate mogul who loses every- government agency, the vanguard of international counter- thing and has no choice but to move back to the home he grew terrorism. Will the agency’s gamble on these men’s skills, charm up in with his rigid parents. Trent joined InkTip as a writer earlier this year, and this is his second success through InkTip. and ingenuity prove to be the lethal combination that stops a crime lord hell-bent on revenge? Lauren de Normandie Options Falling Awake Silent Partners: Fragrant Water Georges Salo Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & Entertainment Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international found Falling Awake on InkTip and optioned it from government agency must prevent ultra-modern submarines Patrick Vuong. Lauren’s credits include the upcoming from falling into the hands of Yemeni and Omani pirates. If left WEAPONiZED, starring Mickey Rourke, Johnny Messner, unchecked, the pirates would have the whole world to ransom, as and Jon Foo. Patrick was a quarterfinalist at this year’s a large portion of global trade passes through the Gulfs of Oman, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and this is his Aden, and the Arabian Sea. first success through InkTip. Silent Partners: Razed Capital Georges Salo Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international Lauren de Normandie Options Traded government agency must prevent an activated North Korean Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & Entertainment sleeper agent from bringing the global financial system to its found Traded on InkTip and purchased it from Mark knees. Economic sanctions imposed on North Korea force its Esslinger. Lauren’s credits include Checkmate, starring regime to execute this plot – destroy U.S. facilities that print and Danny Glover and Sean Astin, which was made from a store money. script she found on InkTip and featured on the October 2015 InkTip magazine cover. Mark’s been a WGA member for Silent Partners: Scorched Earth Georges Salo over thirty years and an InkTip writer for six, selling and Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international optioning a number of scripts over the course of his career. government agency must stop a criminal from using Earth Penetrator Warheads to set ablaze U.S. Air Force bases housing Gabriel Alfonzo Hires Sean Paul Murphy nuclear silos. Gabriel Alfonzo with New City Films discovered Sean Paul Skye Diamonds Emmett Saunders Murphy on InkTip and hired him to write the feature-length A top female Hollywood stunt driver dies in an accident and script To Be a Hero. Gabriel’s recent credits include Open My returns from the dead to save her fiancé from a scheming, Eyes, which he also hired Sean to write, and Carpe Diem, among others. Sean is a Kairos Prize-winning writer who joined InkTip murderous vixen. five years ago, and this is his second success through InkTip. Snow White and the Seven Thugs Chris M. Finkelstein Scott McCullough Hires Nancy Froeschle A ruthless and jealous voodoo drug queen tries to kill an innocent Scott McCullough with The Outfit discovered Nancy young girl. The girl is discovered, protected, and saved by Froeschle on InkTip and hired her to adapt the Vietnam guerrilla marijuana farmers, “The Seven.” Shocking, tear-jerking War memoir Captain for Dark Mornings.” We’re pleased twist at the end. to announce that Martin Sheen and Dan Lauria are on the project! This is Nancy’s first success through InkTip. Switch Jerry Edwards A drug lord with a strong head for money, power, and respect, Continued on page 9 declares war on his supplier after they disrespect him. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure – Comedy 8 A Templar Squire’s Tale Pelham Mead Super (Market) Laura Nelson The story of Jacques de Molay from the view of his personal An eight-year-old boy thinks he is losing his mind when the squire, Geoffrey Villiars, and how the Templar Knights lost the characters on food labels and packages come to life – until they battle of the city of Acre, fooled the French King Phillip IV in must work together to defend his father’s supermarket against a hiding their treasure, and escaped to Scotland to defend Robert pair of burglars. the Bruce in his war against the English King Edward II. Terminal Squad Eric P. Granger Biographical Oscar (64) receives a diagnosis of terminal cancer and joins a Lies Mary Anstey support group. Support transforms into a mission as the group, She believed her government always told the truth, until she dis- now calling themselves the “Terminal Squad,” decides to hatch a covered that her brother’s death was not an accident. scheme to stop a ruthless African warlord who enslaves women and children. But illnesses come early, and loved ones and the Mother Jones Mark David Keegan U.S. government try to stop them. The true story of a fearless, foul-mouthed agitator leading min- ers in a brutal struggle for their rights against young, steel-calm Tornado Intercept Richard McKendrick John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the richest man in the world. The con- Tornado Intercept is a fast, action-type film from start to finish. flict escalates out of control, changing them both and changing The United States Air Force trains six top-notch pilots to strate- American history. gically disable tornados before they can destroy. Their mission is to drop a chemical-type bomb into the vortex from the lead plane, Naked Henry Mark David Keegan while the other two aircraft destroy debris being thrown at them Young Henry David Thoreau seeks to live wild and free and pure at high speeds. as nature – but his famous mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson tells him to conform. It’s an uplifting story of the fraught friendship Virtual Command Sandy Steers between two brilliant men, unable to voice their feelings. A hotshot game designer must defeat government conspirators before they exploit his virtual version of the U.S. President to Post Hole Digger James Pope instigate global war. Follows the life of farm boy James Pope from first memory Warcoholikings Pablo Hernandez to adult. At the age of 15, upon the death of his father, he is called Another war without any troops breaks out as soon as Saddam upon to support his mother and little sister. (Book for adapta- Hussein is overthrown. Two mercenaries draw up a hit list and tion. Self-published through XLIBRIS Publishing Co. Available: join the contra-insurgency. (The Expendables cross in the eBook, Barnes & Nobile, Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor.) Green Zone) Comedy Animation 99 Glasses of Chardonnay Tracy Charlton Jake: The Power of the Ruby Rosalyn Rosen Four moms lose all the PTA’s money and have to get it back by Six-year-old Jake lives in a rundown trailer with his neglectful the end of one drunken weekend. mother and cruel older siblings, until Charlie the Ladybug lands Armadillo William Phipps on his windowsill and takes him to Boys Town in Space. There, A Walter Matthau-type reluctantly teams up with his ten-year-old Jake meets boys just like him, a superhero “dad,” discovers he grandson to play matchmaker for his ex-daughter-in-law to get has magical abilities, and then is challenged by the life lessons of her out of his house. daring, fantastical adventures. The Audit Vince Grittani A dentist races against time, the onset of Multiple Sclerosis, and a prying IRS agent while attempting a second career as a standup comic.

Bandology Steven Duff Go to Music teacher Ken Jackson finds himself in an often comical struggle with a chaotic personal and professional life in this tale of the underbelly of music education. In the end, he manages to www.InkTip.com resolve his issues and life continues as he would like it, in a story that lies between American Pie: Band Camp and DrumLine.

and search by title or A Bodyguard of Lies Stefano Bozzo Argentina, 1966: a man obsessed with conspiracy theories author for the scripts believes his fiancée’s family members are Nazi criminals. Brick Steele and the Planet of the Beautiful Hostile Women Paul E. Clinco that interest you! Brick, 1950s mom Dale, super-scientist Dr. Pisov, and teenage space cadet Zowie face monsters, evil scientists, and a mighty champion to confront the Evil Queen and save the universe. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Comedy 9 Changing Waves Robert Syphard When a local politician’s unscrupulous development plans threaten to ruin a small East Coast resort town, a new generation Recent Successes follows a counterculture path to keep the family legacy from Continued from page 7 going under.

Charlie and Frank D.H. Malcolm Giacomo Ambrosini Options The Narrow The son of a racially mixed family comes to terms with his Giacomo Ambrosini with Sanguine + Smart found The siblings and his own personal conflict when their father passes. Narrow on InkTip and optioned it from Shane O’Neill. Shane Hidden secrets are revealed as family members come together is an Australian writer based in Melbourne who uses InkTip to grant his last wish: the spreading of his ashes at jazz great to connect with producers from around the world. He noted: Charlie Parker’s gravesite. Based on a true story. A really, really “Giacomo was instantly hooked on the script and I was hooked true story. on his passion and vision for the project. It only took a couple of Skype sessions to start talking about making the film together.” Coffee and Corinthians Jared Rinaldi After signing up for a platonic dating service, a lonely, terminally ill Catholic priest finds that the woman of his dreams is actually Ahmad Zahra Options Adventure Script the woman of his nightmares. Ahmad Zahra with Zahra Pictures found an adventure script on InkTip and optioned it from Jenna Horn. Jenna described Cult Coed Daniel Galiardi the project as “an epic, historical action piece with authentic Two brothers form a fraternity-like cult to pay off their mountain battles and extraordinary visual concepts. I am very proud of of student debt, but things go crazy when one of them takes being it and excited for its future!” Jenna joined InkTip as a writer a “god” too far and the FBI wants to shut them down. just last year, and this is her first success through InkTip. Daddy’s Little Girl Yvonne Delet Daddy’s Little Girl is a story about a high school senior girl who Sherry Robb Options Depraved discovers accidentally that killing her stepmothers (one by one) Sherry Robb with The Robb Company found Depraved on is the best way to temporarily get her father’s attention. In other InkTip and optioned it from Lawrence Riggins. Sherry has words, this is Stepmom meets Heathers. signed a few writers and bolstered her roster this year after discovering them through InkTip. Lawrence has been on Edna and Blanche Larry Arann InkTip for more than a decade, and this is his fifth success Two elderly women have become two awakened seniors who through InkTip. no longer wish to live ”bunched” in an adult community so pleasantly arranged as “condo haven.” They test their feistiness and newfound philosophy pragmatically, by flying off to . The planning and trip frame the comedy and drama Hal The Spud King of Japan John Thibault that are these two women. A hard-driving MBA boy wonder learns a lesson in humility when he leaves the U.S. heartland for Japan in order to save the False Flag Kevin Gustafson family’s farm – and finds himself building an underwater farm. With the CIA facing crippling budget cuts, a hotshot field agent teams up with a bumbling data analyst to save their jobs – by Herro Sensei Drew Martin and David Goldberg staging a terrorist attack on American soil. A heartbroken man leaves his predictable, American life to teach English in Tokyo, Japan and only after being fully removed and Finding Normal Denise Kohnke totally outside his comfort zone can he discover what he’s been A nerdy virgin, self-conscious with her femininity, falls for a searching for – faith in himself. handsome young carpenter. Her neurotic, domineering brother thinks he’s unworthy of her mind in a farce about choosing High Steaks Jesse Christensen between her family, her career at an ad agency, and the love that When a bona fide wuss is framed for murder in the late 1940s, helped her find her true self. he must fight to prevent himself from perishing at the hands of Frankie and Fabulous Kimberly Shumate the prison’s warden, who happens to be a maniacal meat peddler. An emotionally disturbed ten-year-old is sent to live with her Hood Ira Laufer estranged, closet cross-dressing uncle while her parents divorce, An unforgettable 14th century con man turns an inept starving finding the mother she always wanted, and ends up blackmailing him into keeping her. bumbler into Robin Hood. It’s wild!

Girl Power Revisited Anne Kruse Last Road Trip Georgia Well A beautiful and jaded volleyball superstar is forced back to 1972 A man diagnosed with terminal cancer convinces his life-long and into the body of a geeky high school reject, where fighting buddies to honor a deal made years ago, by taking a funny but for a fledgling girls’ team rekindles her love for the game. final road trip to a right-to-die state.

The Great Pretenders Craig Richards Missing Linc L.S. Goldberg When a washed-up ’80s pop star gives into pressure from his A Lincoln clone, created by a modern day Dr. Frankenstein, wife to give music one more try, he sets about forming the ulti- escapes from a scientific lab, eluding government agents, and mate tribute act of the legendary rock band – the Rolling Stones. wreaks havoc on Washington, D.C.’s “politics as usual.” Register Today at www.InkTip.com Comedy – Crime/Murder/Mystery 10 Monty Gurbir Johal Shady Place David Byrne Two college friends fly back to visit their parents and recall the When a retired Philly detective moves to an active adult commu- crazy antics of their college years together. nity in Florida, he finds out his new neighbor is the former Mob boss he spent his career trying to put behind bars. Stuck sharing a Mrs. J Donna Douglas Walchle neighborhood, the duo is tasked with solving a series of murders A chance meeting between a reclusive, vintage film star and that only they believe are happening. an introverted 16-year-old actor/singer/songwriter results in an inseparable bond and an unforgettable summer of memory- Snatching Harold Ira Laufer making at an arts center, teaching both that living in the moment Young would-be stand-up comic, his two bumbling kidnapper is much more than just an acting technique. partners, and their notable yet very surprising snatched victim suddenly must join together, avoiding serious consequences from Nature Boy Vic Grosvenor the parole board, the FBI, Interpol – or the Russian Mafia. Suffering from the complexities of the modern world, a compul- sive young accountant breaks up with his girlfriend and escapes Soldier of Missed Fortune Georges Salo the big city, seeking refuge in the country. The U.S. government creates a modern-day bionic man on a shoestring budget. Paternity Test Larry Anderson First-time grandparents kidnap their newborn grandchild to Spaghetti Western prove it is theirs and must elude both their son and the cops while James Kanady and Kenneth Collins awaiting the test results. In the late ’60s, a small-town Kansas boy battles for his Super 8 dream of making a Sergio Leone-style epic. Power Cord Claire Bell Best in Show meets Office Space. All networking hell breaks The Taxidermist Larry Anderson loose when the members of a small business referral group stop A daydreaming mortician-in-training compromises his job to drinking the proverbial Kool-Aid and plot to dethrone their impress the girl of his dreams, and loses both. Dilbert-minded, narcissistic leader. Time Tourists Josh Miller The President’s Dog Is Missing It’s 3016. The ozone layer’s gone, the Earth’s a global landfill, Patricia Ecklund-Ruch and worker Valtero Forgisto craves adventure. A vacation with Dozens of inept U.S. government snafus occur when the his acerbic wife and rebellious daughter goes awry when they’re president’s prize pet is dognapped, leading to a possible accidentally teleported back to our time, i.e. the incubator of their international incident. future. Pursued by the military, they have a week to get home or The Psychic Linebacker George Kral risk triggering a “much bigger bang.” An in-the-closet gay psychic joins a college football team of Twelve – My Age of Reason Tom Stohlgren misfits coached by a homophobic, philandering Bible thumper. In the span of eight days in 1964, a young Catholic schoolboy Purgatory Candy O’Connor rebels against authority, abandons his religion, and comes of age, A racially diverse, bittersweet comedy explores the intertwining thanks to his four wildly ill-behaved brothers. It’s based on actual lives of coworkers seeking love and happiness. Their private lives events, where the comedy takes center stage! and public humiliations collide and explode the night of the com- pany party. Uh Oh! Another Kids Movie! Matthew Barch An ingenious young boy and his misfit friends must band together Reality Cheque Georges Salo to save a wacky professor and the world from the boy’s wicked A brilliant non-conformist and computer hacker works at dead- stepmother, who steals a mind reading helmet in an attempt for end jobs in a way that forces his contemporaries to face their global domination. failure. Until one day he meets a woman that can match his intellect and his whole world changes – or does it? Where the...Is My Brother? Georges Salo A well-known enforcer works for the mob to snuff out their enemies. His brother, although developmentally challenged, is a natural locksmith, and considers his special gift as just another magic act or parlor game. The enforcer uses his brother’s abil- ity to gain access to places where enemies reside, and he’ll go The Script You Need through anyone and everyone to get his kidnapped brother back. Where Was I (When I Was Where I Was) Charles Jose Noriega Is at InkTip.com It’s hard to stay in your own world, when all these other worlds keep getting in the way or the simple innocent meets the fantastic! Register at www.InkTip.com Crime/Murder/Mystery A free service to the industry Badman Mark Millicent An advertising executive takes his family on a road trip and goes back to a time when he was hanged as a serial killer. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Crime/Murder/Mystery 11 The Bastard Squad John McLaughlin and Jack Snyder Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Nectar of Passion A group of Narcs pejoratively labeled “The Bastard Squad” runs Georges Salo afoul of the CIA’s hand-picked Caribbean presidential candidate, The Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit is created under the auspices of and end up fighting for their professional and personal lives the department of Homeland Security. A tsunami washes bodies deflecting vicious libelous attacks, which evolve into bloody on shore, and PATU is asked to assist in solving these bizarre carnage, fire-bombings, and black-bag break-ins. (Based on the set of murders which unveil a nefarious and sinister plot in the award-winning true story Damned from Memory.) making. Can PATU decipher and terminate the plot in time?

City of Sirens Gregg Hanour Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Drug Habit The savage, ritualistic murder of yet another starlet brings an Georges Salo FBI profiler out of retirement to join a rogue detective’s hunt for Cancer, “the scourge of modern man,” is yet incurable, although the killer. Their number one suspect becomes their third partner French and American scientists have discovered that in part after he reveals the results of his own investigation: a madman viruses and retroviruses cause it. No cure is available as it may is loose in L.A. and mimicking the work of serial slayers who be that drug companies stand to make more profit from abating were never caught. the symptom rather than curing the disease thereby perpetuating a drug habit. Double Blind Test Herb Schultz After a professional mediator is conned by identical twin busi- Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Reap the Harvest Georges Salo nessmen who sought her help to resolve a dispute, she meets A criminal, needing an entry point for his weapons and drugs, another woman in a suspiciously similar circumstance, and the finances a Honolulu mayor’s re-election campaign. Upon winning two team up to take down the con artists. it, the mayor reneges on his deal. He is dispatched, replaced with his compliant deputy mayor. PATU must solve two seemingly Far from L.A. Robert Kahre unrelated events in order to stop the proliferation of weapons and A young Hispanic woman struggles to free herself from a life drugs. Are they too late; does he reap his harvest? of drugs and crime. Will her ability to resist temptation and evil lead to a better life, or will an unavoidable mistake lead to her Password Barry Lane undoing at the hands of a familiar figure? After being taken hostage and tortured by a brutal band of home-invading burglars, a Christian couple refuses to give the Heels on the Hill Ronald Hayes criminals the password to their digital home safe containing A criminal law school dropout tries to prove to a town that her $800,000 in bonds, and they eventually fight back with killing drug-dealer cousin did not murder a prominent banker, doctor, rage against the thugs. and her mother. After the banker’s daughter gets involved, they Pay the Piper Steve Hauser soon point the finger at the dropout, who’s also suicidal. A black gang leader faces the death penalty for another gang’s I Wonder What the Vintners Buy Lillian M. Savage drive-by. After a rough start, he and his troubled lawyer come to A couple of homeless winos, overhearing plans to commit two bond. Finding key evidence gives hope. But the trial, with a shady murders, argue heatedly over whether or not they are obligated to detective, ambitious DA, and a biased judge, is lost. Despite the become involved. Then the first murder occurs. loss, the lawyer and client each find a form of redemption.

Jamaica Biltmore: Partners Thomas Greco Redemption Georges Salo Jamaica Biltmore – single father, saloon owner, and NYC private After a powerful drug lord wipes out his competition, he goes after the only people that stand in his way of taking over eye – tries to convince his son to join the family business instead : a decorated New York City detective and his equally of going to college. Jamaica and Joe agree the next case to walk competent female partner. into the saloon is the bet – if Joe enjoys the case, he stays home; if he does not, he goes to college. (Book for adaptation) Slang Tommy McNamara A braniac college professor steps up to solve a recent slew of Lone Gun Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster skid-row murders. Detective Roy Vice finds a friendly universe With his marriage on the rocks, burnt-out former Marine Reef while he learns to love once more. Weaver hides out as a hitman for the Mob while working for the district attorney in this present-day noir thriller.

The Mark Bill Hanan A wealthy Chicago lawyer, intent on becoming the city’s next mayor, reconnects with his old high school girlfriend and meets a son he never knew he had – only to learn it’s all part of the long Go to www.InkTip.com con and now must choose between power and love. (The Mark was rated “8” by The Black List.) and search by The Miami Masquerade Jane Rajaratnam title or author for the Two reporters go to Miami to write a story on a famous man, Mr. Perez, only to find that he is a dangerous drug dealer and his scripts that interest you! family is paying for the sins of their father. Then justice takes its course in a most unusual way: Mr. Perez is found murdered in suspicious circumstances. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Crime/Murder/Mystery – Drama 12 The Stooper Herb Schultz Breedlove G.W. Freund and Daniel Bonjour Left for dead after bungling a petty scam on a sadistic gambler, a A troubled teen girl who suffers with delusions from her past moves lowly racetrack stooper fights back with the help of the gambler’s in across the street from a boy who claims to have super powers. ex-girlfriend to regain his dignity and recover a valuable ticket that rightfully belongs to him. Built by Kings Oliver White A hot-headed single mother anxiously awaits the imminent Suicide Ronald Hayes release of her daughter’s father from prison while trying to min- A town’s top detective – next in line for chief of police – tries to imize the from a failed relationship with a lawyer and the solve a horrific crime that he committed and stumbles onto the son that resulted from it. perfect suspects. Bully! James B. Saunders Widowville David Odessey President Teddy Roosevelt wants to build the Panama Canal A Caribbean resort seems like paradise – masking the fact that his way. And he doesn’t let Congress, Banana Republics, or the violent crime lurks just beneath the surface. Constitution stop him – a triumph of political chutzpah, gun- boat diplomacy, and revolution. Based on the actual incidents. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Dave Trottier; author Drama of The Screenwriters Bible) The $3,000 Dog Larry Anderson Butterfly James Rosin A spitz – who survives being abandoned at birth, and later In a small 1990s town, David Fuller, a young and sensitive writer being hit by a car, and eventually being dumped in an animal with a mental disability, becomes the target of the hostile son of shelter – inspires three different families to overcome a popular townsperson he accidentally injures. dysfunctional relationships. Cahoots Elan Carlson A-Chord Cherie’ Brackett Disguised as men, a Chinese grandmother and her beautiful daugh- Using humor, faith, and friendship as their weapons, four maver- ter with her little girl flee an attack on their fishing village, run into ick women battle racist attacks and personal tragedy when they Celtic rail hands, and plead for secret support back to China. The try to compete in a “Whites Only” quartet contest. (Semifinalist, two quirky men then choose the most bizarre act in the early west top 25, in both the 8th Annual StoryPros Awards and the 2015 and they all find their lives changed forever. Not a western. Kairos Prize.) Casino Intrigue Georges Salo Adjusting the Mirror Jeffrey W. Liggens Inspired by a true story of a casino security guard who is passion- Two unlikely lovers from opposite ends of the social spectrum ate about his work, but disrespected by his wife. He eventually cultivate their relationship by being forced to come to grips with finds his true calling as a result of his wife’s extramarital deceit. who they really are. The result is a very unique growth process. Their struggle is set against the backdrop of a casino, showcasing the true nature of that business. America the Beautiful–Let’s Pull Together Scott Zimmer A suspended Harvard quarterback kicks ass in Harlem and the Central Valley: Josue’s World Eric N. Haley nation responds. When an undocumented domestic worker’s sons get involved in a shooting and with a small time drug dealer, she solicits help Bader Field; How My Family Survived Suicide Carl David from her employer: an influential and well-connected attorney. A young man’s world implodes when the brother he idolizes Her jealous husband suspects there’s more to his pro bono work shocks everyone by committing suicide, leaving him to answer than meets the eye. why he wanted to die, and in turn he discovers how to live. (Book for adaptation) Central Valley: Josue’s World: Episode 2 Eric N. Haley When a small-time drug dealer coerces a fifth grader into being Battle Thy Seeds Eugene Patterson III a runner for his operation, the father must figure out a way to Authority is challenged, and war rages from the spirit realm to appease the drug dealer and keep his son from going down the the flesh, making both Heaven and Earth the stage for a saga wrong path. where demons battle angels, Satan wars Jesus, and man fights man. From the look in his eyes, God is in no mood for games. The Chef of the Last Ones Paolo Picciolo and Michael Ray Brown The Beneficiary Eric Friedberg and Carmine Famiglietti Walter Scheib, former executive chef at the White House under A recent college graduate, known for small-time scams, gets Clinton and Bush, starts a cooking school at a local mission, himself in trouble when he tries to outsmart the Mob, the feds, where he meets a young woman whose deeply troubled life and local cops out of a two million dollar life insurance policy. belies an undiscovered culinary talent, and who rekindles his passion for cooking. Blake’s Story, Revenge and Forgiveness Joel Moore and Bryson Brodzinski Cold Current Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux Blake Bradford joins the Confederate Army in order to find The lives of strangers intersect and collide when a troubled young and kill the Union soldier who killed his father at Shiloh, but woman kills her children. falls to the enemy when wounded at Perryville. The horrific, gut-wrenching destruction of battle and unforeseen friendships Compromise Carolyn Rose change his perspective on the war; he and his closest Union The year is 1861. Carolyn and Billy want to get away from the friend discover they are connected by his father’s death. coming conflagration. Her family is forward looking Yankee For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Drama 13 abolitionists, his people conservative fading Southern plantation The Final Dance James Crouson owners. The old ideas are used up, the times are about to change. An aging exotic dancer learns that the she is losing her employ- The political situation is about to burst just when Carolyn and ment. She has a plan to enter into management of a gentlemen’s Billy decide to get married. club, but her prospective employer has more on his mind than her ideas as a manager. She must make exceedingly difficult choices Crash Site John Thibault on not just her future, but the survival of her soul. A female FAA official faces off with a troubling lover from her past – the head of the airline – in her investigation in the after- Finding Grace Victoria Hagerty math of a devastating air crash. Grace’s newborn daughter and husband are killed in an acci- dent on their way home from the hospital where she gave birth. Crease Defense Robert Syphard After that catastrophic experience, she is confused and sad, but As cancer rips his family apart, a college lacrosse player risks she finds grace in the most places in the world as everything, both on and off the field, to defend his legacy and a humanitarian doctor from 1990–2013 in Somalia, Rwanda, recover the bond once shared with his dying father. Bosnia, Haiti, Syria, and other places.

Cry Uncle, Sumbody Thomas Crowel The Flid Show Richard Willett Doctor David Longacher enlists in the Union Army as a private. An English nightclub singer, born with flipper-like arms from the His moonshining cousin, Charles Allen, joins the Confederacy. drug thalidomide, believes he will never find love – until he falls Ma Longacher and her girls are left behind. The cousins engage for a young American doctor with intimacy issues of her own, in major battles. Killing and dying is the order of the day. The and must confront his dark past in order to win her. (Nicholl Top women find love, but not without sorrow. A heartfelt story based 50; multiple Austin second-rounder; Sundance Lab finalist; IFP on David’s 1864 diary. Market featured script.)

Dear Child Emmett Saunders Freedom John Richo The story of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, the first female master In 1790s Philadelphia, a wily, renowned slave cook is ordered by composer, who faced religious oppression and gender repression his owner, the President, to pretend to be free. While plotting real in her time, to finally be recognized as a true musical genius in freedom for his family, he joins forces with a refugee fleeing the current times. French Revolution and confronts paying the high cost of freedom.

Dismas and Gestas Peter Hoffmann The Grass Widow Vince Grittani Two heinous criminals are brought to justice and are crucified The truth behind a family secret is revealed when a man seren- next to Jesus. (Winner – Best Historical Drama Screenplay at the dipitously summons his father’s lover, the bon vivant spirit of 2015 Monaco International Film Festival) an American heiress. (Based on the award-winning stage play Quiet! I’m Talking) Edie and Fred L.S. Reynolds Edie and Fred had been skating on thin ice so long they didn’t Hockey Camp Hero (Noble Hockey Legend) John Blair see that it was melting. Until a steaming summer day in 2003 Former NHL bully Bobby Banks struggles to keep his family and the power that feeds the swamp of Manhattan went off, the town summer hockey camp for teens onside despite interference from went dark, and the two veterans of very different wars discovered greedy ex-teammate Gerry Gerrard, now a popular player agent. what they never could see was real. Teenage campers Matt and Sherry both want to make it to the Noble Hockey League, but they learn more than they expected Emergency Contact Marvin Curtis Reid about hockey and life from Bobby. The estranged wife of a millionaire and his girlfriend face their truths and each other when he is accidentally shot by police in a Houses on the Rock case of mistaken identity. Kenneth Masler and Daniel Mahoney As an assassination plot unfolds against a rising African- EP Dennis Dupuis American presidential candidate, he must make a decision to Erin Popolopski (EP) is a kindhearted young man with limited carry on his family legacy of breaking down barriers, or submit mental ability who transforms himself into a superhero to save a to the pressures engulfing his life. terrorized co-worker. Joy Frances Gertler Escape from Baghdad: One Woman’s True Story Middle-aged Joy and Johnny’s loving and stable marriage is disrupted Eve Heidi Bine-Stock and challenged when their 12-year-old son, Charles, sees his mother When a woman of Bahá’i faith is trapped with her children in passionately kissing an actress vacationing in their small town. Islamic Baghdad with her husband’s Muslim family – who mur- der one son and her husband, and beat her to the brink of death Justice Seed Michael Willis – she tries to save her children by audaciously seeking help from Quirky transforms to dark when a teenaged boy, embarrassed by Saddam Hussein. (Based on a true story) his dysfunctional family life, plants thoughts of revenge in his abused friend’s mind, who takes redemption too far. Explosion at Black Tom! James B. Saunders Federal agents pursue German saboteurs intent on destroying the The Koi Keeper Felice Bassuk and Richard F. Russell Black Tom Island munitions depot in New York Harbor. Based on A kidnapped American girl falls in love with her mysterious the actual 1916 incidents. (Professional coverage: “Recommend” rescuer and marries him, only to discover he is the drug lord – Dave Trottier; author of The Screenwriter’s Bible) responsible for her kidnapping. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Drama 14 Last Ride to Missouri Patricia Ecklund-Ruch One Man’s Family Arnold Zimmerman and Morgan Land The infamous James-Younger gangs put their families in danger. A retelling of the Biblical Abrahamic legend, in which a modern Assassination of Jesse James is questionable. (Note: Writer is day California stepfamily goes through similar events as the member of the James family.) patriarchal family: a move to a Promised Land, a Sodom-and- Gomorrah type incident, the need for a progeny, and the near loss Leap of Faith Julian Biba of the progeny. A Syrian Jew loses her entire family and her CIA handler/boy- friend during attacks from jihadists, who 20 years later brainwash Pink Roses for Kathleen Joan Beilstein her son to bomb a nuclear plant in the U.S. An explosive chance encounter forges an unlikely friendship between two lesbian women: a rock star with breast cancer and an Let’s Play Ball Linda Gould Episcopal priest with burnout. When what begins as a supportive When a Cuban-born ballplayer is abducted, his sportswriter relationship ignites into an unexpected passion, their careers and fiancée and her fraternal twin sister, a Department of Homeland “marriages” are in jeopardy, as they struggle with their feelings for Security bureaucrat, decide to investigate. They uncover evi- each other, the powerful catalyst which has transformed their lives. dence about the crime that powerful people will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Let’s Play Ball dramatizes the struggles of the The Prosecutor David Bortman sisters against the backdrops of immigration, global conflict, and Back in the early ’70s, before Roe v. Wade, when abortion was the nation’s pastime. illegal, a prominent prosecuting attorney gets a girl pregnant and has to arrange for a back-alley abortion. Life’s Curve Carl D. Lord A terminally ill Irish banker must race against time to convince Quiet Rolling Emmett Saunders her ex-boyfriend and major league baseball star to fulfill a mon- A film production crew fights ghosts from the past to launch a umental request before she dies. new TV series.

Lilly Lake Patrick M. McCormick Ragtime Warrior James B. Saunders A tragedy happens when the innocent are forced to pay for the James Reese Europe takes command of the famed “Harlem sins of the guilty. Jerry Johnson’s graduation party at Lilly Lake Hellfighters” band in 1917 and revolutionizes military band was the beginning of such an event. Soon, all mankind would music forever. He introduces jazz to the Doughboys and fights have to pay the same price. racism, Army indifference, and the Germans. A WWI biopic of a forgotten musical genius and ragtime era legend. (All music Love Site Emmett Saunders public domain. Professional coverage: “Recommend” – Dave Two aging film star legends reunite for one last project threatened Trottier; author of The Screenwriter’s Bible.) to fail by an unknown assassin. Remembering Liz Joan Beilstein Ludlow Bruce Leaf A middle-aged woman relives the death of her best childhood A young coal miner battles a wealthy mine owner and National friend from a drug overdose, in an attempt to let go of unresolved Guard troops in one of America’s bloodiest labor strikes. grief and guilt, which has haunted her for over 40 years, and Mac Cahill’s Angels Thomas Geraty while doing so, uncovers a shocking secret, which sheds light on Twenty-six years ago, a teenage girl was sent away and forced her friend’s tragic short life. to give up her newborn son for adoption to protect the family honor. The adoptive single mother never told her son that he was Scattered Harvest Thomas Crowel adopted. When he finds out from a stranger, the father quest that In 1914, a stubborn dairy farmer gets unlawfully carted off to a ensues rocks their world and paves the way to redemption for all. mental institution and is forced into making the land prosper. He must scheme to bring down his psychotic captor. (Based on a true Man on the Go Janet Pickover story. Gold Remi, 2015.) Based on a true story, a young man, paralyzed by polio as boy, struggles for acceptance and learns the true meaning of friendship. The Second Coming Michael Baley When a young man appears to be a clone of Jesus Christ, a young Man on the Moon Michael Esser woman enlists his aid in helping her rescue her sister from a ring When young rocket scientist Frank Miller’s dream comes true of human traffickers. and he signs up with the team which will make history by send- ing the first men to the moon; a dark secret behind the genius Shadow across the Land Edward Munson Wernher von Braun is revealed. Frank has to make a difficult Calling Congress’ greed and incompetence a shadow across choice: become world-famous at the cost of selling his soul? the land, this extremely wealthy patriot runs for POTUS as an Independent. An old nemesis hits him with violent family loss, Mirdad: A Lighthouse and a Haven Roberto Junqueira assassination attempts, subterfuge. Struggling with depression, The amazing story of a Christ-like master inside a 19th century PTSD, and extreme wound pain, he manages to stay a step ahead Middle Eastern monastery, where he manages to make disciples of his nemesis – until the day he doesn’t. of the monks, but also causing the furious reaction of the materialistic local abbot. A Shot at Faith Carl D. Lord When a dark secret from his mother’s villainous past threatens Money Reeks! Norma J, Bastien their family’s future and his championship dreams, a devout col- After they try to kill him, an aging billionaire gives his avaricious lege athlete asks God to intervene, with surprising results. (2015 young wife and his adult kids a diabolical run for his money. Kairos Prize screenplay competition top 50 semifinalist) For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Drama – Family 15 Skippin’ Sisters Ted McKenna Baddest Troop Alive Steve Hauser Two sisters, two dreams. Grand sisters create a rift in the family Three years after the 1965 Watts Riot, there was a new gang in that plays out across their lifetimes. the ’hood: Troop 1135. How did it survive? And did it make a difference? A mostly true, touching, humorous story of street- Stone Pony wise, inner-city, mostly black Boy Scouts and their naïve, Stephen Paul Campos and Kenneth White white scoutmaster. A true story about a U.S. Army soldier sent to fight in the Vietnam in 1968. Within the first two weeks of duty, he and his platoon A Beautiful Fish Katharine Parsons A young girl must unlock her island’s deep magic to rescue her experience a horrific friendly fire tragedy that shakes him to his mother from a vicious sorcerer, but her only allies are a fisherman’s core. After the event, he and his two closest combat buddies son, an ancient French-speaking cat, and an elusive mermaid. make a vow to die for each other and reunite after the war. Charley’s Choice Storm of Mercy Stephen Trout David Sage, Judith Helton, and George P. Saunders When called on a divine mission to the world’s most dangerous “Charley’s Choice” is the true story of a woman in the old West city, Nineveh, Israel’s prophet Jonah flees, only to find surprising who wanted to live life to the fullest in the only way she knew mercy in a great storm, and in a climactic encounter with the how: as a man. ruthless Assyrians he struggles to forgive. Grandma is a Dinosaur Dominic Laiti Ten Dollars an Hour Edwin Berne The kids help amateur witch Grandma recover from a debili- A single mother takes a job in a group home for ten dollars an tating illness; however, something has gone terribly wrong and hour. She gets more than she bargained for when an individual she eventually turns into a dinosaur and escapes. Now, the kids she cares for has a history of violent mental illness. have to find Grandma, get her home, find the ingredients for the potion to turn her back into an old lady, and do this all before Ten Oaks Emmett Saunders their parents find out. An aging nursing home’s management and its residents fight to The More the Merrier Julie Noble prevent the historical facility from being relocated by an unscru- When a Christmas Eve get-together with a few additional guests pulous governmental scheme. and their owners becomes a chaotic, mucky mess, Jameson, the Theatre of Death James B. Saunders most inconspicuous of all, walks a Slackline across the pool to save the day. Corrupt politicians, newspaper editors, and theatre producers try to stop an investigative reporter from exposing the truth about Saramina’s Hanadi Sadi Chicago’s “absolutely fireproof” Iroquois Theatre. They’re almost Amina partners with her Jewish cousin Sara, establishing successful. Based on the true 1903 incident. (Professional coverage: “Saramina’s Levantine Buffet.” The restaurant’s raising “Recommend” – Dave Trottier; author: The Screenwriters Bible.) popularity crowns with success Amina’s journey towards self- empowerment under Sara’s support and friendship. When it A Thousand Sunsets Diane Tovar and Michael Miceli becomes up to Amina to decide about keeping Israel’s flag stuck A pastor confronts homophobia and intolerance from his own on their restaurant’s front door next to the other Middle Eastern family and church members when he saves a gay childhood friend flags, she has yet to face and overcome her inherent fears. from a suicide attempt and tries to show him the beauty in life. A Snowball Effect John Richard Cunningham Trifecta James Pope A 12-year-old boy defies his father and divides a town inhis A wife deceives her husband while exploring her true sexuality. effort to save a polar bear cub from the effects of global warming. The wife’s mother enters into a relationship with her son-in-law. The Three MuskeTEENS Christopher Plain The wife’s college-age daughter, with tender guidance from The story of how the Three Musketeers become “the Three her step-father, archives fulfillment as a woman. Dysfunctional Musketeers,” as teens! The 15-year-olds, Athos, Aramis, and family? Or modern society? (Book for adaptation. Self-published Porthos, set out on their first perilous, swashbuckling adventure through XLIBRIS Publishing Co. Available: eBook, Barnes & to rescue the young, kidnapped Princess Gabrielle and save the Noble, Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor.) kingdom of France from a fraudulent war. A prequel to Dumas’ classic Musketeer tale. Wurttemberg Shepherd (Dog of the Third Reich) Joan Lask A German man and a Nazi soldier are on separate sides of the war effort, but share a love for a loyal dog named Ehren. Family Go to www.InkTip.com The Abductions of Dorothy Paul E. Clinco and search by By 1947, Dorothy has been telling the children of her southwest title or author for the Kansas town tales of Oz for decades, but when town leaders and a greedy asylum want to “institutionalize” her, she recruits scripts that interest you! her teenage helper to escape to New Mexico, where something unidentified just crashed near the town of Roswell. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Fantasy – Horror 16 Fantasy Dance of the Blessed Spirits Matt Pacini Dance of the Blessed Spirits is the story of a man who inher- The Bell Wishers Emmett Saunders its an 18th century mansion in Georgia, quickly spiraling into Two children, on a shared family vacation, discover a magic bell the depths of insanity as he is confronted by the ghosts of the and a marvelous traveling cloak that whisks them into dangerous murdered slaves of his great-great-grandfather – Confederate adventure on a mysterious island. General James Longstreet. (This screenplay has won 26 awards, including seven Best Screenplay awards.) Desiree and the Magic Mirror Edwin Berne Four young adults confront their darker sides when they enter a Demon Vampires Patricia Ecklund-Ruch nefarious carnival. Not just another vampire movie. Two sexy female demons escape from Stonehenge and kill trapped tourists. Script contains sex, Doctor of the Unfeasible Helene Perrin-Gouron transfiguration, mutation, and terror. When his best friend’s legs get amputated, Gabriel goes back on the agreement he has with his father and unleashes his healing The Devil’s Ruby Peter Steiner abilities, with the aim of growing his friend’s limbs back. Crystal and Luke unintentionally invite Lucifer into their home. The boss of the underworld steals the Devil’s Ruby and plans to The Ghost, the Girl and the Garden Bob Canning become the most powerful underworld figure ever. Luke finds A young American woman runs off to London to get over a bro- the Devil’s Ruby, making him a target to the underworld. Lucifer ken engagement, only to fall in love with the ghost of a WWII kidnaps Luke into Hell and comes back to Earth disguised as RAF officer who is a dead ringer for her ex-fiancé. Luke, planning for Crystal to bear his child.

Moon Babies Emmett Saunders Deviltry Afoot Carol Pritt Supernatural kittens draw a former 911 dispatcher into a mystic A determined mother while searching for answers to her daugh- murder mystery. ter’s murder finds herself caught up against an evil spirit-man. Her quest finds the body count rapidly growing as the horror now Shillelagh Emmett Saunders spreads over the entire city. (My script is a finalist in the 2015 A 4th century Irish saint’s walking stick grants one wish to each Chicago Horror Screenplay Contest!) recipient in accordance with God’s will for the individual. Fake Horror Simon Parker Stealing Stella A close group of school friends – who have not spoken since a Tommy Simpson and Avril Simpson classmate almost died at their hands – now all find themselves going A dying billionaire wants to reincarnate as his own son. A girl along to a Halloween party. Hoping to patch things up before school sent back from the future wants to be conceived as herself. They finally ends, they will find themselves the victims of an evil plan, both want the same mother. trapped in a house with that former classmate trying to kill them all.

The Usual Quest Paul E. Clinco The Haunting of Sara Hill Mark D. Clark When a troll invites a hip 13-year-old on a dangerous, magical A young woman is haunted by a malevolent spirit who seeks to quest to save the world, he knows he’ll succeed because he’s torment the descendants of the man responsible for his execution. read all the magical quest stories – until a girl classmate shows up as his adversary on the same quest, and things go from It Came from the Woods Lukáš Rozkovec bad to impossible. A young man takes a Pranic healing during which he suddenly is struck by a lethal wraith from the unknown. Thus, together with Horror the healer, he must solve the deathly mystery in order to survive. Item 14 Emmett Saunders Alaska Crying Baby A blind dinner date erupts into an all-out war of revenge over a Christopher Kiana, Sr. BA, MBA, MA-RD, DBA-ABD deceased lover. An Alaska shaman goes to NYC to identify the body of his slain grandson, makes medicine to find out who murdered him, A Pound of Flesh Georges Salo and uses Alaska Crying Baby (evil spirit) to kill gang members A criminal boss exhausts all avenues, including whatever his horrifically, one by one, in unimaginable ways. (Alaska Crying wealth provides, in order to save his terminally ill wife. In a Baby originally optioned; WGA screenwriter Dave Hunsaker last desperate attempt he offers the most valuable items in his contracted to write the script. Completed script is not the possession – his morals and his soul – to the Devil for the life of traditional thriller terror-horror movie.) his one and true love.

Clifford Chris Ryves Rise of the Jackals John Monteleone After their parents are murdered by the popular high school A damaged ex-cop opens a shelter for abused women and assem- football coach, the lives of timid Clifford and his scornful sister, bles an all-female vigilante squad to track down six men on a Angela, become hell when they seek deadly revenge on the coach hunting trip after one of her members is raped. and those who helped cover up the deaths. Sanctum Jerry Pyle Cuts of Fear Johnny B. Dunn An architect living in a house he redesigned discovers the pres- After a medium’s son is killed by a ghost, she and her team fight ence of a room inside it that he’s never seen. His life of metic- to release his spirit from a demon that holds him captive while it ulous structure and order is reduced to rubble as he obsessively drains his spirit. looks for the room and the unsettling thing that lives inside it. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Horror – Romantic Comedy 17 The Scythe Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux Inherit a Marriage (I AM) Georges Salo Families must fight for their lives when an apocalyptic hurricane Traditional and modern values collide for an Indian lesbian who strikes – and sweeps in a terrifying new predator from the seas. must return to India to attend her father’s funeral. Upon arriving An allegory based on the events of Hurricane Katrina. in India with her partner, she discovers that she must marry in order to uphold her family’s rank and stature. Vampire Zero Roy Webber A Romanian medieval barber is fated to become the first vampire Love and Politics Pamela Dotson after swallowing a mysterious elixir. His legacy is the origins of Damage control is the name of the game when a woman’s indiscreet Vlad “Dracula” Tepes a century later. younger sister threatens their older sister’s budding romance with a politician. Her efforts are complicated by her sometimes conten- Wolfwere Philip Mayes tious relationship with the man’s arrogant campaign manager. A reverse werewolf and a young woman join forces to take down the boss of a pharmaceutical company, who just so happens to be Sheba Carole Whang Schutter a lycanthrope who has discovered a way to control the transfor- A feisty slave girl dreams of being rescued from her dreary exis- mation process. Nobody and nothing is what they seem, but three tence by a handsome prince. But when she meets King Solomon disguised as a shepherd, she spurns the bumbling shepherd. pills will change everything. When the Heavens Filled with Shouting Herb Ham Your Worst Nightmare After going broke, a 19-year-old airplane mechanic volunteers Sherry Moore and Simon Scott Rebellato for combat in order to support his 16-year-old bride. Five friends are drafted by the government against their will, then sent to a dangerous woods to face demons and madmen to save a young woman from their control. Romantic Comedy

Zombies and Zambonis Don Hauka Adam and Eve G.W. Freund A small-town hockey hero must defeat a team of genetically In a world where women rule and men are trophy husbands, Adam and Eve seemed like the perfect couple. But after Eve leaves modified veggie-zombies led by his arch-nemesis to win back his Adam for another man, Adam is faced with the frightening real- wife and save his town when the Biggar Demons turn the local ization that sometimes in life, you can only depend on yourself. ice rink into a sheet of screams during a game seven that gives new meaning to “sudden death.” Almost Utopia John Gascoigne In 2030, with warfare reduced, a stockbroker is sacked and his Non-Fiction/History wife leaves him, each entering a recreation zone in competition with the other. From his sanctuary for jocks, the lovelorn husband The Assassin’s Shadow Bert Pigg crosses a border into arts-driven Arcadia to expose the bumbling, Henry Ford was right. All history is more or less bunk. John insurgent saboteurs threatening his wife’s new world. Along the Wilkes Booth wasn’t killed after assassinating President Lincoln. way, he heals his state and his marriage. Rather, Booth lived another 40 years, after entrusting the true story of Lincoln’s murder with a young attorney. After commit- The Art of Change Irene Leonardou and Kelly Andria ting suicide, Booth’s body became a carnival sideshow attraction She is a dynamic housekeeper; he is a talented chef. She’s a day- until the 1970s. dreamer; he just – dreams. Their goal is to find a balance amongst their cosmopolitan clientele in the chaotic NYC, but love has its Prisoner No. 7 Christopher Fuller own weird plans for them. When Prisoner no. 7 mysteriously dies, a fascinating story of espionage and counter-espionage emerges, despite the efforts Back in the High Life Thomas Greco Back in the High Life is a Hatfield and McCoy romantic com- of the British authorities to suppress the truth. edy. Heading home for his parent’s surprise anniversary party, Thomas takes the train – he hates the train. Thomas and his Romance ex-wife, also in town for a family surprise party, try to date secretly. Unbeknownst to both families, their respective parties The Dance Card Mark A. Krekeler are on the same night, same catering hall. A Rock’n’Roll teen moves to town and sees the true heart of the girl who dates the basketball star. So he changes prom to a 1920s Balkan Propriety Brad Field dance card theme to try and win her over. Balkan Propriety is a romance, set in a provincial backwater in spring of 1910. Foreign diplomats, consigned here for their lack Downeast of connections in their capitals, conduct a randy social life. The Judi Sewall and Margaret Gilsenberg hostess princess, who has been reading correspondence among the A college dropout takes a job on a lobster boat and comes major powers, smells war or revolution, maybe both, in the offing. up against some harbor bullies, while trying to avoid her ex-boyfriend – now a Navy SEAL and hometown hero. First Comes Marriage Nathan Ives After meeting in a bar over a game of pool, undeniable chemistry Glenlochan Pamela Adams and a couple of cocktails propel Will and Molly on a motor­cycle Old love letters and a 100-year-old Scottish curse lead to love adventure to Las Vegas, where a lesbian Elvis impersonator between an American children’s book author and a Scottish fur- declares them woman and husband. The next morning they niture maker from rival clans. awaken to the reality of their new life. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Romantic Comedy – Sci-Fi 18 Girl/Friend Joshua Staman longs for fame, fortune, and love. Her two friends at work, hippie Phil and Gillian meet in a bar, hook up, and then learn they were Jocelyn and conventional Cass, harbor similar ambitions. The best friends in high school before he lost 147lbs and she came out secretaries hash out their dreams, and sometimes pursue them, at as a transgender woman: now they must deal with their awkward a nightclub that Jocelyn co-manages in her spare time. attraction against the backdrop of their ten year reunion. Sing Ming Xan O’Connor Handmaidens of Rock Linda Gould An American teen rocker in China must join a Mando Pop boy- A high school rock band during the late 1960s, featuring lead gui- band to win the girl of his dreams. tarist Preston, keyboardist Neal, and drummer Brad, revs up local crowds. After making the controversial decision to replace Brad, Take a Hint Tatira Robert Zwinoira the band pursues adventures all over the world. Tagging along are A man who refuses to grow up is left by his girlfriend, but instead three “groupies” who aspire to bigger roles: Candy, an aspiring of focusing on the reason, he devises outrageous schemes to win journalist; Hope, a wannabe model; and Theda, a thespian. her back – with disastrous consequences. Her Perfect Revenge Anna Mara Third Date Frank McEnaney and Gillian A woman finds the perfect opportunity for revenge on her high A chick magnet desperate for a real relationship can’t get past school bully when he asks her to pretend to be his fiancée in order the third date. to fool his rich dad, but she begins to really fall for him. Hilarious and fun! (Based on the bestselling novel, Her Perfect Revenge. It’s This Is Where We Start Again Mark Shilstone also been published as a manga in Japan by Ohzora Publishing.) On a pilgrimage to the locations of seven iconic events from 1969, newly reunited soul mates are relentlessly pursued – as The Impostor Paul Maritato they are every lifetime – by dark forces intent on extinguishing Call the Impostor whenever you need help out of a jam. It might be the light from their eternal love. to show up at an event, to meet with a certain party, or anywhere you don’t necessarily want to be. Call the Impostor, and he’ll Wall Street Stag Robert Leslie Thompset be your cover. He’ll look like you, talk like you and even dress Seduce our friend without him knowing or the footage goes to like you, for one day – or maybe more, if you don’t watch out. the press. When the mobile phone of a successful but cynical upscale escort falls into the hands of some nerdy geeks, she finds Love Dot Com Samuel Smith herself in a whole new world with the amiable and idealistic Barry, a well-meaning but hapless college computer nerd, creates Andy. (Pretty Woman in reverse with a jaw-dropping ending) a dating website. He then falls in love with the beautiful and trusting Lucy, only to discover that his site has matched her with Wine & Spirits Nauman Khan his archenemy, the mean but popular Dave. A xenophobic American senator finds seduction and redemption among free-spirited European vacationers during a trip to Italy’s Meet and Greet Rick Kneisley Lake Como, and becomes the unlikely hero in the host family’s A career-driven young woman has chosen professional and finan- battle against Big Hotel takeover of their villa. cial success over love. The man who loves her must unravel and help heal her secret hurts if he is to win her heart. Sci-Fi The Move In Joshua Staman and Andy Ciaccio About : I Joseph Powell and Adam Louis After a young couple impulsively moves in together, they des- A rational and logistical man is haunted by an ominous woman in perately try to fix their relationship by checking everything off a a series of fragmented dreams. Unable to draw the line between Buzzfeed list. fantasy and reality, his sanity is questioned – but events lead him to a much more sinister truth, with his humanity at stake. Mrs. Shakespeare Frank McEnaney and Gillian Shakespeare’s sexy, beautiful wife wants to rekindle their The Algorithm James Francis Johnson romance, but all he wants to do is write: out of this tussle comes A group of social media misfits must band together to save mankind A Midsummer Night’s Dream. from the technological creations that threaten to take over their lives. On the Sidewalks of L.A. David Berger Alien Man Georges Salo A young couple move to L.A.; while enjoying taking walks, they Twelve thousand years ago, modern man existed and was regarded unexpectedly find themselves as reluctant heroes doing rescues by the indigenous population on Earth as gods, hence we now know and battling crime at the risk of their burgeoning relationship. them as Alien Man. These different groups of “gods,” along with the indigenous, less-evolved people, go to war for each other’s resources. The Rock Star’s Linda Gould Nestled in the Appalachian foothills, Glendary College is the Alpha Chase Chuck Gordon epitome of a small-town college. Calm and studious on the surface, Four young soldiers, born and raised on the moon to fight in the the mixture of jocks, religious fanatics, and hippies is a powder nuclear war on Earth, stumble across the covert operation that keg waiting to ignite. A homegrown rock band called Sunburst, will keep World War III ongoing. expelled two years before, provides the decisive spark as it returns for an explosive homecoming celebration. Alternatives Alistaire Quantz A deluded, self-obsessed soldier, an assassin for the leaders of Secretarial Wars Linda Gould a post nuclear war surviving faction must complete one more Miriam, a Washington secretary in her late 20s, divorced, living mission to achieve immortality. He is forced to confront the truth in a drab apartment and stuck in a dead-end government job, that his success could lead to the eradication of all humankind. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Sci-Fi 19 Black Point Ted McKenna The Last Iceberg Anne Ousby and Colin Stewart In 1910, an archeologist enters a Mayan tomb sealed in 683 AD When a troubled young woman discovers the identity of her mother’s to find an empty sarcophagus and a magnificent burial mask. The murderer, she vows to avenge her death, unaware that the culprit’s fate of mankind is in the clues around her. unhinged plans reach far beyond anything she could imagine. (This gripping, dystopian script has won awards in LAMA, the Willifest, Body Count John Thibault The Indie Gathering, the British Indie awards, Action on Film, Nine Body Count is an action thriller about a homicide cop’s realiza- Worlds Film Fest and the Polly Grind Festival.) tion of his limits when he teams up with a tabloid photo journalist to solve the most bizarre alien murder case of his life. Marshine David Odessey The discovery of native life on Mars ignites a chain of events that Burden of Treasure Jason Wallach transforms Martian colonization from a trickle to a flood. A medieval road trip of Welsh folklore: Prince Madog discovering America in 1170 A.D. The prince grows from Meat Anthony Castellano a life of debauchery to becoming a brother’s keeper and Drs. Sledge McCracken and Missy Slice, Genetically Modified ultimately to a man leading a community across a vast sea to an Organism (GMO) Wranglers, round up and eliminate a 200-yard- unknown land. long meatplant that has mutated, broken free of its corporate meat production habitat, and devastated Southern California in The Cataclysm Lloyd Davis the America of the 2030s. The JAWS of the 21st century – except A Black Ops contractor is transported to the future to assassi- this time it’s an actual possibility. nate a vicious gangster by a group of scientists who have lost the genetic ability to defend themselves. They are threatened Odyssey Bourne Force Debbie Renner and Deborah Louise Robinson by the DJ and his gang of thugs who rein terror on the civilized In a time before Egypt was Ancient, a golden queen ruled the population. If the Black Ops contractor completes his mission, he land – until an enemy invaded. Tragedy prevailed as the queen will be returned to his time. made the ultimate sacrifice to save her people and history was Champions Sean Gallimore inadvertently altered. This dark period remained deeply buried A down-on-his-luck war vet is abducted, chosen to represent until 6,000 years later when a prophecy is revealed. A fantastic Earth in a gladiator-style tournament pitting world champion journey begins where humanity will change forever. fighters from throughout the universe against each other. Reset Aishah Wee When he gets sick and tired of dying, an escapee from a mad Conscience 2.0 James Feliciano scientist’s mortality experiment breaks back into the lab to undo In 2035, a disgraced cop becomes a murder suspect when he his condition. tries to prevent a corporation from marketing clean consciences – by mind-dumping guilty memories from the rich into the poor, The Return of the Demented Celery Don Boner which memories the rich forget and the poor accept. Terrorizing a city, a mutated beast – created in the ’50s with atomic radiation by a fanatical captured Nazi scientist – returns. Cool Cargo David Odessey Torn between duty and the love of his wife, the one person who Galactic slavery is a timeless empire. In this episode musicians can destroy the fiend holds the fate of the city in his hand. are abducted to enhance culture on frontier worlds. Revived! Robert Morley Dream Screen Steven Philip Epp Howard Hughes emerges alive after 40 years from a cryogenics A neuroscientist invents the technology to view his patient’s preservation chamber and makes contact with extraterrestrials, dreams on screen and gets more than he bargains for when the as the CIA begins a deadly chase to expose alien existence and patient dies, but her dream continues. science in intergalactic travel, dodging government assassination while making billions in precious metals swap from outer space Melanie Link planets with newfound friends. Marissa Jordan, a college student, is approached by an extraterrestrial, who asks for her to help prevent two alien Tangled Spirits Eric P. Granger races from going extinct. What she decides will change the A splintered comet rips through the atmosphere and entangles world forever. five ascending spirits, plummeting them back to Earth. The revived body of eight-year-old drowning victim Travis now A Hero of Evil Tasia Williamson houses the spirit of a Hispanic gang member. Thirty-five-year- With the murder of Satan, the symmetry of worlds rests in the old black suicide victim Stella now holds the spirit of Travis. His hands of a mortal. mother Christy searches for answers and must deal with forces that challenge her beliefs. The Immortals Emmett Saunders Discovery of an ancient artifact initiates the Apocalypse and an Timestream Emmett Saunders overthrow of all global religion, unleashing supernatural war A team of international scientists get blown into the future by between devils and angels. three thermo-nuclear explosions during a time experiment in the upper atmosphere. Interview with an Alien Dennis Dupuis A mysterious device is found on an asteroid by NASA. It takes a Truepoint Emmett Saunders young genius to figure out that it’s a communication device that Two kidnapped couples battle to survive real and supernatural can be used to interview an alien kept at Area 51. danger on the other side of the Bermuda Triangle. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Thriller 202020 Thriller Final Crossing Geffrey Von Gerlach Two hundred and sixteen ailing and elderly passengers sign At the Bell Emmett Saunders aboard a U.S. government sponsored termination “snuff” cruise. A new elementary school gym teacher battles a deranged, psy- Six are determined to get off. chotic killer to protect innocent schoolchildren. The Huli-Jing Todd DeBonis Beleaguered Proof Georges Salo Stumbling into a brutal murder in Chinatown, a rookie Asian- A French prosecutor’s family’s life is in danger when she inves- American cop becomes entangled with a beautiful Huli-Jing, a tigates an illegal shipping deal between a French corporation and fox demon with a deadly agenda of her own – only to learn that the Nigerian government. she’s the one who killed his parents 12 years ago.

Betting Red Emmett Saunders Ian Simon Teal Georges Salo A down-and-out, lottery-winning multi-millionaire bets it all on love. Two master thieves mentor a down-on-his-luck amateur thief in his craft. To show his gratitude he’ll accomplish the one task his Between Two Worlds (aka The Burning Ground) mentors couldn’t complete – steal an item illegally usurped by Claudia Paige a private collector and return it to the museum. He devises the Trapped by a snowstorm on their ancestral homestead, Samantha, scheme with such complexity as to also gain the love of his life. 18, and her mother Jennifer, 43, must defeat the entity which drove off their family before they too are killed. Ian Simon Teal Too: The Savage Heist Georges Salo To save his kidnapped lover’s life, a master forger and art thief The Bus Stop Larry Dunklin must steal a famous Gauguin sculpture and hatch a daring plan When Sam’s life falls apart, he retreats to the comfort of old to rescue her. friends. He doesn’t expect to find that rebuilding the future from the past will be more difficult than it seems. However, with the Iced Claudia Paige help of a new arrival in his life, they journey through a world that Miserable in his existence, Bob mortgages his house so he can will heal them both at the bus stop. be cryogenically preserved for a shot at a new life. It’s 3019 and Bob’s reanimated into an uncertain hell. There is no escape unless Call to Order Emmett Saunders he can find his natural body before his Bio Clock stops ticking. Following a presidential assassination and vice-presidential kidnapping, the female Speaker of the House steps up to the Kiss Them Goodbye Joseph Eastburn presidency, fighting a three-pronged terrorist attack. A former city cop hunts down a killer who preys on young boys in an elite boarding school in a remote part of upstate New York. Code Eight Rosalyn Rosen (Based on the novel that HarperCollins is bringing back in paper In 1959, Chicago: an upper class couple’s perfect life is inter- and eBook this February, 2016.) rupted by their sexy new neighbor who unravels the truth about who the husband really is. Lamb for Sacrifice Benneth Peason When Max Pederssen converts to Islam to please his betrothed CyberPlay Ed Beverly girlfriend, he winds up in the middle of a terrorist plot against his A virtual reality vacation takes a deadly turn for six college country of Norway. buddies when a vengeful avatar is deliberately inserted into their gaming environment. Trapped in a computer-generated A Lancaster Lad William Eaton nightmare and hunted by a cyber-creature that kills outside the After a deadly encounter in the trenches of the Western front, a confines of the game, the buddies must work together if they WWI German sniper becomes a British war hero by assuming his hope to survive. opponent’s identity.

Dante’s Island Georges Salo Locked Up Juergen Wohlmuth and Bruce W. Durbin A wealthy eccentric orchestrates a reality show to find and exact An Asian immigrant stands up for herself, facing racists like his revenge on those who killed his family. in American History X and No Way Out. When she shields her neighbor and only U.S. friend from an abusive husband, both Dark Intent Emmett Saunders lethal forces unite against the women. The locked-down house Following her grandmother’s death, a young, successful career will be their place to die, if not a creepy neighbor and a hateful woman returns to her childhood home to find death stalking her Gran Torino Nam veteran may switch sides. at every turn. Looking Glass Killer Floyd Merrell and Sean M. Dunne Dark Reverie Felicia Cheung Two themes pervade: the Looking Glass (as in Alice Through the A shocking revelation stemming from a past grievance comes to Looking Glass) and a psychopathic killer. The astute killer cre- light when a young woman, haunted by eerie visions of recently ates riddles, word play, and paradoxes, many of them emerging murdered victims, begins to suspect a fellow guest at a secluded from or reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, that confound detectives lodge is behind the killings. Lucia and Mike. They eventually solve the murderer’s puzzles, only to discover he is a self-tortured co-worker. Death Thrill Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster Abducted by a betrayed inventor, six captives must fight machin- The Master’s Face Emmett Saunders ery and each other to the death, not knowing one of them is a A family’s birthday celebration gets blown apart in a murderous traitor with his own agenda. scheme by an unknown visitor. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Thriller – Western 21 Mendacity Calvin Pembroke The Shamrock Runner Emmett Saunders A young man returns home and connects with an eccentric girl An Irish widower and his two teenage children battle supernatural named “Bunny,” but after they discover his older brother is work- evil in a small American Southern town. ing with local drug runners, the two become targets. The Strumpet Wind Larry Hulse and Gordon Merrick A Midnight’s Tale Emmett Saunders At the end of WWII, an American Army captain must stop a An agnostic Chicago newspaper editor fights to break the Devil’s Frenchman from giving secrets to the Nazis, but against his will, pact for bargained souls. he makes close friends with the spy and must decide in the end whether he will let the spy go or turn him over to the government Miseria ex Machina Herb Schultz to be executed. Wrongly believing his business partner absconded with a valu- able invention, a determined scientist, aided by his partner’s wife They’re in the House David Birkenhead who was once his lover, embarks on a search that ends badly When a rebellious teen skips school to be alone with her boy- thanks to the machine he invented. friend, she inadvertently traps them, her best friend and her grandfather in the house, battling a pack of vicious, escaped, The Neon Jungle Penelope Karageorge fighting dogs. An artificial intelligence pioneer is murdered and a journalist must unravel the motives behind it against the backdrop of a sex Timelapse Lorrie Farrelly club in this neo-noir thriller. Colorful characters clash in a gritty Everything Professor Alex Morgan knew, and everyone he loved, Times Square odyssey of love, greed, and mayhem that climaxes disappeared in a flash, leaving him stranded in a dangerous world at 1 Times Square on New Year’s Eve. (Placed 7th in Final Draft’s gone horribly wrong. With Jessie, a beautiful young outlaw, as Big Break competition) his only ally, he must prevent a terrible crime – a crime that plunged the world into nightmare over 100 years before. To save Obsession Jennifer Blalock the future, they must find their way to the past! Two couples in an unfamiliar country setting try to make their way home from a friend’s wedding. Their lives are changed for- Unriddle Edmund Lim ever by obsession. Talin is an MIT, award-winning scientist who is also an ISIS terrorist in disguise. She uses her invention to hold America hos- Powned C.G. Ryche tage. Talin is caught between her loyalty towards ISIS and her Two teenagers witness their parents’ brutal murder due to their boyfriend, who breaks up with her after finding out her real iden- mother’s affair. Now the older suspects his girlfriend is cheating tity. But when Talin’s mother is murdered by ISIS, she regrets her on him and devises a plan for murder – but so does she. actions and seeks revenge. Rainwalker Lukáš Rozkovec Window Kill Emmett Saunders A former elite cop goes undercover in New York City’s most A young intern nurse’s romance with a junkyard manager gets powerful Mafia family to tear the crime empire down as retalia- derailed by a murder victim. tion for the loss they caused him. Restitution Madeleine Vessel Western A young art history professor steps into danger when she unwit- A Journey with Destiny Gene Roy Gwynne tingly becomes the pawn of a ruthless Russian art thief pursuing In 1906, a young visionary on a journey by automobile, from Los a cache of masterpieces stolen during the Bolshevik Revolution. Angeles to San Francisco, becomes stranded in a remote mining Retribution Has a Name Georges Salo town about to erupt in a battle royale between radical labor and An assassin, at the top of his game, continues about his work, company goons. He joins league with a legendary frontier law- watching with passing interest as the financial markets crumble. man, a lovely saloon proprietress, and a pioneer aviator in what When his friend’s elderly aunt commits suicide after losing her becomes a life-or-death struggle to survive. life savings – well, it just got personal. He now dispenses his brand of retribution to those few whose greed created the finan- cial crisis that caused the distress and grief to so many. The Scarlet Widow Michael O’Daniel When she discovers that her charismatic political star husband has Every month an average betrayed her, a dedicated Los Angeles Deputy D.A. goes rogue and embarks on a secret quest for revenge. Reinventing herself of 12 scripts are as a glamorous redhead, she enlists a serial killer, a notorious blackmailer, and two ambitious L.A.P.D. officials in spinning a purchased or optioned deadly web that puts her in danger as well. Secret Roses Elan Carlson Register at www.InkTip.com When her dad dies, an artist escapes her abusive husband who bribes someone to get close, and if she spills his corrupt beans, A free service to the industry to kill her. Now with her mom, she meets the “perfect stranger” who won’t leave her alone. And wary husband’s murder plan spirals them all into a shocking twist. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Feature Article 22

Param Gill’s Filmmaking Journey and Award-Winning Comedy

Filmmaker Param Gill Eddie Griffin as Fumnanya is the CEO of FlickBag, a film production and distribution company based in Silicon Valley; Beverly Hills, California; and Mumbai, India.

His inspiration for his art comes from For his recent feature film, Param film – go to InkTip. Network and find the people around him – not necessarily wanted to remake a Slovenian fairy tale that great script … There are a lot of good family and friends, but interactions with and turned to InkTip screenwriter John scripts over there. The key is choosing others. The life tales from the people he Buchanan. Previously, Param discov- the writer. Ninety percent is choice of meets are the catalyst for his own story- ered John on InkTip when he acquired project; ten percent is how you make it. telling like his first film, Shell Shocked his script The Last American Taboo. He InkTip has become my go-to place. You Hope. After listening to one veteran’s hired John to write Going to America. have a huge variety of scripts over there, story, Param felt it was a unique per- “[It became] a new film thanks to the and I love that.” spective on war that needed to be told, so efforts put in by John,” Param said. “He he produced and directed the short. The understands it takes a while to get proj- Going to America is a blend of John’s film screened in downtown Modesto to ects underway and released. We have a take on the Slovenian fairy tale and a bit a packed theater filled with movie-goers very strong relationship.” of Param’s own experience coming to and war veterans. He was shocked by America from India. The film is a heart- how fifteen minutes of moving images Although Param is credited as one of felt comedy about two escaped mental could change a room full of people the writers on the film, he does not con- patients on a quest to find love’s true kiss and stir such emotions. His journey sider himself a writer first. “I’m more a as they cross America with a video cam- into filmmaking had begun, including practical writer,” he explained. “I make era in hand. Eddie Griffin (Undercover award-winning films like the Bollywood changes if something isn’t working. I’m Brother, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) feature DOA: Death of Amar that won the good at that, but I feel others should be plays Fumnanya, who is searching for Audience Choice Award and screened as left alone to write who have spent years his fairy tale kiss while Josh Meyers part of the Director’s Showcase segment honing their craft.” Although he has writ- (Red Oaks, That ’70s Show), as friend at San Francisco Global Movie Fest, as ten fifteen to twenty scripts, he feels there and fellow escapee Andy, documents it well as Hotel Hollywood, Rockin Meera, are better writers out there. His advice for all, causing the bumbling pair to become and Politics of Love. other filmmakers: “Don’t write your first a YouTube sensation. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Featrure Article 23 understanding and humble. Very accom- modating and kind.” Working with the actors is one of Param’s favorite elements of filmmaking, and he loves meeting knew people and taking them on this artistic journey. “Sometimes it lets you in on their secrets. It is a process of discovering a person. You cannot direct an actor if you don’t know them,” he said. The journey has gone well for Param. Going to America has won more than twenty-five international awards, including the Platinum Award at Oregon International Film Festival and sweep- ing up five awards at the San Francisco Global Film Festival: Best of Fest, Best Josh Meyers (left) as Andy Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Editor. The film had a limited theat- The characters in Going to America experience the freedom of America, it rical release last year and is out on VOD are displaced and out of touch with the does come from [those emotions].” now with plans for theatrical releases world around them, much like Param’s around Europe and Asia. Eddie Griffin was first cast in the film. initiation to the United States. When he He read the script overnight and woke up landed in Newark years ago, he didn’t Unlike some Hollywood producers, wanting to make it. However, casting tal- even know how to grab a cab. A stranger Param isn’t trying to become a master of ent like Eddie created logistical issues, as was kind enough to drop him at a motel a genre or build a studio career. “I’m an he had his show running in Las Vegas that indie director and build my own slate, so and assist him in getting a room. “The production had to work around. “When I don’t want to limit myself to a genre,” United States is a very unique country,” you have someone like Eddie, you want to he said. “As you try to tell each story, he said. “Everyone who comes in and maximize your time,” said Param. you keep maturing. Each film makes absorbs into the culture finds it very dif- me a better filmmaker. Experimenting ferent from where they came from. I did But Eddie also made the production fun, with different genres and stories grows incorporate some of those emotions [into as Param said: “Like one long stand-up me as a person. It is about the journey, the film]. Fumnanya and Andy are from comedy bit … With Eddie there is never not the destination.” a mental institution and haven’t seen the a dull moment on set. He’s always crack- outside world, so when they escape and ing jokes and fun to work with. He’s very By Chris Cookson

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Diane Culverhouse, Jim Kellem, Culverhouse Associates UK JKA Talent Elemental (Comedy) Jonathan Hall Aspiration Date (Comedy) Kelly Beck-Byrnes Gus, his imperious father, and his bratty 15-year-old son go Thinking it will solve her problems, a desperate young woman to Namibia on a male-bonding safari. Trying way too hard to sells her eggs for quick cash. Things get even worse when she impress both of them, Gus is persuaded to pick up a hunting falls for her married, male fertility nurse – not to mention, an rifle.Elemental is Gus’s journey from a mouse to a man – via not addicted musician – and then loses her best friend to cancer. shooting an elephant. A kind of City Slickers in Africa. She’s finally forced to either face her issues or continue looking for love in all the wrong places. Frank Elliot Shapiro, Penny Finch (Comedy) Kelly Byrnes Frank Elliot Shapiro Talent Agency LLC While staying with her judgmental, manipulative aunt, a promiscu- ous, buxom 18-year-old finds true love with her adopted cousin, an Split (Thriller) Joe Lam and Bruce Kuglin autistic sculptor; their romance triggers reprisals from a handsome A guy who switches between left and right brain personalities is ex-jock who stalks her and beats up her best friend. manipulated by a neurosurgeon in an experiment to kill his future father-in-law. Told in a broken narrative style like Memento. Kelly LaMarr, Garret Maynard, Nancy Chaidez Agency The Gary-Paul Agency Duty and Honor (Action/Adventure) Daniel V. Reed When a young German soldier fighting on World War II’s The Underdog (Drama) David Holloway barbaric Eastern Front is ordered by the SS to execute Jewish An obscure San Francisco lawyer is thrown into the national hideaways, he chooses honor over duty. Now in company with a spotlight when he represents a gay pro baseball player who was beautiful Jewish girl, he must run for his life. brutally harassed by his former team. Raton Pass (formerly “Deliver Us From Evil”) Jack Tantleff, (Action/Adventure) Daniel V. Reed When a dozen desperate Nazi POWs escape from a nearby camp, Paradigm Agency an American family’s peaceful mountain existence is threatened. Greetings! (Comedy) Tom Dudzick The Carson family must use every ounce of their skill and daring Based on the hit play. When Andy brings his Jewish fiancée to to outlast the . meet his Catholic parents on Christmas Eve, all his fears about Vista Heights (Comedy) Daniel V. Reed family blowups are realized. But when his mentally disabled Hilarity and hijinks reign supreme in this faith-based script when brother, whose entire vocabulary has been limited to “oh boy” a small Colorado school is threatened with closure. The Watson and “wow,” begins channeling a wise and witty spirit, the entire family joins with staff and students to keep it alive. family’s belief system is turned upside down! Yes, We Love This Land (Action/Adventure) Daniel V. Reed Over the Tavern (Comedy) Tom Dudzick When the heinous German SS murder his parents, a young man Based on the record-breaking hit play. It’s 1959 and the youngest of German blood now living in Norway sets out for revenge. of the Pazinski family, 12-year-old Rudy, a smart, wise-cracking How? He’ll become one of them. kid, is starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he’d Kevin Pike, rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. Filmtrix Agency Jay Schachter, Barrel Roll (Comedy) Robert Kirschten Framed as a fraud and fired by corrupt academic administrators, Abram Artists Agency a history professor of 18th century machines clears his name the only way he can – by using his antique technology to go over Fugly for the Holidays (Comedy) Anna Pernicci Niagara Falls in a barrel. (Winner: Best Screenplay Red Wasp As Dante faces quarter-life crisis, things get more complicated Film Festival. “Best Comedy” Woods Hole Film Festival.) when he finds himself falling for Grace, a weird girl who has problems of her own. Crossword (Crime) Robert Kirschten Falsely charged with murder and an art-forgery heist, a sports Yellow Rose of Savona (Action/Adventure) Anna Pernicci journalist battles the real villain by discovering clues in an elec- Gritty Cinderella story of sacrifice, loss of innocence, love, war, tronic crossword puzzle and eventually solving the crimes he’s and betrayal set against the backdrop of Mussolini’s Italy. accused of. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com 25 Hoops (Drama) Robert Kirschten Murray Roth, Upperline Entertainment Embattled, old-fashioned basketball coach clashes with players, administration, alumni, media, dishonest love interest, gamblers, Cajun Gumbeaux (Comedy) Jim Jackson and his assistant coach son to win his first-ever NCAA playoff Special “tonic” water is discovered in the swamps, circa game for his small Catholic college in Boston. Hoosiers meets 1920, which has some very unusual effects on the local That Championship Season. town’s “libido,” especially for “ChiXXXen” rancher, Horalot Slanders, and the three Stooges ala Blazing Saddles. Lots of Hotel School: Cain and Unable (Comedy) Robert Kirschten sight gags and silly innuendos. When his hotel magnate father dies, a failed, good-hearted hip- pie will inherit a hotel chain if he successfully completes hotel Operation Longbow, Before 9-11 (Action/Adventure) Jim Jackson school. (Winner: Best Screenplay Red Wasp Film Festival. A longtime covert CIA assassin must deal with a terrorist attack Finalist: Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.) on the local nuclear power plant and several murders during Mardi Gras, then hunt down and kill a tribal chief in the Sahara Moxie (Comedy) Robert Kirschten Desert using a sniper rifle called the “Longbow.” Actually writ- A failed novelist sells his soul to the Devil and goes on a raucous ten before 9/11 with many similarities. adventure. His novel becomes a best seller, he wins the lottery, he invents a popular lecture series for literary drunks – only to real- Paul Weitzman, Abrams Artists Agency ize his idea of success was short-sighted, forcing him into a final confrontation with the Devil to win his soul back. Dr. Faustus The Fabulous Times and Incredible Life of meets Monty Python. Count Yogi Franken (Comedy) Paul Cooper An odd character calling himself Count Yogi, banned by the Tyrannosaurus Sex (Romantic Comedy) Robert Kirschten Professional Golf Association for being “too good,” racked up 2 A straight woman disguises herself as a man to get a job at a million miles in his gold Cadillac, traveling the country and per- natural history museum, then falls in love with her straight male forming exhibitions of miraculous golf shots, often dressed like a boss, who reciprocates and, thinking she’s a man, tries to turn Hindu Swami. Named Greatest Golfer of all time by Golf Magazine. gay. The young woman must untangle the tangle to win the man she loves. Imagine “Tootsie” in “Night at the Museum.” Tom Leavens, Leavens, Strand, and Glover Represented by Messiah (Biographical) Kathleen Quasey An ambitious musical genius, George Handel navigates through Margery Walshaw, Evatopia Literary royal intrigues to achieve success, but when politics turn, he ultimately discovers greatness in his own soul by composing Soil Soldiers (Drama) Mark E. McCann The Messiah and helping orphans. After losing everything in the market crash of 1929, a young aristocrat finds new hope by enlisting in FDR’s new Civilian Redemption (Biographical) Kathleen Quasey Conservation Corps – but soon finds himself torn between saving Based on a true story. A special operations Marine becomes a calculated the forest or exploiting it to regain his former status. (Winner: killer, but in solitary, he finds true freedom and becomes a monk. 4th Place – 2015 Emerging Screenwriter Contest) (Platinum Remi – Worldfest Houston; Endorsement: New Ethos) Teleplays ½-Hour Pilots Flight of Men (Comedy) Ann Alexander Thweatt When a 1970s hotshot New York producer suffers a mental Alive and Kicking (Comedy) Robert Kirschten breakdown, he leaves everything behind to work for his A newly divorced, young woman plans to turn an old steam bath mentor’s budding public access station, WTGR, in Milwaukee. in NYC into a modern health club. On opening day, she must (Represented by Josselin Sublet, Preface) prove herself a leader by effectively dealing with a Russian, Hollywood or Bust (Comedy) Rick A. Kneisley black-market staff member embezzling equipment, a macho- Carl, a disgraced mortgage broker, has decided to rebuild his life crazy exercise coach, and her ex-husband who wants her back. and fortune by becoming a Hollywood screenwriter. As he says (Represented by Kevin Pike, Filmtrix Agency) when asked, “How hard could it be?” He’s about to find out. Audible (Comedy) Quincy Lucas Kitty Gear (Animation) Claire Stenger A janitor who was once the star quarterback of the same After Kitty’s untimely death alongside her cat, she is flung high school is determined to help his little cousin continue the into an afterlife arena where the deceased must battle for family legacy, but he’s dismayed to discover the new coach is their dying wish! his old football nemesis and there’s definitely going to be fireworks. Looking Up (Comedy) Liz Rivera A young woman’s recovery from depression gets derailed when Boxed In (Comedy) Predrag Milojevic her high-maintenance mom, who thinks mental illness is a joke, That ’70s Show meets Californication with an ethnic unexpectedly moves in with her. (Writer was selected to partici- migrant twist. pate in 2015 NBC, ABC, NHMC Writing Program.) Register Today at www.InkTip.com 26 Making It! – Nappy-Poo (Comedy) Don’t Be Square Act II (Drama) Pelham Mead Mike Fernandes This is the sequel to Don’t Be Square. In this movie John Cardone, Comedies abound in the rich spawning grounds of this situation a junior high teacher, becomes the PA announcer at Cucamonga comedy, where faults and weaknesses cause these main charac- JHS and makes friends with teachers Bill Medley and Rick Runner. ters to learn some of life’s tough lessons. After returning from teaching English in South Korea and struggling through months Eden Snow (Drama) Oliver White without employment, a group of friends team up to start a lawn An adult movie actress decides to quit the business at the height of care business to make it on their own. her fame to pursue her dream of becoming a public defense lawyer. My Sex Life (Comedy) Rosalyn Rosen Father, Forgive Me (Drama) Jeffrey Langham During the 1960s sexual revolution, Rachel and her girlfriends An ex-CIA man turned church pastor is trying to do the right discover themselves as the values and morals surrounding them thing, but his past tries to pull him back into the life he desper- begin to radically change. ately wants to leave behind. House of Tropea (Comedy) Anna Pernicci ½-Hour Spec A desperate ice cream man tries to make ends meet to keep his The Mindy Project: Comfort Zone (Comedy) Liz Rivera weird family together. (Represented by Jay Schachter, Abram In a dating slump, Mindy lets herself be wooed by a woman Artists Agency) against the advice of everyone in the office. Never-been-kissed In the Shadows of Ghosts (Thriller) Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux Betsy struggles to accept the advances of the water delivery guy. Two clandestine organizations – the Directorate and the Brotherhood (Top 15 out of 400+ scripts submitted to the NBC and National – send operatives back and forth through time to change the out- Hispanic Media Coalition’s writing program.) comes of pivotal events and thereby alter the flow of history to secure victories in their ongoing war. What neither the Directorate One-Hour Pilots nor the Brotherhood anticipate are “rogues”: individuals who gain access to time travel and alter events for personal reasons. Boneheadz (Comedy) Joe Buonfiglio and Paul Austin Kelly Pilot for an absurdly bizarre sketch-style comedy show. In The Last Ferry of the Night (Crime) Tom Kelly the spirit of Monty Python, but much darker: ribald academia, When body parts are discovered in the septic tank of a lakefront locker-room intelligentsia, and just plain weird. (Adaptable cabin followed by word that a hard-luck basketball star has to live action or animated series, flows and formatted as if gone missing aboard a late-night ferry, his beleaguered former a short feature) coach and father figure retraces the stunning steps and violently collides with layers of greed, twisted family ties, and murder. Designated Drinker (Drama) (Represented by Jodi Scheckter, Crabman Publishing. For film or Richard Willett and Linda Lili Anderson a restricted television series portrayed in ten hour-long episodes.) Annie, a tightly wrapped accountant with an empty nest and a husband losing interest, and her new best friend Brian, a gay On the Eve of Conflict (Action/Adventure) N.Y. playwright forced back to L.A. to escort his wacko aging Joel Moore and Colin Stewart parents into oblivion, belly up in a legendary Hollywood bar with An 11-year-old boy survives but loses his mother to marauding a colorful assortment of drinking buddies coping with their own raiders, then runs away to the Civil War in search of his father, deferred dreams and absurd new realities. a Confederate soldier. (Official Selection – International Family Film Festival. Possible pilot for a Civil War limited series, Don’t Be Square (Drama) Pelham Mead Journey Into Darkness, about the boy’s two and half years of The year is 1967 and a business education teacher has a heart service in the war; see the treatment for his entry into the war.) attack in his classroom while being evaluated by an assistant principal. Soon thereafter a cover-up begins led by Principal The Other Side of the Grass (Drama) Brian Streaty Woorley. Three young junior high teachers use their motto, “don’t An evil group using DNA-altering drugs on unsuspecting vic- be square,” and remain positive as they discover the cover-up and tims frames a troubled NY Municipal Court judge for the mur- school politics. der of the ambitious and amoral town mayor after discovering her dying daughter. Seven Kings (Action/Adventure) Michael Esser Long before our civilization, humans shared this world with gods. Some gods would fall for an ordinary human and thus a child would be born, half-god, half-man – doomed to be a hero. Go to www.InkTip.com This is the story of one of them, Aeneas, who failed to save Troy and search by – because he was meant to change the world. 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Haley lies that could easily destroy the foundation the town was built on. A recent graduate and newlywed shuns the family tradition of becoming a lawyer and tries to find his niche in the cutthroat Game Show corporate world. His wife picks up the slack by becoming the breadwinner, which puts a strain on their marriage. The Master Texter (Family) Ronald Gerald Hayes A game show for family and friends of all ages that will entertain, challenge, and educate you at the same time while having fun. Mini Series Casino Tribe (Crime) Don Buzney The cycle of poverty induces an Indian tribe to build a casino, only to have it infiltrated by a crime syndicate. Is the mystical power of ancient tribal rituals enough to overcome guns and bul- lets? Can the beautiful tribal attorney and the white HR director prevail in their struggle to expose the syndicate? Every month an average Matanzas (Drama) Piotr Kaszuba of 25 scripts are 1564. France begins to colonize Florida. 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