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Table of Contents Recent Successes 3, 9, 11 Teleplays 7 Industry Endorsements 3 More Scripts – Grouped by Genre 8 ScreenwritingU Master Class Writers 4 Feature Article: Three InkTip Scripts Land Distribution Deal for Skylight Films 12 Contest Winners 5 Q&A: Screenwriters Ann Kimbrough Writers Represented by Agents/Managers 6 & Barry Cowan 16 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 Hollywood and all over the David Ara Discovers Craig Clyde world come to InkTip because it is a fast and easy way to find great scripts and talented writers. David Ara of Miracle Mile Entertainment met Craig Clyde through InkTip and hired him to write “Harley,” a wartime In fact, your peers purchase, option, hire, or sign an average period piece set in the English countryside. This English of 25 writers and scripts every month which they found on drama is David’s second of three feature films in which InkTip. About every ten days, another one of your colleagues the concepts and storylines have been developed by David, goes into production on a movie where the writer or script was slated for production in the upcoming year. Craig has written found on InkTip. and directed about twenty features already, always special- izing in family-friendly content. This deal was shepherded For details, please see www.InkTip.com/success_new.php. by Barbara Bitela of the Silver/Bitela Agency, who also met InkTip is a free service for entertainment pros. All you need to and signed Craig Clyde through InkTip. do is register at www.InkTip.com. The loglines listed in this publication are on the website Nancy Criss Hires Kenneth Lemm with the full contact information of the writer, as well as the synopsis, and often the complete script. Nancy Criss with Nandar Entertainment discovered Kenneth Lemm through InkTip and hired him to write several epi- You also can do specific genre searches to pinpoint the exact sodes of her new family-friendly TV series “The Sparrows.” scripts or writers you need. The project stars Christopher Atkins in the lead role. Nancy’s Discover InkTip.com and see what your colleagues are raving credits include “A Horse for Summer,” starring Dean Cain, about. If you are not a member, go to InkTip.com and register and “Finding Mr. Wright,” both of which were also shot as an Entertainment Professional. from scripts she found on InkTip. This is Kenneth’s second success through InkTip. Jerrol LeBaron, President

Robbie Bryan Options “Secret Killers” Robbie Bryan with Good To Be Seen Films found “The Secret Killers” on InkTip and optioned it from Robert T. Roe. Robert is a produced writer as well as a Nicholls Fellowship finalist. “Secret Killers” is set to be filmed by the end of this year, and this is Robert’s first success through InkTip.

Industry Endorsements Greg Huge Options “Shattered Silence” Greg Huge with Huge Pictures found “Shattered Silence” InkTip offers an invaluable resource and networking tool for on InkTip and optioned it from Brian Young. Greg’s credits the producer who is not entirely entrenched in the LA-scene. include “3Play,” and the upcoming “Silent Voice,” with InkTip cares, and they are relentless in the most positive director Vondie Curtis-Hall (“Glitter”) and Academy Award of ways! Receiving a call from their offices is always a winner Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”) inter- shot in the creative arm. It’s comparable to IMDb as far ested. Brian Young has had a number of successes through as being that must-go-to site for all your producing needs. InkTip, including scripts discovered by Mark Morgan — Mark McNabb, Skylight Films (“Twilight,” “The Wedding Planner”), and Jaffe/Braunstein Films (Matt Damon’s “The Informant”). InkTip is especially important to screenwriters, given how hard it is to get access to the industry. As resources get more Roderick Powell Options “Shaolin and more squeezed, fewer and fewer producers can afford the time to explore the pool of talent available. InkTip provides a Wing Chun: The New Beginning” way around that problem, both for the screenwriter who can’t Roderick Powell found “Shaolin Wing Chun: The New get a foot in the door, and for the time-stressed producer trying Beginning” through InkTip and optioned it from Erik to find a particular kind of script. Keep up the good work! Bernard. Roderick is an Atlanta-based producer whose cred- —Sarah Cooper, Saint Agency its include “Honeybee,” the first feature film about a female kickboxer. This is Erik’s first success through InkTip. Continued on page 9

Register Today at www.InkTip.com 4 ScreenwritingU Master Class Writers The Acteon Event (Sci-Fi) Smyth Denham wilderness of northern Vietnam from mining, but some will A computer specialist fights for her life aboard an isolated stop at nothing to prevent the EIS report from being tabled, space lab when scientists unwittingly create a zombie-like forcing her to flee the country. But that doesn’t mean she’s plague. As she and her estranged husband struggle to survive, safe – they’re coming. they realize only one of them can make it. Happy Frickin’ Mother’s Day (Comedy) After the Afterlife (Comedy) James Feliciano Kevin Lee Miller A near-death experience gives Lance a key to lead tours of A self-righteous Chicago cop battles to protect three mob heaven, but he discovers it is actually hell. Now he must beat informants from competing hit men only to discover the most the devil to save his family. ruthless assassin on his trail is – his own mother. (Represented by Peter Meyer, Meyer Management) Ancient Blood (Action/Adventure) Judy P. Mills In 2033, a young woman struggles to save humanity from Hello Mother (Thriller) Gayla Betts enslavement after paranormal terrorists nearly destroy A beloved children’s author discovers she’s the target of a serial human civilization. killer – the daughter she gave up for adoption 30 years ago. Busted Down (Action/Adventure) Ben Krapf Identity Fusion (Crime) An Afghanistan vet battles his PTSD as he fights to save his Ron Meade and Karen Dodge estranged family from a neo-Nazi gang. A female detective, thrust in the wake of a serial killer tar- geting female twins, must face the abduction of her own twin Dark Heart (Horror) Darren Priest sister and the discovery the killer has been dead for 25 years. Matt fights a savage tribe of half-man, half-tree forest creatures to save his mountain-biking friends from being In Time for Christmas (Sci-Fi) Barbe LaPierre sacrificed to a Viking god. Twenty-third Century asteroid hunter, Zindi, must travel back in time to retrieve a stolen, Earth-saving crystal which is being Depraved New World (Comedy) Hiram Taylor used by the 21st Century Ryan family as their prized heirloom A woman gives birth to turquoise-colored twins. Her husband Christmas tree topper. suspects she had an affair with an alien, until his mother tells him the truth: He is the alien. Now, he must accept himself to Invisible (Action/Adventure) Gregg Cavanagh save his “little monsters” from the depraved world. An attention-starved teenager accidentally invents a device that turns his car invisible and finds himself pursued by the Dying for Business (Comedy) Nicola Pittam CIA, a terrorist group, and the local police chief. A reluctant funeral director embarks on a desperate under- taking to save his family’s dying business and “accidentally” Jimmy Ganootz (Comedy) Michael Lipoma becomes a serial killer – but soon begins to struggle between When the mob boss’s lifelong chef gets wind he’s about to his love of murder and his love for the female cop investigat- be flambéed, he cooks up a scheme to save himself and bring ing the deaths. down two crime families. Empty Nest (Comedy) Linda Gauer Legend of Earth (Sci-Fi) David Gwinn A mom with empty nest syndrome gets a job on campus to FBI Special Agent Sharpe just got the assignment of a lifetime be closer to her daughter, then rediscovers her libido and the – on another planet. Too bad the lady that lured him there co-ed life she was denied when she got knocked up at 18. wants him dead. Going Alone (Drama) Diana Black Mind Control (Thriller) Nanci Grady Inspired by factual events. A young lawyer, Anh Nguyen, When a reporter tries to expose government mind control reluctantly takes over her father’s role to preserve the programs, he becomes a target of a mind control expert. (Inspired by real events.) Mobster Makeover (Comedy) G.D. Brulato Go to www.InkTip.com When a sweet, divorced paralegal saves the life of a mobster’s mother, he becomes her personal godfather, dead set on find- and search by ing the perfect mate for her, whether she likes it or not. title or author for the Molasses (Romantic Comedy) Demethress Gordon A woman who believes in her family’s anti-marriage curse has scripts that interest you! kept her fiancé from the altar for 11 years – unaware that while he’s been faithful to her, he’s fathered over 100 children, as a sperm donor. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com 5 Monkeydog, A Genetically Engineered Pet (Sci-Fi) Switch (Comedy) Martin Stalvey Gabriell Debear Paye To infiltrate superhero headquarters and swipe their super- “Coming soon: A lovable, smart genetically engineered pet power stealing device, a wannabe villain puts on his big boy that can work for you!” A journalist hosts a TV show promot- high heels and masquerades as a superwoman. ing these “Monkeydogs” until his daughter runs away with their pet and he feels compelled to expose the dangers of this Thou Shalt Kill (Action/Adventure) new technology. (Represented by Devra Sari Zabot, Chelsea Jim Durkey Squared Productions) When a Church assassin hunts a mysterious nun who stole $1 billion from the Vatican Bank he uncovers a global coven Remember Me and You (Romantic Comedy) Kevin C. Wilson poised to destroy the Catholic Church. A young man tries to break up with his girlfriend while coach- ing a Little League team for her dad. Vaticon (Comedy) Eric Sentell Four people break into the Vatican, inadvertently abduct a dis- Riding Double (Romantic Comedy) Laurie Stoner enchanted Pope who’s afraid to go back, then risk their lives A bad boy biker comes of age when he takes a straight-laced to save him. reporter to the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Vengeful Intent (Thriller) Sandy Steers The Ringmistress (Action/Adventure) Pamela Perry After a series of seemingly random attacks escalate, an A young circus star, bitter towards the mother who abandoned emotionally wounded detective must discover and defend her, is forced to battle time, deceit, pirates, and an under­ his family against his psychopathic, revenge-seeking water earthquake to locate the jewels her murdered father was identical twin. smuggling for the Russian mob, before they kill her family. Vortex (Thriller) Maria D’Urso Scaredy Cat: The Birth of SuperCat (Fantasy) John Chabot An ambitious businessman, wrongly accused of espionage An accident fuses together a wimpy scientist and the neighbor- hood’s coolest tomcat – and they can both talk – and together in a volatile southeast country, escapes to save his life and they become a superhero to fight an army of giant criminals discovers that he holds evidence of his adversary’s plan for a who have taken over the city. coup that threatens the stability of the entire region. Contest/Festival Winners Cinequest Screenwriting Competition Kairos Prize Breathe (Drama) The Lion’s Den (Action/Adventure) Anthony Cirone and Harold Schmidt Kathryn Taylor When a brilliant 15-year-old pianist is stricken with polio and Rome, 302 A.D. The Roman governor forces Adelphius, a sent to an institution for youthful victims of the disease, he humble blacksmith, to lead a group of persecuted Christians refuses to give in to his affliction. He strikes up a friendship on a suicide mission into neighboring barbarian territory to with a young ballerina, inspiring her and all the other young track and kill a giant mountain lion. victims to fight back and pursue their dreams. Screenplay Festival Night Falls on Olympus (Thriller) Christopher O’Rourke Zebra Victor One (Action/Adventure) Adam Bradley A god of Olympus has been murdered, and a hardboiled pri- In a post-apocalyptic world, one man drives across the coun- vate investigator must navigate a fantastical city of monsters try bringing justice to those responsible for the apocalypse. and immortals to solve the case. Red Valley (Western) Joey Perotti When his wife is murdered and his daughter is kidnapped, a Every month an average former outlaw must return to the life he gave up and confront the sins of his past. of 25 scripts are HollywoodScript.com Screenplay Contest purchased or optioned The Navigator (Romantic Comedy) Carey Watkins An unlucky-in-love wannabe on a road trip, discovers his GPS Register at www.InkTip.com has been supernaturally embedded with a feisty young woman A free service to the industry who must deliver him to his destiny in 30 days – or else. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 6 Writers Represented by Agents/Managers Amy Wagner, Abrams Artists tryst that scares him straight into ending his degenerate ways and starting a new life. Unfortunately, he gets framed for more Flying to the Dream (Biographical) serious crimes every time he tries to leave. M.H. Witten and Mary Bush Shipko A history-making woman defies the industry to become the Mike Robins, first female commercial airline pilot for Hughes Airwest in 1977 after her pilot brother’s tragic death in the Bermuda Mike Robins & Associates Triangle. (True story, authors have the rights. Autobiography Acts of God (Drama) W. Reed Moran to be published in late 2014.) A black Justice Deptpartment attorney investigates a rural church burning, finding himself enmeshed in long-buried Art Ayris, Kingstone Studios family secrets perpetuated by a pastor we discover is his half- The Disappearing Man (Non-Fiction/History) brother. But the lawyer’s private agenda is to expose those Doug Peterson who betrayed him during his youth. Utilizing the biblical After Henry Brown’s family was torn away from him for a story of Esau and Jacob, the script explores themes of faith, second time, he did what had never been done before. In 1849, reconciliation, and forgiveness. this Richmond slave was nailed inside a box and shipped to Philadelphia – one of the greatest escapes in the history of the Nicholas Taylor, Underground Railroad. Healys Law The Lincoln League (Action/Adventure) Doug Peterson The Brotherhood, Villains and Greeks In this true-to-life Civil War saga, recently freed slave John (Action/Adventure) Allan Love Scobell is recruited by Union spy chief Allan Pinkerton to It’s London, it’s the ’80s, cocaine is widely available and every- create a first-ever black spy network. But John’s life is soon one wants it. Life is good, until a supplier crosses the IRA. in danger as an infiltrator begins picking off the black spies one by one. The Father, the Son and the Unholy Ghost (Action/Adventure) Allan Love Beverley Reid, A complex and unholy trinity are assigned to wreak vengeance Coming Home Films Inc. on sex traffickers, but ambition and greed turns one of them, a schizophrenic, into an unpredictable predator. The Trail (Western) Peter Kellington Ex-train robber, bank robber, gun fighter, convict, 70-year-old The Manhattan Gentleman’s Club Jacob Johansson’s days are ticking away. After another long, (Action/Adventure) Allan Love harsh winter he decides to take to the trail, to where he doesn’t A mysterious club is set up to eliminate prominent members know or even care. What happens along the trail redefines the of Wall Street. A screw-up detective is assigned to investigate man and offers up one viciously brutal chance for atonement. the deaths, but finds that the rich and powerful are a law unto themselves. Leon Mears, Shafts of Light (Crime) Allan Love Mears Management A beautiful woman is on trial for murdering her abusive and Crazy Does It (Drama) JoAnn Mears perverted lover. This is the backdrop for a movie currently in A grieving psychiatrist widow falls into a rapturous love affair production. Fact takes over from fiction when real life events with her genius sociopath patient. start to mimic scenes from the movie. Liv Blumer, Blumer Literary Nicole Weaver, The Gold Watch (Action/Adventure) Stephen Evans Nicole Weaver, Esquire – A mysterious Key West tour guide lures a retired TV weather- Attorney at Law man into a quest for a legendary golden bell. Mission 9 (Action/Adventure) Matt Fisch, The Arlook Group Greg Hill, Walt Griggs, and Ray Normandin A clandestine team of aviators must investigate the mysterious Exit Strategy (Comedy) Marty Weiss disappearance of a flight crew from an advanced ground simu- In this comedic crime thriller, a former TV star plagued by lation aircraft by recreating their top secret mission, “Mission personal demons (think Matt LeBlanc in “Episodes” meets 9.” What they uncover will change their lives and the world David Duchovny in “Californiacation”) gets caught in a love they live in forever. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com 7 Paul Garnica, P.G. Entertainment Road Show (Comedy) Ace Passmore and Eric Small Rival actresses are drawn into a thrilling caper – staged as a Legend (Horror) Paul Cruz and Robin Fellows grand exit for one of them – that takes off into unscripted ter- Sequoia Falls, California, Bigfoot capital of the world, hides ritory. But who’s manipulating who? “Romancing the Stone” an ugly secret about to be uncovered in a documentary exposé. plays “The Game.” Follow a film crew as they go in search of the truth of the legend of Bigfoot. Unfortunately, the truth kills, and the legend grows. Stu Miller, Peter Miller, Global Lion Intellectual Stu Miller Company Management, Inc. Altar of the Zombies (Horror) Joe LaCroce The Chicago Mafia sends the body of a Mafia Don back to Blue Blazes (Drama) Ace Passmore and Eric Small An old raconteur pumps up a crippled Olympic hopeful by Italy for burial, where he turns into a zombie. A vacationing narrating the heroic tale(?) of an underachieving kid who is American reporter gets involved, in a sinful way – and discov- Earth’s doomsday defender. “Armageddon” meets “Big Fish.” ers a deep, dark secret implicating the Mafia to the zombies (WorldFest Gold Medal; novel ready) and the Vatican. Legend of the Krystal Kane (Fantasy) Warrior Brotherhood (Action/Adventure) Joe LaCroce Ace Passmore and Eric Small A band of commandos from three countries get together to A cynical teen – progeny of master magicians – must regain rescue nuns held hostage by Somali terrorists. The action his sense of wonder to save his love from a high-tech madman. takes a dramatic shift when they allow a belly dancer/Mossad “Indiana Jones” crosses “Harry Potter.” (WorldFest Remi Award) agent to join the mission. Teleplays ½ Hour Pilots Grand Pa (Drama) Syeed Ryan A struggling man who became a father at 16 is introduced to Alive and Kicking: pilot for sitcom (Comedy) his grandson at the age of 29. Now teaching his son how to be Robert Kirschten a father, while still figuring out how to be one himself. A newly divorced young woman plans to turn an old steam bath in NYC into a modern health club. On opening day, Harvey’s Pump (TV pilot) (Drama) she must prove herself a leader by effectively dealing with a Ace Passmore and Eric Small Russian, black-market staff member embezzling equipment, A disgraced cardiologist goes into exile, returning as a bohe- a macho-crazy exercise coach, and her ex-husband who wants mian doc who melds Eastern and Western medicine to treat her back. colorful patients amidst politics and intrigue. “House” meets The Big D (Comedy) Marty Weiss “ER” with heart! (WorldFest REMI AWARD; Represented by If love is a battlefield, divorce is Armageddon. This half-hour Peter Miller, Global Lion Intellectual Management, Inc. Ep comedy centers around a manipulative divorce attorney who 2-12 synopses ready) is about to experience the complexities of divorce firsthand. (Represented by Matt Fisch / Richard Arlook, The Arlook Group) I’m Robin Hood (Drama) Harry Cardillo A sadistic and sociopathic attorney exacts his own form of sadis- The Three MAgos (Comedy) Michael Sisto tic justice for litigants who can’t obtain it in the judicial system. Three medical assistants working in an orthopedic doctor’s office care for their elderly arthritis patients with respect and compassion – yeah, until about 5 o’clock. (Represented by Sherry Robb, The Robb Company) Us (Comedy) Mario Martin The Script You Need What happens when an Arab marries a Jew? Meet the Weinsteins. Is at InkTip.com One Hour Pilots Register at www.InkTip.com Anathema (Horror) Tracey Maye Former hit man Simon Morrison, a demon reincarnated, bat- A free service to the industry tles addictions and supernatural forces to win the love of one of his former victims. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 8 Mini Series Cindy’s angry, hunched old mother has the same pills Ron enjoys and a plan to keep Ron in check unfolds. A Deadly Traffic Stop---6 Shots, 6 Hits (Crime) Robert Shaffer The experiences of various Los Angeles cops and Los Angeles Reality TV Show County deputies as they lie, cheat, perjure, and plant guns on unarmed suspects, resulting in one being convicted of murder. Past Your Primer (Comedy) Thomas Barron Thrilling true life stories, the arrests, biased court trials, con- Two crotchety yuppies combine their lack of mechanical viction, and violent prison life for a convicted deputy-sheriff. skills to build a car from scratch and race it in the Baja 1000. Compare the conviction of LAPD Officer Paul Koerschegen They only agree on one thing – their soft hands turn wrenches and Deputy Sheriff Robert Shaffer. under the banner of Chupacabra Racing. Pill (Comedy) Jordon Lepointe and Suz F.M. Carr Tinseltown Trannies: The Cashes! Tranny Queens of Cindy, a suburban mom, is blindsided by divorce from Ron, Hollywood (Drama) S. Justin Vyor her ruthless, cheating husband. Cindy, broke and horrified Dudes in drag and on the rag! Or...boys will be girls! Rude, that all accounts are emptied, learns Ron’s pain pill supplier crude, lewd, nude, and major tranny attitude! (Represented by has disappeared. Ron is addicted. By fortuitous coincidence, Ed Adler, SME) More Scripts – Grouped by Genre Action/Adventure A Creggan Journey David Dinning Based on a true story. Kevin, a budding artist, is swept into a The 13 of Glory Georges Salo world of conflict and hate in Northern Ireland. Wanted by the Francisco Pizarro’s quest for El Dorado takes him and his Brits and the IRA, he leaves Ireland and sets out for a peaceful conquistadors, known as The 13 of Glory, to a land rife with life on a kibbutz in Israel. gold. Pizarro’s altruistic start spirals into the subjugation of the Inca nation and the genocide of its people. Crunch Time Byron Bellamy The Alligator and the Ice Cream Cone John Freda The three grown children of an assassinated president are just They fought and died under his command. Their bodies are about to carry out a well-planned revenge when the universe spread-eagled on a fiercely held enemy outpost: taunting the begins to collapse, and all life that has ever lived begins to Americans. Lieutenant Dave Briganti is determined to bring crowd into their timeline. them down – against incredible odds. David The Warrior King Harold Zapata Amazing Adventure Yita Chen The Biblical epic of David, the unflinching shepherd youth who Entering the ancient forest with no end in sight, the experi- become a bloody Warrior King. Written in the vein of “300.” ence is horrible yet spectacular. The only hope in the complete The Device Tammy Wunsch despair is, unexpectedly, a nightmare-like creature. A wealthy businessman, and secret spy, inadvertently teams American Woman Jeff Napolitano with a female tourist to chase his former partner from New Congress employs the first woman of the United States Navy York City through Europe to the Canary Islands. The unlikely to command a nuclear powered submarine as a publicity stunt, duo are in pursuit of a device that controls a satellite weapon but when they underestimate her skills, she turns them onto system which can change the balance of world power and is an old sunken submarine that the Americans were responsible about to be auctioned to the highest bidder. for, and positions their sub into a potential war. The Dirty Martinez James Smiley Blackbird John Kovac After reluctantly accepting work at a Mixed Martial Arts event Endeavour flies again! in Rio, a disgraced former fighter and his colleagues from the Bruce Lee vs. Dracula Aundrea T. Washington Anti-Doping Committee discover a few of the fighters have In 1971, Bruce Lee is revered as a legendary martial arts movie gone cannibalistic – and they soon become the hunted. icon, but his real obsession is slaying vampires. During Lee’s quest, he encounters Dracula and is bitten during their battle. Eye Hath Not Seen April Miller Lee turns, becoming immortal, and eventually kills Dracula. Sharon Peters has found a trained guide dog lost in the Alaskan Lee’s martial arts master convinces Lee to fake his death and wilderness which, hidden within its collar, has the evidence seek out and slay vampires around the world. needed to solve a multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme – and the thief will stop at nothing to get it. Cortez and La Malinche – A Romantic Invention Hallah Shepard Fury Brian Laffey Daddy’s girl is pretty, privileged, a linguistic savant – so, mom To stop the ultimate weapon from sparking a war between sells her into slavery. What to do? Help an exotic stranger humanity and the gods of old, a 4,000-year-old immortal must crush an entire nation. grow up and seize her destiny! For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 9 Future Tense: Rise of the Cravens Robert Daniels The hope of the world was born in the form of Senator Roberta Harris. Past Tense. The senator, while attending her 2016 presi- Recent Successes dential rally, is being assassinated. Present Tense. She will live to Continued from page 3 be president, if Nexus 39 and 40 can stop Craven 1 – who will travel back in time – from fulfilling her mission. Future Tense. Michael Wormser Options “#Social” Michael Wormser with Level 10 Films found “#Social” on Ghost in the Rain Adam Fernandes InkTip and optioned it from Andres Rovira. Michael’s credits A hitman is having an affair with his boss’ daughter. She’s include such diverse titles as “Some Guy who Kills People” pregnant with his child, is being forced to marry someone and “Smiley,” among others. Andres is a screenwriter and else, and everyone is about to find out. novelist who’s had a number of options and contest acco- lades in the past, but this is his first success through InkTip. The Handler Kelli Chillson When a blind girl is brutally raped and murdered and her ser- vice dog left for dead, ex-Marine Cori Wilson is jolted back Nicholas Lory Hires Jeff Wood to action as she risks her life to rescue the dog she trained and Nicholas Lory with Zissou Pictures discovered Jeff Wood bring down the killer(s). on InkTip and hired him to write “Nana Means King,” and we are excited to announce that the film has completed prin- Highwire William E. Dyson, III cipal photography! “Nana” is a character-driven piece about L.A. detective Stacey investigates the disappearances of a Ghanaian illegal immigrant whose past becomes a prison, high-tech women. Max Stern, a millionaire living in Burma, and was directed by Nana Obiri-Yeboah and co-produced by runs Highwire Incorporated, a computer manufacturing plant, Kenneth Andam. This is Jeff’s first success through InkTip. which is a front. The real business is to search for the best candidates to be kidnapped and implanted with a controlling device near the brain to maintain obedience to be sold. Param Gill Options “Endowment” Param Gill with Young N Free Films found “Endowment” on How to Kill a Witch Martin Bartlett InkTip and optioned it from John Buchanan. This is John’s When a 12-year-old girl discovers that her janitor father is second project with Param, who also hired him to write the engaged to marry a supermodel type with uncanny powers, American adaptation of the iconic European film “Last Supper,” she resolves to kill her would-be stepmother for fear she is a which stars Eddie Griffin, Josh Meyers and Penny Marshall. witch with a sinister agenda. Hybrid Accidentally Craig Harwood Calix Reneau Options “Just Plain Dead” A codependent superhero wants to retire and settle down, but his Calix Reneau with Calix Presents found “Just Plain Dead” on deranged nemesis has other plans, forcing him out of retirement InkTip and optioned it from Emily Manthei. Calix’s credits and creating havoc with his new squeeze every time he disappears. include “Greyscale” and “A Night at the Silent Movie Theater” among others. This is Emily’s first success through InkTip. In the Arms of the Dragon Stephen Kelly Vietnam, 1969. A young Army officer flies north to replace a Justice Bowens Options “The Runner” dead man. His job is nation building: help the locals. But what if the locals are all VC? He soon falls in love with a woman Justice Bowens with B3-Vision found “The Runner” on InkTip and optioned it from Daniel Baig. Justice’s recent and her country. Come see the real Vietnam. (Note: Has a credits include the upcoming “Fever,” which will be shot Consider from ScriptShark.) from another script he found on InkTip and which he Incubus Nesly Salomon recently set up with Blanc Biehn Productions, among others. This is Daniel Baig’s first option through InkTip. A magical boy, stranded in a dangerous post-apocalyptic America, is helped to find his way back home to antiquity by a weak, self-doubting herculean muscled man “who can’t fight.” Julio Hallivis Discovers Joel LaFlamme The Last Vikings David Thorndill Julio Hallivis with 1inMM Productions discovered Joel LaFlamme on InkTip and hired him to write “Danger Close.” In 1410, the peak of the Little Ice Age, a desperate Viking clan Joel has a penchant for tight, fast-paced action writing, and leader escapes the doomed Greenland colony, but pirates, storms, he’s already meeting with a number of producers for assign- and sea ice force them to sail to North America. A Micmac ments. This is Joel’s fourth success through InkTip. woman and a Huron warrior help them battle Mohawks on their journey to a new homeland beyond the mighty falls of Niagara. Michael Moyet Options “The Last First Kiss” Life and Death Grant Lee Strytler and Cathrine L. Clutter Michael Moyet with Moyet Talent Management found “The The world’s supply of oil has been depleted by years of Last First Kiss” on InkTip and optioned it from Dennis constant drilling, thus setting off a chain reaction of world Curlett. This is Dennis’ third success through InkTip. destruction and devastation, in which only two can survive. Continued on page 11 Will true love find a way? Register Today at www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 10 Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle’s Nest Revenge of the Iron Dragon Robert Daniels and Wendy Daniels Ralph Harvey and Frank Tuscany In the mean streets of Los Angeles, two men have a similar Hitler’s favorite opera star is a British spy! When Margery vendetta. It’s through their high-octane, heart-wrenching story attends Hitler’s birthday celebrations at his Eagle’s Nest she – taking us deep into their psyche – that we find becoming the sees the new Tiger tank and realizes how imperative it is to get villain, or the hero, is not always black and white. It’s the path this information to Churchill. She also meets MI6 agent John they take that defines who’s who. Brown in Stalag IIID when singing to the POWs and obtains the location of the tank factory before facing torture. Ritual Men’s Group Eric Swirkal A men’s group on a backpacking adventure in the Sierra Marooned Miniseries Jennifer Miller Nevada wilderness befriends a group of modern-day gold A 19th Century tale, Justin is thrown overboard at sea by his prospectors, until the discovery of gold and an accidental evil twin Edward. He tries to survive on an island, struggles shooting pits group against group in a fight to the death. with love, inner passions, and his brother’s return for revenge. River of Doubt Paul Burgess Mercy Stick Mario Martin Former president Theodore Roosevelt tries to recapture his A disgruntled prison psychologist turns vigilante. The doctor is in. youth with a dangerous expedition through the Amazon, which soon spirals into a desperate struggle for survival. The Missing Pilots Stephen Kelly A young Lebanese-American lawyer is slowly but surely Robin the Hood Jon Paul Reese drawn into a major terrorist attack on America and is forced to The good folks of Kingsland have become economically join forces with rogue FBI agents to save his adopted country drained by the greed of one businessman; with the support and the Iranian-born doctor he loves. (Note: has a Consider from a brutal sheriff and his henchmen, they now stand to lose from ScriptShark.) the only orphanage in town. The town and Church must now Murmansk Run Wendy Joseph and Sam Hakam turn to its Prince of Thieves to steal from the rich and give to A Russian woman becomes captain of a U.S. ship and falls in the poor. love with the Naval gunnery officer, in the deadliest waters Silent Partners: Absinthe of Desire Georges Salo of WWII. A ship with vital cargo. A captain at odds with a Two wealthy men are deceived into service by a clandes- crew at odds with themselves. Soviet shipwreck survivors, tine government agency, the vanguard of international including (oh hell!) women. The ship’s cat has gone missing. counter-terrorism. Will the agency’s gamble on these men’s Oh, and subs, mines, and 24/7 air attack. skills, charm and ingenuity prove to be the lethal combination Musashi & the Geisha Stephen Kelly that stops a crime lord hell-bent on revenge? First historically accurate depiction of Miyamoto Musashi, Silent Partners: Fragrant Water Georges Salo Japan’s greatest swordsman, who at 15, falls in love with a Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international young geisha and runs off with her. Now the Yakuza want her government agency must prevent ultra-modern submarines back. Will love conquer all? (Note: This Script has a Consider from falling into the hands of Yemeni and Omani pirates. If from ScriptShark. Potential franchise/cable series.) left unchecked, the pirates would have the whole world to Pancho Barnes Stephen Kelly ransom, as a large portion of global trade passes through the A bored Roaring Twenties socialite takes up the dangerous Gulfs of Oman, Aden and the Arabian Sea. sport of flying, flies stunts for Howard Hughes, races Amelia Silent Partners: Razed Capital Georges Salo Earhart, sets a speed record, and helps Chuck Yeager break Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international the sound barrier. (Note: Has a Consider from ScriptShark.) government agency must prevent an activated North Korean Quake Peter Marron sleeper agent from bringing the global financial system to its A disgraced FBI agent battles a shadowy corporation’s private knees. Economic sanctions imposed on North Korea force its army and nightmarish creations on a jungle island in a desper- regime to execute this plot – destroy U.S. facilities that print ate bid to save humanity from ultimate doom. and store money. Raptor Cop: K-9 Unit John G. Pedicini Silent Partners: Scorched Earth Georges Salo After a lab accident gives a K-9 police officer the ability to Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international transform into a prehistoric raptor, he and his dogs must bat- government agency must stop a criminal from using Earth tle a hardened criminal to save the life of his girlfriend, who Penetrator Warheads from setting ablaze U.S. air force bases holds the only key to unlocking the mystery of his condition. housing nuclear silos. Remembrance Robert F. Mason Stanley Larry Chernoff In a Wild West that never was, an escaped slave fights for An orphan, Stanley Kubichuk, filters down through the his freedom against a posse led by Confederate lawman system, becoming a warrior who gets rid of a Chinese gang Jesse James. in his community. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure – Biographical 11 Stone Woman Veronica Tabares Haunted, chased, and lost in a jungle is no way to spend a honeymoon. But what else can a girl do while her husband is Recent Successes in jail accused of murder? Continued from page 9

Sudan Art Ayris Steve Roeder Options Rockefeller Biopic After his daughter is captured in a Sudanese slave raid, her Steve Roeder with Awesome Entertainment found “A father is joined by an American photojournalist in an against- Whole Life Ahead: The Michael Rockefeller Story” through all-odds attempt to locate the young girl before it is too late. InkTip and optioned it from Philip Hardy. Steve had actually (Based on a true story) been looking for the right Rockefeller script for a few years, so we were happy to help him source this project. Steve Wired Ronson Duncan Roeder’s credits include “Bob the Butler” (Tom Green and When a band of Mexican narco-killers hijack a Florida day Brooke Shields) and “Neo Ned” (Jeremy Renner), among cruise ship, the Coast Guard surrounds it but it’s a standoff. others. Philip Hardy has won or placed as a finalist in nine When the hijackers begin exploding passengers wearing life- screenwriting contests in just the last year alone, and this is jackets rigged with C-4 – makeshift suicide vests – the ship his second success through InkTip. captain’s brother-in-law and ex-SEAL embarks on a lone res- cue mission, plunging headlong into a three-way Armageddon between the Coast Guard, Los Zetas, and Al-Qaeda. Lauren de Normandie Options “Jacked” Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & Entertainment found “Jacked” on InkTip and optioned it from Derek Animation Rydall. Derek Rydall is a produced feature writer who got The Caper Edmund Webb into the business as a child actor; he’s had a number of fea- ture script options and writing assignments with the likes of A tolerant, tenacious sock is given an ultimatum to Disney and Universal Studios, and this is his fourth success lead a succession of quarrelsome and quirky household items through InkTip. on a quest to tranquility.

Saving the Enchanted Forest Oscar Johnson Eric Fischer Options “Bad Seeds” After accidentally entering the lovely Enchanted Forest, a Eric Fischer with Efish Entertainment and Dead Fish timid girl must choose between returning home or saving the Films found “Bad Seeds of Loving Spring” on InkTip and forest from a fearsome adversary. optioned it from Joshua Montcalm. Eric is a bright and very fast-rising star in Hollywood, with recent credits like “Vehicle Uh Oh! Another Kid’s Movie Matthew Barch 19” (starring the late Paul Walker) and “Night Train to Lisbon” An ingenious boy and his misfit friends team up to save a nutty (with Jeremy Irons). Joshua Montcalm is a 2013 Nicholl professor and the world from the boy’s wicked stepmother Semifinalist, and this is his first option through InkTip. after the professor invents a mind-reading helmet. Biographical Frank Caruso Options “A Dry Season” Producer Frank A. Caruso found “A Dry Season” on 3 Days with the King Bernard Galley InkTip and optioned it from Blair Duckworth. Frank is a Based on the experiences of Wayne Galley, an audacious multi-hyphenate whose acting credits include “The Great Australian who in 2003 in Las Vegas is hired as Michael Chameleon” with Stacy Keach, and as a director-producer Jackson’s personal bodyguard. During a detailed investigative has three features ready for distribution this year: “Club interview by a Californian criminal task force, he recounts Utopia,” “Risk Factor,” and “Final Dance.” “A Dry Season” the sensational and wildly dangerous three days of betrayal, is about a high school teacher wrongfully accused of sexual interference by a vengeful teenage girl, and this is Blair hypocrisy, greed, and corruption surrounding the arrest of the Duckworth’s second success through InkTip. most controversial pop music icon in modern history. First Love: Just Once in a Lifetime Violeta Barrett When a dream inspires the recall of memories kept buried for more than 50 years, Violeta is compelled to write her true love story of a forbidden passion between herself and her Mexican The Script You Need tour guide, who vowed to love her forever, despite time and distance, and returns in a passing to keep that promise. Is at InkTip.com Layard, The Original Raider Matthew Stern A. Henry Layard, 19th Century British explorer, discovers the Register at www.InkTip.com palaces of the Assyrian kings, and in doing so provides evidence supporting biblical text. Layard’s life story places us at the center A free service to the industry of world events, and in many ways mimics that of Indiana Jones. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Feature Article 12 InkTip Scripts Land Distribution Deal for Skylight Films

3In 2011, Skylight Films’ picture Junior High Spy (formerly titled Ricky Lazio Jr., FBI) graced the cover of the InkTip magazine. It is our pleasure to highlight two additional family movies from Skylight Films that have secured distribution: Ghost Trap, Christopher Fazio, Ciara O’Hanlon, Mikayla Ottonello, and Dalton Mugridge as Vilhelm. written by Barry Cowan understood what it took to make that hap- pen. This was the key to Barry Cowan’s and Good Kid/Bad Kid, and Ann Kimbrough’s success. “Following the release of The Mystical Adventures written by Ann Kimbrough. of Billy Owens and Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes, through ArtistView Barry Cowan, the same writer who penned Entertainment (LA), our focus became to Junior High Spy for Skylight Films, wrote produce tailor-made family-adventures for Ghost Trap. Producer/director Mark the marketplace,” Mark explained. “As McNabb discovered Barry on InkTip producers, an understanding of the dis- in 2007, and they have been working tribution process and what a distributor’s together every since. The concepts for the specific needs are, within each territory films were conceived of at Skylight Films, they licence to, is of paramount importance. which focuses on family-friendly material. When working with a writer, they need to Mark’s love of the films from his childhood be flexible with their ideas and their over- is evident not only in his desire to make all vision of the story, to be marketable to quality stories for the whole family but the overall demographic … Both Barry Phil Babcock as Professor Crow also in his inspirations. He stated that both and Ann always stayed true to the focus Junior High Spy and Ghost Trap spun out of the story, knowing we produce for a of conversations about the fun of creating a niche family-adventure marketplace. They junior Ghostbusters or a junior James Bond. also had a very keen understanding of our By development time of Ghost Trap, Barry resources, and it always became about had already proven his worth as a writer. producing movies that could capitalize on “Our interest in Barry was being able to these resources to bring high production create our full concepts, like with Junior value to each. Both Barry and Ann were High Spy, and have him entirely develop always on hand to adapt ideas to our envi- those concepts into shooting scripts. Barry ronment and to our producing needs.” has consistently worked with us on every aspect of a script and adapts to our overall Ghost Trap stars Ciara O’Hanlon, needs,” said Mark. Christopher Fazio, and Mikayla Ottonello, who all also appeared in The Mystical For Mark, it was about finding a writer Adventures of Billy Owens and Billy Owens Cynthia, Alex, and Dharma’s first who really wanted their script made and and the Secret of the Runes, the former for paranormal capture. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Feature Article 13 Although coming to L.A. for the InkTip Pitch & Networking Summit clearly had its advantages, Mark doesn’t believe that as a producer or a writer you have to live in Hollywood to work in Hollywood. “‘Hollywood isn’t a place; it’s a state of mind’ seems to be our motto,” he said. “We’ve Martial Arts Legend Steven Dell as Royce with worked with (‘Rowdy’) Roddy Piper on Olivier Gruner as Lee Phil Babcock as Andre Zeus three different productions, and at one of our screenings [in Ontario], he looked out at the capacity audience and said ‘You have a little Hollywood happening right here and Mark’s infamous hot air balloon ride. you made it yourselves.’ Good, entertaining stories can get told from any small town or to pitch, and it wasn’t even the script she big city. It’s all in your approach and main- pitched that made her stand out to him. taining that strong mindset and work ethic. Instead, her passion for screenwriting There is always an audience for those stories. rang true. Mark said, “I look at their writ- ing and say good style. But I want to know “InkTip offers an invaluable resource and a writer that will get into the trenches with Geared up and ready for action. networking tool for the producer who is me. InkTip put a writer [Ann] in front not entirely entrenched in the L.A.-scene. which Barry did the voiceover script for of me that would absolutely get into the InkTip cares, and they are relentless in the and the latter being Barry’s first screenplay trenches with me … Since Good Kid/Bad most positive of ways! Receiving a call with Skylight Films. It was directed by Kid, Ann has flourished and got an associ- from their offices is always a shot in the Mark McNabb and executive produced ate producer credit on the film.” creative arm. It’s comparable to IMDb as by David A. J. Brown, Mary Ann Brown, far as being that must-go-to site for all your Robert Leone and Judith Leone. Currently, At the InkTip Pitch & Networking Summit Mark befriended some people at producing needs. Every form of writing, Ghost Trap and Junior High Spy have every level of budget, at any time, any been released on DVD/VOD throughout Dreamworks who happened to be seated at his table and got invited on the lot for where you are. We’ve been on the patio of the U.S., through various outlets, includ- the American Film Market, jumping onto ing Amazon, Chapters/Indigo, Barnes a screening while in L.A. One connection lead to another, and soon Mark was talking InkTipPro to check out a synopsis before a and Noble, Google Play, Blockbuster quick-pitch, and we’ve been casually sitting On Demand, and Redbox. Showcase to martial-arts legend Olivier Gruner. The foundation was set for Good Kid/Bad Kid. in a living room looking at a writer’s résumé Entertainment/Showcase for Kids is before making that first call.... For the last readying distribution for the international Not often can a movie be produced for under six figures and secure an actor like five years, our best productions have begun marketplace in 2014/2015. Skylight Films and ended with InkTip’s contributions.” is also in negotiations for a Canadian DVD/ Olivier. Mark said he never could have networked on that level without InkTip. It TV release in 2014. With tenacious and creative executives was a Hollywood dream. like Mark McNabb helming the company, Showcase Entertainment/Showcase for Skylight Films would have flourished in Kids has pre-licensed the third film gracing Good Kid/Bad Kid stars Christopher Fazio (Junior High Spy), David Huizinga, the industry with their family-friendly this issue’s cover, Good Kid/Bad Kid, for films regardless of their location in a small world distribution in 2015 (DVD/VOD/ and Hannah Earle, each making their movie debut, with a cameo appearance by oil town in Ontario. However, InkTip TV). Like Ghost Trap, Good Kid/Bad Kid helped the company reach their goals was inspired by one of Mark’s favorite Olivier Gruner (The Circuit, Nemesis). It was executive produced by Rob Freeman faster by providing an easy resource to films: Die Hard. Mark directed the film find amazing writing talent. along with Kelly Rae Irvwin. “[It] was and co-executive produced by David A.J. our opportunity to create large action ‘set- Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Robert Leone, and Judith Leone. “For Skylight Films, being able to truly enter- pieces,’ involving not only multiple martial tain a global family audience has always artists but a hot air balloon sequence as been our goal,” Mark said. “It took many well,” Mark said. “On hot air balloon day years of networking, collaboration with we were working with two balloons, cour- skilled writers and talent – behind and in tesy of Cloud Chasers Balloon Rides, and front of the camera, all combined with hard one of the directors was feeling pretty sick. work, to accomplish this. We personally Thankfully, we had a second director, Kelly celebrate that achievement each and every Rae Irwin, and her shots were steady and time one of our movies airs on television!” not swerving all over!” And now, with distribution deals in place Mark discovered screenwriter Ann for Skylight Film’s latest three produc- Kimbrough at the 2012 InkTip Pitch & tions, we all will have the chance to enjoy Networking Summit. He came all the Producers Kelly Rae Irwin and Mark McNabb their achievements with them. way from Ontario, Canada and Ann from with Rob Freeman (Executive Producer), Shauna Las Vegas. Ann sat down at Mark’s table and David Jackson (Showcase Entertainment). By Chris Cookson Register Today at www.InkTip.com Comedy 14 Comedy has never won. But when 16-year-old Bobby is the first Canadian to grab the flag, it’s a wild race to the finish – and After Life Lewis Lustman perhaps the greatest upset in history. After a supernatural snafu, a rising pop star dies before her time and is given a new life in the body of an unscrupulous Characters Matt Mullins and Chris Naylor social media magnate. All she has to do to get her career back At a cheesy theme park where the roaming performers are on track is change everything about her reincarnated self that divided into elitist “face” actors and downtrodden furry cos- made her successful in the first place. tumed “characters,” a lone hamster makes his stand. Angel Pays a Visit Bill Spencer and Carolyn Elkins Chasing Don Juan Ted Gurich A serious kindergarten teacher just wants to be left alone, but A mousy schoolteacher must work with the wild sister who then a fun-loving, wise-cracking angel crashes into her attic slept with her husband to find a colorful bandito before hapless and challenges almost everything she believes: how to mow money smugglers do. At stake, the very life of the pot-smoking the lawn, how to behave in the Walmart, and whether it’s bet- mother they detest. Action, danger, comedy, romance. (First ter to laugh or cry. Place – 2011 Creative World Awards; First Place – 2012 Reel Author Awards; Top 100 Scripts - 2013 Scriptapalooza contest) Back in the Mix C.J. Connoy and Aileen Connoy Two ’80s hip-hop dance crew buddies resurrect their friend- Christmas at Harvest Moon Dannie O’Connor ship 25 years later to win their old high school’s talent show. The residents of an over-regulated retirement community Bad Rap Allen Zeleski come to life when they try to hide two small visiting children While on their way to perform at a concert in Las Vegas, the over the Christmas holiday. spoiled, ego-driven, bling-covered hip-hop rappers make a Chubby Chasers Michael Dugan wrong turn in the desert and discover that fame and fortune A plan to open a topless bar with overweight strippers as a can be lost in the blink of an eye. tax-scam business failure backfires. Chubby chasers discover Barrel Roll Robert Kirschten it and make it a gold mine that’s a magnet for the IRS. Framed as a fraud and fired by corrupt academic administrators, Dead Cat Bounce Ben Coles a history professor of 18th Century machines clears his name the only way he can – by using his antique technology to go over A hapless fiction writer with a debt to a ruthless loan shark Niagara Falls in a barrel. (Winner: Best Screenplay Red Wasp must use his imagination to repay what he owes before his Film Festival. “Best Comedy” Woods Hole Film Festival.) life story ends. The Beneficiary Death Tax Alan Adler Carmine Famiglietti and Eric Friedberg A cast of demented characters, goaded by greed, fear the gov- Recent college graduate and scam artist, Bruce Vogel, stum- ernment has other plans for their inheritance and plot their bles onto a scam too big to resist. He has to outsmart the cops parents’ demise with the end of the tax year. (Dark Comedy) and Mafia in order to collect a two million dollar life insurance The Diagnosis Autumn Michele Echols policy for which he is not the beneficiary. Seth is down on his luck. What he thinks is rock bottom is Capture the Flag, Eh? David McPete still just the top of the cliff when he is diagnosed with breast It’s the 50th Annual Capture the Flag game between Grebe, cancer. The diagnosis, though, takes him on a journey with his Canada, and Mammoth Heights, USA – a contest that Grebe female counterparts that he would have never expected.

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Never Too Late Dannie O’Connor Impulsively an elderly couple decide to run away and take Everything But Love Lisa Johnson Mitchell and Joseph Dial their long-deserved first honeymoon, causing their adult chil- Two seemingly opposite advertising creatives with OCD dren to be at odds with the idea as they attempt to capture their compete in the cutthroat world of Madison Avenue in the ’80s parents and bring them back home. while trying to manage the relationships they are drowning in, until their shared pathology brings them together. Pink Slip Martin Blank When a man learns he is due $1 million if he is let go Fixing Emma John Parker from his job, he aggressively tries to get his boss to fire him, Thanks to aliens, Cathy’s grandmother is now younger than while his boss fights to force him to quit. her, stronger than her, attracting more guys than her, and pull- ing her into crazy adventures. Playing the Rush David Battistella Alec, an about-to-be married waiter, finds his past comes Freaked! Heather Wilson back to haunt him. He’s unknowingly involved in a gambling A lovesick everyman has to rescue his girlfriend from a scheme involving a co-worker. While thugs converge on the Halloween party after everyone turns into their costumes. restaurant to collect debts – money he never bet – Alec needs to save himself from gangsters and rescue the wedding with Fright Club Jennifer Bielli Jane, who believes he’s broken his promise to never gamble. Three bad-ass babes, fiercely equipped with fists of fury and an arsenal of firearms, mallets, and machete, become the killing The President’s Dog is Missing Patricia Ecklund-Ruch machines they were born to be as they battle a werewolf epi- Dozens of inept U.S. government snafus occur when the demic brought on by a secret ingredient in a locally made dough- president’s prize pet is dognapped, leading to a possible inter- nut, resulting in horrible physical mutations and an even nastier national incident. disposition. Guns. Knives. Knockers. Need we say more? Reality Cheque Georges Salo Funeral Crashers Bruce Mortensen A brilliant non-conformist and computer hacker works at An extremely shy woman goes to her aunt’s funeral, has an dead-end jobs in a way that forces his contemporaries to face out-of-body experience, where she is told she is now the family their failure. Until one day he meets a woman that can match mystic. She is now able to channel talents, information, and edu- his intellect and his whole world changes – or does it? cation from the newly departed. When her friends find out, they start shopping the obituaries for the gifts they want to acquire. Short Mission Gene Chepovetsky A Russian computer geek and his beautiful-but-hostile CIA Generation Games Annabel Honor-Lissi colleague, tasked with stopping a Russian gang from draining When three misfit teens put on a play for the troublesome seniors American bank accounts, can’t seem to break into the gang’s at the local residential home, they all find a new lease on life. computer without being shot at; but the hairier their situation gets, the deeper they fall in love. Ghetto Ghost Hunters Delaina Waldron A local group of amateur ghost hunters are the last resort for Silver Belles Renee Davis and Nancy Farnsworth saving a NYC housing project that’s being overrun by ghosts. When life-long pals in their 70s take a nostalgic and heart-warming road trip, secrets from their spirited childhood rattle foundations Hold Your Piece D.J. Richardson and reshape hearts, sparking new life in old friendships. (Dramedy) The lives of several men in NYC are thrown into disarray by the difficulties each encounters trying to maintain a healthy relation- Soldier of Missed Fortune Georges Salo ship with his best friend – his penis (edgy, ensemble comedy). The U.S. government creates a modern-day bionic man on a shoestring budget. Hotel School: Cain and Unable Robert Kirschten When his hotel magnate father dies, a failed, good-hearted The Spy Who Loathed Me Chris Westphal hippie will inherit a hotel chain if he successfully completes For FBI Special Agent Terrence Tillberry, being in love with hotel school. Current CEO of the chain, his stepbrother from Petra Tarasova is wonderful, except for two things: First, she’s hell, enrolls at the same school to sabotage him and steal his in the KGB. Second, she can’t stand him. (Book for adaptation) fortune. (Winner: Best Screenplay Red Wasp Film Festival. Finalist: Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.) Under Hypnosis Maurice Hicks The jealousy mounts in Justin Nichols, which results in his Last of the McLanneys Paul Pouthier action of luring his younger brother Chase Nichols to a hyp- A supposed curse on their family name sends two orphaned notist to help Chase conquer his challenge of loving only one brothers on the quest of their lives. woman, but little does he know about Justin’s true agenda. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 16 with Q& AScreenwriters Ann Kimbrough & Barry Cowan Barry’s work was discovered through our Barry: I wrote my first screenplay Vivid Every script is script listing service on InkTip in 2007 by Gray, which won top honors on a couple Skylight Films. He’s been working with the of peer-review websites. It was that script different. Every slate production company ever since, penning which Mark McNabb downloaded from family-friendly films like Junior High Spy InkTip as a writing sample. The resulting is unique. One shoe and Ghost Trap. first “writer for hire” project with Mark was the beginning of an amazing work doesn’t fit all. InkTip: Ann, you met Mark at an InkTip relationship and of course has opened Pitch Summit. How did that meeting turn other doors for me as well. into Good Kid/Bad Kid? InkTip: Networking is a huge hurdle for Fortunately for both writers and producers, Ann: I met Mark and his producing partner InkTip offers a variety of ways to market writers. What advice on networking do Kelly Rae Irwin at a Pitch Summit. They you have for other writers? your screenplay or find the right writer or requested my screenplay, but I also had a script for your next project. Skylight Films chance to talk with them informally at the discovered both Ann Kimbrough and Ann: It’s important to get to L.A., whether Summit’s cocktail party. About a month screenwriters do it virtually or in person. Barry Cowan through different services later, Mark called me saying he loved my offered by InkTip. Producer/director Mark The more you can get out there and pitch, script and writing style, but he had an idea the more you are able to promote yourself McNabb met Ann face to face at our InkTip of the script he wanted to film and asked Pitch & Networking Summit when she sat as a writer that pitches high concepts. To if he could pitch the idea to me. He did; I get better at writing high concepts, I’m a down across from him at a table to pitch her loved it and signed on to the project. scripts. Her conviction for the screenwrit- believer in joining a screenwriter group ing craft was clear to Mark, who hired her InkTip: And Barry, how did your partner- for support and feedback. to pen the family action Good Kid/Bad Kid. ship with Mark develop? Barry: I’ve enjoyed working closely with two producers up here in Canada, but of course the Canadian market is much smaller, so I do my best to max- imize our smaller budgets while aiming for a story that will cross over to the U.S. market as well.

InkTip: How was it different writing a script for hire vs. your own spec?

Ann: Since Mark gave me freedom to shape the storyline, it felt like I was writ- ing a spec. The parameters he gave me, regarding filming locations, were like pieces of a puzzle. They made the writing easier, as they helped shape the story’s action. Mark’s insights about the two main characters and the buddy-picture feel of their relationship also jumpstarted Good Kid/Bad Kid Hot Air Balloon my writing. Knowing the main char- For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com 17 the same way. I’m excited for all of us to have Good Kid/Bad Kid released! InkTip: What rituals do you have for writing a script? Ann: I believe in outlining and creating a detailed beat sheet of all the scenes in the script. Then, it’s just about coffee, chocolate and having fun! InkTip: What advice can you give other writers who are trying to get their foot in the door? Barry: Always remember that making movies is, above all else, still a business. Christopher Fazio and David Huizinga as Marco and Preston. InkTip: What are you working on now? acters made it easy to create the world weave whatever story I could imagine. Ann: I’m working on a contained thriller they lived in to tell a story filled with So, he gave me a lot of freedom. for Frozen Fish Productions, set to film action and intrigue. I found the whole in 2015. I’ve also optioned a short story process rewarding and enjoyed working InkTip: Do you prefer to write one style and am turning it into a contained hor- with Mark! of genre over another? ror script that is scary fun to write! In addition, I turned one of my spec scripts Barry: Mark and I have a terrific work- Barry: I’ve had a few moments of trep- idation before jumping into new genres, into a romantic suspense book series. ing relationship, and it’s an honor to have The first book is now on Amazon, titled but once I was into the script and the plot been accepted so wholeheartedly into Scarlet Revenge under my pen name Ann lines were meshing and the characters his team. Mark will call me up with a McGinnis. I’m working on book two were breathing on their own I’ve thor- basic idea or concept which we then kick and taking the concept a step further by oughly enjoyed writing in a wide vari- around between us. He’ll also give me creating a TV pilot around my main char- a set of criteria, which can be anything ety of genres including Action, Sci-Fi/ acter: overconfident FBI analyst Caycee from having the main roles written for Disaster, Comedy, Westerns, Fantasy/ Scarlet who loses her job, juggles two particular actors, a cool set or location he Adventure, Thrillers, and even a music- love interests, and has a knack for finding has lined up, etc. to budgetary concerns based Supernatural/Thriller. serial killers. which could be anything from the level of effects to the number of shooting days Ann: I write action and thrillers and find InkTip: How has InkTip benefited required for a particular part. From that, that both genres share a lot of story beats. your career? I’ll come up with a storyline and write I can’t say that I prefer one over the other, a solid treatment and anything else but I have noticed that both benefit from Ann: Without InkTip, I wouldn’t be a Mark may need. a little humor … I like to write contained produced screenwriter. I’d like to think films when I write specs, so I’m a huge I’d have gotten there eventually, but InkTip: For Good Kid/Bad Kid, Mark fan of all those scripts, like Hard Candy. InkTip certainly made it happen faster. said he was inspired by Die Hard. What A contained script has its own challenges I did try other avenues, but not all of direction did you decide to take with the and special needs, so when I see a con- them give writers direct access to buyers. script and characters? tained movie, I try to find the script. I’m InkTip, however, puts screenwriters into a huge fan of a script that has limited contact with working producers. My Ann: Mark knew he wanted a story with actors and limited locations, but manages thanks for all InkTip does for screenwrit- a good cop/bad cop dynamic but with to knock you out with suspense and ten- ers! You’re the best! kids. I took the direction that these oppo- sion. I strive for that in my scripts. site personalities were BFFs because they Barry: I’ll always be thankful to InkTip respected each other. They also made a InkTip: Many scripts never leave the for bringing my work to the attention of perfect team of brains and brawn. Mark development shelves or get distribution. Mark McNabb. Ever since Mark took also had a bunch of filming locations, Your work is part of a distribution deal the chance and gave me my first hire to and those worked as great parameters to that Skylight has packaged. How do you write a voiceover script for The Mystical my storytelling. He even called me at one feel knowing your work will be available Adventures of Billy Owens and the script point and said he had access to two hot for families to see? for the sequel, Billy Owens and the Secret air balloons, so he could be in one bal- of the Runes, it has opened the gates for loon and film the actors in the other one. Ann: I’m thrilled! When I enter any proj- a fun ride of more commissioned scripts I quickly wrote a fun scene for the main ect, my first goal is for it to get produced. over the years. characters and the balloon. It became I’m 100% behind doing whatever I can, on an amazing third act plot twist. Mark my end, to make that happen. It impressed Please check out Ann Kimbrough’s logline Lesser2evils on page 26. allowed me to take all these elements and me early on, that Mark and his team felt Register Today at www.InkTip.com Comedy – Crime/Murder/Mystery 18 Unfriend Me Kristy Griggs Crime/Murder/Mystery A mild-mannered woman must get all of her Facebook friends to “unfriend” her in seven days in order to inherit 10 million dollars. Crossword Robert Kirschten Puzzle within a puzzle. Game inside a game. Falsely charged Unstably Yours Aaron Victor Vaughn with murder and an art-forgery heist, a sports journalist solves Joe just wants to be a good, provocative shrink, but Joe hears the crimes he’s accused of, then battles the real villain – a voices, and one of his patients is spying on him, and another crooked police captain who is a crossword puzzle mastermind patient is trying to kill him. – by discovering clues in an electronic crossword puzzle The V Club Steven Bolia played like the puzzle board on “Wheel of Fortune.” After a scandal, a free-spirited loner is forced to transfer to a The Great Makeover John Edward Flynt strict Catholic high school, where the popular girls recruit her A naïve farm girl who dreams of being beautiful reaches the to help them lose their virginities without losing their reputa- finals of “The Great Makeover” reality show, but after being tions. For the first time in her life, she finds acceptance, but it used as an enticing sexual pawn and implicated in a high- comes at the cost of her individuality. profile murder, she must reinvent herself again and scour the Where Turtles Hide Dannie O’Connor underbelly of Hollywood to catch the real killer. Two women trying to save their business go in search of their Hollywood Ending Drew Deighan reclusive client in a quirky little town. Unknowingly they A San Francisco reporter is banished to 1937 Los Angeles have stepped into a community filled with bizarre people and in order to dry out and get his head on straight. Instead he nonconventional ways of passing time. becomes involved in one of the most infamous unsolved The Wrath of Gran Gary Sharp mysteries of Hollywood: the murder of Silent Film director Blamed by his estranged, cantankerous Gran for his Grandad’s William Desmond Taylor. death, a cheapskate blues pianist must survive a journey from I Wonder What the Vintners Buy Lillian Savage hell with her, and a smuggled crocodile, to claim his inheritance. Rayleen wants her boyfriend Stan to kill her husband. When their plans are overheard, she wants that woman dead too, leaving the inept, homeless winos who also overheard the plot to struggle with an unwanted responsibility. Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Nectar of Passion DO YOU Georges Salo want your movie on the cover The Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit is created under the auspices of the department of Homeland Security. A tsunami washes of a magazine mailed to bodies on shore, and PATU is asked to assist in solving this thousands of Entertainment bizarre set of murders which unveil a nefarious and sinister plot in the making. Can PATU decipher and terminate the plot Professionals? in time? If you found the writer or script Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Drug Habit Georges Salo through InkTip, your film can Cancer, “the scourge of modern man,” is yet incurable, be highlighted on the cover of although French and American scientists have discovered that in part viruses and retroviruses cause it. No cure is available the InkTip Magazine. as it may be that drug companies stand to make more profit from abating the symptom rather than curing the disease, InkTip dedicates each magazine cover thereby perpetuating a drug habit. to a produced feature or TV show found through our network. It is free – we don’t Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Reap the Harvest Georges Salo charge for the publicity, the exclusive A criminal, needing an entry point for his weapons and drugs, article or Q&A in each issue. finances a Honolulu mayor’s re-election campaign. Upon winning it, the mayor reneges on his deal. He is dispatched, If you are interested in booking a replaced with his compliant deputy mayor. PATU must solve two future magazine cover, please contact seemingly unrelated events in order to stop the proliferation of Chris Cookson at [email protected]. weapons and drugs. Are they too late; does he reap his harvest? Redemption Georges Salo Note: Not every request will be fulfilled. Space is limited and final decision is based on a number of factors. After a powerful drug lord wipes out his competition, he goes after the only man that stands in his way of taking over Manhattan: a decorated New York City detective. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Crime/Murder/Mystery – Drama 19 The Speed of Darkness Daryl Hanson California Love Evaughn High A down-and-out detective taking on a cold case gets more Chad Jacobs an egotistical, 29-year-old Jewish male, has than he bargained for when he finds the supernatural in the karma taboo love fascination with African-American women. mix. (Think “Last Boy Scout” meets “Sixth Sense”) Casino Intrigue Georges Salo Steal Away Jon Paul Reese Inspired by a true story of a casino security guard, Tony Ricci, A notorious gangster sets out to retrieve a file containing sen- who is passionate about his work, but disrespected by his sitive documents connecting members of the Secret Service wife. Tony eventually finds his true calling through his wife’s to illegal and illicit dealings with the Uzbekistan Mafia. extramarital deceit. Their struggle is set against the backdrop Cautious, yet so naïve, he walks blindly into the perilous of a casino, showcasing the true sleazy nature of that business. world of the Secret Service. Children of the World Zvonko Leskovar Wurttemberg Shepherd Joan Lask A German Shepherd confiscated by the SS and trained to kill pris- A son’s promise to his deceased father starts a nationwide oners in the concentration camps is sent with other police dogs to movement that his best friend’s greed for fame threatens to hunt down an escapee, who turns out to be his former master. turn into a worldwide catastrophe. Circle in the Sand Fredrick Corbin Drama The aftermath of absentee fatherism and a late coming of age 3D at the Palace Kent Wilson leads into relationship difficulty for two individuals in love. A high school senior is determined to keep his newly deceased father’s dream alive by saving the family’s movie theatre from Count Roller Skates Todd Gordon the growing threat of television in the 1950s – encountering A charismatic, roller-skating carnival performer, obsessed with first love, family division, and racism in this coming-of-age transforming America into a utopia on wheels, is done in by drama/comedy set in a small Midwestern town. a greedy impresario, a manipulative patron of the arts, and a horse-diving femme fatale in early 20th Century New Orleans. Bader Field; How My Family Survived Suicide Carl David Crossing the Red Line Michael Alberstadt The inspirational story of a high-profile art dealing family’s With his mother in prison for a crime he committed, a closeted journey to survive without answers after one of their sons takes hockey player with pro aspirations must guard his secrets and his life. Shown through the realistic visions of their youngest navigate the league’s production of a tell-all documentary child, now a parent himself, then just 16. A masterful portrayal about his team in order to make it to the NHL Entry Draft. of love, forgiveness, and acceptance. Emotionally gripping with an inside look at the mysterious art world. (Book for adaptation) Dear Gavin Carl D. Lord When a devout college hoop star is removed from his team Beverly Starr Ana Mayorga for being raised under an alias identity by his fugitive mother, A reality star struggles to find her place in the world after her he must find a way to rejoin his long-shot teammates, and fall from stardom. make a run at the Final Four. (“Dear Gavin” is an incredible, Blue Side Up Jordan Ulman dramatic, and uplifting story – Kairos Prize film competition) A fighter pilot must choose between continuing to hide his Desperate Decisions Mort Paterson cowardice or saving a friend’s life and suffering the conse- quences for abandoning his brothers in battle. An amiable Philadelphia surgeon, formerly a German soldier, who is now targeted for assassination by Nazi hunters, meets The Blues David McPete and falls in love with the only person who may be able to Father. Sisters. Bank robbers. Two teenage sisters participate save him: a woman whom as a young Jewish girl in Poland he in bank robberies with their father and his gang in order to saved from the Holocaust. steal enough money to escape from their father’s criminal life- style. The gang does not want anyone to leave, but know they risk a confrontation with pint-size 14-year-old Cassie – an expert gunslinger and the deadliest (and most-feared) member Every month an average within the gang. of 25 scripts are Boxing Day Ben Damon and Kieron Holland In 1908, Jack Johnson struggles against oppression and prejudice purchased or optioned to become the first black Heavyweight Champion of the World. Register at www.InkTip.com Cabbage Juice Frank Hill A private detective in search of something momentous follows A free service to the industry a strange Irish man with a peculiar past carrying a woman’s hand-bag and an old photograph into the Nevada desert. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Drama 20 The Do-Gooders Bradley Mulley Hoops Robert Kirschten Naïve humanitarian aid workers in Central African Republic Crotchety, old-fashioned basketball coach battles players, fight for survival when all links to the outside world are inex- administration, alumni, media, a dishonest love interest, plicably cut off. gamblers, and his assistant coach son to win his first-ever NCAA playoff game for his small Catholic college in Boston. Dog Boy Miles Robinson “Hoosiers” meets “That Championship Season.” One drunken punch during a barroom fight reduced boxing great Matt Throroughgood from champ to chump. Ironically, How Girls Play Ana Mayorga coaching a group of miscreant teens for an underground fight Two Miami college girls think they have their lives figured operation may be his last chance for redemption. out. But when a new friend enters the picture, it causes their longtime friendship to unravel and their future plans drasti- Drowning Men Nicki Noermark cally change. Frank, an over-the-hill henchman working for a local mobster, looks to make things right when the prostitute he is paid to I Love Me More Samuel Simpson A neglected husband cheats on his wife and falls in love with protect decides to leave town. The only problem is, the prosti- a woman who fails to reveal to him that she is HIV positive. tute’s son is the grandson of Frank’s boss, Eric. Into Battle Hugh Salmon The Elves and David Shoemaker Dayle Dodds The true story of two Oxford students who fought a famous When their desperate mother is wrongly accused of holding feud before WWI but died fighting alongside each other in the up a convenience store at Christmas time, three homeless kids same regiment in the same battle on the same day (Hooge, 30 seek refuge in a large indoor mall, where they secretly come to July 1915). the aid of a struggling law student working as a night janitor. It’s All about Football Jon Paul Reese Facing Down the Fear James E. Manning A hardened English soccer hooligan is caught between his After losing his wife of many years, a distraught man over- love of soccer violence and the love he has for his long-time comes his grief and hatred of dogs by rescuing a Bichon girlfriend. Finding himself forced into making a decision to named Pickles and again learns the meaning of love. choose one over the other, he stands to lose the only woman he has ever truly loved. Faith Found Wanting Margo Trueblood Tina is a survivor who will do anything to protect her little The Jinx Juan De Biase girl. She discovers that, sometimes, you have to let your guard Love smitten, a painter succumbs to a creepy affair he can’t down in order to receive help getting up. get rid off. Gigging Frogs, Beating Kids, Hanging Men Ken Ross June Siew Feng Loh A maximum security prison guard’s family loves him, despite a An arrogant and chauvinistic man has his pride and ego oblit- harshness instilled in him through childhood abuse. He resists erated. He struggles within himself to restore his dignity as his family’s efforts to break the cycle until he forms an unlikely he’s too shameful to speak the truth. friendship with a former college professor on death row. Land of Opportunity Andy Kozel and Dave Lease Henry Benson James Messerschmidt A cocky, post-college frat boy with a gambling debt finds In the 1980s, Henry Benson is a rising star in the fashion himself in too deep with the wrong people. In the midst of it world who gets his first taste of men, sex, and New York City. all, he finds himself falling for an unlikely partner. All of his worlds collide in this sexy romantic drama when Last Ride to Missouri Patricia Ecklund-Ruch his girlfriend, boyfriend, and AIDS meet, setting off a chain Story of outlaws, Frank and Jesse James, told from their moth- reaction of events that will change their lives forever. er’s perspective. (Jesse was not assassinated. Based on facts.) Losers Frank Lin A defeated painter rescues a dog and finds success as a dog trainer obsessed with winning the ultimate trophy only to The Script You Need discover his true calling while drowning. Is at InkTip.com Maggie’s Wars Phil Pisani Learn what one woman must do to make it in a man’s world fighting the ultimate battle between love and prestige, and Register at www.InkTip.com learning you can’t win them both. (Book for adaptation) A free service to the industry Marshalling Gen Barb Arnett-Combs Suspecting their abusive brother-in-law of murder, three socialites, in a race with one of the city’s most prominent For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Drama – Fantasy 21 doctors, set out to avenge their sister’s death by any means Stay Pretty Steven Bolia necessary amidst one of the deadliest heat waves of 1954. In the 1980s, a college graduate becomes a cocaine dealer in the gay New York club scene, while a mysterious illness Meltdown Ben Keegan begins to infect homosexuals everywhere. As his decadent During the search for a missing airliner, a female lawyer and Utopia begins to crumble, he must learn to face the harsh a male pilot begin to see every situation as a potential disaster realities of the changing world around him. and their high-flying lives enter free-fall. The Vilification of Ruth Dunn Taylor Albertson Midnight Birds George Petrick Detective Samantha White is a good cop gone cynical. After a A gay man balances his time between an uninspiring, danger- bad medical diagnosis, she sets out to see if she is right or sent ous job and the wild Hollywood-style party life, while seeking an innocent girl to her death. (Good coverage from Screen the perfect lover. Craft. Now a finalist in the Nashville Film Festival 2014.) A Nice Guy Paul Vincent Weavers John Murphy Just as he is about to film his first major starring role, the In modern-day India, an orphan is enslaved at a carpet factory Broadway star, Tony Tremont, in the throes of a wonderful where weavers are abused, until his escape leads to the rescue new romance, is being outed in the tabloids, and it could be of all the children. a close friend who is doing the outing. The film charts his journey, from his great anger to a universal understanding. White Coyote Amber Jay Bessom Cardenas Young Carlos and his witless Uncle Jorge hire a coyote – Nicki Fox Ray Spruill an unscrupulous white American – to get them through the After watching him abuse her in a violent movie, a lonely Mexican desert and over the border without getting them lost, delivery guy becomes obsessed with protecting a young killed, or caught. actress from her current co-star. Image is one thing, reality is something else. Family Othello Shock Giulio Baraldi Dolphin’s Song Kathy Krantz Stewart When a theatre director wants to put on an unforgettable ver- A girl goes back to her past to fix her future with the help of sion of Shakespeare’s Othello, he will end up working with a a dolphin. This is a spiritual, family-friendly film. It shows schizophrenic actor, who is not able to reconcile imagination forgiveness, reincarnation, real history in the storyline, and with reality but perfect for a shocking final scene. But he shows how wonderful dolphins are. Original music com- has only ten days to debut and he is only a director, not a posed by author of the script. It was just nominated for Best psychiatrist. Screenplay at the Beverly Hills Film Festival 2014. The Prosecutor David Bortman Here Comes Krampus Eleanor Stadnyk In the early ’70s, before Roe v. Wade, a prominent young Krampus, Santa’s spooky companion, is supposed to punish Assistant D.A. gets a girl pregnant, and has to arrange for a naughty children, but he becomes confused when little Lexie back-alley abortion. The abortion is botched, the girl dies, and decides that he is her grandfather. A witch, pursuing Lexie’s he is assigned to prosecute the abortionist, no one knowing family, is also on board the cruise ship. Mischief, magic, and that he’s the one who arranged for the abortion. mystery, young and old characters – a fun Christmas fantasy for The Recruiters Janelle Lee the whole family. (Setting could be switched to a luxury hotel.) A young, frightened boy goes in search of his kidnapped Let Me Play Dannie O’Connor mother who disappeared along with the rest of their village. A little girl with heart of a child and the mind of a genius runs Security Kathleen Tobin away to play, make friends, and find the childhood she has A young, 1950s bride struggles to build a perfect life in fear- been denied. laced, tragic Cold War America. Fantasy Shooting Star Richard Harrison and David Powell A non-stop, roller coaster ride of a road movie which is blind- Fairyland Granville Oluikpe sided by love and revenge. A modern day “Bonnie and Clyde” An average Joe, romantically challenged because he is repressing meets “American Hustle.” mysterious supernatural powers, must embrace his dark passions and wild fantasies in order to save his long-lost soul mate and South Beach, Minnesota David Johnson transform their humdrum lives into a magical adventure. A backwoods Minnesotan must honor his older brother’s dying request by traveling to Florida to try fishing there. After Legends of Three Kingdoms. Part 1 Tatyana Malyuk his truck is vandalized, he must accept the hospitality of two Orphaned girl reveals that she is a princess and magician. gay men as he gets back on his feet. Delbert learns to adapt With help of her friend Magmaster and Noble Expert Khok, and finds belonging and in the process brings together two she decrypts the mystery of the Swords of the Ancients and worlds that have never intersected before. saves the world from the Ancient Evil. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Fantasy – Non-Fiction/History 22 Rembark, the Painting Dog Roland Hofer A Pound of Flesh Georges Salo Rolf is a struggling artist who discovers his dog, Rembark, is A criminal boss exhausts all avenues, including whatever his a better painter than he is. wealth provides, in order to save his terminally ill wife. In a last desperate attempt he offers the most valuable items in his The War in Heaven Mano Sotelo possession – his morals and his soul – to the devil for the life An epic tale of two brothers, archangels Michael and Lucifer, of his one and true love. from the time of creation to the exile of Lucifer. “The War in Heaven” is an allegory which explores man’s conflict with the The Restoration Laurel Pardo ego and his search for salvation in a reality filled with diversions. Three years after the accidental deaths of his wife and two young sons, a cemetery restorer faces a terrible horror that Horror teaches him the importance of letting go. Carpe Noctem Monte Moore S.A. Undead Renee S. Ebert How far would you go to stop a sadistic killer – even when When biogenetic engineers develop new domains of life by you found out the killer was you? retro-engineering viruses in attempt to inoculate every cell within the human genome with regenerative medicine, they Claws David Serra unlock a secret more dark than what claws its way from a A chef struggles to survive the night at her seafood restaurant casket. Join our heroic team of survivalists as they encounter when it’s attacked by ferocious humanoid lobsters. real and breaking-edge crowd control weaponry more creepy The Corn Wall Luke Walker than the walking dead. A comet’s imminent return attracts a stargazer and his family Spin the Bottle Jennifer Bielli to a rural Cornish cottage, as well as the spirit of a murderous A game of spin the bottle descends into a fight for survival witch who needs a body to inhabit and a child to sacrifice. among high school seniors. As their friends drop dead around Will they survive the night or will they succumb to the evil them, these uppity teens seem more concerned with who will that lurks beyond the corn wall? end up on homecoming court than who will end up on the Cyril the Smarter Phone Bruce Mortensen slab. As the old saying goes: if you can’t beat ’em, kill ’em! A psycho-sexual woman plots the murder of her ex asking her cell phone questions. Soon the cell phone is playing an active Summer of Blood Robert Armstrong role planning the murder as it starts importing the psychic When friends team up to write an exploitation script, they find cloud of her emotions. A relationship is formed, as she aban- that making a horror movie can be murder. dons Cyril, he uses what he has learned from her for revenge. Surge James Watts Demon Vampires Patricia Ecklund-Ruch When four NASA scientists are sent to an isolated top-secret Not just “another vampire story” when demons are released Mars Rover command bunker in Alaska to find out why the from Stonehenge. Script contains sex, comedy, transfigura- previous team was killed, they become trapped and must battle tion, mutation, and terror. deadly surges of viral radio waves being transmitted from Mars. Kukudhi Phillip Antonucci Until the Day We Die Thomas Berntsen After moving to America, an Albanian immigrant and her fam- As four inner city teens steal a car on a hot summer’s day to ily are followed by an ancient evil intent on their destruction. escape to the beach for the day, they stumble across a body in the boot of the car and suddenly find themselves hunted by Legacy Marc Johnson a pair of vicious Asian gangsters who in reality are ancient A biochemist confronts family secrets and betrayal when a sinister demons. vengeful werewolf ravages her life. Non-Fiction/History Lion of God Art Ayris He was called a Hebrew of Hebrews but became the most Every month an average famous spokesmen of the early Christian faith until his of 25 scripts are beheading in Nero’s prison. A cinematic epic of the life and journeys of the legendary Paul of Tarsus. purchased or optioned The Niihau Incident Norm Thomas The true story of a bizarre chain of events that unfold when the Register at www.InkTip.com peaceful villagers on Hawaii’s “Forbidden Island” of Niihau welcome a Japanese pilot who crashes on their secluded isle, A free service to the industry unaware of his role attacking Pearl Harbor, but soon must rise to defend their land together in a fateful week that changed the course of American history. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Non-Fiction/History – Romantic Comedy 23 Prisoner No.7 Chris Fuller friends play along with her fantasy. A charismatic musician When Prisoner No.7 at Spandau prison mysteriously dies, a who is unaware of her condition falls in love with her, and she fascinating story of espionage and counter-espionage emerges begins to return to reality until his checkered past is revealed. despite the efforts of the British authorities to suppress the truth. The Pinocchio Paradox Todd Gordon Romance Peter Pine, a Brooklyn slacker who is a direct descendant of Pinocchio and shares his quirky traits, battles – and then falls The Advent of Summer Marlene Comet in love with – an uptight female caseworker with her own An artist embroiled in a love triangle finds true love when she fairy-tale issues, who is determined to confine Peter’s beloved takes her deceased father’s place in a “gold cup” polo tourna- grandfather to a nursing home because of Peter’s uninten- ment. Based on the novel “The Advent of Summer” written tional neglect. by Morgan Campbell (screenwriter owns rights to the novel). Rhyme or Reason Inherit a Marriage (I AM) Georges Salo Armando Fente, Jr. and Robert Fente Traditional and modern values collide for an Indian lesbian A meek professor, vying for tenure, is hopelessly in love with who must return to India to attend her father’s funeral. Upon the fiancée of his corrupt boss, the dean. After the ghost of a arriving in India with her partner, she discovers that she must macho writer helps him win her, the professor faces losing his marry in order to uphold her family’s rank and stature. career and love life when the ghost pressures him to expose the dean, who has published the ghost’s private love poems Why I Cheat: Men, Marriage, and Cheating as his own. Timothy Patten Stories that women hate. Stories for men only. Watch how he Score Big, Lose Big Nick E. Warsaw gets back at her bitching ways in “Why I Cheat.” The start of A Las Vegas tale about two young billionaires blowing off the new men’s movement. (Book for adaptation) steam over a one-month period – bets are on, sex is off, and love is in the air! A recipe for excitement. Romantic Comedy Something About Roses Nancy Bruce Bowmaker Alan Adler A cosmopolitan relationship counselor fights love at every The gods didn’t die in Ancient Greece; they’re in low-income turn, only to find it (with her dad’s unwanted help) in the town housing in NYC. Cupid, god of love, is threatening to retire, she swore she’d never live! convinced the world sees him as a box of chocolates and a Still Life Steven Bolia Hallmark card. He wants out. But a little indiscretion shows A charming video store clerk struggling to make it in up, claiming to be his son, challenging him to spread the love Hollywood decides to orchestrate the career of a shy and and pass the torch. socially awkward co-worker when she discovers he has Can’t Hurry Love Alan Adler something she doesn’t – real talent. As they begin to fall in Evangeline and Gabriel, victims of religious persecution, are love, the only thing keeping them apart is her inability to get separated on their wedding day in 1755. Two hundred fifty years over the heartbreak of her first marriage. later, destiny gives them another chance as Evan and Gabby, two Timothy Little Mario Martin middle-aged Jews that wouldn’t know karma from kasha. An exuberant young man groomed for corporate-style lead- Double John Robert Field ership fails miserably to connect. Booted from his cocooned An underachieving stagehand who aspires to act finds a better environment he’ll either get it … oh boy, does he get it! version of himself taking over every aspect of his life. Fifteen Years Harry Cardillo After being separated for 15 years, a college couple reunites to find that even though love never dies, time doesn’t stand still. Jitters Chris Westphal Go to www.InkTip.com Seth and Emma were perfectly happy living together. Then, Seth had to do something stupid. He proposed. and search by Love is Forever Patricia McLaine They met before they were born and in their dreams – with the promise they would meet again on a carousel in the year title or author for the 2000 – because love is forever! The Perfect Guy Steven Bolia scripts that interest you! After an accident, a young woman does not realize her perfect fiancé is an illusion only visible to her because her family and Register Today at www.InkTip.com Romantic Comedy – Sci-Fi 24 Tubular Romance Robert Fallin The Decimation Catherine Arne A brash American PR agent, Bob, goes to Beijing for After an unexplained phenomenon sweeps the planet causing Hypertube, a 4,000 mph maglev system. China and Russia all babies to be born anatomically female, an ordinary have Hypertube and want to sell it to the West. In Beijing, teenaged girl gives birth to the first male child in seven years Bob meets Li, a beautiful Chinese executive for Hypertube. and is faced with an unimaginable choice which could cost Together, they cross Europe by rail and, along the way, Bob her life and determine the fate of all mankind. and Li find more in common than “business.” The Deserter Ronald Brown Tyrannosaurus Sex Robert Kirschten While working an H.P. Lovecraft-type case, a Los Angeles PI A straight woman disguises herself as a man to get a job at a reunites with an abductee friend thought dead 20-something natural history museum, then falls in love with her straight male years before who asks his help in evading hostile aliens boss who reciprocates and, thinking she’s a man, tries to turn hunting him and his baby son. gay. The young woman must untangle the tangle to win the man she loves. Imagine “Tootsie” in “Night at the Museum.” Earthman II William E. Dyson, III Dream of space travel takes hold of a African-American Sci-Fi farm girl who is visited by aliens. A battle ensues between U.S. military and the aliens. Her mother is killed. Escaping The Abduction Ester Lopez with the aliens, she later in time becomes Commander A reclusive man is abducted and betrayed by aliens and his Laura of Ira 1 star system. Confrontations in her life struggles to escape and return to Earth brings the realization journeys and romance with an Earthman named Bill leads that his happiness lies elsewhere. to more adventures. Alien Man Georges Salo The Half Mad King Robert Field Twelve thousand years ago, modern man existed and was Guided by visions, a stardrive engineer tries to save his long regarded by the indigenous population as gods, hence dead sister from conspiratorial forces. He may be mad, but he Alien Man. These different groups of modern men, along may also be right. with their indigenous, less-evolved people go to war for each other’s resources. The Last Iceberg Anne Ousby and Colin Stewart Angel of the Earth Najeem Ayoola Based on the gripping novel, “The Last Iceberg,” Maya Having escaped several captures and tortures, an alien boy Johnson, a troubled, teen crime operative, is on the run from suffers an endless chase for a crime committed by his ghost her murderous president for a crime she didn’t commit, while twin brother. he plots to steal the next election and ultimately the world. Cell Wars Jay Klapperman Legacy Steven Bolia Enter the human body, a bustling metropolis, as a geneti- A high school science geek inherits superpowers when he cally engineered man fights alongside the personification of travels through a wormhole to an alien planet. Upon his the immune system whose forces battle the biggest terrorist return, he realizes he is the only one who can stand between of all time, a man called Cancer who threatens the life of two warring ancient alien species that plan to use Earth as an unborn child. their final battleground. Cosmic Swan Bill Copeland M-B.R.E.O. David Mandel A geologist, studying the cause of massive earthquakes in Beatrice Coeur carries the future of mankind in her belly – south Asia, discovers they are caused by the hatching from and on her shoulders. The top-secret Project M-B.R.E.O. deep in the Earth of a giant alien egg. promises to change the game forever by changing what it means to be human. But some people may not want that to change. “Looper” meets “Children of Men.” Mail Order Bride Bot Byron Marsh Engaged to marry the heir to a computer fortune, a struggling The Script You Need robotics engineer falls for an android he is field testing and must choose between a safe future in a super-rich, over- Is at InkTip.com controlling family or a zany 300IQ machine. Master Connections Colin K. Stewart and Ronald Townsen Register at www.InkTip.com A secret U.S. research team battles Russians, Chinese, and A free service to the industry terrorists while tapping into alien transmissions across the universe. (Book for adaptation)

For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Sci-Fi – Suspense/Thriller 25 May Your House Be Safe from Tigers Patrick Norton Landry discovers a connection to an exorcism the Church When a construction company employee loses his job, he says never happened. What she discovers is that sometimes sinks into a depression that leads him to join a community of the darkest secrets are perceptions of reality. misfits devoted to learning about the race of alien lizards who secretly rule Earth. The Aura of Truth John L. Vitez, Jr. Two brothers become unwittingly involved in the downfall Odyssey Bourne Force of the Aura Technology, in a past life. Ironically, reviving the Debbie Renner and Deborah Louise Robinson technology becomes their only salvation now. An ancient stone doorway opens to worlds of adventure, action, and extreme enemies. Bocas Thomas Barron Gringo, a tropical-island bartender, seeks female companion Sunstone S-59 Hugh Mason and Jens (Pil) Pilegaard for cold drinks and warm water. Cheaters and drug lords In 1962, a government black budget unit deployed a quantum need not apply. (Currently a quarter-finalist in Amazon web of time, projecting an assassin’s consciousness 50 years Breakthrough Novel Award. Book for adaptation.) into the future to silence a threat to their operation. Burning Rage Don Banting Tales from Beyond the Stars Ronald Brown An ugly, lonely woman treated cruelly all her life turns first to Four embittered scientists on a corporate space station prove a arson for revenge and then kidnapping in the hopes of getting machine of their own invention capable of streaming thought her hostage to fall in love with her. and spoken words into 3D images by using it as a personal amusement – a dire misuse of a company asset that, if discov- Catch the Rain John Keckhaver ered, carries severe penalties. Drawn in by a medical mystery, a former field doctor leads her team back into danger and mayhem. Tumble Dustin Kahia and Robert Browning A blackmailed scientist must use his wiles and memory- The Cutter Alix Reeves altering technology to change the perception of past events A late night morgue tech at L.A. County Hospital discovers and save what’s left of his family. (2014 Finalist Nashville that cadavers are being used to smuggle pharmaceuticals. He Film Festival, top 43 out of 1,511 submissions.) agrees to take part in the lucrative scheme, until he finds the smuggling includes viable human organs taken from home- Two Eternal Marcin Dachowski less people off the streets of Skid Row. Two aliens land on nearly unrecognizable Earth where they battle futuristic creatures and search for the final piece of a Dante’s Island Georges Salo universe-probing device. A wealthy eccentric orchestrates a reality show to find and exact his revenge on those that killed his family. Utopia, Almost John Gascoigne In 2030 peace has finally won, but the Yeats’s are in conflict. The Dead Ringer Suzanne Lutas Each heads to a new territory, he to one for physical recreation, Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the mistress of a London- she to neighboring “Arcadia” to enjoy the arts. Competing based Chinese Triad boss, an ordinary waitress is trained by for members, the Physicals play dirty. Harvey, missing Janet, MI5 to infiltrate the gang and bring them down. crosses the border to try to win her back. He double strikes, ending sabotage and healing a nation. Determination Charles Reap, Jr. In a bizarre occurrence, two different parties plan to kidnap a Suspense/Thriller wealthy man’s grown daughter, only to have to first one to snag her die after stashing her. She must extricate herself via her own Americon John Murphy guile, as a chase for the second villains runs to the Virgin Islands. San Francisco ex-cops battle homegrown terrorists with a Cold War missile targeted on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Devils’ Cradle Naomi Lamont With the aid of a mysterious man, a woman and her son go on And I Dwelt in the Land of Nod Parker Briscoe the run from an abusive husband and his brother – a sadistic Winter 1885: a Canadian Northwest Mounted Police officer cop – only to discover her rescuer has his own plans for her. is assigned to apprehend an illegal whiskey trader, but the two men must fight for survival in the wilderness as they are Erebus Giovanni Taveras hunted by an insane cannibal with a pack of wolves. Set against the backdrop of World War II, a captain must lead his men into Germany’s Hurtgen Forest, where not only must Another Man’s Son Randy Bixby they battle Nazis but a diabolical supernatural force that could An amoral man must make a moral decision when an assassin ultimately tear them apart. is hired to kill the man who adopted his son. False Memory Melvin Moore Apocrypha Mishelle Wendel A woman’s search into the mystery surrounding her sister’s When cryptic handwriting links a convicted murderer to a death stirs horrific memories and exposes a cover-up of young girl he has never met, Special Investigator Emma molestation and murder. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Suspense/Thriller 26 The Final Convert Gena Somra usurped by a private collector and return it to the museum. He A religious scholar risks everything to save a child from an devises the scheme with such complexity as to also gain the ominous end of days prophecy, only to realize there are those love of his life. that will stop at nothing to ensure that prophecy is fulfilled. A Lancaster Lad William Eaton First Contact at Cabo Rojo David Thorndill Death in no-man’s land turns a WWI German soldier An eccentric biology professor is taken to Cabo Rojo, Puerto into a British hero. How can the authorities untangle this Rico, by the FBI to contact kidnappers who took the president classic blunder? and his yacht, but he discovers the kidnappers are Navy-trained dolphins who demand protection of whales and dolphins, but Lesser2evils Ann Kimbrough they attack a whaling fleet with weapons they have salvaged. In a secret interrogation facility, a rookie female FBI analyst struggles to contain a serial killer – her only hope is to join forces Forgotten Christopher Kwun with a devious bomber. (Paperback released in January 2014) The world freezes at the brink of World War III when the United States and China battle over North Korea’s nuclear Little Giant Bujor Ovidiu missile facilities when North Korea’s regime collapses. The A little girl seems to be the major obstacle in the way of some villain, a rogue Chinese spy agent, has delusions of grandeur Russian lunatics that are about to start the Third World War. with plans to seize North Korean land and claim as China’s own. But his plans are foiled by China’s president and col- Look the Other Way Michael Joshua and Patrick Foley league friend (hero). A rape on the weekend of a reunion to celebrate a wedding turns a small community upside down. No longer can anyone Friends of Iscariot Allen Zeleski look the other way! Four thieves are befriended by a blind priest, who offers them absolution of their sins if they help him rob a bank. Man in the Window Renaldo Primas Jarvis Winston, one of the few Negro Army officers in the mid Genie Mike Logsdon 1950s, is profiled and charged with treason. LSD is used as a A hit man sets out to finish off his father, a serial killer whom he saw strangle his mother when he was little, then learns another truth serum. He’s vindicated, but the after-effects ruin his life. dark secret about him that could cost both men their lives. “The Deer Hunter” meets “Traitor.” (In 1992, I won an AFI Writers Workshop Award for this screenplay.) The Gunness Farm Michael Angelo Bernacchi The calculated life of America’s most prolific female serial A Natural Evil Sean Wright killer derails, resulting in a series of horrific discoveries that A family has been sadistically killed, a young boy kidnapped, remain a mystery to this day. and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and her twisted, convoluted story that begins with her trip back home. A Hope in Hell Darrell Keifer Apocalypse survivors break into a sedation-prison to revive No World So Wide Maurice Billington female inmates for world repopulation, but accidentally A modern-day supernatural sequel to Romeo and Juliet in awaken a serial killer. Futuristic thriller, fast-paced, contained, which Romeo makes a deal with the devil to release Juliet’s character driven, a niche genre film for international sales. soul from purgatory in exchange for reigniting the now centuries-old feud between their families. Ian Simon Teal Georges Salo Two master thieves mentor a down-on-his-luck amateur thief The Oasis Plan Rick McGivern in his craft. To show his gratitude, he’ll accomplish the one When a drought-plagued Western U.S. falls into anarchy after task his mentors couldn’t complete – steal an item illegally a terrorist attack at Hoover Dam, an Army colonel is sent in to repair the damage but gets caught between the military and the CIA as they struggle for control of a secret project to build new cities with their own water supplies. Every month an average Out of the Picture Sophia Eptamenitis An unlikely love affair between a frat boy and artsy student of 25 scripts are goes sour when his psycho ex-girlfriend resurfaces and the purchased or optioned two girls fight – to the death – over his affections. Pravda99 (truth99) Ad Bol Register at www.InkTip.com When her Pussy Riot sister is ensnared by the Russian secret police, a shy and introverted young Russian woman is left with A free service to the industry only one recourse to save her sister – recover the evidence that will expose the violent truth behind Vladimir Putin’s 1999 election campaign. For these and many more scripts go to our website www.InkTip.com Suspense/Thriller – Western 27 Retribution Has a Name Georges Salo Where The...Is My Brother? Georges Salo An assassin, at the top of his game, continues about his work Bulldozer, a.k.a. “Andreas Morelli,” is a well-known enforcer watching with passing interest as the financial markets crum- working for the mob to snuff out their enemies. Mathieu ble. When his friend’s elderly aunt commits suicide after losing (Bulldozer’s brother) is developmentally challenged, but with her life savings...well it just got personal. He now dispenses one extraordinary ability – he’s a natural locksmith. When his brand of retribution to those few whose greed created the Matthieu is kidnapped as part of what seems to be a larger financial crisis that caused the distress and grief to so many. mob conspiracy, Bulldozer vows to save him and bring those responsible to justice. The Roche Limit Jonas Vesterberg An intelligence operative on the verge of breakdown must Western face his inner demons and prejudiced beliefs as he tries to foil A Cowboy Christmas – An American Tale Tom Van Dyke a terror plot against an America in decline. A fearless young man, not yet 16 and alone in 1873, crosses Sense of Time Syeed Ryan the western territory in search of adventure and California After being left with survivor’s guilt, a loner is employed to gold. WB’s roam takes a dramatic twist when he meets Ginny, retrieve documents in the past, only to have to fight against 15. They are separated by a hostile encounter, setting them off time itself to fix a fatal error. wandering the vast western frontier, searching for each other while struggling to stay alive. Silence in Heaven Michael Smith The Promise Jenny M. Hobeck Amidst an escalating international nuclear showdown and the A vast parcel of land was prophetically given to Demetrio, threat of martial law across America, a local mayor resigns an American Indian. Time passes; Demetrio’s son, Geronimo, in protest and moves his family to an isolated lodge in the trades the deed to the land for a whiskey bottle. Educated in Montana mountains. But the real war is just beginning, right Spain, Demetrio’s daughter, Felice, has come home and is at their doorstep – and beyond. teaching metaphysics, philosophy, logic, ethics, and theol- ogy. She leaves her students (European Benedictine nuns) to Silent SacrificeJames Price resolve the problem. Ex-solider and elite Brotherhood member Tom investigates the deaths of fellow compatriots, forcing him to revisit a dirty war long since ended. When he discovers the assassins are closer to home than he could ever imagine, he’s ordered to kill Every month an average his oldest friend. 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