JUNE VOLUME 17 2017 MAGAZINE ® ISSUE 3 Where everyone goes for scripts and writers™

If I Had Wings: Producer Cynde Harmon’s Passion Project Soars to Festival Success

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Cinequest Screenwriting Poe Contest Competition Supremacy (Drama) Rosalyn Rosen Company Town (Drama – Television 1-Hour Pilot) The daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors interviews a Samantha Levenshus neo-Nazi for her new book. The interview becomes some- Set in 1894 in the company town of Pullman, the lives of thing she did not expect or could have ever imagined. three families intertwine in unexpected ways, confronting issues of racism, sexism, and the rights of government in Scriptapalooza Television the months leading up to the bloody railroad strike that Writing Competition defined the American Labor Movement. The Size of the Fight in the Dog (Drama – Television Nevermore (Fantasy – Television 1-Hour Pilot) 1-Hour Pilot) David Samuels Lilly Slaydon Leanne is conflicted after seeing Mendez take advantage Suffering from nightmarish visions, Edgar Allan Poe of an unconscious Piper in the hospital. attempts to unravel the mystery of his wife’s death and discovers that his own stories contain the secrets of his SR Socially Relevant haunted past. Film Festival New York

Nightingale (Drama – Television 1-Hour Pilot) Harry’s Harvest (Comedy – Television 1/2-Hour Pilot) A.J. Bermudez Cilla Lowen In the aftermath of a career-ending surgery, rising star A drop-dead gorgeous, single farmer is unknowingly physician Joseph Reyes returns to the dark neighborhood entered into a reality dating show by his conniving mother, of his former life and discovers a new calling as under- but a computer glitch draws an overload of suitors to their ground surgeon for the brutal gangs of inner Baltimore. remote farm. The farmers’ version of The Bachelor gone horribly wrong. Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition TVWriter.com People’s Pilot Contest

The Hundredth Monkey (Horror) Justin Michael Terry Matryoshka (Drama – Television 1-Hour Pilot) Angela Berliner As a sociological experiment, a trio of grad students tries to pass off a fictional murderer as real. Traveling tothe A girl being raised by an international crime boss grows hometown of their made-up killer, they discover that up to become a secret agent tasked to hunt down and the locals believe the legend to a deadly degree. kill the very man who raised her. The series unfolds along three timelines, revealing a decades-long mystery into the The Sower (Thriller) Davin Affrunti making of the woman who becomes known in spy circles An abstinent cynic gets pulled into a manic web of intrigue, as the Matryoshka. (Winner of the TVWriter.com People’s manhunt, and culture warfare when he unwittingly becomes Pilot Contest. Represented by Lisa Callamaro, Callamaro the sole carrier of a mutated “viral phage” STD that erad- Literary Agency.) icates all human disease. (Best Overall Winner – 2016 Filmmatic Screenplay Awards; Best Thriller – 2016 Filmmatic The UK Film Festival Feature Screenplay Awards. Represented by Eric Williams, Zero Script Competition Gravity Management.) Garden of Delight (Horror) Paul Gerard Grammatico Fresh Voices After being fired from his job, Marvin, at his wife’s request, Screenplay Competition tends to their large backyard garden. Gardening and revenge is taken to another level after he saves a man Preincarnation (Sci-Fi) Kendall Castor-Perry from choking at a restaurant who is a professional killer. When his mother surfaces after 26 years on the run, an historian, who’s living multiple past lives as they happen WeScreenplay through a “fissure” in space-time, investigates his distant Darlings (Western) Aaron Yeung traumatic pasts – and discovers that back in 1349, he was the channel for a resurrected alien monster that will arrive On a farm in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious old in 2015 and annihilate the Earth. woman and her eight-year-old niece welcome in a band of violent criminals seeking shelter from a blizzard. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 5 Feature Scripts – Grouped by Genre

Action/Adventure outpost: taunting the Americans. Lieutenant Dave Briganti is determined to bring them home – against incredible odds. The 13 of Glory Georges Salo Alex Anico The quest for El Dorado by Francisco Pizarro takes the Born Losers: Hell in Heelz conquistadors, known as The 13 of Glory, to a land rife Billy, a retired Army veteran traveling cross country by motor- with gold. Their altruistic start spirals into the subjugation cycle, helps a family attacked by a female biker gang called the of the Inca nation and the genocide of its people. Hell in Heelz. Adapted from the film The Born Losers (1967). (Official Selection of the 2017 Beverly Hills Film Festival; Zed Fest Agent Foster Kid Jamey Durham, MFA Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2016 – finalist; 2016 Nine-year-old Jace has been abandoned by his mom, so he ScreenCraft Action/Thriller Screenplay Contest – quarter-final- is placed into foster care. Jace thinks his mom is a spy and ist; Boston International Film Festival 2017 – semi-finalist.) something has gone wrong with her mission, so he puts together a team of kids to rescue her. The kids battle inept Broken Wings Robbert Marcel Snijders spies who have their eye on a secret military weapon. During WWII, a bomber pilot has an unusual encounter with the enemy on his way back from a mission. He shoots Almost Utopia John Gascoigne down a German fighter with his pistol as a last and des- A young couple with unresolved grief over the death of perate resource to save ship and crew. A superior officer their child in 2030 join neighbouring recreation commu- insinuates he is a liar, making him lose his temper and nities as mutually hostile as themselves. The neglectful ruining his career. But not forever. husband uses pain as his teacher to reconnect with his wife and return the warring groups to playfulness. Cache Rick Tester

Apache Echo David McCartney While rock climbing on the Missouri River for a cache, Ryne’s wife vanishes. He receives a ransom note two weeks A feisty, big-city editor turned small-town newspaperman later that forces him to search extremely dangerous loca- struggles with moral dilemmas and his own fears when he tions for a cache worth millions. As time runs out, the true follows the bloody trail of a fierce, Geronimo-like warrior identity and deadly intentions of his partner are revealed who has emerged in this day and age. on the face of a 3,000 foot cliff. Or did Ryne know all along? The Aviatrix (Pancho Barnes) Stephen Kelly Counterchance Con Kringas A Roaring Twenties socialite takes up the dangerous An FBI sniper goes rogue to save his family. “sport” of flying, then spends the rest of her life proving a woman can out-fly anybody. (Consider from: ScriptXpert, Country Robert M. Kaufmann ScriptShark, ScriptPalooza, The Black List, and Stage 32.) When two brothers, one of whom is mildly autistic, are Bend Anthony Dionisio orphaned in a botched home invasion, they struggle to escape An aspiring reporter manipulates a seemingly indestruc- a town overrun by neo-Nazis, ultimately resulting in a climactic tible vigilante into becoming a superheroine, in order confrontation between the entire town and the population of to stop the Russian Mafia from selling a Cold War nerve the local mental hospital. Think The Andy Griffith Show meets agent to a megalomaniac. Natural Born Killers meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

The Bigfoot Hunters Matt Hausmann Cowgirl’s Christmas Romance Colin Stewart When an army of Bigfoot threatens the Earth, a ragtag Cinderella cowgirl looks for Western romance. (Best team of bickering heroes band together to stop them. Screenplay winner: Christian OLFF; Best Writer winner: Christian OLFF; Best Screenplay – official selection: Beverly Black Friday Matthew Sorvillo Hills Film Festival) After decades in prison, Roy Carver just wants to spend CyberPlay Ed Beverly Thanksgiving reconciling with his estranged family. But his vindictive former partner has other holiday plans, forcing Trapped within a virtual reality “experience,” six college Roy’s entire clan to perform a heist on the same bank Roy buddies struggle to escape a ruthless cyber-creature set was busted for robbing years earlier. loose by a programming glitch.

The Bodies John Freda David Shannon Honaker They fought and died under his command. Their mutilated Young David, being anointed the new king over Israel, must bodies are spread-eagled on a fiercely defended enemy defeat the Giant Goliath to marry King Saul’s daughter Register Today at www.InkTip.com 6 Action/Adventure – but then is in for the flight of his life to escape death Hindsight Eric P Granger from the deranged king. “Only one will survive,” says the hidden sadistic director of Dog of War James Crouson and Alexander Nunez his “live broadcast” pay-per-view survival challenge aired on the Deep Web. Six college classmates and friends from A bomb detection dog serving in Afghanistan is separated 20 years past are suddenly abducted from their daily lives from her team. An Afghani boy cares for her, and the two and when awoken have 48 hours to survive the hazard- must find a way to avoid the dog fights and the Taliban to laden jungle – and each other. get her home. How to Kill a Witch Martin Bartlett Final Call Wilson Young When a 12-year-old girl discovers that her schlep of a Things get out of hand when Tony’s true identity is exposed father is engaged to marry a supermodel with uncanny to Eddie Perry, a big-time drug lord. powers, she assembles a team of misfit friends to kill her Firebird Stephen Colley would-be stepmother for fear she is a witch with a sinister agenda. Think of a modern day Goonies, yet with strong An intransigent young woman, pursued by a goddess, female leads. must survive wilderness exile to find the Firebird and return fire to humanity. Hunted Michael Narracott

The Fireman Quinn Paul Dewsbury After a tyrannical ruler destroys her city and usurps her father’s throne, a young woman enlists the help of an arro- A heroic fireman, his race car driver wife, a bitter archae- gant sell-sword to seek revenge on the man who betrayed ologist, a vindictive detective, and a lost Native American and murdered her family. legend about a Phoenix all have one thing in common: timing is everything. The Ice Cream Cone and the Alligator John Freda

Green Flash Eric P. Granger The first day as a young infantry officer in combat in the Korean War. Before digital cameras, Aaron and his brother Carl com- pete in Maine’s 1984 Down East Photo Contest. Aaron, In the Arms of the Dragon Stephen Kelly trying to impress his new love interest Marti, takes her to A young Army officer flies north to replace a dead man. His an abandoned lighthouse to show off his photography job: “Nation Building” – help the locals. But what if the locals skills, only to stumble into a major drug smuggling oper- are all VC? He soon has to “wheel and deal” to get things ation. Using only their wits, they must fight off multiple done, while he falls in love with a woman and her country. attackers and survive until dawn. Come see the real Vietnam. (Consider from ScriptShark) Hell’s Apprentice Georges Salo Jamaica Biltmore: Partners Tom Greco An operative posing as a reporter must assassinate a Jamaica Biltmore, private eye, single father, tries to entice rogue U.S. Army colonel taking on ISIL with his band of his son to join the family business instead of going to devoted followers known as Hell’s Apprentice. college. Hoping the next case through the door will do Hijacking the American Presidency: the trick, Jamaica gets more than he bargains for and Terrorists in the WH Assad Wright needs the help of his friends: a NYC police captain, a Navy admiral and semi-famous writer to convince his son. (Book When a splinter group from the Evangelical Right planned for adaptation) to hijack the presidency and install their own through a series of assassinations, including of the sitting president, Joachim’s Magic M.L. Stainer agents from the Religious Unit of Homeland Security must find a way to thwart this diabolical plan, which includes Action-packed adventure. 1585 Virginia; explorers search- a preemptive nuclear strike against unsuspecting foreign ing for copper, silver, and gold. Among them, the Queen’s nations. (Book for adaptation) Jewish metallurgist Joachim Gans. Taunted with prejudice, he and others are captured by hostile natives. Can he save them? Threatened with death, what “magic” can he per- form? Will he risk everything so they can survive? Story of religious intolerance apropos today. Great reviews. (Book Go to www.InkTip.com and for adaptation) search by title or author for Kieran Killjoy Red Forrest the scripts that interest you! As history’s only leprechaun raised in an orphanage, youthful Kieran Killjoy lacked cobbling skills. Now an adult fairy, he’s the only hope to save Earth from its ecological For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 7 woes – which the Darksiders and Otherworlders will gladly exploit to help them claim our planet.

Killian Season Mark Aaron Donnell Recent Successes Two special forces veterans are forced to wage a war Sherry Robb Options Unstable against a big-time drug dealer for reneging on a promise Sherry Robb with the Robb Company found Unstable to take care of a fallen soldier’s daughter. It’s not just the on InkTip and optioned it from Mark Daniels. Sherry money involved, but he has hurt the people they love. Now is also a manager, with multiple clients found through let the battle begin. InkTip, and has acted as a producer on several of their projects. Mark attended UCLA’s screenwriting pro- The Last Vikings David Thorndill gram, and now lives in Kentucky where he also works as a grant writer. He has been promoting his work Harshness of the Little Ice Age forces a 15th century on InkTip for over a decade, averaging three options Greenlandic Viking clan chief to take his family on a perilous per year in that time. His writing credits through voyage to North America. He befriends a native Micmac InkTip include The Black Hole, starring Dean Cain and woman and battles Mohawk warriors on their journey up Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange). the Saint Lawrence River. He defeats the Mohawk chief above the falls of Niagara and settles with the peaceful Adam Coleridge Options The Sound Erie Native Americans. Adam Coleridge with Phynk Film Industries found Launched Victor Rappoport The Sound through InkTip and optioned it from Amy Crider. Adam is an accomplished artist-turned-film- The U.S. president had two secret computers made. He maker whose credits include To Dust Return starring loaned one to the Russian president who had once saved Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time) and Sam Jaeger the American president’s life. The two computers could (American Sniper), among others. Amy is a prize-win- instantly disable any nuclear devices worldwide. Someone ning Chicago playwright, who said, “The best part destroys the Russian computer, the American computer about it is that I didn’t have to fly to L.A., but instead stops working, and the elements that can make the com- we did the whole thing through email and it was very puters run are injected into the skull of Trishka. fast and smooth.” Indeed, Amy joined InkTip just last September, and this is her first option through InkTip. The Littlest Hitman Ralph Lucas An L.A. teenager is on the run after being spotted firing Benjamin Howdeshell Options Shadow a prop rifle at a local Mafia Don at the exact time a real Benjamin Howdeshell with Visceral Content found assassin kills the man. Shadow on InkTip and optioned it from Mike Doyle. Benjamin’s credits include the IGN series Project The Lost X E. Pauline Burbank S.E.R.A., among others. Mike has also directed and Archaeologists crash into the wall of a canyon while flying produced several of his own projects. His short film over Russia. The survivors discover a remnant of the Lost The Strain earned distribution as part of the “AAAAH! Ten Tribes from the Bible. They are cliff dwellers in dire Indie Horror Hits” anthology. This is Mike’s first option need. It plays out as a fascinating spiritual and emotional through InkTip since joining several years ago. journey into the unknown as they encounter the forces of Bob Myers Options Bullet Drift good and evil. A dig was never this exciting. Bob Myers with Platinum Moose Productions found The LST 333 Sally McGillis Bullet Drift on InkTip and optioned it from William Phipps and Robert Kunc. Bob’s credits include The World War II was fought by professional soldiers, house- Eden Formula, starring Jeff FaheyMachete ( ) and Dee wives, average Joes, and riveters. The LST 333 is the Wallace (E.T.), among others. Bill hails from Michigan, personal tale of an average housewife and Joe, whose and has been with InkTip since 2009. He has experi- love is separated by war, where the battlefront fought for ence in production as well as in writing. This is his first victory and the home front for love. option through InkTip. Minute Man Craig Effrain Jocelyn Mahittipongse Options After the president is abducted, a New York lawyer, who Death Comes with the Thunder is secretly part of a government organization estab- Jocelyn Mahittipongse with Fanatik Films found Death lished in the wake of the Watergate scandal to check Comes with the Thunder on InkTip and optioned it presidential power, must prove his innocence, uncover the truth, elude capture by U.S. and Russian forces, and Continued on page 11 rescue the president. Register Today at www.InkTip.com Feature Article 8

Soars to Success passionate about something, when you are in love with a story, you do what it takes to get it made. Sometimes art transcends the economics, and independent production companies like Really Real Films are willing to take the risk and invest in content and quality scripts.

The risk paid off.If I Had Wings has won a plethora of festival awards including The Canadian “Shaw Rocket Award” for Best Youth Program for the 12–17 year old category, which was voted on by young Canadian audiences, much like Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards, as well as the Best Film Award at the Kamloops Film Festival and the Ajyal in Doha, Qatar for Best Feature Film. When you fall in love, it can be all-consuming. Glorious. Passionate. Blinding. You’re ready to sacrifice everything for that “We are very proud of the awards that have come our way. It was unexpected! love, whether it is the love for a person or for art. For producer We had never made a film that was Cynde Harmon, If I Had Wings was her passion project. specifically for festivals … but it has so much heart. The crew and cast realized few years back, Cynde was in The film is about Alex, a blind- teen while filming that it truly was a special need of female thrillers for her ager who dreams about running on story and film.” Vancouver-based feature film and his high school’s cross-country team. The film was directed by Allan Harmon ATV production company, Really Real The dream seems impossible until his Film, which she owns with her husband father, a probation officer, finds Alex and stars their son Richard Harmon Allan Harmon. She had requested an unlikely running partner in native in the role of Alex, the blind teenager scripts through InkTip’s query system. youth Brad, who has spent most of his and Jaren Brandt Bartlett as Brad. The Screenwriting team Michael Markus time running from the law. The pair cast includes Craig Bierko (Cinderella and Tim Stubinski submitted, but didn’t must overcome prejudices from out- Man, UnREAL TV), Lorne Cardinal have the right thriller for her. However, siders and each other to make a run (Corner Gas), Jill Hennessy (Madam the pair kept in touch with Cynde, for the county championship. Secretary, Crossing Jordan), and Jessica following up with an email every few Harmon (iZombie). months, letting her know what new “I use to be a cross-country runner and projects they were working on. so were both of my kids, so when I was Richard has made a name for him- reading about the races, it brought self as an actor in roles like Julian on “We are always on the lookout for sto- me right back!” Cynde said. She also Continuum on SyFy and John Murphy ries you read and it gets you in the gut connected with Brad’s character and on The CW’s The 100. When asked how … and we love ‘positive youth message’ background, as she is part Mi’kmaq and he relates to his character Alex, Richard movies,” Cynde told InkTip. Therefore, an advocate for Aboriginal productions. told The Vancouver Sun, “Blindness is when Michael and Tim told her about just a physical aspect of Alex. It’s not their script If I Had Wings, adapted from Although Cynde loved the script, she who he is. I think we’ve all wanted to Michael’s novel, it resonated with Cynde. knew it wouldn’t be easy to finance and prove to people and break through “I just loved the heart of the story. Every produce. “It’s not what [a distributor] what holds you back.… Early in my time I read it or pitched the story, I cried. thinks is going to be a money-maker, career, it was, ‘Oh, your dad’s a direc- I couldn’t help it. Still does it to me each although it’s a really wonderful script,” tor. That must be something to do with time, but it’s tears of joy.” she confessed. But when you’re [my success].’ And I worked tirelessly For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 9

Richard Harmon as Alex and Jaren Brandt Bartlett as Brad

If I Had Wings is distributed world- learn it all on my own; that took soooo wide by MarVista Entertainment, and much longer!” audiences can watch it now on Netflix around the world, and on Corus Really Real Films recently produced two Jill Hennessey and Craig Bierko as Sandy and Channels in Canada. films, Stranger in the House for Lifetime Geoff Taylor. and Super Channel, and A Royal Cynde said she loves working with the Christmas for eOne Entertainment and to shatter that illusion and show this is writing duo she met through InkTip, UP TV, and are currently in post on what I want to do. I think that’s where Michael Markus and Tim Stubinski. “They The Christmas Calendar for Corus. But we draw some similarities.” are very talented,” she said. In addition Cynde could walk away from filmmak- to If I Had Wings, she did a TV pilot with One person who can relate to Alex’s ing tomorrow, if she had to. them called Wolf Canyon. When InkTip handicap is singer/songwriter Scott asked her what qualities in writers MacIntyre, the only blind American Idol “[If I Had Wings] will always be my favor- make her want to work with them again, singer. Cynde and Allan used to watch ite as it was the whole family, it was a she stated, “Be nice and enjoyable to the show and say if they ever got If I feel-good film, and it was a project that work with! Also, writers have to have Had Wings off the ground they would was our passion project.… If I never patience. I’ve been quite shocked when reach out to Scott to see if he wanted produce another project after this, I writers have become rude because I to be involved. As with their film, they would be happy to have done this one.” have not read their material yet when didn’t give up on this dream either. I have clearly told them that we are not “Scott was very moved by the script By Chris Cookson looking for material right now and it’s all and wrote a song and emailed it to timing.” She also recommends writers Follow Chris on Twitter @ACCooksonWriter us, and we cried. And the rest is his- work with a mentor. “I thought I had to or Novel2Screen.net tory!” Scott’s song, which he wrote for the film, became the main title theme.

The film, which started out as a family passion project, has transcended Cynde and Allan’s hopes for their indie flick. Besides a list of accolades and connect- ing with young audiences, the film has become a talking point for anti-bullying campaigns. “Many young kids have got- ten back to us to tell us that the movie motivated them and helped them in bullying situations. The feedback has been phenomenal! We love to tell sto- ries that help people and lead them into positive directions,” Cynde said. The film is used internationally by schools as part of their “anti-bullying” campaigns in countries including Canada, Germany, and Poland. Brad and Alex train. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 10 Action/Adventure Missing Mike Paull Robin Tim Guest Saddam’s gold is missing from Iraq and Flight 571 is miss- After her mother is murdered, a veteran female U.S. soldier ing from Turkey, but until a burned-out U.S. agent ties forms a revolution against her hometown’s corrupt mayor; them together, the world’s nuclear balance is in jeopardy. but will she face opposition from her father, the sheriff?

Musashi & the Geisha Stephen Kelly Rosie Dave Freda and Kaori Freda Japan, 1600. The Shogun has died. Japan teeters on civil war. The story of an underage black soldier in the Korean War. Fifteen-year-old Miyamoto Musashi (Japan’s greatest swords- man) falls in love with a young geisha and runs off with Run Sheep Run (Deadly Escape) Lee Martin her. Now the Yakuza want her back. Will love conquer all? His cover blown in the bedroom of a gangster’s trophy wife (Consider from ScriptShark. Potential franchise/cable series.) and the safe house invaded, a jaded cop is unable to trust anyone and heads for his old sergeant’s mountain sheep Night Watch Georges Salo ranch, where he finds trouble with night rustlers and the Integrity, honor, and discipline are the hallmark tenets of sarge’s daughter while an army of killers is hot on his trail. any soldier protecting his family and nation. Juggling them, though, is tumultuous. Can one put the needs of the many Sex Drugs and Bank Robberies Lennie Hay ahead of the needs of the one or the few? How long could An executive banker’s life is turned into turmoil after get- a man last doing what he knew to be wrong, if his family ting the sack for having sex with a female colleague on the needed him to continue? office desk and is driven into a new life of sex, drugs, and Offensive Mansour Al Badi elaborate bank robberies. During a classified mission to capture a highly skilled Silencer Jamie Sylvester Smith American soldier in Afghanistan, the Navy SEALs divide A Navy nuclear sub testing revolutionary stealth tech- into two groups: one group fighting the Taliban, and other nology is hijacked by manic terrorists, who pretend to group searching for the objective. During the searching, be ecologically motivated, but actually have plans for the the group finds large amounts of gold and starts to focus nukes. Can the sub’s captain and the female scientist (who on stealing it instead of capturing the objective – without invented the technology) work and fight together to save notifying the other group. the crew and avert nuclear war? The Passenger Daniel Wesley Silent Partners: Absinthe of Desire Georges Salo A runaway college dropout finds himself trapped inside of Two wealthy men are deceived into service by a clandes- a self-driving car, destined for the last place he wants to go – home. (3rd place – Writers Guild Pitch Competition 2017) tine government agency, the vanguard of international counter-terrorism. Will the agency’s gamble on these Phox Hunt Anthony Major and Edward Dessisso men’s skills, charm, and ingenuity prove to be the lethal combination that stops a crime lord hell-bent on revenge? T. C. Phox, a black top radio personality’s fiancée has been killed by the local drug trade. Revengeful, he sets out to rid Silent Partners: Fragrant Water Georges Salo his community of the drugs and kill the people responsi- ble. A loner, forced to work with a white undercover agent, Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international Phox has to overcome his image to prove his love for an government agency must prevent ultra-modern subma- independent beauty shop owner, Yvonne. rines from falling into the hands of Yemeni and Omani pirates. If left unchecked the pirates would have the whole Pointman Robert L. Owens world to ransom as a large portion of global trade passes After a heroin overdose allows his platoon to be slaugh- through the Gulfs of Oman, Aden, and the Arabian Sea. tered, a peace-craving sergeant is hounded by his pursuers. Silent Partners: Razed Capital Georges Salo With each step, he vows to kill the drug pusher – his own pointman. (Novel adaptation. “Pointman has it all: love and Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international hate, fear and courage, revenge and redemption.”) government agency must prevent an activated North Korean sleeper agent from bringing the global financial The Rigger Terry Hague system to its knees. Economic sanctions imposed on An old soldier volunteers to climb radio masts and rig North Korea force its regime to execute this plot – destroy antenna for SAS operations whilst under fire. But first U.S. facilities that print and store money. he has to overcome his fear of heights; then he has to Georges Salo battle against the IRA. (An aspect of soldiering that has Silent Partners: Scorched Earth never been screened before. Action/Adventure and Two wealthy men recruited by a clandestine international Non-Fiction/History.) government agency must stop a criminal from using Earth For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Action/Adventure 11 Penetrator Warheads from setting ablaze U.S. Air Force bases housing nuclear silos. Recent Successes Six Passengers, Five Parachutes Ian Bull Continued from page 7 A former Army Ranger is investigating a secret group of from James B. Brandt. Jocelyn’s credits include the investors who fund illegal high-end movies of their darkest upcoming drama Various Shades of Blood. James has murder fantasies. He uncovers their latest production – a also produced several of his own scripts, including reality show with convicted killers fighting for survival on The Miller Prediction in 2015, which garnered multiple a plane that will crash into the Pacific. He gets caught nominations and a win for Best Picture on the festival before he can stop them, and they put him on the plane circuit. It is now available on Amazon Prime and other as the final contestant. (Book for adaptation) outlets. This is his first success through InkTip, adding to many more options and hires on his résumé since The Slingshot Brigade Leo Sopicki becoming a member in 2008. The loner teenage son of a survivalist is kidnapped in Writer Stuart Flacks Lands Representation order to be deprogrammed. He must defeat a tyrannical with the Robb Company psychiatrist/reform school headmaster and overcome his Sherry Robb with The Robb Company discovered own insecurities to escape the school and save his father Stuart Flack on InkTip and has entered into an agree- from execution by “assisted suicide.” ment to represent him. Sherry has found multiple The System Within Rolex M clients through InkTip and has even acted as a pro- ducer on several of their projects. Stuart has been A hitman is taking advantage of his license to kill to avenge a member on InkTip for a decade, dividing his time his parents’ death. between screenwriting and novel writing. In addition to his three successes through InkTip, he’s also had The Teacher Christopher Swider two works published by Little, Brown which have been Steve, the strongman hero in this stylized fight story, translated into a number of foreign languages. returns home to find peace and healing. Instead, he dis- covers that his little mill town has become Sin City and Gordon McGhie Hires Richard Lasser his friends have become slaves of the evil masters of Gordon McGhie with Trigger Music Inc. discovered this world. The setting is a stylized world like the original Richard Lasser and Dennis Edwards on InkTip and has Robocop or The Crow. (Silver Remi, Action/Adventure cate- hired them to write his latest animated feature. Gordon’s gory, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival) credits include Back to the Sea, featuring the voices of Mark Hamill and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob Squarepants). Terminal Squad Eric P. Granger Dennis also has years of experience in animation, includ- “Terminal cancer” is the diagnosis for 64-year-old Oscar. ing work on Space Jam and Osmosis Jones, among others. Joining a support group of like patients, the group forms Richard began his career as a food writer for the L.A. “The Terminal Squad” and decides to make a difference Times, and has been promoting his work on InkTip since before they die, plotting to rid Africa of a war lord who 2001. He now has several produced credits to his name enslaves women and children. “Go out with a bang” is their and three successes through InkTip. new motto as they tangle with armed mercenaries, the Twenty-Two Million Stolen Dollars in Development at U.S. government and their own loved ones to fulfill their Fanatik Films dying mission. Jocelyn Mahittipongse with Fanatik Films found Twenty- Tokyo Fall Two Million Stolen Dollars on InkTip and optioned it Alexander Meilan and Aimee Jacobs from Ashley Meyers. An award-winning writer and host of the Selling Your Screenplay podcast, Ashley has Abandoning the most important mission of his life, a for- been with InkTip for six years. With a half-dozen pro- mer high-ranking assassin betrays his master – and vows duced features to his name, his work has been seen to eliminate their shadowy organization. (Semi-Finalist in theaters and on Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon. This is 2016 Screencraft Action-Thriller Contest) his second option through InkTip. Traumatic Stress Andrew Brown Jocelyn Mahittipongse Options Project Redemption A military sniper completes court-ordered PTSD therapy Jocelyn Mahittipongse with Fanatik Films found Project to see his daughter again and regain his wife’s lost trust. Redemption on InkTip and optioned it from Morgan The night they are to reunite, an unfortunate event sends him to the hospital, and he wakes to find himself on a mys- Continued on page 13 terious island, thrown back into combat. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 12 Action/Adventure – Comedy Undeterred JR D. Rhea plays a deadly game against princes and the pope to When their humanitarian trip is abruptly ended by adoles- regain her freedom, her land, and her crown. cent traffickers, an ex-military chaplain and his team have The Saint of Staten Island Dorothea Bonneau no choice but to become freedom fighters and wage an almost hopeless rescue. Risking her life and livelihood to help children who are vic- tims of war, Elissa Montanti earns the title The Saint of Staten The Vanguard Part 1: Six Day Insurrection Island from People Magazine. (The Saint of Staten Island, the Derek Robbins screenplay: Erin Brockovich meets The Blind Side. A true story As the U.S. struggles to find its way in the age of Trump, citizens based on Elissa Montanti’s book (Penguin), I’ll Stand by You.) may come to realize that sometimes it takes the unlikeliest W.O. The Bentley Boy Barry Lewis band of heroes to save a land ravaged by greedy corporations and corrupt politicians. The Vanguard is a cautionary tale set The untold story of Walter Owen Bentley, a man driven by in a parallel universe on another Earth, that is psychotically personal tragedy to save lives and help change the course funny, strangely compelling, and eerily prophetic. of World War I. War Time Leon Cooper and Don Tait Comedy During WWII, a young Naval officer aboard a warship in the 18th Hole Chris Swider and Tom Fraterrigo Pacific acts to prevent a mutiny by his ship’s sailors who are angered by their psychotic captain’s reckless orders In this sexy, screwball comedy, the new guy, Andrew, goes endangering their lives, while the young officer and his to his first company golf outing and is shocked by the sight dangerous captain continue to clash. of scantily clad hookers zooming around on the golf carts. Then his wife shows up. Animation Alias Dick Darringer Barry E. Gaines The Big World of Little Lu-Lu Bell Suzanne Varney A budding college art student, living with his parents and deal- A girl is born only inches tall and has to adjust to her par- ing with two female relationships, moonlights as a porno star. ents’ over-protective attitude and living life doll-sized. Astroslobs Diane Alpaio Chloe & Tom Gustav Pohl and Juanita Pohl A loser pilot races his childhood rival, a millionaire aerospace On a mission to make his parents happy again, Tom and engineer, to be the first ordinary Joe to walk on the moon. his imaginary sidekick become unwelcome passengers in the tech-slick car of his teenage neighbor, Chloe, who is The Bet Mike Pace claiming her premature entitlement to freedom. Two bitter, lifelong rivals make a crazy bet to see who can The Darkling Game William Brown be the first to bed a woman in each of the lower 48 states within 30 days. (Tone: The Hangover) Two teenaged sisters, Maddy and Rose, must enter a deadly game world that they created, or their mother’s The Brothers Pornovsky David Bertoni and Richard Halpern trapped spirit may be forever split into nothingness. Two misfit monks in a Malibu monastery inherit their long- The MicroCosmic Cartoon Show Prema Rose lost uncle’s virtual reality adult entertainment business.

“Who am I?”, “Why am I here?” and “Where is here, any- The Bus Driver J. Nicholas Bartolozzi way?” On a perilous quest to discover The Circle of Gold, a young boy embarks on an unforgettable journey through After witnessing a murder, a middle-aged, self-loathing the Circus of Life, revealing ancient secrets while confront- school bus driver finds that protecting the children and ing devastating deceptions that seek to destroy a mission bringing the killer to justice is all she ever needed to gain that will forever alter the course of humanity. acceptance. The question now is how to do it without becoming the next victim. Webbed Robert Drusetta CEO Mark Hanson An elite band of spiders must journey across foreign lands to rescue their Golden Orb colonel from the clutches of A bright but belligerent blue-collar worker steals the identity an evil arachnologist. and assumes the life of a recently deceased corporate pres- ident – only to find himself the bumbling CEO of a multi-billion Biographical dollar company on the brink of financial collapse.

The Eagle in Spring Leo Sopicki Charlie Bonner Benjamin Seay Her father’s untimely death thrusts a naïve teenage girl A struggling actor travels to his rich little brother’s mansion for into the cutthroat world of Medieval politics, where she Thanksgiving and ends up getting stuck in the home’s elevator For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Comedy 13 with his cousin’s spunky, intuitive girlfriend who gives him a reality check on dealing with his kind, but clueless family. Recent Successes A Christmas ‘TIME’ Caper (Holiday Heist) Jim Monroe Continued from page 11 All hell breaks loose when squabbling suburban siblings travel into Manhattan to meet their dad to attend the Summerfield. Jocelyn’s credits include the upcoming Rockefeller Center’s Christmas tree-lighting and discover drama Various Shades of Blood. Morgan is a published a group of zany, tech-savvy crooks heisting the Grand novelist based in Georgia who joined InkTip just last Central Terminal’s iconic 20-million-dollar opal clock, and year. This is her first success through InkTip, and her the action explodes amidst the terminal’s secret stairwells first option as a screenwriter. and the mythical F.D.R. subway, where a spectral shopping- bag lady supernaturally intervenes. Patrick Thomas Jr. Options Easy Money Patrick Thomas Jr. with Expression Entertainment The Compton Thrill Ride Mike Jones found Easy Money on InkTip and optioned it from After transforming a peaceful street in Compton into a Andrew Costello. Patrick just registered with InkTip and fake gangster ride for Hollywood tourists, a wannabe within ten minutes found the script he was looking for! hustler is forced to deal with real thugs out to crash the His credits include the upcoming holiday film12 Days of party. With a diverse cast of unforgettable characters and Giving, among others. Andrew began pitching his scripts a dope-ass concept, this absurdly hilarious low-budget through InkTip four years ago from his home state of comedy is destined to become the highest-grossing film in Washington. He has placed in multiple screenwriting the history of cinema. competitions, including Scriptapalooza and Cinefest 2017, and this is his first success through InkTip. Cookies in Cupcakes Ward Edmondson While investigating her billionaire tycoon father’s murder, Nick Lyon Hires Byron Lester a Fortune-500 CEO and heiress to a famous cookie com- Nick Lyon with the Lyon Movie Company discovered pany has a midlife crisis and gives up her sweet life for a Byron Lester on InkTip and hired him to write his crazy cookie caper to help a total stranger sweeten up his upcoming zombie/action film Gladiator Z. The two crumbling bakery. (Coverage: “Sweet, inspirational narra- have collaborated on multiple projects since Byron tive tone draws female protagonist with depth, intimacy first joined InkTip over a decade ago, including Bullet, and complexity. The characters are marvelous. Consider.”) starring Danny Trejo. Byron is an Australian writer, but with the help of InkTip has landed multiple options Crummy Mummy Paul Mahoney and hires from producers here in the states. Labeled Australia’s worst mother, Shona transforms her- self from a Crummy Mummy into a Yummy Mummy in Lauren de Normandie Options order to win custody of her kids. In the Absence of Good Men Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & DeCodeMe Warren Paul Glover and Deborah Kol Entertainment found In the Absence of Good Men A biotech salesman loses his fiancé to a love-rival scien- on InkTip and optioned it from Ian Patrick Williams. tist when he’s maliciously diagnosed with the “latent gay Lauren’s credits include Checkmate starring Danny gene.” As he reluctantly comes to terms with his “true” self, Glover and Sean Astin, which was made from a script his journey leads him to the love of his life – but will that she found on InkTip. Ian began promoting his writing be a man or a woman? on InkTip several years ago, and also works as an actor, with nearly a hundred credits to his name. He DefloweredDaniel Wesley won a Chicago Emmy for his teleplay Bleacher Bums, When a nerdy botanist discovers that her rarest flower is which was later produced as a MOW by Showtime. the key ingredient in a government conspiracy, she’s forced This is his first option through InkTip. to go on the run with the burglar who just tried to steal it. (Semifinalist – Scriptshadow 250 Screenwriting Contest) Elizabeth Snoderly Hires Kenneth Lemm Elizabeth Snoderly with G It’s Entertainment discovered Devilish George Schwimmer Kenneth Lemm on InkTip and has hired him to write When the Devil runs for the U.S. Senate, all hell breaks loose. Change in Plans. Elizabeth and Kenneth have worked together on several projects since connecting through Do-It-Yourself Cloning Alex Schor InkTip over a year ago. Kenneth began promoting his Mad science meets reckless stupidity when three rural work on InkTip over a decade ago, and has estab- Maryland men wreak havoc on their unsuspecting town lished himself as a multi-genre writer and producer in when they find a do-it-yourself cloning kit and play God Continued on page 15 without a manual. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 14 Comedy Drac’s Back Paul Mahoney Holiday from Hell Paul Martin Mahoney Dracula injures his back and falls in love with a vegan When some paranoid tourists mistake a horror actor for naturopath; with the help of his bumbling sidekick Renfield, a serial killer, their Australian camping trip turns into a he tries to win her affections. nightmare when they decide to attack him.

Drink Lisa Christian I Can Turn Men Paul Mahoney A woman discovers a magic mountain creek whose waters A young girl has a curse placed on her by a witch; now will change men to just the way she wants them, and she whenever she kisses a man, he turns gay. uses it to make people young at heart again and shape the Diane Alpaio perfect husband. Kringle & Scrooge The last living descendant of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cranky Edna and Blanche Larry Arann New York City police detective, must partner with Santa Two quirky and energetic senior women decide to engage Claus to save Christmas. mainstream society by unshackling themselves from Law Mothers Mary Kay Green J.D. condo living for the elderly. Three mothers of 10 among 30 women law students at Endorphin Man and Little Sara Tonin Nicky Shane Jesuit Midwestern law school invade the male law school Stand-up comedian turned superhero, Endorphin Man and the 99% male legal community. Jean, divorced, 34 with uses laughter to deter crime. Unexpectedly, he finds he only two girls; Kate, 34, single mother of twin girls; Annette, has a short time to live. He enlists Ricky Lopez just as Ricky newly married, 25, with a baby girl. The three form a study discovers a colossal super-moon is causing havoc! Now he group. Their story is told with grit and humor. has to combine the kinetic energy of eight billion laughs or Life on Grayson Island the planet is doomed! Wow, the power of laughter! E. R. Champion and Larry W. Champion False Flag Kevin Gustafson Welcome to Grayson Island, where nothing is as it should be. Based on the author’s five-star reviewed book by After learning about homeland security budget cuts, a hot- Readers Favorite. Join Special Policeman Brent Williams on headed CIA agent and a bumbling data analyst team up to his seven-year journey as he navigates through the hilar- save their jobs by blowing up the Golden Gate Bridge. ious antics of the wealthy in this present day Land of Oz. Geeks: A Love Story Andrew Fisk LMAO the Movie Randy Graves How do you keep love alive when your soul mate works for A former stand-up comic gets kidnapped by an eccentric a ruthless mega-corporation – and she’s supposed to put mob boss, who wants to make him his deadbeat daugh- your startup out of business? ter’s personal comedy coach.

The Ghost Watch Sally McGillis Man of Action Esther Geller Television has complicated death. In this comedy, ghosts When a female filmmaker can’t get work, she disguises herself protect a young girl from a resurrected witch and television as a man and lands a job directing a crap action flick – only celebrity paranormal investigators out for a ratings bonanza. to turn the flick into a franchise and fall in love with the star.

The Head Shop Elmer Gush Marty Hits His Head Chas Halpern In a valiant attempt to save his family’s farm from a greedy A middle-aged, average guy hits his head in a car accident developer, a hapless country bumpkin ventures to the big and becomes a pathological narcissist, wreaking havoc at city, lands a job at a smoke paraphernalia shop, and gets home and at work. trained by a legendary marijuana farmer to compete in a high-stakes hacky sack contest against a drunken brute. Morning Sickness (aka 40 Weeks of FML) Katiedid Langrock Hell of a Honeymoon Rick Curtis A hard-partying bartender gets knocked up and labors to American newlyweds honeymooning in Italy have their maintain her wet ‘n’ wild lifestyle while under the prena- lives turned upside-down when a young Italian woman tal care of her “Super Mommy” big sister. It’s Bridesmaids enters the picture. meets Knocked Up. (Female-driven raunch-com feature)

High Steaks Jesse Christensen The Muffin Conundrum Diana Lee Woody In the 1940s, Orville is falsely imprisoned and exposes the Scientists Maddie and Spencer discover a fuel. Eccentric truth about the warden killing off prisoners and selling film makers Vincent and Bianca film their discovery. When their body parts. Maddie’s overbearing boss/mother Caroline learns the For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Comedy 15 secret ingredient in the fuel is her estranged husband’s muffin recipe, she impulsively shuts down the project. Now Maddie must stand up to her mother for the sake of Recent Successes the fuel, the film, and her self-respect. Continued from page 13

Murder Inc. Butch Dutto his own right. In addition to his numerous options and When the Justice Department bungles the language of his hires through the site, Kenneth also found his current Witness Protection Program contract, they inadvertently representation through InkTip. give a Mafia hit man a license to kill. Artifact Films Options Walsh and Sitting Bull Never Too Late Paul Hamill Mark Lewis with Artifact Films found Walsh and Sitting Fighting a losing battle to cancer, a senior citizen dreams Bull on InkTip and optioned it from Don Hunter and of revisiting his childhood past. Convincing his friends John McCallum. Mark’s credits include The Thaw, star- to escape their retirement village in the church bus, the ring Val Kilmer, among others. Don and John have oldies road trip America, leaving backpackers in the dust; extensive experience in Canadian television, both in along with the police and their families, who are in pursuit. writing and production. Don is also a published nov- Is he running to his death or running toward real living? elist and former columnist for The Province newspaper in Vancouver. Together, they joined InkTip just last year No Way Out Georges Salo and have already landed their first option through InkTip as a result. When an arrogant African-American executive fails to get a promotion, he’s transferred to Singapore, where he under- James Brown Options Zero Sum Game goes a journey of self-discovery and finds unlikely Asian love. James Brown with Hound Content found Zero Sum The Not Ready for Prime Time Family Richard Willett Game on InkTip and has entered into a shopping agree- ment with the writer Ryan LaPlante. James is a South They say gay parents will inevitably turn their kids gay, African director with a background in commercials and right? Well, Bert and Martin are about to go on national TV six Cannes Silver Lions in his pocket. Ryan is a Toronto- to prove them wrong. The only problem: All four of their based writer whose screenplays have won multiple kids appear to be gay. awards throughout the U.S. and South America, includ- Positive Chas Halpern ing several Best Unproduced Screenplay awards for three different scripts. This is his first option through A middle-aged professional woman tries to “fix” her hus- InkTip since joining less than a year ago. band’s unstable, freewheeling younger brother, but it’s an open question who is “fixed” by the experience. Neil Abramson Hires Daniel Ochwat PrinciPAL Christopher Markulics Neil Abramson with Winghead Films discovered Daniel Ochwat on InkTip and has hired him to write the sci-fi Tired of the favoritism towards the athletes in their school, thriller Hole. This is their second project together since a small group of students join the basketball team in an Neil optioned his script Forked on InkTip last year. attempt to get back at their principal. Daniel earned his MFA in screenwriting and playwrit- ing from Northwestern University, and has been with Reality Cheque Georges Salo InkTip for several years. He has also directed his own A brilliant non-conformist and computer coder works at short films, which played at the Boston International dead-end jobs in a way that forces his contemporaries to Film Festival, among others. This is Daniel’s second face their failure. Until one day he meets a woman that can success since joining InkTip several years ago. match his intellect and his whole world changes – or does it? John Sweeney Options The Time Is Right Rebound Warren Paul Glover John Sweeney with Armada Studios found The Time A career-oriented young woman, offered her ideal job Is Right on InkTip and entered into a production abroad, must decide on her dysfunctional three-year rela- agreement with the writer Garner Haines. John’s tionship while coping with a shock visit from her estranged, credits include My B.F.F., which was shot from a overbearing mother. script found on InkTip, starring C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, Animal Kingdom). Garner is an Ontario- Rise of Heroes Dominic Marengo based writer who has been with InkTip for over a The unrecognized author of a hit fantasy novel finds decade. Within a year of joining InkTip, he found himself living out his own hero’s unfinished saga as he attempts to reclaim the literary rights with the aid of his Continued on page 17 patient, his best friend, and his stalker. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 16 Comedy – Crime/Murder/Mystery Rita Reiter, The Meter Maid Arianne Peterson Wally & the Mob (Kings of the Mobile Park) Lady Justice on a bike wielding her ticket book, the meter Lee Martin maid guards her hometown streets; when she discovers In the early days of the Internet, when grumpy code genius the new mayor’s corruption that threatens their town, she Wally moves into a senior park, he must contend with his seeks the help of her quirky band of associate meter maids moocher pal, dog and cat feuds, a young, protective, stuffy to take matters into her own hands and save their beloved federal agent, along with an inept mob after his encryptions town’s legacy. and with its gorgeous women who are nothing but trouble.

Rocco and the Aliens Laura Macy and Larry Haney What’s Wrong with This Picture? I’m in It! Neil Feigeles Obsessed with “The Alien Hunter Kit” infomercial, Rocco and his “troops,” discharged from a mental hospital, com- After yet another hysterically bad date, Russel, a struggling mandeer a bus station as headquarters and train in a city artist in the midst of a midlife crisis, reflects on his search park to grapple with aliens in his mind to save the Earth for love, and he obviously hasn’t a clue how to find it. from invasion, creating chaos. Where the...Is My Brother? Georges Salo Smile, You’re On Camera! A well-known enforcer works for the mob to snuff out their Juliette Garrigues, Brunella Steger, and Marie Le Pennec enemies. His brother, although developmentally chal- Two actors, who have been offered the roles of Laurel and lenged, is a natural locksmith, and considers his special Hardy in a biopic about slapstick, are mistaken for drug dealers gift as just another magic act or parlor game. The enforcer and caught between gangsters and the police, who track them uses his brother’s ability to gain access to places where by surveillance cameras. They are proven innocent thanks to enemies reside, and he’ll go through anyone and everyone the movie camera, and the producer decides to turn his Laurel to get his kidnapped brother back. and Hardy movie into a story about their adventures. Zombies on My Campus Lance Ness Snoops – The Ouchaoucha Bird Ate Red Snapper A spoof on the zombie genre. A jealous scientist brews Dave Mac a poison to hospitalize his ex-lover and her new fiancée, When a dastardly master villain captures a princess, threat- only to mess up, spill the concoction, and infect a huge ening her idyllic island with a pilfered sonic wave cannon, gathering of people – turning them into zombies! a maladroit secret agent must conquer his encumbering Crime/Murder/Mystery fear of flying to save them. Architect’s Rendition Herb Schultz Soldier of Missed Fortune Georges Salo Determined to marry his mistress, a Machiavellian archi- The U.S. government creates a modern-day bionic man on tect enlists three associates in a complex scheme to a shoestring budget. murder his wife, and each other. Table for Two? Warren Paul Glover The Arsenic Murder Ring Phil Vinall Sex addict Peter finds the tables have been turned when After killing an itinerant man for his insurance, a devout his predatory secretary reacts badly to being spurned, his Italian Catholic, a Jewish mystic, and a petty criminal high-maintenance mistress falls in love with someone else, expand their murderous insurance scheme using unhap- and his long-neglected wife demands some extra-marital pily married women, arsenic, and superstition while being adventure of her own – or a divorce! dogged by a young, aggressive assistant district attorney View From the Rubble Victor Bravo in Philadelphia during the 30s. In this satirical vision of a future urban Wild West, a war Blood White Ernest Farino hero and lovable loser gets swept up in an unlikely plot to In 1964 Los Angeles, a con man whose failed schemes knock off the president of the United States, a renegade are squeezing him from all sides takes drastic action by of epic proportions. planning to murder his loving wife to collect her trust fund. An ally from his criminal past agrees to do the deed, but makes a deadly mistake, spiraling things out of control and The Script You Need escalating a confrontation into a violent climax. Is at InkTip.com Casino Tribe Don Buzney Register at www.InkTip.com An Indian tribe in the American Southwest ventures into A free service to the industry casino gaming, only to be the victim of a crime syndicate intent on plunder. The beautiful tribal attorney, conflicted For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Crime/Murder/Mystery 17 over her attraction to the white HR director, seeks his help. They mobilize employee power, become embroiled in a life-or-death struggle to expose the syndicate, and Recent Successes fall in love. Continued from page 15

Divergent Minds Jon Cail and Nicole Talbot representation, resulting in several produced credits, A successful Boston Assistant District Attorney shares the including an episode of Max & Ruby for Nickelodeon. same vivid dreams of a killer. This is his sixth option through InkTip.

Downward Drift Arnold Edwards Sherry Robb Options Frogranhas PI Booker French left the police force in disgrace. Now he Sherry Robb with the Robb Company discovered Lucy is determined to find the killer or killers of his friend – the Fazely on InkTip, signed to represent her and her writing only person who stood behind him through all his turmoil partner Chris Bieszk as their manager, and we are excited and shame. to announce that Sherry has landed Lucy and Chris an option on their horror/comedy script Frogranhas with Gunbait Rick Limentani Crystal Pantera Productions. Sherry manages multiple clients found through InkTip, and has also acted as a pro- A detective finds himself the target of a hitman when the ducer on several of their projects. Lucy’s screenplay The female criminal he once loved kidnaps a child from a care Good Book recently won first place at the 2017 George home. Should he do his job and arrest her, or disobey Lindsey Film Festival. She already had several credits to orders to protect her and the child from the unknown her resume before joining InkTip in 2009, and has added killer the authorities don’t even believe exists? three more through InkTip since. The Heart Is a Hunter Rick Curtis A tough cop is reunited with his estranged gay son when Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Nectar of Passion they must work together to catch a serial killer of gay men. Georges Salo The Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit is created under the- aus I Wonder What the Vintners Buy Lillian May Savage pices of the department of Homeland Security. A tsunami Fully aware of two murders being planned by a young cou- washes bodies on shore, and PATU is asked to assist in ple, homeless winos Harry and Rand struggle vigorously solving these bizarre set of murders which unveil a nefar- with the vexing problem of whether or not they are mor- ious and sinister plot in the making. Can PATU decipher ally obligated to try and prevent the mayhem. and terminate the plot in time?

Let’s Meet in Forks, on the Full Moon Natаlia Kharris Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Drug Habit Who will sacrifice himself to save a young vampire saga fan, Georges Salo kidnapped during the trip to Forks by pseudo-vampires? Only Cancer, “the scourge of modern man,” is yet incurable, her brother who is turned into a werewolf to save his sister. although French and American scientists have discovered that in part viruses and retroviruses cause it. No cure is Murder by Tomahawk St. Leger “Monty” Joynes available as it may be that drug companies stand to make An innocent powwow vendor is arrested for the decapita- more profit from abating the symptom rather than curing tion of a fellow Native American vendor. Native American the disease, thereby perpetuating a drug habit. women support the Grandmother P.I. in discovering the presence of a dreaded Raven Mocker serial killer who has Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit: Reap the Harvest already murdered three young tribal women. When their Georges Salo youngest member is kidnapped, they must rescue her A criminal, needing an entry point for his weapons and before she, too, loses her head. drugs, finances a Honolulu mayor’s re-election campaign. Upon winning it, the mayor reneges on his deal. He is dis- Norjak Jared Beasley patched, replaced with his compliant deputy mayor. PATU An aging FBI agent, who built his career on rules, breaks must solve two seemingly unrelated events in order to them all to unmask an enigmatic hijacker who has vanished stop the proliferation of weapons and drugs. Are they too in the rugged mountains of the Northwest, threatening to late; does he reap his harvest? upend the agency’s perfect track record. Redemption Georges Salo One Good Job Forrest Green III After a powerful drug lord wipes out his competition, he A private detective afflicted with PTSD investigates a case goes after the only people that stand in his way of taking of a kidnapped child, discovering the involvement of a net- over Manhattan: a decorated New York City detective and work of dangerous criminals. his equally competent female partner. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 18 Crime/Murder/Mystery – Drama A Secret Among Friends Against the Grain Stephen Colley Kathy Krantz Stewart and Stephanie Kimmel In the 1901 Midwest, an overachieving young lady races Three childhood friends grow up to discover hidden dark to build a huge grain elevator that a Wall Street clique, the secrets among them that could destroy their friendship, local railroad, and the project’s labor leader don’t want built. as well as their lives. Agnes Grey Sarah Bahl Silk Panties Eli Saghi A diligent governess is hired to teach and reform a wealthy Jennifer, a young detective, is sent on her first mission into gentry man’s wild daughters, and while she watches them a luxurious hotel during an international fashion week to grow up, she hopes to find her own true love. investigate a murder attempt of a handsome bachelor who inherited a fortune of dollars. She disguises herself as Alter Calla Gordon a chambermaid and succeeds to capture the hitman after A young boy’s psychological state is adversely altered a grand skate chase in the crowded hotel. when he is entrusted to residential school authorities. Walkin Boys Eric Moreau Backstage Katharina Weinrother No win-win diplomacy exists with beat cops Lips and Dreams are like bubbles – some never get off the ground, Smiley. They are members of The Walkin Boys, beat cops while others may take you to amazing heights. Shame- dealing with castrated street pimps, Vietnamese pimps, bound dresser-lady Laura still dreams of becoming a and Russian pimps all plying their trade in underage girls musical actress herself, although she lost her ability to sing for off-shore slavery. long ago. In order to sing, she needs to find her real self. Water View Gerry Yukevich Bader Field; How My Family Survived Suicide A brilliant and beautiful artist is found dead on a Martha’s Carl David Vineyard beach. Police diagnosis: suicide by overdose. Her psychiatrist refuses to believe this and sets out to bring A teenage boy, tormented by relentless visions of his her killer to justice. missing older brother whose Army unit was scheduled to be shipped out to Vietnam, desperately undergoes Drama an intense psychoanalysis to face the horrific reality that his idol actually never went – but committed suicide. A-Chord Cherie’ Brackett (Book for adaptation) Four fabulously misfit women use their humor, faith, and friendship to overcome racist attacks and family traumas The Beatboxer Matt Hausmann on the way to competing in a “Whites Only” quartet con- A struggling beatboxer faces family hardships while work- test in 1959, Tulsa. (Semifinalist, [top 25], in both the 8th ing to achieve his musical dream. Annual StoryPros Awards and the 2015 KAIROS Prize) Believe Jose L. Rodriguez Adjusting the Mirror Jeffrey Liggens With nothing left to lose, a man sets out to become Two unlikely lovers face the consequences of certain the Hollywood screenwriter he’s always been told life decisions, which result in a dramatic turn of events. was impossible. Eventually they get their lives straight after much intro- spection, but not without events that lead them to their The Billikin Ward Edmondson convictions and conclusions about their lives. In search of her birth father, an aspiring young Broadway actress finds faith, self-esteem, and inspiration on an After the Storm Richard Willett international family adventure of a lifetime, thanks to her Stricken with polio in his 30s, Franklin Roosevelt resists mother’s mysterious lucky charm – The Billikin. (Finalist - identifying with the “crippled,” but then finds new life and World Series of Screenwriting. Coverage: “Sweet, uplifting, hope within the community of handicapped people who adventurous period romance with a compelling female pilgrimage to his hideaway in Georgia. protagonist. Recommend.”)

The Black Bird’s Eye Edward Donnelly Every month an average of 25 A teen struggles to see light in his father, a man shrouded scripts are purchased or optioned by darkness and secrets.

Register at www.InkTip.com The Black Widow Brothers Todd Sharp A free service to the industry Two brothers on a fishing trip to Mississippi grapple with the revelation that the wife of one of the brothers is having For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama 19 an affair. But the other brother knows more about it than Christmas Kennel Simon Parker he should. (Adapted from an award-winning one-act play) Groundhog Day meets A Dog’s Purpose. Losing his beloved dog on Christmas Eve, a young boy makes a wish. Reliving Borrowed Time Raul Melendez the same Christmas over and over, he must learn how to After miraculously surviving a traumatic near-death expe- say goodbye. rience, Shannon Taylor feels she’s living on borrowed time. And when her life collides with that of Edward James The Civil Line Sonya Davis-Roberts Green, the serial sniper haunting her dreams, Shannon’s An ex-juror takes a job in a NYC jail complex and runs into renewed happiness is shattered once again as she real- the black-hearted man he convicted. izes her true purpose in life – and the impact it has on those around her. Color Changes in the Light El Redfearn

Bossjock Richard Mucci After several idyllic years, a young successful couple’s mar- riage becomes volatile and frayed as racial issues take a A legendary L.A. disc jockey has his career derailed and focal point in highly segregated Buffalo, NY. reputation shattered when a whacko with an axe to grind is hired to run the station during the infamous Boss Radio Confessions of a Corporate Bitch Bernadette Boas “payola” heydays of 1970. Based on a true story. With a pink slip in her hand, and the words “You’re fired” ringing in her ears, the ultimate corporate tyrant is forced Breakfast at Zucky’s Ted Miller to face her inner demons in order to find real love. Rich’s naïve literary professor introduces him to Art Gold, a Hollywood screenwriting agent, who reads Rich’s script Covington Bridges Rick Naltner and foresees its potential. Inspired by Art’s confidence, Inspired by true events, Covington Bridges connected Rich leaves New York for Santa Monica with high hopes. Cincinnati to America’s first Sin City. After Michael’s father In Santa Monica he reconnects with his family’s outcast dies, he’s forced to manage his family’s organized crime grandfather, and then inadvertently gets involved with a business. Michael soon uncovers his family’s dark past, devious Italian landlady and her alcoholic son. which threatens his loved ones and reshapes his future.

A Broken Man John Metzner Daughters Ofer Saly and Kathy Keithley A surly loner moves in with his daughter-in-law and grand- The daughter Julian wanted and never had until he was son to make a fresh start, but his past comes back to shocked to learn otherwise. An emotional, tearful, sad and haunt him and endangers everyone’s lives. happy, beautiful story of a poet.

Casino Intrigue Georges Salo Deadbeats Ted Miller Inspired by a true story of a casino security guard who is Eddie Thomas, a slick car wholesaler, out-slicks himself by passionate about his work but disrespected by his wife. He borrowing $20,000 from Joe Lags, a connected loan shark. eventually finds his true calling as a result of his wife’s extra- When Joe learns the cars Eddie used for collateral didn’t marital deceit. Their struggle is set against the backdrop of belong to him but were consigned, he gives Eddie 30 days a casino, showcasing the true nature of that business. to return the money. Eddie’s only recourse is asking the sinister John Salle for help, which could be his undoing. Cecilia Michael Childs Based on a true story, two lovers, tormented by abusive Destruction Patricia Steffy childhoods, fall in love and suffer family abuse, lies, deceit, You can ruin a man’s life with two tweets and a phone call and skeletons that refuse to stay buried. Inner demons, – a fact online reputation specialist Kathryn Holt counts on incest, and passion drive the male lover to avenge as she plots to destroy a corporate giant who she blames Cecilia’s rape. for the death of her fiancé.

Chasing the Steeple John Gillevet Dinner and Three Vignettes Brady Katzman-Rooks In 1850s Ireland, an enigmatic, preternatural drifter is hired A housewarming party for six longtime friends and an iras- by a wealthy landowner to train his daughter in a local, cible newcomer serves more than dinner when they decide renowned steeplechase, only to have the stranger’s past to tell stories inspired by three paintings found in the attic. come back to haunt him with tragic results for all involved. Disseverance Samuel Simpson Christmas in the Country Tiffany Colling Based on a true story. After killing two men during a botched Two strangers having coffee and talking about the drug deal, a devoted husband decides to start a legitimate upcoming holiday season search for love and ultimately business to pay for his son’s brain surgery, only to have his find each other. semireligious wife lose faith in him and leave with their children. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 20 Drama Don’t Leave Diane Leccarde woman-hating players, and her own insecurities, she An apprehensive college student with a savior complex finds herself on the way to the major leagues. (Winner: tries to kill himself. But a mysterious new friend shows him Hollywoodscript.com Screenwriting Contest) three things: a joyful future in which he lives, a tragic future The Flid Show Richard Willett in which he dies, and a past he forgot about. A charismatic, belligerent English nightclub singer, born The Essence of Life Alanna Fox Starks with flipper-like arms because his pregnant mother took An uptight CEO with fugue state amnesia is forced to con- the drug thalidomide, believes his deformity will keep him front his inner demons when he awakens in an eccentric from ever finding love – until he falls for a pretty young beach community. American doctor with intimacy issues of her own, and must confront his own dark past in order to win her. Eternal Night… Life... Knife... Eric Weinthal Gardeners Jorge la Torre When a vampire discovers that the woman he loved and lost centuries ago didn’t die as he was led to believe, he Two illegal immigrants and an undergrad student work must solve the mystery of who fooled him and destroyed together on a research project that leads them to the so much of his eternal life, while fighting a second time to medical discovery of the century – only to have their work save his long-lost love. stolen by the most revered scientist.

Ether’s Quest Kathy-Ann Thomas Goin’ Nowhere Fast Michael Joseph Miller Ether, a strong-willed, commitment-phobic lesbian having Two Chicago youths whose lives are entangled in petty doubts about her sexuality, is challenged by a jilted lover crime in drugs leads to an ill-fated confrontation with to have sex with a man. deadly consequences.

Every Day of My Life Andre Orr Healing Emotional Wounds Michael Mercer An African American teen from Chicago gets himself Although suffering emotional scars from his cruel father into big trouble and is sent to rural Alabama to live with who adopted him, a young man gives healing kindness to relatives. He meets a white girl and his life will never be patients in a famous psychoanalytic sanatorium where he the same! works, and also to bored housewives who pay him for fluff- boy services. His turmoil continues until he unintentionally The Exceptional One Rolex M gets into an intense encounter that winds up healing his The only daughter of a wealthy white family falls in love emotional wounds. with a striving African American writer. The History of Passionate Men Alfonso Garcia Eye of the Needle Thomas Kobara Security contractors in Logar, Afghanistan face off with A neuropsychiatrist nearly drowns in a sea of money pro- deadly Taliban forces, in a mind-bending account of cour- vided by Big Pharma, until his wife casts a “soul” preserver age, corruption, and self-destruction. within his grasp. Hold Me! Keith Mallory Fantasma Mansour Al Badi Set on Bruny Island, Australia (1982-1990). A young music In the time when the psychologists were looking for a composer quits his love for music when tragedy strikes treatment for schizophrenia, a psycho doctor did an and chooses mediocrity. The kid band that he walked experiment to Dave and manipulated him by a drug he away from moves on to fame and fortune. Years later, the made called Fantasma to make the other doctors believe band returns to Bruny in hopes of convincing him to rejoin that he has schizophrenia and faked Dave’s record. their group. A potential cash cow.

The Final Dance James Crouson Holy Fools Aaron Gibson An aging dancer at a gentlemen’s club learns that she Having been raised by his cold, distant grandfather, is losing her employment. She must make exceedingly a brash young man sets out to finally earn the man’s difficult choices on not just her future, but the survival of approval – and that of the woman he loves – but discovers her soul. that opening old wounds long-buried in foreign lands can cut deeply across families. And hemispheres. First Lady Randy Schein A short, Mohawked, teenage girl from the wrong side How Bed Bugs Saved My Life, A Story of U.S. of the tracks discovers she can throw a baseball better Immigration Slavica Bogdanov than any guy. A 60-something, washed-up scout takes her A young woman moves to the U.S. with the seemingly under his wing; and as she faces unscrupulous managers, impossible dream of immigration. She underestimates the For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama 21 trials and tribulations in the land of milk and honey, and Against the wishes of her family, she seeks out the advice soon finds herself facing a life-threatening nightmare. of the county’s eccentric tea-reader, Joe Barber, who proves more accurate than most are willing to believe. I Am the Walrus Jack Matosian A young man resents having to place his life on hold when The Journey Daisy Heisler his delusional father becomes convinced that he is music Based on the true story of a young woman’s journey legend John Lennon. through five dramatic years as she struggles with love, motherhood, sexual energy, paranormal and cosmic Ideabroker: The Legend Bong Gyu Ha energy transcending logic, and a life-changing meeting An ex-KCAIA agent’s (legendary) life story about the ups with a Buddhist monk. (Adapted from short stories in the and downs with South Korea’s political change: democ- screenwriter’s book: Awakening Memories.) ratization and road to successful enterpriser on a set Keeper Land Kristen Alario combination between fact and fiction, dictatorship and democracy, leader and strategist, Guru and antihero, tal- A teenage tomboy is kidnapped by her backward Blue ent and conspiracy, trials and errors (scandal), inner and Ridge Mountain neighbors and plots an escape with their internationals, and so on. autistic son.

In a Midnight Garden Richard Willett Land of the Long White Cloud Andrew Heard A broken woman who joins MADD to strike out at the Outcast by the sovereign, befriended by the native. alcoholic responsible for the death of her son becomes The Last Journey of Noah Part 1 Mark Rigoglioso alarmed and confused when he begins moving toward her out of his own needs. Their strange dance creates unex- Part 1 of the mind-blowing, Earth-shattering story of Noah, pected and sometimes darkly comic twists and leads both struggling to lead his family in a time of fallen angels, to a new place in their lives. global wars, and fading hope. A surprise visit sends him on a long-expected journey with the fate of humanity hanging In the Void of Lies Kirby Freeman in the balance. “What will Trump do with Obamacare? The fate of millions The Last Journey of Noah Part 2 Mark Rigoglioso is in question.” Politics is selling. In order to pass the Health Care Bill, Justin Powell has to help Senator Fitzgerald cover Noah continues his journey as he confronts the fallen up an illicit affair but finds himself having to deal with the angels and preaches to the world. His return home sparks same secrets at home. (Drama/Romance) the building of the Ark as the world heads towards cat- aclysm and the coming flood that changes Heaven and Inspiration Ralph Karst Earth forever.

Her coach gives her a hammer with the spiritual powers The Last Suicide Note J.R. O’Hara of forgiveness, and she smashes the glass ceiling to smithereens. A self-involved law school student’s plans for escaping his home town hit a wall when a videotaped suicide note Janet Leslie Steven R. Berry from his recently deceased father sheds new light on a 20-year-old mystery surrounding a discovered body part, A newly hired assistant building superintendent struggling the disappearance of a woman, and an orphaned child. to accept her sexual identity finds herself in the midst of a landlord/tenant battle and violent, bigoted co-workers. Let’s Play Ball Linda Gould The Jet G.M. Woodruff Miranda is a bright woman with an important government job and a prominent lawyer husband. By contrast, her A man and his estranged father are reconnected by fraternal twin sister Jessica has spent years struggling to the bond that his elderly father and young son share establish a sports magazine. Now Jessica appears to have for baseball. it made, with a thriving journalism career and a ballplayer Joanna’s Regret Arnold Edwards fiancé. Then he is kidnapped, and both sisters plunge into the investigation. Consumed with guilt, Joanna Quigley is now determined to find the children she gave up for what she thought was adoption as a teenager and chase away the doubts The Script You Need she’s feeling. Is at InkTip.com Joe Barber Ryan Weir Register at www.InkTip.com A young Protestant girl, Linda Kelly, falls in love with a A free service to the industry Catholic boy during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 22 Drama Liberation Stephen Colley alive members of his family. This is the true life story of When an animal activist starts freeing factory farm animals, a man’s journey in his attempt to achieve the most noble Homeland Security comes after him, and a slaughterhouse of dreams – to have a baby – and what can go wrong. goes after the escaped cow he rescued. (Book for adaptation)

Lovers in Verona Bong Gyu Ha Mightier than the Sword Ernie Hernandez A true love story with success and failure, dream and frus- tration, friend and rival, the West and the East, road movie A delinquent gang member (17) is sent to probation camp, and musical. A typical Romeo and Juliet styled – on a road fights to fit in, reforms, comes back as a probation officer to successful love through the hostile world. (24) facing a director who wants to fire him, and has to quell a Hispanic vs. black camp riot, but he outsmarts them and Luck’s Ran Out Warren Paul Glover the director, helping himself and others win life’s lottery.

A doting husband, left infertile by a car crash, faces a mar- Mirdad: A Lighthouse and a Haven riage meltdown as his frustrated wife is driven into the arms Roberto Junqueira of the dashing older brother who caused his accident. The amazing story of a Christ-like master inside a 19th Ludlow Bruce Leaf century Middle-Eastern monastery, where he manages to A young coal miner falls in love with a wealthy mine own- make disciples of the monks, but also causing the furious er’s daughter while battling the owner and National Guard reaction of the local materialistic abbot. troops in one of America’s bloodiest labor strikes. Missing in Mexico Stuart Gustafson Mad Dash William Leonard After a 19-year-old, resourceful college freshman misses A man from Northern California falls in love with a South her flight home from a family vacation in Mexico, many African woman while traveling in Europe in the late 1980s; offer help to try to find her; but it’s another young girl who upon returning home, he finds himself going insane. As provides clues to the private investigator that restarts the his life unravels, he uses memories of her to battle his process. He finds the missing girl; she and her parents are mental illness, but must sacrifice the romantic relationship briefly reunited with mixed emotions, and the pleasant in the process. surprise comes many months later.

Magnus Incorporation/The Corporate Monk Motivation Sonya Davis Mehul Pithadia Two ambitious women competing for a promotion bump An inspiring story of the entrepreneur who becomes a heads handling an officer’s suspicious death. corporate Messiah by taking the most unprecedented My Name is Luka James Anthony Ford decision ever taken in corporate history to save his com- pany and employees. A narcissistic porn star turned murderer, triggered by envy of his transgender girlfriend, enters dark territory des- Mamsy’s Heart Cherie’ Brackett perate for fame, though “Big Brother”’ watches his every When a hardscrabble young teen and her two brothers are move, hoping to stop an inevitable fatal end. kidnapped by their estranged, Nazi-sympathizing father to become slave labor on his farm, their mission is clear: escape Natural Causes Shireen Crutchfield his sadistic hand and find the mother he claims is dead. Oddball Wendy longs for a normal life, but when your job is transporting the recently deceased to the morgue, noth- The Man with a Knife Pamela Wess ing is normal – especially when they don’t want to leave. An online fan-fiction writer falls for a man who’s using her stories to pretend he’s the man of her dreams. New Swell John Porter In Cape Town, South Africa, a young white surfer and Marigold Lisa J. Cristoforo aspiring writer tries to help his black neighbors with their When a woman realizes her dreams are a window into sick child and succeeds in helping his entire nation. her past lives, connecting her to a famous actor and an 18th century Irish house servant, she embarks on a The New Wine Matthew Pinard clandestine adventure to Ireland to discover the truth This incredible true story from the soon-to-be worldwide behind the connection. published book tells of the “New Wine” reincarnation as prophesied by the famed rock singer Jim Morrison, which Men Suffer TooSteve Petrou and Dr. Robin Hadley is a story of the oldest struggle known to mankind of good True life story. He wants to create life; instead his only vs. evil, the struggle for man’s soul, and man’s relationship function is keeping score of the dead and the barely to the Heavenly Triune God. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Drama 23 No Exit for Mercy James Anthony Ford (Award Winner, St. Tropez International Film Festival – Best Witness the final merciless days of the Bali 9 ringleaders Unproduced Scripts, 2016. London Filmmakers Festival prior to execution. Through their point of view, in reverse 2017, Nominated – Best Unproduced Scripts.) chronological order, we go back to its twisted inception. Pretty When She Cries Tracy Carbone Northern Lights Bert Pigg and Greg Gross Idealistic teen mother does a 180 degree turn when she A determined widow enlists her disillusioned middle-aged learns that life is dark, and morals fluid, when it comes to saving your family. son to travel cross country to help her rescue the man she loves from confinement in a memory care facility. Pride of Love Kevin Dwyer One Last Shot Mark Mussina Emotionally and physically scarred by a senseless hate crime, a depressed young gay man struggles to love and trust again When an elderly man is given a spell which turns him into when a goth punk outcast suddenly comes into his life. a young adult for his final day, he must decide whether to use his last 24 hours for fun and adventure or to avenge The Prosecutor David Bortman the death of his daughter, some three decades earlier. Back in the early ’70s, when abortion was illegal, a promi- One Nation, Under God David Midget nent young Assistant D.A., gets a girl pregnant and has to arrange for a back-alley abortion. The abortion is botched, When Utah secedes from the United States, one reporter the girl dies, and the abortionist is arrested. The Assistant and his family try to survive as their world becomes shock- D.A. is assigned to prosecute – no one knowing that he’s ingly conservative and their personal and professional the one who arranged for the abortion. liberal viewpoints increasingly dangerous. One Nation, Under God has it all: religious conspiracy, NSA espionage, Reinventing Amy Drew Giorgi White House uncertainty, and states’ rights radicalism. An ambitious artist fighting to save her company finds her- Only Bad Dudes Clive Sheppard self engaged in the greatest struggle of her life when she must rescue her abandoned niece and choose between Murder-for-hire organization seeks risk-taking young those who love her and those who promise the fulfillment women so old timers can retire. No experience required. of her wildest dreams. People Make Plans Sheri Smith Rosalie and the Hurricane Michael Childs Living the dream in paradise until it turned into a night- Sold to a carnie when she was three, molested and abused mare: a spiritual, uniquely engaging woman discovers the into her teens, taught how to throw knives and shoot, it’s life she planned isn’t what the universe has in store when natural Rosalie became a dominatrix. Can she love a man Pele threatens to cut off access to her B&B/her income. without torturing and killing him? Out of control, only a The real test of aloha is when she must “do her duty” and hurricane can stop her. destroy her best friend. A Scenic Tour Shane Smith The Plaintiff Clifford Zalay A philosophical treatise on the meaning of life woven “It’s like fighting City Hall, only this time the plaintiff had through the beautiful love story of Will and Betty – two what it took to win.” – Jury Foreman. A fired top producer young people who fall in love on a cross-country road trip. of a giant corporation struggles to save his marriage and But their love can’t last, as life pulls them apart. Thirty-eight good name. A profound true-life David vs. Goliath inspiring years later, Will goes back to find the one he left behind. story! (Grand Award Winner, Best of Show, International WorldFest Film Festival 2015; Best Drama Feature, AOF Senior Moment Robert Mangrum Film Festival Winner.) Two millennial makeup artist students masquerade as Poppy Fields H.J. Garber modern day Robin Hood seniors but are forced to change course and become the co-social chairmen at a senior When a soldier takes the fall for smuggling heroin from living facility while a female police officer goes undercover Afghanistan in a CIA scheme gone wrong, his brother to try and catch them. struggles to discover the truth.

Power Play F. Ethan Repp and Colin K. Stewart A cancerous, political suspense cocktail, based upon Go to www.InkTip.com and deceit, revenge, and envy. Our young, handsome mayoral search by title or author for aspirant, Collier Winthrop, is recruited by a crusty, old political boss, Al Caso, to upset the status quo. He soon the scripts that interest you! is faced with opposition from within and without. 1970. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 24 Drama – Family Shadytown Donald Ray Clark The Trade Sheila Warren A gentle, innocent young boy who’s mentally at risk is In Thailand, a social worker committed to rescuing and placed in a cruel military orphanage. He lives a bleak exis- rehabilitating sex trafficking victims comes up against an tence where he’s tormented with physical and mental pain internationally funded human trafficking organization, by demented and sadistic employees. Following a great with deadly consequences for her and her team. personal tragedy, he slips the border between insanity and reality at Shadytown. Trapped In Time 11:11 William Strickler Trapped in Time 11:11 is a riveting love story of true passion Shaking the Tree Georges Salo and perseverance that spans over 40 years, starting in A woman’s journey of self-discovery at the behest of her 1970 during the era of “free love.” It moonlights a tender soldier husband who died as a result of wounds sustained adoration of eternal love where untold truths run deeper in Afghanistan. than the terrors trapped inside.

A Shot at Faith Carl D. Lord The Troublemaker Don Taylor The inspirational story of an abducted and abused boy who A man trying to eliminate crime is saved by a criminal. becomes an All-American basketball player driven by faith and a posthumous letter from his long-lost dad. (2016 All Turkey Man J.A. Houston Sports Los Angeles Film Festival “Elite Eight” semi-finalist; An angry and depressed out-of-work Desert Storm vet- 2016 Screencraft Family Screenplay quarter-finalist; 2015 eran with PTSD, alcohol, and relationship issues forms an Kairos Prize screenplay competition semi-finalist.) unlikely bond with his terminally ill therapist as they both struggle to find purpose and meaning. Stronger Than Pride Sonya Davis An ex-con returns home and is forced to choose between Vengeance Is Mine Red Forrest his street family and his real family. When a young woman’s unprotected, original database technology is stolen by her new boss, a friend proposes Strung Tight Arianne Peterson avenging her loss with help from a Latino-American Women’s relentless and fierce tennis star prepares to face buddy of his. off with the men’s champion. As her personal life unravels, she must decide whether love and family are distractions The White Jaguar of the Amazon Pelham Mead or the things that matter most. This is a story about the endangered Awa’ in the Amazon jungles and the treatment by the Brazilian government SuperMax Ernie Hernandez of these natives. Jose’ de la Prada is a gold miner in the A talented up-and-coming mixed Spanish/German soccer Amazon jungle who hates the Awa’, yet destiny takes him star must overcome sabotage to his career when his jeal- on a different course, in which the Awa’ nickname him the ous best friend seduces his girlfriend and bribes a team White Jaguar. opponent with drugs to injure him. When he finds out, he gets arrested for viciously assaulting his nemesis, threat- Family ening his ability to play in the World Cup. As the Table Turns Sunil Batra The Top of the Curve Vincent Vargas As the Table Turns is an indie drama where a young woman During the Vietnam War, a precocious high school student is fighting to establish a table like her father when the time confronts the machinations of the school bully, while his has changed. conservative military academy fights internal battles of its Broccoli Brains Cynthia Neely own as it attempts to modernize. When a school bully’s prank backfires, a boy and his cat get super brain power and enlist pals in a wacky plan to expose the tormentor, uncover real crooks, and become heroes.

Every month an average of 25 Christmas Castaways Ernest Farino scripts are purchased or optioned Sailing to New Zealand to surprise her heart surgeon husband at Christmas, a woman and her two children are Register at www.InkTip.com marooned on a tropical island by a violent storm. A reclu- A free service to the industry sive artist living on the island aids their desperate struggle to survive the dangers on the island and be rescued by the Coast Guard in time for a Christmas family reunion. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Family – Horror 25 Emails from Heaven C.K. Steefel The Herring Gull Arne Bue An 11-year-old boy loses his father and invents a way to Dreadful dreams mortify a guileless and callow man, hin- receive emails from heaven. But when thousands of spirits dering him from embracing the girl he loves until a mystical download, including a cryptic message, the FBI wants the herring gull offers salvation. laptop before the boy can read the one from his dad. The Legend of the Warrior: The Sword The Great Christmas Adventure Jeff Schellenberg Victoria Alexandria Lele A workaholic single mom struggles to put on a fancy family A 900-year-old Nordic legend makes itself known by stop- Christmas to impress her sister’s snobby boyfriend but ping war between brothers. must contend with her wacky, redneck relatives and a greedy neighbor, who vie to derail the event. One More Sleep Robert Drusetta A tyrant manager is whisked away to the North Pole to find Maggie’s Heart Michael Childs his Christmas spirit, only to become embroiled in a rogue A musician and a shaman widow turn two towns upside helper’s ambition to be the next chief helper. down as they face murder and corruption in their quest for love and redemption, giving a broader meaning to the Shapeshifters Andrew Fisk word “family.” An ecumenical non-denominational story A young doctor discovers that her ancestors were shape- featuring gospel and country music. shifters. When a tribe of evil shapeshifters invades Seattle, she goes through her first animal transformation. Will she Sparkles Christine List fight against the shapeshifters – or answer the call of her Sparkles follows the adventures of a 10-year-old girl who blood and join them? steals a puppy. (Winner of the “Final Draft Prize for Best Feature Screenplay” from the San Diego International Kids The Witch, the Magic Donkey & the Lovesick Farmer Film Festival) Lee Martin In 1877 California, a lonely farmer falls for a rescued woman Three Cool Cats Jennifer Madden-Askew while his son Charlie (14) rides on the back of Danny (11), A hard-charging executive struggles to save her cosmetics who was turned into a flying, talking, magic donkey by a company from bankruptcy and during the turmoil gets a witch, as they race to rescue stolen children from a schoo- jolt into humanity when her best friends – three cats – are ner in San Francisco Bay. (Live action/animation) accidentally transformed into men and kidnapped by a secret government research facility. (New Century Writer Horror Awards-Finalist; Fade in Magazine Screenwriting Awards Bunnyman Bridge Colin Stewart – Semifinalist; American Accolades – Semifinalist; Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting – Top 15%) Milford, VA, a small, quiet town. A town that 32 years ago bonded six men to a grisly secret. A secret that will put the Fantasy sheriff’s adopted daughter in peril and have her yearning for her former stomping grounds of New York City. Milford VA, a Angels vs Demons I: Gateway to Hell great place to live – unless you’re a child with the wrong name. Slavica Bogdanov In a world where the pact between God and Lucifer has Corrupcion Clark D. Schaefer been broken, five heroes are trained, armed, and given A woman struggling with anxiety desperately tries to res- special powers by archangels to get into Hell and destroy cue her kidnapped sister when a leisurely trip to Mexico Lucifer’s machination to engulf the Earth in complete goes horribly wrong. evil darkness. Dark Assemblage Jamila Wiley The Door Robert Cox A reclusive young woman must fight for her sanity and life A young boy with a terminal illness must cope with ridicule while attempting to end the curse that has afflicted her from his classmates, the death of his grandfather, the joy family line for centuries. of a new friendship, and a mysterious door that forms on the wall of his bedroom, becoming more distinct the sicker Dead Loss Stacy Jo Coffey he becomes and only he can see. A young African American man is sent to work on an Alaskan crab boat, where he and his shipmates pull a seemingly Forces of Balance Maurice Lewis dead woman from the bottom of the ocean. Now, he must A young couple in two different time periods try to unravel lead the crew in their fight to defeat her and the vengeful the mystery of a sacred crucifix, protected by its power ghosts who follow her before they destroy the vessel and and challenges from Satan’s evil messenger. everyone onboard. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 26 Horror The Devil’s Soup Bowl Bruce Marich Left of the Devil Stephen Anderson An aging homicide detective is immersed into the world of Two boys are abducted by a psychopath and raised as demonic possession and two unsolved murders, leading brothers, until the eldest escapes. Years later he’s married him to the Catholic Church’s darkest secrets. with a young daughter, living a normal life, until the emer- gence of a child-killer drags him back to his brother and Diablerie Ronald Brown their buried past. P.I. partners are joined by a pair of wanted bounty hunters hunting an urban legend underground in a dark, futurist Lot 87 Skylar Blaze Los Angeles. When a group of college buddies RV to an abandoned campsite, they find themselves stuck in a mysterious The Doll Pinaki Ghosh revolving time warp and viciously hunted down by a crazed Things turn ugly when an affectionate father joins hands serial killer from the past. with an evil spirit in a doll in a desperate bid to salvage his Rudy Gray sagging career. Mandibles A scientist-farmer, teenagers, and townsfolk must destroy The Evil in Our Midst (Village of Secrets) a freak giant wasp-like carnivore starting a colony. Jim Monroe Penny Brommersma A band of college students accept their Comparative Melinoe Religion professor’s challenge to spend Halloween Eve Hidden within a doll lurks the demon, Melinoe. For centu- in an abandoned state mental hospital that’s notoriously ries she has haunted man’s dreams. At the Western Horse haunted, and soon discover that a forbidden musical Championships, Melinoe, the sadist, is unleashed. chord opens the portal to multiverses; including a hellish dimension filled with madness, archaic medical experi- Nanuq Jami Todd mentation, and the purest of evil. Truly a contemporary In an Arctic tundra threatened by global warming, a group gothic supernatural thriller. of researchers is terrorized by Russian poachers and a vengeful polar bear. Fear of the Big Bad Wolf Morgan Shnell On New Year’s Eve, Portland detective Barry Urban One of Me Kenneth Kielty begins an investigation into the werewolf attacks in A macho NYC firefighter stiffs a street hooker after using Tanker Mills, Maine. her services. She bites him and three weeks later he morphs into a woman and werewhore. Halfbreed Tucia Lyman On the run from a shadowy government agency, a men- Paranormal Jihad Michael Lanahan and David Oas tally ill mother retreats from society and raises her unusual A psychologist takes “Seekers of Truth” in the paranormal son on the outskirts of suburbia. When a series of heinous world to the mountains called “Ghost Land” on an unholy murders rocks the small town, the boy begins experiment- weekend of terror. Only the skeptic in the group can save ing with his fledgling super powers – and learns he may them, but first he must accept the paranormal as real. not be a boy at all. (2016 PAGE Awards Winner) A Pound of Flesh Georges Salo Hiroshima Skies Alexander Meilan A criminal boss exhausts all avenues, including whatever During a period of uncertainty, Japan faces off against his wealth provides, in order to save his terminally ill wife. the Western powers of the world. In the midst of harsh In a last desperate attempt he offers the most valuable war times, Michiko Sano must find a way to escape the items in his possession – his morals and his soul – to the madness before it reaches her, after being sent to the Devil for the life of his one and true love. asylum. (Top Finalist in Q1 2017 Breaking Walls Screenplay Contest; Honorable Mention for the 2017 International Shannon Alex Anico Horror Hotel Film Contest) When a man falls for a sexy bombshell, he finds himself an accomplice to her particular predilection: cannibalism. In-Sane Asylum Lawrence Leslie After two FBI trainees are assigned to a newly formed FBI Subhuman Todd Sharp unit in Los Angeles to help investigate a mysterious car A reality TV crew filming an adventure series inside a cave accident that might be related to a rash of unexplained in the heart of a Mexican jungle stumbles onto long-buried murders, one of the patients at the asylum where the vic- bacteria. One member after another of the team becomes tim worked, telepathically tortures one of the trainees into infected, turning each of them into terrifying creatures, believing there are supernatural forces at play. intent on slaughtering the others, one by one. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Horror – Romance 27 Transmontanus Mark Donnell Internecine of a Nation Robert John Bowman Few Americans know that the United States has a Based on intertwined historical events. Of an inspiration Fukushima problem of its own! Radiation from the Hanford of relevant photographic imagery captured of the era as nuclear site has been bleeding into the mighty Columbia a basis to cinematography. A film of enslavement, then of River and spawned a bloodthirsty monster. Now a small- an eradication of the indigenous, and then of their own town police chief struggles to protect his river community nation commencing the Civil War and that which was the from this mammoth aberration in spite of the greedy cruelest of fate to an end, Camp Sumter, Andersonville. Chamber of Commerce’s agenda. Rebellion Sergio Kopelev Used Body Parts Venita Ozols-Graham Based on historical events, Rebellion tells a coming-of-age A group of friends fight for their lives and body parts when story about a young Jewish boy who reluctantly leads a a late-night stop at an out-of-the-way gas station reveals group of teenagers in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising pumping gas isn’t their only business. No part goes unused. that for days incredulously defies the might of the Nazi War Machine and leaves a legacy for generations to come. Vaccination Ward Edmondson The Reluctant Hero Rudy Gray When the CDC tests on inmates in a mad search for a vaccine to the world’s deadliest plague, a rogue young An able, but alienated, young black soldier in a segregated scientist must choose whether to save mankind or risk tank unit excels in helping chase the retreating Nazi pan- turning her incarcerated lover into a lightning-fast zombie. zers back to Germany during the last days of World War II. Musical When I Was a Child Terry Needham Haunted by a tragic childhood that ripped his family apart, Dust Bowl Dancer James Page a WWII U.S. paratrooper captured behind enemy lines Daisy, an orphaned teenager, sets about perfecting fights to survive, inspired by the love of his sister who her raw talent into a professional dancer as she evades gives him hope and faith. Based on a true story from an nature’s wrath and an evil stalker. award-winning book.

Piper G. Gene Black Who’s Next Donald Ayer The onset of printing arrives with great conflict in the On September 25, 2003, Julie Ayer Rubenzer, 38, walked storybook village of Thymes c. 1712. A cocktail of history, into the Cosmetic Surgery Center, Sarasota. She did not pirates, myth, creatures, and a very bad witch. (Critically walk out. The Terri Schiavo/Governor Jeb Bush case satu- acclaimed, “A story to love” and “Masterfully crafted.” Live rated the airwaves. Bush wanted to and nearly did create a or animation.) second Schiavo: Julie Rubenzer. But her parents took Bush by surprise via an air ambulance to Wisconsin. Much more. Non-Fiction/History Romance The Assassin’s Shadow Bert Pigg The Advent of Summer Marlene Comet After John Wilkes Booth escapes from the Lincoln assassi- nation, an idealistic young lawyer embarks upon a quest to An artist embroiled in a love triangle finds true love when unravel the truth about his mysterious client. she takes her deceased father’s place in a Gold Cup polo tournament. Boali Miroslav Atanasov An Affair in the Greek Islands A native tribesman, a missionary woman, and an investi- Slavica Bogdanov gative journalist join forces in an epic battle against King During a trip to the Greek Islands, an impressionable young Leopold’s regime in the Congo. While millions of lives are woman discovers her newfound sexuality with a mysteri- at stake, the shrewd Belgian monarch is relentless in his ous multimillionaire and the hidden price of pleasure. efforts to hold on to his vast lucrative estate.

Fleet: A True Story Robert J. Reid Moses Fleetwood (Fleet) Walker, first Black American in MLB (1884), studied medicine and law, was a civil rights activist, The Script You Need writer, inventor, and businessman. After a sheltered child- Is at InkTip.com hood, he encounters racial prejudice, personality changes as he turns to alcohol, sees no hope of racially tolerant Register at www.InkTip.com America, and predicts a violent future. Fleet is attacked by a A free service to the industry group of men and placed on trial for murder. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 28 Romance – Romantic Comedy Against All Odds James Hayes the holidays in a little roadside town, where legend says One of the greatest stories of survival of all time simply all things are made right at Christmas – maybe thanks to a serves as the backdrop to an improbable but touching little dog which only shows up on holidays. love story. Imperfict Signs Michelle Smith American Maharajah Mark Stephen Levy It’s 1977 in the sleepy, eclectic surfer town of Santa Cruz, Indo-American Ravi is stranded in the Indian desert facing California. Mags’ mobile home is dispersed with misspelled certain dehydration and is rescued by a goat herder, who is plaques and signs her father makes in his etching and alarmed and astonished at what he sees. He immediately engraving shop. They are a constant reminder of all Mags’ takes Ravi to a Maharajah’s palace, where the Maharajah missteps and imperfections. Seemingly, Mags has come and the beautiful Aishani are shocked to see their Amar to accept it, but then she meets Shane and grander plans has been reincarnated as Ravi. appear on the horizon.

Campaign Major Mitchell Inherit a Marriage (I AM) Georges Salo A young Marine veteran is crippled by an Afghanistan Traditional and modern values collide for an Indian lesbian sniper and returns home to a nightmare that drives her to who must return to India to attend her father’s funeral. the brink of suicide. Upon arriving in India with her partner, she discovers that she must marry in order to uphold her family’s Christmas Hideaway (Christmas Blessing) rank and stature. Lee Martin Life. Love. You! Bogdan Nicolae Groza As Christmas nears, a penniless young widow, desperate to escape her in-laws, discovers her small son has a grand- A Romanian immigrant and an American businesswoman father who’s been secretly using another name for 30 struck acquaintance online. First, things started off as trivial years and living on the coast, where she soon finds herself biz talk, but fate has a different plan. (Book for adaptation) learning secrets of his past and with unexpected new love True Love Tiffany Colling with a young officer. Love is putting someone else’s feelings before your own. The Dance Card Mark Krekeler Love is being there for someone through the good, the A black teen pines for the star of the basketball team and bad, and the ugly. It can be said that love defines who we Grandpa’s Victrola music. Everything about her is rooted are. It is also said that love is the air we breathe and the in Grandpa’s era. As “stats girl” she sits bench close to warm feeling that envelops our souls, but make no mis- what she wants. A rebel teen moves to town and sees her take, big or small, love is for us all. true heart. He changes prom to a 1920s dance card theme Romantic Comedy to try and win her over. Dancing for Love Slavica Bogdanov The Guide Eric P. Granger A young woman falls in love with her amazing salsa dance In 1905, Adirondack guide Morgan is reunited with his teacher, but her world threatens to shatter when she dis- childhood friend, Daniel, when Daniel brings his fiancé, covers he is a stripper at night, working in a seedy club. Elizabeth, and the entire wedding party to Lake Placid for Can love survive this dance? the ceremony. Tensions mount between some of the city folks and the rugged mountain folks as sparks begin to Diamond Girl vs. Rebound Man Samuel Inglese fly between Morgan and Elizabeth, and the three must choose between their hearts and their lifelong friendships. Jack and Jill know how to always get dumped within 10 weeks. Both have a trick that never failed before they met Holidays in Magic Town Lee Martin each other. Recognizing this is true love, his brother and her sister try mud, ants, tents and bears to get the micro- A young single mother, torn between her perfect fiancé brewer and horse therapist back together forever. and a lame veteran; and her elderly aunt, still angry over a lost love she never expects to see again, travel to spend Handmaidens of Rock Linda Gould During the late 1960s, a rock band forms at a suburban Maryland high school, featuring lead guitarist Preston, Go to www.InkTip.com keyboardist Neal, and drummer Brad. After Brad is and search by title or dumped for drama major Clive, the band pursues far-flung adventures, accompanied by three ambitious women: author for the scripts aspiring journalist Candy, wannabe model Hope, and that interest you! thespian-musician Theda. A vengeful Brad finally tracks them down at a festival. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Romantic Comedy – Sci-Fi 29 How to Train Your Wife Stagestruck Todd Sharp Philip T. Brewster and Shona M. Brewster A struggling L.A. actor, who has portrayed himself as a Embittered romantic Paul is paid to teach over-indulged wildly successful star of the stage and screen, finds his ladies the value of money – by trapping them on his ruse put to the test when he returns home to perform in deserted island. Until his next client is his ex-wife who a play and discovers the jilted love of his life will also be on is secretly investigating him for a series of international the stage. crimes he didn’t commit. Thou Blind Fool Love Kevin Anthony Ryan If It Isn’t Love Lawrence Leslie A Caucasian performer, who performs singing telegrams Alvin, a young professional man, reminisces on his life with dressed as a penguin, is hired to sing to a young Spanish his best female friend, the betrayal involving his fiancée, woman as part of a marriage proposal, smack dab in the and the unbelievable steps he took to find true love. middle of wild and passionate 1980s Spanish Harlem! The performer is shocked to see it is his ex-girlfriend, with Letters From Iceland Simon King whom he is still in love and must win back. Fiona is excited for spring break in Cabo. Her parents have something else in mind. Time for a Cup of Coffee Louise Roarty Coffee cups smash and sparks fly when an uptight, picky The Merger E. R. Champion and Larry W. Champion New York businessman meets a crazy, artistic, and outra- The famous restaurant chain of Dovan & Nolan is failing geous Wisconsin artist who owns a farm. and the owners have mysteriously disappeared. Will the ever-clashing daughter and son of the owners be able to You Get Me Peter Griffin overcome their differences and save the failing enterprise? John Hart, a loser with the heart of a romantic and a smart mouth, tries to win over the popular Frances from jock The Rock Star’s Homecoming Linda Gould Duncan by overcoming his shyness with his high school Nestled in the Appalachian foothills, Glendary College is radio show. the epitome of a small-town college. Calm and studious on the surface, the mixture of jocks, religious fanatics, and Sci-Fi hippies is a powder keg waiting to ignite. A homegrown Alien Man Georges Salo rock band called Sunburst, expelled two years before, provides the decisive spark as it returns for an explosive Twelve thousand years ago, according to the Piri Reis map, homecoming celebration. modern man existed and was regarded by the indigenous population on Earth as “gods,” hence the title “Alien Man.” Runaway Holiday Hearts Lee Martin These different groups of “gods” along with their indige- A still young, Irish-Mexican state senator seeking a lost nous less evolved people (who in the future became us) love, and a difficult young woman with a grudge and went to war for each other’s resources. with an ambitious fiancé must share a rental car in Chuck Gordon foggy weather as they try to get north to the Bay Area Alpha Chase for the holidays. Science says humans born in space can never come to Earth; yet to cheat nature, governments have comman- Secretarial Wars Linda Gould deered an essential process on the moon in order to raise Miriam, a Washington secretary stuck in a dead-end the armies that fight in the global nuclear war on Earth. job, longs to be an investigative journalist. Her days are Four young, Lunar-born soldiers, investigating the “mother spent in an office cubicle, surrounded by files belonging of all bombs,” uncover this political scheme, and realize to applicants for U.S. Peace grants, a program that sends that they must bring WWIII to an end. scholars abroad to teach and disseminate American ideals – or maybe for more dubious purposes. Will Miriam be Chasm One Patrick Davids able to prove her suspicions? When the leader of a covert team, sent to retrieve an alien spacecraft buried in the Antarctic ice, becomes embroiled She Learned to Be Wild Valerie A. Ferrante in a deadly struggle for survival, he soon discovers the A divorced, Mary Tyler Moore-type woman is romanced Power Elite will stop at nothing to maintain the secrecy by a rude but hot biker. Add the character of her best surrounding this perfect technology. friend, a gay tap dancer, and three worlds collide, creating immense cultural differences. She finds herself Colony of Mars Michael Mathews a fish out of water when he takes her to Bike Week in When the first child born on Mars adapts to its climate, her Liz Wear among 200,000 bikers wrapped in leather. the parents battle a morally corrupt doctor, who’s trying (1/3 in animation) to clone the child. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 30 Sci-Fi Cosmic Watchers Clive Scarff Nirvana citizens are treated like pampered sheep. When Based on a true story. Bob meets two extraterrestrials a form of leprosy – CRV2 – enters this paradise, Molokai who claim to be hybrid Earth humans and “other.” They comes into existence. An isolated island where the sick – are here in response to our nuclear facilities. And a warn- and some just sick of being controlled – are sent to die. ing: “No nuclear devices in space allowed.” But will they?

Dreamers Mike Purdy Past Presence Kevin Mongelli Randy Coles heard that lucid dreaming could change your A professor obsessed with the idea of past lives gets the life. He found that out when Denice told him about it. chance to see his past via an extraordinary device, but his discovery leads to grave consequences. The Enochian Wars: Armageddon Unleashed Frank Julius Palumbo Primordium One: Reformation William E. Mason An NYPD police officer’s involvement in the occult draws the attention of a spirit-based alien species amidst a global A paleoanthropologist on a dig in northern Kenya is driven invasion by alien creatures seeking to enslave the Earth. to distraction by an inner voice. But can he achieve peace While trying to uncover the cryptic messages delivered to of mind when the voice belongs to a mysterious life form him in the astral world, he soon discovers that humanity is intent on nurturing in him the only remaining pure strain no longer at the top of the food chain. of the alien genome responsible for mankind’s humanity?

Escape to Planet B346 Thomas Thorpe Redacted Chad Jones Stranded on an unknown planet, a husband and wife must Sci-fi author Athena Simms thought she’d found the per- find each other, prevent an assassination, and choose fect job with a shadow intelligence agency dedicated to between health, wealth, or happiness. misinformation about aliens. Falsifying documents and encounters, Athena did what she did best: she told a story. Last Judgement Michael Canon Until she met a believer whose life she destroyed with a When a down-on-his-luck writer is abducted, a fellow conspiracy she created. (Winner of 2016 Shriekfest Best journalist from his former life discovers evidence of mass Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay) alien abductions coinciding with an extinction-level event and must thwart the efforts of an alien race bent on Singularity Roy Dopson enslaving humanity. On the brink of human extinction, a being from a higher dimension battles with an artificial intelligence to save Living Proof Herschel Medlin and Dale Baker humanity from becoming trapped within a hellish com- After their friend is attacked and abducted in the Arizona puter simulation. wilderness, former Marines Travis and Carl assemble a team to find their friend and uncover a dark secret that Starflake Rides with the Galactic Bikers the world never saw coming. Nicola Cuti Four Space Ranger cadets are rushing to an alien world Manphibian Daniel Wesley to rescue fellow cadets under the control of a mad com- A construction worker seeks revenge against the giant, puter. Success depends on a spunky, rebellious little girl, mutant frog that destroyed his dam. (Quarter-finalist – who can live in space without any life support. Kids first! Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest) Four out of five stars. “The characters are the strongest Molokai Lee Costanzo aspect of the film ... flows well from beginning to end.” Earth, 2085. In the aftermath of a cataclysmic nuclear Subject Six: Jenny Gary Tao war, a new world, one world rises from the ashes. In this When a woman discovers she’s at the mercy of a formida- ble force, she knows it’s going to be more than a fight to escape the most advanced of nightmares. Every month an average of 25 Tangled Spirits Eric P. Granger scripts are purchased or optioned Single mother Christy desperately fights for the return of the spirit of her 7-year-old son Travis after he and four Register at www.InkTip.com other recently deceased people are revived. A rogue comet A free service to the industry has tangled their ascending spirits in the stratosphere and thrust them back to Earth in the wrong bodies. Christy must deal with forces that challenge her very beliefs. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Sci-Fi – Thriller 31 Terra Z Naresh Jhunjhnuwala Cammed! Aj Cipolla Six Earthlings, abducted over the centuries, accompany A sex-addicted, shady banker seeking redemption must their alien overlords back to Earth, now overrun by zom- prove his innocence when his ex-wife and favorite cam- bies. When the alien mothership mysteriously blows up, porn girl frame him for murder. the aliens are stranded. They now rely on the six Earthlings not only for their survival but also help in finding a way Captive Quartet Lilia Fabry back to their home planet, itself facing extinction from a The woman known only as Allure is locked in a compound rival alien planet. with a Cerebellum, Dominance, and Divinity by a morally ambiguous man to atone for her flaws with the promise Under the Tree Jeremy Brown that all four must work together to leave – or only one will. Two young men from different planets have a chance encounter and discover how much they can learn from Chloe the Clone William E. Mason each other. The fate of a small town and maybe even the The heart transplant that can save your life beats in the entire country is depending on how well they are able chest of a clone who calls you Grandpa. to work together. Coordinates Robin Adair Virgo Gil Luna A cloak-and-dagger thriller that plunges the dagger in In a post-apocalyptic world, one extraordinary young deeply, with a twist of the paranormal that is based on woman must use her newly discovered powers to save actual events; proving that sometimes the truth is not only the human race. stranger than, but sometimes makes good fiction.

The Visitors Andrew Cahill-Lloyd Curse on Royal Lane Lois Frazier Ptoni the Pteranodon is a fish out of water. He’s been Celebrating their good fortunes on inheriting the most transported to the year 2016 and discovers a very differ- haunted home in New Orleans, a couple finds themselves ent Earth. With the assistance of time-travelling aliens and caught in a web of ghostly possessions, hauntings, and a a small band of misfits, he sets out on a journey to under- twisted voodoo curse that brings an ancient evil back to life. stand religion and its effect on humanity. Alien abduction can be fun! Dante’s Island Georges Salo A wealthy eccentric orchestrates a reality show to find and Thriller exact his revenge on those who killed his family.

Assume Nothing Ronald Johnson The Destroyer Ian Patrick Williams Assume Nothing is a spy adventure. In trying to learn why he A bereaved San Francisco detective is assigned to the case was given another baby’s name 36 years ago, Will Rogers of a serial killer who patterns his slayings after the Old learns his grandfather, who raised him, was master spy for Testament’s angel of death, referred to as The Destroyer. U.S. but never told the CIA the name of his Russian spy, Will’s father. Will is trying to find out who he is. (Book for The Eidolons Patrick Hatten adaptation) An athletic man has replaced alcoholism with cycling, but Avalon Brian Whiteman when his obsessive-compulsive drive to conquer a moun- tain pass is thwarted by a spectral apparition, he must face A lonely bar owner is confronted by her past. Now she both inner and outer demons to survive. must face the demons of her past to reclaim the life that she lost. Faceless Gary Tao Beleaguered Proof Georges Salo A millionaire coming to terms with the loss of his wife loses almost everything in a single night from a murder attempt A French prosecutor’s family’s life is in danger when she investigates an illegal shipping deal between a French cor- poration and the Nigerian government. A British Hacker in America The Script You Need Paul Field and Tyren Goodrich Is at InkTip.com A British hacker learns how to break into computer net- works as a teenager in the mid-1980s. Later he is arrested Register at www.InkTip.com by the U.S. Secret Service while visiting the U.S.A. and has A free service to the industry to choose between prison and helping them with the first- ever undercover Internet sting. A true story. Register Today at www.InkTip.com 32 Thriller on his life. He realizes that he must rediscover himself to Grand Guignol Alex Schor return home to his endangered son. Members of a French theater company in the 1940s use Fatal Deception Rick Curtis their theatrical skills, special-effects makeup, and cunning to wage a secret battle against the Nazis. A woman, missing and thought dead, turns up alive with amnesia, and could expose the men who “killed” her Hostage: The True Story of a Kidnapping at any moment. Slavica Bogdanov Firebug Stacy Jo Coffey A Canadian mother’s desperate plight in her race against time to save her son from a French Military prison before he In Trump’s new America, a naïve, multiracial high school senior gets killed by dangerous criminals or sent to war in Beirut. with a penchant for petty arson moves to a small community, where he falls for the mayor’s complex, worldly daughter and, Ian Simon Teal Georges Salo in an effort to win her heart, literally sets the town on fire. Two master thieves mentor a down-on-his-luck amateur For the Method Les Zig thief in his craft. To show his gratitude he’ll accomplish the A talented but unsuccessful 20-something actor lands the one task his mentors couldn’t complete – steal an item lead in an indie film playing a stalker-cum-murderer, and illegally usurped by a private collector and return it to the takes his dedication to method acting too far. museum. He devises the scheme with such complexity as to also gain the love of his life. Fourplex David F. Schwartz Ian Simon Teal Too: The Savage Heist Georges Salo Fourplex is a contained, graphic, psychological thriller/horror about a young woman who moves into an apartment in To save his kidnapped lover’s life, a master forger and art Queens which has been pre-wired for audio and video by the thief must steal a famous Gauguin sculpture and hatch a tenant who lives above her. The story is a modern reimag- daring plan to rescue her. ining of Psycho, told as an allegory about the housing crisis. In the Voodoo Parlour of Marie Laveau M.C. Beato The Fourth Symbol Joel Mphahla New Orleans, February 27, 1900 – Midnight. Someone is The conservative British monarch’s fears are confirmed. trying to kill Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, and she has only The reason behind the Second World War is not what the 24 hours to smoke out and vanquish her unknown enemy. world was told. The battle to acquire the universe’s power- ful Fourth Symbol is the reason. He must find it to destroy Killerfornia Craig Richards ZT, the infectious outer space molecule that is on the brink After a string of Hollywood film directors are brutally mur- of wiping out humanity. dered, a maverick L.A. homicide detective is assigned to the serial killer investigation and finds himself dangerously The Garden That Grows Souls Louise Roarty manipulated by an extremely smart and seductive prime An archangel from hell murders individuals for their souls, suspect – America’s most famous superstar female wres- but finds one soul he wants to possess. tler. Think Seven meets Basic Instinct.

Going Nuclear Stephen Hart The Missing Pilots Stephen Kelly In 1969, young chemist Arthur Weiss becomes caught up A young, yuppie Lebanese-American lawyer is slowly but in a plot to force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam surely drawn into a major terrorist attack on America’s War – by constructing a small nuclear bomb. power grid and is forced to join forces with rogue FBI agents to save his adopted country and the woman he Good Guys, Bad Hopes Darko Mitrevski loves. (Consider from ScriptShark) In the middle of the desert, five bad guys meet by chance and face off against one another – for all of them delusively My Father’s Sin Drew Giorgi believe the other ones are “the good guys” in this story. After witnessing the brutal killing of his lover and her fam- ily, the brilliant son of an imprisoned crime lord makes a deal with the DA – only to break it when those he made Go to www.InkTip.com rich kidnap his son. and search by title or Pacific Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU): Resolute Strike author for the scripts Georges Salo When he receives a cryptic warning, the head of the Pacific that interest you! Anti-Terrorist Unit in Hawaii must assemble his team to stop a group from detonating a nuke on his island. For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com Thriller – Western 33 A Place in My Heart Jack Quinn gets close and won’t go away. Her husband gets impatient, When Afro-Caucasian Jason Morgan visits the hometown signals his kill-plan to go, but his murder twists – spinning of his terminally ill mother, he becomes embroiled in a hos- them all. tile takeover of the tiny Maine lobster village, provokes the Shoah to Shogun Michael Mendershausen sociopathic ex-husband of his new lover, and becomes the target of a Las Vegas gambling syndicate. Inspired by actual events. After escaping Klaus Barbie, a stubborn and precocious 15-year-old Jewish girl with Protein-25 Aggression Control Ruth Kulstad rabbinical aspirations flees to the Philippines, survives the A biologist fears she’ll be killed by political operatives Bataan Death March and arrest by Japanese military police, determined to obtain the protein she has discovered that and joins the resistance forces during the occupation. could be used to influence an election. The Skin Game Bill Hanan Proximity Richard Currie The hunter becomes the hunted when a young woman In a world where revenge can be bought, an ex-cop turned takes on the human trafficker she escaped from years ago fugitive has a bomb strapped to his chest and is given one to rescue her kidnapped younger brother before he’s sold day to survive a deadly game against 39 other people in and lost forever. (2016 Scriptapalooza semifinalist) the same predicament. The rules are simple: kill all the other players within 24 hours or everyone explodes. South of Good Randall Reneau A Jesse Stone-esque drug thriller pitting a renegade small- The Quantum Chip William Davidson town sheriff against a Mexican cartel, the Cuban Mafia and Trapped in the Internet when they tried to use her brain a Russian hitman. as the microprocessor for a quantum computer, she sent a cry for help that would draw young NFL quarterback Spider Lake Venita Ozols-Graham Jason Dillard through a twisted world of power, money, Sherry goes back to the party for revenge, but the guests corruption, torture, and murder to try and rescue the keep dying before she can kill them. woman he loved. A Story of Wrath Theo Leipert Relentless Nester Murira A talented architect has everything going for him until the A young woman meets a seemingly kind man on a train murder of his best friend by a group of Neo-Fascists sends who lures her to his home – but turns her into a sex slave him on a murderous rampage of revenge that strips his for a weekend and dumps her on the street; her ordeal own humanity away piece by piece. and shock never seems to end, but she resolves to start her life afresh to help young women who fall victim to Trouble Joel Block sexual abuse. A co-ed’s rape is complicated by a dark secret. Retribution Has a Name Georges Salo Trusted Friends Elizabeth Appell An assassin at the top of his game continues about his work watching with passing interest as the financial mar- Strong roles for two female women. On her first night on kets crumble. When his friend’s elderly aunt commits duty, a rookie cop shoots and kills a small-time thug. When suicide after losing her life savings – well, it just got per- the thug’s lover learns of the shooting, she goes on a killing sonal. He now dispenses his brand of retribution to those spree, ending with her sights on the rookie’s six-year-old son. few whose greed created the financial crisis that caused the distress and grief to so many. Woodhaven L.J. Dougherty A survivalist and his daughter hide out in their strategically Running with the Devil Craig Richards built cabin during a state of martial law – until a stranger After being granted unprecedented access to Mexico’s arrives and threatens their safety. most powerful drug lord, a courageous young photogra- phy student learns her late father was murdered by the Western psychotic narco-trafficker and vows to get justice, come Lee Martin hell or high water. The Last Wild Ride In 1877, after Lorena shoots her abusive second husband Secret Roses Elan Carlson to protect her mute son, their only escape from her vicious Her dad dies, so an artist escapes her abusive husband mother-in-law and clan, intent on a hanging, is a wild ride to care for her mother, unaware her husband, a through the badlands with the help of a shot up, beat up, pharmaceutical magnate, has bribed someone to kill her disgruntled ex-lawman, old scouts, and a lecherous gam- if she spills his corrupt beans. Now a “perfect stranger” bler. (Adapted from Lee’s 2016 novel) Register Today at www.InkTip.com 34 Western Masked Avenger Lee Martin To Kill a Mountain Man (High Country) Lee Martin Emmett Strong gives up his badge to buy a ranch in a A weary mountain man begins to bond with an orphan boy distant valley in the Colorado Rockies, only to find himself and with an arranged but pregnant bride, while a vicious donning a black mask to avenge a friend in the middle of a gang of outlaws led by her former husband leaves a trail of death as they track her down to find the loot she had hidden. range war, while romancing a gold-digging beauty. The Trail Vincent Vargas Pearl Hart & the Violent Men Lee Martin When James Reed and his family journey west to California In the late 1890s, the legendary Pearl Hart is torn between during covered wagon days, little did they suspect that two violent men: the dedicated but vengeful lawman, and their treacherous guide will forsake them in the middle of the clumsy but deadly outlaw with vicious brothers – even the wilderness and force them to perform unspeakable as she’s railroaded into Yuma and yearns for a new life. acts in order to survive. Writers Represented by Agents/Managers

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Residual Evidence (Sci-Fi) Linda Andersson The Alien Mission (Sci-Fi) Sam Griffin After a near-death experience, an LAPD detective finds Future. Mankind is completely isolated from the planets of himself in an alternate timeline and seriously affected by the Commonwealth. Ex-cop Jack Markoff agreed to lead a the Mandela Effect phenomenon. Not only are his mem- group whose task is to stop a human maniac, committing ories unable to be proven, but his undercover partner is their atrocities in the security of the Commonwealth. Easy dirty, so he risks everything to jump back into his original mission – in Markoff’s opinion – turns for him into a deadly timeline to set things straight. struggle not only with a maniac, but also with members of a truly galactic conspiracy. (Book for adaptation) Arthur Bell, Lexingford Publishing LLC Garret Maynard, The Gary-Paul Agency Shibli (Drama) Kehinde Dunsin and Anthony Guilianti Powers That Be (Drama) David Holloway A foreign exchange student with lofty aspirations travels to the U.S., where she finds herself entangled with an edgy The Democratic presidential nominee risks assassination drug dealer. by speaking out about the malevolent grip on the country of Wall Street, the CIA, and the Federal Reserve. Bill Boyle, Bill Boyle Management Gina Stoj, Gina Stoj Management

Dreaming Out Loud (Drama) Adrienne Toghraie Daughters of a Strange God (Drama) Oriana Panozzo Devastated by the loss of her husband in the Afghan War, The fight for emancipation starts with one woman. a vulnerable young woman is pursued by his secret twin Greg Bernstein, The Film Law who offers wealth, power, and marriage. She accepts his proposal, only to have her lost husband return. Centerfold Mom (Comedy) Kevin Campbell

Jewish Geisha (Romantic Comedy) Adrienne Toghraie When a dorky teenage boy discovers his sweet mom was once a sexy centerfold model, he accidentally turns her Driven to escape her strict Jewish Orthodox upbringing, into an online celebrity – and when she decides to run off a naïve young girl embarks on a singing career in Japan. to Hollywood, he goes through hell to try and stop her. There, her journey takes her from celebrated singer, to famous exotic dancer, and finally geisha to one of the Jay Gilbert, APA country’s most powerful men. Kiss My Ass (Romantic Comedy) Hubert de La Bouillerie (Crime) Adrienne Toghraie Virtual Madame A wild romantic comedy, set in the world of loan sharking When a virtual sex club madame is investigated by an in Las Vegas, brings Kate and Johnny together to save a inspector because her clients are being blackmailed, she company from an unfriendly board and a South American falls in love with him, not knowing that he is the blackmailer. drug dealer. No plan is off limits and they use everything For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 35 at their disposal. Love and loathing keep them connected Kathy Krantz Stewart, as a battle of the ages explodes in Vegas. Good Book Film

Long Road to Heaven (Thriller) Hubert de La Bouillerie The Price We Must Pay for Our Father’s Sins (Drama) Set south of the border in Mexico City, in a world of grift- Ellen Jean Barrier and Stephanie Kimmel ers, drug runners, and con artists; two lovers – passionate, Jim Elliott is the head of a corrupt organization, where separated by deception and unspeakable tragedy – are crime and acts of terror are committed against humanity; united by their need for revenge and their lust for each nobody crosses him and lives to talk about it. He is a man other. A tragic love story that will have you wishing it will of great influence in society, well educated in criminal law, end in everlasting love. has wealth and power, and uses it all for evil means. His family must pay the ultimate price. Of Love and Evil (Thriller) Hubert de La Bouillerie Lloyd Robinson, 2020 is the beginning of the era of evil. A century-old Suite A Management prophecy is on the verge of being fulfilled. The divina- tion foretells of the time when the Devil will have all the Letting Go (Drama) David Phoenix and Rachel Roy power and the means he needs to take over the world. After combat tours in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, Sergeant The greatest evil that has ever existed is at our door. Can Goodman is in treatment for PTSD. He reveals to his psy- he be stopped? chiatrist that Perkins, an ex-comrade, is trying to kill him as a witness to Perkins’ serial murders of civilians. Alan ‘Pappy’ The Life of John Ford (Biographical) insists he continually meets dead comrades, relatives, and Hubert de La Bouillerie and Dave Thomas civilians. Is Perkins trying to kill him, or is Alan crazy? The extraordinary life of the director John Ford. From the (Action/Adventure) silent era to the modern-day matinees. His love affairs The Rage of Saint Francis David Phoenix and Rachel Roy with his actresses, his family battles, his drinking, his love of America, and his relationships with the studios and his An ex-L.A. cop lives the simple life down river from eternal friendship with John Wayne. Based on the book Mulholland’s “perfect” dam that holds the reservoir “Pappy” The Life of John Ford by Dan Ford. supplying water for Los Angeles. Small ranchers and farmers, feeling exploited by Mulholland, are plotting Texas, Bulls and Love (Romantic Comedy) catastrophic revenge. When the dam collapses – natural Hubert de La Bouillerie processes or sabotage? – thousands flee a careening 80-foot-high wall of water. Who wins when man’s pride A young woman unlucky in love, whose heart has been confronts nature’s wrath? broken too many times, convinces Lloyds of London to ensure her heart won’t be broken again, at least for a Roger Paul, Roger Paul Inc while. A modern-day Four Weddings and a Funeral meets Notting Hill, grabs your heart and makes you want to fall in Out of the Lantern (Action/Adventure) love all over again. Peter Vinal, Dana Middleton, and Heather MacCadam This is a magical adventure story with genies, time travel, Where Peace Lives (Action/Adventure) and flying carpets. It is a journey with battles between Hubert de La Bouillerie good and evil genies, mystery, romance, comedy, and sus- Based on the bestselling book, a peace advocate is taken pense. In a present-day comedy club, a beautiful woman hostage in Afghanistan. Her daughter, Bebe, a young teen- and a comedian by mistake are sent back to the ancient ager, determined to help free her mother, must first help mystical past where time stands still. A cross between Harry Potter and Sinbad. free Angel Peace, who’s been locked in a glass box and can’t get out. A magical adventure into a fantastic world Sherry Robb, The Robb Company like Alice in Wonderland. Doc Band-Aid (Drama) Bob Bland and Nancy Revak Jennie Dunham, A homeless war vet fights a courageous battle with PTSD Dunham Literary Management and alcoholism in a desperate attempt to regain the love of a woman he lost years earlier during the war. Anvil City (Drama) Tim Garvin A down-on-his-luck welder-sculptor inherits a gold claim in A Knight Without A Face (Action/Adventure) Alaska and must either sell out to a mining mogul or help David Seader the Inuit, his new partners, move a massive gold dredge In this action/adventure, a Yale recruit takes over for across the tundra. a potential CIA agent who quits training and goes on Register Today at www.InkTip.com 36 a journey to save a couple of old friends who went to Yale employ more than a fine mind to outwit a gang of porn Law, and a bunch of his political friends, so he can stop an industry gangsters who’ve abducted one of his employees. evil terrorist plot against the political and legal systems of A beautiful country estate becomes the setting for a tense the United States of America. (Republican edition available) showdown as George must employ wit, guile, and gump- tion to rescue the women. The Sake House (Thriller) David A. Seader Tsu Tsu Stanton, In this horror/thriller film, the party was over in San Tsu Tsu Unlimited Francisco, so Jacque ventured down to Los Angeles and wound up at a bed & breakfast run by religious extremists. The Mind of Julian Hand (The Awakening) (Sci-Fi) So he and his new best friend Noah will find out what mind Lawrence Oliver Cherry control, torture, and murder really are in this allegorical A small Irish American boy with a slight mental disorder, horror/thriller. who inherited power of a Native American elemental, his Simon Williamson, SW Agency only weapon, must protect his older sister, a new prima ballerina, from elusive serial killers and a Godling as The Blackwood Convention (Thriller) Roderick O’Grady power­ful as himself. A rescue is launched of trafficked, abducted women forced into the porn industry! George Goodison must Teleplays

½-Hour Pilots job as an HR manager for a declining porn company in the early 2000s. (Based on a true story. Think: The Office Jump’n Bad Judge (Comedy) Shahid Muhammed meets Hung.) Jump’n Bad Judge, a physical comedy: A former profes- Rita (Comedy) Mitch Poremba sional wrestler turned judge is confronted in court by the same collegiate football nemesis who injured him during Rita, anchorwoman, wife, and mother, is hired as new a nationally broadcast championship game. (Finalist: general manager for a TV station in Milwaukee. Rita and Cannes Screenplay Contest 2016; with star professional family, plus family live-in assistance Annette, make the wrestling talent.) move. Office chaos happens, and viewers watch jabs between the weatherman and nightly news opinion editor. Lawful Missbehaviour (Comedy) Dave Mac Mrs. Swanson as owner creates some chaos, and Rita’s An unorthodox captain endeavors to lead his team assistant, a know-it-all, always has interesting facts that with preposterous outcomes when their unscrupulous she gives out. commissioner inveigles the eccentric squad into doing her dirty work and one is taken hostage by an iniquitous We Are Family (Comedy) Mitch Poremba crime lord. Mary, a Republican strategist with Democrat parents, and James, a Democrat strategist with Republican parents, Misfit Hall (Comedy) Zac Ross are consultants performing radio and TV talk shows. Six misfit freshmen with roommate issues get reassigned Trying to leave politics at the office, their fathers seem to to the crappy dorm on the far side of campus, where they cause interesting family situations, Mary’s sister inherits must learn to coexist with one another if they want to sur- a business which she expands and is a ruthless business vive college. operator, yet at the end of the day, they are all family.

My Landlord the President (Family) Rick Kneisley Who’s Up (Comedy) Larry Arann Rich and handsome Trump Tower resident Benjamin A dealership sells the first South American-made car Collins has just had his perfect bachelor life come crash- exported to the United States. Selling the Mango is reflective ing down like a house of cards. His “get married now” through its owner and his remarkably dysfunctional family. obsessed Jewish mother has descended upon him with her own agenda for his life. Working Actor (Comedy) Benjamin Seay Working Actor is a combination acting school/hang-out Randy in HR (Comedy) Brandon Lee Roberts spot where struggling L.A. actors can come together to Randy hit rock bottom the first time he decided to get take classes, catch-up with each other and suffer through sober, but his life hits an all-new low when he takes a the endless cycle of failed auditions and crappy “day jobs.” For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 37 Surrounded by actors of all ages and types, five struggling The Creators (Drama) Jason Anderson and Annika Moller actors are discovering what waiting on fame looks like. When a world-renowned artist commits suicide, she leaves One-Hour Pilots her estranged daughter, a successful businesswoman, former artist and dancer, the keys to a mysterious Animal Lovers Only (Drama) warehouse in Brooklyn that once housed one of the Tom Ecobelli and Heather George longest-running controversial artist collectives on the East Coast, known as Utopia. The chaotic lives of a young woman and her dedicated colleagues are held together by their commitment to save Designated Drinker (Drama) animals in trouble. (Finalist 2015 Screencraft Pilot Launch. Richard Willett and Linda Lili Anderson ER and Grey’s Anatomy at an animal emergency hospital.) Annie, a tightly wrapped accountant with an empty nest The Basement (Crime) John Iannucci and a husband losing interest, and her new best friend Brian, a gay N.Y. playwright forced back to L.A. to escort his Flawed and fallen John Tuscani returns from Afghanistan wacko, aging parents into oblivion, belly up in a legendary to the bureau, only to be placed in a barebones and dys- Hollywood bar with a colorful assortment of drinking bud- functional narcotics squad that serves as the bureau’s dies coping with their own deferred dreams and absurd “Breakfast Club.” There he must take on a new major epi- new realities. demic of street drugs on their turf. Ernest (Drama) Jeremy Holland Betrayal (Crime) Rodney Creswell The anti-superhero people turn to when the police can’t Defense Attorney Elisabeth Mitchell’s life spirals out of or won’t help. control when her 16-year-old daughter is raped by some- one who might be in her squad. The Exchange (Thriller) Mike Pace

Bunker Time (Action/Adventure) Dave Freda A mild-mannered mom who’s played by the rules her entire life must kill a string of random strangers to save both her A night with a combat infantry platoon in Korea. daughter’s life and her daughter’s soul. (Note: five season bible available. Represented by Rob Kesler, Coliseum) Car God (Drama) Ricky Young Based on actual events: A young ex-con, desperate for an The Exchange (Drama) Juliette Garrigues honest life, takes a job at a local dealership, unknowingly Set between New York and Beijing, an organ trafficking entering the Mob-run underworld of the car business. ring will bring together the destinies of a female American investigative journalist specializing in the trade of human Close Personal Protection (Action/Adventure) tissues, a Chinese human rights lawyer, an American Leigh Sheehan reporter chased by the Chinese police, and a Chinese stu- Close personal protection refers to security measures dent imprisoned for defying the prohibition of practicing taken to ensure the safety of VIPs or other individuals who Falun Gong. may be exposed to elevated personal risk. Doc Sweeney and JT Telford head up Executive Suite Security, a team of Fallen Angels (Drama) Patricia Hickman professionals who will put themselves on the line for their During the Great Depression, a man on the run from the clients anywhere, anytime. law finds three abandoned children are his meal ticket to grifter heaven. Now he must work fast to keep the fallen CODE:COCO (Crime) Brandon Lee Roberts angels’ slick scam from unraveling as law enforcement When young, black drag queen Coco’s roommate is bru- closes in. (Adapted from the award-winning series by tally murdered by a serial killer terrorizing local queens, Hachette Publishing) Coco and her outrageous friends join forces with the local police to help solve the many hate crimes plaguing the Galerij (Drama) J.R. Jordan Baines LGBTQ community. Think: How to Get Away with Murder An art authenticator works to collect twelve 17th century meets RuPaul’s Drag Race. Dutch Brohm family portraits – the Galerij – then has doubts when an art expert warns the completed collec- The Coup (Thriller) Chastity Lively and Trent Cobern tion will unleash the Brohms into present day society, Amid government overreach, propaganda, and violence resuming control over and castrating European trade. against citizens, apocalypse-fearing conspiracy theorists and an active-duty war hero plot to overthrow the U.S. and Glacies Infernum (Thriller) Robert John Bowman other worldwide governments in order to alter a predeter- As the gravitational pull on Earth diminishes, the light mined Divine destiny. wanes; prevailing then is a physical world of a darkness Register Today at www.InkTip.com 38 that alters the mentality of humanity, within not a concep- Majestic (Sci-Fi) K.A. Ennis tual Hell of fire but a reality of ice. Few sought refuge, only After she’s linked to a database at a mysterious genet- hastening fate, endeavouring to alter past decisions. ics lab, a ferocious young NSA agent is recruited to join The Hop (Drama) Jeremy Caine Majestic, the most secretive organization within the U.S. military – and the world’s last line of defense against an Sally “Mac” Langdon is a brilliant aerospace engineer insidious alien plot to wipe out the human race. and uncomfortable start-up CEO building a company to win the competitive commercial space race. In doing so, My Mother, the Sociopath (Crime) Slavica Bogdanov Mac must reluctantly depend on her wayward astronaut brother whilst battling independence from her domineer- Sabrina, a depressed mystery writer, needs to prove her ing industrialist father. eminent mother is a serial killer before becoming her next victim. Terrified that her mother is trying to kill her, she House of the Rising Sun (Horror) Matthew Sorvillo teams up with a detective to solve crimes. At the cross When his estranged father is murdered, down-on-his-luck roads between Castle and The Night Before. private eye Trace Woebash inherits three things: a myste- The Mysteries of Olaus (Horror) Peter Hurd rious mansion in New Orleans, the secret knowledge that 12 different species of vampire exist among us, and his When their small Midwestern college is rocked by a father’s job as the lone human meant to investigate and series of murders, hauntings, and bizarre supernatural police disputes between the 12 ruling families of these occurrences, a ragtag group of freshmen must expose immortal killers. the ancient cult that is using their school as a cover for sinister rituals, all while navigating the perils and pitfalls of Infinity’s Edge (Sci-Fi) Anthony Dionisio freshman year. Stranded somewhere in the furthest reaches of the gal- axy, the crew of a rescue ship must help alien rebels to Parker Menlo: Man of Science! (Sci-Fi) Matthew Sorvillo defeat a race of ruthless conquerors in exchange for the With over two dozen pulp sci-fi novels based on his adven- advanced technology required to return home. tures, super-genius Parker Menlo thought his days of saving the world were long behind him. Well, until an alien The Jane Factor (Drama) Carmel Joyce conqueror from his past invades Area 51 demanding his The story of Jane, an Australian pioneer, whose character head. Better grab your lab coat, Parker! is shaped out of the tragedies she sees and experiences as a child in Victorian English army camps. Pending Investigations (Crime) Matthew Sorvillo While investigating a decades-old family tragedy, off-duty J.J. McCready (Crime) Mitch Poremba Homicide Detective Miranda “Fiasco” Vasco is involved in Novice Scottish detective from Toronto J.J. McCready gets the accidental death of her only suspect. Suspended from an assignment to deliver company software secrets to St. duty pending an investigation, Miranda launches a secret Paul, MN. The company VP gets kidnapped; J.J. inspects unlicensed P.I. business from the back booth of her favor- his home, gets caught, and works with Detective Sanders ite bar – all while continuing to crack the personal cold (likes disco). After solving their case, the captain requests case that’s haunted her entire life. that Detective McCready gets assigned permanently to the St. Paul Detective Department and is Detective Sanders’ Run (Comedy) Lawrence Chestnut new partner. What happens when a homeless, streetwise African Kodak Moment (Thriller) John Alarid American 14-year-old boy is left abandoned in Nazi Germany after the 1936 Olympics? The discovery of never-before-seen photos of the JFK assassination turns into a search for a UFO that crashed Soul Searching the True Meaning of Life (Drama) off the coast of Cuba and a race against time to expose Slavica Bogdanov the Illuminati. A woman’s soul learns about some of the most beautiful Liquor Mavericks (Non-Fiction/History) John Bates human qualities by experiencing the hardships of life through different reincarnations, accompanied by her A respected liquor expert takes viewers on a journey guardian angel. across America to small batch artisan distilleries, to share their unique stories and products. 51% of all Americans The Used (Thriller) Alix Reeves drink alcohol, there are over 1000 independent distilleries in the U.S., yet there has never been any programming to A struggling single mom and hospital morgue tech uncov- showcase their stories. This series would be very profit- ers a pharmaceutical drug smuggling ring using John Doe able for selling ads to major liquor companies. cadavers as vehicles. She joins the ring and soon begins to run it, growing and expanding operations to include For these scripts and many more, go to our website: www.InkTip.com 39 a black market, cash-for-organs empire where the organ Nikita Sergeyevich (Biographical) Robert J. McCrea donors are volunteers. Festival-winning TV MOW bio drama about Khrushchev, Windy City Knights (Crime) Mitch Poremba the most notorious figure of the Cold War. His dramatic rise to become leader of the Soviet Union, and his humil- A computer genius works in the Special Detective Division iating removal from office. Khrushchev’s determination to within the Chicago Police Department, four teams of two spread Communism around the globe almost leads to the along with their captain, solving high-profile crimes in art, destruction of the world during the Cuban missile crisis. jewelry, software secrets, race horses, race cars, high- tech/prototype items or inventions, etc. They work with Old Ironclad (Thriller) Vasil Shvelidze police departments, government agencies, corporations, Old Ironclad is a speculative thriller about a former scien- and other agencies, along with insurance companies. tist who uses a viral vaccine as a bargaining tool after a pandemic kills millions in various nations. Documentaries/DocuDramas A Thanksgiving Christmas (Family) Carl Gundestrup The Other Side of the Grass (Drama) Brian Streaty He can fight crime with a wooden dowel and a water bal- A NY Municipal Court judge with a troubled and violent loon cannon. Create flowers that bloom in a snow storm. past is framed for murder after an evil political group led But can he overcome lies, false news media, and save the by a presidential candidate discovers her dying daughter. senator’s granddaughter – and his own? Mini Series Reality TV Show (Drama) Roderick O’Grady Icebergs Farming Millennials (Family) A present-day Downton Abbey. When successful construc- Chris Beltran and Heidi Canfield tion boss Garth lies to the police about a fatal accident on A group of young adults (millennials) are placed on a family a building site, the foundations of his life crumble and his farm/ranch business and are subjected to daily various fraught relationship with his troubled Russian wife drives labor-intensive jobs. In a Survivor meets Undercover Boss him to the edge of reason in a risky bid to save his children environment, can modern technological thinking improve from being sucked into his wife’s Russian crime family. the mid-level family ranches/farms or will traditional prac- (Represented by Simon Williamson, SW Agency) tices burn these millennials out? Kingdoms and Empires (Fantasy) Daniel Darcey A magical human/angel princess wishes to bring her king- dom into a modern age. The princess is on a quest for new magic and more advanced technology to battle her foes Go to www.InkTip.com and for her own agenda. and search by title or author for Movie of the Week the scripts that interest you!

Court Ordered Christmas (Comedy) Sandy Silverthorne After a run-in with the law, Alex Tangent, a cocky L.A. soap opera star, is sentenced to direct his estranged son’s ele- To be removed from our mailing list, email [email protected] mentary school Christmas pageant. requesting to be removed from the magazine mailing list. Or, write to InkTip.com PO Box 12418, La Crescenta, CA 91224. The Dreamer (Crime) Jeffrey Liggens Ads, coverage and all other pertinent information about the scripts A recent parolee is overheard sharing a dream premoni- advertised are provided to InkTip.com by its advertisers. The publication does not review or rate scripts. tion with his coworker about the murder of his boss, only to be prosecuted for the murder as suspect number one, © 2017. This publication is distributed as is, without warranty of when his dream materializes. any kind, either express or implied, regarding the contents of this publication, including but not limited to implied warranties for the Marooned (Action/Adventure) Jennifer Miller publication, quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. InkTip.com shall not be liable to the reader, Lost in a country that has shown Justin violence, hate, subscriber, advertiser, or any other person or entity with respect to and destruction, he finds a new life that torments his very any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly existence. A beautiful, sensitive love story that struggles or indirectly by this publication. The Writers Guild of America has with truth, pain, then acceptance. A saga filled with pas- asked that its members be reminded that they may not option, sions and revolts, betrayals, greed, and murder. (Official license or sell literary material to any person, firm or corporation Selection – Beverly Hills Film Festival 2015 and Final Draft not signatory to the WGA Basic Agreement. contest Big Break 2014) Register Today at www.InkTip.com PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO 637 VAN NUYS, CA PO BOX 12418 La Crescenta, CA 91224 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Where everyone goes for scripts and writers