FEBRUARY VOLUME 16 2016 ISSUE 1 Where everyone goes for scripts and writers™ Param Gill Discusses His Filmmaking Journey, Award-Winning Comedy, and More! PAGE 22 FIND YOUR NEXT SCRIPT HERE! Where everyone goes for writers and scripts™ IT’S FAST AND EASY TO FIND THE SCRIPT OR WRITER YOU NEED. WWW.INKTIP.COM A FREE SERVICE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONALS. Peruse this magazine, find the scripts/books you like, and go to www.InkTip.com to search by title or author for access to synopses, resumes and scripts! l For more information, go to: www.InkTip.com. l To register for access, go to: www.InkTip.com and click Joining InkTip for Entertainment Pros l Subscribe to our free newsletter at http://www.inktip.com/ep_newsletters.php Note: For your protection, writers are required to sign a comprehensive release form before they can place their scripts on our site. Table of Contents Recent Successes 3, 7, 9 Param Gill’s Filmmaking Journey and Award-Winning Comedy Going to America 22 Contest/Festival Winners 4 Scripts Represented by Agents/Managers 24 Feature Scripts – Grouped by Genre 5 Teleplays 25 3 Welcome to InkTip! The InkTip Magazine is owned and distributed by InkTip. Recent Successes In this magazine, we provide you with an extensive selection of loglines from all genres for scripts available now on InkTip. Entertainment professionals from Hollywood and all over the Elizabeth Snoderly Produces with Jake Helgren world come to InkTip because it is a fast and easy way to find Elizabeth Snoderly with G It’s Entertainment discovered great scripts and talented writers. Jake Helgren on InkTip and brought him on board to rewrite as well as produce their supernatural family film In fact, your peers purchase, option, hire, or sign an average All Hallow’s Eve, which will star Lexi Giovagnoli, Ashley of 25 writers and scripts every month which they found on Argota, Martin Klebba, John DeLuca, and Diane Salinger. A InkTip. About every ten days, another one of your colleagues prolific screenwriter, Jake has been with InkTip for over five goes into production on a movie where the writer or script was years and has added directing and producing credits to his found on InkTip. résumé along the way. For details, please see www.InkTip.com/success_new.php. David Levy Options Noah’s Ark InkTip is a free service for entertainment pros. All you need to do is register at www.InkTip.com. David Levy with FilmStrategic found Noah’s Ark: The Real Story on InkTip and optioned it from JJ Flowers. Noah’s The loglines listed in this publication are on the website Ark will be an animated retelling of the Noah story, told with the full contact information of the writer, as well as the from the perspective of the animals. JJ has been a writer synopsis, and often the complete script. on InkTip for more than a decade and has had numerous You also can do specific genre searches to pinpoint the exact successes in that time. scripts or writers you need. Sherry Robb Options Rick’s Parking Discover InkTip.com and see what your colleagues are raving about. If you are not a member, go to InkTip.com and register Sherry Robb with The Robb Company found Rick’s Parking as an Entertainment Professional. on InkTip and optioned it from Michael Sisto. Rick’s Parking tells the story of three fun-loving friends working Jerrol LeBaron, President as valets for upscale parties in Los Angeles. Michael’s been a writer on InkTip for three years, and this is his third suc- cess through InkTip. John Kearns Options Horror Script John Kearns with Glade found an untitled home invasion horror script on InkTip and optioned it from Jamie Grefe. Jamie’s script tells the story of a secondary school teacher who fights for her life when a sadistic “skinning” cult Industry Endorsements invades her home and kidnaps her young lover. Jamie joined InkTip as a writer just last year, and this is his first success through InkTip. Go to InkTip. There are a lot of good scripts over there. InkTip has become my go-to place. You have a huge variety of scripts Lauren de Normandie Options Second Shot over there, and I love that. – Param Gill, FlickBag Lauren de Normandie with Status Media & Entertainment found Second Shot on InkTip and optioned it from Sean Wathen. Lauren’s credits include WEAPONiZED, starring Mickey Rourke, Johnny Messner, and Jon Foo, among oth- I find InkTip very easy to use, and what I like about it is that I ers. Sean has had a number of successes through InkTip, can find whatever mixed genres under any budget I can think of. including three screenplays sales, an option for his screen- – Juan Frausto, Vendetta Pictures play Riverside, and multiple hires. (director/producer of Road Kill) Howard Nash Options The Ghost Dog Howard Nash with Starrunner found The Ghost Dog on InkTip and optioned it from Dawn Sutton. Howard’s credits InkTip is a great place to unearth new writers and fresh material include Occupants, which was also shot from a script dis- that might otherwise go undiscovered. Plus, the site’s well- covered on InkTip. Dawn joined InkTip as a writer six years formatted search engine makes it easy to find the exact genre or ago, and this is her first success through InkTip. story you’re looking for. – Tom Cohen, Marvel Studios Continued on page 7 Register Today at www.InkTip.com 4 Contest/Festival Winners 11th Annual Action on Film Nate of America (Drama) Robert Wooldridge An eight-year-old boy runs away from his abusive foster home in International Film Festival search of his biological family in Las Vegas, where he befriends & Writers Event a drag queen and learns that home is where the heart is. Neptune’s Prison (Action/Adventure) Jax Kearney Screenplay Fest A disgraced Navy SEAL and his pregnant wife are trapped in the world’s first underwater prison when it is attacked by mercenar- The Bigger Story (Drama) John Sparano ies trying to retrieve a prisoner who embezzled almost a billion An arrogant but awkward, 13-year-old, middle school pitching dollars. Together with a small group of guards, prisoners, report- prodigy finds his voice after helping a high school quarter- ers, and visitors, they must find a way to repel the mercenaries back deal with his guilt over the tragic death of a teammate. and escape the damaged prison alive. (Represented by Ralph Brescia, Bloom) Seriah’s Legacy (Drama) Julie Kaufmann It was during that first nuzzle, which began the relationship between Screamfest Horror Film Festival & a young girl and her horse. It was through Emily’s determination, Screenplay Competition the unconditional love she has for Seriah and her promise to be their voice, even if it meant sacrificing her own life to save theirs. Blackvoid (Sci-Fi) Joseph J. Greenberg But in the end it was Seriah who actually saved hers. A deep-space salvage crew discovers an enemy ghost ship car- rying a prototype weapon. While investigating, the machine is Cynosure Screenwriting Awards accidentally activated and one of the crew begins bouncing back and forth through time. If they can’t unravel the anomaly, they From the Stump of Jesse (Drama) Roma Simons risk the same fate as the doomed enemy crew. (Winner – 2015 Set during World War II in Russia, an idealistic, young woman Screamfest LA “Best Screenplay”) enlists in the Soviet Air Force and embarks on an unrelenting journey to find her six-year-old sister, lost during the first night Let It Bleed (Horror) Scott Selden of German’s assault on Russia. Callous attorney Johanna Palmer embarks to an isolated town where a grisly encounter with a client threatens both her life and sanity. As Flickers: Rhode Island a sinister menace and monsters emerge, how will she meet her end? International Film Festival Shore Scripts Screenplay Competition Screenwriting Competition Rogue Island (Horror) Duncan Putney Jimmy the Freak (Drama) Mark Steensland A pirate ship returns to the bustling summer resort of Newport, An ex-con and his mentally handicapped (but supernatural- Rhode Island every one hundred years to replace its crew. ly-blessed) friend are on the run from a ruthless mega church pastor out to exploit Jimmy’s abilities. (This screenplay won PAGE International Second Place in the Shore Scripts Competition, 2015, and also Screenwriting Awards won First Place at the Asbury Park Film Festival, 2015) Next of Kin (Crime) Niall Queenan StoryPros Awards A fugitive photographer seeks vengeance when framed by a ruthless loan shark for the murder of a retired cop and uncovers Screenplay Contest a human trafficking – operation which may finally reveal to him the elusive identities of his biological parents. (Represented by Shadowman (Drama) Mike Miller Peter Katz, Story Driven) A ferociously determined, restless, young artist, hungry for the truth and driven by revenge risks all to hunt down the father who kidnapped and then abandoned her years earlier, unaware that the Reel Writers “truth” will destroy them both. The Boat (Drama) Robert Wooldridge Set in 1965, where a closeted gay teen, struggling with his sexual- WorldFest Houston ity, helps his mother build a boat after she has a vision of the town flooding, but this “Mrs. Noah” story has an unforeseen twist. The Mary Jane Girls (Drama) Heidi Kozak All of the girls want to belong to The Mary Janes, an elite high A Hitch in the Plan (Thriller) Robert Wooldridge school sorority, but when a new girl from the wrong side of town A detective enlists the help of an attractive young film buff to becomes obsessed with being initiated into the club, she must help catch a serial killer who is replicating scenes from Hitchcock choose between everything she stands for and conforming to the movies to stage his killings.