PROJECT SUBMISSION PACK FILM: Nomis DATE: May 2016 1. Submission Form p2 2. Script Report p33 3. Script p35 FF II LL MM SS UU BB MM II SS SS II OO NN FF OO RR MM PROJECT TITLE: DATE: 03/05/16 NOMIS APPLICANT DETAILS APPLICANT CONTACT DETAILS NAME: Karl Richards ADDRESS: POSITION: Producer COMPANY Propulsion TEL: 07713 737 828 EMAIL: [email protected] PROJECT DETAILS Karl Richards (The Adventurer, The BUDGET: £5,874,396 PRODUCER/S Expatriate) Rick Dugdale (The Ordinary and CREDITS Man, Blackway) Chris Pettit (Heartless, PRODUCTION Arise Pictures (UK) / Propulsion Heroes & Villains) COMPANIES & Pictures (UK) / Enderby Entainment WRITER: David Raymond NATIONALITY: (Canada) GENRE: Psychological Thriller NAME: CREDITS (1 or 2) Proposed Approached Confirmed LOI DIRECTOR: David Raymond CAST 1: Michael Douglas Basic Instinct CAST 2: Anthony Hopkins Silence of The Lambs CAST 3: Ben Kingsley Ghandi CAST 4: Gemma Arterton Clash of The Titans SHOOTING SCHEDULE – Prep, Principal, Post, delivery SHORT SYNOPSIS / LOGLINE July Prep / September shoot / Post Sept until Feb / Delivery Treatment attached separately March / April 2017. FINANCE DETAILS FINANCIER NATURE OF INVESTMENT AMOUNT £ BUDGET % Proposed Approached Confirmed LOI FORTITUDE Minimum Guarantee £1,725,328 29.4% ARISE Equity £690,131 11.7% ONTARIO TC / FEDERAL Soft £878,522 15% ITALY – TC’s / REGIONAL Soft £,187,041 20.4% POST DEAL Semi Soft £276,052 4.7% CMF Semi Soft £241,546 4.1% % Premiere Stakeholder: Proposed Corridor 1st FORTITUDE TBC recoupment BOND: schedule 2nd ARISE for all 3rd POST DEAL / CMF AUDITOR: financiers: 4th 5th SALES INFORMATION SALES AGENT: FORTITUDE SALES ESTIMATES: CONTACT: LOW: $ Will forward. Deal just been agreed TEL: MEDIUM: $ EMAIL: HIGH: $ TERRITORY: DISTRIBUTOR: MG: RIGHTS: FINANCE DETAILS EXCLUDED / WITHHELD TERRITORIES: DETAILS: PRODUCTION INFORMATION COUNTRY: % SPEND: DETAILS: ITALY 42% CANADA 47% OTHER 12% 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 © 2015 Arise Pictures Limited. All rights reserved. This work is intended for private, personal and non-commercial use only and shall therefore remain confidential. No part of this work may be copied, reproduced, republished, made available to the public, or otherwise used for any purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of Arise Pictures Limited. All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in this work shall remain vested in Arise Pictures Limited. No part of this work shall be adapted, altered or used in any way to create a derivative work. www.arisepictures.com N O M I S The narrative strays into dark territory. This film will be delivered in a Fincher esq cinematic canvas – where the violence, implications of violence are often off camera. This is not a horror/gory picture. More an elegant, sophisticated and grounded psychological thriller. David Raymond Detective Walter Marshall examines a deceased woman discovered on cargo truck whose driver found her amongst the log shipment he was transporting. The woman jumped off a bridge somewhere along the driver’s route. It’s ruled a homicide, when the woman shows signs of being held captive – wounds on her wrists and malnourishment. Before she died she managed to scratch two letters into one of the logs ‘TV’. Malcolm Cooper is an ex judge who spends his retirement conducting questionable moral duties - catching online predators and rehabilitating them by using chemical means. Whilst unconscious he has their reproductive organs rendered ineffective. However harsh this sounds, this form of treating predators, who consistently reoffend given their hormone imbalance, has gained much traction across the US. As a judge, Cooper spent his life having to let sex offenders out of jail, knowing the high chance of their reoffending. When he lost his family under tragic circumstances, he took this as a divine punishment. The law doesn’t work – it offers periodical punishment, but doesn’t treat the cause. What Cooper’s doing is not violent. It’s not for enjoyment. He argues that he is actually giving predators their first chance of living a normal life, by removing the hormones, which drive them to offend. But, when a girl he uses to bait predators goes missing – he’s forced to turn to the police. Marshall called in by the Cyber Crime Unit helps them track down Lara’s location when he realizes that clue trail matches that from the deceased woman who jumped off the bridge. They rescue Lara and stumble upon a hornet’s nest – Simon Stalls house is a morgue. Simon’s prosecution should be a simple one. He admits guilt and there’s enough evidence for 10 life sentences. Marshall delays the trial, as he needs Simon to identity as many of the deceased as possible. The issue is that Simon is mentally ill – he’s very messed up child in a man’s body. The police come under attack. One by one, they’re taken out – but by whom? Simon is either is a genius who prepared for the eventuality of being caught or someone out there is helping him. Marshall delves deeper into Simon’s history; his parents suicide, his isolated upbringing, his tortured past. Any empathy is soon gone when Simon is broken out of jail by cop acting under duress. Marshall uncovers a series of interviews recorded by the Child Prosecution Service who investigated Simon’s mother for neglect. The tapes reveal that as a child, Simon was once arrested for stealing local dogs, letting them lose in a cornfield… then burning it. The finale sees Simon repeat his favorite game, with people in place of dogs. Marshall arrives before it’s too late, only Simon isn’t the only player. The woman who jumped off the bridge wasn’t writing the word ‘TV’, she merely died before she could complete it. Some reflections are deadly. SIMON | NOMIS. PROJECT COVERAGE FORM TITLE: Nomis AUTHOR: David Raymond SUB TO: Alena Trower SUB BY: Karl Richards FORM: Screenplay LENGTH: 107 mins BASED ON: n/a LANGUAGE/S: English BUDGET: £5,874,396 GENRE: Psychological thriller LOCATION: Italy and Canada PERIOD: Modern day READER: Sophie Taylor DATE: 09/05/16 ELEMENTS: Producers: Karl Richards, Rick Dugdale and Chris Pettit Director: David Raymond Cast: Anthony Hopkins (confirmed), Ben Kingsley (confirmed) LOGLINE: After a young woman is found dead on the back of a cargo truck, a series of events lead Marshall and his team down a disturbing path. The characters work together to understand the motives of the childlike killer, and begin to question whether he is acting alone. COMMENT SUMMARY: Although the film employs the use of aspects already well explored within the Psychological Thriller genre, its good use of characterization and dialogue means that it will appeal to a wide audience. Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1) PREMISE x STORYLINE x CHARACTERISATION x DIALOGUE x STRUCTURE x PACE x ORIGINALITY x AUDIENCE APPEAL x TOTAL 4 12 6 OVERALL SCORE: [22]/32 = [ 69 ]% CHARACTERS: Marshall – The protagonist of the film. Walter Marshall is a detective who wants to repair the relationship he has with his daughter. Cooper – Malcolm Cooper is an ex-judge who works independently to immobilise sexual predators, with the help of Lara. Rachel – Rachel Towney is also a member of the force and majored in psychological trauma. Lara – A teenage girl who was taken in by Cooper. Lara aids him in baiting online predators. Simon – Simon is the antagonist of the film. He has a twin brother, also named Simon. Together they imprisoned and murdered several young women. PREMISE: When the extent of Simon’s crimes is discovered, the protagonist Marshall works tirelessly with the help of Rachel, Cooper and the force to understand the motives of the childlike killer and to see him face justice. As they are swept deeper into his world, they begin to question whether Simon is acting alone or if there’s someone else assisting him. SYNOPSIS: Detective Walter Marshall examines a deceased woman discovered on a cargo truck whose driver found her amongst the log shipment he was transporting. The woman jumped off a bridge somewhere along the driver’s route. It’s ruled a homicide when the woman shows signs of being held captive; wounds on her wrists and malnourishment. Before she died, she managed to scratch two letters into one of the logs, ‘TV’. Malcolm Cooper is an ex-judge who spends his retirement conducting questionable moral duties; catching online predators and rehabilitating them through castration. As a judge, Cooper spent his life having to let sex offenders out of jail, knowing the high chance of their reoffending. He argues that he is actually giving predators their first chance of living a normal life, but when a girl he uses as bait goes missing, he’s forced to turn to the police. Marshall, called in by the Cyber Crime Unit, helps track down Lara’s location. He realises that the clue trail matches that from the deceased woman who jumped off a bridge. They rescue Lara and stumble upon a hornet’s nest – Simon Stall’s house is full of corpses and imprisoned women. Simon’s prosecution should be a simple one. He admits guilt and there is enough evidence for 10 life sentences. Marshall delays the trial, as he needs Simon to identify as many of the deceased as possible. The issue is that Simon is mentally ill; he is a psychologically disturbed child in a man’s body. The police come under attack. One by one, they’re taken out, but by whom? Simon is either a genius who prepared for the eventuality of being caught or someone is helping him.