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Genre: Action
Title: Underestimated
Logline: A group of handicapped men, locked up in a high security facility since birth, start to question the real reaosn they are there when one of the men finds out he has super human powers.
Synopsis:
JASON, a palsied man that shakes uncontrollably, and three other handicapped men, have lived their entire lives in a high security facility ran by a dark and secretive DOCTOR. Their daily routine is interupted when JASON accidentally discovers he has the ability to move at super human speeds. The DOCTOR, in an attempt to clear JASON's head of any thought of being "special", utilizes the torture skills of his security captain, MATHESON. BETH, a nurse in the fcility that has been lead to believe the men she cares for are too dangerous to be set free into the world, starts to question the real reason these men have been locked up. JASON and BETH have to figure out a way to get them and the three other men out of the facility. In order to do that JASON needs to learn to control his super powers and find out what secrets are hidden inside his three life long friends and roommates. But locked away deep in the facility, the DOCTOR has a secret of his own.
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Title: Pocket Aces
Logline: Hustler Nick the Greek tries to execute an international gem heist in order
to pay off the ransom for his brother who was kidnapped by a Colombian drug lord after an emerald deal goes bad.
Synopsis:NICK, a genius college dropout turned outlaw, lives in the fast lane turning scam after scam into gold. In a poker game against Colombian drug lord JORGE MENDOZA, NICK wins the right to bid on emeralds from Mendoza’s mine. After Nick and his brother XENON buy $2 million worth of stones, Mendoza kidnaps XENON and demands $11 million in ransom. To get his brother back alive, Nick must devise the heist of his life.
Nick carefully hires a crew including a military black-ops specialist, an electronics whiz kid, a sexy Latina rally car expert, a butch lesbian and her Asian lipstick girlfriend. Together, they attempt to steal a 20 carat pigeon blood Burma ruby from a warlord's villa in Thailand. Nick's luck finally runs out and the plan goes awry. The crew decides on a long-shot backup plan to cheat the Las Vegas World Series of Poker. With time running out, can Nick pull off the impossible scam or will they get one more shot at the 20 carat Burma ruby and save Xenon from his demise?
Title: Search For Madness
Logline: An engineer rescues a ten year old girl with amnesia. He becomes a reluctant participant in the search for her parents. Along the way, he befriends a psychopath with a secret that can destroy them.
Synopsis:Luke finds Amy unconsious on a rainy night. He meets her spinster aunt Lizzie and sparks fly. He is reluctant to search for Amy's parents. They are forced to spend the night in the woods. They find a burning car that belongs to Amy's parents. Luke hitches a ride with Larry. But Larry is hiding a secret that could kill them. Luke and the others struggle for survival with a killer on their heels.
Title: RED SKIES AT NIGHT
Logline: Can an autistic savant and her friend, The President of The United States, save the earth from incoming comet debris and defend against a bi-coastal nuclear first strike by Russia and China? GAME ON.
Synopsis:First installment in a trilogy
It's raining comets and nukes. Dr. Maggie Malone, an autistic savant, is the only person who can save the planet from total destruction. The only problem is-she's been kidnapped. The ransom, assassinate the President of the United States, within 24 hours.
As intelligence services comb the world for her whereabouts, her childhood friend, Patricia
Stewart, the President of the United States, sends a counter-intelligence agent to southern Russia, which is the last location her subcutaneous G.P.S. system shows her present, on a desperate rescue and recovery plan.
As Russia, China and North Korea posture to the world their intent to help destroy incoming 'planet killing" comet debris, only Dr. Malone and her friend, The President, know the true intentions of the red governments-to aim their weapons at the U.S. in a bi-coastal nuclear first strike, and only Dr. Malone has the answer to this
Hobson's choice.
Game on.
Title: Shoe Room
Logline: Two young men in financial straits commit a crime and then must face imprisonment and death.
Synopsis:One young man who has a very good family in his father and mother and love each other very much. The young man's name is Patrick his father and him are very close. His father dies unexpected and shatters Patrick and his mother's heart. They struggle to make ends meet so Patrick's mother tells him she has talked to her sister in New York who is also having financial troubles and her and her son Sean are moving to California to live with them. The two boy's look for work but can't find any so Sean tells Patrick he will show him how to make money. They get into trouble with the law and wind up in prison. In prison they have to fight or be killed so they fight. Many bad things happen to them in prison but they get out. Sean winds up back in prison and gets killed. Patrick has a plan to have justice done and get even with the warden.
Title: Maccabeus
Logline: The true story of the fight for Jewish independence under Judas Maccabeus.
Synopsis:In 160 B.C., Antiochus Epiphanes, king of the Seluecid Empire, enters Jerusalem under a flag of truce. Once inside the city, however, he unleashes his army and a massacre begins. Those not killed are enslaved. The Jewish people are once again a captive nation. Antiochus conquers Judea and makes the inhabitants throw aside their religion and customs, and makes them worship his gods and follow Greek customs. Those few who do not obey Antiochus are killed.
In the village of Modin, a priest named Mattathias refuses to worship Antiochus' god, Zeus. When a general in Antiochus' army is killed attempting to force Mattathias into offering a sacrifice to Zeus, Mattathias and his five sons, now renegades, flee into the hills and start a rebellion to free Judea from Antiochus.
Upon the death of Mattathias, his son, Judas Maccabeus - "The Hammerer" - becomes leader of the rebellion. He leads his army against foe after foe for one objective: freedom.
Title: Enduring Freedom
Logline: Marine officer, Jack Williams, is sent to free US soldiers from a ruthlessTaliban prison. He falls in love with a beautiful rebel trying to free hersister from the Taliban and together they fight.
Synopsis:Marine officer, JACK WILLIAMS,is sent to Afghanistan to free his fellow soldiers from a Taliban prison. Travelling through the Afghan mountains, he meets, MINA, a beautiful and intelligent rebel who is fighting to rescue her captive sister from the Taliban. The two are suddenly caught in the crossfire of a bloody Taliban raid and escape to pursue their missions together. A local villager guides Jack and Mina to the Taliban command base in Pashmool. Jack explodes the weapons warehouse to cause a massive distraction. While the Taliban guards run to the explosion, Jack and Mina rush to free the prisoners from the black holes called prison. Jack frees his soldiers while Mina finally frees her beloved sister and the three rush out to make their escape. A Taliban guard returns to the prison just in time to see the three running from the prison. He takes aim and fires one last fatal shot as the three friends run for their lives and for freedom.
Title: American Pirates
Logline: The past finally catches up with Three Guys living the High Life down in the Florida Keys, or does it?
Synopsis:This Action - Comedy of Three Modern-Day Pirates takes you on a roller coaster ride from Connecticut down to the Florida Keys.
The weather is beautiful, the water is calm, and these so called “Pirates” live on the edge, taking advantage of unsuspecting Yachters.
Two FBI Agents, who resemble the comedic duo of “Lethal Weapon”, link the Pirating Villains to previous Bank Robberies.
Dirk Roberts and his younger, reckless brother Kyle are part of the Pirating crew along with their buddy Tom Reiner. Kyle likes to live life on the edge and take too many risks. He gets involved with a gorgeous undercover Federal Agent (Suzie) that leads to their demise.
Both Dirk and Tom are the glue to the operation and act at times as pillars to the unwary ways of Kyle.
The “Pirates Cove” in Key West is their restaurant/beach club as well as their home base and serves up the unsuspecting victims who visit.
** The screenplay was written with the possibilty of a sequel in mind.
Title: I'm Going to Ibiza
Logline: A modeling agent from New York goes to party in Europe and help two of the models from the agency find their dad's.
Synopsis:The Pineapple Agency opens up a high fashion division in New York. Two of the models discover that their fathers are living in southern Europe. After much persuasion, the two models convince their agent Giovanni to take them to Europe to search for their fathers.
They decide to go with a group of freinds and encounter many adventures along the way. They end up going to a new hotel in Milan and end up getting mixed up with a couple missing bodies.
After finding their fathers in Ibiza, their fathers are able to help them obtain some fake passports and help them get some money so that they can go to Alaska to hide out.
They make it to Alaska but their luck runs out when Giovani and Heidi end up dying in a tragic bear attack.
Title: The Terrorist
Logline: Deke Slater, a senior Midshipman about to flunk out at the U.S. Naval Academy,is given a last chance, but his ship is hijacked by terrorists who plan to explode a dirty bomb in Washinton, D.C.
Synopsis:Deke Slater,23 year-old senior Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, is about to flunk out. He is the veteran of two Marine combat tours in Iraq, but a poor student. He is given a last chance by commanding a YP cruise. Deke's best friend, Juan Perez is his XO.
As soon as they are underway, a near collision causes the ship's officer to relieve Deke of command. Deke decides he will resign from the Academy at the end of the cruise.
Meanwhile, Ali Al-Mukhtar, number one terrorist operative for Osama bin Laden, has just launched a plot to detonate a dirty bomb in Washington. Mukhtar and team hijack Deke's boat, kill the officer, and take the Mids prisoner.
Deke gets word to the Academy. President of the U.S. gives the Navy 1 hour to rescue the Mids. A SEAL team, Deke and Juan take back the boat and kill the terrorists. But the Secretary of Defense has already ordered the attack. The ship is sunk, but the good guys survive, Washington is saved, Deke and Juan are heroes.
Title: Barca
Logline: One man's childhood oath to destroy the Roman Republic results in a death toll unsurpassed in the history of the empire, sealing the fate of his family, his country, and himself.
Synopsis:Hannibal Barca, a Carthaginian general, swore an oath as a child to finish the campaign started by his father and destroy what he could not, the might of Rome. Hannibal takes us, with an army of hired mercenaries and war elephants, over tribe infest lands, across raging waters, and through mountain peaks. The obstacles are vast, the resources are few, but Hannibal becomes the greatest foe that Rome will ever face, and his life is consumed by his duty, his dedication, and his family’s fate to obliterate all that Rome stands for. He wins major battles on Italian soil for sixteen undefeated years, driving Rome to the brink of collapse, until the great antagonist—Scipio—cuts a devastating swath of destruction from the shores of Spain to the heart of Africa. Hannibal is recalled from Italy and the collision between these two military giants boils over onto the field of Zama where victory decides the fate of the Western World!
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Title: The Porampo
Logline: Would you put your life on the line to film a "killer" documentary? To ride on a mission with the porampo--pirates who take no prisoners?
Synopsis:In Southeast Asia, filmmaker Nick Lakewood is joined by ex-SEAL Bobby “BK3” Kahrl and young cameraman Lucky Bunnell. Nick wants to tell the world that piracy still exists, that it’s more than “Johnny Depp and eye patches.” BK3 cuts a secret deal with a crime lord to split the loot from a pirate raid. He stuns his partners by pulling a mask over his head and becoming a porampo, the Indonesian word for pirate. A malaria-stricken Lucky clings to a floating cushion in the middle of the ocean. Nick escapes and returns to Asia in a revenge-fueled quest to hunt down the man who double-crossed him. This story is inspired by true events during the filming of "Porampo: Pirates of the Malacca Straits," a documentary I directed.
Title: TIME DASH!
Logline: "What If" you could travel through time and accidentally lose your psycho girlfriend in history?
Synopsis:Two friends, Edwin and Chris time travel through history filming their TV show "What If?", a show about historical events if they happened differently. When a psycho girlfriend, Mims is accidentally left in the past it sparks a huge manhunt by a religious preacher who wants to use the time machine to create the Second Coming of Christ.
Title: Hard to Swallow
Logline: An impassive upright police officer in the heart of Las Angeles tries to incarcerate a troubled antisocial who shows clarity for both through the chase.
Synopsis:Once Officer Bryan Freeland arrives back from vacation, the hard nosed individual encounters his toughest dilemma in the force. Going after a heavily confused character named Philip North. Both arriving back from the same resort and both being rookies in their roles as criminal vs. lawman, the battleground appears to be equal. Bryan at first wants to bring in Philip with no hidden remorse. Philip on the other hand tries to get Bryan to listen with irrelevant dialogue about society's behaviors. Throughout the way, Mr. North displays acts of vandalism which gets the attention of Bryan's boss Richard who in turn wants to sentence Philip to death by lethal injection. Seeing this as an unfair punishment for Philip's actions, Bryan tries to help Philip in this catch 22. In the end, the two discover why they wake up in the morning.
Title: uniasone
Logline: A Bio-Defense Federal Agent is assigned to solve the mystery of a gaseous cloud advancing on the Earth. He finds himself facing an unraveling plot suggesting the end of the world.
Synopsis:Year 2067. The world is recovering from the ravages of WWIII. Bio-Defense Federal Agent, JOSH TENNANT, is investigating radioactive samples for THE CENTER, with the help of ION, his highly advanced personal assistant device. When strange atmospheric conditions develop over Middle East, Sector 9. Meanwhile, terrorists launch a massive bio-nuclear attack against Earth when they inadvertently download a mysterious virus that initiates the attack. The team is briefed by the PRESIDENT and recruited to get to the bottom of what is going on and determine the nature/purpose of a mysterious cloud mass advancing on Earth from deep space. In space, the terrorist’s hubs are swamped by the advancing cloud, which is now giving off a gaseous light. The light engulfs and disables the hubs and their advancing missiles are frozen in space and time. They also meet Q, a deaf, mute girl who seems somehow linked to the gaseous light. The Earth inhabitants must choose a new way to live… or else.
Title: FIREBALL
Logline: Bond at his best, the pace picks up from the first moment and never falters. An ominous and mysterious Asian terrorist group threatens unparalleled nuclear devastation.
Synopsis:In a world beset with the threat of terrorism and the scourge of organized crime, a group headed by the enigmatic man called The Red Dragon, unleash their evil on a weary world. An ultimatum is sent to the British Prime Minister to pay a fortune in gold bullion or suffer the same fate as the Russian port of Magadan where a nuclear device was detonated by the group. The Chinese Mafia are suspected, along with disgruntled Chinese military men. The truth however is not what it seems.
James Bond who has just thwarted a black market arms deal in the Himalayas involving Al Qaida faces one of his greatest challenges. Joining forces with his tough, but beautiful Russian counterpart, Vanja Kroutikhin, they unravel a trail that leads to the mysterious Red Dragon, who will stop at nothing to acheive his secret political aims.
Title: Domestic Threat
Logline: After a series of callous attacks, a new chief of police struggles to protect his cozy community against a barbaric sleeper cell, in spite of the greedy and narrowminded town administration.
Synopsis:The story begins with the local drunk being poisoned by a faceless killer in the town park. When the victim''s distorted body is discovered, newly appointed Police Chief Howie Winter suspects the worst. Unfortunately the narrowminded mayor refuses to put out an adequate warning due to the fact that it may cancel the upcoming town fair or close the campus of the local college - both important sources of the town''s revenue. As the victims pile up Winter finds himself on a collision course with a mercilous and brutal sleeper cell.
Title: Black Sunday: The Ploesti Raid
Logline: An Airborne Charge of the Light Brigade
Synopsis:1,700 American airmen fly a politically motivated suicide mission against Hitler''s oil refinery: the most heavily defended target in Europe, more heavily defended than Berlin. Flying from Africa to Bucharest in 178 B-24s, the men of the Army Air Force bomb at 50 feet off the ground. 53 planes don''t come back. In the tradition of ''Saving Private Ryan'' and ''Letters from Iwo Jima''--Black Sunday: The Ploesti Raid--a gripping story of planning, courage, cowardice, humor and horror in the air and on the ground--one pilot even becomes the captive of a royal princess. The most amazing fact--everything in the story is true.
One author is a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force flying B52s. The other is a published author having just completed ''Goliad-The Other Alamo'' with a previous screenplay read by Castle Rock.
wga# 1174559
Title: Dalton's Harvest
Logline: In a race to an early death, father and son are neck and neck.
Synopsis:In this action-drama, a suicidal vintner seizes an unexpected chance to save his failing vineyard, the marriage he destroyed, and -- his only child’s life. Corrupt lawyers, hired assassins, and drug-running motorcycle gangs are no match for a rugged hero with compelling new reasons to live.
Title: FATE
Logline: TwoterroristskillthepilotsofFlight521fromPensacolatoWashingtonDCbeforetheyareovertakenbypassengers Withnowhereelsetoturn,KassimanArabicpilottakes
overflyingtheplanewhilethethirdterroristlurksonplane
Synopsis:AterroristofMiddleEasterndecenttriestotakecontrol ofFlight521headedtowardsWashingtonDCandmanagesto killthepilotbeforehehimselfiskilledbypassengers
Tenasecondterroristchargesthecockpitandkillsthe copilotduringabrawlwithpassengersbeforeheissubduedAmoungthepassengersaretwomarineswhofindathird weapononboardthecraft and suspectKASSIM,an Arabtobethemissingthirdterrorist.KATEawriter, talks to William, a FBI agent, fromtheplanetotry tofindapilotamoungthepassengersMeanwhiletheFBIalsotries to track downmore informationon Kassim.Kassim is a commercial airline pilot andWiliam, proposes to put him in the 747''s cockpit to fly the plane as long ashe follow instructions.If he straysfrom his ordersfighterjetsnowfollowingthe flight will shoot down planeBefore landing the planeAnnie, a flight stewardes,suddenly locks herselfinthe cockpit tocomplete the work of her fallen accomplicesSuddenly,allcommunicationwith the groundislostandthe2marineshaveonlyafewminutes
beforethefighterjetsshootdownthisplane
Title: The Rough
Logline: A retired full-term U.S. President, unpopular for having started an overseas war, is hunted and stalked on the grounds of his plush Texas ranch.
Synopsis:Set primarily at ex President Gene Valor Hedge''s rural ranch estate, the script begins with two assassination attempts, each one getting closer to ending his life. After the second attempt, wherein the President’s agents kill a would-be assassin on ranch grounds, Hedges decides to bury the body without reporting it. His reason is to stop any further attempts inspired by media scrutiny. In the wake of this cover-up an old trusted ranch-hand is murdered, and it is highly suspected that one of Hedge’s own Secret Service agents is responsible – and that he, the former President himself, might be next.
By the time the actual killer is revealed, former President Hedges – who had never been in a war himself but sent other men to fight – must escape the wrath of this man whose job it’d been to protect his life and who will now stop at nothing to end it.
Title: AMERICAN PIRATES
Logline: The past finally catches up with three guys living the high life down in the Florida Keys.
Synopsis:This Action - Big Screen Flic of Three Modern Day Pirates takes you on a roller coaster ride from Connecticut down to the Keys - and was written with the possibility of a sequel.
These guys live on the "edge" and are spoiled on adrenaline and prey on unsuspecting yachters.
Two FBI agents from the North make their way down South to investigate these pirating villains as the possible previous US bank robbery suspects.
Title: Hitmen
Logline: "I am not an evil man. But I am far from a good one. You will not like me, nor should you. I am a hitman."
-The Assassin
Synopsis:A hitman, known only as The Assassin, is hired by an English gun-runner to kill one of the top assassins in the world. The job seemed simply enough. Go in, silently dispense of the target, and get out. But when the terrorist hires his own hitman, the one who killed The Assassin''s wife and daughter, to kill him, the two assassin''s are forced into car chases, gun battles and a final confrontation in a fiery night club. As if that was not bad enough, a third assassin seeks to kill both The Assassin and The Turk, for his own personal reasons. It is a story about death, betrayal, and greed. It is a story about Hitmen.
Title: The North Woods Adventure
Logline: Three teenage boys find action, adventure, and young love in Michigan''s far-north woods.
Synopsis:With an abandoned gold mine as their base camp, three boys are confronted not only by storms and wild animals, but also by middle-eastern terrorists who crossed Lake Superior from Canada. With the help of their keen hunting skills, towns-people, U.S. Marines, and the Michigan Air National Guard, the terrorists are neutralized, and the boys receive Presidential Medals and the admiration of the United States of America.
Title: Traits
Logline: an ex mafioso who had been crippled by the family he worked for, now has no option but to guide his stubborn and only son into the same mafia family. Only there are multi layers of motives.
Synopsis:Carlito Vargas snd Luca Toni were mafia muscles who were crippled and dumped from the family by Don Salvatore Vegazola when he took over as the head of the family.
Luca is bent on having his own back while Carlito resigns to his fate. Nineteen years old Emilio Vargas, carlito''s son, encourage by Luca Fozzi decides to become a gangstar and join the Vegazola family in spite of Carlito''s disapproval.
Carlito is helpless; he agrees to guide and aide Emilio and Luca unfold their plans to get into othe Mafia and take it over.
They succeed but only that all is not as it seem as there are ulterior motives and counter plans.
Title: Lie Down With Dogs
Logline: "If you lie with dogs, sooner or later you''ll get bit."
Synopsis:Lie Down With Dogs
Synopsis:
Nick Ramius , is a successful New York City attorney who has everything; success, wealth, and influence. His newest client, a mafia boss, is being held on charges for murder. When Nick loses his case, Tony Masola unleashes his vengeance.
A phone call changes Nick’s life forever. His ex-girlfriend is found dead, and Nick is at the scene; with the gun in his hand, unconscious. After the realization he has been set up, Nick proclaims his innocence. The NYPD charges Nick with her murder, and he makes a break for freedom.
On the run from the FBI and the police, Nick Ramius must face a killer who is bent on shattering his life and extracting vengenance for the Mafia Lord. Nick must prove his innocence and survive a killer, while he eludes the authorities.
Lie down with Dogs is an action packed thriller that takes the viewer on a wild ride from the mean streets of New York to to Mardi Gras of New Orleans.
Title: The Outcasts
Logline: After being turned into freaks of evolution, four boys finally escape from a lab and into a country dictated by corrupt governments.
Synopsis:For decades, corrupt governments, searching for power, have destroyed many lives with experimentation in their attempt to reach seven formulas that will evolve man into a powerful being. They called it Project Nemesis. Finally, in the year 2054, the governments proceed to create their last four formulas of evolutions after Jack, Jake, Kevin, and Carl survive new antigen solutions. But the boys escape just before Project Nemesis is completed. Now, rewards are offered for the capture of Jack, Jake, Kevin, and Carl as they try to return to their normal lives.
Title: World Champion
Logline: An All-American racing team sets out to challenge Formula One.
Synopsis:Pablo Cruz and Derek Grier are two American pilots who live out their dream by driving in Formula One. Backed by real estate mogul, Lawrence Stein and famed car builder, Frank Moreau, the two teammates and friends will share the passion, courage, and horror that is Formula One. The heart of the pure racer is shown in this story through the pits, helmets, and fans of every F1 circuit across the globe.
Title: The Ark
Logline: I submit this logline for your consideration:
A billionaire creates a floating city to preserve mankind but when his focus shifts to saving the world his followers take action
Synopsis:The year 2025. Natural resources have nearly been depleted. Overused nuclear factories fail, and produce huge amounts of waste which finds its way into the wrong hands. The resulting pollution, nuclear attacks and poverty have changed the world considerably. One city remains unaffected by the sign of the times: Eden, a floating city created by a billionaire Samuel. But paradise is a front.
When Agent Michael Barret receives an anonymous call for help from Eden he goes undercover. Posing as a cameraman he joins Vicky, a famous reporter and the only one allowed to interview Samuel. He discovers secret laboratories where workers and soldiers are cloned, and a new weapon: A huge Antenna Array capable of creating powerful ELF-waves that can make people go mad or that can cause earthquakes and Tsunamis. It’s with this weapon that Rainard, the captain of the ship, is destroying mankind. With the help of Samuel’s daughter, who sent the call for help, Michael has to find a way to destroy it
Title: Christian''s War
Logline: A LAPD detective has the gift of seeing demons and angels among criminals and victims alike. Caught in the middle of a spiritual warfare, he learns that prayer is more powerful than a gun.
Synopsis:CHRISTIAN YOUNG is a former seminary student who has lost his belief in the power of prayer and has turned to the power of the gun as a LAPD detective. After a bloody shootout, Christian is left lying on death''s door, but is revived by medics on the scene. As he regains consciousness, he glances over at his dying suspect. When the suspect breathes his last breath, his wretched soul comes out of his body and plummets into the pits of hell. From that point on, Christian is blessed and cursed with the ability to see angels and demons among people who have recently died or will die soon.
In the hospital, Christian sees a demon hovering around a doctor. ANDY, a pastor and Christian''s friend from seminary school, tries to help the doctor through religion. The doctor has been helping CARLOS, a drug lord, to smuggle drugs. Christian and his partner NICK investigate the doctor and find out that Carlos wants Christian dead.
This is the pilot episode of a weekly television series.
Title: Endurance
Logline: Two years after a computer virus cripples the world economy, a
peaceful man reunites with his gunslinger brother to hunt down the bandits
who murdered his wife.
Synopsis:On October 7th, 2009, a dormant computer virus came to life, disabling every network computer worldwide. The group responsible for the attack, the Western Gate, seized the opportunity and targeted existing energy, food and water supplies. Amid the ensuing panic, JAKE and MADDY CONNORS, newlyweds, sought refuge in a remote cabin in the Wisconsin Northwoods.
Two winters later, the United States population stands at its lowest level since the time of the Great Frontier. Jake returns from a trip to town
and finds his wife raped and strangled by bandits. Vowing revenge, he recruits his brother, SEVERIN, a cold-blooded gunslinger. Together, they chase the bandits through the treacherous, frozen terrain of the Northwoods. BRODY, the man who strangled Maddy, tells a lie that turns an entire village against the brothers. After the shootout, Jake, wounded and feverish, pursues Brody alone and ultimately catches him on a bridge overlooking a broken city for the final showdown.
Title: Road Damage
Logline: JP is running a nice little business investigating insurance fraud and the odd marital indiscretion when he''s sucked into a world of sex, drugs, rock & roll and murder.
Synopsis:David Mayron is a music superstar and people are dying all around him. The police say accidents but Mayron says murder and he''s sure he''s on the list. He hires JP Ortiz to do what the police won''t. The music loving PI finds his peaceful life turned upside down as he tracks clues from the desert to the sea. When he questions the mysterious and sexy Jennifer things spin out of control and he ends up in her bed. Chased by armed thugs on ATV''s, the target of an assassin on the Ferris wheel high above the Santa Monica Pier and framed for murder, JP must gather his wits in a desparate battle as he finds himself targeted between killer and client. WGAw#1031320
Title: Whack Job
Logline: This screenplay is a breakout. It's a hip ACTION-COMEDY that combines the momentum of a Robert Rodriguez flick with the homespun characterizations of the Coen Brothers.
Synopsis:Detective John Isher is notorious for 2 things: his famous undercover disguises and his stamp of being solely responsible for the coup d'etat in Zebraville, a nightmarish island in Florida that now boils in limbo. When an overlooked stash of new wave narcotics there is brought to In-Land Police's attention, Detectives McKennon and Joia conspire to send Isher back to Zebraville. His mission: recover the drugs without a single shot fired. But when Isher's cover is blown, McKennon's only hope becomes his biggest mistake. Now Isher is pitted against a bevy of hilariously violent criminals and the elusive Mr. Nero Pedaggi -- the rightful owner of the narcotics who is expected by In-Land Police to be on the same mission. Toward the end of this action-drenched story there is a twist... And just when we think all is well in Zebraville again, a new mission is unveiled.
Title: Bullet Wound
Logline: An assassin is given the assignment of murdering a woman who resembles that of his late mother
Synopsis:In the corrupt slums of New York, where the difference between life and death is within inches, Gabriel Lee fits in perfectly. His identity is unknown, his bullets are fatal and his heart is as dark as the night sky. He is a true assassin with no empathy and no feelings of regret. It's no wonder the streets refer to him as "Ghost". With such proficient skill in both gun and hand-to-hand combat, the cost of his bullets seems like top priority. However, when he is forced to kill a woman resembling that of his deceased mother, the bullets become a little more valuable. A beautiful maiden and a deadly assassin. Raven. The name of the bird he last saw when witnessing his mother's death 7 years ago. Unable to pull the trigger, he is forced to face himself as never before. Feeling the effects of heated combat, Gabriel's heart rises up and now he must choose his stand in this fight.
Title: AMERICAN PIRATES
Logline: The past finally catches up with Three Guys from Connecticut, now living the high life down in the Florida Keys.
Synopsis:This Action-Comedy Drama of Three-Modern Day Pirates takes you on a roller coaster ride from Connecticut down to the Florida Keys.
The weather is beautiful, the sea is calm and things begin to heat up for these rough necks.
These so called "Pirates" live on the edge, taking advantage of unsuspecting yachters in the Carribean.
Two FBI Agents from Connecticut, resemble the comedic-duo of "Lethal Weapon", and link the Pirating Villains to previous bank robberies, leading themselves down to the sunny tropical playground of Key West to further investigate their hunch.
(The Ending is left open to a possible Sequel)
Title: 3rd Wave
Logline: A government agent gets assigned to apprehend a former college buddy who’s involved in computer warfare and has set up a deadly game the agent must complete to keep a disaster from happening.
Synopsis:When Bruce and Andrew, college chums and old nemesis, resume a long-standing game of computer chicken, but this time for real stakes, 3rd Wave is set in motion. Bruce has staged his own death to throw off the authorities but lets Andrew, an FBI agent who’s used to the desk and not the field, in on the prank. Things get complicated when Jennifer, Bruce’s wife and whom Andrew always had eyes for, joins the fray. Some Cuban thugs who Bruce sold out to are also in the mix, as they are after the secret password that is the key to causing havoc and are willing to kill anyone in their path to get it. That includes Andrew and Jennifer who team up to find Bruce, retrieve the password and disable the computer bug. Stock thriller ensues over many European cities.
Title: Contest - WGA #1077950
Logline: Adam is accepted for a TV show that promises to be the “mother of all reality shows”. Things get ugly quickly when contestants start dying. It’s a game to the death.
Synopsis:Seven contestants are selected over thousands and flown to a remote island for an “extreme” reality show. Once there, they learn it’s a game to the death with the last one standing winning $10 million. It’s a sham. Only Adam, a bored criminal defense lawyer and Bobbie, a clinically-depressed large animal vet are real contestants. The other five contestants are shills, there to drive the action. Show’s goal: document Adam’s and Bobbie’s reactions to extreme and deadly circumstances.
Carlos, one of the shills, goes berserk and starts killing for real. What was meant to be fake has become terribly real. HBO yanks the show but the website showing live webcasts becomes the top hit site on the Net as a violence hungry world watches in real time.
Title: AMERICAN PIRATES
Logline: The past finally catches up with three guys living the high life down in the Florida Keys.
Synopsis:This Action - Comedy/Drama (WGA Registered) of Three Modern-Day Pirates takes you on a roller coaster ride from Connecticut down to the Florida Keys.
The weather is beautiful, the water is calm, and things begin to heat up for these rough necks.
These so called "Pirates" live on the edge, taking advantage of unsuspecting yachters.
Two FBI agents from Connecticut, resemble the comedic duo of "Lethal Weapon", and link the Pirating Villains to previous bank robberies, leading themselves down to the sunny tropical playground of Key West to further investigate their hunch.
Title: The 4 DEVILS
Logline: The world is shocked when four men with amazing powers launch an all out war on the world's militaries. They are The 4 DEVILS and they will not rest until the world is demilitarized.
Synopsis:Is world peace possible?
The 4 DEVILS believe so, and that is why they volunteered to have their mind and body enhanced with a treatment known as: Direct EVolution Involving Life-like Simulations.
The DEVILS treatment was created by a rouge scientist who plans on demilitarizing the world, so that man-kind is no longer plagued by its "necessary evil".
The 4 DEVILS are young enough to be in college, yet they are facing off against the world's military machine.
Will the treatment allow them to overcome their adversaries? Will they be mature enough to handle the situation? And what dark secret does the Secretary of Defense have in store for them?
The 4 DEVILS mixes fast-paced action that incorporates an all-too-real apocalyptic theme. The film world needs a unique super-hero that appeals to a universal audience. The 4 DEVILS will create not only a new era in super-hero based films, but a genre all to its own.
The world does not need heroes... It needs saviors.
WGA #: 1082680
Title: The 5 Ravens
Logline: The creation of and final plan for AIDS as revealed and perpetrated by five female assassins.
Synopsis:Sam Foster, Las Vegas detective, investigates a multiple murder at a gas station that seems to have been perpetrated by a barefoot woman. When her identity becomes known, a conspiracy is revealed dating back to the early 1950's. The existence of a government organization collapsed and rebuilt outside governmental control dedicated to spy technology and bioweapons becomes known. The two men dedicated to preserving and destroying it both lead Sam on a wild ride in the company of five women who have been remade as the tools of the final plan of this organization.
WGA# 1061606
Title: The Cajun Sniper
Logline: One of the CIA's best snipers unleashes his wrath on organized crime in New Orleans.
Synopsis:Jacques Boudreaux protects an old friend and her daughter from the mob after she is a victim of a botched hit job. He hides them among his friends in a small fishing community in the beautiful southeast Louisiana swamps. After he nurses her back to health, he transforms into a predator and begins the hunt for her assassins.
He stalks and savagely eliminates the men who attacked her, but the fight of his life still awaits him. Unknowingly, his private war destroys the lucrative revenue source of a corrupt FBI Supervisor. The table turns, and Boudreaux becomes the prey. With the help of his local friends and his knowledge of the local terrain, he evades the FBI's snare. He then lures them into a trap where they discover that they underestimated this simple Cajun.
Registered WGAw No. 1048323
Title: WW II-K
Logline: Generation X meets the Greatest Generation and learns that war isn't a game when a mysterious CD-ROM transports a group of teeenage computer-players into the middle of World War II.
Synopsis:Finalist in 2004 Scriptapalooza. Recommended by HollywoodLitSales.com.
Forced to move to D.C. and care for his ailing veteran grandfather, 18-year-old SCOTT bides his time playing on-line war games.
Memorial Day finds grandfather WALTER trying to get Scott to visit some monuments. But Scott can't be bothered, so Walter sits alone and sadly reminisces about his war days.
A mysterious package arrives for Scott: a CD-ROM promising the most intense war game ever. Lightning flashes as he installs it, and he finds himself parachuting into the middle of 1944 France! Dodging German bullets, he and other terrified teens run for their lives.
Walter finds he can communicate with Scott via a headset and manages to lead him through the ensuing battles; during which Scott discovers the realities of war. Swapping roles, Walter works the keyboard while Scott fights in the trenches. Scott learns that war isn't a game and finds a new appreciation for his grandfather.
Title: Sinthesis
Logline: Ex-Master S.I.N. assassin Damien Stone and investigative reporter Rebecca Chase race to stop the global order, Ordo Asmodeus and their weapon, a virus that exterminates the genetically unworthy.
Synopsis:“And the meek shall not inherit the Earth.”
These are the words that guide Ordo Asmodeus, a worldwide order of businessmen, scientists and politicians dedicated to control of humanity through advanced science, political manipulation and murder.
DAMIEN STONE was one of their agents, called S.I.N assassins(Special Intelligence Nonentity), upon learning the truth, Stone now fights them. But one man can only do so much.
Enter REBECCA CHASE, an attractive investigative reporter who works to expose them.
DENTON BANKS, head of US Operations and European Master S.I.N. assassin, SANGRIA, arrange a meeting between Stone and Rebecca, to consolidate their two problems and eliminate them both. When Stone is framed for murder and Rebecca slandered, they team up to discover the scope of Ordo Asmodeus’s plot—and time is running out.
From Costa Rica to New York, with mind-bending action and riveting suspense, two people race to stop Sinthesis—the ultimate transition of power.
Title: Snow Bird
Logline: An ex-con mechanic convinces a hobby racer in Northern Wisconsin to rob banks on a souped-up snowmobile during bad weather to thwart police.
Synopsis:In the harsh, snow-laden winters of northern Wisconsin, snowmobiles are a way of life but, ironically, law officers drive cumbersome SUV's to hunt down criminals.
Troy Conners is uncatchable.until his partner tries to pull off the mother-of-all-heists and rob the U.S. Bank of Minneapolis on snowmobiles.
I am an optioned writer and would like to submit my screenplay, "Snow Bird," for your consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Carl Ames
E-Mail: carlames@sprynet.com
Title: A MISSIONARY AND A REVOLUTIONARY
Logline: “A MISSIONARY AND A REVOLUTIONARY” is the story of a Colombian missionary becoming a revolutionary fighter to save his society from armed drug criminals, using only a few trained animals.
Synopsis:Colombian army's war with the drug Mafia fails as the criminals went on hiding inside the forests and start guerrilla attack. The criminals unleash terror on local people to prevent them from helping army.
As the military fail to protect, the people seek asylum in the church to escape from the criminals. The missionary of the church vows to protect his parish. As a Christian missionary he didn’t want to resume to violence. He recruits an animal trainer to train scores of dogs, monkeys and other forest animals to fight armed men. He fights the criminals with the help of the trained animals and capture their leader.
About the author
Books:TIGER IN THE TOILET,POSSIBILITIES,THE INVISIBLE DESTROYER,JESA
Screenplays:JAALIM, THE CRUEL–Action,completed shooting.DAGA, THE DITCH–Family saga-being made in Bombay.MAGICIAN MANDRAKE–Comedy-being made.THE GENTLEMAN CRIMINAL–Action-currently with a LA based agent.AN OLD GENT IN LAS VEGAS–Family saga.
Title: Close Combat
Logline: A former female gang member strives to become an elite combat soldier when she finds the love of her life and must choose between her destiny and the man she loves.
Synopsis:Jay Rivera is a young “macho” female gang-banger, the bravest in her gang, or so she thought. When the bullets start to fly, she runs. Disgraced, she joins the U.S. Army to redeem herself and volunteers for the most elite combat unit. She didn’t know it was possible to go to the extremes necessary to become a Combat tech Officer. But her biggest obstacle is something she never expected, love. But when the nation goes to war Jay is forced to choose between her warriors calling and the man she loves.
Title: Road to Honor
Logline: A betrayed police officer, trapped in a deadly conspiracy and framed with murders he didn’t commit, struggles to prove his innocence in a fight that could compromise his life.
Synopsis: The genre of our screenplay is action adventure/thriller. The story centers on a Hong Kong detective — Li Tian Lone. When Li is sent to Tokyo to help capture two notorious drug lords, he becomes trapped in a deadly conspiracy when the person he has gone to help betrays him. Framed with murders he didn’t commit, forced on the run in a city he doesn’t know, he enlists the aid of a Japanese woman — a witness to the murder — to clear his name. Ultimately, they will discover an even bigger conspiracy; find more cunning and ruthless adversaries, in a fight that could compromise their careers, and even their lives.
We are film students at UC Riverside. We would appreciate it if you could consider our project. We are very dedicated, hardworking, and we just hope that we could be given a chance to prove ourselves. Thank you for your time, and we look forward to receiving your response.
Alex Liu, Darrell Cheng
1147 Linden St., Apt 2
Riverside, CA 92507
Title: The Real Maverick
Logline: This is the exciting - True story of a "regular guy" who made it against all odds in the grueling, demanding, and often dangerous world of flying US Navy fighter jets.
Synopsis:We follow our protagonist from his childhood of athletic endeavor through winning of his US Navy "Wings of Gold" and the ups and downs along the way. This is a "Rudyesque" story whereby our main character must continually fight uphill to achieve the success he dreams of because he is not one of the "chosen". He is an outsider (a modern day "Bruno Stachel" from the 1960's move "The Blue Max") but all he wants to do is fit in and be himself as well as perform as well as or maybe better than anybody else. Unfortunately, he often finds it hard to be accepted personally by his peers even though he tries to be a good guy. He achieves his goal in the end - or does he?
