ECHOES
AN EPIC SCI-FI THRILLER
STUNT LIST ORIGINALS
PROOF OF CONCEPTS + COMPANION SCRIPTS
NOW SHOWING: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | Comedy | Drama/Thriller
FADE IN:
SCI-FI x FANTASY x HORROR
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EXPONENTIAL
“A guilt-ridden physicist resurrects the hometown he destroyed decades ago within a massive, slowly collapsing time bubble, giving himself just 27 hours to save his wife and son from a nuclear disaster.”
Project earned (SIX) 8/10s on The Black List; Industry member rated 10/10 on The Black List. Featured and Recommend on The Black List.
Written by Justin Olson
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(Li)thium
“Trapped in the Bolivian mountains with an unreliable bi-polar guide, four friends must survive stumbling onto drug cartel land, but when local legend Luz Mala begin to replicate and replace the friends it challenges their relationships and perception of life itself.”
Script Pipeline Semi-finalist 2022.
Written by Red Davis
Industry Highlights: Multiple finalist selections: Big Break, Screencraft; Semifinalist: Script Pipeline; Coverfly Recommended.
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THE RICKETY MAN
“A father discovers his children are grieving their mother’s death in their own terrifying way, after having met a mysterious entity in the woods.”
Written by Jeremiah Lewis
Film Highlights: The Rickety Man haunted the film fest circuit with laurels from: ScreamFest, HorrorOrigins, Cannes, FilmQuest, etc.
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KITTERITCH
“A pair of Minnesota teens are forced to fight for the community they loathe after uncovering a conspiracy to distribute a mind controlling agent to the local populace.”
Written by Leah Simmons
Industry Highlights: Writer of award-winning roller derby feature Valentine Crush.
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BLOOD MOON
Written by Brad M. Johnson
As the sun sets on the American Old West, a young priest and a grizzled bounty hunter must work together to save a small frontier town under siege by vampires.
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THE FIFELOT
“A bi-racial adrenaline junkie follows a mythical legend about buried treasure through the darkest heart of New Orleans, only to awaken the soul of a Voodoo queen and the supernatural forces that work to return the land of the living.”
Written by Guy Crawford
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ECHOES
“After two warring extraterrestrial species bring their battle to earth, a young woman with a mysterious past learns she may be the key to ending the war and saving humanity.”
Written by Carl Binder and Ken Kabatoff. Story by Ken Kabatoff / Mark Savela / Carl Binder
Industry Highlights: Carl Binder - Executive Producer for Stargate: Universe; Ken Kabatoff - Co-Producer for Travelers. Mark Savela - VFX Supervisor, Stargate: Universe
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BRING OUT YOUR DEAD
“A one-hour supernatural drama that follows 16-year-old Freya Eriksson who inherits the power of necromancy from her recently deceased father. Freya is torn between her duty to raise the dead in order to protect her family, and her urge to do the right thing by granting the deceased one last wish before they’re dead forever...all while trying to live a "normal" teenage life.”
Written by Heather Taylor
Industry Highlights: Hulu’s The Hardy Boys; Netflix’s Lethal Love. Anamoly podcast.
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RING BELL FOR DEATH
Inspired by true scientific facts, Ring Bell For Death takes place at Point Nemo, an area on Earth so remote NASA uses it as a spacecraft cemetery to crash rogue satellites and space stations.
This story imagines a sinister motel in such a locale, host to mysterious forces lurking in each room, luring its unfortunate guests with mirages of hope into a nightmare of horrors.
Screencraft Semi-Finalist 2020
Created by Ash Lazer
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LUCID
“With a unique power to lucid dream, a widower must find his dead wife before she’s consumed by a nightmarish entity.
Film Highlights: Over 75k views on Youtube.
Written by Jeremiah Lewis
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PAAN
When their colony ship is attacked by a space-faring pirate race known as HUUK, a rag-tag group of kids must find a way to stop the aliens and save humanity.
Written by Tim Westland
Teaser film artwork by Disney storyboard artist Roger Dondis.
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YOU, ME, & EVIL
“A horror-dramedy about a closeted, bi nerd, who takes his boyfriend on vacation. But his ex-girlfriend crashes. Also, the place’s run by a cult.”
It’s Please Like Me meets Midsommar.
Written by Steve Holbert
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THE HARVESTING
“In Scotland, John awakens after seventeen days to find the world nearly devoid of human life; he encounters other survivors as well as human rejects that try to kill him as he searches for his family.”
Script Highlights: Finalist in Pitchnow Screenplay Competition and Virtual Pitch, a semifinalist in Table Read My Screenplay, and a quarterfinalist in Big Break (diversity).
Written by M.E. Ellington & Steven Stiefel.
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TOMORROW'S FLIGHT
“When a piece of an airplane is uncovered in the same strata of earth as a T. rex skull, paleontologists and crash investigators try to determine what happened; meanwhile, plane crash survivors fight to stay alive in a peculiar world of unimaginable horrors.”
Written by M.E. Ellington & Steven Stiefel
This pilot script is adapted from their best-selling novel of the same name.
Project Highlights: Book Pipeline Finalist; Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist; Coverfly’s The Red List; Recommended by Kirkus Reviews; #1 International Bestseller at Amazon.
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SKY FIGHTER
“Two pilots fight a war in the distant future in their fighter-bomber spacecraft. But is the true enemy their alien opponent...or each other?”
Over 1.7 million views on the sci-fi platform DUST.
Written by Lukas Kendall
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DREAD TIDE
“The 1700's. Prisoner aboard a ship crewed by vicious pirates, Cook is forced on a voyage of mythical treasure. As the ship enters an unending fog, he soon realises it will take all of them to survive the hidden horrors that surround them.”
Written by Ryan Berry
Script Highlights: Screencraft Horror Finalist; Page Awards Quarterfinalist.
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TRUST ME
Co-Writer & Director Nate Ruegger x Co-Writer & Co-Producer by Leslie O’Neill
Grappling with her boyfriend's disappearance, a journalist and her best friends return to the woods where he was last seen, and together they uncover something far more terrifying.
Short Film Proof of Concept — Over 1.7 Million views on ALTER across Facebook & YouTube!
SMASH CUT TO: COMEDY
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BETHLEHEM INN
(Schitts Creek meets Life Of Brian)
“Set in 4 B.C., a family-run inn is in need of a miracle to keep from going out of business in the (some?mes literal) cut-throat Bethlehem hotel business. That miracle arrives on their doorstep when a young couple (Joseph and Mary) shows up needing a place to have their baby... who they claim is the so-called "Son of God". Recognizing the golden opportunity in front of them, they decide to promote the Messiah's arrival for all its worth to turn their fortunes around.”
Written by Eric Rogers
Industry Highlights: EP/Showrunner for Micronauts and Skylanders Academy; Futurama.
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NATTY LIGHT
In a desperate attempt to impress his standoffish brother before he leaves for college, an impulsive high school freshman goes to epic lengths to secure a case of beer for the final senior party of summer.
It’s THE KINGS OF SUMMER meets SUPERBAD.
Written by Thomas Schrack
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CAR THERAPY
“With school budget-cuts and new guidelines, a down-on-her-luck college therapist, Nikki, must find a way to adjust to online therapy sessions while also moonlighting as a rideshare driver. On her rides, she is exposed to eccentric people and places in LA and always ends up dishing advice, whether solicited or not.”
Written by Jennelle Williams
Industry Highlights: Staff writer for Bounce TV.
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SELDON SEEN
“After starting at a new high school, a charmingly quirky teen with a delusional disorder, or “daydreaming on steroids,” falls quickly for another new student but, after finding that she has bipolar disorder, the lovebirds struggle to find order in their disorders.”
Written by Peter R. Feuchtwanger
Script Highlights: ISA Development Slate; Semifinalist: Nicholl, Final Draft; Finalist: Coverfly Pitch Week, Screencraft Comedy, TSL Screenplay; Top 1% Coverfly.
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THE TINGLE: THE UNMAKING OF A BAND
“An up-and-coming indie trip-hop duo gets signed to a major music label and, with the help of their inept manager, discover the meaning of the phrase “be careful what you wish for.”
Written by Paul Mckeown & Emilio Rossal
Creator Highlights: Paul - Creator of 10 Worst Things for FUSE; Script editor for Take It Easy Mike; Head Writer for House of Magic. Emilio - Writer for Netflix’s Angry Birds: Summer Madness S2; Actor and Voice artist for national commercials: McDonals, Honda, Golden Corral.
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DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT
“After her father's death, a woman's obsessive-compulsive disorder spirals out of control. She enters an intensive therapy program, where she must confront his death and her OCD before it takes over her life.”
Written by Melissa Kong
Industry Highlights: Multiple Nicholls finalist selections; The Black List x WIF; AFF semi-finalist; PA/Asst. for Derek Haas.
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COUPLES THERAPY
“A dramedy about Natalia, a couples therapist who treats high maintenance New York couples while her own marriage is falling apart as she seems unable to follow her own advice.”
Written by Michaela Zannou
Industry Highlights: Multi-hyphenate Michaela is a lead actor, producer, writer and creator of Couples Therapy.
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SEXPECTATIONS
“Half-hour laugh out loud comedy following aspiring romance novelist, Katie, and her quest to lose her virginity for her literature.”
Written by Jenna St. John
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BEARD
“Dawn and Decker are the best of friends navigating Hollywood together, but when Decker reunites with an old flame, a major life decision must come out.”
Written by Angie Browne
Project Highlight: Selected for Gotham Week (fka IFP Week).
SHIFT FOCUS TO: DRAMA / THRILLER
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MO'ALLEM
“A coming-of-age film that tells the story of Maryam, a brilliant Muslim teenager who finds out she must give up her career ambitions for an arranged marriage, then decides to run away to America on the morning of her wedding.”
Script Highlights: Scored 8/10 on The Black List; Austin Film Fest Finalist.
Written by Nerris Nassiri
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X OR (THE ASCENSION OF GOLD MOUNTAIN)
“In 1870’s Northern California, a first generation Chinese American woman relentlessly pursues her kidnapped son whilst confronting her own trauma in a hostile land.”
Script Highlights: Nicholl Top 10%; WeScreenplay Finalist. Script Lab Semi-finalist; Austin 2nd Rounder. Red List Top 1%. Black List 8/10.
Written by Alexander Chard
Additional Writer Highlights: WeScreenplay Feature Winner.
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RATTLE AND HUM
“Strange sounds and violent visions plague and threaten a radio host’s quiet but fractured life with his deprived wife in a remote town.”
Take Shelter meets Sound of Metal, Close Encounters and Revolutionary Road.
Written by Joe Favalaro
Industry Highlights: Optioned writer; Script Pipeline Top 50.
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THE PERFECT FILTER
“When a bored housewife starts an affair with a married man, she becomes the next target of his wife, an L.A. influencer who goes to lethal measures to protect her instagram-obsessed brand.”
Based on the book Love, Or Something Like It.
Script Highlights: Selections at Austin FF, Emerging Screenwriters.
Written by Todd Foley
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PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE
“After a woman flees the country when told her son has the genes of a future serial killer, she must now – 23 years later – save him from a government conspiracy that has pinned a murder spree on him.”
Written by Laura Kirk
Script Highlights: Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza and Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy; Advancements in PAGE and Screencraft Fellowship.
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THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF A ROBOT
“A forty year old woman attending college for the first time searches for the courage to override a lifetime of self-doubt and fear implanted by her first programmer—her mother.”
Written by Erica McNabb
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INFILTRATORS
“A pair of daredevil urban explorers witness a murder while climbing an unfinished skyscraper. Their only escape? A thousand foot drop.”
Written by Kevin Nelson
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SUNSET ALLEY
“In an effort to escape an eccentric community of elderly one-hit wonders, a former black child actress threatens the reboot of the 1960s franchise and the dangerous producer that made her famous.”
Written by Sam Watson
Industry Highlights: Finalist: Nashville FF, HorrorOrigins; 2nd Rounder Austin FF.
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GRAY SHADOW
“The true story of Australian diving champion Rodney Fox, who after surviving one of the most dramatic shark attacks in history overcame his fear of the ocean to invent the modern shark cage using himself as a bait.”
Written by Laura Kirk
Script Highlights: Nicholl Top 10%; Advancements in Screencraft Feature and Action & Adventure.
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THE ART OF STARVING
(A reimagining of Kafka’s A Hunger Artist.)
“A once celebrated hunger artist goes on the run from his cruel promoter when a mysterious woman invites him to showcase his unique performance at a prestigious gallery.”
Written by Joe Favalaro
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TESLA AND THE OUTLIERS
“Nikola Tesla, W.E.B. Du Bois and Gertrude Stein are forced to use wild inventions to take on titans of industry Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan and the dark magic wielding Free Masons in order to prevent Teslas earthquake machine from falling into dubious hands.”
Written by Red Davis
Industry Highlights: Multiple finalist selections: Big Break, Screencraft; Semifinalist: Script Pipeline; Coverfly Recommended.