TODD FARMER
Screenwriter
CANDY
Written by Todd Farmer
Writer of JASON X, MY BLOODY VALENTINE and DRIVE ANGRY.
CANDY is an original feature screenplay.
Vibe Check: Imagine John Wick with a stripper — a blood-soaked revenge flick in the vein of TAKEN, but with a female lead.
Logline: While attempting to save her friend from kidnappers, an exotic dancer stumbles onto a sex trafficking ring and starts to eliminate them one-by-one using hammers, screwdrivers, ninja stars, and some trusty duct tape.
MEET THE WRITER
Todd Farmer
Todd Farmer got his start working for producer/director Sean S. Cunningham (FRIDAY THE 13TH) where he wrote drafts of FREDDY VS JASON and later put JASON X in space. After leaving SSC Films, Farmer wrote RIDDLE ME THIS for Constantin Films for Jonathan Hensleigh (ARMAGEDDON) to direct. After adapting Whitley Strieber’s LAST VAMPIRE for SciFi, then BEDLAM for RKO Pictures, Farmer met his future writing partner, Patrick Lussier, while writing THE MESSENGERS Ghosthouse, and later they relaunched live action 3D with MY BLOODY VALENTINE for Lionsgate. Next came HALLOWEEN 3D, designed to follow Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2, then DRIVE ANGRY starring Nic Cage. Farmer followed the HELLRAISER reboot for Dimension Films with WITCHBLADE and while adapting HEAVENLY SWORD based on the video game, Farmer wrote several comic books including ALIEN PIG FARM with Thomas Jane and Steve Niles, as well as FAILSAFE with FJ DeSanto which sold to Netflix with Michael B Jordan (BLACK PANTHER) attached to produce and star. Farmer also wrote the true crime screenplay, F-STREET for World One Productions then reteamed with Lussier and Omar Epps for the film TRICK. In 2020, Farmer went on lockdown where he did 14 years of home improvement projects in 24 months. Farmer is currently writing the rock biopic, BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN as well as an international thriller to shoot in Portugal where Farmer currently lives with his wife, Producer Ita Kennedy, in their haunted Portuguese castle.