IN THE WORKS
MurderWorld (feature film)
Horror/Dark Comedy 24 days, under 4M
COMPARABLES: The Boys (Series), Deadpool, Kick Ass
LOGLINE: In a world where serial killers are worshipped like rock stars, obsessive fanboy Theo Banks humorously fumbles into the fray after a meltdown - naming himself as the unhinged, wildly unpredictable “Conniption” on a reluctant quest for retribution in becoming America’s most ‘beloved’ maniac.
SYNOPSIS: When the crazy, masked serial killers of the world out-number the police, a troubling society arises, where fans begin adoring these maniacs like popular celebrities, with their own bobble heads, t-shirts and trading cards. Enter Theo Banks, a fanatic of all-things “serial killer”. He’s a murder-geek collector completist, with a fascination aimed at the most colorful psychos currently active in the field.
It isn’t until his mother is beheaded and his life falls apart that he decides to join the ranks of America’s most notorious killers, with his eye on those very same psychos as his target. Quickly rising to his own celebrity status, he cements his name in that world when he’s forced to face off with the maniac that dismembered his mother.
From fandom to a successful career as a psycho killer that rivals Jason, Michael or Freddy, he’s about to learn what it really takes to be an absolute maniac.
Infernal (feature film)
Funding/casting, action/horror, 32 days, Bulgaria location/stages $15MM
COMPARABLES: Triple Frontier, Preditor, 1408, Den of Thieves, Poltergeist
LOGLINE: Dexter Logan’s elite crew can take down any score in five-minutes flat and escape unharmed. They have perfected the art of the heist, but unfortunately, the team sets a plan in motion at a notorious Hotel, only to discover that their high stakes theft has unleashed a malevolent evil. Trapped between their greed and the supernatural forces, it becomes a race against time to escape with the prize…and with their lives.
SYNOPSIS: Eight world-class heist specialists descend upon an abandoned Russian nuclear power plant led by Logan - the confident leader, justifiably basking in the perfection of their craft. After repelling and evading Russian special forces and incendiary bombs, the team efficiently vanish with millions in the lost and valuable Romanov Jewels as quickly as they appeared. Exactly as planned.
Logan and his crew prepare for their final heist. One last score that will set them for life: an abandoned
hotel with an unusual vault holding items of unspeakable value. Unbeknownst to them, this storied
building possesses far more sinister secrets than ever could be imagined. The awakened haunting of an
era of evil horrific and dark history of their “score” is realized all too late as the building’s ghostly caretaker
Bixley conducts his sinister plan at every turn.
After Logan is brutally decapitated by an elevator with a mind of its own, Alina (the only female among
them) reluctantly navigates and leads the remaining crew through horrific labyrinth of deadly ambushes
with Drake - Logan’s right-hand man.
Forced to improvise, one-by-one the other crew members are met with one bizarre fate after another, praying upon the fears and sins of their past. Harboring too many skeletons in his past, Drake can only
push forward while Alina’s regrets surround her at every turn. Those who have not been eaten, strangled,
(or worse), struggle to keep it together as they make their way to escape this nightmare on the awaiting
rooftop helicopter.
When freedom is almost within their grasp, Alina and Drake are forced to decide: escape empty-handed
or risk permanent residence in the building from Hell. The remarkable and smart Alina is finally posed
with a moral decision that will determine their fate forever.
Captain for Dark Mornings (feature film)
War/Drama true story/biopic, 39 day shoot in Thailand and Los Angeles, $19MM (7-part series available)
COMPARABLES: Platoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Band of Brothers, Apocalypse Now
LOGLINE: Amid the unspeakable horrors of the Vietnam War, one hero's odyssey sparks a revolution of healing for those haunted by invisible scars.
SYNOPSIS: Psych Officer Captain Shad Meshad, the youngest Captain to return from the Vietnam War, is haunted by the horrors he witnessed. He searches for purpose among the burned-out encampments at Venice Beach, where homeless veterans cling to survival. Each has deep wounds and their agony thrusts Shad back in time to remember that harrowing year and confront the devastating reality of PTSD as he searches for a new way to treat the troops.
Reeling from a suicide bombing that nearly claimed his life, Shad arrives at the 95th Evac Hospital in Da Nang Vietnam. Unprepared for the horrors, he is plunged into chaos on his first night. As heroic doctors and nurses triage the waves of broken and bloodied soldiers, Shad, in sweltering heat, must do the unthinkable - sort the living from the dead. With shaking hands, he places dog tags in the mouths of fallen boys and zips their shattered bodies into bags. Each gesture pulls him deeper into the nightmarish reality that will change him forever.
The relentless tide of trauma leaves Shad obsessed to help. He becomes a confidant to soldiers consumed by fear and guilt, including Bobby Timmons, a young farm boy on the brink of mental collapse. Shad fights to save him, but Colonel Bratmann, the hospital’s commander, dismisses the boy’s suffering and forces him back to the frontlines like so many other grunts. Pushed past his breaking point, Timmons kills Bratmann with a grenade, and maims himself in the process. Timmons begs Shad to help him die, but Shad can’t play God. After Shad leaves, Timmons takes his own life, leaving Shad tormented by his inability to save the boy.
Embittered by the absurdity of command and the senseless horrors inflicted upon the soldiers, Shad returns home. When the men are greeted by protests and labeled ‘murderers’ and ‘baby killers’, Shad is outraged by the callous indifference and vows to fight for his fellow veterans. His experience at Venice Beach fueling his resolve, Shad vows to bring hope to those lost in the shadows and shatter the people's ignorance of the unseen wounds of war.