Category: Screenplays

Comedy/Romantic Comedy/Fantasy Comedy
Blacklist Evaluation = 7
School of Rock meets The Nutty Professor with edge because it’s rock camp!

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Logline: When a 50-year-old desk jockey goes to rock star camp to finally live out his teen fantasy, he must first overcome his greatest opponent – his own inner critic that’s come to life to crush his dreams.

“The Critic has a great premise it has a lot of fun with. The execution is funny and the characters are likable. With the right music, this could really be an enjoyable film.“ – Blacklist Evaluation (7)

Synopsis: Fifty-year-old Dan Greene leads a dull, risk-averse, introverted life. He’s got a boring desk job, always swipes left, and is into easy listening music and baking cakes. He’s not aware that his inner critic has been keeping him super-safe and burying his teenage rock star fantasy all these years.

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1/2 hr multicam network sitcom

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Finalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards 2019

Logline: Former college roommates, Doug and Mark, bunk up again twenty-five years later to tackle life after divorce while single parenting their teen daughters.

“Very well-written and funny. This concept is so much fun and clearly jumps off the page in regards to heart, story, and conflict off the bat. It’s so obvious where the comedy will pour in with these two characters + their surroundings.” – Carli Haney, executive producer, former head of development for Kevin Heart’s production company

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The Doorman

Have you ever wondered whether an Emu farmer from Iowa could “make it” in the Big Apple? (Emu \e-mew\ n. a large, flightless Australian bird, similar to, but smaller than an ostrich)

After Billy Foster discovers his father died a hero New York City doorman, he leaves the farm to follow in his father’s footsteps. To make it, he must survive his boot camp instructor at the Doorman Academy, a drag queen roommate in the West Village and an unrequited love with the building owner’s daughter. (comedy)

The Doorman was a second rounder at the Austin Screenwriting Contest!

President Dad

Seventh-grader Josh Burke launches a campaign to get his dad elected president of the United States. In the process, he gets a dose of hard-nosed Washington politics and learns the value of family, friendship and being true to one’s self. (family/action)

The Bradley’s Family Safari

On the advice of his therapist, accountant Don Bradley takes his family on an African camping safari to earn some respect for himself and improve family dynamics. He must contend with an incompetent tour guide, a passenger in pursuit of his wife and the wilds of Africa to keep the family together and alive! (family/action/comedy)