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Post Your Script Here!Whirlabout
A New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, only to uncover dark family secrets, confront a lifetime of abuse, and face a harrowing moral reckoning that could either destroy—or finally heal—his fractured family.
PORTAL TO HELL
In the beginning of the 1980’s a teenage boy starts to experience paranormal activity in his home, from hallucinations to physical marks.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
BUMPED
A deeply troubled man with little hope in life, is thrust into a world between life and death, which may provide the purpose he has long been searching for.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
La Hacienda
An inter-racial Latino/White couple arrive in Mexico, during the Day of the Dead, to renovate a hacienda just purchased by her rich, white parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents who lived during the Mexican Revolution; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby girl, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past.
RICH KID$
When a 12-year-old boy and his friends discover buried mob money in their backyard, their secret spending spree turns into a chaotic adventure involving ex-cons, revenge, and a lesson about what wealth is really worth.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
A young mixed blood, determined to avenge his mother’s brutal death, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates through the oppressive and inhumane colonizers of California's “Mission Era.
THE MONGREL, pilot for THE COMING MORROW series
A virus is decimating the male population making most impotent.
Waiting for the Apocalyse
When the father of a young man he once sentenced kidnaps his lover, a respected judge must decide whether to pay a $2 million ransom — and confront the human cost of the justice system he’s always trusted.
