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Project G.H.O.S.T.

When a covert AI begins erasing truth to preserve peace, a disavowed NSA analyst must follow her late father’s encrypted trail to dismantle the system she once helped build—before freedom itself is overwritten. Honorable Mention – Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Fall 2025”

Script Excerpt
Format:
Screenplay
Budget:
Mid
Starring Roles For:
Jessica Chastain as Cassandra Vega
Oscar Isaac as Ethan Cross
Ken Watanabe Why as Takeda
In the Vein Of:
Ex Machina (2014)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Sicario (2015)
Posted:
11/14/2025
Updated:
11/14/2025
Author Bio:
Dr. Michael J. McDermott is an award-recognized screenwriter, novelist, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose work bridges human endurance, faith under pressure, and the razor’s edge between history and the future. Drawing from decades of military intelligence experience, advanced theological study, and a lifelong fascination with the way truth hides inside conflict, McDermott writes stories that cut deep and stay honest.

His fiction and screenplays—spanning historical drama, techno-thriller, inspirational epics, and mystery—are defined by cinematic pacing, grounded realism, and emotional clarity.

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Contest Results:
Big Apple (Honorable Mention, Big Apple ) [2025]
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