Projects

War Above Mountains

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Action / Drama / Faith-Based

SCREENPLAY BY: Michael Aaron Brown

PRODUCER: Erin Mae Miller

LOGLINE: After his seventh deployment to Afghanistan, Ian Pearce - Navy SEAL, is tasked with providing security at a remote school in Pakistan, under constant threat by the Taliban. There, Ian meets an ideological schoolteacher, risking her life every day educating children.

Optioned Properties

Son of the Dragon

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Scripted Drama Series

CREATED BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PILOT & SERIES BIBLE BY: Steven Jon Whritner

SHOWRUNNER ATTACHED: TBD

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ATTACHED: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCERS ATTACHED: Cathy Konrad; Diane Nabatoff

LOGLINE: The definitive, untold story of the historical Vlad III Dracula, prince of Wallachia, lays the foundation for an epic reimagining of literature’s classic horror tale by exploring the formative years of this enigmatic 15^th century warlord.

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The Chin

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: True Crime Biopic

SCREENPLAY BY: Danny Falcone & Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: The dramatic rise and fall of Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, one of the most powerful Costa Nostra bosses of all time. A man who outfoxed law enforcement for more than thirty years while running the largest, most influential mafia family in the entire country. His is the greatest true mob story never told.

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Listening To Whales

Release: Early 2025
Director(s): Grace McNally

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Documentary

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: An Explorers Club/Plimsoll/Sam Houston co-production

PRODUCERS ATTACHED: Austin Raywood & Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: In 1970, 33,000 whales a year were being slaughtered by commercial whalers. They were seen as large, dumb creatures – a source of cheap meat and oil. Then in the summer of 1970 an album of whale songs, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was released. The album sold over 125,000 copies and went multi-platinum. Beautiful and haunting, Songs of the Humpback Whale changed the way the public perceived animal consciousness. It inspired a global movement, led to the foundation of Greenpeace and saved whale populations from the brink of extinction. Listening to Whales tells the intertwining stories of two pioneering scientists who created this moment, and the fallout that echoed across decades.

In Discussions

Titanic And Britannic: Tragic Twins Of The White Star Line

Release: Early 2025
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Documentary

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: An Explorers Club/Sam Houston/Lone Wolf Media co-production

PRODUCERS ATTACHED: Austin Raywood & Steven Jon Whritner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Richie Kohler & Evan Kovacs

LOGLINE: Following the tragedy this past year onboard the Titan submersible, accomplished wreck divers Richie Kohler and Evan Kovacs will be returning to the HMS Titanic to conduct a new 3D telemetry model of the wreck and to search for any undiscovered pieces of Titan. Later this year, they will then dive deeper into the interior of the HMHS Britannic, than ever before, and for the first time in history, will be recovering never-before-seen artifacts from the legendary ship.

In Discussions

Over the Monster

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Sports Drama / Faith-based

SCREENPLAY BY: Douglas Folsom

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: A top young baseball prospect, engaged to be married, dreams of playing professional baseball and hitting home runs over the famous Green Monster wall in Fenway Park, only to discover he has to first overcome his stay in a prison called “The Monster.” Field of Dreams meets The Shawshank Redemption.

Optioned Properties

It Came From Grand Central Station

Release: TBD
Director(s): Mark Lambert Bristol

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Family-friendly Creature Feature

SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner and Michael Husband

LOGLINE: A boy with a love of scary movies receives a mail order box containing an ancient talisman that gives life to all the magical objects in his room.

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The End of Faith

Release: TBD
Director(s): Angela Gibbs

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Faith-based / Sports Drama

SCREENPLAY BY: Adrienne Smith

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Keith L. Smith

CASTING DIRECTOR: Kimberly Hardin

LOGLINE: Seven Sanders has been training to be an Olympic boxer from the time he was a little boy. On the night of his Olympic qualifying bout, the fight is fixed and Seven loses. He soon learns that he has a congenital heart defect destroying any hope of ever making the Olympic team, causing him to seriously question his faith.

Optioned Properties

Alex In Aqualand

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Comedic Coming-of-Age Drama

SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: In desperate need of money to help his struggling family, college-bound Alex Fisk takes a summer job at a dysfunctional aquarium and is suddenly thrust down the proverbial rabbit hole into a world of exotic sea creatures and unforgettable events. (An Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting semi-finalist).

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License to Steal

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Scripted Drama Series

CREATED BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PILOT & SERIES BIBLE BY: Steven Jon Whritner

SHOWRUNNER ATTACHED: Jonathan Prince

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ATTACHED: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCER ATTACHED: Diane Nabatoff

LOGLINE: A hard-bitten clan of repossession agents pushes the boundaries of the law while plying their perilous trade in rural Texas.

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The River of Doubt

Release: 2025
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: True Adventure Biopic

SCREENPLAY BY: TBD, based on the NY Times Best-Selling Novel by Candice Millard

PRODUCERS ATTACHED: Austin Maywood & Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: Facing a humiliating electoral defeat and a dwindling bank account, President Theodore Roosevelt travels with his wife to Brazil, before becoming convinced by the local government to co-lead a dangerous expedition to map an uncharted river deep in the Amazon Rainforest.

In Discussions

Bronx Zoo

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Family-friendly Drama

SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jeff G. Waxman

LOGLINE: Life in the urban jungle takes on new meaning when TJ, a troubled yet talented teen, meets Wallace, a mysterious security guard at New York's Bronx Zoo. Together, they stumble upon a plot to kidnap the zoo’s prized white tiger cub by a billion-dollar smuggling ring (A Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest “Top 10” Winner)

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Nocturnal

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Horror / Romance

SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner

PRODUCERS ATTACHED: Steven Jon Whritner; Jeff G. Waxman

LOGLINE: A struggling New Orleans artist falls hard for a beautiful and mysterious woman who’s actually an insatiable night demon who feeds on human flesh.

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Longrider

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Supernatural Western

SCREENPLAY BY: Matthew Dixon

PRODUCER: Michael Husband

LOGLINE: John Wesley returns home from the Civil War to find all he held dear taken from him by a posse of outlaws. Spurred on by the ghost of his dearest love, Lily, he sets out on a path of revenge.

Optioned Properties

Jordan Freeman

Release: TBD
Director(s): TBD

PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Historical Revolutionary War Drama

SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner (based on the novel "Jordan Freeman Was My Friend" by Richard White)

PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner

LOGLINE: The true story of young Will Latham and his enduring friendship with freed slave Jordan Freeman. Over a single summer in 1781, the unlikely pair faces the burning of New London, CT and the brutal massacre of the American militia at Fort Griswold.

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