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Saving Esperanza
Release: TBDDirector(s): TBD
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Adventure / Drama / Faith-based
SCREENPLAY BY: Betty Sullivan
PRODUCER: Sophia Dilley
LOGLINE: American attorney Andrea Hardwick witnesses the killing of a young girl’s mother by Mexican thugs. Andrea saves the girl, escaping with the gang hot on their trail as she struggles to sneak Esperanza across the U.S. border and save her life.
Berserker!
Release: TBDDirector(s): Mel Gibson
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Epic Action Adventure
SCREENPLAY BY: Oscar-Nominated, Randall Wallace
PRODUCER ATTACHED: Randall Wallace
LOGLINE: Historical [Viking Age] Drama. Project under consideration for Development Funds, Production Equity and P&A.
Letters From Paris
Release: TBDDirector(s): Antoine Fuqua
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Romantic War Drama
SCREENWRITER: Anne-Marie MacKay
PRODUCER ATTACHED: Fuqua Films
LOGLINE: Set in WWII, the tragic love story between an African-American GI and a French Girl. The Picture is to be filmed in Texas and Europe.
Korea
Release: TBDDirector(s): Antoine Fuqua
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Period War Drama
SCREENWRITER: David Franzoni
PRODUCER ATTACHED: TBD
LOGLINE: Historical drama centered around a controversial order from General McArthur that was ignored by American general in the name of compassion for Korean civilians in the end of Korean War.
Thunder Run
Release: TBDDirector(s): Simon West
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: War Drama
SCREENPLAY BY: Robert Port
PRODUCER ATTACHED: Simon West & Jib Polhemus
BASED ON: The book by David Zucchino
LOGLINE: The inside story of one of the most brutal and decisive battles in combat history, of how, with fewer than a thousand men, and facing dugin Iraqi forces, the Second ('Tusker') Brigade of the Third Infantry Division punched a hole through the heart of Baghdad with a high-speed charge. It is a riveting account of how soldiers really respond under fire - and how human frailties are magnified in a war zone.
Love Affair of Tang Dynasty
Release: TBDDirector(s): Antoine Fuqua
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Historic Romantic Drama
SCREENWRITER: David Franzoni
PRODUCER ATTACHED: Antoine Fuqua
LOGLINE: A romantic drama, set in 8th century China, centered on the tragic love affair between Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine.
Heavenly Horse
Release: TBDDirector(s): Simon West
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Action Adventure
SCREENWRITER: David Franzoni
PRODUCER ATTACHED: TBD
LOGLINE: Ex-military and geneticist trace origin of the horse in this action drama. Picture to be filmed in Texas and Southwest.
Nocturnal
Release: TBDDirector(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.
Son of Dragon
Release: TBDDirector(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 15th century warlord.
License to Steal
Release: TBDDirector(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.
Bronx Zoo
Release: TBDDirector(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)
Jordan Freeman
Release: TBDDirector(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.
Alex In Aqualand
Release: TBDDirector(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).
It Came From Grand Central Station
Release: TBDDirector(s): TBD
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
GENRE: Family-friendly Creature Feature
SCREENPLAY BY: Steven Jon Whritner
PRODUCER: Steven Jon Whritner
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.
