Announcing the Top Pilots of 2015 – The Launch Pad
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Announcing the Top Pilots of 2015 – The Launch Pad
A comprehensive list of the 2015 Launch Pad’s Top 5% of all submissions!
(All categories are listed alphabetically by pilot script title).
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20,000 LEAGUES
| Logline: | A fantasy-world detective is charged with hunting down a mysterious sea monster that is terrorizing the town, while a young reporter and his photographer sister also search for the beast. |
| Pitched as: | DA VINCI’S DEMONS meets THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN |
| Writer: | Cody Pearce |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Sci-fi |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | 20,000 LEAGUES |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Cody Pearce |
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APALACHEE
| Logline: | A UN officer is coerced into spying for the NSA after leaked information from his computer helps to fuel a terrorist plot on American soil. |
| Pitched as: | MR. ROBOT meets HOMELAND |
| Writer: | Gannon Kenney |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Signed with Energy Entertainment – Brooklyn Weaver |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | APALACHEE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Gannon Kenney |
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ARCANE
| Logline: | A young woman with mysterious powers makes an alliance with a retired exorcist when their southern hometown becomes ground zero in a supernatural war between nightmarish forces. |
| Pitched as: | JUSTIFIED meets SUPERNATURAL |
| Writer: | Joe Marino |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural Horror |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ARCANE |
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ASH LAKE
| Logline: | A recent high school graduate seeks justice for her wrongly-accused brother, bringing her up against the detective who’s keeping the truth hidden to protect her own son. |
| Pitched as: | THE KILLING meets BLOODLINE |
| Writer: | John Schlirf |
| Genre: | Drama | Mystery | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ASH LAKE |
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BAIT
| Logline: | After the system fails her, a sexual assault victim takes justice into her own hands. |
| Pitched as: | REVENGE meets HARD CANDY |
| Writer: | Homa Mojtabai |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Signed with Heroes & Villains Entertainment – Henry Huang |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Guaranteed Signing – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BAIT |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Homa Mojtabai |
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BANK SQUAD
| Logline: | On the cusp of the L.A. Riots, young brothers navigate a gangland while a pair of mismatched FBI agents hunt for the most prolific bank robber in American history, a 22-year-old Crip terrorizing the Southland. Based on true events. |
| Pitched as: | BOYZ N THE HOOD meets THE WIRE |
| Writer: | Evan Menzel |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BANK SQUAD |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Evan Menzel |
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THE BELT
| Logline: | An assassin must keep a young girl with mysterious powers safe on a space colony while the universe as they know it begins to change around them. |
| Pitched as: | BATTLESTAR GALACTICA meets DEADWOOD |
| Writer: | Joel Dorland & Garrett Lander |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-fi |
| Representation: | Signed with Benderspink – Daniel Vang, Scott Stoops |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BELT, THE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Joel Dorland & Garrett Lander |
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BENEATH
| Logline: | A struggling oil magnate makes a deal with a farmer and his family to drill on their land, but neither is prepared to handle the secrets found beneath the earth. |
| Pitched as: | THE STAND meets LOST |
| Writer: | Ryan Stack |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural | Horror |
| Representation: | Signed with Energy Entertainment – Brooklyn Weaver |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BENEATH |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Ryan Stack |
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BETTER
| Logline: | After a failed suicide attempt and a stint in a psychiatric hospital, a woman must find her way to a new normal. |
| Pitched as: | UNITED STATES OF TARA meets TOGETHERNESS |
| Writer: | Esther Celia Finkelstein |
| Genre: | Comedy | Dark Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is unavailable |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BETTER |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Esther Celia Finkelstein |
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BEYONCE’S HUNGRY
| Logline: | A well-organized battalion of workers coordinate Beyonce’s life, with rivals vying for the top job. |
| Pitched as: | VEEP with a celebrity upstairs/downstairs twist |
| Writer: | Mark Ganek |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with Rothman Brecher – Andrea Kavoosi and Rina Brannen | Principato Young Entertainment – Maggie Haskins |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BEYONCE’S HUNGRY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Mark Ganek |
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BIRDLAND
| Logline: | The new untested and reluctant owner of Baltimore’s major league baseball team must juggle her cocky players, rookie beer vendors, and diehard fans—all while trying not to strike out in her personal relationships. |
| Pitched as: | STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP meets MONEYBALL |
| Writer: | Charlotte Cohn-Williams & Jason Odell Williams |
| Genre: | Comedy | Dramedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BIRDLAND |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Charlotte Cohn-Williams & Jason Odell Williams |
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BLACKRUSH
| Logline: | Murder, violence, and corruption threaten to engulf a New Mexico town on the verge of a fracking boom unless a detective from Boston, who has deeper connections than he knows, can stop the daughter of the powerful founding family from taking control. |
| Pitched as: | LONGMIRE meets JUSTIFIED |
| Writer: | Brent Beath |
| Genre: | Drama | Mystery |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BLACKRUSH |
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BLUE BOOK
| Logline: | A desk jockey gets promoted to director of the Blue Book Project, which monitors and analyzes all UFO sightings in 1960s America, and subsequently explains them away, no matter what the evidence actually shows. |
| Pitched as: | MAD MEN meets THE X-FILES |
| Writer: | Andrea Janakas |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-fi |
| Representation: | Signed with Paradigm – Jennifer Good | Infinity Management – Seth Nagel |
| Availability: | Project is available with attachments: Jonathan Krauss (EP) and Jonathan Frakes (Director) |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BLUE BOOK |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Andrea Janakas |
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BOY UP
| Logline: | A nerdy eleven-year-old thinks he’s finally free of his schoolyard bully, only to discover that his mom is dating his nemesis’ father and has invited both into their home. |
| Pitched as: | MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE meets FRESH OFF THE BOAT |
| Writer: | Cynthia Furey |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BOY UP |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Cynthia Furey |
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BY DEGREE
| Logline: | A woman with five masters degrees and no discernible skills subsumes her more-successful sister’s identity after her untimely death. |
| Pitched as: | YOU’RE THE WORST meets THE RINGER |
| Writer: | Annah Feinberg |
| Genre: | Comedy | Dark Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with Grandview – Merideth Bajaña and Zac Frognowski |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | BY DEGREE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Annah Feinberg |
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CANVAS 31
| Logline: | A master art thief is offered a chance to stay out of prison by helping a museum track down priceless pieces of stolen art. |
| Pitched as: | WHITE COLLAR meets THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR |
| Writer: | Jared Doles |
| Genre: | Drama | Heist | Dark Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | CANVAS 31 |
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CASEY CAN’T
| Logline: | When a veteran, old school music critic loses her job, she is forced to take a new one with the sort of magazine she’s always despised: an online blog. |
| Pitched as: | CALIFORNICATION meets 30 ROCK |
| Writer: | Kaitlin Fontana |
| Genre: | Comedy | Dark Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners – Brad Petrigala |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | CASEY CAN’T |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Kaitlin Fontana |
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THE CHAIN
| Logline: | A radical plot gets closer to fruition as a mysterious event causes several people, including the Vice President, to wake up in the body of someone else. |
| Pitched as: | ENEMY OF THE STATE meets FACE/OFF |
| Writer: | Teresa Huang |
| Genre: | Drama | Thriller | Sci-fi (grounded) |
| Representation: | Signed with Art/Work Entertainment – Julie Bloom, Cindy Ambers |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE CHAIN |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Teresa Huang |
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CINEPHILE
| Logline: | A retiring police detective with early onset Alzheimer’s disease tries to solve her last murder mystery case involving a serial killer who stages the deaths of his victims exactly like iconic movie scenes. |
| Pitched as: | TRUE DETECTIVE meets CASTLE |
| Writer: | Chris Dymond |
| Genre: | Drama | Thriller | Mystery |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | CINEPHILE |
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CURED
| Logline: | In the summer of 1996, a gay mid-west teenager is sent to a co-ed conversion therapy camp so he can be “fixed.” |
| Pitched as: | QUEER AS FOLK meets THE O.C. |
| Writer: | Joe Osborn |
| Genre: | Drama | LGBT |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | CURED |
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DARK AND BROKEN CODE
| Logline: | A seasoned FBI Cyber Squad Agent must collaborate with a notorious ex-hacker in order to stop a killer who uses technology to murder people. |
| Pitched as: | MR. ROBOT meets RAY DONOVAN |
| Writer: | Zack Kaplan & Graham Funke |
| Genre: | Drama | Thriller |
| Representation: | Signed with Heroes and Villains Entertainment – Mikhail Nayfeld |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | DARK AND BROKEN CODE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Zack Kaplan & Graham Funke |
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THE DAWN OF THE DRUG WAR
| Logline: | In 1933, the Prohibition Bureau considers an African-American federal agent, who recently lost his partner in a drug bust and was subsequently laid off, to spy on the South Side of Chicago community as they ramp up their war on narcotics in light of prohibition being repealed. |
| Pitched as: | THE UNTOUCHABLES meets BOARDWALK EMPIRE |
| Writer: | Matthew Tente |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | DAWN OF THE DRUG WAR |
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DEVIL RIVER
| Logline: | When a timid slave preacher is separated from his wife and child by a gambling professional, he decides to team up with a mysterious black gambler on the Mississippi steamboats to learn how to win his family’s freedom. |
| Pitched as: | TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE meets HELL ON WHEELS |
| Writer: | David Sullivan |
| Genre: | Drama | Period |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | DEVIL RIVER |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about David Sullivan |
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ECHO LAKE
| Logline: | In the winter of 1974, a suffocatingly small Connecticut town is put through the ringer when the high school principal turns up dead in the frozen lake, and everyone’s a suspect. |
| Pitched as: | MAD MEN meets THE KILLING |
| Writer: | Elena Song |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Mystery |
| Representation: | Signed with APA – David Meese, Ryan Saul | Echo Lake Management – Dave Brown, Matt Horwitz |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ECHO LAKE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Elena Song |
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ECLIPSED
| Logline: | A medical student with a haunted past joins a team of researchers determined to answer the question: What happens after you die? |
| Pitched as: | FRINGE meets FLATLINERS |
| Writer: | Sarah Acosta |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ECLIPSED |
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THE ELEVENTH HOUR
| Logline: | A former death-row inmate suffering from constant hallucinations joins an amnesty organization to investigate capital punishment cases overturned by the state supreme court. |
| Pitched as: | LAW AND ORDER meets LUTHER |
| Writer: | Ahmadu Garba |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ELEVENTH HOUR, THE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Ahmadu Garba |
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EMBEDDED
| Logline: | Rescued after being abducted while on assignment in Afghanistan two years ago, a celebrated female photojournalist returns to the war torn country to exorcise her demons and determine what happened to her still missing colleague. |
| Pitched as: | AMERICAN ODYSSEY meets GENERATION KILL |
| Writer: | Andy Muir |
| Genre: | Drama | War |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | EMBEDDED |
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THE FIREFLIES
| Logline: | The origin story of a superstar rock band starts in high school, when a whip-smart but emotionally adrift girl transfers to a new school and finds her voice when she teams up with three other talented outcasts. |
| Pitched as: | GOSSIP GIRL meets DEGRASSI |
| Writer: | Lauren W. Stenmoe |
| Genre: | Drama | Teenage |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | FIREFLIES – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Laura W. Stenmoe |
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FRAGMENT
| Logline: | Years after the release of wearable technology that can induce reality-like lucid dreaming, a veteran and her brother struggle to work for their manipulative crime boss father’s illegal and expanding dream sedative trafficking business. |
| Pitched as: | THE SOPRANOS meets INCEPTION |
| Writer: | Cameron Pattison |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-fi |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | FRAGMENT – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Cameron Pattison |
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GEMINI PROCESS
| Logline: | Dim-witted twins decide to use a sizable inheritance from their grandmother to open their own process serving business. |
| Pitched as: | IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA meets WORKAHOLICS |
| Writer: | Paola Andrea Ariza | Frank Nestor |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Ariza: Currently unrepresented | Nestor: Circle of Confusion – Krista Sipp |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | GEMINI PROCESS – Coming Soon |
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GENERATION GWEN
| Logline: | A young woman must learn how to balance raising her newborn child by herself while maintaining her high-pressure career. |
| Pitched as: | SUITS meets THE MINDY PROJECT |
| Writer: | Megan Karasch |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition | Mentorship Winner Selected By Bisanne Masoud |
| Direct Link: | GENERATION GWEN – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Megan Karasch |
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THE GOVERNESS
| Logline: | In 1906 Newport, a young woman with a troubled past and sins to atone for becomes the new governess at a house plagued by scandal – but the forces that drew her there in the first place may be from beyond the grave. |
| Pitched as: | DOWNTON ABBEY meets THE OTHERS |
| Writer: | Christopher Basler |
| Genre: | Drama | Horror | Period |
| Representation: | Signed with Equitable Stewardship for Artists – Antoni Kaczmarek, Varun Monga | Industry Entertainment – Ava Jamshidi, Micah Klatzer |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE GOVERNESS – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Christopher Basler |
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GREYSHORE
| Logline: | After a disgraced doctor discovers that the couple who raised him aren’t his biological parents, he takes his own family to an inherited estate where he begins to feel the pull of dark, mysterious forces that threaten to change everything he knew about himself and his place in this world. |
| Pitched as: | HEMLOCK GROVE meets WAYWARD PINES |
| Writer: | Rohit Kumar |
| Genre: | Drama | Horror | Thriller | Mystery |
| Representation: | Signed with Benderspink – David Baggelaar, Scott Stoops |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top Drama – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | GREYSHORE – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Rohit Kumar |
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HALCYON FALLS
| Logline: | A traumatized town struggles to return to normalcy in the aftermath of a tragic school shooting, while desperately hiding secrets from the media and each other. |
| Pitched as: | AMERICAN CRIME meets THE KILLING |
| Writer: | Jeff Bower |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | HALCYON FALLS – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Jeff Bower |
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HARMONY FALLS
| Logline: | A writer returns to his hometown to find inspiration for his novel, but the move spells danger for his family when a long ago tragedy begins to replay itself and a mysterious being haunts his son. |
| Pitched as: | AWAKE meets TWIN PEAKS |
| Writer: | Anthony Nero |
| Genre: | Drama | Mystery |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | HARMONY FALLS – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Anthony Nero |
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HATCHETMEN
| Logline: | Within the dawning metropolis of San Francisco comes the rise of a Chinese kingpin whose relationship with tycoons of the day is wrought with crime, conspiracy, jealousy and power. |
| Pitched as: | GANGS OF NEW YORK meets BOARDWALK EMPIRE |
| Writer: | Kevin Lau |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Crime |
| Representation: | Signed with Christine Martin Management – Christine Martin |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | HATCHETMEN – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Kevin Lau |
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HEAVEN FORBID
| Logline: | A mischievous angel, banished from Heaven to a mysterious and unholy city on Earth, undertakes the charge to convert the entire town to following God in an attempt to get back into His good graces and restore his position in Heaven. |
| Pitched as: | DOGMA meets RELIGULOUS |
| Writer: | Brandon DeRoos |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | HEAVEN FORBID – Coming Soon |
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I HAVE FIVE FUCKING ROOMMATES
| Logline: | After his girlfriend breaks up with him, an out of work bachelor accidentally moves into a house that already has five eccentric tenants. |
| Pitched as: | NEW GIRL meets SHAMELESS |
| Writer: | Joshua Statman |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | I HAVE FIVE FUCKING ROOMMATES – Coming Soon |
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KARMA, INC.
| Logline: | A down on his luck salesman joins a mysterious new company whose mission is, for a price, to dole out karmic revenge. |
| Pitched as: | DEXTER meets REVENGE |
| Writer: | Jarrod Locke |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | KARMA, INC. – Coming Soon |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Jarrod Locke |
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KINDERHOOK
| Logline: | A New York psychologist infiltrates an esoteric cult, uncovering the mystery of his own traumatic past. |
| Pitched as: | IN TREATMENT meets MAD MEN |
| Writer: | Patch Darragh | Adrian Rieder |
| Genre: | Drama | Psychological Thriller |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | KINDERHOOK |
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LATE BLOOMER
| Logline: | An awkward young woman who has been struggling to make her mark on the world faces a blessing and a curse when she finally hits puberty at 25. |
| Pitched as: | NEW GIRL meets 13 GOING ON 30 |
| Writer: | Shira Hoffman |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with CAA – Jacquie Katz, Praveen Pandian |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top Comedy – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LATE BLOOMER |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Shira Hoffman |
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LEGACY
| Logline: | Following the suicide of her father, an attorney is forced to return to her distant brother and family-owned probate law-firm in New York. |
| Pitched as: | SUITS meets THE GOOD WIFE |
| Writer: | Alex Freedman |
| Genre: | Drama | Family | Legal |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LEGACY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Alex Freedman |
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LEGACY
| Logline: | An ex-NBA superstar is suddenly thrust into the position of Chicago Bulls head coach and must navigate a maelstrom of blackmail, gambling addiction, public hatred, disgruntled players, and a reckless son who undeservedly made the NBA. |
| Pitched as: | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS meets EMPIRE |
| Writer: | Brian Shin |
| Genre: | Drama | Sports |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LEGACY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Brian Shin |
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THE LETTERS
| Logline: | After discovering her mother’s extensive correspondence with a notorious serial killer, a woman finds herself entangled in family secrets when similar murders begin occurring in her own backyard. |
| Pitched as: | BLOODLINE meets THE KILLING |
| Writer: | Daniela Bailes |
| Genre: | Drama | Thriller | Mystery |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE LETTERS |
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LEXICON
| Logline: | A mystical artifact is the object of desire for a cop, a reporter, a student, and a drug lord due to the power it provides the holder. |
| Pitched as: | THE WIRE meets HEROES |
| Writer: | Amanda Keener |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LEXICON |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Amanda Keener |
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LORDS OF THUNDER
| Logline: | Two clueless aging metal-heads, and their equally as oblivious daughters, carry out their ridiculous antics and absurd schemes as they carve a place for themselves amongst the LA arts district. |
| Pitched as: | IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA meets THIS IS SPINAL TAP |
| Writer: | Michael Flores |
| Genre: | Comedy | Animated |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LORDS OF THUNDER |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Michael Flores |
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THE LOST BOYS
| Logline: | When a Chicago cop suffering from PTSD returns to his hometown in the Ozarks, he becomes obsessed with solving a series of local child murders that threaten to further unravel him. |
| Pitched as: | THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO meets INSOMNIA |
| Writer: | David Lawrance |
| Genre: | Drama | Crime | Mystery |
| Representation: | Signed with Stacey Testro Internation – Stacey Testro |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | LOST BOYS, THE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about David Lawrance |
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MOWTOWN
| Logline: | A recent college grad is forced to move back home in order to save money for law school, only to wind up alongside his best friend in the shady underworld that is the Cape Cod service industry. |
| Pitched as: | ROYAL PAINS meets WORKAHOLICS |
| Writer: | Gabriel Worgaftik |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | MOWTOWN |
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MR. HEAD
| Logline: | An ex-CIA operative faces his most challenging assignment yet: being a guidance counselor at a tough inner-city school. |
| Pitched as: | ARCHER meets SOUTH PARK |
| Writer: | Cooper Sukaly |
| Genre: | Comedy | Animated |
| Representation: | Signed with Epicenter – Jarrod Murray, Allard Cantor |
| Availability: | Project is available, with attachments |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | MR. HEAD |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Cooper Sukaly |
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NEVERLAND
| Logline: | When Captain James claims Neverland as his own, Tinkerbell employs the help of modern day cockney misfits to help win it back. |
| Pitched as: | ATTACK THE BLOCK (without aliens) meets OUTLANDER |
| Writer: | Michael Stagliano |
| Genre: | Drama | Fantasy |
| Representation: | Signed with Benderspink – Jake Wagner |
| Availability: | Project is unavailable |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | NEVERLAND |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Michael Stagliano |
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THE NEXT BEST THING
| Logline: | A middle-aged gay man faces the upheaval of his closest relationships when he chooses to start dating women. |
| Pitched as: | LOOKING meets LOUIE |
| Writer: | Benjamin Kawaller |
| Genre: | Comedy | LGBT |
| Representation: | Signed with Bellevue Productions – Jeff Portnoy |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE NEXT BEST THING |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Benjamin Kawaller |
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ONE SOUL
| Logline: | In the future, where The Corporation has forced people into an existence of pure labor, one woman begins to view three of her past lives that take place in different times, locations, and religions of the world. |
| Pitched as: | SOURCE CODE meets CLOUD ATLAS |
| Writer: | Christopher Wu |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-Fi | Period |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | ONE SOUL |
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OWEN’S CREEK
| Logline: | In 1889, a bustling Old West railroad town is mysteriously transported into a valley from which there is no way in and no way out. |
| Pitched as: | UNDER THE DOME meets DEADWOOD meets LOST |
| Writer: | Gabriel Feinberg |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Sci-fi | Supernatural |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | OWEN’S CREEK |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Gabriel Feinberg |
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PAMELA AND SHARONA
| Logline: | A sloppy, faded 80s Rock Queen launches one final comeback with the help of a daughter she never knew she had. |
| Pitched as: | THE ROCKER meets THE ODD COUPLE |
| Writer: | Tim Schildberger |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | PAMELA AND SHARONA |
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THE PERMANENTS
| Logline: | A group of people “living” in purgatory must survive the fog that contains beasts of unimaginable terror while trying to remember who they are and why they are there so that they may move on. |
| Pitched as: | LOST meets THE MIST |
| Writer: | Maura Milan |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE PERMANENTS |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Maura Milan |
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POSTGRADS
| Logline: | After graduation, a group of friends realize that they’ve finished the best years of their lives and must navigate the “real world” without growing apart. |
| Pitched as: | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER meets HAPPY ENDINGS |
| Writer: | Mitchell Golden |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | POSTGRADS |
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PRESTON & MICKEY
| Logline: | On the first day of college, a timid male freshman is roomed with a wild 31-year-old woman, who helps him live a fuller college experience. |
| Pitched as: | MOM meets COMMUNITY |
| Writer: | Josh Sorokach |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | PRESTON & MICKEY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Josh Sorokach |
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PROTECTION
| Logline: | After testifying against a dangerous gangster, a father is forced to move his family to Wisconsin as part of the Witness Protection Program, but his dark past follows them to their new home. |
| Pitched as: | THE SOPRANOS meets THE AMERICANS |
| Writer: | David Hendon |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | PROTECTION |
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PUBLIC ACCESS
| Logline: | A disgraced weatherman is forced to return home and work at a public access television station while dealing with his vengeful ex, the station’s crazy employees, and his own frustrating relationship with the station owner, his father. |
| Pitched as: | PARKS AND RECREATION meets ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT |
| Writer: | Katie Scrivner | Michael Sokey |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | PUBLIC ACCESS |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Katie Scrivner & Michael Sokey |
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QUARRY
| Logline: | Returning home to facilitate her parent’s divorce, a young woman is forced to face the reasons she left in the first place when a local construction crew drain a quarry, uncovering a skeleton & exposing secrets from her past. |
| Pitched as: | DEXTER meets BROADCHURCH |
| Writer: | Aisling Corristine |
| Genre: | Drama | Mystery |
| Representation: | Signed with Collective Talent – Steven Russell |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | QUARRY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Aisling Corristine |
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REAL GONE
| Logline: | A sprawling ensemble that revolves around a closeted FBI agent who gets blackmailed into going undercover in the mafia controlled gay scene of 1950s New York. |
| Pitched as: | THE AMERICANS meets THE UNTOUCHABLES |
| Writer: | Jared Laberdesque |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | LGBT | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | REAL GONE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Jared Laberdesque |
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THE RECKONING
| Logline: | In a dystopian future, life is now lived in underground in tightly controlled Facilities, but one boy may have the key to the survival of the human race. |
| Pitched as: | THE MAZE RUNNER meets CHILDREN OF MEN |
| Writer: | David Hendon |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-Fi |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE RECKONING |
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THE REPEATERS
| Logline: | After a mysterious catastrophe destroys the world, the residents of a small Texas town begin flashing back in time to relive parts of their lives over and over again while trying to prevent the apocalypse. |
| Pitched as: | EDGE OF TOMORROW meets SEVEN |
| Writer: | Douglas Wolfe |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-fi | Crime |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE REPEATERS |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Douglas Wolfe |
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RIPL
| Logline: | A recently disgraced detective solves cold cases using information provided by those experiencing their past lives’ murders, only to discover she may be a past life victim herself. |
| Pitched as: | COLD CASE meets GHOST WHISPERER |
| Writer: | Heather Schmidt |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | RIPL |
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RUNNING MONEY
| Logline: | When an untested MBA graduate finds herself in the midst of Wall Street’s most successful hedge fund, she must decide how far she is willing to go in order to succeed. |
| Pitched as: | DAMAGES meets SUITS |
| Writer: | David Hoffman |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Signed with Artillery Creative – Tom Carter |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Overall Winner – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | RUNNING MONEY |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about David Hoffman |
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SATURDAYS
| Logline: | When a former football legend returns to his alma mater to coach, he struggles to keep the alumni happy, the media at bay, and his unruly team under control—which now includes his own son. |
| Pitched as: | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS meets GREEK |
| Writer: | Matthew Fruchtman |
| Genre: | Drama | Sports |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | SATURDAYS |
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SEE NORA RUN
| Logline: | The insulated life of a children’s book author who hates children breaks wide open after her estranged brother shows up at her door with his two young daughters in tow. |
| Pitched as: | CALIFORNICATION meets YOUNG ADULT |
| Writer: | Susan Jaffee |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with Dialed-in Entertainment – Stephen Marks |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | SEE NORA RUN |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Susan Jaffee |
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SHUDDER HOLLOW
| Logline: | A young girl is invited into a secret society where she and her friends must decipher clues to solve the mystery of the spooky town’s missing children, before they unwillingly join them. |
| Pitched as: | ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? meets VERONICA MARS |
| Writer: | Sarah McChesney |
| Genre: | Drama | Supernatural | Horror | Children |
| Representation: | Signed with David Baggelaar, Scott Stoops – Benderspink |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | SHUDDER HOLLOW |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Sarah McChesney |
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STORYVILLE
| Logline: | In 1903, a world-weary detective is hired to investigate crimes in Storyville, the red light district of New Orleans, where he must deal with corrupt officials, prostitutes, voodoo women, and more. |
| Pitched as: | JUSTIFIED meets TREME |
| Writer: | Jonathan Marx |
| Genre: | Drama | Period |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 25 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | STORYVILLE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Jonathan Marx |
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TARGETS
| Logline: | Two Secret Service agents, one who uses statistics to predict potential threats and another who relies on her well-honed instincts, try to stop would-be assassins from killing high-level targets. |
| Pitched as: | NUMBERS meets HOUSE OF CARDS |
| Writer: | Nihar Patel |
| Genre: | Drama | Political Thriller |
| Representation: | Signed with Ginsburg Daniels LLP – Lev Ginsburg (UK) |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | TARGETS |
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THICKER THAN WATER
| Logline: | Three siblings must live together in the same apartment and navigate the difficulties of finding love, setting boundaries, and agreeing on a pet. |
| Pitched as: | FRIENDS meets ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT |
| Writer: | Jenn Dlugos |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THICKER THAN WATER |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Jenn Dlugos |
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TIMESTOPPERS
| Logline: | An escaped prisoner discovers that he is the key to discovering and unlocking the secrets of an unexplained power to stop time, only to find himself in the crosshairs of two powerful organizations both vying for his abilities. |
| Pitched as: | PUSH meets HEROES |
| Writer: | Allen Glover | Robb Lanum |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-fi | Thriller | Crime |
| Representation: | Signed with Artillery Creative – Tom Carter |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 10 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | TIMESTOPPERS |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Allen Glover & Robb Lanum |
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THE TYBURN TREE
| Logline: | A perfect maelstrom of political corruption and social injustice leads to the breakdown of society in the UK. |
| Pitched as: | THE WIRE meets CRASH |
| Writer: | Russell Simpson |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE TYBURN TREE |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Russell Simpson |
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USE YOUR WORDS
| Logline: | A desperate publisher and his editorial team fight to save their jobs and reputations in the increasingly endangered world of book publishing in the 21st century. |
| Pitched as: | THE NEWSROOM meets MAD MEN |
| Writer: | Julia Batavia |
| Genre: | Drama | Dark Comedy |
| Representation: | Signed with Zero Gravity Management – Jeff Belkin | 42 Management – Kate Prentice (UK) |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Top 50 – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | USE YOUR WORDS |
| Profile/Bio: | Read more about Julia Batavia |
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THE VALLEY
| Logline: | In a future world, where the wealthy are technologically connected via brain implants while the poor live an analog existence in the Valley, one man discovers he may have the key that can get him over the treacherous mountains to the advanced land of the upper class. |
| Pitched as: | ELYSIUM meets CONTINUUM |
| Writer: | Jonathan Light |
| Genre: | Drama | Sci-Fi |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Project is available |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | THE VALLEY |
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THE WATSON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
| Logline: | Sixteen years after a viral pandemic wiped out the planet’s male population, a group of teenage boys who were raised in quarantine are integrated into an all-girls boarding school and an all-female world. |
| Pitched as: | Y: THE LAST MAN meets GOSSIP GIRL |
| Writer: | Dane M. Anderson |
| Genre: | Drama | Teenage |
| Representation: | Currently unrepresented |
| Availability: | Unavailable |
| Details: | Honorable Mention – 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition |
| Direct Link: | WATSON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS |
