Jeff Portnoy

Read about the 24 specs tracked in February 2020: 7 with a studio or production company attached; 12 with producers; 7 with directors; & 5 with talent attached.

In order to help pay off a friend’s debt, a daredevil free solo rock climber agrees to participate in a heist that requires him to embark on the most dangerous climb of his life.

The temperature may be coming down as Fall rolls in, but that’s not stopping Bellevue Productions and Verve from burning up the market with Shawn Dwyer’s latest spec TEN YEARS GONE, as it heads into multiple territories all over town.

Logline: Story details are being kept under wraps but described as a female-driven thriller in the vein of PRISONERS.

Logline: In order to pay off a powerful crime boss whose brother she accidentally killed, young Ruby Bentley sets off on a perilous quest to sell an original pair of ruby slippers that her late grandfather stole from the set of THE WIZARD OF OZ.

Logline: When three young women unwittingly unleash an ancient evil that uses mirrors and reflections to torment and kill, the demon forces them to confront their painful pasts, or spend eternity haunted by them.

Logline: Fearing the devastating impact that his father’s presidency would have on his personal life, his country and the world at large, ten-year-old Barron Trump sets out to sabotage his father’s 2016 campaign.

“It had an independent sensibility, it didn’t feel too big like a studio film.” – Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue Productions breaks down the sale of ‘THE MISERABLE ADVENTURES OF BURT SQUIRE ABOARD THE HORN HIGH YO’.

“Coming up with an idea like that at that time was impeccable. If it was a year before, I don’t think we would have had the same result.” – Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue Productions breaks down the sale of ‘BODY CAM’.

The residents of Willowcrest Court like to think of themselves as progressive and “woke”, but when a sober living home moves down the street, they do everything in their power to stop it. After the neighborhood comes under attack from vicious, subterranean creatures, the residents soon realize that the home they so desperately tried to shut down might be the only safe place left, and its inhabitants the only ones with the fortitude to protect them.

Logline: After her perfect life completely unravels, a young woman, convinced that all of her problems are the result of a cruel prank that she played on a boy in high school, sets out on a road trip with her best friend to find him and make it right.

A disgraced ex-cop runs up against some old enemies when he searches for his missing daughter and his own soul in the seedy underground club circuit of Los Angeles. A diverse version of TAKEN meets TRAINING DAY.

The untold true story of Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson, two former rodeo cowboys who, in 1967, went on an expedition in the forests of Northern California and recorded the first ever motion picture footage of the creature known as Bigfoot. But as they attempted to cash in on their discovery, distrust, greed and rumors of a hoax threatened to tear everything apart. This is the story of America’s first viral film, which took Bigfoot from an obscure rural folklore to a popular household name.

Hit List, Black List & Launch Pad Alum Matt Tente Lights up the town with his latest spec heading into most territories ahead of the weekend, with more on their way!

A murder triggers the outbreak of an infectious disease, sending an Epidemiologist and a Cop on the hunt for a killer, in a Latino immigrant neighborhood with a deep distrust of police.

When a hitman with a perfect record finally meets a man that he can’t kill — a man cursed with immortality — the two team up to reverse the curse, forming an unlikely friendship along the way. It’s a high-concept action/thriller with a dark, irreverent sense of humor a la John Wick.

The first and only true account of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist in 1990 as told to the screenwriter by the son of the man who masterminded the heist.

A young deaf amateur boxer, struggling to find his place in the world of the hearing, is discovered by a trainer and gets a shot to fight in a professional match against a title contender.

Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, authorizing the military to place Japanese-Americans in internment camps. After defying orders to report to the camps, a 23-year-old natural born citizen is arrested in San Francisco but his case is discovered by two intrepid ACLU lawyers who fight it all the way up to the Supreme Court, challenging the Constitutionality of the order in what would become one of the most notorious Supreme Court cases in U.S. History.

On the eve of a city-wide blackout, two Miami paramedics transport a patient whom they soon discover might not be human. Being pitched as COLLATERAL meets THE SHAPE OF WATER; a kinetic sci-fi thriller with heart.

On March 15, 1963, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament hosted a game between Mississippi State and Loyola of Chicago. The game is one of the most memorable sporting events in the civil rights movement. It served as a vehicle to challenge racial segregation in athletics and helped to forever change college basketball and advance civil rights in this country.

In order to save her dog training business from going under, a young woman begins teaching other women how to train their men with the same techniques used to train dogs. When her method goes viral and becomes an overnight sensation that starts a national trend, she struggles to prevent her newfound fame from destroying her closest relationships.

Broken Road Productions, Unique Features, and Alexa Faigen are all among the producers taking this into studios!

The untold true story about the rivalry between painting gurus Bill Alexander and Bob Ross; after Alexander’s long-running show “The Magic of Oil Painting” was cancelled by PBS and replaced with Ross’s show “The Joy of Oil Painting,” Alexander accused the soft-spoken, afro’d Ross of stealing his act, inciting a bitter dispute that changed the lives of both men forever. AMADEUS set in the world of 1980s TV painting culture.

Peter has always been told the voice he hears at night is only in his head, but when he suspects his parents have been lying, he conspires to free the girl within the walls of his house.

Following Launch Pad, Young & Hungry List, Hit List and Nicholl Appearances, Blake’s Action-Thriller Script “Nobody Lives Forever” Finds Her a New Home With Bellevue!

The extraordinary true story of Jeffrey Manchester, a convicted felon who made a daring escape from a North Carolina prison and then hid out inside of a WORKING Toys R Us store for the better part of a year, living in the crawlspaces and in between the displays while casing the store for a Christmas-time heist.

A group of friends from the same tenement building kidnap the star quarterback of an NFL team on the eve of the Superbowl in order to prevent the team’s owner, a sleazy real estate tycoon, from selling their building off to gentrifying developers who want to raze it and build luxury condos.

The extraordinary true story of Marguerite De La Rocque, a French noblewoman whose jealous cousin marooned her and her lover on a remote island during an expedition to the New World, forcing them to struggle to survive the harsh Canadian wilderness and winter.

When a local man is found dead in a small rural town, a female sheriff’s deputy, who knew the victim, begins to suspect foul play. As she delves deeper into the investigation she uncovers a dark disturbing secret that will change her and the community forever.