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.
Matthew Tente
After serving a 12-year prison sentence, an ex-con sets out to turn a new leaf and reconnect with his daughter, but when she convinces him to help her steal millions of dollars in Medical Marijuana Dispensary taxes collected in cash by City Hall once a month in order to evade the federal authorities, the father finds himself risking everything to make his daughter’s dreams come true.
A man falls into an unexplained trance for two hundred years and wakes up in a transformed New York in the midst of a revolution, where he has become the richest man in the world.
Featuring 92 scripts, 101 writers, more than 70 production companies & studios, 46 different agencies & management companies, and more than 200 individual reps, this year’s list is one of the most diverse and exciting we’ve ever released.
Launch Pad alum Matthew Tente, whose spec Burn Run is heating up the town this week, marks the first official signing for Chris Bender’s newly formed Good Fear.
Logline: An American mercenary team hired to escort a 20-ton heroin seizure across war-torn Afghanistan gets caught up in a botched drug deal when their leader goes rogue, and allies suddenly become enemies. Three Kings meets Mad Max.
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off, to spy on the South Side of Chicago community as they ramp up their war on narcotics in light of prohibition being repealed.
A comprehensive list of the 2015 Launch Pad’s Top 5% of All Submissions! Check out all of the Semi-Finalists, Quarter-Finalists, and more – with writers, loglines, and representation!
