FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAYS & TV PILOT SCRIPTS
1.
“STONE” – Episode One: “ALIVE” – The pilot screenplay of the series.
A Semi-Finalist in FADE IN Awards 2024 – TV Pilot
“STONE” – A one hour limited drama series inspired by a 19th Century French novel.
Series Logline:
After his promising young life is dreadfully upended, a musical prodigy is resurrected, as Stone, an enigmatic superstar. He releases chart-topping music, while exacting retribution on his nemeses.
Tagline:
“Purple Rain meets The Count of Monte Cristo“
2.
“BLACK JACK” – A feature length Western screenplay.
A Quarterfinalist in BIG BREAK Screenwriting Contest 2024 – Feature
Logline:
A brutal murder sends a good-natured lawman on an epic search for a band of villains. Obsessed, his determination gives rise to an uncharacteristic savagery, but in the end, a shocking revelation challenges his resolve.
Tagline:
“Columbo meets Unforgiven.”
3.
“PROPENSITY” – A feature length Mystery screenplay.
Logline:
The investigation of a missing child mystifies authorities. Years later the shocking truth revealed, leaves audiences challenged and debating.
Tagline:
4.
“JEN DOE” – A feature length Sci Fi / Thriller screenplay..
Logline:
An ambitious young reporter investigates a coverup of a police shooting with extraordinary circumstances. As she peels the onion, she suddenly finds herself deep in the core of the web of an alternate reality facing a horrifying paradox.
Tagline: “Frankenstein meets Primer“
The story begins where “AWARE” (the 2007 short film) leaves off.
The 2007 short “AWARE“. Check it out:
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“THE SWEET TRADE” – A one hour period drama series.
“THE SWEET TRADE” – Episode One: “STOWAWAY” – The pilot screenplay for a series about life on the high seas as a pirate in the 18th Century.
Logline:
A young Boy accidentally stows away on a merchant ship out of colonial Philadelphia. His free-will is wrecked by circumstance and he finds himself forced into an adventurous life on the high seas in the “Sweet Trade”.
Tagline:
“National Geo meets Treasure Island“
6.
“SWIMMER” – A feature length drama screenplay.
An allegorical film about existence, purpose, and forgiveness with a theme as deep as the ocean it’s set in.
Logline:
After a crushing slew of events, a man seeks his own demise, but is afraid of offending deities he has no belief in. None-the-less, in his attempt to circumvent judgement and end his suffering, he becomes an inspirational hero to others.
Tagline:
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An interview I did with Screenwriter Stephen J. Rivele after the release of ALI (Directed by Michael Mann) published in CINEASTE Magazine – Volume XXVII No.2 :