CURATED DEVELOPMENT SLATE
Series.
*Posters prompted with ai, stories written by human willpower (fight me, baby).
Fucking Hope
Y/N/A Dark Dramedy • 8 x 30 Minutes
"FREYA - cursed to meet people at their worst - has lost all faith in humanity and decides to end her life. When she collides with 12-year-old runaway AYLIAH, who changes the lives of everyone she meets, Freya reluctantly takes it upon herself to find the kid somewhere safe to stay."
"Euphoria" meets "End of the F*cking World"
Lost Girl, Pretty Boy
Y/N/A Dramedy • 8 x 30 Minutes
"After a single chaotic day blows up her carefully self-contained life, fiercely independent EMMA finds her estranged teenage nephew SAMMY on her doorstep and discovers that the family history they both ran from has moved in with him."
"New Girl" meets "Heartstopper"
Every Body Knows
Crime, Psychological Thriller • 10 x 40 Minutes
"Years after escaping a relationship she barely survived, criminal psychologist ANSA is pulled back in when her former lover starts killing strangers as love letters; each body designed to make her remember him."
"Hannibal" meets "Killing Eve"
Features.
Next Year Will Be Different
New-Adult Dramedy
"After a devastating loss leaves their children in need of a home, chaotic sweetheart ALLIE, 24, and emotionally distant ZAIRA, 32, move in together. They must find a way to face their fears and handle their grief, before their children inherit what broke them."
"Maid" meets "Sentimental Value"
Kill Her, Baby
Thriller, Drama
"Estranged childhood girlfriends BENITA and ROE reunite when a surprise pregnancy puts Benitas life at risk - forcing Roe to choose between rebuilding the bond she longs for or crossing an unforgivable line to keep Benita alive, by killing her unborn child."
"Killing Eve" meets "Mother's Instinct" and "Gone Girl"
The Secrets of Growing Up
Coming-of-Age Rom-Com
"Chosen to document her school’s end-of-year production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", an ambitious teenage filmmaker clashes with its charming, insufferable lead actor. Their rivalry turns the play upside down and the making-of into a love letter to their class, friendship, first love and the chaos of growing up."
"Heartstopper" meets "Love, Simon"
I can fix him (really)
Horror-Comedy
“When OPHELIA is abducted by a man that reminds her a little too much of her father, she decides to take matters into her own hands and change the narrative.”
"Ready or Not" meets "The Menu"
A Night of Courage
Thriller
"After a father's public act of civil courage, the perpetrators return to take revenge on him and his family."
"Nocturnal Animals" meets "The Purge"
Verticals and Limited Series.
The Afterlife is a Mess
Comedy Mockumentary
"Escaping her 'oh-so-dreamy' vampire lover and his offer to turn her into his eternal companion, 50-year-old human AUTUMN finds refuge in her great-great-ancestor’s supernatural flatshare, where a household of immortal misfits is forced to confront the one thing none of them can outlive: change."
"Twilight" meets "Parks & Recreation"
Fake People
Dramedy Mockumentary
"Before the real celebrities enter the jungle, a group of stand-ins are hired to test the scandals, romances and breakdowns of a reality show - until the fake drama becomes more ruthless than the show itself."
Rom-Com meets the Drama of Reality TV
Soft Girl
Thriller • 72 x 60 s
"When her daughter is chosen for a game of life and death, a mother has 72 hours to turn the child she raised into someone ruthless enough to survive."
"The Bone Temple" meets "Kill Bill"
You're looking for something with a different whiff?
A hint of ...? A certain audience and genre?
- Whether you already have an idea or the feeling, that there's a story someone will want to listen to.
*Posters prompted with ai assistance. Original Stories written by Human Willpower.
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