Making the Grade
An eight year-old orphan freelances as a test model for prospective parents wishing to adopt.
Grant Vetters, David Kolbowicz
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Dead Men Walking
Escape from a zombie-infested prison.
John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Triple Take
Centers on a guy who is a perfectionist, so much so that he writes a monthly column pointing out what is perfect in NYC. When he thinks he has found his perfect mate, he soon finds out he is actually dating identical triplets.
Shaina Carol
Hunting Hackers
A 21-year-old ex-computer hacker is hired by the government to track down criminals.
Jeff Lieber
When I Grow Up
A guy, who gets together with is old childhood friends, realizes that each of them has all grown up to be exactly what they set out to be — all except for him.
Steve Franks
Extreme
Set in San Francisco, the story revolves around an extreme skateboarder who fulfills his dream — to compete in the X-Games.
Malcolm Spellman
The Guest
A young guy has a crush on the daughter of his evil boss. When he must house-sit for his boss one night, things get a little crazy.
David Dorfman
Off-Track
A New York cab driver enters into the world of pro auto racing in order to save his family’s cab company.
Keith Mitchell
Marcus Bryant: Ghost Detective
A streetwise cop has a near-death experience and begins seeing ghosts.
Bennett Schneir, Steve Schneir
Untitled First Daughter Project
The President’s 18-year-old daughter, yearning to experience a normal life, escapes from her Secret Service entourage and embarks on a road trip through Europe.
Derek Guiley, David Schneiderman
My Canadian Girlfriend
A high school guy becomes the most popular kid after he claims to have the most gorgeous girlfriend in the world. When everyone wonders where she is, he claims she lives in Canada, so no one has even seen her yet.
Rich Dahm
Troy
Set against the Trojan War, this is a tale of epic romance.
Michael Tabb
Diamond Dogs
A reformed jewel thief is tempted back into his old profession in order to pull off what could turn out to be the biggest diamond robbery ever.
Jay Friedman
Good and Dead
A guy must fake his death in order to get away from his overbearing girlfriend.
John Killoran
50 First Kisses
A guy falls in love with a woman after one date. But, the next day, he realizes she has no idea who he is due to her short-term memory loss. Now he must try to get her to fall in love with him every single day.
George Wing
Leisure World
A man, who is sick and tired of the rat-race, decides to move to Florida and live in a retirement community.
Jason Heimberg, Jason Heimberg, Jeff Sank
Wipeout
Story would be loosely based on surfing legend “Murf the Surf,” who split his time between surfing and jewel heists.
Christian Darren
First, Last and Security
Based on the life story of Kirk Ward when, after accidentally burning down his grandmother’s house, he desperately searched for a way to make money. He decided to pass himself off as an expert in pet care, pool maintenance and house-sitting.
Joe Jarvis, George Coolidge
The Wheelman
A seasoned heist get-away driver joins up with a group of amateurs who try to pull off the next-to-impossible job of a casino robbery.
Frank Mugavero
Hard Look
An FBI agent tracks down an extremely savvy bank robber.
Chris Johnston
Boy to the World
Described as a new Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Eileen Walls
Rushing
College comedy set amongst the world of sorority rush week.
Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin
The Alchemist
An ex-CIA agent turned navy desk jockey is assigned to investigate a series of terrorist activities committed by US military personnel who have perfect records.
Ken Young, Dennis LeFevre
The After Killer
Medical students find themselves being hunted down by an elusive killer after they allow one of their patients to die.
Markus Redmond, Ivy Williams
Red Hollow
A haunted prison where only the innocent people survive.
Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi
The Baker’s Son
A swimmer must confront the demons that haunt his family.
Bart Baker
Brown Sugar
Set in the world of hip-hop music, a romance develops between two urban-music professionals.
Mike Elliot
Musical Chairs
Takes place on an exotic resort and follows a group of people who are gathered there for a wedding.
Marc Guggenheim
Hollywood & Vine
A movie star, who has achieved his dream, must choose between the love of his life and all the glitter and gold Hollywood has to offer.
Joshua Ravetch
Pink Coma Toes
A girl, who in hopes of reviving her fiancé’s health, goes out and tries to fulfill his list of wild fantasies.
Jill Franklyn
Kung Foo Theater
Spoof of all the martial-arts films of the past, but this one centers on a guy who finds himself trapped in one of the films.
Tom Jankiewicz
Edgardo Mortara
Centers on the highly publicized event that took place in Bologna, Italy in 1858, in which the papal police kidnapped a 6-yearold Jewish boy claiming that he had been secretly baptized. As the Catholic Church kept this boy a prisoner inside the Vatican, the world became furious and demanded he be returned to his family. This incident eventually took away the Pope’s political power.
Rob Eshman
Buying Time
A time-travel story.
Mark Allen Smith
Crash and Burn
Set during a college spring break, the story follows a car race from Florida to California. (Similar in the vein of “Cannonball Run”)
Mark Loughlin, Brad Schlei
Shudder
A photojournalist, who is famous for his graphic images of death and war, has his life turned around when he begins to be haunted by the ghosts of the images he has photographed.
Matthew Odgers, David Markus
American Sweethearts
Set amongst a press junket, a publicist must promote an upcoming film without being able to show the film due to the director’s insecurity. In order to distract the critics, the publicist focuses on the two high profile A-List actors (a couple) who have recently gone through a very messy split but have come together to promote their film.
Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan