”Now, in those days, it t’weren’t proper for a young man and lady to meet unescorted. But we were wayward youth, total rulebreakers, so I was takin’ a roundabout route through the country in the wee hours o’ the mornin’ to meet up with her in an undisclosed location. Which was a little ways out o’ town, out behind the abbey, and I was doin’ a circle through the woods on account that I may have been followed by Uncle Angus, who was a military man and very much against any breakin’ o’ the rules, especially considerin’ he was hopin’ to get me into the service, which he did, eventually. So, I was standin’ by the water, lookin’ out towards the boathouse, seein’ if I could spot my Katie or Uncle Angus, and out o’ the corner o’ my eye, I see somethin’ startin’ to rise up out o’ the water . . . ”
— Arthur Buchanan
DOTTY CAMPBELL, MONSTER HUNTER
TV
SPELLSHIFT
Format: One-Hour Pilot
Genre: Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Tonal Comps: The time travel aspects of Timeless meets the stakes and repetition of Edge of Tomorrow
When two children go missing from a rural village, Seneca, a mysterious young traveler, must clear herself from suspicion and win the trust of the villagers to save them from the real culprits: a group of powerful time manipulators.
FEATURES
DOTTY CAMPBELL, MONSTER HUNTER
Genre: Female-Driven Historical Adventure
Tonal Comps: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Sherlock Holmes
When faced with overwhelming gambling debts, a Depression-era paycheck, and a longtime desire to become an international explorer, Dotty Campbell sets out to achieve the unthinkable: to prove the Loch Ness monster’s existence or go down trying.
THE FAMILY TRADE
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Tonal Comps: Hocus Pocus meets National Treasure
When Josh’s grandma, Lavern, asks him to help out in the family doll shop, he anticipates a summer of boredom and public shame. But when Lavern suddenly goes missing, Josh and his friends are tasked with saving her—while facing the repercussions of a centuries-old family secret.
PLAYS
AN UNADVISABLE METHOD OF FREEING YOURSELF FROM DEBT AND TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, OR, DOTTY CAMPBELL, MONSTER HUNTER
When faced with overwhelming gambling debts, a Depression-era paycheck, and a longtime desire to become an international explorer, Dotty Campbell sets out to achieve the unthinkable: to prove the Loch Ness monster’s existence or go down trying.
IN THE STARS
When Vincent, a doubting psychic, meets Laura, he expects to find a typical client—until Laura asks him to make a prediction he’s sworn never to make. He gives in, sparking a chain of events that will change both his and Laura’s lives forever.
GAMEPLAY
When Jess, a high schooler, witnesses a violent attack, she works through her trauma by creating a violent video game. As people encounter the game and her hometown is shaken by more violence, Jess must justify her creation, even as it takes on a frightening life of its own.
FEAR ITSELF
When Fear pays Shannon, a phobia specialist, a visit, she is forced to deal with her lifelong fear of heights. With an award to accept and new patients to counsel, her professional reputation and personal well-being hinge on one big question: can she get rid of Fear for good?
LOST AND FOUND
As Julie struggles with her father’s progressing memory loss, she is forced to recall a part of her past she’s tried to forget. As she learns to embrace that past, she creates a new present for herself, her father, and her family.
“So I says to him, ‘Nicky, we gotta talk,’ and he’s like, ‘Okay, babe,’ but he’s not talkin’, you know? He just keeps on walkin’ down the street like I’m not tryin’ to have the most important conversation of our whole relationship! And then ya know what he does? He stops at a fruit vendor and picks up an orange.
A mother. fucking. orange. And I’m like, ‘Hey, asshole, I’m tryin’ to talk to you!’ and just as I’m sayin’ that ALL OF THE ORANGES come flyin’ off the cart because he’s picked up an orange from the middle of the orange stack, and I’m like, ‘Jesus, Nicky, are you goin’ to pay for all those fucking oranges?’ and the fruit vendor’s like, ‘YOU PAY! YOU PAY!’ because the oranges are all over the street gettin’ hit by cars and shit, and THEN DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES? He fucking runs for it! He just leaves me there to pay for all that shit! So, then I have to run for it, too, because I don’t have that kind of money, so I’m runnin’ and the vendor’s yellin’, and THEN - are you ready for this? The fruit vendor starts CHUCKIN’ THE ORANGES at me! Like it’s my fault! So I’m fucking runnin’ and dodgin’, and oranges are just flyin’ and explodin’ everywhere. I swear to you, they were just like goddamn grenades! People on the street were screamin’ because they didn’t want to get fucking hit. I’m all upset. Nicky’s nowhere to be found. It was just crazy!
So, needless to say, I didn’t get to have that talk with him like you suggested.”
– Minella
IN THE STARS