AVAILABLE PROJECTS
“To make a great film, you need three things
- the script, the script and the script”
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Original Screenplays
Like Morpheus in THE MATRIX, our dream has always been to find ‘The One’ – that ‘one in a million’ producer who gets us and our projects, and will champion them with relentless passion and drive.
We write fresh stories that demand attention. Like MARATHON MAN, THE USUAL SUSPECTS and A QUIET PLACE, our unique concepts have the built-in mass-market appeal and international legs that carry projects across borders and budgets. Because originality without commercial viability is just MEGALOPOLIS.
Our stories are purposely written to be non location-specific, allowing for the widest possible filming opportunities. However, Australia’s rich and varied landscapes can double for numerous locations worldwide and the generous tax breaks here make it an attractive proposition.
Discover Our current slate
BLACK NOISE
DON’T BREATHE meets SOUND OF METAL
- GENRE/FORMAT: 100 min Action/Thriller feature
- RATING: R (Restricted, <17)
- BUDGET: Low/Medium
- LOCATIONS: 1-5
- PROTAGONIST: Female, 35-44
- CAST: Small ensemble
- SEQUEL POTENTIAL: deliberately left on a cliffhanger, as a catalyst for BLACK NOISE 2
After her husband is killed in a car bombing, a sound engineer develops a rare hearing condition, Hyperacusis, where the smallest noise is amplified and loud noises unbearable. She flees to a remote mountain cabin with her son, unaware she overheard the only clue in a conspiracy far bigger than her husband’s murder. But even in the tranquil isolation, malevolent forces are drawing close.
DEVIL’S WELL
THE RING meets CHILDREN OF THE CORN
- GENRE/FORMAT: 90 min Folklore body-horror feature
- RATING: R (Restricted, <17)
- BUDGET: Low/Medium
- LOCATIONS: 1-5
- PROTAGONIST: Female, 25-34
- CAST: medium ensemble
- SEQUEL POTENTIAL: the climatic twist paves the way for DEVIL’S WELL 2 and beyond
When British backpackers Cass and Peter Armstrong arrive in drought-stricken Hope Springs to trace their family history, Peter accidentally unleashes an ancient curse tied to a mysterious well on their ancestral land. As townspeople die from rapidly accelerating illnesses caused by the contaminated water, Cass discovers that local farm matriarch Narelle Blackwood has been making human sacrifices to control the curse. With Peter missing and her own infection spreading, Cass must do everything in her power to seal the well. But victory may come at a terrifying price.
LOVE-HANDLE HIDEAWAY
LOVE ISLAND meets FAWLTY TOWERS
- GENRE: Comedy Reality / Mockumentary Dating Show
- FORMAT: 8 x 25-minute episodes per season
- RATING: R (Restricted, <17)
- BUDGET: Medium/High
- LOCATIONS: 1
- CAST: large ensemble
- POTENTIAL SEASONS: unlimited, each featuring a new location and fresh disasters
LOVE HANDLE HIDEAWAY charts the frenzied frolics of middle-aged romantics as they navigate amorous catastrophe. The series starts with a bang – a cyclone destroys the proposed luxury resort location. Desperate producers relocate the show to a condemned retirement village. Armed with fake palm trees and converting the mobility scooter shed into a confessional booth, they transform the facility into a “tropical paradise” using little more than fairy lights and sheer audacity.
NUMBERS GAME
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE meets SURVIVOR
- GENRE/FORMAT: 100 min Psychological Thriller feature
- RATING: R (Restricted, <17)
- BUDGET: Low
- LOCATIONS: 2
- PROTAGONIST: Female 25-34
- CAST: Small ensemble
- SEQUEL POTENTIAL: Multimodal
Earth has been invaded. A trusting paramedic shelters in an underground bunker with six strangers, but she must fight for survival when one of the group tries to eliminate the others.
TO CATCH A SKYJACKER
THE USUAL SUSPECTS meets CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- GENRE/FORMAT: 100 min Crime Thriller feature
- RATING: PG13
- BUDGET: Medium
- LOCATIONS: Multiple
- PROTAGONIST: Male 25-34
- CAST: Small ensemble
In 1971, a shadowy criminal hijacked a Boeing 727, demanding $200,000 or the bomb stashed onboard would detonate. Cash in hand, they opened the rear door and parachuted into the stormy night. Lax airport security and unreliable witnesses led to chaos and confusion, but although several suspects were interrogated, the culprit has never been identified.
That thief was DB Cooper. TO CATCH A SKYJACKER is inspired by this daring true heist.
FORGETTING
CONTAGION meets CHERNOBYL
- GENRE/FORMAT: 105 min Sci-fi Crime Thriller feature
- RATING: R (Restricted, <17)
- BUDGET: Medium
- LOCATIONS: 3 – 5
- PROTAGONIST: Female 25-34
- CAST: Medium ensemble
- SEQUEL POTENTIAL: FORGETTING 2 explores the “day after” an apocalyptic virus
A modern city experiences wild cultural and civilisational glitches: first, it’s forgotten passwords, then the planes start falling from the sky. An airborne virus is acting as a biological delete key, dragging humanity toward a collective IQ of zero. Pathogen expert Dr. Kate Harding is key to the whole unfolding disaster, and the world’s last hope, but her brilliant mind is a fading candle. As society dissolves into primal chaos, she must uncover the virus’ origin before she forgets how to save us. But in this high-concept thriller, nothing is as it seems, the quest for a cure is a mirror, and the final masterstroke is a total, irreversible reset.
“Annnnnnd….. ACTION!”
If you’d like to read any of our detailed pitch materials, or a treatment/script for a specific project, we’d love to hear from you. However, our concepts are precious to us. So we hope you don’t mind agreeing to this attached NDA and ticking the box below acknowledging you won’t ‘borrow’ from our ideas, which Tarantino reportedly did with Reservoir Dogs! As crime boss Joe Cabot said in the movie – “When you’re dealing with a store like this, you gotta be professional”!