PROJECTS IN
DEVELOPMENT
THE DESERTERS
He didn’t ask for it but
for his sins a Cavalry officer Pete Shannon, his life spiraling out of
control after the loss of his wife and child, facing the gallows for
desertion, is given a “last chance” suicide mission. In the
unpredictable, dangerous border town of Presidio, Pete must overcome
his own demons to capture a former deserter who runs the town, and
everyone in it, with an iron fist. Along the way, he must walk the
delicate, often blurred line between right and wrong. The Deserters is
a gripping, edgy, film-noir western.
Based on a novel by Luke
Short. (completed script)
NOT BETWEEN BROTHERS
(mini-series)
An epic, sweeping saga of
the collision between cultures (White, Tejano and Comanche) that
occurred to form early Texas. An all star cast with major hispanic
roles will headline the production based on the Award Winning Novel of
the same name by author David Marion Wilkinson. Upstart Remy Fuqua,
orphaned at a young age immigrates to an unknown place called Texas
from his dirt-farm beginnings in rural Louisiana. Marrying into a
wealthy Tejano family, his life drastically changes course when his
true love is kidnapped by a Comanche war chief, Kills White Bear,
beginning a feud between families and cultures that spans four
decades. Developed with Kevin Costner and Tig Productions Executive
Producing, Not Between Brothers will go into production in 2009.
(completed script, 4-hour
Mini-Series)
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
Set in the south, amid
the turmoil and upheaval of America’s Civil Rights movement, The
Midnight Hour is a story of family, of the bonds of brotherhood and,
finally, the story of a dream. Against the backdrop of the potent,
and exciting musical world of Delta Blues, The Midnight Hour cuts
across racial divides and explores the relationship between two young
boys, one white, one black, and their emerging dream of playing music
together in a “mixed band”. They are not prepared for what the world
of the 1960’s, in the South, has in store for them. A powerful,
emotional journey.
(completed script)
THE EMPTY QUARTER
Dead-ended in Texas, a
young man, Logan Wilson, searching for meaning in his life,
compulsively commits to a job in Saudi Arabia’s Rub al Khali desert, a
blistering, unforgiving land known by its English translation as The
Empty Quarter. On a high-pressure gas well installation Logan comes
face to face with who he is, and who he wants to be. In a world not
before seen on screen, tensions erupt between Logan and Jamie Strong
his driller and former friend, between the Muslim crew and their
Christian bosses, and finally between cultures when terrorists, bent
on destroying the well, come to call. Based on the novel by David
Marion Wilkinson.
(completed script)
SUICIDE GRIP
Sonny Burke is a simple
man, a fading rodeo star, happy to win a few remaining contests and
pay off the last of his ranch payments. That is, until he meets
Lena. Set in the exciting, dangerous world of the National Finals
Rodeo in Las Vega, Suicide Grip is romantic thrill ride. A simple
rodeo cowboy comes up against money, guns, and big business when he
falls in love with the wrong girl. Suddenly embroiled in a Federal
racketeering investigation, a murder-for-hire plot, and a star-crossed
love affair, all Sonny has to do is survive.
(completed script)