Bogwert
Fantasy-adventure for kids of all ages but aimed at the 6 – 10 demographic

Dexter, a nerdy six year old kid, is dragooned by his “imaginary” friend, Bogwert, to foil an evil plot back in the “Alternate Universe,” Bogwert’s home.  The villain, Principal Caroline, is systematically stealing all the chocolate from the Real World, which will make the Alternate Universe the uber-power and reduce our world to utter chaos.  After all, nobody can live without chocolate!  Chocolate wars are inevitable.  The two have wild adventures in this other world, where everything is, more or less, backwards.  Thrust into the role of elder statesman (you are born old and get progressively younger, so kids are adults and vice versa), Dexter has to use wisdom and pluck he didn’t know he had to set things straight, and becomes a major celebrity in the process.  This he does while adjusting bravely to the strange physics of this place – water appears to flow uphill, among many other visually spectacular phenomena.  With the help of Bogwert and friends, the chocolate gets returned before it is missed and Dexter makes it home in time to catch the school bus, having secretly saved the world.

Extinction   (AKA Endangered Species)
Fantasy-drama; creature feature aimed at general audiences

Dragons ruled the planet two million years ago, had an advanced civilization and a rich, diverse culture.  But they were a dying species by the time humans evolved, grasping at any strategy to avoid extinction.  Since dragons were intellectually superior as well as higher on the food chain – they found humans to be “tastier than pigs” – people hated and feared them and, quite naturally, killed them whenever they could.  Not a good thing for a dying species.  So dragons disguised themselves as humans and lived covertly among these inferior animals, even breeding with them to keep their gene pool alive.  Reginald and Wanda are the last two, elderly retirees living in a modest bungalow in a middle-class residential neighborhood – or so they seem!  (They are by no measure ordinary old people; they have indefatigable energy and can spit fire when they need to.  And they require huge quantities of meat in their diet.)  Desperate, they must artificially inseminate Brenda, a grad student who lives in their garage apartment, and somehow convince her that the father is Rene, the hottie with whom she is infatuated.  The first attempt fails so they must wait another month, when Brenda’s cycle is optimal, to try again.  Everything goes wrong in the climactic scene, ending with the death of the two old people/dragons, who burn up when they die, therefore leaving no paleontological evidence of their existence.  The surviving humans have only the vaguest notion of what happened, much less any appreciation for this extraordinary species and the tragedy its extinction represents.

Way Offsides
Teen comedy about high school football in Texas; PG13

A broad comedy focusing on two small towns that have been bitter gridiron rivals for a hundred years.  Due to impending consolidation, the two schools will play their final game on Friday night, the winner claiming bragging rights forever.  While the players behave reasonably, the adults from both towns are totally out of control, engaging in a series of retaliatory pranks that get ever crazier.  During a near riot at halftime of the big game, the players from both teams hot-wire a bus and sneak off to the other school’s field to finish the game, vowing to keep the outcome a secret.  They play for the love of the game and rely on sportsmanship instead of referees.  A Romeo/Juliet love story between the quarterback of one school and a girl from the other is woven into the narrative, the two brought together, surprisingly, by a common passion for both ballet and football.  It’s an uplifting story illustrating how two contradictory activities – football and ballet - can be integrated into a single person, even one from a small town in Texas.

Violet
Horror; aimed at general audiences

Hunter, Elvis, Cassie, and Claire, recent college grads, find themselves stuck in a rural community that is, at the moment, paranoid about escaped convict, “Razorblade” Scott.  Although Razorblade did in fact escape, it is eventually revealed that he was murdered soon afterwards by the true culprits – Denamore and Cheyenne Dauntless, owners of the local motel, a sweet old couple who still mourn the death of their ten year old daughter, Violet.  Coincidentally, Violet, died exactly ten years ago.  When Elvis, Cassie, and Claire turn up missing, Hunter seeks the help of locals, who send him looking in all the wrong places.  Upon returning to the motel one last time, Hunter finds a hidden basement under the office; his friends are held captive there, next to Razorblade’s corpse.  Violet, lifelike due to expert taxidermy, dominates the room from her comfy chair.  The old folks keep her “alive” at macabre birthday parties by replacing body parts, donated, of course, by the motel’s gracious and selfless guests.

True Texans
Period drama based on a true story; general audiences

A secret society virtually runs Texas A&M, an all male military-style college in the fifties.  When a student journalist stumbles on it, he sets out to expose some of the more controversial activities of this Skull-and-Bones-type organization.  In the tradition of investigative journalism, one sensational story leads to another as the controversy unfolds, bringing shame and embarrassment upon the school’s officials and intense pressure on the student whistle-blower.  He faces discrimination, physical and mental hazing and the threat of expulsion, but he refuses to drop the issue.  In the end, he prevails and his honor and integrity - and the results of his investigations - alter the administration’s policies forever.  Women and minorities are allowed to enroll for the first time, and the secret society, named “True Texans", is exposed, with its members being expelled from the school.

Random Hart
Music Drama; TV friendly; target market: adult women

“Random” is a female singer with a passion for the blues that – perhaps – exceeds her talent.  When her profligate lifestyle interferes with her music, however, she re-dedicates herself and manages to jump-start her career and overcome her personal demons in the process.

Nut Road
Stoner Comedy; general audiences

Two stoner babes find themselves stranded on Nut Road in a small Texas town.  The big mental institution - or lunatic asylum as it is known locally - was closed down some years ago, so the inmates blended in with, and came to dominate, the town’s population.  Hilarious complications and heartwarming moments ensue when the two women decide to make this place their home.