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THE SCHUMACHERS
Ever wonder what happened to the old couple in Dirty Dancing who were arrested for stealing wallets?
I did, and then made a fake movie trailer about it.
SATURN RETURNS
A MIXED MEDIA ANIMATION/STOP MOTION COMEDY SERIES STARRING SATURN (THE ROMAN GOD OF TIME, GENERATION AND ABUNDANCE) AND HIS TWO NEW HUMAN ROOMMATES. THIS SERIES EXPLORES THE IDEA OF ADULTING THROUGH THE LENS OF A GENERATION IN A CONSISTENT STATE OF IMMATURITY - CENTERED AROUND THE ASTROLOGICAL PHENOMENA THAT SATURN (THE PLANET) RETURNS TO THE SAME PLACE IN THE SKY AS IT WAS DURING A PERSON’S BIRTH 29 YEARS LATER, USUALLY CONNECTING WITH MAJOR LIFE CHANGES.
LOGLINE: “WHEN THE GODS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE ANTICS OF SATURN, HE IS SENT TO EARTH IN AN EFFORT TO GET HIM TO MATURE. INSTEAD, SATURN CAUSES HAVOC IN THE LIVES OF TWO 29 YEAR-OLDS LOOKING TO MATURE THEMSELVES.
QUARTER-ACRE
A DRAMA CENTERED AROUND THE DARK, AND OFTEN VIOLENT, UNDERWORLD OF LAWN CARE IN THE SUBURBS.
LOGLINE: WHEN A RICH KID IS FORCED TO GET A JOB WORKING FOR A LOCAL LAWNCARE COMPANY, HE GETS MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR AS HE BECOMES ENGULFED BY A MAFIA-LIKE TURF WAR BETWEEN COMPETING LAWNCARE COMPANIES IN AN AFFLUENT SUBURB.
WHAT’S LEFT
A DARK COMEDY THAT TAKES A LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF A LATE-30s DIVORCEE, WORKING IN A EVER-SHRINKING INDUSTRY AND TAKING INVENTORY OF HIS LIFE.
LOGLINE: “10 YEARS AFTER HIS WEDDING DAY AND 20 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST DAY AT HIS COMPANY - JON FINDS HIMSELF DIVORCED AND ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVORS OF MULTIPLE CORPORATE MERGERS AND LAY OFFS. HOW DID HE GET HERE? WHAT’S LEFT?
WHERE DID ALL THE BOOGERS GO
A CHILDREN’S BOOK CONCEPT AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF USING A TISSUE.