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THE NUMBER TO CALL IS…
Action Thriller
WHEN THE CAMERAS ROLL, NO ONE IS SAFE.
When armed extremists hijack a small-town talent show and broadcast their demands to the world, a humble local sheriff must outwit a brilliant revolutionary leader in a deadly game of strategy, spectacle, and survival, all unfolding live before a global audience.
Based on the novel by Raymond Thompson & John Briley : Screenplay by Raymond Thompson
THE CUTTING ROOM
Meta-Horror Comedy
THE CLICHÉS DON’T DIE, THEY KILL!
When five twenty-somethings sneak into an abandoned film studio during a storm, they discover that decades of horror clichés have come to life… Trapping them inside a never-ending slasher movie where the script writes itself… And no one gets out alive!
Written by Stephen Clarke
FREAKTOWN
Neo-Noir Thriller
SOMEONE IS KILLING THE CARNIES
In 1956 Florida, a haunted detective is drawn into the shadowy carnival town of Gibsonton, where a string of bizarre deaths among sideshow “freaks” forces him to confront not only a twisted killer, but the blurred lines between illusion, identity, and truth.
Written by Stephen Clarke
MAXIMUM INSECURITY
Psychological Survival Horror
SOME LANDSCAPES ARE BEST LEFT UNEXPLORED
When four young American backpackers stumble into a remote Scottish wilderness, they become prey to a masked predator and an isolated community hiding brutal traditions, where survival means unmasking horrors both ancient and modern.
Screenplay by Roy Clarke
MOSES TAITE’S WAR
Period Action Adventure
HIS LAND IS DYING, HIS ENEMIES ARE WAITING.
When a Black Civil War veteran turned Kansas cattleman faces ruin from disease and ruthless land barons, he hatches an audacious plan: to journey across the world to India and bring back a sacred Brahmin Bull. A quest that pits him and his unlikely companions against prejudice, betrayal, and the limits of survival.
Screenplay by Stephen Clarke
DARKLING
Gothic Horror / Thriller
AT CAMBRIDGE, TRADITION NEVER DIES, STUDENTS DO.
At Cambridge in the 1980s, a brilliant but vulnerable student is drawn into a dark spiral of obsession, temptation and occult rituals, as his search for love and meaning collides with forces far older and more destructive than he could ever imagine.
Written by Nick Vivian
EASTERN PROMISE
Contemporary Crime Drama
THE HIGHER THE TOWER, THE DEEPER THE SHADOW.
When a disgraced Interpol agent in Dubai is forced into an alliance with rogue Indian cops chasing a money-laundering fortune, he becomes entangled in a deadly game of betrayal, heists, and survival. Where loyalty, justice, and corruption blur into the same shadow.
Written by Stephen Clarke
THE COWBOY AND THE DANCER
Drama
Lance, who was born Shaun, has an intellectual disability but also a photographic mind. Unable to hold down a job, country music is his lifeline, often speaking in lyrics and using them to shape his life. All makes perfect sense to Shaun, as he leaves his hometown for the bright lights of the big city. Inspired by the lyrics of Dolly Parton, he is now the Cowboy looking for his Dancer.
Original screenplay by Raymond Thompson
KIN
Drama Thriller
1982. Rosa and Paco’s 20 year old daughter is murdered in the city. Paco leaves their farm to bring her body home, himself never to return. Now all alone, Rosa must go to bring her kin home. But she’s nobody’s victim. She wants justice and will stop at nothing to get it.
Original screenplay by Roy Clarke
JERUSALEM
Controversial Religious Drama
The story that inspired the famous Poem and Anthem. The missing years of Boy Jesus. He is spirited away by Joseph of Arimathea to the safety of Britain where he grows to become the man the world knows.
Screenplay by Andrew Rajan
A LITTLE RETRIBUTION
Contemporary Crime Drama
Jack 'Woody' Woods, An African American diabetic cop being forced to retire early. His immediate family are suddenly murdered by a major drug dealer who flees the country. Now retired, Woody follows him to the Caribbean to take his revenge.
Written by Stephen Clarke
LIGHTS OUT
Contemporary Crime Caper
Career criminal Eddie Burton and eco-warrior girlfriend Chloris are forced to commit two extraordinary robberies or die trying.
Written by Stephen Clarke
THE WORDS
Psychological Thriller
FBI investigator Ferluci is an expert in the occult. He should be. If he hadn't suffered from short term memory loss every day, he would remember why.
Screenplay by Stephen Clarke
SLEUTH HOUNDS
Period Action Adventure
Victorian England. Charlotte Holmes and Emily Watson, daughters of the famous crime solving duo, take on a very dangerous supernatural case of their own.
Screenplay by Stephen Clarke
HUNTING GROUND
Period Action Adventure
1885. Pinkerton Agent Flowers with Indian agent Trunk follow an English aristocratic murderer Lord Bancroft all the way from their wild west frontier lands of Dakota to London’s wild urban streets to bring him to justice.
Screenplay by Stephen Clarke
SNAGS
Comedy Drama
The unlikely romance between two totally incompatible individuals who meet while both trying to commit suicide off the same pier in California.
Screenplay by Roy Clarke
FOR THE FALLEN
Drama
Six retired war veterans reassemble on their home territory to do battle against an enemy who has crossed the line and is threatening their families.
Written by Roy Clarke
GAME ON
Sports Drama
Trish Eastward was married into the male dominated world of darts and herself had been a good amateur player. After being dumped by her husband, she decides to go professional and take the men on at their own game.
Written by Michael Gyngell