SCREENPLAYS
Conceptually bold, formally innovative dramas and art films, and an animated feature.SERIES
A series where girls around the world protect wildlife, co-created with Catherine Cilek.PILOT
First episode, based on the feature.
JERONIMO
Written by James Moyer and Michael Affleck.
Logline:When a traditional Apache warrior appears in today's New Mexico during debates over casinos and land use, and is inspired to shocking action by two women—is he hero or villain? Concept:A genre-bending fusion of tense action and offbeat wit, JERONIMO re-energizes this pastiche by grounding it in current debates over Indigenous autonomy and land use. The hero tweaks the superhero figure in three ways. First, he has no evident superpowers—his presence is the point. Second, he does not appear to lead others; rather, he is inspired by two women he meets, one Indigenous, one white. Third, his anachronistic behavior is a morally provocative response to kinds of injustice most superheroes don't confront. It culminates in a surreal hot air balloon chase over Albuquerque, the man hanging on for his life.
Pitch:DJANGO UNCHAINED meets BLOOD QUANTUM.
Materials in hand: Screenplay; pitch deck (slide presentation); one-page treatment; character sketches.
Logline:When a traditional Apache warrior appears in today's New Mexico during debates over casinos and land use, and is inspired to shocking action by two women—is he hero or villain? Concept:A genre-bending fusion of tense action and offbeat wit, JERONIMO re-energizes this pastiche by grounding it in current debates over Indigenous autonomy and land use. The hero tweaks the superhero figure in three ways. First, he has no evident superpowers—his presence is the point. Second, he does not appear to lead others; rather, he is inspired by two women he meets, one Indigenous, one white. Third, his anachronistic behavior is a morally provocative response to kinds of injustice most superheroes don't confront. It culminates in a surreal hot air balloon chase over Albuquerque, the man hanging on for his life.
Pitch:DJANGO UNCHAINED meets BLOOD QUANTUM.
Materials in hand: Screenplay; pitch deck (slide presentation); one-page treatment; character sketches.
POLE STAR
Written by James Moyer.
Logline: An intensely competitive pole dancer consoles Iraq war veterans and faces her own scarred past. Synopsis:Tabitha, 23, is a strip dancer at a night club. By day, she trains for the U.S. Pole Dance Federation's National Championship. One day, she joins a fellow dancer to give lap dances to wounded veterans at the naval hospital. Her deepening bond with the men helps her face her own painful past.
This is a competitive dance movie with an edge--and a heart. POLE STAR puts the chrome pole, already in gyms around the world, at the center of a meditation on independent women, changing views of artistic taste and sexual respect, and the enduring toll of war.
Pitch: HUSTLERS meets COMING HOME.
Materials: Screenplay; one-page treatment. Original songs: "I Can"; "She's a __"
Logline: An intensely competitive pole dancer consoles Iraq war veterans and faces her own scarred past. Synopsis:Tabitha, 23, is a strip dancer at a night club. By day, she trains for the U.S. Pole Dance Federation's National Championship. One day, she joins a fellow dancer to give lap dances to wounded veterans at the naval hospital. Her deepening bond with the men helps her face her own painful past.
This is a competitive dance movie with an edge--and a heart. POLE STAR puts the chrome pole, already in gyms around the world, at the center of a meditation on independent women, changing views of artistic taste and sexual respect, and the enduring toll of war.
Pitch: HUSTLERS meets COMING HOME.
Materials: Screenplay; one-page treatment. Original songs: "I Can"; "She's a __"
THE CLARK KENT CHRONICLES
Written by James Moyer and Michael Affleck
Logline:
Who better to take down superhero cinema than Clark Kent?--desperate to win over a bookish girl, Clark tries to suppress his freakish powers, becoming a journalist--and first-hand critic of superhero movies.
Synopsis:
Used to getting girls by his freak athleticism, Clark is floored when rejected by one who goes off to Princeton to be a writer. He tries to suppress his innate powers, and becomes a newspaper writer to win her, resulting in daily, often comic, agony—and first-hand disdain for superhero movies. His self-supression is finally untenable, and he must choose to leave this world or stay.
Pitch:
SUPERMAN meets FRANKENSTEIN
Materials: Screenplay.
TWO VIRGINS
Written by James Moyer
Logline:
A brother and sister fall in love while home from college for Thanksgiving, bonding over their shared outrage about the Iraq war.
Concept: TWO VIRGINS juxtaposes the moral outrage of incest with that of civilian casualties in a war of choice, to challenge viewers’ silence about the latter. And instead of dealing in the blood and gore of conventional war films, it leads viewers to face the enormity of violence in one setting, i.e., a family, as it resonates with the violence of war.
Materials: Screenplay; one-page treatment. Original song: "Hey Stars"
HONEYGUIDES
- An animated series
- Created by James Moyer and Catherine Cilek Producers: Catherine Cilek and James Moyer "Protecting wildlife--one girl-powered adventure at a time!"
- International in scope, with diverse protagonists in animation introduced by a charismatic live host and her friends.
- HONEYGUIDES tells the stories of bold girls in diverse settings—Mozambique, Cuba, Yemen, Palau, Iran, etc.—who protect nature while navigating challenges in their communities.
- Pitch:
- MOANA meets WILD KRATTS. Materials: Bible/pitch deck (slide presentation); pilot script (by James Moyer); story wheel (forthcoming).
THE HONEYGUIDE
Written by James Moyer
Logline:
If you were seven, would you follow a honeyguide bird across savanna and forest—against your parents’ wishes—to save a hive of wild bees?
Synopsis:
Aluna, 7, follows a honeyguide bird in Mozambique to rescue a hive of bees hurt by chemicals. Girl and playful bird form a bond as they encounter danger, reckless commerce, and beauty in savanna and forest. An animated feature, THE HONEYGUIDE blends ecological realism and child-like wonder for a vivid, poignant story of defending the richness of the world.
Pitch:
MOANA meets JANEMaterials: Screenplay, one-page treatment, and children's book draft--stand-alone or as part of HONEYGUIDES package, w/ aforementioned pilot, pitch deck, and story wheel. Original songs: "Aluna Alone" and "Honeyguide"
All work copyrighted and WGA registered.