Ministry of Ungentlemanly warfare
8 part tv series
THE TRUE, YET UNTOLD STORY OF WWII. A SHADOWY WORLD OF UNLIKELY SPIES WHOSE DANGEROUS MISSIONS, IRREGULAR TACTICS, PROTOTYPE WEAPONS AND DARING OPERATIVES THAT WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO THE AMERICAN CIA AND INSPIRE THE CREATION OF THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS OF JAMES BOND, Q AND MONEYPENNY!
AN ACTION-DRAMA SET INSIDE THE BRITISH SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (S.O.E): A TOP-SECRET, RAG-TAG BAND OF SCOUNDRELS, MISFITS, MISCREANTS, RENEGADES AND UNDERDOGS WHOSE MISSION WAS TO INFILTRATE DEEP BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO SABOTAGE, ASSASSINATE, WREAK HAVOC, CAUSE MAYHEM AND STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE NAZIS.
AND THEY DID IT ALL WITH STYLE!!
Writer - Rob Weiss (ENTOURAGE / BALLERS)
Partner - Curiosity Entertainment
Status - Script available
Talent Attached
LIZZY WALKER SLEPT HERE
FEATURE FILM
Lizzy Walker is already a Hollywood superstar at 23 yrs of age. When her life is turned upside down she attempts to escape the media's prying eyes by running away to Ireland in the hope of passing off un-noticed, until she meets a young enterprising man who see's an opportunity to save his rural community. From WGA and Primetime Emmy Nominee writer Michael Zam comes a heartfelt story that is Inspired by real events..
Writer - Michael Zam (FUED: BETTY AND JOAN)
Partner - Screen Ireland
Status - Script available
Talent Attached
EUROPE BY TRAIN
Ben Walters, an Amercian pack backer is lured into a gang of hot wild drug smugglers who transport all across Europe by rail. They think they've hired another perfect mule, but this yank is not who he seems with the potential of derailing their party train into a worldwide drug war.
Genre - Thriller
Showrunner - Mark Williams (OZARK)
Partner - Curiosity Entertainment
Status - Pilots and Bible Available
BROKEN EMPIRE
A 10 PART TV SERIES
MOTHER
A 10 PART TV SERIES
TASK FORCE T.O.C
A MULTI SERIES CONCEPT
As crime becomes ever more sophisticated and international, intelligence agencies and police forces across the world must work together if they are to bring the fight to the global criminal syndicates. From Kevin Fox, longtime Showrunner on LAW and ORDER SVU and LIE TO ME comes a gritty new crime procedural that spans Europe and spills out across the globe.
Genre - Crime Procedural
Showrunner - Kevin Fox (LAW AND ORDER SVU)
Partner - Curiosity Entertainment
Status - Pilots and Bible Available
Set in post-apocalyptic Europe, this dark and often troubling story follows the life of Prince Jorg Ancrath and his merciless band of outlaws and mercenaries as they rape and pillage their way across a bleak landscape as he fulfills his destiny of becoming Emperor; using whatever means necessary.
Written by American - British author Mark Lawrence the Broken Empire trilogy has sold over one million copies and won the admiration of fantasy fans and fellow authors worldwide as well as many prestigious literary awards including the David Gemmell award.
Genre - Fantasy / Sci Fi
Writer -
Partner -Screen Ireland
Status - In Development
The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen’s War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors…
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls.
A bloodstained child of nine falsely accused of murder, guilty of worse, Nona is stolen from the shadow of the noose. Among her class Nona finds a new family—and new enemies.
Despite the security and isolation of the convent, Nona’s secret and violent past finds her out, drawing with it the tangled politics of a crumbling empire. Her arrival sparks old feuds to life, igniting vicious struggles within the church and even drawing the eye of the emperor himself.
Beneath a dying sun, Nona Grey must master her inner demons, then loose them on those who stand in her way.
Partner - Screen Ireland
Status - Early Development
Mother tells the story of Aisling, a Northern Irish woman, who left Belfast towards the end of the Troubles to move to Boston with her young son, Callum. The story jumps between the two timelines: Aisling’s past in Northern Ireland; and her new life in Boston.
In modern day Boston, Aisling is in her forties and living a simple life as a cleaner; a life which is disrupted when someone from her past recognises her. This stirs up memories in Aisling as we see her old life in Northern Ireland in the 90’s and slowly drip feed her involvement with the IRA. Back in the present, Former IRA members-cum-gangsters kidnap Callum (17) as we reveal that Aisling was a feared and revered sniper during the Troubles. The gangsters, including Callum’s father, force Aisling to pick up her rifle once more to save her son...
Genre - Thriller / Drama
Writer - The Lynch Brothers (FINAL SCORE)
Director -
Partner - Westbrook Studios
Status - Pilot and Bible available
the first stone
A MULTI SEASON TV SERIES
Based on the novel THE FIRST STONE from Oscar winning writer John Briley
A young, beautiful Jewish-American woman is willingly recruited by the Israeli secret service to seduce and marry a rich Saudi in order to live in his country as a mole. But as Lisa Cooper waits to be called into action in a land much different from her home, she finds herself falling in love with her handsome, intelligent husband - even though he already has a wife. Lisa learns that she must live in the family compound, spend her days in a harem, and protect herself against her brother-in-law, who suspects she is a spy. As the political situation in the Middle East heats up, Lisa must protect her identity at all costs and avoid the traps set by her brother-in-law to expose her - a situation that would lead to her certain death. When she is finally called to duty by Mossad, she's torn between betraying the husband she has grown to love and the people to whom she has pledged allegiance.
Writer - Guy Moshe
Partners - Ley Line Entertainment
Status - Pilot and Bible Available
UNCONVENTIONAL
AN 8 PART TV SERIES
UnConventional is an ensemble comedy-drama in the vein of Call my Agent that explores eight overlapping character perspectives on the most vibrant and intense 48 hour experience it’s possible to have – a fan convention.
Writers - Maria Doyle Kennedy / Michelle Duffy
Status - Early Development
THE BLACK CURSE
A 10 PART TV SERIES
‘Dynasties aren't merely born: they are invented’.
The true rags to riches story of a family who created one of the world’s greatest brands and who made its way from working-class merchants into the highest levels of Aristocratic society. Along the way, the Guinnesses were involved in numerous controversies and scandals. The society pages of some newspapers decided that the “Guinness curse” explained a series of family tragedies, including sudden deaths, accidental drug overdoses, assassinations and suicides.
The array of Guinness family members and their spouses dalliances with politicians such as Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler, eccentrics, socialites and sports stars, models and movie stars has filled financial, current affairs and gossip columns for generations. From the God-fearing founder, Arthur Guinness, the socialite Guinness girls of the 30s, suicide and kidnapping, through to the early death in 1992 of Benjamin Guinness, the last of the family to sit on the board of the company, the family have truly seen it all.
Based on the only account of the Guinness family that retains the essential support of the family, The Guinness's by Joe Joyce.
Status - Early script development
A real life Rocky Balboa story.
The Prizefighter is the remarkable journey into the mind of a stay-at-home Dad who harnessed the motivation of providing a better life for his children to become one of the most fascinating underdogs in the history of boxing. The heartwarming story of Irish boxer Spike O Sullivan who fought his way to becoming a world title contender against all the odds is covered with unprecedented access to the world of professional boxing by award winning Irish Director Terry McMahon.
Genre - Documentary
Status - Broadcast
Terry McMahon - Director
LAND OF GIANTS
A SIX PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES
the professional
A SIX PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES
LAST CHANCE U meets ALL OR NOTHING
The Belfast Giants Ice Hockey team are the current title holders in the UKs Elite Hockey League and winners of the Champions Cup. With a team that consists of ex NHL stars and ambitious rising young talent that in many cases find themselves lining out with their heroes. These stars of the game are playing out their last hurrah in the professional game prior to hanging up their skates for good. The lure of ‘one more year’ makes for an intensely competitive atmosphere on the ice. Most have families that have relocated to this unlikely location and this series will follow all of the on and off ice drama.
A look at what it takes to make it in the MMA.
12 Up and Coming martial artists will receive the career opportunity of a lifetime when they travel to Ireland to begin a winner takes all journey to a professional MMA career under the tutelage of the best in the business and the man behind Conor McGregor, John Kavanagh.