Michael Karp
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& Vitalis Rom-Com The goddess Venus breaks off her two-thousand-year affair with Helen of Troy and moves to Hollywood to shag a math professor Chippendales dancer, marry a lonely Hollywood cinematographer and save the universe from lust. Everything comes to a climax at the Academy Awards red carpet and the Masonic temple sex playground across the street from the Dolby Theater. "In Hollywood, sex is a religion" "A comedy that leaves no sacred cows unmilked" "God invented sex, but the devil's been taking all the credit" Comps: Californication, There's Something About Mary, Cruel Intentions, Barbarella TrailerM TrailerB Trailer C Pitch deck Coverage |
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| Borrowed
Boy Drama A high school boy can't get to second base with his girlfriend, but then is mysteriously seduced at the mall, by a beautiful twenty-five-year-old woman. Now a runaway, the boy is trapped in an isolated farmhouse, with the woman and her abusive, alcoholic, widower father. Comp: Adolescence Pitch deck Synopsis |
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| Killer-Mermaid Horror-Comedy When an insecure marine biology student falls for a deceased 1960s beach movie starlet who’s been resurrected as a Killer-Mermaid in a voodoo ceremony gone wrong, he must face his fear of water (and women) and risk almost certain death to confront the Killer-Mermaid he loves. Comps: Splash, Superbad Pitch deck Trailer Synopsis PDF |
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| Angel
Elusive Romance An emotionally closed off woman is haunted by the death of her loving rock star father, as she pursues a tragic, star crossed love with a married man, wrapped around the Eagles song Desperado. Comp: Love Story |
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| His
Lavender Bride Romance In WWII England, a romantic service woman is horrified when her pilot boyfriend is shot down in a dogfight with Nazi aircraft, crashing right in front of her. Heartbroken, she seduces and enters into a Lavender marriage with her closeted, gay commanding officer. Comp: Brideshead, Revisited Trailer |
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| Aria's Dream Fantasy romance Princess Aria lives in a magical kingdom where all animals and humans grow dragon wings at puberty and, as a rite of passage, learn to fly. But Aria doesn't grow wings, so the other children ostracize her. She overcompensates, becoming a flirty serial monogamist, breaking hearts along the way, much to the disapproval of her beloved pet feline DragonKitty. Aria's royal parents mysteriously sail away, while a foreign prince arrives and helps heal Aria's mean girl persona, which gives her wings and the ability to fly. Music Comp: Frozen, Shrek |
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| BOTB Romance Novel by Sangeeta Waddhwani After 9-11, an Indian lifestyle reporter returns home from New York to Mumbai to find herself, after dealing with the NYC one night stand culture. She gets a job as a Bollywood screenwriter and forms a deep relationship with the soulful young director of the film. Trailer Elevator deck Ananya Swiss Alps dance test |
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