| Winning Screenplay – THE COURIER Written by Michael D’Ambrosio CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole |
SYNOPSIS:
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
A (female) black market courier is hunted by a powerful militia commander and his mercenary lover over her true identity. One wants her alive; the other wants her dead.
Get to know the writer:
What is your screenplay about?
Marina, a violent courier in the black market with a drug addiction is the last of a royal bloodline. Believing her parents abandoned her as a child, she despises them and anything they represented. When a delivery goes bad, she keeps a valuable data chip that has everyone hunting her – both good and bad. Reluctantly she takes on two friends who help her to overcome her addiction. One becomes her lover; the other becomes a mentor urging her to assume her true title as princess and lead her people. She has no intention of doing so until she learns that her parents were murdered and plots to avenge their deaths. Realizing that her life as a reclusive courier was based on a lie, she accepts her role as princess with a lot of help from her friends.
What genres does your screenplay fall under?
sci-fi/thriller
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Lead character Marina is a flawed Lara Croft character with a John Wick attitude. I believe the actions, emotions and plot revolving around Marina make this an exciting, edge-of-your-seat thriller.
How would you describe this script in two words?
Bad ass
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Underworld
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
A little over two years
How many stories have you written?
I’ve written eleven sci-fi/fantasy/horror novels through small presses. I’ve adapted five of them to scripts and one to a TV series. None have been sold yet but are represented.
What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I wasn’t sure whether or not Marina should take the throne or go her own way with a new take on life.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Space travel. Many of my stories are based on this topic including my new script Space Truckers. I know one day, we’ll inhabit the cosmos.
What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I had faith that, if read, the first scene would hook the reader.
Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson
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