In Development
The Mojave Desert is a place of unspoiled natural beauty. Breathtaking vistas, mountains looming over sandy valleys, and alien flora dots the hardened landscape. It is a place where builders come to build, dreamers come to dream, and killers come -- to hide bodies.
MOJAVE CRIME is a gritty, hard-hitting adaptation of the provocative works Mojave Crime Vol. 1 and Mojave Crime Vol. 2, by Benjamin Goulet. A world that is littered with desert rats, freak flag-flying libertarians with shotguns, crusty homesteaders, drug-fueled rampages, criminally minded Marines, and runaway spouses. We live in heightened communities which share the well-known high desert names of Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, and Wonder Valley -- towns peeled off the sun-baked pages of pulp detective novels and pasted onto a landscape, where, if you wander too far off from civilization, you’ll never be seen again.
CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION: Most of America's national parks are wildernesses – uninhabited, unexplored, and ungoverned land blooming with criminal activity from drug production to human trafficking. This true crime drama is inspired by the true stories of Eric Inman, star Senior Criminal Investigator. Based on an article by Mike Steere that originally appeared in Mountain magazine. Eric Bana stars in the new six-episode series for Netflix from writers Mark L. Smith and his daughter, Elle Smith. The series is described as a character driven mystery thriller in which Bana plays Eric Inman, “a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The investigation of a brutal death sends Inman on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.” Steve Lee Jones will serve as Executive Producer for the series.
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Who truly leads the free world?
After winning the election in a landslide, the first nonpartisan president is poised to set the country on track for an unprecedented era of unity and prosperity, and he’s not going to let anything stand in his way — even when he discovers a secret shadow government has been manipulating and controlling Presidents since before Eisenhower. RAIDER brings a modern perspective to classic dramatic political thrillers like ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, and AIR FORCE ONE.
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION -- When nothing matters but the next score, and you’ve left a normal life behind in favor of a nihilistic party life, who would miss you if you disappeared? There are places in the world exclusive enough to not officially exist, and people powerful enough to make those havens, and you, vanish. What is the deepest fantasy you would indulge if you were a paying guest?
And what would you sacrifice in order to leave if you were not?
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION: A unique young man with limited communication skills and a savant-like memory wins big on JEOPARDY, connects with a powerful Senator, and together they unite the world. Steve Lee Jones to direct. Written by Steve Lee Jones and David Paterson.
A down-on-his-luck cargo pilot just wants to get home for his son’s birthday. But his plans for a reunion are cut short when he’s stalked, midair, by a mysterious plane whose pilot forces him to overcome a series of death-defying obstacles along the “spider route,” an off-radar airspace trafficked by the world’s most dangerous smugglers.
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION: The epic true story of a courageous Captain driven by pure spirit to save 15,000 souls on a boat made for 80 during the Korean War… before Korea fell to the communists. Written by J. Craig Stiles
Based on the popular graphic novel by French writer Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz, author of THE KILLER adapted to film by David Fincher), MEXICANA is a south- of-the-border action thriller in the vein of JOHN WICK and SICARIO.
A U.S. Border Patrol Agent steps outside the law and crosses into Mexico to save his son from a drug kingpin, but once what seemed like a simple swap goes sideways, he’s embroiled in a high stakes chase that reaches deep into cartel controlled territory and the ranks of the D.E.A.
Not only his son’s fate, but the lives of hundreds of undercover D.E.A. informants operating in Mexico hangs in the balance.
A thrilling blend of old and new, from a storyteller we all once knew... Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley, once soldiers in the elite Royal Shadow regiment, race to stop a madman from destroying London in an exciting steampunk twist based on beloved Dickens' literary characters.
This is a story about the mythical creatures known in
legend as vampires, and known amongst themselves
as the Mavka. But at its heart, Still Human is not just a
story of day-walking demons, it’s a family crime drama.
As the world of monsters is unearthed, so are the
secrets that bind and then fracture a family.
Power, control, loyalty... love? All themes that hang in
the balance when a a family is not just bound by blood,
but also bound by the crimes it commits.
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Our Mission
To tell stories that impart meaning, provoke thought, and incite dialogue while riveting audiences – stories commercial enough to captivate masses, yet special in ways that provoke thought and ongoing discussion. To prod the audience to think, to ponder and to act, even upon their own existence.
Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder, the one who can wrangle the bees, the imagination of the audience in all its multitude of facets.
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Mojave Crime
The Mojave Desert Is a place of unspoiled natural beauty. Breathtaking vistas, mountains looming over sandy valleys, and alien flora dot the hardened landscape. It is a place where builders come to build, dreamers come to dream, and killers come -- to hide bodies. MOJAVE CRIME is a gritty, hard-hitting adaptation of the provocative works Mojave Crime Vol. 1 and Mojave Crime Vol. 2, by Benjamin Goulet. A world littered with desert rats, freak flag-flying libertarians with shotguns, crusty homesteaders, drug-fueled rampages, criminally minded Marines, and runaway spouses. We live in heightened communities which share the well-known high desert names of Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, and Wonder Valley -- towns peeled off the sun-baked pages of pulp detective novels and pasted onto a landscape, where, if you wander too far off from civilization, you’ll never be seen again.
Untamed
Most of America’s national parks are uninhabited, unexplored, and ungoverned land blooming with criminal activity from drug production to human trafficking. This true crime drama is inspired by the true stories of Eric Inman, star Senior Criminal Investigator. Based on an article by Mike Steere that originally appeared in Mountain magazine.
Still Human
This is a story about the mythical creatures known in legend as vampires, and known amongst themselves as the Mavka. But at its heart, Still Human is not just a story of day-walking demons, it’s a family crime drama. As the world of monsters is unearthed, so are the secrets that bind and then fracture a family. Power, control, loyalty... love? All themes that hang in the balance when a a family is not just bound by blood, but also bound by the crimes it commits.
Mexicana
Based on the popular graphic novel by French writer Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz, author of THE KILLER adapted to film by David Fincher), MEXICANA is a south- of-the-border action thriller in the vein of JOHN WICK and SICARIO. A U.S. Border Patrol Agent steps outside the law and crosses into Mexico to save his son from a drug kingpin, but once what seemed like a simple swap goes sideways, he’s embroiled in a high stakes chase that reaches deep into cartel controlled territory and the ranks of the D.E.A. Not only his son’s fate, but the lives of hundreds of undercover D.E.A. informants operating in Mexico hangs in the balance.
Red Penal
Mars may well be a miserable place to live, but no one can dispute that it’s a great place to stick a prisoner. Red Penal is a hilarious romp focusing on the first penal colony in space, as well as interspersed interactions with the committee on Earth that is hell bent on making it work.
Shadow Chasers
A thrilling blend of old and new, from a storyteller we all once knew... Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley, once soldiers in the elite Royal Shadow regiment, race to stop a madman from destroying London in an exciting steampunk twist based on beloved Dickens' literary characters.
MidAir
A down-on-his-luck cargo pilot just wants to get home for his son’s birthday. But his plans for a reunion are cut short when he’s stalked, midair, by a mysterious plane whose pilot forces him to overcome a series of death-defying obstacles along the “spider route,” an off-radar airspace trafficked by the world’s most dangerous smugglers.
My Final Answer
A unique young man with limited communication skills and a savant-like memory wins big on JEOPARDY, connects with a powerful Senator, and together they unite the world. Director: Steve Lee Jones. Writers: Steve Lee Jones, David Paterson.
Both Bleed Red
During the Civil War, a young slave and a slave holder's son begin a secret relationship with dire consequences.
Oasis
When nothing matters but the next score, and you’ve left a normal life behind in favor of a nihilistic party life, who would miss you if you disappeared? There are places in the world exclusive enough to not officially exist, and people powerful enough to make those havens, and you, vanish. What is the deepest fantasy you would indulge if you were a paying guest? And what would you sacrifice in order to leave if you were not?
Raider
Who truly leads the free world? After winning the election in a landslide, the first nonpartisan president is poised to set the country on track for an unprecedented era of unity and prosperity, and he’s not going to let anything stand in his way — even when he discovers a secret shadow government has been manipulating and controlling Presidents since before Eisenhower. RAIDER brings a modern perspective to classic dramatic political thrillers like ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, and AIR FORCE ONE.
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