Andy Byrne

DISCONN (2017)
by Catapult Entertainment Group Writer

Otto Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama ⋄ Science Fiction Kansas, 1923. A fallen World War I aviator bets his future on a mysterious machine in a traveling carnival—convinced that exploiting it will restore his dignity, untilA disgraced WWI aviator discovers a mysterious machine who believes it’s alive. As they become a grotesque carnival act in 1923 Kansas, the pilot sees a path to redemption — but the being he exploits may be the only moral presence in the room.

On Greenville Hill Comedy ⋄ Science Fiction Five years after the global economy has collapsed, a status-craving husband and his determined ex-wife scrounge separate lives on the garbage dump that was once their suburb. Change comes when a remote stranger offers him a place in the distant walled city in exchange for turning against his 'eccentric' community. In pursing his mission, he discovers his real choice is between regaining the respect of his estranged wife or finally returning to a prized civilized life. 

DISCONN Budget: $10M - $30M | Science Fiction A newly pregnant woman struggles to disconnect from a hive-mind product society eagerly pays to manage/medicate their lives. In doing so, she finds herself at war with those who have very different plans for her and her child.

The Forest Pirates Drama ⋄ Period Piece Germany 1944: Eight year-old Ernst's smuggled ride to freedom is derailed when his uncle is killed and he encounters Josef - a cunning, hotly-pursued army deserter. For Josef, Ernst's forged travel papers are pure gold. For Ernst, Josef may be his only way home through a war-zone closing in around them

JONAS Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama ⋄ Science Fiction Quietly resilient 11 year-old Jonas struggles to save his alcoholic mother Holly from herself, the recorded memories of her husband and the world collapsing in around them.