Andy Byrne

DISCONN (2017)
by Catapult Entertainment Group Writer

JONAS Budget: $5M - $10M | Science Fiction ⋄ Drama 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.

On Greenville Hill Science Fiction ⋄ Comedy 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. 

Otto Period Piece ⋄ Science Fiction 1923: WW1 fighter ace, Captain Len Foxley -- a clown in his own life and his demeaning aero stunt show -- sees a chance to debt-freedom when he encounters a phenomenal robot named Otto... If only the man in the machine can stop insisting he is a machine.

The Forest Pirates Period Piece ⋄ Drama 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

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.