Loglines & Screenplays by Jason Kessler

GENRES: Historical

Shortly before the American Revolution, when British soldiers are put on trial for firing on a crowd in Boston, John Adams is the only man willing to represent them. He risks his reputation, his career, and his safety to defend the soldiers and protect the rule of law. 

GENRES: Action, Adventure

It's Goonies meets Game of Thrones as competing factions fight for control over Zig Zag Island while racing to unlock its ancient secrets, in this medieval-era young adult action adventure series.

GENRES: Historical, Action

An archives worker in first-century Jerusalem finds herself caught between an upper class trying to maintain social order and a shadowy group of freedom-fighting assassins.

GENRES: Family, Comedy

Stepfam is a family-friendly sitcom that follows the everyday life of a "step" family (mom, kid, stepdad).

GENRES: Thriller, Drama

A young Jewish woman vacationing in Italy struggles for survival when her tour group is taken hostage by antisemitic extremists in the cavernous ruins of Pitigliano's medieval Jewish quarter.

GENRES: Comedy

The U.S. President must distance himself from his daughter after she's caught smoking weed. But when he accidentally eats one of her pot brownies, they have to work together to get through the day without destroying his political career.

GENRES: Not selected

ESCHER is a part-fact/part-fiction exploration of the possibility that famed artist M.C. Escher collaborated with the Dutch Resistance to fight the Nazi occupation of Holland during WWII. The story shines a spotlight on Escher's unconventional artistic approach and his incomparable mind as he struggles between his desire to keep his family safe and his need to fight back when those around him are threatened.