Jon McDonald

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

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About Jon

A screenwriter, having fled Hollywood in the '80s for the comfort and solitude of Santa Fe, New Mexico, I now find myself interested in the flourishing streaming services that appear to be ravenous for content. And that is what I have - content. Novels calling out to be films and film scripts calling out to be made.

Yes, I'm an old fart - but hey, there might be a little experience and wisdom mixed in there somewhere.

In 1972 I had a play presented in the New Theatre For Now series at the Mark Taper Forum. It was a play about Aubrey Beardsley and, for some reason, I only had a response from some folks who wanted me to rewrite a low-budget horror film. I didn't quite get the connection and, since I was still living in London at the time - I declined.

Then once in Santa Fe, I turned to writing novels and ghost-writing gay romance, and Regency romance novels. I consider myself a genre-bending author. I like to take a genre and play around with it. Makes for an interesting brew.

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Starlight Starbright Budget: $10M - $30M | Family After overstepping his boundaries, Gabe, an impatient angel, is reassigned to serve as Angela, a spritely, Los Angeles bag lady. In her new identity, she helps a group of children organize a Christmas celebration in a neighborhood park to thwart a heartless father who wants to jail all the park’s homeless folks on Christmas Day.
Time Out Budget: $5M - $10M | Independent When macho musician, Jake, kidnaps his abandoned 5-year-old son, Roger, to save him from callous grandparents, they hide in a secluded seaside house where they bond, grow, and change. Eventually, Roger is found and removed. Jake’s only hope to keep Roger is to convince Roger’s newly married mother that he and his diverse family of eccentric friends can safely raise Roger together.
Little Does He Know Budget: $10M - $30M | Romance ⋄ Comedy Michel, a sophisticated, self-assertive French woman, is hired to direct Spritzer, a macho, opinionated winemaker, to reinvent a debt-ridden jug winery into the best champaign winery in California - leading to a love story as rich and complex as the successful sparkling wine they create.
Bloodlines Budget: $30M+ | Horror ⋄ Comedy In a small Ohio town, the arrival of the ancient vampire, Volter, spells doom for a hidden community of harmless mutant vampires. But a disparate gang of local citizens finds strength and unity as they help the bumbling Chief of Police defend their town from the darkness of the ravaging Volter.
The Opening Romance ⋄ Independent At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities