“Girl with Two Fingers”:
Format: Planned 120’ feature film adaptation of author Nicola Rose O’Hara’s published memoir of the same name.
Synopsis: Set in London and Sligo, “Girl with Two Fingers” follows a young woman, descended from one of the ancient Irish clans, through her unique experience as the subject of eight portraits by the world famous artist, Lucian Freud, and the close relationship which develops.
Development Stage: Currently in script development, seeking funding and talent.
“Dark Hour of Reason”
Format: 4 x 60' TV adaptation of poet John Betjeman’s authorised biography.
Synopsis: At the height of WW2, Nazi Germany is winning the propaganda war in neutral Ireland and, with the help of a spy ring, preparing Ireland for invasion. Struggling poet, dreamer and journalist, John Betjeman is sent as Press Attaché to the British Legation in Dublin. Writer and nemesis Evelyn Waugh, Irish Taoiseach Eamon de Valera and Sir Laurence Olivier are just some of the historical figures who feature in a high-stakes game of diplomacy, espionage, love and literary prestige.
Despite his urgent infatuations and eccentric ways, Betjeman eventually does a spectacular job, narrowly avoiding assassination by the IRA when he is saved by his most famous poem.
Development Stage: Pilot script complete and series development in process, seeking funding and talent.
“The Gamekeeper”
Format: 120’ feature film Horror/Supernatural feature film.
Synopsis: Set on a large Irish country estate with a driven pheasant shoot. Ros Vigor’s gamekeeper husband is killed by poachers in the UK, and she is forced out of her home by the estate owner. Despite her skills and fieldcraft, she decides to apply for a job in a factory when a friend persuades her to apply for a gamekeeper’s job in Ireland. Ros gets it. But the Irish estate sits on a threshold between the ancient world and the one we know, and is a battleground for ancient as well as local rivalries. Ros’s objective of finding a home and providing for herself and her young daughter quickly changes to a desperate one of survival.
Development Stage: Script re-draft in process, seeking funding and talent.