The FORTUNATE ONE
After assassins wipe out his family, a gambling addict cop wins the lottery playing numbers from a fortune cookie and uses his newly won millions to become an eccentric vigilante, guided by fortune cookie wisdom.
BREFNI O'ROURKE is a New York based screenwriter actively marketing all of his materials for possible sale or option. He is the author of more than 50 original feature-length spec screenplays, primarily within the action, suspense-thriller, and horror genres. The "cinematic Brefniverse" includes:
"The Awning", a supernatural thriller, was a quarterfinalist in the 2023 WeScreenplay Feature contests.
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A barren paramedic, desperate to be a mother, turns from healer to killer to protect a homeless boy she adopts, only to uncover his ties to a cartel — and they want him back.
The Andrew Jackson Defense
A reformed prisoner with a violent past frames his clemency petition using the biography of Andrew Jackson, arguing that like the seventh president, a man forged by violence can still become a force for good.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
Heat of the Moment
A former comedian and out-of-work chef gets invited to cook for some old friends, and he soon realizes you can't stop the heart's utmost desire in a weekend filled with love, drama, and betrayal.
Fidelity Clause 2 (the Passion of Revenge)
The toxic love triangle has shattered; the slinging shards don't discriminate who they slice! A tormented wife survived relentless, mind-adultering assaults and the vicious attack of an intrusive lost soul, all at the hands of her own psychiatrist husband.
Fidelity Clause (the Passion of Regret)
A former model-turned-entrepreneur once had the world at her fingertips, but as her cheating husband blurs the line between psychiatrist and psycho, he turns her world inside-out.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Palo Alto Bang & Burn
Trapped under siege in a secret government outpost, a young professor leads his team against terrorists, traitors, and the terrifying suspicion that non-human intelligence already controls the planet.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an AI Bot to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of 'Fake'.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.