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A Whisker Past MidnightGenres collide in this irreverent, darkly humorous animated thriller, as two American mice battle a crew of Nazi rats who have turned an ocean liner into a fiendish trap. |
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VICKI IN VIEWLANDVicki's crush for Jay has her falling head over heels, dropping her in the fantasy world of Viewland, where she must defeat all types of idiotic people and their foolish views in order to return home to Jay and newfound knowledge. |
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Saga of the DwarfA dwarf's plan to save his village lands him in virtual hell but, in order to escape he must depend on a gnome wizard who is literally in hell or join him. Script Excerpt |
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BIRDS OF A FEATHERIf he is to earn his gold wings, Jeremy, a young goldfinch, must find the courage to challenge the bird of prey that killed his father. |
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Quest for the Golden OrbWhen a ruthless arachnologist captures a beautiful Golden Orb queen, a wimpy spider sets out to prove himself by rescuing her and save his colony from self-destruction. Script Excerpt |
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Cats in the HoodA ragtag group of alley cats risk their famous can-do reputation and their home to save a catnapped high society show. Script Excerpt |
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Outstanding In The FieldWhen Sarah, a black-footed ferret, is captured by human scientists, it'll take a crack team of experts to get her out-- family will have to do. |
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Sky SquadronA gangly emu is determined to become a member of the elite Sky Squadron, risking banishment from his emu community if he fails. Script Excerpt |
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Turf WarAs Florida neighbors fall in love, their rival lawn ornaments start a war. Script Excerpt |
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BORN TO BE YOUA female seagull gets stranded and injured on an island of flightless cormorants. The leader nurses her back to health. He wants her to be his mate with the condition that she gives up flying. |
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Song of the BardA gypsy bard sacrifices himself in order to save his family and must enlist the help of strangers if he is to escape an ignominious fate and reunite with his loved ones. Script Excerpt |
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Moustache, A Dog In Napoleon's ArmyWhen Napoleon's army marches through his small-town life, poodle Moustache joins up-- finding new friends, love, and all the danger he can wag a tail at. |
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THE GEPETTO PROTOCOLTo stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention. |
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Horse Up a TreeSwashbuckling action as a charming black pirate captain plunders the high seas with his talkative, cranky parrot. Retired in Montana, with no trusting crew depending on him, the captain struggles to find his purpose. Until he finds it in a most unusual way. Script Excerpt |
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CROSSING GUARD SANTAWhen Nick North (Santa) accepts a position as a crossing guard to bridge finance the toy production, he encounters bullying by both children and adults and then must communicate the Christmas Spirit without magic to end the abuse. |
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AvianaEarth in 20 million years. The uber species, evolved from birds, live in a Fertile Crescent-type village, learning about science, politics, art and warfare. But after a romantic betrayal, a family is banished to a predator-infested wilderness and must find a way to survive. Script Excerpt |
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A nineteen-year-old drops out of film school in New York City following a tragic accident and returns to his small Pennsylvanian hometown, only to be confronted by an array of quirky small town folk, including his detached best friend, his alcoholic single mother and a free-spirited cross-country traveling girl.
Bloodthirsty
A motley crew of strangers trapped in a secluded London tavern must survive overnight against vicious werewolves.
Bitches with Knives
After her deadbeat ex-boyfriend steals her winning lottery ticket, a hard-boiled trailer trash girl recruits her best friend and a sexy knife-wielding assassin for a revenge plot to reclaim her rightful fortune.
Bloodsmoke
A new college student is recruited by peers into their war against a vampire threat, but their biggest battle comes when one of their own is bitten and fights with unprecedented reluctance against the change.
Dead or Alive
Three supernatural stories involving a diverse group of individuals unfold over a fateful night in 1885 Nevada.
Sabre Ice
Scientists thaw a frozen cavewoman and unknowingly implant modern brain matter from a convicted serial killer—an attribute they must embrace when their other experiment, two genetically-enhanced sabretooth tigers, break loose within the compound.
Criminals
An unconventional crime-comedy following a young career woman who falls in with two bank-robbing vampires after they take her hostage as they head cross-country with an agenda and an ambitious NYPD detective on their trail.
Next Register, Please
A group of video store clerks cope with the news of their outdated paradise’s downfall.
Momentum
A malicious shape-shifting alien banished to Earth arranges an escape ship with his race responsible for leaving him in exchange for a terminally-ill woman who holds the key to their survival in an interplanetary war.
Project Eradicate
Five thieves pull off a daring jewelry store heist and escape through the sewer where they cross paths with a researcher and police officer documenting the disappearance of city workers.
