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BEYOND HOLLYWOOD

True story of movie star-turned-inventor Jon Hall and the infamous Howard Hughes who together secretly build a revolutionary auto engine that runs on water. A tale of a tempestuous friendship between two remarkable dreamers, risking the wrath of an automobile and oil industry that unleashes all its power to stop them. One man a legend, the other an unsung hero who aspired to go "beyond Hollywood".

Movie star JON HALL, the handsome lead actor in John Ford’s The Hurricane, is an aspiring engineer and a genius inventor who gives up stardom to pursue his dream of an automotive engine fueled by water. He forges a friendship with HOWARD HUGHES, the infamous, eccentric billionaire, and they team up to build the revolutionary “Car of the Future”.

Their top-secret project is ultimately discovered by the oil industry which unleashes all its power to stop them. Howard, consumed by paranoia and pain after an air crash, abandons the dream, but Jon refuses to quit.

This is their story...

The true untold tale of a tempestuous friendship between two remarkable dreamers, an historic legend and an unsung hero.

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Format:
TV Pilot
Starring Roles For:
Matt Damon
Benedict Cumberbatch
Emma Roberts
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Posted:
11/24/2019
Updated:
10/10/2023
Author Bio:
ANTON DIETHER is the writer of the Hallmark TV miniseries Moby Dick, the highest-rated long-form show in basic cable history, nominated for five Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards; ABC-TV miniseries Cleopatra; and Hallmark miniseries Stranded (Swiss Family Robinson). Anton developed Beauty and the Beast for Fox, Land of Oz for Disney, Gold Fever for Phoenix Pictures, Operation Greylord for Showtime, Lost At Sea for TNT; currently Gang of Dreams TV miniseries for Little Studio Films, The Revolt for Revolt Prods, Taj Mahal for Threshold Ent.

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Contest Results:
Table Read (Semifinalist, Genre Competition, Historical) [2021]
ISA Fast Track (Semifinalist, Second Rounder) [2021]
Table Read (Semifinalist) [2020]
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