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FUTURE FEATURES
Overtown Pictures specializes in crafting films that captivate audiences through powerful narratives, dynamic characters, and stunning visuals.
We have a number of projects in various stages of production, from loglines all the way to shovel ready. Further information available upon request.
KOPYA TRILOGY:
THE STORY PART 1: “Kopya” is an action, horror, comedy set in the Philippines. Lucas, Brice, Kwame and George, all mixed martial arts fighters, are on a flight to Angeles City, Philippines, to find their lost master. Lucas wakes up from a nightmare in which he’s getting beaten in an MMA fight - a nightmare that actually happened just a week ago, when he almost lost the match that got them the money to make this important trip. Brice, his best friend and the leader of the group, comforts him as he wakes up in a sweat from this dream. Lucas is an excellent fighter, but he has a fatal flaw - when the moment comes to land the knockout punch, his hand falters. The next day, the team heads out to a local place called Casa Filipinas, where they think their master might be, but Brice gets sidetracked and follows a woman into a local bar…where he gets the shock of his life. As he peeks into the darkly lit bar, he sees a man kneeling on the ground. Then he hears a crunching sound and sees the man's head roll into the room - detached from the body. As Brice runs from the bar, he and his friends are followed and an epic fight ensues on a jeepney (a local Filipino taxi made from old army jeeps) as it travels through the city. As the fight escalates, they are joined by Jane Campos, a local to Angeles City, and her crew, along with Bayani, the leader of a resistance movement against…. …aliens, who have invaded Angeles city, but look human. Bayani, Jane and others have been fighting them in secret for months. The Americans learn that Bayani was a disciple of their Master, the very man they came to the Philippines to find. But Bayani lost track of the Master after they tried and failed to kill the alien Queen. In fact, Bayani thinks the master might have gone over to the dark side because the Queen, it turns out, can control humans' minds. The four Americans decide to stay and help Bayani and Jane fight the aliens, but it’s a journey filled with terrible costs. Ultimately, Lucas will be faced with the most difficult decision of all - killing the person he loves and respects the most, or risk letting the aliens win and destroy the world.
* Full deck/budget available upon request
You don't know it...but they're already here.
Four mixed martial artists band together to fight creature body snatchers trying to take over the world.
GET OUT THERE AND KILL 'EM TRILOGY:
A ruthless assassin is surprised to discover he has a moral code - and seeks revenge when his favorite karaoke singer is murdered by his kingpin boss.
THE STORY PART 1: Reno Jones is an assassin in self exile in South East Asia. Why is he in self exile? He’s seen all the worst mankind has to offer, and in his mind modern American culture is one bridge too far. Unlike most movie assassins, Reno has no code - anyone is fair game, though he’s never killed kids because, well, no one has asked. He’s comfortable with who he is and what he does. But things start to change when, one night, while tracking a target, Reno has to go on to a karaoke stage to protect his cover …. and gets a taste of his long lost first love, singing. As he moves from job to job, he starts singing at more and more karaoke bars. And then, one night, he hears something he never thought possible - a man singing his favorite song, “Lonely Teardrops,” even better than the original artist, the great Jackie Wilson. In a flash, Reno realizes that this singer, Alfonso Diaz, is someone he could never kill - Reno finds that he has a moral code. This discovery shakes him to his core and throws him off his game. Had he always had a moral code and just ignored it? What’s happening to him? He leaves town that night and heads to a new job - but gets sloppy and messes up the kill. The brutal kingpin that he works for realizes Reno is now a liability, and to get him in line he has Alfonso Diaz killed. Big mistake. Reno gets his groove back, and sets out to exact revenge. He’s gonna get out there and kill ‘em.
CIVIL UNREST:
When an elderly white male is forced to leave a neighborhood that has gone from white to black, things go south on the day of the move - his home becomes the focal point of racial tensions that are boiling over in the city.
THE STORY PART 1: A group of locals, mostly black and hispanic, play pick-up basketball on a local court. Suddenly, shots are fired, and the group splits up, fleeing shooters riding in a Confederate flag flying pick up truck. A day unlike any they’ve ever experienced has just started. Priest and Tommy, two African American boys, play outside the house of bigoted Mr Gilmore, one of the last white men in a now black neighborhood. When they mess with one of his lawn ornaments, Mr Gilmore shoots Tommy. The neighborhood is already boiling over with violence because of a riot started when a confederate monument was torn down. The shooting of Tommy pushing things over the edge. Factions square off, as those in the house, including Ari, a local who left and is now trying to gentrify his former home, battle off against others trying to get Tommy out and to a hospital. Each side must figure out how to deal with the others as fellow human beings, or else no one will make it out alive.
KUNG FU BROTHER TRILOGY:
The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of Kung Fu artists Nick, Nathan and Karen, as they team together to make sure good overcomes evil.
THE STORY PART 2 (part 1 completed and released): When a number of antiquities are stolen from a museum in Thailand, Det. Nathan Saelim recruits his brother Nick to investigate. Nick’s not a cop, but he’s the only person Nathan truly trusts, and his instincts tell him something is off about this case. Karen, Nick’s wife, a local reporter, is also looking into the case. Then something strange happens. Karen gets a message that her 16 year old son is waiting for her at her apartment … except she doesn’t have a son. As the child seems to be suffering from some kind of shock (he won’t speak except to repeat over and over again - “oh, oh, oh, oh, one, oh…”) she takes him in. While trying to figure out who this boy is, Nick, Karen and Nathan are also trying to discover who stole the antiquities - while fighting off a gang of mysterious, masked attackers. The cases seem unconnected, until a stranger tells Karen that there is a spiritual battle taking place, between good and evil, and she and the boy, along with the antiquities that were stolen, are the key to making sure good wins.
MELODYVILLE TRILOGY:
Star Crossed lovers Jermaine and Sophia meet and fall for each other. The only problem is their respective countries, the hip-hop infused Rapalot and the singing Melodyville, are mortal enemies.
THE STORY PART 1: Melodyville and Rapalot are both kingdoms that love music - but each feels that their music is the only style that should be performed. Each year they come together for the annual battle of the bands which will decide who has bragging rights as best music in the land. And also, the losing musical act doesn’t just lose their pride, they lose their ability to perform, period. At the dance, the Prince of Melodyville, Jermaine, meets Sophia, the Princess of Rapalot. Smooth and debonair, he instantly falls for the rebellious and rambunctious Sophia. Together, they risk it all to convince their respective families and countries that they are stronger together than apart. Which is exactly what happens. Happily ever after, right? Not so fast - that’s when Rocksylvania decides to attack them both.
JIHADIST WIFE:
A Muslim man is about to enter into an arranged marriage with a Muslim woman, but things go awry when the Muslim woman falls in love with her African American chauffeur.
THE STORY: If there is but one truth that transcends the multiple complex components that make up modern life, it is the power of the connection created when two people share their time together. The result is as unique and special as every life in the universe, and every moment in time.
THE FLIP WILSON STORY:
According to Time Magazine, Flip Wilson was America’s first black TV star and two time entertainer of the year. Flip was a groundbreaking talent…and one of the funniest men alive. Like every great comedian, there was a dark side to Flip that lent itself to his success but took a toll on him as a person. His story is one for the ages.
THE STORY: In Development
DISOBEDIENCE
After a race riot breaks out, two African American boys and a white girl are thrown back in time to 1864, when slavery ruled the south, and must work together to fight their way back to present day.
THE STORY: It’s a hot summer in Atlanta, Ga, present day. The city explodes into a riot after police kill an unarmed African American. Jordan and Marcus, two African American boys, decide to venture out and "get stuff" while chaos reigns in the streets. But they are soon seen by police while looting and run into a church…only to find that it is on fire! The pastor, who is white, asks them to help free three people, including the pastor’s daughter Joelle, who are trapped in the burning building. Jordan and Marcus have a profound distrust of white people, having been harassed by white cops their whole lives. But they decide that they have to do the right thing or their moms would kill them. They run into the church, find a huge metal cross, and use it to break through a wall and free the people inside… Except that, once they crash through the wall, they aren’t in the church anymore, but are back in 1864, with the pastor’s daughter, Joelle. They are immediately confronted by white men on horses demanding "what you 2 niggas doing with that white girl?" A big fight breaks out and another white man grabs a hold of Jordan and Marcus and promises a proper hanging. Joelle is then taken by two other white men. Jordan and Marcus are terrified. However, they soon find that the men who have taken them are really from the abolitionist movement, and are helping slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. They discover, though, that while these men have good intentions, they don’t totally believe in the equality of African Americans, just that it’s not right to enslave people. Jordan and Marcus have to deal with their well earned distrust of white people, work with these men to find Joelle and return to present times.
THE SHADOW MAN
Three close friends travel to the Philippines to document a haunted village, and must survive being hunted by an evil spirit.
THE STORY: Three friends in their early 20’s, Calvin, Martha and James, travel to the Philippines. Martha is first generation American and wants to go back and do a short documentary about her parent’s home village. There’s a legend that the village is haunted by an evil spirit. The village is now abandoned and isolated, surrounded by old WWII bunkers and a run down, desolate hospital. It’s creepy as hell, which is perfect for their documentary. On their first night they go through the jungle near the bunkers, shooting footage and hoping to see something …. well, scary. But nothing happens. Dejected, they return to their hotel and watch the footage. And that’s when something scary does happen. As they look at some footage of them walking down the corridor of the abandoned hospital, they hear what sounds like an eerie dragging noise coming through the speakers, as if someone is following them and pulling a large object. The sound is clearly coming from their video footage, yet none of the friends can remember hearing such a creepy noise when they were on location. Intrigued, they listen to more footage … and hear a voice that sounds just like James, making moaning noises and talking about being stuck in a dark place. Calvin and Martha look at James, who shrugs. The weird voice stops for a second, and then becomes really loud and clear “Oh my God - they’re pulling me down. RUN. RUN!!!” Martha and Calvin look up - James no longer looks innocent. He’s got a wicked smile on his face. He’s been taken over by the evil spirit, his soul sent down to the spirit’s dimension. Martha and Calvin must find a way to save their friend from the evil spirit, without getting taken over themselves. This will be a found footage film: the premise, that the spirit can only be heard through recordings, will make this a fresh entry in the found footage genre.
ALMOST RELATED TRILOGY
Three close friends travel to the Philippines to document a haunted village, and must survive being hunted by an evil spirit.
THE STORY: Three friends in their early 20’s, Calvin, Martha and James, travel to the Philippines. Martha is first generation American and wants to go back and do a short documentary about her parent’s home village. There’s a legend that the village is haunted by an evil spirit. The village is now abandoned and isolated, surrounded by old WWII bunkers and a run down, desolate hospital. It’s creepy as hell, which is perfect for their documentary. On their first night they go through the jungle near the bunkers, shooting footage and hoping to see something …. well, scary. But nothing happens. Dejected, they return to their hotel and watch the footage. And that’s when something scary does happen. As they look at some footage of them walking down the corridor of the abandoned hospital, they hear what sounds like an eerie dragging noise coming through the speakers, as if someone is following them and pulling a large object. The sound is clearly coming from their video footage, yet none of the friends can remember hearing such a creepy noise when they were on location. Intrigued, they listen to more footage … and hear a voice that sounds just like James, making moaning noises and talking about being stuck in a dark place. Calvin and Martha look at James, who shrugs. The weird voice stops for a second, and then becomes really loud and clear “Oh my God - they’re pulling me down. RUN. RUN!!!” Martha and Calvin look up - James no longer looks innocent. He’s got a wicked smile on his face. He’s been taken over by the evil spirit, his soul sent down to the spirit’s dimension. Martha and Calvin must find a way to save their friend from the evil spirit, without getting taken over themselves. This will be a found footage film: the premise, that the spirit can only be heard through recordings, will make this a fresh entry in the found footage genre.
HARMONY RUN
*This will be a feature version of the short film we already produced.
THE STORY: They come as strangers, play as enemies, and leave as brothers. The pick-up court on Lincoln Street attracts everyone from celebrities to the homeless, white, black, asian, latinx - a true melting pot. This slice of life movie shows these characters battling through their own personal demons to reach a spiritual understanding about humanity. And, maybe more importantly, forging brotherhoods that will last a lifetime.
A group of basketball players from diverse backgrounds and races find common ground on a pick-up basketball court.