David Newton

The Secret Midshipman Budget: $30M+ | Adventure ⋄ Period Piece After disguising herself as a boy to flee an unhappy home, an 11‑year‑old sailing prodigy stows away on her uncle’s U.S. Navy frigate bound for the First Barbary War, where she must keep her identity hidden and prove her worth as pirates, prejudice, and peril close in.

Punch the Wind Budget: $30M+ | Adventure ⋄ Animation A prairie‑dog misfit, her owl BFF, and a lovelorn buffalo rally the Great Plains to stop 19th‑century hunters and prove girls can be scouts.

Kinzy Budget: $30M+ | Animation ⋄ Family A wrongly‑accused dog detective stows away on a plane to clear her name.

Two Gentlemen of the 25th Precinct Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy NYC in the early 70s: a hippie English teacher has to win the respect of hard-boiled NYC cops while navigating the twists and turns of open marriages.