Loglines & Screenplays by John Arvai

GENRES: Thriller, Horror

Told through the lens of a consumer-style drone camera, a drone hobbyist must fight for his survival after the person he was spying on takes him captive.  REAR WINDOW meets THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

GENRES: Animation, Adventure, Family

Set in a world where a Christmas tree's star is actually a secret transmitter used by Santa Claus to identify all of the active Christmas homes throughout the world, a by-the-book toy soldier must lead a group of Christmas tree ornaments in a desperate race against time to find their missing star so Santa doesn’t skip their house. TOY STORY meets NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

GENRES: Action, Thriller

A former pro hockey enforcer turned coach is his son's only hope after his hockey team is taken hostage by unknown forces during a tournament in Russia. DIE HARD meets CLIFFHANGER

GENRES: Thriller, Horror

A Vietnam POW struggles to survive captivity to seek revenge on the group of soldiers who betrayed him and left him for dead.  THE REVENANT meets APOCALYPSE NOW meets SAW

GENRES: Action, Comedy

Three friends attending the Indianapolis 500 race are inadvertently transported back to the same event in the year 1977, and must discover the way back to the future before the end of the race or else be trapped there forever. THE HANGOVER meets BACK TO THE FUTURE

GENRES: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Intent on using the reward money to save their music program from budget cuts, three quirky marching band students race to find a stolen diamond that was mistakenly placed on one of the floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade before the robbers do. GOONIES meets ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING

GENRES: Action, Comedy, Western

The West family, a dysfunctional black household from Chicago, finds themselves stuck back-in-time in the Old West, and on the run after accidentally interrupting the showdown at the O.K. Corral and making off with a wagon of silver. WE'RE THE MILLERS meets TOMBSTONE

GENRES: Action, Sci-fi

An Old West outlaw found frozen in the Nevada mountains is brought back to life by a groundbreaking serum in a last ditch attempt by a scientist to protect it from a corporate madman. Holding the only key to the serum within his blood, he must use frontier justice to thwart 21st century criminals before father time catches back up with him. TRUE GRIT meets THE BOURNE IDENTITY

GENRES: Comedy, Family

Mayhem erupts over the Christmas holiday when a music teacher spars with a childhood bully while trying to save his district's music program from being cut by a pretentious Superintendent. CHRISTMAS VACATION meets MEET THE PARENTS     

GENRES: Thriller

One year after losing her only child in an auto accident caused by her distracted driving sister, a patrol officer discovers that her sister has been brutally murdered. Now she must prove her innocence while struggling to stop her killer whose next victims are contacts from her sister's phone. MYSTIC RIVER meets SEVEN

GENRES: War

A former soldier fudges a military medical exam to re-enlist and join the war on terror. His mission? To die for his country. BREAKING BAD meets THE HURT LOCKER.