Loglines & Screenplays by Kathryn Orwig

GENRES: War, Action

A pragmatic Union soldier toughs out his injuries and embarks on an impossible rescue mission to free his reckless brother from a heavily-guarded Confederate POW camp. Inspired by my great-great-great-grandfather and his younger brother’s experience in the Civil War. 

In the vein of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and 1917…but in the Civil War.

GENRES: Drama

Secretly poor, Jane the goodie-two-shoes has a chance at college and a life out of her small town through the “Haves”, but when the resident troublemaker and fellow “Have Not” offers her a chance at living life their way – no lies, no secrets – she must decide what she really wants and who she is.

In the vein of PRETTY AND PINK.

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

In the midst of WWI, when the head of the Vincenzio Mafia is murdered by an inside man, his squeamish younger brother must uncover the killer among them - the only catch is, he’s gotta suss out the murder on the battlefield as the mafiosos have been drafted.

It’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE meets PEAKY BLINDERS…but on the battlefields of WWI.

GENRES: Fantasy, Adventure

After Cordelia discovers she is an Accursed, a mortal claimed by the Ocean and gifted with the power to manipulate water. She must flee her island home as a pirate to keep her secret or face a fate worse than death: others using her gifts for total destruction.  

It’s BLACK SAILS meets SHADOW AND BONE.

GENRES: Historical, Thriller

When an earnest New York mother discovers her 4-year-old son has TB just after WWI, she must risk taking him on a cross-country train to Colorado where they’ll face robbers, contagions, and a mountain of her lies, in order to reach both the cure and her husband before they lose their son.

It’s WENDY meets BLOOD RED SKY.

GENRES: Historical, Adventure

To rescue kidnapped children, a jaded Amazon Woman Warrior must escort her greatest enemies, a group of Greeks, across the known world of 5th Century B.C.. They risk desert heat, bandits, and their own greed killing them before they reach the Assyrian Empire’s gates.

SPARTACUS and GAME OF THRONES meets the real women warriors of the ancient world.

GENRES: Historical, Family

Isla, a dirt-poor orphan lookalike to Queen Mary of Scotland, must act as the Queen's body double in order to draw out the assassins trying to kill her.

In the vein of DAVE, set in 1558 French courts.

GENRES: Animation, Adventure

When an airplane damages and infects Cloud World, a ragtag group of untested Cloud Builders make their way through Earth's desert, sea, and WALL-E-esque cityscapes to team up with precocious child activists, as they try and rectify utterly inhabitable landscapes Above and Below.

It's WALL-E meets FERN GULLY with a touch of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.

GENRES: Historical, Adventure

Four women's lives collide after hiding their genders to enlist in the Civil War, where they must stay alive and lucid enough to find their lovers, protect their siblings, earn their freedom, and take their revenge.

In the vein of TURN...but in the Civil War with female soldiers.

GENRES: Adventure

When a group of Gen-zer’s find themselves at the start of a new apocalypse they must travel from Chicago to the upper reaches of Michigan to a remote cabin without technology—and the occasional worldwide memory loss—to survive. 

It’s DAYBREAK meets SEARCH PARTY with a supernatural twist.

GENRES: Historical, Fantasy

Shortly before attempting suicide, a young woman is transported back in time to several moments in her ancestors’ lives that all connect to a charm on her bracelet. This gives her the knowledge of who came before her, and that she’s meant to be here. 

In the vein of OUTLANDER and THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE.

GENRES: Drama

Told through a series of voicemails, a group of concerned friends is convinced one of them has gone missing, or worse: is dead.

GENRES: Animation, Adventure

When an iguana who wants to be a dog attempts to make friends with the local pack at the park, things don’t go exactly according to plan… and to gain their acceptance our friendly lizard risks life and tail to save a curious puppy from a dangerous river. 

It’s SECRET LIFE OF PETS meets THE PRESENT.

GENRES: Drama

When a light bulb blinks out, a young woman reflects on the day it’ll stay dark.

GENRES: Fantasy, Adventure

When three teens from wildly different backgrounds find out they are Viking descendants, they must team up to fight as their ancestors did, for Ragnarok has arrived.

It’s HISTORY Channel’s VIKINGS and VIKINGS VALHALLA meets BUFFY.

GENRES: Thriller, Drama

When an ex-assassin has to fill a last-wish-promise to adopt a 10-year-old child, she’s gotta balance running her crew of white-collar thieves, and attending parent-teacher meetings all while avoiding capture by a hounding FBI agent.

It’s WHITE COLLAR meets BARRY and a touch of GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE.