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Eccentric Michael, obsessed with zombies since a childhood tragedy, must band together with Land of the Dead actor Simon Baker, when an actual zombie epidemic explodes.  Together, they must then travel cross-country to find the only person they believe can handle this disaster -- legendary director George A. Romero.

accolades

basics

  • Horror Finalist @ 2013 Hollywood Screenplay Contest
  • Quarter-Finalist @ 2013 Cinestory
  • Official Finalist @ 2012 Beverly Hills Film Festival

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GENRES: Zombie Horror / Dramedy
SUB-GENRES: LGBTQ / Love Story / Fantasy / Road Trip
LENGTH: Feature-length
DRAFTS: Six (6) drafts completed
NUMBER: Me & Simon Baker is my 2nd feature spec screenplay
PROTECTION: WGA; West registered
PAGE COUNT: One hundred seven (107) pages
PROPOSED TAGLINE: "When there's no more room in hell, there's no place like home."
INSPIRATIONS:  Following my first screening of Land of the Dead, I dreamt I was fighting off zombies with Simon Baker, in my hometown.
MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS: While writing the script, I frequently listened to the Land of the Dead soundtrack, by Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek.

hey, shannon!

In what has become a tradition in most of my scripts,
​​I have a character named "Shannon" within the story.
In 
ME & SIMON BAKER, "Shannon" is Michael's
​annoying neighbor turned zombie.
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pitch

The powerful messages of home, friendship and fantasy in
The Wizard of Oz are combined with the utter devastation and zombie horror of George A. Romero's ghoulish classics,
​creating a new vision for the "road trip" movie.

video pitch coming soon!

Related blogs

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Me & Simon Baker: The Big Pitch                               My Evening with Simon Baker
I'm a Screenwriter                                           Inspiration... Nay, Pushing & Shoving
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Last Night I Dreamed I Held You in My Arms
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  • home
  • screenwriter
    • feature screenplays >
      • a. family portrait
      • boys
      • christian demons
      • the costume people
      • furnish
      • me & simon baker
      • mom died
      • rope-a-dope
      • sid's apple
      • silver spoon
      • spider eaters
      • tonight I shall lease your soul
      • trip
    • short scripts / pilots >
      • a great yard
      • lindsay's locker
      • structure
      • valet
    • screenwriting pipeline >
      • bear
      • clare, this is julia
      • dead on
      • don't go into the baby's room
      • ESP
      • the french toast nine
      • george, frank and liza
      • harsh critic
      • he must smell my dog
      • rest area
      • Say Uncle!
      • screenwriter
      • A Stench in the Nostrils of God
      • unrequited love is for the birds
      • You Can Never Go Home
    • accolades
  • actor
    • sleeping ugly
    • résumé
  • filmmaker
    • chair
    • french toast
    • Immolation
    • ready to go
  • film critic
    • 5 star reviews
    • 4 / 4.5 star reviews
    • 3 / 3.5 star reviews
    • 2 / 2.5 star reviews
    • 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 star reviews
    • classic movie reviews
    • Tom Holland's Terror Time
    • marketing mentions
    • '80s horror ladies
    • '80s horror hunks
  • prose
    • cheap therapy
    • the house up the street
    • island hunters
    • scratcher
    • blogs
    • klassics
    • writings
  • movie nerd
    • zombies >
      • concerns about the living dead
      • the nurse controversy
    • movie love
    • talking shop
    • stew of sin
    • fanatical
  • bio