Mark Ross

Circle of Confusion is out with NOVOCAINE by Lars Jacobson. Born with the rare disorder CIPA, Nathan Caine’s life is a testament to caution. His parents raised him indoors. He blends his food so he doesn’t chew off his tongue…

Paradigm is out with RAT IN THE CAGE by Ryan Jaffe. A sophisticated kidnapping plot culminates in the abduction of several heads of state.

Paradigm is out with WE USED TO BE FRIENDS by Jess Bond & Sydney Sweeney. Centers on a best friend break-up between two girls during their senior year of high school.

Paradigm and Lit Entertainment are out with THE FIGURE by Michelle Hsu. A female scientist aims to further her career by building a larger-than-life synthetic human being.

Paradigm is out with MOTHER LAND by Kevin Coughlin & Ryan Grassby. A mother and her sons eke out a pitiful existence while clinging desperately to their homestead

831 Entertainment is out with THE BAKER by Mike Maples. A whistle-blower lives a quiet life in witness protection until his life is turned upside down.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM Set against the austere backdrop of pig-hunting in modern day Hawaii, an unlikely bond is formed when an orphaned wild piglet takes shelter in the backyard of a grieving couple, leading to a series of unintended consequences.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM A revered American army regiment prepares to ght the Lakota Sioux in the ill-fated Battle of the Little Bighorn. The untold true story of Custer’s Last Stand, from an egomaniacal leader to the officers and soldiers trying to avert disaster, and the failures that sealed their fate.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM In the midst of a hotly contested election, a newly created clone begins to suspect that his Original intends to assassinate the President of the United States.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMBased on the Conde Nast article about a Russian diplomat living in Athens in the mid-80s who is discovered by the KGB to have links to the CIA. When he is suddenly recalled to Moscow, he knows he will be killed and he must save himself and his family in the 48 hours before his flight leaves.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM While house-hunting, Amy is stunned to discover a house identical to her childhood dollhouse, down to the wallpaper and chipped grandfathers clock inside — but when she moves in, the house exerts a hold on Amy’s young daughter that leads the family down a path of ghosts, murder, and madness.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMTwo high school friends struggle to see eye-to-eye after pulling off an unbelievable heist – the theft of Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM The true story of EDDIE ANTAR, master businessman from “Crazy Eddie’s” electronics store in New York City. As Eddie’s business grows from one store to many, his own hubris takes over and his quest for profits leads him to break the law. Under investigation by the SEC, Eddie’s house of cards eventually comes crashing down.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMA story about love against all odds, this tear-jerking romance follows two teens with life-threatening illnesses who meet in a hospital and fall in love, despite the fact that their fragile health makes them an imminent danger to each other.

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A married couple, verging on divorce, wishes they had never met – and they begin to see what life would have been like had they never gotten together.

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An ambitious online sports reporter is paired with a disgraced Formula One driver in the Dakar Rally, a fourteen day off-road race across South America. A smart way into a romantic dramedy, set amidst one of the world’s grittiest races.

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A female NBA executive for the Golden State Warriors pursues the biggest free agent of her career while managing a messy divorce and a complicated relationship with a younger colleague and his teenage sister. The script was a winner of the 2015 Nicholl Fellowship Award.