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Contingency Protocol
- Mark Townend
- Available
- No Agent
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- 2016
- Black List
- 71.8
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Market: Thu, 01 Sep 2016
ManagerJeff Portnoy (Bellevue)
Agent
9-2016 - Spec went out wide to all territories.
ManagerJeff Portnoy (Bellevue)
Agent
9-2016 - Spec went out wide to all territories.
Story details are being kept under wraps, but being pitched as a high-concept sci-fi action thriller in the vein of Looper meets Safe House.
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Set in 2033, a trained agent travels back in time to protect the life of a witness who can testify to the crimes of a major mob boss.
Film
Female Protagonist, Action, Drama, Detective, Sci-fi, Cop/FBI/CIA, Futuristic, Organized Crime, Time Travel, Corruption, Cop, Daughter, Female, Gangster, Government, Mafia, Mother/Daughter
106
PG-13
Medium
F
Unspecified
40
Average
Looper, Twelve Monkeys. Terminator
2033, 1972, over a few weeks
New York City, upstate New York, federal bureau, hotel room, Central Park, city apartment, baseball stadium, train (interior)
KATHERINE TELLER (40s) sits in a room talking about the omnipresence of technology and people's dependence on it.
NICK PRENTIS (40s) exits his brownstone, coming face to face with an FBI drone. It tells him there is a warrant for his arrest and a chase ensues. Nick is finally caught when a drone tasers him.
In an interrogation room, FBI agents, SUNSTEIN and CLARKE, explain to Nick that they could put him in jail with the evidence they have. Instead of doing that, they want him to flip on his boss, LEON VASSEUR.
Nick is being led outside of the FBI offices when an assassination attempt is made on him. In an interrogation room, Nick says he will cooperate in exchange for a new life and high-level protection leading up to his testifying.
In her home, Katherine makes her daughter, LAURA (9) pack. Laura is upset her mom has to go again and always forgets plans. Katherine drops Laura off at her sister, MORGAN's (30s) house. Morgan says that if Katherine keeps leaving like that it would be better for Laura to stay with Morgan and her husband.
As Katherine drives, she explains in a voice-over the discovery of time travel...
NICK PRENTIS (40s) exits his brownstone, coming face to face with an FBI drone. It tells him there is a warrant for his arrest and a chase ensues. Nick is finally caught when a drone tasers him.
In an interrogation room, FBI agents, SUNSTEIN and CLARKE, explain to Nick that they could put him in jail with the evidence they have. Instead of doing that, they want him to flip on his boss, LEON VASSEUR.
Nick is being led outside of the FBI offices when an assassination attempt is made on him. In an interrogation room, Nick says he will cooperate in exchange for a new life and high-level protection leading up to his testifying.
In her home, Katherine makes her daughter, LAURA (9) pack. Laura is upset her mom has to go again and always forgets plans. Katherine drops Laura off at her sister, MORGAN's (30s) house. Morgan says that if Katherine keeps leaving like that it would be better for Laura to stay with Morgan and her husband.
As Katherine drives, she explains in a voice-over the discovery of time travel...