The Delivery of a Lifetime

Leon Majors is a struggling food delivery driver, for a fictional version of Uber Eats called Swift Eats, in his late 20s who suffers from debilitating panic attacks and mood swings—triggered by the devastating loss of his older brother Devin—that make it painfully hard for him to get through a day of work. With bill collectors calling and a landlord threatening to evict him, Leon is barely making ends meet. His comfort, therapy, and saving grace is his impressive talent for freestyle rapping, which he learned from his brother and passionately does anytime he gets an opportunity. When Leon gets a delivery that promises to pay a five-thousand-dollar tip for a world famous rapper, who he’s been a huge fan of since childhood, it’s his chance to earn the money he needs, freestyle for his favorite rapper, and make his rap dreams come true. But after he picks up the food, everything that can go wrong, does go terribly wrong. Leon gets into an accident that destroys his car. Then he gets offered a ride by a charismatic and homicidal Atlanta gangster who makes him a witness to murder, holds him hostage, roughs him up, and forces Leon to freestyle at gunpoint, all while he's dealing with horrific panic attacks. Leon faces internal and external threats in order to get to his favorite rapper’s concert, finish the delivery, and seize his chance to rap for his idol in front of 20,000 fans. Leon’s best friend Diego is a fast food worker who he rap battles with at a taco restaurant drive through. His love interest is an ice cream store employee with a beautiful voice who he shares a duet with. And the script weaves in emotional flashbacks that show his older brother teaching young Leon to use rap as an outlet, as therapy, during their turbulent childhood. This story is full of colorful characters, laugh-out-loud moments, and affecting drama. A reader described this script as a combination of 8 Mile and Martin Scorsese's comedy film After Hours. It is fun, hilarious, action-packed, emotional, and relevant to modern culture , with intense pacing and a relatable protagonist. The Delivery of a Lifetime has mainstream appeal, a huge target audience, and the potential to be the next successful hip-hop movie, the next 8 Mile, Hustle & Flow, or Bodied.