On-camera cop partners and best friends apply to the police academy for some real policing. Their ethics leads them to opposing sides of police corruption and on the hunt for each other.
Type:
TV Pilot
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
55pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
This is the story of two best friends who have worked together for most of their lives and suddenly find themselves under unexpected circumstances. They each must choose the path they want to follow and accept the consequences to their friendship and personal lives. After the cancellation of their cop TV show, the show’s stars, Tim Lawson and Derek Duncan are unable to find other gigs and decide to join the Police Academy and do some real police work. With contrasting family dynamics, Derek excels in the academy whereas Tim’s drug habit sees him deeper in debt with drug dealers. In order to pay his debt, Tim becomes a corrupt cop working for the drug cartel as a mole inside the Police Department. In a drug bust Tim is coerced to shoot Derek leaving him for dead. Derek is recruited by the FBI and undergoes face reconstruction. With a new face and undergoing intensive treatment for his short-term memory loss, Derek goes to work on an undercover assignment as a janitor for the local high school. Things have certainly changed... Tim is now a top rank in the cartel and has taken the Duncan family under his wing... Derek’s daughter is kidnapped and battered by the cartel... there is a mole inside the FBI... local politicians are involved with the cartel... and his own father-in-law is a kingpin! In the midst of the cartels’ war, Derek has a breakthrough in therapy. Now, Derek’s thirst for revenge escalates and he is on a mission to bring down the man who destroyed his life and separated him from his family.
All Accolades & Coverage

Official Selection - Festival Angaelica 2021
Official Selection - Oxaca Film Festival 2022

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The Writer: Alessandra Cardoso

With a degree in Business Administration and Finance, I enjoyed a long career in communications and advertising before discovering my true passion for writing. Today, I am a full-time screenwriter with my screenplays having placed in top competitions. I have secured two options and a shopping agreement, and have been commissioned as a work-for-hire writer for both a feature and a short scripts by a prominent US production companies. Recently, I completed ghostwriting a feature screenplay for a US client and am currently commissioned to adapt an autobiography into a screenplay. Additionally, I offer script consultancy, providing insights and expertise to fellow writers. Born in Brazil and… Go to bio
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