Legendary stunt man, Dylan Cooper, is injured on the job and forced out of the movie business. Inspired by the 1980’s action show, The Fall Guy, Dylan dives blindly into the world of bounty hunting.
Type:
TV Pilot
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
63pp
Genre:
Action, Comedy
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
Dylan Cooper was one of the most skilled and seasoned stunt men in Hollywood, bordering on legendary. He had a beautiful wife, a 13-year-old daughter who idolized him, and more money than he knew what to do with. He was living the dream, until… A head injury ended his career. And when the money ran out, so did his wife. Dylan found himself in the middle of a contemptuous divorce with no job and nothing driving him to get out of bed in the morning. Then he found inspiration in the only hero he’s ever had… COLT SEAVERS, the character played by Lee Majors on the hit 80’s action show, The Fall Guy. At 52 years old, Dylan decides to become a bounty hunter and dives blindly into the unfamiliar and dangerous world of fugitive recovery. Having battled hundreds upon hundreds of bad guys in the movies, Dylan assumes his talent and experience as a stunt man would make it an easy transition. He was wrong. Dylan is completely unprepared for dealing with real-life criminals. Unable to apprehend high-dollar “skips,” Dylan scrapes by week to week, catching petty thieves, barely making enough to buy frozen dinners and pay rent on a studio apartment with holes in the floor. Desperate to support himself and provide a good life for his daughter, he has no choice but to team up with Deborah Hayden, a person he considers to be one of the worst types in Hollywood, the lowest of the low, unethical, amoral, and soul-sucking… a reality show producer. Although Deborah quickly discovers that Dylan is by all measures a terrible bounty hunter, he does have one thing working for him, a knack for escaping danger. He launches recklessly into sketchy situations, hoping to fight, drive, fall, or fly his way out… and that makes for great TV. Deborah takes on the monumental task of turning an aging former stunt man into a reality action star. Now Dylan has to become a real-life Fall Guy, and he has to do it with millions of people watching.

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The Writer: Kevin Foster

Chicago native, Kevin Foster, is a lifelong athlete, graduate of the University of Illinois, and rabid college football fan. He was a state champion gymnast and has since parlayed his athletic success into a robust career as an actor and stunt man. Appearing in over 100 movies and TV shows including Iron Man, Jarhead, American Horror Story, Fear the Walking Dead, and Jurassic World, Kevin has spent years gaining in-depth knowledge of film and television and now applies that experience to the creation of original scripts and rewriting existing material. Go to bio
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