Spec Screenplays
Douglas King has completed over a dozen feature length screenplays. Many have been entered into screenwriting competitions where they reached the quarter-finals, making them the top 10% in those competitions.
All material is registered with the WGAw and the US Copyright office.
Below are the loglines for some of his projects. These scripts are available upon request on the Contact page.
This is Libby
After her thirtieth birthday, a reclusive artist reluctantly agrees to leave her comfortable daydream existence and venture into the real world of human interaction by going out on seven dates.
The Magical Mind of Mr. Montgomery
Still reeling from a family trauma, a boy enters a fantasy world of imagination and mystery accompanied by his two friends and a strange new neighbor, where they must discover the power of dreams and hope before all worlds, both real and imagined, are destroyed.
A quarter finalist in the 2014 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Screenwriting Contest and the 2014 Big Star Screenwriting Competition.
Vodka, a Vixen, and Vengeance in Vegas
When seven half brothers meet for the first time in Las Vegas upon learning of their con-artist father’s death, they reluctantly have to partner with Russian mobsters in a con to avenge their father’s murder by a powerful and ruthless casino owner.
Talk
When a radio shock-jock learns his decision to choose his career over treatment for throat cancer results in a fatal diagnosis, he stages an on-air marathon where he faces his mortality while trying to forestall the worse event for a radio host, dead air.
Esther
During the rule of King Ahasuerus, when Jews are persecuted, a young girl is placed in life or death peril when she must hide her true nationality from the king who chooses her as his new wife.
A finalist in the 2010 Kairos Prize contest and quarter finalist the 2013 Big Star Screenwriting Competition.
The Longest Subway Ride
When Murphy’s Law goes into full effect the day of David Swanson’s biggest job interview, he must overcome multiple challenges in the New York subway system including mistaken identity with one of New York’s most wanted criminals or risk losing his girlfriend and dream job.
Rooms
Nine rooms, nine individual stories that focus on family, relationships, love, loss and life taking place in one hotel over the course of a week.
Top Five
After being crowned at local scholarship pageants, two young women, become friends as they vie for the state title and must help each other overcome personal issues if either stands a chance of winning the crown.
Neverlands (Series)
With the Neverlands dying because children no longer use their imaginations and the Mainland (the real world) under attack by Captain Hook, Peter Pan must take up the fight with help from the grandchildren of Wendy and the Lost Boys, to defeat Hook before Neverland dies and Mainland is destroyed.
The Reunion of Tepid Froth
After a video of four friends reliving their garage band days goes viral on social media, the middle-aged members of Tepid Froth must deal with newfound celebrity and old secrets as they attempt to rise to rock n’ roll stardom.
The Happiest Place on Earth
After burying his last parent, a single man in his 50s deals with the life-changing events by moving to Anaheim, California, with the plan to become a Jungle Cruise boat captain at Disneyland.
TROPPO (Series)
After washing up on the shore of a Caribbean island, a man discovers a deep connection to the isle and its mysterious mythology, while his presence becomes a blessing for some but a distraction for others.
When Worlds Collide
During her escape from an asylum for the criminally insane, a woman meets and has a quick sexual rendezvous with a mysterious man, only to discover he is a serial killer with an agenda, so each decides to kill the other, fighting for survival in one very long night.
Laughing Messiahs
With the Doomsday Clock nearing midnight, a grad student and his documentarian hit the road to prove laughter can save humanity — if his feuding family doesn’t derail them first — unaware a secret society is watching.