Screenplays

Screenplays

Screenplays in various states of completion and available for option. Interested parties should, of course, click the contact button at left to get the ball rolling.

All descriptions can be linked to via their title, and include a quick plot reference, followed by an in depth synopsis (still forthcoming on some projects).

All projects, unless otherwise noted, are copyright Dustin Hall 2007. For adaptations, individual character ownerships are noted in product descriptions.

Big in Japan
Call of Cthulhu
Dampiel (working title)
Dimension Hopping (working title)
Fantastic Four 3: The Inhumans (working title)
Fantastic Four 4: All 4 One (working title)
Hail to the Chief
In Dreams (working title)
Late Night Double Feature Picture Show (working title)
Lupin the 3rd, Legacy
Predator 3
Samurai Piece (title pending)
Western Piece (title pending)
Withdrawal

Big in Japan

A man makes a hobby of traveling to foreign countries where American movie stars are recognized by name but not necessarily by face, claiming to be different stars in order to live the high life off of their notoriety

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Call of Cthulhu

The mysterious, grisly death of a beloved student leads a professor to begin his own investigation; he finds that the murder may be tied not only to the bizarre tome the boy was translating, but also to an ancient, powerful evil locked away on an uncharted island.

Cthulhu and all Mythos characters created by H.P. Lovecraft. No ownership is implied. Cthulhu and the Mythos are public domain, as requested by the Lovecraft estate.

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Dampiel (working title)

A group of con-men travel the country-side claiming that one of their party is a Dampiel in order to swindle townsfolk out of their money, and maidens from their virginities; the group is shocked when they are called to a town only to find it plagued by a real vampire.

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Dimension Hopping (working title)

Following his friend’s dying words, a man finds a strange portal to another world in the savannahs of Africa, and becomes entwined in a power struggle when he discovers a local military leader to be a denizen of that alien world.

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Fantastic Four 3: The Inhumans (working title)

The Fantastic Four find a race of super-powered people who live under the Earth’s surface, and struggle against their despotic ruler, who has stolen his throne and seeks to wipe humanity from the face of the planet.

The Fantastic Four and all related characters are the property of Marvel Entertainment. No ownership of characters is to be inferred of Dustin Hall.

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Fantastic Four 4: All 4 One (working title)

With Sue’s life threatened by her impending child birth, the team, aided by the Inhumans, must battle on two fronts: One group must face the xenophobic Annihilus in the Negative Zone to cure Sue, while the other finds Dr. Doom striking out while the team is divided.

The Fantastic Four and all related characters are the property of Marvel Entertainment. No ownership of characters is to be inferred of Dustin Hall.

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Hail to the Chief

A young, charismatic, and clueless senator is elected as President struggling to return dignity to the role of the office.

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In Dreams (working title)

The lives of the two men, one a scientist looking for a way to escape the need for sleep, the other a man who can control his dreams and use them to visit the minds of others, ultimately intersect, as they must ponder the nature of their dreams, and the effects of their tampering with them.

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Late Night Double Feature Picture Show (working title)

In the first story the world is being overrun by zombies until the United States Army discovers a miracle solution: zombies won’t eat the brains of the mentally handicapped!

The second story is that of a quadrapalegic man who has new, experimental, robotic prosthetics installed on his body; an unseen mastermind takes control of his new limbs by remote control and forces the man to engage on a super-powered crime spree.

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Lupin the 3rd, Legacy

Lupin, the world’s greatest thief and criminal mastermind; overzealously seeks a score worthy of his monumental fame and skill, only to take a job that threatens the safety of his team, and possibly the entire world.

Lupin the 3rd was created by Monkey Punch, and is published by Futabasha Manga in Japan, and is currently distributed by Pioneer Entertainment in the US. No ownership on the part of Dustin Hall is to be inferred.

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Predator 3

A pack of men and women who know of the existence of the Predator race, and chooses to hunt them for sport, stalk these matchless hunters, tracking them across an alien landscape and, eventually, into the depths of the Predator home world.

The Predator creature and franchise is the property of 20th Century Fox, no character rights are to be inferred to Dustin Hall.

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Samurai Piece (title pending)

A young samurai finds prosperity by ignoring the code of Bushido that his society follows; but when a band of criminals with a similar outlook threaten his home and his family, he must reassess his code of ethics while coming to their rescue.

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Western Piece (title pending)

In the old west, a savage and calculating group of criminals leads what seems to be an unstoppable series of crimes until one of their own, facing a change of heart, seeks to destroy the gang from within.

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Withdrawal

A trio of thieves find a tremendous potential score temporarily located in their hometown; but their return home brings back old phantoms and more problems than they had ever imagined