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Working Title: The Trial of Agent Bolden
Setting: 1960’s America (Chicago, DC, Massachusets)
Pitch:
At a conference at Chicago’s McCormick Center on April 28, 1961, rookie Secret Service Agent and former Pinkerton Detective, Abraham Bolden, meets President John F. Kennedy. At the president’s request, Bolden is assigned to Kennedy’s security detail for 30 days as “the Jackie Robinson of the Secret Service.” He guards him at the White House and the president’s vacation home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, where he observes unprofessional behavior from some of his colleagues. Upon returning to Chicago, news of an assassination plot against the president in Chicago the coming November is cause for alarm. Bolden keeps up with the alleged plot via radio chatter on his official Secret Service scanner. After JFK’s assassination the following year, Bolden pivots to investigating gambling and counterfeit rings, rising to the top of his field. Suddenly, he is accused of a dubious plot to accept a bribe from one of the counterfeiter rings he’s helped arrest. Agent Bolden is fired from the Secret Service. After a mistrial with a judge biased against him, Bolden is convicted and sentenced to 6 years. While appealing the decision, Bolden works on an assembly line, insisting he was set up because he intended to report the misbehavior and racism of his fellow agents to the Warren Commission. A convicted counterfeiter who testified against Bolden admitted to being coached by Federal Agents. Regardless, Bolden’s imprisoned on conspiracy charges and serves 4 years with 2 years probation. Upon release, he revealed his knowledge of the Chicago JFK assassination plot to the House Select Committee on Assassinations between 1976-78. It later emerges that Chicago mobster “Handsome Johnny” Roselli was behind framing Bolden. This story involves elements of true crime, race relations, and historical conspiracies, all of which appeal to the 25-40 demographic.
This is a great timely piece. I just read that Paramount’s Showtime streaming app is shutting down. I believe they shut down some of their streaming services last year. As a tool, AI is really going to shift how creatives can develop and market their scripts. Yesterday, I practiced creating movie posters for my scripts using Chat GPT. In order to stand out, writers are going to have become better at marketing their work. I’m definitely including myself in this! Marketing has never been my forte. I can create content all day long, but my marketing needs work. For example, I’m a member of the International Screenwriter’s Association, and there is an option to apply for select writing gigs, if you are a Connect Member. When you attach your logline and script, you now have the option to attach marketing materials like posters, one-pagers, pitch deck, pitch video, etc. I think writers who are able to visually “sell” their script will have an advantage. That’s why I was using Chat GPT! Now, there isn’t an option to create an AI video, but you tell Chat GPT to create an outline for pitch deck, a pitch video, etc. It’s really revolutionary.