Daniel
Rubens
Manning

HOUSE OF SAM
(Feature)

After being saved from a suicide attempt by a group of identical men, all named Sam, a woman starts to realize she isn’t safe staying in their bizarre yet seemingly-peaceful home.

Psychological Drama

SHADOW
(Feature)

Finn Davis is the hottest actor in town. After booking the biggest role in Hollywood - the star of the new Captain Freedom movie - a pathological need for adventure leads him to cheat on his wife. However, the mysterious fan - Shadow - begins to assert a strange control over his day to day activities. As elements of his past begin to reflect present dangers, Finn fights to save everything he's worked to gain.

Thriller, Drama

GHOST LIGHT
(TV)

Ghost Light follows Carol, the hottest playwright/director in New York, as she comes off her first Tony Award win. Her second Broadway play is two weeks from previews, and it’s in shambles. However, things begin to change when she finds the charred journal of deceased actress Alice Irving. The pages have all turned to ash, but when she reads it beneath the ghost light at night… the journal heals and the spirits of the tortured past flicker back into existence.

Horror

SORRY HEATHER
(Feature)

Eliza and her girlfriend Heather toil away in their apartment trying to plan for the next stage of their lives. In spite of their occasional arguments, Heather is the light in Eliza's life. However, Eliza's been getting less sleep, bugs are creeping into the apartment, and time seems to be strangely skipping. What's more, Eliza's begun to hear haunting whispers., and her antipsychotics don't seem to be working. Heather doesn't seem to be worried, though. Everything's probably going to be just fine.

Horror

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNDERWORLD CRITTERS
(TV)

Endowed with knowledge from an ancient  text, and her own fraught past, Korē is able to help the people of New York through the often bizarre and cataclysmic influence of multi-dimensional creatures. But the advice she gives isn’t always heeded, and sometimes the mysteries of the underworld are beyond what even Korē can anticipate.

Young Adult, Fantasy

HELIOS
(Podcast)

When an Elon Musk type tech billionaire sends a series of missions to a distant galaxy, the spacefaring crews find themselves more isolated than any member of humanity has ever been. As the months pass, some are brought to the brink of sanity, while others begin to unravel the secret purpose behind their treacherous voyage.

Sci-Fi

EMULSION
(Feature)

A fucked up "BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S". A newcomer in a Brooklyn Brownstone, falls in love with the girl who lives up his fire escape. While they wrestle with their demons strange things begin to brew in the apartment around them, and they realize far too late that their relationship squabbles are the least of their problems.

Horror, Drama

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH COLBY
(Feature)

A young woman finds herself trapped in a log cabin with a lover who can seemingly read her mind... and change the weather.

Thriller, Drama

ALL YOU NEED IS SASHA GREY
(Play)

A college student's sex life is thrown for a loop when she decides to write her thesis on the philosophical implications of Sasha Grey's pornographic work.

Comedy

PENUMBRA
(Spanish Language TV)

PENUMBRA follows a group of Middle Schoolers as they grapple with the struggles of adolescence and the corresponding monsters that spawn from their imagination. Each episode dives into the details of a new character's life, along with the myths and legends that define Latin American culture.

Young Adult, Fantasy

I'M NOT CRAZY
(TV)

Based on the experiences of its authors, I'M NOT CRAZY follows young individuals who are beset with psychotic disorders, but still strive to find fulfillment in everyday life. 


Slice of Life, Drama

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COMING SOON

WAVES OF GLASS
(Feature)

THE GREAT GATSBY
(Feature)

EVERLASTING LIGHTBULBS
(Feature)

MEAT
(Feature)

GUARDIANS
(YA Novel)

SYMMETRY & DEATH
(Feature)