BARBARA LOUISE LEDING
let me pitch you
I don’t want to waste your time. My projects have been vetted. Coverage has been great. Browse my portfolio of projects below. Tempted by any? Download the scripts on the spot. I threw in a few storyboards, too.
BLUE MOON - Action Comedy/Fantasy - On a magical island in the South Pacific, Bossy Ancient Sage -- aka "BoAnSa" -- is lonely. She longs to repopulate her island that's overrun with exotic tropical animals. She conjures up a whacky TV game show where two couples -- one from California, the other from New York -- compete in an ancient fertility ritual and be first to ride a whale when the moon turns blue. What they don't know is that BoAnSa needs them to repopulate her island. Download script.
THE DEVIL PLAYS BINGO "Love is hell. And then you die." Horror/Comedy - A casino in Hell is rigged. Devils bet on cars about to crash back on Earth. But when a newly fallen soul realizes he was killed in one of those crashes, he sets off on a head-spinning journey back to Earth to chase down the double-talking devil who made it happen. Download script.
HULA - Dramedy/LGBTQ - What happens when ancient Hawaiian mythology meets a modern day dance troupe? In a close knit Hawaiian community, a shy gay man has one week to audition as the star fire dancer in a hula competition -- but no one knows he can dance. The story focuses on two couples: one gay, the other straight. - Download script.
THE ZEN OF OTTO "He tried to be good." - Dramedy/Thriller with a Soul - Nominated for a Fade In Award - In the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, a hitman who believes in reincarnation wants to rid himself of bad karma after he falls in love with his intended victim. Download script.
DANCING WITH JOU JOU - Madcap Comedy - Won a John Hughes Award - A lovable con artist ropes his saintly girlfriend into a madcap scheme to swindle a lottery winner out of a fortune. Download book, series bible or video storyboard.
MADAY SINGS FOR HER SUPPER - Madcap Comedy - When a crumbling country estate has overdue taxes, a diva discovers her maid is a musical prodigy and forces her to perform to raise funds. Script in progress. Check back later.
TAKE ME TO TALLULAH - Madcap Comedy - In a seaside village, men are scarce and wealthy widows run wild. But after Tallulah rolls into town, she battles a fastidious attorney for control of a male escort service dispatching elderly men after too many keep dropping dead. Download video storyboard.
I'VE GOT HEADSHOTS - Action Comedy - A popular yet washed up actress runs around town, claiming terrorists are chasing her. Crowds laugh. Everyone thinks she’s promoting a new movie. They all want to be in the movies, too and ask the same question: “Hey, will you hook me up with an agent? I’ve got headshots.” Download video storyboard.
WOULD YOU EAT A ROTTEN TOMATO FOR A MILLION DOLLARS? - Children’s Book - After a young boy says he’d do anything for money, a voice from the sky challenges him to a rotten tomato-eating contest. But when the greedy boy cannot catch the tomatoes and is coated head to toe in stinky red goo, the voice from the sky teaches him that the most money he'll probably ever make will be from doing something he loves. Ready for adaptation.
THE NIGHT I WAS RESCUED BY THE MAGNETIC SEASPRAY FORCE - Children’s Book - Charm can’t sleep. She has a monster in her closet and a witch under her bed. She runs to her window and shouts for help — which causes a chain reaction of calamities and parade of experts to advise her — including a popular news reporter who rescues her in a helicopter. But it isn’t until the wind picks up and the magnetic seaspray force rises up from the ocean that helps ease her worries over the monster-and-witch situation. - Ready for adaptation.