Loglines & Screenplays by Wendy Appelbaum

GENRES: Mystery

A murder, a detective up for a promotion, a writers' retreat of quirky authors, all with motive. A whodunnit to the twisty end.

GENRES: Drama

When his oldest friend and colleague is murdered, a prominent professor puts off his retirement to help the police, but his involvement in the case opens the floodgates of university corruption and exposes him to a world of danger.

Comps: Your Honor meets Law and Order

GENRES: Comedy

When a woman from the "big city" returns to her small hometown
to anonymously write the horoscopes for her father’s newspaper,
her new dream job causes nightmares for the locals as her good
intentions mess with the stars.

GENRES: Horror

When a lonely and introverted young woman purchases a 3D printer, she is amazed at its ability to communicate how she is feeling through the prints until she realizes that she is not the one in control. ( Comps: Black Mirror meets Christine)

GENRES: Comedy

When IBS threatens to derail a Christmas-obsessed man’s quest to host his annual public access Holiday Show, he must fight against the “natural forces” to ensure that the show goes on.

GENRES: Comedy

A beleaguered twenty-something woman with filmmaking ambitions grows disillusioned by her unemployment, driving her to take a segment producer job on a risqué talk show hosted by an eccentric, politically incorrect middle-aged man.

GENRES: Drama

A narcissistic couple whose debt has spiraled out of control get a second chance when a banking glitch erases their file, but their attempt at a “do over” is at risk of putting them in a worse predicament.

GENRES: Animation

A recently adopted Shih Tzu whose penchant for chasing lights causes her to be separated from her family, must rely on her instincts and luck to find her way back home.

GENRES: Science Fiction

When a billionaire’s AI generated world is introduced as the cure to all of society’s problems, a resourceful mother flees with her children for a safe community before the rogue computer causes its complete collapse.

GENRES: Drama

In the early 1990s, an awkward high schooler who fantasizes about becoming a guitarist accidentally sees her future. When she uses her deceased Mother's guitar pick, the fantasy starts to come to life until she realizes that she must fight against her fears or risk losing out on her life's purpose. 

Comps: The Runaways meets Pitch Perfect

GENRES: Thriller / Suspense

After offering to be an alibi for a scandalized Hollywood producer in exchange for his screenplay being made, a desperate screenwriter must work through the disastrous consequences in order to get his old life back.

GENRES: Comedy

A fragile woman with an unhealthy reliance on her helicopter parents gets a chance at growth and redemption when both she and her fed-up therapist are held hostage in a dysfunctional bank robbery.