I am an optioned non-union Canadian screenwriter and “dialogue specialist” as peers have described me, with an interest in elevated character-centric genre work (horror, sci-fi) and offbeat comedy.
I am available for both commissioned work, spec opportunities, and script doctoring.
SCRIPTS IN DEVELOPMENT – *interested producers please contact phil.borg@gmail.com.
TELEVISION PILOTS
THE LURKING DARKNESS (mystery horror TV)
Status: In search of producing partner
A blocked Writer researches a strange cold case about a murdered girl in a remote mining town and uncovers the secret of an ancient supernatural horror rooted in the nearby mines. The writer learns he has found the story of his life. If only he can survive it.
WELCOME TO THE MOTORMANS! (children TV/animated)
Status: In search of producing partner
1000 years in the future on a robot-Earth, a robo-boy accidentally awakes a human boy from cryostasis and decides to keep him as a pet. They have adventures around the robo-world while uncovering the truth about what happened to all the humans.
THE 19TH HOLE (workplace/golf TV sitcom)
Status: In search of producing partner
An eternally optimistic golf pro raises the etiquette level of his low-level golf course by preaching a philosophy that the rules of golf are the rules of life. But when the course’s hapless staff has trouble towing the line, the pro leads by example.
The 19th Hole contrasts the mystified perception of golf as a stodgy and exclusive “gentleman’s” sport with the comic reality of everyday golfers who play it with little etiquette, fuzzy scoring practices and by members of all genders and social strati.
PERFECT COPY (near future sci-fi TV)
Status: In search of producing partner
A dying graffiti artist seeks to expose a nefarious secret behind a revolutionary new teleporter technology alongside an early test subject – the inventor’s own daughter.
FEATURES
CRASHING CHRISTMAS (Christmas comedy feature)
Status: In search of producing partner
A young couple’s attempt at a perfect Christmas for their ridiculous families is hijacked by a woke brother-in-law who arrives on Christmas morning with a mountain of presents for the family he never visits – and a confession.
THE BOOGEYMAN (horror feature)*
Status: Treatment phase, Short film complete.
A young crisis counselor finds herself haunted by the boogeyman after helping a psychotic man who claimed his family had all been killed by it. She must find a way to detach the evil spirit from her without hurting anyone else… if she can only survive it first!
PERFECT COPY (near future sci-fi TV, feature)
Status: In search of producing partner
A dying graffiti artist seeks to expose a nefarious secret behind a revolutionary new teleporter technology alongside an early test subject – the inventor’s own daughter.
THE BLANK PAGES (WWII spy drama feature)
Status: producing partner
A WWII vet reveals his secret military past to his family when he learns he has a degenerative disease. When his curious family finds a photo of him in Nazi uniform alongside an elusive Russian spy who is remembered as a Nazi double-agent, the man must exonerate her name by admitting to a confidential mission they completed to stop Hitler’s V2 rocket plan in northern France.
CALVIN WANTS TO BURN DOWN THE WOODS (horror feature)
Status: 3rd draft
A group of estranged friends reunite at the cottage of a recovering addict who threatens to burn down the woods around his family’s cottage property. He claims a “wood monster” resides there and the community, his family included, have been sacrificing people to it for generations since their cottages and wasteful townships have been poisoning the lands. Despite not believing him, they agree to stop the arson. When the friends all get attacked by the mythical wood monster, they must overcome their own past grudges to defeat the monster or agree to sacrifice one of them to stop its wrath.
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (rock & roll rom-com feature)*
Status: Treatment phase
A rock-and-roll love story showcasing the gritty melting pot that is Toronto, ON, Canada – the indie music mecca of North America!
A talented but socially awkward YouTube musician is given a chance at realizing his dreams after the girl of his unrequited affections hooks him up with an up-and-coming music exec – her boyfriend. The young man must choose between overcoming his love for her in order to realize his dreams of a music career, or giving up his one shot at fame to attain the girl of his dreams.
HOW TO CATCH A SUPERHERO (superhero satire feature)
Status: 3rd draft
A misguided Uber driver believes a superhero polices his city at night and will do anything to prove it. Anything.
JIGSAW (comedy satire feature)
Status: first draft
The use of guns by security guards is approved at a violent Catholic high school. When a geeky kid fights a bully and exposes a gun, he inadvertently becomes a leader for the student body. His athletic brother and spotlight-seeking sister watch their brother navigate the ensuing fame that comes with student revolution, and the changing alliances that come with growing up.
Phil Borg 