Projects

A FIRE THAT STILL BURNS - written by De​nise M. McShane & Betty Lynn Nye
In 1942, before a crippled newspaper photographer and a gutsy reporter can expose the shady practices at Boston's swanky Cocoanut Grove, flames erupt causing the deadliest nightclub fire in history. 

BAY OF PROMISE - written by Betty Lynn Nye & Robert Nye
A seaside vacation on the coast of Maine turns into a frantic treasure hunt when a young woman becomes pitted between the vying motives of two 18th century spirits.  One ghost makes a desperate attempt to reach out to the vacationer to save documents that will soon be lost forever.  The other ghost makes every effort to scare her off.  At stake is nothing less than evidence that Judas was actually Jesus’ fraternal twin. 

THE LEGEND OF RICHARD O'RILEY - written by Betty Lynn Nye
Against the sweeping landscape of the Galway coastline, Jimmy Smyth recounts to his grandchildren the tale of legendary swordsman Richard O'Riley, lending them his own firsthand account of how the English invasion changed Ireland at the close of the 17th century.  

THE WINDS OF FREEDOM - written by Denise M. McShane & Betty Lynn Nye
An adventurous seaman and his Harvard educated best friend struggle to find success while balancing each other’s strengths and weaknesses amongst the political upheaval in Colonial New England.  

BEYOND THE WALL
When a college student takes up residence in the bedroom of an art student thought to be dead, he begins to travel to another place through the mural she'd painted on the wall.

​​​CAN 2
Two bachelor brothers (one a Woody Allen type, one a Martin Scorsese type), set in their opposing life and directing styles but sharing a NYC condo, bicker constantly as they shoot movies to enter in the Cannes Film Festival. 

CAT'S EYES
While recuperating from a severe neck injury, a professional hockey player begins to have visions of the Salem Witch Trials.

DEAD HEAT/DEVIL'S BARGAIN - (based on a concept by Lee Godart)
While summering on the North Carolina coast, a novelist's growing paranoia that his creativity is waning and that his agent/lover's boss has designs on her drive him over the edge.

PARTNERS IN CRIME (TV Series)
A young crime journalist finds that his work is suddenly benefited by the help he receives from his bored, crime-fighting grandfather's ghost in equal proportion to the complications it adds to his life.

SEA MIST
Taking care of an elderly lady in her "cottage by the sea" seems like a dream job until the caretaker realizes she must also take care of the ghosts that haunt it.

SLEIGH RIDE
A writer, returning to her Vermont hometown days before Christmas, begins to question her life's choices when she covers a story about a homeless Santa and unexpectedly reconnects with her high school sweetheart.

THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS
An old flame suspects foul play in the death of an artist when he notices clues she left behind in a painting.

THE STAG PARTY
Wanting to relive their glory days of the single life, three buddies hatch a scheme to throw a bachelor party in Vegas.  But when their wives want to meet the guest of honor, there's a problem - no groom.  So they hire an actor to keep their wives from thwarting their plans for “the party to end all parties”.  

THE STARLIGHT CLUB
During World War II, three female singers find love and heartache as performers in a New York nightclub owned by a mobster.