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Neil Peart

Screenplays

Currently Writing:

  • "Zero Point" (2003) - Third Draft - War Film/Sci-Fi

One sentence summary: A suicidal American pilot goes on a mission into Nazi Germany to steal a UFO.

  • "Family Reunion" (Working Title) (2003) - First Draft

Past Efforts:

What follows are the titles of screenplays I wrote between 1988 and 1993―my most prolific period of screenplay writing. These are the screenplays that taught me the form, and what not to do. I may return to one or two of these someday, but for now they're all shelved in favor of developing better ideas floating around in my head.

I stopped writing screenplays after 1993, when I joined the band Wake, and put all my energy there (no small feat). After the first breakup of Wake in 1994, I wrote short stories, and then reunited with Wake in 1999 for a second CD, finished in mid-2001. In 2000, after the birth of my son, I realized I wanted to return to the screenplay format.

  • "Coffee and Donuts" (1993) - Thriller

One sentence summary: A man overhears a conversation in a coffee shop between two women who plan to kill one of their husbands, and he gets involved.

Status: Shelved

  • "Ghost of a Chance" (1993) - Drama

One sentence summary: A boy in high school has dreams of going to music school as a drummer, but his parents stand in the way.

Status: Shelved

  • "Stranger than Fiction" (1991) - Thriller

One sentence summary: A man moves into a small town to write his Great American Novel, and discovers the town shares a terrible secret.

Status: Shelved

  • Available Light (1990) - Sci-Fi/Thriller

One sentence summary: In the future, a man responsible for the secret destruction of a city is hunted down by survivors.

Status: Shelved

  • "Stereo Red" (1988) - Thriller

One sentence summary: When a man's friend is killed, he discovers his friend was involved in selling a new drug and he gets involved.

Status: Shelved

  • "The Eye of the Storm" (1988-1990) - Thriller/Sci-Fi

One sentence summary: A reporter stumbles upon a story of a lone woman survivor in a refugee boat, and discovers that she's the only person who can stop a man's plot to take over the world.

Status: Shelved