An area of business that I am keen to increase my involvement in is Film Development and Investment and taking projects all the way to Production and Release.

 

I often get approached by individuals, productions and producers in search of investment, and they are not alone, I too have a slate of productions that I would like to develop.

 

If you are looking for production projects in which to invest, then I may be able to offer a conduit to projects in varying stages of development.

 

To protect the IP as far as possible at this stage, the following are abstract descriptions of current project ideas that I have for development and scripting. Budgets are based on nearest comparisons or my own estimation of the likely costs:

 

1. Feature Film: True Story of two nations working together against immense odds to create an icon of design that has captured the hearts and minds of generations.

 

• Estimated Budget: $75m

• Notes: Requires collaboration of various entities, and possibly film rights.

 

2. Feature Film: True Story of two men inspired with a vision, and bet the future of both their companies to create an icon of design that changed the world.

 

• Estimated Budget: $50m
• Notes: Requires collaboration of various entities, and possibly film rights.

 

3. Feature Film: Argoesque True Story - One man leads a team of civilians to save the lives of some 400 people from the clutches of a dictator in the face of impending war.

 

• Estimated Budget: $50m
• Notes: Requires collaboration of various entities, and possibly film rights.

 

4. Feature Film: True Story - The tale of a man and his pursuit of the ultimate achievement of speed and engineering, racing against his biggest rivals, against the backdrop of WWI, personal loss and the impending certainty of World War II.

 

• Estimated Budget: $50m to $75m

• Notes: Requires collaboration of various entities, and possibly film rights.

 

5. Feature Film: Fiction – Transatlantic Action-Spy-Thriller for the 21st Century Bond/Bourne inspired Film Series.

 

• Estimated Budget: $250m
• Notes: All rights retained by Phillip L. Covell

 

6. Feature Film: An exhilarating and little known tale of daring do by an American air crew in the days following Pearl Harbour.

 

• Estimated Budget: $75m to $150
• Notes: Film rights to the story to be obtained, and script developed. Some potential technical issues to overcome.

 

7. Feature Film: Romcom about Long-distance relationships between US/UK.

 

• Estimated Budget: $35m to $50m
• Notes: All rights retained by Phillip L. Covell

 

8. Feature Film: True Story - Music Epic centring on a legendary Band and the making of a particular album.

 

• Estimated Budget: $50m
• Notes: Requires collaboration of Record label, Artists, Permissions and Rights, which may not be the easiest to extract. Could surpass Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

9. Animated Feature Film: Pixar style tale of a magical world of music, where the talent, inspiration, and advice of the old and forgotten meets the brash and technological face of the present and the future. The message is to appreciate the past and learn from it, and be a good person in getting to where you’re going.

 

• Estimated Budget: $250m
• Notes: All rights retained by Phillip L. Covell. Animation is a slow expensive process!

 

10. Film or Mini Series: True Story - At the turn of the 20th Century, an Englishman of no means, sets off on an epic adventure, meeting the best and worst of humanity along the way.

 

• Estimated Budget: $3m to $5m Per Episode. 
• Notes: Rights TBA

 

11. TV Drama Series: With the backdrop of the 1930s/1940s. A dynamic society couple foil crime and espionage. Agatha Christie inspired period Detective Drama series.

 

• Estimated Budget: $1m to $10m Per Episode
• Notes: To be developed. The description is not unique. Budget dependent on desired production value and market.

 

12. Driving the Last Spike: Documentary – How Britain’s Railways Were Built. We’ve had programmes about railway routes, maps, famous engines, trains and buildings, but not a lot about the men and means by which they were built.

 

• Estimated Budget: $75K to $300K Per Episode dependent on treatment
• Note: Not an original theme, it’s all down to the treatment and production value.