True Edge Pictures Film Projects
The following are the Current True Edge Projects and Status thereof
1) Sands of Calais – History, Action and Adventure
Inspired by Alexander Dumas
Story by Gregory Hoffman
Written By Tom Stone
Status – Casting, Ready for Production and Casting
“Two Men in Journey Together in Pursuit of Honor”
Against a background of dangerous intrigue within the court of Louis XIV and his stifling edict banning dueling, two men travel together as friends to a spit of land off the coast of Calais, where they will duel in order to settle separate personal matters of honor on as D’Artagnan, and his faithful aide, Planchet, rush to stop what could cause a war between England and France.
2) Swordspoint – Mystery, Action and Political Intrigue
Adapted from a Fantasy Novel of the same name by Ellen Kushner
Story by Gregory Hoffman
Written by Tom Stone
Additional Writing by Cleve Nettles
Status – Scripted and Scheduled for Production
“A tale of swords, mystery and political intrigue as a master duelist and his young male
lover, a renegade lord, risk all for honor and for love.”
Dangerous Liaisons meets Brokeback Mountain when the relationship of an idealistic and noble duelist for hire and a reclusive, suicidal scholar is threatened by the political quagmire of the ruling elite, who reside on the posh side of the river filling their time throwing parties, playing games and quenching their thirst for power thru devious and unconscionable acts.
3) Valhalla – Mystery, Action, Intrigue and Adventure
Story by Gregory Hoffman
Written by Tom Stone
Status – Scripted and Scheduled for Production
“An Olympic Fencing Champion confronts Hereditary Madness while also trying to right wrongs of the past.”
An Olympic Fencing champion is haunted by a murderous hereditary madness while preparing to star in a Viking Sword Fighting Extravaganza at Las Vegas’ newest hotel, The Valhalla. It is a curse that also threatens his lovely wife, and their six-year old son who is potential heir to the same, ancient, ancestral fury.
4) The Head of Joaquin Murieta – History, Action & Adventure
Story By Gregory Hoffman and Tom Stone
Written by Tom Stone
Status – Scripted and Scheduled for Production
“The True Story of Zorro’
In 1906 two young ruffians have the path of their lives dramatically altered when they break into a San Francisco freak show museum and are forced by a wise old Janitor to confront the severed head – and bloody career – of the Notorious Gold Rush Bandit, Joaquin Murieta, the original real-life “Zorro.”
5) Pirate’s Blood – Action & Adventure
Written by Robert Chapin
Status – Scripted
“In an age when heroes become legends, one man fights impossible odds against the most treacherous villains history has ever known.”
A young man who unknowingly is the son of a legendary pirate, risks live and limb to rescue his secret love and fellow English Merchant Sailors from a band of treacherous Pirates determined to find a secret buried treasure, by utilizing his skill as an expert swordsman, and faith in his own PIRATE’S BLOOD.
6) THE SHOT – Action & Psychological Intrigue
Story By Gregory Hoffman and Tom Stone
Written by Tom Stone
Status – Scripted
A duel that was interrupted during the U.S. Civil War is resumed in 1867 as an impoverished Russian aristocrat appears at the home of a wealthy young Bostonian to reclaim both his honor, and the right to his final shot.
7. The Sword and The Cross – History, Action and Romance
Story by Erik Van Beuzakom
Status – In Development
The story of the Dutch Leader William of Orange and his wife Charlotte as William struggles for his life after an assassination attempt while his Dutch army continues to rebel against the Spanish Armada in order insure the right for religious freedom.