Stories by @tomdald98
1,082 stories
Uprising
Potential movie about Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a female freedom fighter who battled against Spanish occupation of Peru.
Cyrus
A potential movie about Cyrus the Great, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire.
The 300 Spartans
Potential movie or miniseries based on the Battle of Thermopylae.
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and his band of warriors, along with the sorceress Medea embark on a quest across the ancient world to retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece, battling monsters and aided by the gods, in a bid for Jason to reclaim his throne.
Hope Among the Ruins
When Rachel was little, her home was wiped away in the 2004 tsunami which afflicted Southeast Asia. Adopted from Indonesia by American missionaries, her childhood was idyllic and she has developed into a confident young woman. Now, she is left with a burning desire to find her parents, even if it means travelling to the ends of the earth.
Careless Whisper
In Roman-occupied Byblos during the latter half of the 3rd century, Leo is a young man whose father is the city's governor and whose mother is high priestess in the temple of Venus. Kyra is a young street thief whose parent abandoned her as a toddler, and is forced to survive on her wits. When the two meet, they fall in love, set to the songs of George Michael.
The Last Wolf
Tom is a young Native American man, whose parents died when he was a child, and was raised by his grandparents in New Mexico. He notices that his grandparents help run a wolf sanctuary and have recently taken in a pregnant she-wolf, and realizes the connection goes back to his distant ancestors. Loosely based on Michael Morpurgo's book of the same name.
Jafar
A potential live-action origin movie about Jafar, the treacherous sorcerer from Aladdin, from his childhood to his position as Vizier.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
A potential cast for Netflix's reboot of Avatar: The Last Airbender, with Asian and Indigenous actors, unlike the M. Night Shyamalan film.
Mick Philpott
A potential film about Mick Philpott, a serial womanizer and domestic abuser who set fire to his house and killed his six children in a botched attempt to win back his mistress.
Tiger Eye
In the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, Quon is a young Vietnamese boy parents who were killed in the tragedy. Left to fend for himself, he befriends a tiger cub whose parents died because of poachers. When his new friend is captured by a circus, Quon must embark on a journey to save him.
The Song of Hiawatha
A potential film adaptation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem of the same name.
Beyond Good & Evil
A potential movie adaptation of the cult video game of the same name.
Warrior Queen
A potential miniseries about Zenobia, a 3rd century Queen of Palmyra.
Lonely This Christmas
Short film. Margaret is an elderly woman living in Chester, whose life has seemed to be a never-ending chain of tragedies; put into care as a toddler by her alcoholic parents, her husband and childhood sweetheart Bill died of cancer, and her daughter Diana has moved to Australia with her granddaughter. However, her fortunes could be on the up when she befriends Alisha, a young pregnant woman who has moved to the UK from Ghana.
Olympia High
Potential TV series. Jamie Potter is a social outcast, and when his mother moves him to Boston, where he has to start a new boarding school, he feels as though his luck is on the downturn. His new school, however, is the new home base for the Greek gods.
Needle
Kate and Martin are two recovering heroin addicts who decide to save their crumbling marriage by taking a trip to Amsterdam. When the two are captured by a narcotics operation, they must try and escape from their filthy prison.
Amigas
Netflix original romcom. Luisa, Rachel (aka Cha Cha), Maria and Adriana are four best friends living in Chicago, and all from Latino backgrounds, and each with differing experiences of romance.
Beowulf
A potential miniseries based on the Anglo-Saxon poem of the same name.
Jungle Book
My version of a potential reboot of Jungle Book.