In Development
Below are brief details of some productions from our slate. For more information contact the producer (firstname@hopscotchfilms.co.uk).
The Eildon Tree
With Romany passion. Maggie searches for a love to last her lifetime. But pregnant and married to a man her father's age, her lover on the run, where will she find it?.
Writer Romla Walker
Director John Irvin
Producer Charlotte Wontner
Rock Swap
Rock Swap is a family film inspired by the classic 'Prince and the Pauper' story. It is packed with culture clash comedy, rock music, and the drama of two boys who discover they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Writers Marc Zakian and Chris Burgess
Producers Charlotte Wontner and David Marlow
Fortuna's Wheel
A body on a beach; the death of a father; a magnetic love affair...Joseph Fortuna, a handsome British historian, unravels the dark secrets of his past and finally confronts his destiny on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Writers Susanna Rich and Steven Maddocks
Producer Charlotte Wontner
Take Me Home
The true story of Mrs. Elizabeth Knight and Chief Long Wolf. British housewife, Beth Knight discovers the Chief's remains in a London cemetery and makes it her mission to fulfil his dying wish in "Take Me Home". Which she does. Albeit 105 years later.
Writer Andrew Findlay
Producer Charlotte Wontner
SILO - The scariest place in earth.
Three young guys and a girl break into a disused nuclear missile Silo on the Colorado prairie. What starts as a prank, ends as their worst nightmare when they discover a whole community of USAF misseleers, locked in the silo since 1972… and they want fresh meat.
Writer Andrew Findlay Producer Charlotte Wontner
Gideon's Bible - the power of magic meets the power of love.
A brilliant young magician becomes entangled with a thrill seeking, delinquent girl. When he refuses to teach her his skills, she steals his book of psychokinetic magic. He takes chase, and despite himself, slowly falls in love with the girl when her talents seem to exceed his own.
Writer Andrew Findlay Producer Charlotte Wontner
Breakthrough - A true story
October 1988. The Inupiat Eskimos try to save three whales trapped in the ice. This ironic story attracts the world’s press and in days, equally ironically, the US and USSR join forces in a gigantic rescue operation. Their success is more than humane. Russia and America finally shake hands to end the Cold War; all due to three helpless young whales and a watching world.
Writers Andrew Findlay & Lorna Cook