THE
WASHINGTON
TRIANGLE
The unknown is limitless.
About.
THE PHENOMENON: A disturbing statistical reality exists in America. An alarming number of people, particularly children, are going missing in our National Parks. No rational explanation exists for the rate of these disappearances, and there are other peculiar similarities among the cases that suggest a far darker mystery.
LOGLINE: An author convinced that a recent disappearance is part of a serial case, leads a search party into rural Washington where bizarre and nefarious forces lurk.
THE MARKET: To date, no feature films have explored this topic directly, although some very interesting and widespread media have dived deep into the available research or conducted their investigations. The majority of this media comes in the form of either books, documentaries, or podcasts.
STORY.
The Washington Triangle is the first in a trilogy of features set in rural Washington, in a land preserve known as the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This forest sits at the base of a rather perfect triangle of mountains, which are three of the largest and most storied mountains in the continental United States: Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Adams.
Act One: Our story begins with the forming of a search party that will pick up the case of a recent disappearance, 8-year-old Thomas Clarke, which local law enforcement has had to abandon after yielding no leads. The new search party is led by Virgil Thompson, an author and an outdoorsman who has spent his career researching these cases. The other members of the team include Ryan Wallace, a tech-savvy photographer, Ryan’s assistant, Emma Green, Elijah Clarke, the missing boy’s uncle, and Gary Glen, a local hunting guide and handler of his bloodhound, Leia. They are quickly off into the wilderness atop ATVs, scouring the river where the boy disappeared and beginning their search among this vast landscape.
CONTINUED.
Act Two: Slowly, curiosity begins to give way to paranoia. Virgil is leading this team, but no one knows where to, or why. He seems to be fixated on the first stream they came to, which has led them straight uphill towards Mt. Adams. They suspect he knows more than he is letting on. Odd noises are coming from the forest. And they are being tracked by wolves. What’s more, they are beginning to learn about Virgil’s work, past cases, and all the bizarre and unnerving history within this field. Also, they begin to learn about this small town, and the dynamics afoot that raise new suspicions. Speculation hangs in the air like the fog that shrouds this region.
Act Three: Forgiveness is soon a prerequisite to survive, and as red herrings are exposed it seems some of the crazier postulations weren’t so crazy after all. An underground world is discovered, a duel world, one that is both ancient and futuristic. This is the world of our government’s most carefully kept secrets.
THE CHARACTERS
Virgil Thompson
Has spent the last quarter century studying these strange disappearances. He’s a renaissance man, but a little screwy, so although he’s their leader the others are hesitant to follow.
Ryan Wallace
Is a mid-thirties Instagram photographer. He’s been hired for technical assistance, mostly with his drone. Like many millennials, he’s a bit of Peter Panner. Some day he’ll get more serious with his assistant, Emma, with whom he maintains a secret relationship.
Emma Green
Is a sharp young woman. Armed with her phone, she is the truest detective in the group. She may also be the bravest. She has a keen intuition, so naturally she is the first to sense something is wrong.
Gary Glen
Runs a recreational hunting camp from where the search party sets out. His bloodhound, Leia, and her keen nose will compass the party through this dense forest.
Tone.
THE MYSTERIOUS TONE:
In 1963 a cave leading to an underground city was discovered in Turkey, believed to be built nearly 3,000 years ago and capable of housing as many as 20,000 people. What terrifying threat could force so many people underground? And just as disturbing – what else could be lurking in the vast world beneath our feet? Just how much of our planet’s still hidden wild is yet to be discovered by us mere surface creatures?
Surely, far more than we could ever imagine. This is the abyss that our search party will hike out into. Driven by the perplexing and very real mystery of our National Parks. All are set in the whimsical playground that is the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Pure natural wonder will be what grabs our audience. And there will be many layers for them:
What has happened to young Thomas Clarke? What is behind this strange phenomenon in our National Parks? Just what does Virgil know? Why is he so drawn to this mountain? Are the Feds helping or obfuscating? What is that strange hum in the air? Are they seeing things? Are they going crazy? At what point do they give up on this missing child and turn back?
These mysteries are at the core of the audience’s experience. And they will resonate because our current world has never been so mysterious, nor downright bizarre. How many people in our own lives are metaphorically lost right now? None of us have all the answers. Each of us walks that line every day – that thin line between belief and doubt, between faith and fear.
WHY NOW?
Because the conspiracy cup hath runneth over. Never has our culture been so saturated, or polarized by conflicting views and opposing theories. Was COVID made in a lab? Was the election rigged? Are elites building underground bases? Is our food supply being sabotaged? Will the government ever tell us what they know about aliens? Are aliens even real? If someone were to make a list of all the wild theories you can overhear at the local pub, that list would be endless. Deep down we all can acknowledge on some level that our belief systems are tearing us apart. And that is what The Washington Triangle explores. In this mystical playground for our collective imagination. Why do we believe what we do? How far can our credulity be stretched?
At what point does an idea become crazy?
OUR AUDIENCE:
Anyone who enjoys…
A good mystery, Stories based on real life, Psychological thrillers, Unsolved Mysteries, Conspiracy theories, Tales of the Outdoors
Monsters and cryptids, Sci-fi and the quantum, A classic who-done-it? The paranormal, Campfire tales, Suspense, Romance, Horror
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PRODUCTION TEAM
Jimmy Star-Producer
Jimmy Star has 44 years of experience working in the TV/Film industry in many capacities including actor, director, producer, writer, costume designer and publicist. He has worked on 238 titles, 43 of them as producer/associate producer. Jimmy Star is a publicist at World Star PR, and was named the Best Entertainment Publicist in the United States, working with filmmakers, actors, writers, musicians, singers, directors, authors, and bands, many of which are extremely well-known in the entertainment industry.
Jimmy Star is a social media expert, with a following of over 1,200,000 followers strong, as well as an entertainment blogger, whose website www.jimmystarsworld.com is ranked #39 of the top 100 entertainment websites in the world. He also hosts The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell, the top web show in the world, interviewing celebrity guests in all areas of entertainment. The show just broke 1.1 Billion streams, and is popular all around the world.
Ryan Flynn – Producer
Ryan Flynn hails from Northern California and began his diverse career in 2005, working with an archeological team in Egypt. He employed the Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) to contribute to their important research, gaining valuable insights into the intricate process of revealing historical narratives.
This experience influenced Ryan’s storytelling acumen, a skill he put to work in 2009 when he co-founded Elevendy, an innovative ad agency. The agency specializes in creating compelling advertisements for major video game companies.
Ryan’s talents extend to the realm of music as well. As a composer, he has produced captivating scores for high-profile clients such as Disney and Ubisoft, further
contributing to the storytelling process through his evocative compositions. In 2018, Ryan branched out into the world of film. He began directing his first feature,
with his diverse background influencing his directorial style. This much-anticipated film is set to hit screens in 2023, marking a new chapter in Ryan’s multifaceted career.
Twila Miles – Producer
Twila Miles brings a lifetime of creativity and excellence to the Film Industry. After earning a BA in Fine Arts from Davidson College and a Master’s in Theology began her journey of offering hope and encouragement to the world through her achievements as a successful gallery painter, published author, and conference speaker. The skills she obtained in these ventures have since been applied to Film Production. She has helped bring to life major projects such as Bullet Train (Sony Pictures), El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Amazon), The Last Narc (Nelix Documentary), and Love Island (Peacock).
Kilo Alexander- Writer/Director
Kilo Alexander was born in Portland, Maine. He began acting at the age of 7, continuing through school, where he enjoyed being involved in all facets of theatre. At 18 he received his first camera, which allowed him to further express his art through imagery and video. He has worked professionally as a photographer, a videographer, and a cinematographer. Kilo’s passion now resides in utilizing his 20+ years of experience behind the lens to tell meaningful stories in a style uniquely his
William Hilton- Writer
William Hilton grew up in the Lakes Region of Maine, and then later Westbrook, a suburb of Portland. He is a graduate of the University of Maine. He has been a carpenter, a social worker, a teacher, a high school soccer coach, as well as a collector and dealer in rare and antiquarian books. He has twice placed in the Beverly Hills Film Festival’s official selection for Best Screenplay.
