The Slate
The card index
- DDM-001
Don't Date Murderers
A mystery comedy. JoJo Putty vets the new partners of people who suspect the worst, one podcast episode at a time. She is very good at spotting red flags. She is much worse at her own life.
- Format
- Audio Podcast Series
- State
- In Production
- Genre
- Dark Comedy / Mystery
- Comparables
- Baby Reindeer meets Barry
- Audience
- Fans of prestige dark comedy and morally ambiguous protagonists, plus true crime podcast listeners who read red flags for fun.
- IACB-002
It's All Coming Back
Five years after the attack that nearly killed her, Constance hosts her annual liberation party at her isolated cottage. Her sister arrives with a new fiance, and Constance slowly realises she has met him before.
- Format
- Stage Play
- State
- Packaging
- Genre
- Dark Comedy / Psychological Thriller
- Comparables
- Saltburn meets Knives Out
- Audience
- Adult theatre-goers, fans of dark comedy with a thriller edge
- ARC-003
Arcadian Kids
After forming a deep bond with a boy inside a strange, self-contained school, a teenage girl discovers that she and her classmates are victims of a school shooting trapped in a constructed limbo, and that the boy she loves is the one who killed her.
- Format
- YA Novel
- State
- Scripting
- Genre
- Adventure / Thriller
- Comparables
- The Breakfast Club meets The Lovely Bones meets Wayward Pines
- Audience
- Young adults 14 to 25, literary YA readers, fans of supernatural fiction with emotional intelligence
- BWK-004
Before We Knew
During one last summer at a hidden beach, six British teens confront love, class, secrecy, and the fear of growing up. Loving boldly may matter more than how the story ends.
- Format
- Series
- State
- Financing
- Genre
- Teen Ensemble Drama
- Comparables
- The Summer I Turned Pretty meets Euphoria meets Normal People
- Audience
- Gen Z and young millennials (16 to 28), mobile-first viewers, fans of emotionally complex teen drama
- BH-005
Baskethead
A lonely small-town funeral director who talks to dead animals discovers she might actually be dead herself, and the only way to find out is to stop hiding from the living.
- Format
- Feature Film
- State
- In Development
- Genre
- Dark Comedy / Southern Gothic
- Comparables
- Bernie meets Swiss Army Man meets The Florida Project
- Audience
- Fans of offbeat indie films with big hearts, dark humor, and unforgettable characters. Audiences who loved Bernie, Swiss Army Man, The Florida Project, and Welcome to the Dollhouse.
- LDG-006
The Ledger
After her husband is murdered, a fugitive widow discovers he built a quantum device capable of quietly redistributing wealth. She becomes the only person who can decide whether to finish what he started.
- Format
- Podcast Series
- State
- In Development
- Genre
- Tech Thriller / Financial Conspiracy
- Comparables
- Black Mirror meets Limetown
- Audience
- Adults 25-55, podcast thriller fans, audiences drawn to ordinary-person antiheroes and stories of institutional corruption
- LIV-007
Liver Dancing
When a struggling actress learns her estranged father has a terminal brain tumour, she reluctantly joins him on one last road trip through California. The reckless dreamer she could never understand may be the only one who can teach her how to be brave.
- Format
- Feature Film
- State
- Scripting
- Genre
- Adventure Drama / Dark Comedy
- Comparables
- Little Miss Sunshine meets Captain Fantastic meets Nomadland
- Audience
- Fans of emotionally resonant indie films such as Little Miss Sunshine, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Captain Fantastic, Nomadland, and The Farewell
- JW-008
Jupiter's Wake
After losing her best friend and the only life she has ever known, a habit-bound London bookseller sets out to find the wild childhood friend she abandoned decades earlier. What she finds reveals more about herself than the mystery she's trying to solve.
- Format
- Podcast Series
- State
- Concept
- Genre
- Absurdist Whodunnit Thriller
- Comparables
- The Thursday Murder Club meets Where'd You Go, Bernadette
- Audience
- Readers who love eccentric protagonists, literary mysteries, and stories where the real investigation is internal. Fans of darkly comic fiction that balances absurdity with genuine emotional depth.
