Ghoul Friends
GENERAL INFORMATION
Format: Live-action series
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Duration: 8 x 30’
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Target Audience: Young adults
Language: English
Production Company: BOMBITO PRODUCTIONS
Producer: Reece Cargan
Scriptwriter: Catherine Wignall
Estimated Budget: 2,000,000 EUR
Confirmed Financing: 2%
Goals at Kids Kino Industry:
Funding / Sales agent / Broadcaster
LOGLINE
A teen influencer Mia puts her heart and soul on the line to save her ex-girlfriend from an angry ghost.
SYNOPSIS
A teen influencer Mia is visiting her aunt in England, hating everything until she meets Poppy, who thinks she’s being haunted by a ghost. Mia agrees to help Poppy defeat the ghost, but secretly films everything for her Instagram. Mia and Poppy start to develop feelings for each other – until Poppy discovers Mia filmed everything and put it online. Now people are laughing at Poppy for believing in ghosts. Poppy breaks up with Mia. However, the ghost then possesses Poppy and only Mia can save her. Mia defeats the ghost and saves Poppy. In the process, she rips the veil between life and death. Now they have an even bigger problem on their hands.
PITCHING TEAM
Reece Cargan
Producer
Reece Cargan is a producer and founder of BOMBITO PRODUCTIONS, a Glasgow-based production company focusing on queer-led projects including multiple features, a feature documentary, and a YA TV series in funded development with the British Film Institute and Screen Scotland. All his productions explore queer themes and stories. Reece was recently named by Screen International as a Rising Star Scotland.
Photo credit: Lisa Stonehouse Screen Yorkshire
Catherine Wignall
Scriptwriter
Catherine Wignall made her film debut with the Blumhouse YA horror-comedy Crawlers. She is developing The Magnolia Detective Agency with Piller/Segan, a Butterfield 8 remake for The Wolper Organisation, and Para-Professionals for Tapas. She has created and written a YA romcom series Good Luck Have Fun for MGM and Brat TV. She was named one of Austin Film Festival’s Screenwriters to Watch.