Bruno Derlin
Original Screenplays
Cryptid
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Horror Page Count: 99
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R
Status: Recently Completed & Available
Years after losing his wife to a brutal, unexplained attack, a weary South Jersey sheriff faces a new wave of savage killings — and when his estranged daughter returns seeking his blessing for her engagement, he must confront the resurfacing legend of the Jersey Devil before history repeats itself.
Sideshow
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Fantasy/Drama Page Count: 109
Anticipated MPAA Rating: PG-13
Status: Available
When his parents' impending divorce shatters his world, a non-verbal autistic boy escapes into the vivid drawings of his imagined circus — a parallel reality where he is articulate and confident, but must outwit a tyrannical ringmaster and his cruel, child-hating animal trainer to find his way home
Quarterfinalist: Stage 32 1st Annual Family Friendly Screenwriting Contest
Quarterfinalist: The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest
Second Round: ISA Fast Track Fellowship
Quarterfinalist: Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition
Official Selection: Mad Wife Productions Fellowship​​​
Threshold
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Horror Page Count: 109
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R Status: Available
Reeling from her father’s death, a clinically depressed young woman isolates with her unstable boyfriend in a secluded country home — but their grip on reality fractures when a seductive, sinister stranger arrives uninvited and slowly takes control.
Semifinalist: Stage 32 Search for New Blood
Semifinalist: Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist: Mad Wife Productions Fellowship
Official Selection: White Unicorn International Film Festival
Official Selection: Atlanta International Screenplay Awards
Finalist: 13th Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist: Page Turner Screenplay Competition
Finalist: Page Turner First 15
Quarterfinalist: Your Script Produced! Studios - Season 2
Ice Cream, You Scream
Authors: Bruno Derlin, Charlie Iacono Genre: Horror Page Count: 98
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R Status: Available
In the quaint, retro-flavored town of Silver Spring, PA, where life feels stuck in the '80s, a string of brutal murders shatters suburban bliss — as horny teens, oddball locals, and clueless neighbors become unwitting pawns in a deadly game, while a ruthless killer hides in plain sight.
Semifinalist: Microbudget Horror Script Competition
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One Week 'Til Next Year
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Romantic Comedy Page Count: 108
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R Status: Available
As Y2K paranoia looms, a Brooklyn couple’s future is thrown into uncertainty when a charming family friend from Italy arrives for the holidays, reigniting old feelings in her heart and sparking jealousy in her boyfriend, just as they face the final days of the millennium.
Quarterfinalist: BlueCat Screenwriting Competition
Finalist: Page Turner Feature & TV Pilot Genre Competition
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I Was A Teenage Teenager
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Teen Comedy Page Count: 102
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R Status: Available
Devastated after losing his high school sweetheart for bailing on her year-end musical, a withdrawn junior accidentally spirals into a whirlwind of superficial fame—until a final shot at redemption forces him to face the spotlight, the music, and the love he left behind.
Quarterfinalist: Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist: Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
Second Round: ISA Fast Track Fellowship
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The Devil Went Down to Jersey
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Horror/Comedy Page Count: 90
Anticipated MPAA Rating: PG-13 Status: Available
When mutilated livestock and a pair of headless bodies turn up in the Pine Barrens, a local sheriff's investigation collides with a defiant NYU journalist and his goth girlfriend—sparking a media storm and reigniting fear that the Jersey Devil may not be just a legend after all.
Semifinalist: Project Greenlight - Bravo/HBO
Pre-Finalist: 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist: Filmmatic Screenplay Awards
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Stool Pigeons
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Crime Drama Page Count: 15
Anticipated MPAA Rating: PG-13 Status: In Development
Held hostage in a decaying roadside motel by a group of criminals, a chronically ill young woman forms a dangerous connection with one captor—igniting a tense battle of loyalty and manipulation as the promised ransom fails to arrive.
The Catch
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Family Drama Page Count: 7
Anticipated MPAA Rating: PG Status: Available
When a deaf-mute 12-year-old city boy joins his hard-of-hearing grandfather for their first fishing trip on a quiet country lake, an unforeseen turn transforms their bonding day into a life-altering memory for the entire family.
Travelers
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: Sci-Fi Drama Page Count: 27
Anticipated MPAA Rating: PG-13 Status: Available
In a fading bed and breakfast, a reclusive young woman finds her quiet routine shattered by a guest whose startling revelation binds them together—forcing both to confront buried truths and depend on each other to survive what’s coming.
Meet Market
Author: Bruno Derlin Genre: TV Drama Page Count: 35
Anticipated Content Rating: TV-MA Status: Available
On the verge of divorce and barely holding it together, a Manhattan lounge DJ becomes an unlikely narrator of urban nightlife, revealing the chaos behind the bar, the quiet desperation of his regulars, and his own unraveling—one cat, one favor, and one track at a time.
It's Like That
Authors: Bruno Derlin, TJ Stone Genre: Romantic Comedy Page Count: 109
Anticipated MPAA Rating: R Status: Available
Still filming other people’s happily-ever-afters, a lonely wedding videographer sees his own rom-com revival when he reconnects with his childhood crush—only to realize she’s engaged to the same guy who made middle school miserable, forcing him to sabotage the wedding without sabotaging what little dignity he has left.
