Jeremy Dehn Writing Samples for Remedy Entertainment

I write in a variety of styles and genres, both solo and in collaboration with others. I’m never sure what people want to see, so I’ve linked to several samples that I feel are closest to Remedy’s stories. Please let me know if you’d like to see more of anything. 

BREAKWATER CITY

Sci-fi/mystery, television limited series – On an artificial island where everything is for sale, including the right to solve crimes, two detectives investigate a murder that will shake the city to its foundation.

Currently under shopping agreement

  • Genre Winner, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
  • Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break Competition
  • Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
  • Together with Beasts Undiscovered led to me being named an ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch

Excerpt (10 pages, opening scenes)

Full pilot episode (55 pages)

Pitch deck (concept art, plans for five seasons of the show, and more)

BEASTS UNDISCOVERED

Comedy/adventure, feature film – An aging, has-been cryptozoologist presses his estranged daughter into an expedition to find one of mythology’s rarest creatures.

Currently in preproduction, scheduled to shoot 2025, budget US$5m

  • Quarterfinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship
  • Top Script, The Black List
  • Recipient, US$150,000 Blue Sky Production Grant
  • Jim Henson’s Creature Shop attached to create special effects
  • Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey) attached to play Jake
  • Xochitl Gomez (Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Baby-Sitters Club) attached to play Sarah
  • Written by Jeremy Dehn & Cat Dale, Jeremy attached to direct

Excerpt (10 pages & first act break)

Full screenplay (91 pages)

Teaser trailer featuring a Jim Henson’s Creature Shop creation

Pitch deck

HEADLINERS

Dark comedy/thriller, feature film – Inspired by an unbelievable true story: a depression era man becomes a media sensation when he is found living with the corpse of his dead girlfriend, and a young woman, determined to be loved with such devotion, works her way into his life—and into his public image. 

Script in progress

  • Story by Jeremy Dehn & Cat Dale, script by Jeremy Dehn

Excerpt – key scene occurring at first act break (4 pages)

“BIRTHRIGHT”

Horror, short film – On the night his parents announce their divorce, a boy learns about a dark power. 

Currently in preproduction, planned to shoot 2025 or 2026

Whole script (8 pages)


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