Dave has spent a considerable amount of 2023 and 2024 developing series concepts to a ‘ready-to-pitch’ level. These are series that would be ideal for streaming services, both in Australia and internationally.

We are looking for production partners and streaming services that would be interested in receiving pitch materials and sample scripts for these titles and would like to take a pitch meeting.

If you’re interested in partnering on any of these titles, please contact us on contact@marleysghost.com.au

Child star
12 x 1 hour Limited Series
Drama

After the death of her former castmate, former child star Maxine Brooke is torn between keeping the abuses they suffered on their show secret, and a desire to be true to herself. In this tragedy, Max is drawn together with her other former castmates, which brings up old memories and opens old wounds.

Now Max must come to grips with the trauma of the past, the sometimes frightening parasocial relationship with her fans, and the struggle between being successful in entertainment and having her own voice.

Sojourner
10 x 45 minute returnable series
SCIENCE FICTION

Hundreds of years into the future, humanity’s expansion into the solar system is brought to a standstill when Earth is invaded by a mysterious alien force. With Earth lost, the various colonies of the solar system have become isolated, growing into their own societies as the years pass. From the corporate monopoly Mars and the belt, to the busy industrial society of Jupiter and it’s moons. From the wild frontier of the Trojans, to the lonely refuge of Saturn.

In this state of decline, the only ships that travel between planets are the massive automated behemoths that transport cargo and raw materials, and the runners; small, maverick transports that offer passage to the rare few people who wish to go from one colony to the next. One such transport is the Sojourner, a former exploratory ship that has been retrofitted for passengers. Her crew eke out a living on the fares of the desperate, using the long voyages as a place to hide from the worlds. But as runners, their services are valuable to those who seek change, seek power, and seek revolution.

Even in space, you can’t run forever.

Broken Circle
10 x 45 minute returnable series
ACTION/ADVENTURE

For decades, supervillains attempted to take over the world.

20 years ago, one did.

The world is now worn into a weary state of feudal fascism, where lesser villains control their own domains and all pay homage to their ruler, Quantum. All those how possess gifts that could make them heroes are hunted down and enslaved. Regular people live lives of fear and compliance, and only a series of underground comic books tell the stories of the lost heroes.

Without warning, a new hero emerges on a mission of vengeance. Fate. With super strength and the power to conduct electricity, Fate is hellbent on disrupting the rule of the villains and bring down Quantum. But behind this crusade is a story of pain and grief, driving them to destroy all that Quantum has built.

Melbourne Love Story
8 x 30 minute returnable series
ROMANTIC DRAMEDY

When Samara Dempsey was nineteen, her and her friend Jayde traveled to Australia for the summer. On New Year’s Eve, she shared a kiss with a Melbourne girl named Evelyn in one of the most intimate moments of her life. Little did she know that Jayde, an aspiring photographer, took a photo of the kiss, which then won a major art prize and went viral online.

Ten years later, ‘Finally Free’ is cultural touchstone for many queer millennials and Samara struggles with the dubious honour of being a queer icon given she never really became comfortable with her own sexuality. Now an actor, Samara is unlucky in love. As her thirty birthday approaches, Jayde decides they should return to Australia and find the Evelyn from the photo. But it’s not picture perfect when they learn about the negative impact the photograph has had on Evelyn’s life.

This is a unique story of love, culture and identity in the deep melting pot of Melbourne, Australia.