Michael E. Miller is the writer of ten, feature-length original screenplays:
Please see logline syopsis of our feature screenplays, below. These screenplays are of different genres and budgets, but they are all inspirational stories, with wide-audience, commercial appeal. (Contact info below)
THE LIFE COACH
Romantic Comedy
An overworked L.A. executive finds love and balance in Kailua, Oahu.
A burnt-out Los Angeles executive, Mia, is sent to Kailua, Oahu for a “life coaching retreat, working vacation. She expects 5-star accommodations, a spa and spreadsheets – until she meets Donnie, a laid-back surf life coach with a broken past and a garage office at his grandma’s house. What starts as a clash of worlds turns into an unexpected romance that forces both to confront their fears, discover balance and choose between ambition and a casual aloha lifestyle. This is a heartwarming, family friendly comedy about letting go, diving in and finding love where you least expect it.
THINGS UNSEEN
Supernatural Suspense Thriller
Based on true events
How can you tell if a spirit or ghost is telling the truth and who they say they are?
A young married couple move into their first home and discover a suicide took place there many years ago. Through hauntings, dreams, apparitions, and a channeler medium, they find out the spirit of the deceased was actually murdered. The spirit helps the couple find the evidence they need to convict the murderer. Peace returns to the couple’s home. Years later, and hours before the death penalty is to be carried out for the supposed murderer, the spirit returns, bringing other spirits. The hauntings increase as the couple realizes they must act quickly to try to save an innocent man.
HAWAIIAN TIME
Romantic Comedy
Different values make love complicated
In this family-friendly romance, Mike, a down-on-his-luck L.A. paparazzo, has to find a celebrity wedding on the island of Kauai. On his first trip to the island, he learns about the Hawaiian culture and makes friends with local residents. In his search for the wedding, he meets Ku’uipo, an attractive, part Hawaiian woman. When her ethics collide with his job, Mike must make a choice. After an accident, where he nearly drowns, he experiences a shift in his thoughts and feelings. He chooses Ku’uipo over his job and their romance begins. On one of their adventures, Mike incidentally finds the celebrity wedding. He decides to take the prized photos. Ku’uipo sees him, becomes furious, and breaks up with him. Mike must truly decide between financial promise and true love.
THE LAST MENEHUNE
Family Friendly Drama
Ancient myths abound of the legendary Polynesian Menehune. What if one still exists today?
Keoki (28), is three-feet tall and the only one in his family with the gene of the Menehune from his ancestors. He enjoys life in a jungle treehouse on the island of Kauai. A tourist family from California visits the beach near Keoki’s camp. Daughter, Tara (20), goes for a swim and a rip current catches her. Keoki hears her cries for help and rescues her. Over the course of the week, Tara and her brother develop a friendship with Keoki, while he shows them around Kauai. Tara is fascinated by Keoki and the history of the Menehune. Tara and her brother hike into a remote valley when a flood occurs. Keoki heroically rescues them, but he dies while saving Tara. Afterwards, Tara studies the Menehune culture and visits Polynesian islands to trace Keoki’s ancestry.
CENTIPEDES IN PARADISE
Bro and Romanic Comedy
Based on true events
When two pals stumble upon a cure for infections their lives take unusual twists.
Chuck and Keoni are struggling roommates living in Hawaii. One day a centipede bites Chuck and they realize the venom cures various infections. The two decide to create a natural healing oil, made from the venom. They raise centipedes in their backyard and extract the venom. Diluting the venom with oils, they test it on volunteers with infections, miraculously curing them. They bottle and sell the product, hiding the main ingredient from the public. It sells successfully. To celebrate their financial gains, they host a big party at their home. During the party, a drunken guest stumbles into the gated backyard and falls into the centipede cages. He is bitten severely and the shocked party guests post photos of the centipede cages on social media. Days later, the product sales tank. With no income, they become depressed. To cheer up Keoni, his girlfriend unintentionally massages his private parts with the oil. Chuck and Keoni discover it works like Viagra and sell the formula to a large pharmaceutical firm, retiring rich.
LIFE AFTER LIFE, INTO ETERNITY
Faith Drama
Inspired by True Events
A near death experience results in big life changes.
Davo Jennings, the rebellious son of a pastor, enjoys life as a successful horror novel author. After a car accident, which results in a near death experience, Davo is sent to Hell. Demons torment him, but Jesus rescues him and brings him to Heaven. Jesus warns Davo, he must change. Davo agrees and meets his deceased grandfather who takes him on a spectacular tour of Heaven. Davo returns to his body, after being dead for two hours, and must make decisions with his work and relationships. He stops writing horror, is fired and sued, and suffers rejection from his friends, while staying true to his newfound faith.
THE REDNECK AND THE ROBOT
Modern Western Sci-fi Dramedy
Opposites attract when a cowboy falls in love with a human-like android. Can they love each other, despite their differences and moral judgments from others?
Hank Lewis, a widowed cattle rancher in West Texas, can’t find love. When a friend suggests a female robotic companion, Hank scoffs, but eventually orders one. The beautiful humanoid is better than expected. He names her Lila and teaches her to act like a Texan human. Lila helps him around the ranch and he falls in love with her. When military contractors mysteriously show up to take Lila back, Hank and Lila hideout in the hills. Attacked and surrounded, Lila becomes a high-grade weapon firing on their enemy and they escape. But an aerial drone fires at them, and she saves Hank’s life at the cost of her own, or so it seems…
WHITE FOX, TREE OF LIFE
Action Adventure Drama
One woman saves the Earth from climate change.
While hiking in a secluded Hawaiian valley, Libby, a nature explorer, discovers a mysterious fruit tree and eats its fruit. From it, due to her unique genetic make-up, she acquires super-human physical and mental abilities. She understands how to save the environment by using the fruit as an effective substitute for fossil fuel. Powerful traditional fuel and alternative energy companies join forces to stop her. Libby must fight to save her own life and the people she loves, as well as rescue the planet from imminent destruction.
THE ENDANGERED
Action Adventure Drama
Finding forgiveness and redemption nearly ends in disaster.
Eric, an ex-Special Forces Commander, with post-traumatic stress disorder, is tormented by a tragic military mishap where many innocent children died under his protection. Years later, he meets Anna, whose own daughter was recently kidnapped. In an attempt to exorcise his demons and find her daughter, Eric accepts a contract to locate and rescue a group of missing children. He assembles a team to locate the daughter and the other children trafficked to South America. When Eric and the team commence their rescue, the financier betrays them, and Eric’s reliving past tragedy seems inevitable. At the last minute, the team escapes, rescuing all the children. Eric then confronts the corrupt financier in a deadly battle…
FAULT LINE
Action Adventure
Nothing like saving the planet to revive a marriage.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is home to Kilauea, the world’s most active volcano. In the early 2000’s, a group of North Korean terrorists hijack a busload of U.S. Korean War Veterans. They threaten to murder hostages and ignite explosives in the fault zones, if the U.S. does not meet their demands. The U.S. Special Forces, contract the assistance of famed husband and wife geologists Dr. Tom and Susan Andrews, with marital problems. They get caught up in the plot and must rescue the hostages through underground lava tubes. and stop the “ticking-clock” of igniting the high-explosives, resulting in volcanic eruptions and a catastrophic tsunami. Tom and Susan rekindle their marriage, during nail-biting action.
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Michael Miller
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