Hailey Kathler's Writing Portfolio

Writing Portfolio 2020


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Download the full writing portfolio in zipped form by clicking on the link below. Included are samples of various projects I have created; Jefftown is a comedic Film Noir TV Pilot, imagining a town where toxic masculinity reigns supreme; The Post War Economy is a Proof Of Concept for a post-apocalyptic sitcom; No Nunsense is an adult cartoon short about bad-ass nuns that was pitched to Comedy Central; A children’s action-adventure cartoon called Knights! rounds out the group; and finally, the script for Cowboys & Alchemists, a comedic character-driven show that combines a Western-style world with magic, elves, monsters and other high-fantasy elements.

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Cowboys & Alchemists

18-34, TV 14+, 11 minutes, Comedy/Fantasy

Immortal Cowboy Wizard Wes Ashley teams up with Alys, an illiterate bandit turning over a new leaf, and Dante, a nervous deputy trying to build up his confidence, to regain Wes's stolen magic and rid the world of a dangerous cabal of evil wizards.


In the short, Wes and Dante attempt to capture notorious bandit Alys after a show, but end up becoming friends after her prowess in stage magic saves their skins.


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Jefftown

18-34, TV 14+, 22 minutes, Comedy/Film Noir Mystery

Jefftown is a film-noir inspired dark comedy, about a mysterious small town out in the desert populated entirely by men named Jeff. Life in Jefftown is bizarre but humdrum, until a 26 year old delivery pilot named Jack crashes his plane on the outskirts of town. He explores this strange place and slowly starts to realize he cannot leave Jefftown, and the mystery he tries to solve could change everything - if he doesn’t lose his mind first.


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No Nunsense

18-34, TV MA, 22 minutes, Comedy

“No Nunsense” is a satirical comedy about a group of badass Nuns who have turned their convent into a crime ring in order to combat the recent rise of Neo-Nazis, rogue orphans, and other nogoodnik-ery. It’s The Sound of Music directed by Quentin Tarantino. It’s Guy Ritchie’s Sister Act. It’s equal parts irreverence and social relevance. It’s as violent as it is goofy, as cool as it is silly, it’s feminine and feminist, all at the same time. They’re nuns with guns. And they’re coming for you.


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The Post War Economy

18-34, TV 14+, 22 minutes, Comedy/Workplace Sitcom

Stuck somewhere between surviving and thriving, the employees of a make-shift furniture store in a post-apocalyptic world maintain a delicate balance between the nuclear horrors of their devastated planet and the horrors of working retail.


In the short, Assistant Manager Max is tasked with firing Thropnar The Decapitator, a mutant who has decapitated one too many customers. More like one HUNDRED too many customers.


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Knights! In Space!

6-11, TV PG, 11 minutes, Action/Adventure

It’s no easy task becoming a galactic Knight, but that won’t stop Red! An excitable 12-year-old alien who has just become a squire, that is, a Knight-in-training, Red is ready to take on the galaxy. Along with her new team Olly, Claw and Eddie, will learn not only what it means to be a Knight, but what it means to be yourself.


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