GRIPPED
WRITTEN BY: Mark Blutman
LOGLINE: A one-hour YA drama adapted from author Stacy Padula’s best-selling book series, chronicling the fragile lives of a group of young adults whose world revolves around their passion for football, their drive to make a whole lot of money playing it, over bearing parents and the gripping epidemic of addiction and mental health struggles. A series where bad things happen to good kids from good families and the struggles to overcome those bad things.
VIBE CHECK: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS x CRUEL SUMMER x EUPHORIA
FORMAT: One-hour Pilot
SUBGENRE: Drama
PROJECT IN THE PRESS: Read the DEADLINE announcement HERE. | Set a GENERAL MEETING HERE.
STATEMENT FROM MARK BLUTMAN: Gripped is a deeply personal project for both myself and the book’s author, Stacy Padula. Stacy lost some close friends to addiction and the book series was her love letter to them as well as a cautionary tell to others. It also deals with mental health struggles which I consistently advocate for being the child of a mother with severe mental health issues. We are searching for partners who have a personal connection with the subject matter and want to change lives for the better.
ATTACHMENTS: Mike O’Malley is attached to EP alongside Mark and play Taylor Dunkin’s father.
REPRESENTATION: Greg Weiss
