A novel and feature film script, I AM HUMAN is an atypical story about the final evolution of humankind.
In the middle of the 21st century, over-populated planet earth is battling the climate crisis, social collapse and the ever-increasing threat of war. Desperate to flee an unfulfilled life in the city, Atom Vélez takes a position as an astrophysicist working at a remote observatory in the Atacama desert. When Atom intercepts a mysterious signal from an unknown source in the southern constellation of Centaurus, he believes the transmission might be the help the world so desperately needs. In the final days before war breaks out, the observatory is abandoned but Atom refuses to leave. He is determined to translate the enchanting sound from the interstellar transmission, into a language the world might be better able to understand.
Broken is a geopolitical thriller that has been optioned and is in development. After the first in-residence writer’s room, a revised pilot script has been commissioned and written.
Set against the backdrop of a politically divided world, an American musician, Charlotte Winters, falls in love with an enigmatic Serbian nationalist, Stefan Petrovic. Their once-in-a-lifetime romance sets the stage for them to become unwittingly entangled in a shadowy plot to steal a priceless religious manuscript. The stakes escalate as Charlotte finds herself investigating the mystery of Stefan's disappearance, all the while striving to be free from the Machiavellian expectations of her parents. As the story spirals to a conclusion, Charlotte discovers the eternal consequences of a celestial vow and the unassailability of true love.
Set during the 2008 financial crisis, THE MICHIGAN TURNPIKE is the wonderfully bittersweet love story of happily married couple Jack and Maggie Adams from Detroit Michigan. It is a touching metaphor for the death of the American dream.
Richard co-wrote a screenplay adaptation of the party-crashing Chuck Palahniuk best-selling novel RANT. The non-inear collection of interviews of the original novel follows story of the rabid serial killer Rant Casey who becomes obsessed with achieving immortality.