Caleb Tumanako

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When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

July 10, 2020
A semi-retired military contractor accepts a special recon job involving defected Allied and Enemy soldiers in the Middle-East, there, the PMCs uncover a ritualistic cult heralding the emergence of their colossal-sized Nephilim.

March 9, 2019
When humans war with each other in the Matrix, Neo emerges to help the Agents maintain his peace deal until a newer anomaly arises in the form of a man who is being influenced by fragments of Smith’s code. (The Matrix 4 Concept)

March 4, 2019
When a streamer and his group of friends bully a stranger off a multiplayer game, they are targeted by him in real life with his own game, the streamer is left two steps behind and is in a race to stop the killings over the next 48 hours. Working Title: Stream (c)

February 21, 2019
After fending themselves from enemy forces, a small U.S. platoon escape into the Afghan mountains where they unknowingly enter into a strange and surreal game of survival with a hostile giant during their tour of duty.

February 13, 2019
A group of engineers help create a powerful artificial intelligent assistant that helps solve many of humanity’s problems leading to a great awakening that ends up demanding human worship.

February 8, 2019
After a toxic incident occurs during an online gaming stream, the streamer and his close circle of friends are targeted in real life as the streamer attempts to find out who’s behind the attacks.

February 6, 2019
With dreams to box at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and provide for his family, a young man is offered a more profitable career by a charismatic crime figure clashing with his values, beliefs and kind-hearted nature.

November 21, 2018
Working for the dole at a front for a criminal syndicate, a young man with dreams to box in the Sydney Olympics has an altercation with a client at work — capturing the eyes of the Owner who offers him a more profitable career… Clashing with his values and dreams.

November 18, 2018
When a Major disappears after an skirmishes with enemy forces, a search and rescue is undertaken as a Rookie slowly uncovers the existence of a greater, more primal threat that evolves into a series of horrific encounters beyond their capabilities.

October 12, 2018
During an extraction, the head of a Special Forces unit vanishes overnight, the second-in-command leads an impromptu search and rescue in which the unit are attacked by an adversary from an ancient and forgotten age.

October 10, 2018
On the brink of a new type of technological and societal global war, a charismatic figure rises through the political sphere using Social Media as he faces adversity from those who would profit from a war succeeding.

September 23, 2018
Offered a drug at a high end party, a woman?s eyes slowly open to another dimension, she seeks remedy as she desperately attempts to reclaim her own sanity.

March 31, 2018
When a Maori tribe surrounds another, a young Maori warrior who is mute rises up and earns a terrifying reputation until he meets an English female doctor who leads him down a path of love and self-discovery.

April 29, 2017
When a group of graffiti writers beat up a random on the beaches of Sydney, it leads to a true life tale of redemption and forgiveness.

October 28, 2015
An IDF Lieutenant has terrible visions of the world’s destruction relating to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Messiah through unexplained miracles.

July 7, 2015
When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

June 30, 2015
When three young men apart of the lad sub-culture beat up a civilian and steal his friend's camera, we become a fly-on-the-wall as we see what drives these three young men to do what they do as tensions arise as the night winds down, it leads to an implosion which devastates the community around them.

May 12, 2015
When the troubled son of a wealthy business CEO falls into heavy heroin abuse, he is taken care of J05HU4, an A.I. who is to help his son come off his heroin addiction only to relate to him during his withdrawals that evolves J05HU4 in the process.

March 9, 2015
When a struggling wrestling promoter seeks to revitalize the business with a classier product, he is met with opposite from "sports-entertainment" enthusiasts as he wrestles with the absurd, the egotistical, and the muscle-bound prime donnas backstage — risking everything to bring back the golden days of professional wrestling in the United States.

October 13, 2014

Recent reviews

on When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

How should I reframe the logline with the GMO as the protagonist/anti-hero? I still think if it's a Military Horror, that looking through the CIA handler's eyes as the GMO is like this super boogeyman, wouldn't that make the GMO…
on When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

To overthrow the US Government and take siege of the White House. His adventure takes him to several Black Sites around the U.S. that contain other GMO soldiers so he goes into them to set them free so he can…
on When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

Hm, so with that in mind - does the logline need to be reworked to accommodate that?
on When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

To clarify a bit also, what if Michael Myers was militarized?
on When a genetically-enhanced soldier escapes from a Military Black Site in New Mexico, his CIA handler struggles to find a way to apprehend him as the soldier leaves a trail of destruction throughout the United States.

It's grounded realism so the character should feel almost like what if the US Government produced a superhuman pretty much yet couldn't control him. Two main influences for this are Sicario (in terms of the realism), Brightburn and Akira. :)
on Jesus Christ returns to earth with a sword, living under an alias, he does battle with the Devil to save his daughter’s soul.

Contact me, caleb.danielt@gmail.com?I believe we can work together as I've had a similar story in the making. But here's my take - it can either be quite comedic, or serious.?"When Jesus of Nazareth returns to Earth, completely unrecognizable, he recruits…
on After a toxic incident occurs during an online gaming stream, the streamer and his close circle of friends are targeted in real life as the streamer attempts to find out who’s behind the attacks.

Re-worded. The game is not the monster here, it's a real person(s).
on Working for the dole at a front for a criminal syndicate, a young man with dreams to box in the Sydney Olympics has an altercation with a client at work — capturing the eyes of the Owner who offers him a more profitable career… Clashing with his values and dreams.

After a mild-mannered, capable young man resolves a conflict at his Work for the Dole job, he is offered a job by it's owner to provide for his disabled brother by being a henchman.
on During an extraction, the head of a Special Forces unit vanishes overnight, the second-in-command leads an impromptu search and rescue in which the unit are attacked by an adversary from an ancient and forgotten age.

Yeah, Predator vibes for sure but the vision I have is more grounded than expected. It's more like a modern day Western with a monster in it. Developing the Nephilim character, I did a bit of study on Nephilim and…
on When a group of graffiti writers beat up a random on the beaches of Sydney, it leads to a true life tale of redemption and forgiveness.

It's actually not horror but more in the style of This is England. It's a realistic tale of violence in Sydney and it's a seven minute short film. It begins with the introduction of a Sydney graffiti crew along with…
on An IDF Lieutenant has terrible visions of the world’s destruction relating to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Messiah through unexplained miracles.

I think i really rushed into it. Now, with advice, I'm going to change it.
on An IDF Lieutenant has terrible visions of the world’s destruction relating to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Messiah through unexplained miracles.

Well, I have studied the Scriptures and it all points to the coming of the Son of Perdition AKA the antichrist. My story centers around an IDF Lieutenant who realizes this and employs a secret group to take him out.…
on An IDF Lieutenant has terrible visions of the world’s destruction relating to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Messiah through unexplained miracles.

The King is the antichrist, the Man of God is from the Papacy and is The False prophet. The IDF soldier realizes this as the King of Israel ends up united going to war against every nation and overcoming them…
on When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

His goal is to one day wrestle at the Olympic Games but I'm wondering what scene should come first, him at Centrelink - trying to find a job or chasing his dream so there's two goals. I don't know if…
on When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

The first episode centres around him working at the car wash. A rich customer comes through, is very rude where we see the seventeen year-old show an aggressive side without actually touching the person which impresses the boss. The boss…
on When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

So, it's set in the year 1996. That's the first season. The second season will be 1997. Third 1998 Fourth and final 1999 The stand-over work turns into contract killing, drug dealing etc I am actually wondering whether to change…
on When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

It's a work for the dole program, he is forced into it. Money, ambition is stopping him. Shady world = stand-over work for a corrupt businessman.
on When a 17 year-old does a work for the dole program at a Sydney Car Wash for a businessman, he becomes entangled into his shady world while his dreams of wrestling at the 2000 Olympic Games becomes more and more distant by the year. Note: This is a TV pilot.

Hey Could you please if you're going to critique offer an alternative? The logic is - he is an amatuer wrestler who wants to wrestle at the 2000 Games in Sydney while his boss takes a liking to him and…
on When a struggling wrestling promoter seeks to revitalize the business with a classier product, he is met with opposite from "sports-entertainment" enthusiasts as he wrestles with the absurd, the egotistical, and the muscle-bound prime donnas backstage — risking everything to bring back the golden days of professional wrestling in the United States.

I think back in Bruno Sammartino's days things were actually a bit more respectable than the product now. :)
on After the world's economy crashes in 2025 along with most of Western society, a man of peace arrives on the political scene and revives what one English journalist writes, "The new Roman Empire", through a scattered European Union and United Nations, leading to the World's third and final World War.

Yes, it's The Beast from revelations. The Beast would be this revived Roman empire that brings a resolution to the economic crash (cashless society, all stored on the human body -- hand and/or head/forehead) but then it'd start terrorising the…