Based on the young adult CHERUB novels; Two young agents are sent to New Zealand to help bring a gang leader behind bars.

by MagicCreeper 0 pts 847 views

“Only CHERUB agents can unearth the truth. They’re trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.”

Two CHERUB agents are sent to New Zealand to try and find enough evidence to put a gang leader behind bars. This is no ordinary gang leader though – he is an ex-military officer and very professional at what he does: sell drugs. Alex and Jessica (16 and 13 respectively) must befriend the gang leaders kids and gather enough evidence to get him behind bars.

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fejumas 0 pts

Question: is your script loosely inspired by the Cherub novels or a straight adaptation? In any case, I'm sure you're aware of the copyright implications.

Lachlan Huddy Penpusher · 50 pts

As I say, I think it'd be illuminating to include the reasoning behind sending such young kids into such a dangerous situation, and the way to do that is mention that their plan is to get close to the gang leader via his kids. Something like, "Two teenage spies are dispatched to New Zealand to befriend a gang leader's children and gather evidence against him." Covers who the central characters are, what they're doing, why they're doing it and how they're supposed to get it done. If you didn't need it so short you could include something on CHERUB - "Two agents of CHERUB, Britain's child intelligence service, are dispatched to New Zealand to take down a vicious gang leader by gaining the trust of his children."

Also, is there a particular reason the British intelligence service is interested in this gang leader on the other side of the world? It might be worth including.

MagicCreeper 0 pts

I used the word 'bring' because a lot of the CHERUB novels have the tendency of ending with the bad guy getting into the worst situation then being arrested by officers or being killed.

Also, I really wan't sure what else to put in my logline that wouldn't require some other depth into other aspects I had quickly thought up. If you have any tips I would love to know them.