He has never seen night
Day Boy Night Girl
She has never seen day
The dark-fantasy feature from the 1882 story.
01 · The film
A dark fairy tale,
played straight
Two children raised to fear half the world. Each escapes into it.
MacDonald, 1882 · Dark fantasy · Feature
02 · The five chairs
Five chairs.
This round fills them.
Every chair fills in public, as it signs.
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CHAIR 1
Director
OPENThe single attachment every other yes depends on.
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CHAIR 2
Lead · Photogen
OPENThe boy raised in daylight. Priced for foreign value.
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CHAIR 3
Lead · Nycteris
OPENThe girl raised in lamplight. Priced for foreign value.
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CHAIR 4
Cinematographer
RESERVED — FILLS WITH THE DIRECTORSelected with the director.
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CHAIR 5
Composer
RESERVED — FILLS WITH THE DIRECTORSelected with the director.
Sample Sample data. An illustration of how this grid reads once the round is moving — not a current attachment, and not a forecast.
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CHAIR 1
Director
ATTACHED [Name] Sample state — not an actual attachmentThe single attachment every other yes depends on.
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CHAIR 2
Lead · Photogen
OFFER IN NEGOTIATIONThe boy raised in daylight. Priced for foreign value.
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CHAIR 3
Lead · Nycteris
OPENThe girl raised in lamplight. Priced for foreign value.
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CHAIR 4
Cinematographer
RESERVED — FILLS WITH THE DIRECTORSelected with the director.
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CHAIR 5
Composer
RESERVED — FILLS WITH THE DIRECTORSelected with the director.
Each chair: a deposit against the fee, backed by escrow.
03 · The target list
Who we’re hunting
Produced genre feature. Festival premiere. Last five years.
Breakout leads, A24 / Neon lane. Priced for foreign value.
Selected with the director.
Profile Offer in negotiation Attached — name goes public
Why no names yet?
Names appear when contracts are signed. Never before.
The named list is in the room →04 · The 18-month clock
18 months
to greenlight
Not greenlit by month 18, escrowed funds return to investors.
- Round closes
- Chairs attached
- Estimates + incentives
- Pre-sales
- Greenlight · M18
Escrow held for the full window. Mechanics in the investor materials.
05 · The Executive Producer seat
What the seat is
Your name in the main titles
On set. At the premiere.
Dailies. Cuts. Casting, first.
EP credits limited to six seats this round
06 · The producer
James Jackson Leach
Three produced features.
| Credit | With | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Dirty Weekend | Neil LaBute · Matthew Broderick, Alice Eve | Closes talent deals. |
| Hard Reset | Feature · delivered on budget | Delivers films. |
| Call Me Brother | Sold · distributed | Sells films. |
07 · The road to greenlight
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STEP 1Chairs filledThe package exists.
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STEP 2Sales estimatesPriced by territory.
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STEP 3State incentivesRoughly a third of budget.
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STEP 4Pre-salesKey territories, against the names.
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STEP 5Financing closedFunds close.
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MONTH ≤ 18GreenlitCameras get dates.
08 · The world
140 years in print. Never filmed.
Public domain. Lewis’s master. Tolkien’s reading.
One castle. Two chambers. A wood that watches.
09 · Questions
What is an Executive Producer on this film?
Your credit in the main titles and on IMDb, and access to the production from casting through premiere. Terms are in the investor materials.
What exactly do the five chairs cost, and why?
A deposit against the talent’s fee, backed by an escrow-held offer — what makes an offer real to an agent. Figures in the investor materials.
What happens if the film isn’t greenlit in 18 months?
Escrowed funds return to investors. Full mechanics in the investor materials.
Why aren’t the talent names shown yet?
Names appear when contracts are signed. Every filled chair here is a fact, not a hope.
Am I eligible?
Accredited investors only, verified by a third party. The verification step →
10 · Request access
Six seats.
Verify once. The producer calls within 24 hours.
Inside the room
- The full deck and the named target list
- The capital stack and territory plan
- The recoupment waterfall and where an EP sits in it
- Return scenarios, risks, and the terms summary
Figures and projections are shared only inside the room, to verified accredited investors.