Stories by @michaelroy

Oppenheimer (2043)

The true story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist who rose to fame for leading the invention of the world's first atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project during World War II, as well as his ensuing guilt and remorse over the bomb's devastating effects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his controversial government security clearance hearing over his questionable background, actions, and associations.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Film Adaptation)

In this prequel set two years before the events of Life is Strange, 16-year-old Chloe Price has never had it easy. Three years ago, when her father died in a tragic car accident and her best friend Max moved away in the same year, it's seemed as if the whole world is out to get her. In steps Rachel Amber, the most popular girl at Blackwell Academy. Beautiful, intoxicating, and mysterious, Rachel shakes up Chloe's world, pulling her into the adventure of a lifetime. But will Chloe be able to find peace within herself whilst helping Rachel discover the truth about her childhood? Or will the flames of the past ignite an inferno that threatens to swallow them both?

Unforgiven

When a prostitute is disfigured by a pair of cowboys in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming, and triggered by the tough sheriff Little Bill Daggett's insufficient sense of justice, the rest of her brothel workers put a hefty bounty on the perpetrator's heads. With that, William Munny, an infamous former outlaw now Kansas farmer, embark on a dangerous last mission to kill the men who committed the hideous crime. Along with his old partner-in-crime and an inexperienced young gunslinger, Will enters a perilous world, one he renounced years ago and promised never to return to again, but still he needs the money. Now, blood demands blood. Who is the hero, and who is the villain?

Uncut Gems

Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweler, comes across a rare and valuable uncut gem, and over the course of a few terrible days in his life, he loses the gem and goes on a search to try to get it back all while making crazy high-stakes bets and gambling with his money, his family, and his life.

The Breakfast Club

A group of five high school students, each from different social cliques and different walks of life, endure a Saturday detention under their authoritarian principal. When each has a chance to tell his or her story of why they're each in detention, they begin to see each other differently and wonder if high school will ever be the same after they leave.

Training Day

Today is Jake Hoyt's first day on the Los Angeles Police force. And the rookie cop's partner, who will be teaching him the tricks of the trade on this day, is Alonzo Harris, one of the LAPD's finest narcotics detectives, and also one of the most unorthodox. While at first Jake believes Alonzo has good intentions behind his questionable ethics, one particularly hasty "assignment" puts him in an unwanted position with the corrupt Alonzo. In just one day, Jake realizes that Alonzo may not be the cop he thought he was, and the two are eventually pitted in a showdown where only one man can make it out alive.

The Outsiders (2024)

A teen gang, the working-class Greasers, are perpetually at odds with their rival group, the upper-class Socs. When Greasers Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade get into a brawl that ends in the murder of a Socs, the two boys are forced to go into hiding. Soon, Ponyboy and Johnny, along with the intense Dallas Winston and the rest of their Greaser buddies, must contend with the consequences of their violent lives. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption, others meet tragic ends.

Jaws

A police chief, with the help of a professional shark hunter and a marine biologist, hunts down a gigantic, man-eating great white shark that is attacking and killing beachgoers at a coastal summer resort town.

A Most Wanted Man

When a brutally tortured Syrian refugee turns up in Chicago's Muslim community laying claim to his father's ill-gotten fortune, both American and Russian government teams take a close interest. As the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's identity: oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist?

Blonde

The career and personal life of Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model & singer, famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. However, her troubled private life received much attention including her struggles with addiction and mood disorders, her highly publicized marriages and divorces, and long after her death, Marilyn remains a major pop culture icon.

Whiplash (2025)

Andrew Neiman, a young and ambitious jazz drummer and music student, is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor, Terence Fletcher, at a prestigious and cutthroat New York City music conservatory.

Macbeth

A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.

Detroit: Become Human (TV Series)

A science-fiction action-adventure story set in the city of Detroit, Michigan in the near future that follows three androids: Kara, who escapes her abusive human owner to explore her newfound sentience and protect a young girl named Alice; Connor, whose programmed job is to hunt down sentient androids; and Markus, who devotes himself to releasing other androids from servitude and becomes a leader in a rising android revolution.

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

In 1862, three gunslingers compete to find a fortune in a buried cache of Confederate gold amidst the chaos of the Civil War's New Mexico campaign while participating in many battles, confrontations, and duels along the way.

Hell or High Water

When Toby Howard, a desperate, divorced father, learns that the local bank is set to take his family's West Texas land, he and his brother Tanner Howard, a hardened ex-convict, are left with no choice. The pair set to robbing several of the bank's branches in order to raise enough of the money needed to pay off the mortgage on their family's land, but their actions put them in the crosshairs of Marcus Hamilton, an aging, uncompromising Texas Ranger nearing retirement. Eventually, the two sides will find themselves in an inevitable showdown amidst the rugged, sun-baked landscape of West Texas in this riveting story of crime, punishment, and brotherly love.

There Will Be Blood (2024)

Taking place from the turn of the century in 1898 to 1930, the story chronicles the life and times of Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a struggling silver miner into a self-made oil tycoon. When Daniel gets a tip-off that there's a small community out west where an ocean of oil is oozing up out of the ground, he heads with his adopted son, H.W., to take there chances in dust-worn Little Boston in southern California. In this hard-scrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday, Daniel and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the oil well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value is imperiled by greed, deceit, and the flow of oil.

Life is Strange (Film Adaptation)

Maxine "Max" Caulfield is a high school senior, studying photography at the prestigious private boarding school, Blackwell Academy. Max's life is about to change, however, when she discovers that she has the incredible power to rewind time. Now, she and her childhood best friend, Chloe Price, must embark on a harrowing personal adventure to find a missing girl, and prevent a looming and terrible fate for the town of Arcadia Bay.

A Star is Born (New Story Version)

Liam, a young but already seasoned and popular singer and musician, discovers--and falls in love with--Claire, a struggling singer who gets by working as a waitress. She has just about given up on her dream to become a famous singer--until Liam meets her and coaxes her into the spotlight. As Claire's career begins to take off and she achieves superstardom, the personal side of their relationship begins to disintegrate as Liam fights an ongoing battle with addiction and losing his own place in the spotlight to her.

The Great Gatsby

At the height of America's Roaring Twenties, Nick Carraway, an ambitious stockbroker, moves into a cozy cottage on Long Island in pursuit of the elusive "American Dream," and winds up befriending his mysterious, self-made millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. However, as Nick finds himself drawn into fabulous Gatsby's world of decadence and extravagance, he soon becomes entangled in an impossible love triangle forged by Gatsby's unrequited passion for Daisy Buchanan, Nick's married, sad-eyed cousin. Now, overpowering impulses and fervent desires can only spell trouble, paving the way for bitter heartbreak, tragedy, and lost dreams.

My Way

The life of legendary American singer & actor Frank Sinatra, from his upbringing by his Italian immigrant parents in Hoboken, New Jersey through his rise to stardom to become one of the world's most well-known entertainers all while leading a colorful personal life and involvements in many turbulent relationships.