Stories by @ryanjjacob

Sinners

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Yellowjackets adult timeline

A team of wildly talented high-school girls soccer players survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clans, while also tracking the lives they have attempted to piece back together.

She Loves Me

Amalia and Georg work together at a modest Hungarian parfurmerie, and have disliked each other from the very beginning. He thinks she’s stuck up, and she thinks he’s arrogant and mean. But each rapturously writes to a lonely hearts pen pal when the work day is done, and it doesn’t take long for the audience to see that they’re in love without realizing it.

The Glass Menagerie

Set in St. Louis in 1937, Tom works a tiresome job in a shoe warehouse in order to support his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura. Based on the memory play by Tennessee Williams.

The Tragedy of Hamlet

Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.

Dance Nation

A dance team of preteen girls is preparing for the most important moment of their lives – the national dance final in Tampa.

Kubrick

A fictionized account of what happened behind the scenes of the 1980 horror film 'The Shining'

He Had It Coming: The Luigi Mangione Story

Based on the case against Luigi Mangione.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

The divine protector of Earth, Raiden, attempts to change the aftermath of the events of Armageddon by contacting his past self as he faces defeat at the hands of the evil emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn.

Songstress Biopics

Biopics of famous divas/songstresses

Girl, Interrupted with the cast of Yellowjackets

Based on the 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, recalling her experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

TV shows I'd like to see actors in

Listing guest appearances I'd like to see in shows

Monster: The Casey Anthony Story

A limited series following Casey Anthony's case.

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a young woman who experiences a mental breakdown during a summer internship in New York City. The novel explores themes of identity, societal expectations, and mental illness, particularly the limitations placed on women in 1950s America. Esther's journey involves navigating the pressures of her career aspirations, her relationships, and her internal struggles with depression and isolation.

Children and Art

A biography of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim set in the 1980s

The House of LaLaurie

A loosely based account of Madame Delphine LaLaurie's torture of her slaves in 1830s New Orleans.

Blue

A biographical drama blending the romantic and artistic life of Joni Mitchell.

Monster: The Ruby Franke Story

A limited series depicting the fall of 8 Passengers vlogger Ruby Franke.

Wicked

Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths.

The Holdovers

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.