In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray

Feature · Animated · 116 pages
In 1943, 14 year-old Pennsylvanian nerd Judson Conover dreams of sharing adventures with his newfound favorite movie hero, Dublin McGinn. But when Judson mysteriously switches bodies with McGinn’s comic sidekick, diminutive English teenage genius Thaddeus Thackeray, Judson realizes that surviving animated serials is MUCH harder than it looks. Mean...
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Written by Adam McDaniel
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Accolade Highlights
Honorable Mention, Fresh Voices 2020-2021
Finalist, Table Read My Screenplay - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller 2020

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Monrovia, CA
Adam McDaniel is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, and writer. He is also an unapologetic nerd and movie geek. Growing up in Connecticut and New Jersey, he was largely a self-taught artist, drawing at an early age and winning several local and regional art competitions. At the start of his junior year in high school, he sought out a two-year t...
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WINNER: SPOTLIGHT AWARD: COURAGE & FORTITUDE, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. March 2021. Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition - Honorable Mention / TOP 3, Family Film/Musical/Animated. March 2021. Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition - TOP 10, Comedy. Sept. 2020. Table Read My Screenplay 2020: Genre Competition - TOP 10, Action/Adventure. Sept. 2020. Table Read My Screenplay 2021: Genre Competition - TOP 100, Action/Adventure. March 2021. FINALIST: Glendale International Film Festival. Sept. 2023. StoryPros Screenplay Contest -- Family/Teen/Animation. June 2021. ScreenCraft Animation Screenplay Competition. April 2020. Filmmatic Screenplay Awards – Comedy. September 2019. SEMI-FINALIST: Stage 32 New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest. September 2021. ISA Comedy Genre Busting Screenplay Competition. June 2021. Amazon Studios Best Script Awards - TOP 50. December 2010. (After the announcement, McDaniel discovered he had to withdraw the script from further competition, as Warner Bros. employees were disqualified from participating.) QUARTERFINALIST: ISA Family & Holiday + Genre Busting Screenplay Competition. February 2022. Script2Comic Screenplay Competition. October 2020. Feature, The Southern California Screenplay Competition. January 2020. ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition. December 2019. OTHER HONORS: Official Selection, KIDS FIRST! Film Festival. December 2021. Best script of 2006, The Unsung Critic​. January 2007. Featured on Coverfly's THE RED LIST. Official Selection, COVERFLY PITCH WEEK, Sept. 2020.