Get Happy
Get Happy
Feature
· Comedy · 96 pages
Status: Shopping
While at a camp for mentally ill teenagers, a girl discovers a magical diary that says she will commit suicide at the end of the week unless she can "get happy" before her time is up.
Written by
Thomas Douglas Mann
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"This coming of age story deals with mental health in teens in an honest, heartwarming, and hilarious way that has rarely been scene. With elements of IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY, this script is for someone looking for real characters with real struggles in mental health and suicide, but by supporting each other come out the other side victorious. "
Coverfly Writer Development Team
6 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Finalist,
ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2021
Finalist,
ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2020
Quarterfinalist,
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2021
1 Writer
Maidstone, Kent, GB
Whether it's ensuring the teen girl and her crush don’t get together (yet end up happy) or concocting ways to make innocent objects sinister (eggs have never been so spooky), Thomas always injects his projects with pertinent themes while maintaining the core promise of the genre. Based in the UK, he has developed projects with companies in LA and pl...
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Thomas is a UK-based spec writer who recently had multiple features optioned by producers in Europe and in the US, emphasizing his ability to write high-concept and zeitgeisty projects that can move a global audience. His features and pilots have heart, are budget-conscious and combine his love for US movies with his British, authorial sensibility. His voice really shines in the thriller and horror genre but he is always able to tell the powerful stories of underdogs who, like him, are ready to defy the odds.
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