A SIGNAL IN THE STATIC
THE’VE TAKEN HER MIND
HIS AI WIFE HACKED. RANSOMWARE HAS A WHOLE NEW MEANING.
THE DROP > A new transmission from Pale Array
Reviews for The Drop
“Wholly and wildly Original - The Black List”
TITLE: The Drop
WRITTEN BY: Adam Thomas Lumb
FORMAT: Feature Screenplay
LOGLINE: When ransomware abducts his AI wife’s consciousness, a spaceport director must deliver the ransom to a space elevator dangling 27 miles above Earth.
Disaster / Cyberpunk
Near-future tech-noir rescue thriller
Suspenseful, Thought-provoking, Emotionally charged, Unsettling, Futuristic
Comparables include; Taken, Bladerunner, Bladerunner 2049, Her, The Matrix, Skyscraper, Carry-On, Die Hard 2, Fall, Gravity, Cliffhanger, Ransom.
A world where the super-rich fall in love with synthetics
WHEN THEIR MINDS ARE HELD CAPTIVE IN THE DARK WEB IT TAKES A NEW KIND OF DETECTIVE TO GET THEM OUT
THE DROP > A new transmission from Pale Array
THEY’VE TAKEN HIS WIFE
HE’LL MAKE THE RANSOM DROP
27 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH
THE DROP > A new transmission from Pale Array
This already feels like cinema.
A complete screenplay and visual pitch deck are ready.
Pale Array is a boutique IP packaging label, creating emotionally resonant, genre-forward screenplays with strong commercial hooks —across sci-fi, horror, thriller, and myth.Each project is built around a high-concept premise, cinematic worldbuilding, and aesthetic intent — designed to attract producers, investors, and early fans through story-first, campaign-led strategies.We don’t produce or represent talent. We create market-ready screenplays, pitch decks, and branded narrative IP made for acquisition, adaptation, and licensing across film and beyond.A SIGNAL IN THE STATIC. TUNE IN.
PRODUCERS, AGENTS, MANAGERS AND EXECS GET FULL ACCESS TO THIS LATEST SCREENPLAY
Pale Array was founded by Adam Thomas Lumb — a writer and IP strategist whose graphic novel The Tide earned praise for its cinematic worldbuilding. He’s led IP development for BBC Motion Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, and founded Royal Armouries Entertainment. He is a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema.
The Drop script is available for acquisition. Film makers wishing to read, please use the form below to request the screenplay and visual pitch deck or email [email protected]
