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“ENDLINGS”AnewseriescreatedbyJ.J.Johnson!

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JOHNNY12,MALEandFEMALE(wewillchangethenameifwecastagirl)."There’ssomethingsthathavehappenedtomethatIdon’treallyliketotalkabout,butthey’vestillhappened.Imean,Ihaven’tforgottenaboutthem.Iuhm,basicallytrytoforgetaboutthem,don’tthinkaboutthem,andthentheyonlycomeuponceinawhile.”Pickpocketersareskilledatbeingabletoremainundetected.Johnnyneverlearnedthatskill,whichishowhe’slandedatMr.Leopold’sfosterhome,thefirstplacethat’severfeltlikearealhomeforhim.Johnnyworkshardtomakesureitfeelsthatwayfortheotherkidsthatlivetheretoo.He’satoughkidwithasoftcore;aready,aim,fire-fire-firetypepersonality,whosejudgmentcangeteasilyclouded,especiallywhenhisnewfoundfamilyisatrisk.SERIESLEAD.geteasilyclouded,especiallywhenhisnewfoundfamilyisatrisk.SERIESLEAD.**FORTHISROLEWEARELOOKINGTHROUGHOUTCANADA,THEUNITEDSTATESANDTHEUK**

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“ENDLINGS”

AnewseriescreatedbyJ.J.Johnson!

Storyline:Sometimestheendisjustthebeginning…WhenthelastelephantonEarthmysteriouslyvanishes,fourfosterkidsdiscoverthatthey’renotaloneintheuniverse,eventhoughsometimesit

canfeelliketheyare.

COVERPAGE:JOHNNY12,MALEandFEMALE(wewillchangethenameifwecastagirl)."There’ssomethingsthathavehappenedtomethatIdon’treallyliketotalkabout,butthey’vestillhappened.Imean,Ihaven’tforgottenaboutthem.Iuhm,basicallytrytoforgetaboutthem,don’tthinkaboutthem,andthentheyonlycomeuponceinawhile.”Pickpocketersareskilledatbeingabletoremainundetected.Johnnyneverlearnedthatskill,whichishowhe’slandedatMr.Leopold’sfosterhome,thefirstplacethat’severfeltlikearealhomeforhim.Johnnyworkshardtomakesureitfeelsthatwayfortheotherkidsthatlivetheretoo.He’satoughkidwithasoftcore;aready,aim,fire-fire-firetypepersonality,whosejudgmentcangeteasilyclouded,especiallywhenhisnewfoundfamilyisatrisk.SERIESLEAD.geteasilyclouded,especiallywhenhisnewfoundfamilyisatrisk.SERIESLEAD.**FORTHISROLEWEARELOOKINGTHROUGHOUTCANADA,THEUNITEDSTATESANDTHEUK**

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Johnny comes back into the song before passing the broomophone over to BETTY the cow.

JOHNNY (CONT’D)“... when I hear:”

Betty <MOOS> to the music.

JOHNNY (CONT’D)That’s my girl!

A different hand shuts off the music by aggressively slapping the interface.

Johnny and Betty, in frozen musical duo, turn towards the party wrecker.

Reveal MR. LEOPOLD, mid 60’s and imposing.

MR. LEOPOLDJohnny, what did I say about playing music in the barn?

Johnny approaches Mr. Leopold.

JOHNNYPlay it loud enough so you can hear it in the house?

Smiles creep across both their faces, Johnny gives Mr. Leopold a high five that pulls into a chest bump.

MR. LEOPOLDExactly. Now hurry up with your chores, we’ve only got...

Mr. Leopold brings up his watch before noticing its gone, he holds out his hand to Johnny. Beat. Johnny pulls out the WATCH from a pocket.

JOHNNYSorry, old habit.

Johnny passes the watch back.

MR. LEOPOLD We’ve only got a few hours before our new visitor arrives.

JOHNNYWhat she like Mr. Leopold?

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Julia turns to face Tabby, she still has a ton of food in her mouth.

TABBYYou’re going to love Betty the cow.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT

Everyone continues to eat inside the dining room as the camera pulls back and pans off the house to settle on the barn in the distance. Beat. The giant insect’s foot steps into frame. We hear the <CRICKET CHATTER> of its vocalizations off camera. The foot lifts and takes a step closer to the farm.

EXT. PATH TO BARN - NIGHT - LATER

Tilt down from the stars to find Johnny, Julia, Tabby and Finn en route to the barn. Johnny is pulling Tabby and Finn on his hoverboard via a SKIPPING ROPE that’s strung around his waist.

JOHNNYYou ever rode a hoverboard before?

JULIANo.

JOHNNYI could teach you.

JULIAYeah, maybe.

The skipping rope slaps against Johnny’s back, reveal Tabby using it like a reign.

TABBYFaster horsey! Faster! Mush, mush!

Julia looks back at the two younger kids.

JULIADoes Finn ever talk?

JOHNNYI’ve never heard him. His parent’s weren’t the greatest... but I guess we’ve all got our stuff, right?

JULIARight.

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The two walk in silence, Julia breaks it.

JULIA (CONT’D)What’s your stuff?

Johnny has trouble answering.

JOHNNYThere’s some things that have happened to me that I don’t really like to talk about, but they’ve still happened. I mean, I haven’t forgotten about them. I uhm, I basically try to forget about them, don’t think about them and then they only come up once in awhile.

JULIASorry for bringing...

JOHNNYIt’s okay.

Changing topics.

JULIACan I tell you a secret?

TABBY (yelling from behind)

I’m not good at keeping secrets. Finn’s great though.

JOHNNYWhat is it?

JULIAI saw something today.

TABBYWhat, what did you see? Speak louder.

JULIAI saw an elephant...

TABBYWhat?

Finn mimics an elephant for Tabby.

TABBY (CONT’D)No, I know what an elephant is Finn, plus I do it like this:

(MORE)

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(puts her whole arm in her face)

Gives you more trunk.

Tabby stays in elephant mode.

TABBY (CONT’D)Where?

JULIAIn the field. It walked right past me.

TABBYThat’s impossible, there’s only like one left and its in Africa.

We hear the same <CRICKET CLATTER> as before.

JOHNNYDid you hear that?

TABBYMaybe it’s Julia’s magical teleporting elephant?

The trees beside them start to churn as if something was pushing through them, the noise intensifies.

TABBY (CONT’D)That doesn’t sound like an elephant.

(nervous)Johnny?

The <CRICKET CLATTER> grows in intensity.

JOHNNYLet’s get out of here...

Julia and Johnny start to run, Johnny drags the hoverboard behind him. The trees continue to rustle beside them.

JULIAIt’s following us!

Suddenly one of the creature’s legs snap out from the trees and lands on the skipping rope, snapping it instantly. Finn and Tabby spiral into the tree line. Tabby screams.

JOHNNYTabby! Finn!

TABBY (CONT’D)

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