MacLean’s acclaimed TV pilot Lady Killer, which explores women who date men in prison, has racked up another laurel. The project is a semi-finalist for the Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition.
The script, which began as a web series concept for Super Deluxe, has garnered attention from agencies, directors, and production companies as well as many accolades such as:
-Winner of the 2018 Writers For Writers Fellowship (Script Pipeline)
-Selected for Stowe Story Labs
-Honorable Mention and Fellowship from Sidewalk Films
-Top 10 TV Pilot in Table Read My Screenplay
-Finalist for WeScreenplay, Orchard Project, Script Lab
-Top 3% overall on Coverfly
-Selected for Coverfly pitch week
-staged readings with Script’d and Coverfly
The project has since attracted the attention of major actors.
MacLean became aware of the online prison dating phenomenon while watching Making of a Murderer, and noticing that, while she and her friends were bemoaning the app dating field, convicted killer Steven Avery had at least three girlfriends during the course of the series.
A research rabbit hole revealed that prison dating sites are a three billion dollar a year industry. The reasons why a woman might be fed up with dating were clear. But dating prisoners? This pitch black pilot, in the vein of the Coen Brothers and Barry explores the pitfalls of when true crime meets true love.
ALI MacLEAN 