The Table Read Podcast - hosted by Northern Unicorn Films

This is the live virtual table read of the comedy/drama pilot To Be Honest: Lifetime on the Hips by Jennifer Le Roux 

LOGLINE: Ex dancer and closet fashion designer, Bex (30s), feels like a big fat failure until she hijacks her bestie's parent hip hop dance crew, reclaims her power, and embraces the F-word (aka fat).

Directed by Emily Isaacs. 

Starring Kerry Howard, Matt Green, Junior Simpson, Emma Eckton, Ella Hunter-Clark, Emily Carding, Lena Richardson, Ann Samuel, Phil Davies, Tasmin Wyman-Walshaw, Nicole Forbes.

This is the live virtual table read of the pilot Dead Man's Cove.

LOGLINE: Two boozer sisters, Carleen and Francis, are living large after using the life insurance policies from their deceased husbands to buy a lakefront property. But their mobile home haven is constantly threatened by the neighboring HOA, nosy family members, and the typical hilarity that ensues when living in a southern small town neighborhood.

By Tim Westland and J.E. Clarke  

When his Colony ship is attacked by a brutal pirate race known as The Huuk, Pete and Wendy’s dream of adventure among the stars turns to one of survival, because the Huuk want nothing less than the extinction of the human race.  

PAAN is a science fiction reimagining of Peter Pan.  

This table read took place on August 22, 2020. I owe a debt of gratitude to the actors for their wonderful performances... please enjoy.  

This episode was not created by the team at Northern Unicorn Films Table Reads. We support other creatives by adding their table reads to this podcast.

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A live reading of the award-winning feature script "SWEET CUISINE", written by Dantè Orange, recut for entertainment purposes.  

Amanda Cutler is a small-town waitress with exceptional culinary prowess and a checkered past with the law. If that weren’t bad enough, Amanda is stuck in a lousy marriage while grieving the loss of her infant daughter. Determined to change her life, Amanda sets out to accomplish her lifelong goal of having her own restaurant. In order to make her dream a reality, she enlists the help of a resourceful banker as well as her closest friends and relatives, whose personal woes tie in to her own. Her best friend Chelsea is a single parent, struggling to make ends meet after beating addiction. Derek, Amanda's nerdy love interest, does what he can to support her goals but a troubling secret could threaten their friendship and any shot at romance. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, her childhood adversary returns to town and upon her arrival, the feud picks up where it ended. The sooner Amanda can conquer these hurdles, the sooner she’ll learn that the most bitter journey makes the end result deliciously sweet.  

The reading featured professional actors on the rise, performed via Zoom and streamed to YouTube on July 10th 2021.

RECORDING DATE: JUNE 27, 2021

A 1hr Pilot by J.E. Swainston
Genre: Supernatural Comedy

Logline: A rebellious young woman struggling to fulfill a shocking family legacy battles a world of monsters only she can see.

Starring
Carole Bound as Minerva Faye
Fernanda Espindola as Sunrise Faye
Erica McNabb as Billie Wilson
Dan Shaked as Pete "The Douche" Doucette
Denice Riddle as Karen Moriarty
Brian Cutter as Emrys Farraday/Charlie/Coroner
Rachel Esselle as Kat Farraday
David Keogh as Max Stein

Table read of Guy Crawford's 1/2hr pilot: The Vapors.

LOGLINE: If the Golden Girls met Weeds.

Directed by Alexis Adkins

This episode was not created by the team at Northern Unicorn Films Table Reads. We support other creatives by adding their table reads to this podcast.

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Table read of Jenna Hogan's 1-hr pilot, DEAR LIFE.

Pilot logline: After losing her mom when she was just 10 years old, Neely Eason tackles life, love, adulting, and lots of anxiety while holding tight to her close-knit, makeshift family until the return of her estranged brother triggers unresolved childhood trauma and threatens the stability of everything and everyone she holds dear.

A Feature by J.E. Swainston
Genre: Drama

Logline: The sequel to KEY TO PARADISE - a few months after the fall of the Judicial Authority, Eden Ash must escape the rioting in the big city and find a paradise for her and a band of survivors.

A Pilot 1/2hr by Alice Wells
Genre: Found Footage/Rock-Mock/Dark Comedy/Horror

Logline: Decades after the underground rock scene of the 1970s ended, a son discovers his father’s lost interview tapes with some of rock’s lesser known “legends,” and discovers that rock ‘n’ roll may never die, but it sure can kill.

A Pilot 1/2hr by Brian Cutter
Genre: Sci-Fi

Logline: Pilot episode of an all-new Star Wars adventure, with all new characters (and a couple of familiar ones).

A Feature by Peter R. Feuchtwanger
Genre: Romcom

Logline: A romcom about teen love and mental health.

A Feature by Phillip Davies
Genre: Drama

Logline: The Multiverse is infinite, space to hold it isn't, and it's getting smaller.

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Recording Date: April 12, 2021

Enjoy a Table Read of M.E. Ellington & Steve Stiefel's 1hr Drama Pilot, Tomorrow's Flight

LOGLINE: More Mysteries Than Stars In The Sky. 

Recording Date: March 17, 2021

Two episodes of M.E. Ellington & Steve Stiefel's drama pilot, The Harvesting

Recording Date: February 15, 2021

The Table read for a 1/2 Hour Dramedy pilot by Kate Harbert

A Feature by Kevin Ryan
Genre: Fantasy

Logline: Five Orcs attempt to pull off a heist of their Evil Queens fortress so they can pay for their escape from certain death during the final battle against the Good Alliance.

A Feature by J.E. Swainston
Genre: Sci Fi/Thriller

Logline: Claire's life and relationship have gone stale when out of the blue she receives a package with mysterious contents and a strange message; racing against time while on the run from a sinister stranger, a deranged woman, and a death cult leader, her life will never be the same.

A Feature by J.E. Swainston
Genre: Scifi/

Logline: Bounty Cop, Kahli Singh must race against time, avoiding government agents sent to kill her and her partner, and stop missiles from destroying the Earth.

Directed by J.E. Swainston

Narrator: Tim Westland

Starring:
Kathryn Kates as Eve Adams
Ashna Sharan as Kahili Singh
Bar Reddin as Kip Kipling
CL Sherwood as Charli Boyd
Erica Nicole as Anne Marle
Dan Shaked as Dr. Sung-Woo
Kim Hornsby as Alicia
with
Jerrod Naracon
Jamie Spears
Doug Allen
Lynn Matheson