League of Monster Slayers

Credits

Screenplay
Aaron Woodley

Director
Aaron Woodley

Producers
Jennifer Jonas & Leonard Farlinger

Co-Producer
Jessica Levin

Cast
TBA

Synopsis

Orphaned twin siblings LILLY (10) and SEBASTIAN (10), live at their wealthy uncle - MR. BLACKBURN's estate. The castle-like house is run by the cold and stern cook, MRS. KIND (60), the odd groundskeeper SAMUEL (50's), and mysterious, mute maid CAMILLE (60s). The orphans are alone, all their previous nannies have quit, exhausted by the children's overactive imaginations, discounting their wild stories that the house is haunted and that monsters are lurking.

Everything changes with the arrival of their new nanny, MADELINE THATCHER (29), a prim and proper sort who occupies them with intense schooling each day. But Madeline is more than she at first appears. In fact, the children quickly discover that their new nanny has trained in the dark arts since her father was killed by a werewolf when she was just 10. With vengeance she hunted the werewolf down and killed it with a silver bullet. Part detective, part warrior, Madeline is on business - undercover. Someone is up to no good at this house and she's there to put an end to it. The children agree to keep Madeline's identity under wraps, on the condition that she teaches them everything she knows about fighting monsters.

They name their newly formed alliance the "League of Monster Slayers" (L.M.S. being an acronym for Lilly, Madeline, Sebastian), and begin to uncover the dreaded secrets of the grand estate by doing battle with an onslaught of monsters and confronting an evil ghost constructing a portal to hell.

TIFF Discovery Award winner Aaron Woodley mixes part Mary Poppins, part Van Helsing, to create League Of Monster Slayers an original and entertaining film with all the elements of a wonderfully imaginative film for both children and adults.

Status

In development with the assistance of the Harold Greenberg fun and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.