Luke Film Development Funding

We're Making a Film. You Can Help Make It Happen.

LUKE
In a small-town hellscape where football is religion and high school quarterbacks can do no wrong, three women return for homecoming weekend with unfinished business.

Twenty years ago, they accused the hometown hero of rape. He denied it. The town chose him. Now he's living his best life… ESPN commentator, loving dad, beloved hometown hero.

The women are done being silent.

Little girls don't stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world.
- Kyle Stephens, Larry Nassar survivor


THE FILM
LUKE is a taut, pressure-cooker thriller set almost entirely within one high school over a single debaucherous homecoming weekend. It's Promising Young Woman meets Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with the anarchic fury of Assassination Nation. Sharp, darkly funny, and uncompromising in its examination of rape culture, complicity, and the long shadow of injustice.

Pitch Video
Business Plan

WHY THIS FILM. WHY NOW.

• Because survivors are tired of being told their pain is less valuable than his potential.
• Because small towns across America still protect their golden boys.
• Because Hollywood keeps telling rape-revenge stories from a male gaze, showing graphic violence and instant vengeance, when the real story is messier, longer, and more devastating.

LUKE tells the truth:

• About what it costs to not be believed
• About four women with four different survival strategies
• About a culture that would rather destroy girls than face reality
• About justice that may never come

We're making this film for the women who may never hear "I did it. I'm sorry."

WHO WE ARE
Laura Wagner - Producer
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award winner, Sundance Creative Producing Fellow

Laura Coover & Laura Campbell - Co-Writers/Directors
Award-winning filmmakers (DIFF Grand Jury Prize winner, Pandora Grant recipient, Stowe Story Labs alums, 200+ festival selections)

Rocky Russo (W.G.A.) - Co-Writer
Hulu series creator (Almost Friday), Brickleberry, Paradise PD, Farzar

Audrey Biche - Cinematographer
ASC Heritage Award nominee, 2x Panavision Grant recipient, Energacamerimage, AFI Fest, Raindance


THE PLAY
$60K to Get Us to the Line of Scrimmage
We're asking for $60,000 in development funding to get this film production-ready.

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING?
✅ Compensating producers driving this down the field
✅ Hiring a line producer to build bulletproof budgets and schedules
✅ Production and distribution of pitch materials to investors
✅ Scouting and securing locations in Minnesota's Iron Range
✅ Camera and lens testing with our award-winning DP
✅ Legal groundwork (lawyer, contracts, LLC maintenance, clearances)
✅ Business and admin costs (fiscal sponsor fees, accounting)


WHAT YOU GET

SUPPORTER RECOGNITION:
🏈 $50 → MASCOT → Social shout out
🏈 $100 → HOMETOWN HERO → Social shout out + exclusive digital lookbook
🏈 $250 → STARTER → All above + signed BTS photo
🏈 $500 → TEAM CAPTAIN→ All above + early access to teaser trailer
🏈 $1,000+ → OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR → All above + virtual Q&A with Directors after wrap
🏈 $5,000+ → GENERAL MANAGER → All above + signed poster
🏈 $10,000+ → HEAD COACH → All above + annotated screenplay
🏈 $25,000+ → CREATIVE PARTNER → All above + invitation to exclusive screening

LOOKING TO INVEST BIGGER?

Beyond this development campaign, we're also accepting investors and strategic partners for the full production budget ($1M+). Limited Executive Producer and Co-Executive Producer positions available with attractive benefits, including:

• Screen credits
• Set access
• Walk-on roles
• Potential ROI through our distribution waterfall

Investment, donation, and hybrid opportunities available. 📧 Contact us to schedule a meeting: lauralaurafilms@gmail.com


✨ DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT ✨

Does your employer match charitable gifts? Your donation to LUKE may qualify for corporate matching through our 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, potentially doubling your contribution at no cost to you. Check with your HR department to find out.
Not sure if your employer matches? Contact us and we'll research it for you!


IT'S FOURTH DOWN

We're going for it.

This one's for every woman who wasn't believed. Every girl told to shut up and move on. Everyone who knows the system protects the wrong people.

We're telling this story with dark humor, unflinching honesty, and zero apologies. The version Hollywood won't touch because it's too raw, too real, too threatening.

Every dollar gets us closer to cameras rolling in Minnesota's Iron Range.

Help us make it happen.