The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project a riveting, fast-action, suspense thriller that travels from the concrete jungles of Manhattan and the halls of justice to the cocaine factories in the jungles of Columbia, to the pristine beaches of the Bahamas and Miami. After a drug deal gone bad, we meet the charming nephew of a ruthless Columbian Cartel leader, a Harvard educated attorney who after clerking for a Supreme Court Justice, expects to take over his uncle’s cartel and legitimize the business, and the dedicated DEA Agent who, orphaned as a child, is willing to compromise her ethics in search of answers behind the murder of her family and is now tasked with dismantling the Cartel. Weaving a tale of greed and corruption, the story follows the Manhattan corporate lawyers who use their positions to build a criminal cocaine distribution network, along with a mystery middle man who aids with import logistics, a depraved New York City minister, and his heir apparent, looking for a new revenue stream and are willing to sacrifice anyone to save the monument he built to himself, and the Bulldogs, a dedicated team of investigative reporters who were handed a story that unravels the complex enterprise and connects the players in a vast criminal web that exposes the depths the privileged will go to hide their criminal organization. The Manhattan Project is a riveting suspense thriller with plot twists and turns, exposing the underbelly of the drug cartel and the never-ending flow of money available to those who are willing to risk it all on the game.

  • Janet Walker
    Writer
    The Six Sides of Truth, The Assassins of Fifth Avenue, The Wednesday Killer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    114
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Toronto Film and Script Awards
    Toronto, Canada
    May 26, 2022
    Official Selection
  • London International Screenwriting Competition
    London, England
    June 19, 2022
    Semi-Finalist
  • Santa Barbara Film Awards
    Santa Barbara, California
    June 27, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Miami Indie Film Awards
    Miami, Florida
    July 4, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Oxford Script Awards
    London, England
    May 18, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 8 & HalFilm Awards
    Rome, Italy
    August 2, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 8 & HalFilm Awards
    Rome, Italy
    August 3, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Script
  • Paris Film Awards
    Paris, France
    August 3, 2023
    Official Selection
  • New York Movie Awards
    New York, NY
    August 3, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Hollywood Gold Awards
    Hollywood, CA
    August 3, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Paris Film Awards
    Paris, France
    August 6, 2023
    Winner - Silver Award - Feature Script
  • International Gold Awards
    New York, NY
    September 5, 2023
    Official Selection
  • International Gold Awards
    New York, NY
    September 6, 2023
    Winner - Silver Award - Feature Script
  • Chicago Indie Film Awards
    Chicago, Illniois
    September 26, 2023
    Official Selection
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    Hoboken
    October 29, 2023
    Official Selection
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    Hoboken, New Jersey
    October 30, 2023
    Finalist
  • Cambridge Script Festival
    Cambridge, UK
    October 1, 2024
    Winner - Best US Screenplay
  • Barcelona Indie Awards
    Barcelona, Spain
    January 7, 2025
    Nominee Best Original Screenplay
  • Golden State Film Festival
    Hollywood, California
    February 13, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Marina del Rey Film Festival
    Marina del Rey, California
    June 18, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Marina del Rey Film Festival
    Marina del Rey, California
    July 11, 2025
    Winner - Best Suspense Thriller Feature
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival
    Hollywood, CA
    September 3, 2025
    Official Selection
  • San Pedro International Film Festival
    San Pedro, California
    September 15, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival
    Hollywood, California
    September 17, 2025
    Winner - Best Crime Thriller Feature Screenplay
  • Folkestone Film Festival
    Folkestone, UK
    October 13, 2025
    Official Selection
  • London Movie Awards
    London, UK
    January 5, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Indie Vegas Film Festival
    Las Vegas, NV
    April 28, 2026
    Finalist
Writer Biography - Janet Walker

Janet Walker, a screenwriter, journalist, and beat writer, is the founder and Publisher of Haute-Lifestyle.com. She has been a credentialed member of the media for top industry events including The Academy Awards (Day of Show Winner's Room), AFI Film Festival, and Denver Film Festival, as well as an invited member of the press for Hollywood premieres, media junkets, and film screenings in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Ms. Walker honed her news reporting skills as the News Editor at Suffolk County Community College, where she assisted in turning an obscure student paper into a respected and recognized newspaper. She continued her education at New York University, and graduated, respectfully, with a major in Journalism and a minor in American History. She attended Circle in The Square Theatre School, an acceptance by audition only theatrical preparatory program. She has completed five screenplays, "The Six Sides of Truth," a cerebral espionage thriller, "The Assassins of Fifth Avenue," a race against time murder mystery, “The Wednesday Killer,” a riveting, crime drama, "The Manhattan Project," a tale of greed and corruption, and the Sci-fi action drama, “Project 13: The Last Day.” She has also created "Justice Watch Investigates: A True Crime Reality Series" and "Rape, Religion, Wall Street & Money," a six episode true crime investigation. She is a member of the Author's Guild, Northwest Screenwriter’s Guild, Online News Association, National Writers Union UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO and International Federation of Journalists.

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