SHADES OF GRAY (drama) Against all odds, a black child, born to white supremacist' parents after a fertilization mishap, uses his skills on the baseball diamond and the help from a local priest to turn the opinions of a rural Idaho community. STRANGLEHOLD: (psychological thriller - Finalist : Philadelphia screenwriter's contest)Ī distraught detective, accused of murder, is haunted by a childhood he cannot remember. PAPA JOHN (TV series - Steve Alten and Hall of Fame basketball coach John Chaney.Ī feisty, driven African American coach, in the twilight of his career, battles to teach his team how to win in the game of life against the backdrop of a major intercollegiate basketball program. Screenwriters contest) SOAP meets CINDERELLA when a street-wise African American orphan is hired by the wacky Jewish owner of a wholesale meat company to play his long-lost bastard son just so he can regain control of his business from his conniving third wife and her thieving boys.

MINTZ MEATS (TV or movie - Finalist - Phila. HOUSE OF BABEL (reality series - winner Scriptapalooza) Twelve people. KNIGHT)Ī struggling radio talk show relationship counselor uses dog training techniques to domesticate her boyfriend. SHARKMAN Dramatic rights: Optioned by Belle Avery/Apelles EntertainmentĭOG TRAINING THE AMERICAN MALE (rom-com, written under the pen name L.A. UNDISCLOSED: A veteran of the Iraq war is appointed Under Secretary of Defense in order to penetrate a secret government purposely black-shelving a clean, abundant energy system reverse-engineered from downed UFOs. GRIM REAPER: End of Days - A man-made plague takes Manhattan, forcing a war vet to cleanse his soul in Dante=s 9 circles of Hell.

THE SHELL GAME: The end of oil the next 9/11 event. Dramatic rights: Optioned by Belle Avery/Apelles Entertainment

GOLIATH: Dramatic rights: Optioned by Belle Avery/Apelles EntertainmentĪ scientist awakens from a 30 day cryogenic test - 12 million years in the future. The LOCH series (3) Dramatic rights: Optioned by Belle Avery/Apelles EntertainmentĢ012 Mayan Doomsday series (DOMAIN, RESURRECTION & PHOBOS in the USA) re-released in 2012 in foreign markets as The Mayan Apocalypse (#1 best-seller in Mexico, Spain, South America, big seller in Europe). MEG (7) Dramatic rights: Optioned by Belle Avery/Apelles Entertainment of Delaware Mens' Varsity, and worked informally with Hall of Fame basketball coach John Chaney from 1984-87.

Steve played and coached basketball at the high school and college levels, was an assistant coach/grad assistant for the U. Steve Alten grew up in Philadelphia, earning a Bachelors degree in Physical Education at Penn State University, a Masters in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate at Temple University.

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