Feature/115 pages
Orchard Law
MediumLogline
An estate attorney gathers a quarrelsome family at an orchard after the novelist dies mid-sentence.
Synopsis
The will is a chapter, not a document. Counsel brings the heirs to the orchard where the last page was written and makes them read it aloud. Someone in the room already knows which sentence was added after the death.
Comparable titles
Pitch shorthand: Knives Out meets A Haunting in Venice
- Median budget
- $40M
- Median worldwide gross
- $121M
- Median multiple
- 2.0x
- 3 of 3 comps report both
- Newest comp
- 2023
| Title | Rating | Budget | Gross | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knives Out 2019 Matched on whodunit, murder mystery, mansion When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death. | 7.8 15k votes | $40M | $313M | 7.8x |
 A Haunting in Venice 2023 Matched on whodunit, murder mystery, novelist Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. | 6.6 3k votes | $60M | $121M | 2.0x |
 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 Matched on whodunit, murder mystery World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends. | 7.0 7k votes | $40M | $15M | 0.4x |
Comps average 7.1 across about 8k TMDB votes. Budgets and grosses are TMDB figures and leave out marketing.
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Pages on file
The story takes place in a wealthy family’s orchard on the weekend the will is read. The protagonist is Counsel Imani Brooks, hired to sort a death that arrives as an unfinished chapter. The family argues about the dedication before they argue about the money. Imani notices the ink on the last page is a different black.
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Writer
Julian Voss
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