$SPARKFireStarter
A Detroit pyrotechnics rigger igniting paid arsons discovers every target is the final building her father owned, forcing her to hunt the puppet masters torching her legacy.
A Detroit pyrotechnics rigger igniting paid arsons discovers every target is the final building her father owned, forcing her to hunt the puppet masters torching her legacy.
Synopsis
Jordan Hale rigs controlled burns across Detroit's abandoned blocks for quick cash until blueprints reveal each fire is choreographed to erase the last properties her dead father held. As she traces the money trail through corrupt developers and city officials, past burn jobs come back as personal threats and she must choose between disappearing or setting one final blaze to expose the conspiracy. Allies fracture when a burned-out arson investigator offers uneasy partnership and her father's old partner surfaces with warnings that the fires were never about profit but about burying a decades-old secret. The city itself becomes the antagonist as every street Jordan once knew vanishes in flames, pushing her toward a last stand inside the skeleton of her childhood home.
The story
Jordan takes a lucrative rigger job that collapses a warehouse tied to her father's will, triggering flashbacks to his unsolved death. She finds the burn schedule maps the remaining family properties and narrowly escapes an attempt to frame her for arson.
Teaming with a disgraced detective she uncovers a developer cabal using the fires to launder land for a massive stadium project. Betrayals pile up as her father's former partner is revealed as the inside man who timed the jobs, forcing Jordan to go underground and improvise lethal countermeasures.
Jordan rigs a massive counter-fire that consumes the cabal's hidden records while drawing them into the blaze. She confronts the ringleader inside the last standing building, igniting it on her own terms to destroy the conspiracy and reclaim her father's name before walking away from the ashes.
The cast
Skilled pyrotechnics rigger who turned to paid burns after her father's suspicious death left her broke. She discovers the jobs are erasing her inheritance.
dream cast: Zoe Kravitz
Former arson investigator demoted for pushing the same conspiracy Jordan uncovers. He provides files and reluctant backup.
dream cast: Idris Elba
Charismatic mogul behind the land-clearing fires, using Jordan's father as the original fall guy to secure stadium contracts.
dream cast: Oscar Isaac
Jordan's former mentor and her father's last partner, now Kane's fixer who timed the burns but begins to crack.
dream cast: Regina King
Appears in memories and flashbacks as the honest builder whose final buildings become the target of the scheme.
dream cast: Jeffrey Wright
Dream crew
in the style of Kathryn Bigelow - explosive set pieces and moral grit
in the style of Taylor Sheridan - raw dialogue and moral gray zones
in the style of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - industrial dread and fire motifs
Cold open
INT. ABANDONED DETROIT WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Sparks rain as JORDAN HALE (30s), grease-streaked and focused, wires charges along support beams. A cheap burner phone rings. JORDAN Timer set. Building drops in eight. MALE VOICE (PHONE) Make it six. Insurance wants it gone. She adjusts the detonator, glances at faded graffiti: HALE CONSTRUCTION. Her eyes narrow. JORDAN Copy. She exits as flames crawl. From across the street she watches the roof cave exactly on schedule. Her burner buzzes with payment confirmation. A second text arrives: NEXT TARGET - 1847 GRATIOT. She freezes. That's the last address on her father's will.
Why now
Cities are erasing their own histories for profit while working-class rage simmers; this story weaponizes that tension into a cathartic, fiery revenge fantasy that feels ripped from today's headlines on gentrification and legacy theft.
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Screenplay draft
Title: FireStarter Credit: Written by Author: richardwboase Draft date: 23 May 2026 Contact: richardwboase@gmail.com FADE IN. INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - DAWN Soft bounce light fills the rounded 3D space. Toy-sized buildings line a workbench. PIPER QUINN, a rounded young woman with bouncy orange hair and expressive round eyes, clips a tiny glowing fuse to a miniature warehouse. PIPER (whispering happily) One little spark, nice and safe. The fuse pops with cartoon hearts and stars. She giggles, then glances at a faded photo of HARLAN QUINN tacked above. PIPER Gonna keep your last place standing, Dad. Promise. A gentle whoosh as the toy roof opens like a flower, releasing friendly sparks that swirl into a smiling face before vanishing. Piper wipes her hands on her patched overalls and heads for the door as golden morning light floods in. EXT. WHIMSICAL DETROIT SKYLINE - DAY Bouncy bridges arc like rainbows over candy-red rivers. Piper skips across one, spark pouch clipped to her teal overalls, waving at friendly seagulls. INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - NIGHT Piper hammers a loose board on the garage wall. A stack of unpaid bills sits on the workbench beside Harlan's photo. PIPER Just one more gig, Dad. Then we fix the roof for real. EXT. HARBOR SHED - SUNSET Playful morning light turns dramatic. Gus Ember stands with an oversized matchbox, watching Piper rig cartoon fuses on the curved roof. GUS Some fires light the way, others just clear the lot. They watch old footage of Harlan on a tablet, sparks dancing around his giant sparkler. INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - NIGHT Piper argues with her reflection in a cracked mirror. PIPER Take the money and the garage dies anyway... or fight and lose everything. She slams the mirror shut. EXT. HARBOR SHED - NIGHT Piper clips the final fuse. A schedule slate slides from the mail slot, stamped with Victor Slate's crest. The burn ignites exactly as Father's Warehouse beam catches fire in the distance. PIPER No... not Dad's place. EXT. FATHER'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Golden nostalgia glows on ivy loops. Piper stares at the smoking beam, schedule crumpled in her fist. INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - NIGHT Piper grabs Gus and BENNY SPARKS, the tiny kid with huge sparkling eyes. PIPER We rig every future burn to protect it. No more clearing lots. GUS (chuckles) You're the spark now, kid. BENNY Protect it! Protect it! EXT. RIVERFRONT - NIGHT They launch floating lantern burns. Cartoon boats drift, lanterns blooming into smiling faces. Benny gasps dramatically. BENNY So pretty! So pretty! EXT. ROOFTOPS - DAY Sparks fountain upward like confetti parades. A stray spark saves a kitten from a ledge. City cheers. INT. SLATE'S OFFICE - DAY Victor Slate watches news footage of Piper, thin smile clicking his teeth. VICTOR SLATE The bank note on her garage... call it. EXT. FATHER'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT False victory. The warehouse survives one night. News crews cheer Piper. PIPER (on camera, giggling) We saved it! INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - DAY Slate's call arrives. Pressure mounts on every job. EXT. PARADE FLOAT - NIGHT Another silly burn goes wrong. A spark singes Benny's favorite toy. BENNY (crying) My spark bear... Piper watches the warehouse clock tick to zero. INT. PIPER'S GARAGE - NIGHT Empty. Old photos of Harlan surround her. Long friendly silence. PIPER Any fire worth this, Dad? She finds Harlan's hidden fireworks manual. PIPER Light it right and it remembers you. EXT. FATHER'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Grand spectacle. Giant spark letters broadcast Slate's forged deeds across the sky. The warehouse roof blooms into a community garden. EXT. FATHER'S WAREHOUSE ROOF - DAWN Piper, Gus, and Benny laugh. Tiny fire sprites dance safely across the new garden. PIPER (giggling) Legacy means sharing the light. FADE OUT.
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